Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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-, fm, fi jjebufirzq Front Row: Lind, Grant, Spalding, Bradner, Patterson, Frenningg Hapgood. Rack Row: Mr. Abbey, Dunn, P., Kaplan, Potter, Leach, Rennie, Hanson. Us Gl'!Afrf 111111 Sllffllllll First Row: Braclner, Codman, Early, Mullavey, Loemker, Patterson, Zuckerman. J. Dunn, Baskin, P. Dunn. Second Row: Jeffries, Kitchen, Garner, Kulla, Pierson, Mr. Yeaple, Mr. Stephenson, Whitaker, J. Miller, Grant, Potte1', Grout. Third Row: Hapgood, Barrows, F. Hammond, Spalding, Frenning, Coulter, Carter, Leach, Clifton.

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dy! of Our yew' With the coming of September seventeenth and some seventy odd, more or less eager, students, we started our school year. As almost half the students were classed as new boys, the campus took on an air of chaos while the rules and regulations were explained to the new inmates. Consterna- tion filled the minds of the new boys, as such frightening terms as white, yellow, and blue slips, general and serious infractions and so on, were heaped on the bewildered mass. However, this period of orientation was bief, and, before long, events were tak- ing their normal course. With school starting rather late, Coach Hinman and his illustrious aide-de-camp, Art Carey, decided that football practice should start as soon as possible. So, after a one day interlude, the first call for practice was sounded. Answering the call were about forty candidates, including four lettermen from last year, Captain Chris Weld, John Dunn, Bart Chase and Harry Piper. Supple- menting this quartet came nine old boys who won varsity letters this year, namely: Tom Loemker, Lou Hain, Al Early, Tom Jefferies, Bill Baskin, Bob Barrows, Bob Grout, Mike Zuckerman and Jake Peirson. Newcomers: Don Wallwork, Paul Wilson and John Calvin, all with a lot of experience, proved to be the real nucleus of the team. As the candidates donned their practice paraphernalia for the first time and began to storm up and down the field amid a haze of dust, practice clearly became a battle of the survival of the fittest. The exertion on the gridiron increased as the players began to sweat out the butts and other incidentals consumed during the sum- mer. The date of our first game was fast approaching. After a week and a half of diligent practice, we had our first scrimmage with Plymouth High School, a custom which added greatly to the betterment of the re- lationship between the town and school. The season progressed, and, although no stars were found overnight, the general improve- ment in the ability of the team as a whole was a direct tribute to Messrs. Hinman and Carey. We climaxed our season with a com- mendable record of three wins, one tie and a oss. During the football season much had been accomplished, and the fall term, on the whole, was an eventful one. The first event of im- portance was the election of the student council, which, among other things, inaugu- rated the plan whereby one meal a week was cut down and the money saved was used to start a community chest. The members chosen to represent their forms were Goriansky and Calvin from the sixth, Baskin and Bradner from the fifth, Zuckerman the fourth, Peirson the third, and Carter to rep- resent the second. We had barely gotten settled when Mr. Abbey announced that a fall tennis tourna- ment would be held. Bigelow Green was the final winner of this event. Sandwiched in between football games and the like came mountain day, when a few of the hardier football players and many of the non-footballers undertook the task of climbing Mt. Washington and Mt. Lafayette. Mountain day was significant for another reason, as it was also the day the H. V. F. D. fHolderness Volunteer Fire Departmentl turned out to fight a forest fire that started in the tinder-like woods and threatened to cremate the whole area. It would be ap- propriate here to mention the conditions which prevailed all fall. The extreme drought caused the football field to be named the Dust Bowl, and Lady Luck was cer- tainly with us in that we were fortunate enough not to have our country-side marred by forest fires. We also were fortunate to have Bishop Dallas make one of his last appearances here as Bishop, to dedicate our new memorial win- dow. His visits during the past years, while he has been Bishop, have been much looked forward to by the student body, and, we, the Dial Editors, wish him in behalf ofthe school, all the happiness he deserves. About this time the much anticipated free- week end arrived and the first safari to the home of Ted Jose was enjoyed by several of the boys. This Belmont Brigade seems to have become one of the high lights of butt- room conversation. After a brief fling at the outside world, the weary vacationists returned to prepare for the Proctor game. The climactic victory over that team put the student body in high spirits, as they prepared with sardonic glee, for the Hallowe'en party. New tortures were devised, and certain candidates were chosen