Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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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

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for special consideration. The fateful night arrived, and it is gratifying to note that cas- ualties were kept down to a minimum. About this time, the student body was saddened to learn that John Calvin would be forced to leave school in order to continue his educa- tion under the benefits of Public Law 16. So, it is the best of luck to John, and we sincerely hope that he will be able to be with us over the commencement week end. On November 7th, we completed our foot- ball season as we slushed our way to a 0-0 tie with Brewster. Despite the fact that we were inspired by the presence of the fairer sex, and, although the team was bogged down by the mud and rain, it did not seem to hamper the amourous designs of our ardent Romeos, as they kicked-off and made their passes good all week end long. On the more academic side of life, we had the fortunate experience of listening to Mr. Frank Proctor talk on the state of affairs in England. Also, the month of November brought us the first of the Dartmouth Con- cert Series with the presentation of the opera, Madame Butterfly. The football banquet broke an age old precedent this year when guest speaker Jud Hannigan, captain of the Dartmouth foot- ball team, arrived on time, bringing with him pictures of the Harvard-Dartmouth football game. With the arrival of the long awaited Thanksgiving vacation, a large percentage of the student body departed for some des- tination or another. On our return, we no- ticed the presence of Dean Mullavey, who took the place of John Calvin, and we have never been able not to notice him since due to his entertaining wit. Much credit must go to Dean for his work on the illustrations used in this yearbook. The beginning of the long winter term brought calls for candidates for basketball, hockey and skiing. Almost the entire school chose to try out for one of the three sports. The basketball team was comparatively new but experienced. With Bob Bradner return- ing from last year's varsity and combining with the newcomers Captain Don Wallwork, Ted Jenkel, Ted Jose and John Codman, the team succeeded in displaying a brand of ball which made for a successful season. The hockey squad backed by veterans Captain Tom Loemker, Lou Hain, Sal Whitaker, Mike Eldridge, Mike Zuckerman and Bob Grout, came up with some fine material in Paul Wilson, Mike Foust and Kent Weld. Although the team's record was not too im- pressive a one, they gave great promise for future years, as most of the team was made up of Fourth and Fifth Formers. Out on the hills, the ski team produced a smooth working unit out of a relatively green squad. Headed by the pros Captain Bart Chase, Chris Weld and Peter Lind, the squad in- cluded Verm Jones, Jake Peirson, John Dunn, Dick Kitchen and Roger Hanson. It was the ski team that pulled off the big deal of the winter when they journeyed to upper New York state to settle themselves comfort- ably in the Lake Placid Club, there to com- pete with the Northwood School. Another important phase of our winter program was to try to bring the community and the school closer together. As usual we held our annual Christmas party for the neighborhood children, with the usual suc- cess. Something new this year was the at- tendance of several boys at a conference in Boston, on Education for Public Service. They returned with the information they had absorbed and four of the group, Al Early, Maury Lyon, Peter Frenning and Rick Clark, spoke before the student body. Then, by invitation, the same four boys addressed the League of Women's Voters and the Rotary Club in Plymouth. Also, in the same vein, the dramatic club put on a short play for the benefit of the patients at the Glencliii' San- atorium. These were unique contributions for Holderness students to make, and their success seems to warrant more of this type of activity. As New England's prep school debating champions we prepared to defend our diadem won at Bates college last year. The debators, under the tutelage of Mr. Abbey, carried a heavy load including competition with teams from Laconia, South Portland and Portland. The top four debators, Bob Brad- ner, Stan Patterson, Peter Spaulding and Doug Rennie, have come a long way and they proved themselves at South Portland where they won three out of five debates. Approximately two weeks after our return from the Christmas vacation, we were faced by an impending crisis, As masters began concocting devilish schemes to justify the marks they had already made out, students prepared diligently for Mid-Year exams. The exams themselves contained formulas which only Einstien could decifer, and Latin words that would have stumped Horace. Yet it was all taken with a grain of salt, and soon the brief emotional upset had subsided into the usual, general uproar.