Landon School - Brown and White Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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.Mafory Nick Temple. a future admiral, joined the class along with Heaton Nash. who made his presence known that year largely because he held the key to that priceless retreat. Sherwood Forest. Though the second form saw no growth in the size of the class. it did see a growth in reputation. This fame resulted from the methods adopted by the class in its frustration of the progressive techniques introduced by two Harvard educational experts who quickly retired to Laputa. The second forms fierceness was checked when in the third form. 'iCra- dle-robbern Baskett, Casinoi' Clark. i'Razor Edge, and 'iXVings Yeerhoff arrived. The final additions were made in the fourth form year. That man-about-town. Al Elbrick, and Frank, the Debutantef, XVeller came to give Mclassw to our class. George NIL-Ceney cycled in. attired in black leather jacket and motorcycle boots. Bill Poulton gained fame from his imitation of YVupy Foo Bradshaw. Racket- wielding YVilt volleyed ln to bolster the tennis team, and the class of 1955 was complete. As we look over the last ten years. we can cite with amazement the classis outstanding characteristics. XVe have a range in academics that defies the best slide rule artist. in athletics from the fiercest to the gentlest of mortals. in loquaciousness from those who can't stop talk- ing to others who have never been heard to utter a Word, in disposi- tion from those who pet Copper to others beside whom Garibaldi would seem a conservative - thus the class of '-56. a heterogeneous group. Yet it is unified in its loyalty to Landon and appreciative of the years spent under the banner of the Brown and XVhite. Hes! .-Uliletc' .Vos-I Iintertzlirzing HAL 5? SUPPRESSED D --' in 1 GT' te: THE LOVE STURY

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1-1--1.11 CAM Ten long years ago. thirty-one hoys. thirsty for knowledge. in- vaded this renowned campus. Of these thirty-one pioneers of the class of '56, only nine have overcome the many adversities that haye con- fronted them in the path of advancement to seniority. jim Camphell and Tod Owen. present Landon News standouts, are two of these stalwart frontiersmen. Boh Gifford. along with Mac Langford. the eminent canine mentor. were also introduced. Dorsey Young and Courtland Ferguson added the loquacious element. Chris Granger selected Landon hecause of its proximity to his haronial estate on Biver Boad. Bohin Prince and jon Sullivan. our council president. were the first memhers of our class to attain their driyer's license and draft cards. The fourth grade saw the arrival of john Burhank, a promising linguist for Sir. Nlotroni. The next year hrought two lum- hermen. Tom Kern and Ike Eisinger. who Louldnit see the academic forest for the trees-and still can't. George Baynor, Mr. Bates' prodigy, was the one other addition. Bob Banks. the teetotaler. and Blackie Bruner, the athlete. were two of the prominent newcomers. Allman Forcione. the future Editor of the Bnowx AND XVIIITIC, made a valuahle addition to the sen- ior class of the Lower School. 'iBagtime Bonnie llurston and the omniscient Orson YVells, along with those antipodes. the XVilliams hrothers, completed the latest enlistment. As the class entered the Nliddle School, a Star rose ahoye Landon Tennis Courts. He was to he eclipsed only hy jack YVedge Buchan- an who tooled in at this time to take a place beside Claudius Engle l. future originator. director. and coordinator of all school activities. .Host Popular liiggest Brute ,fur .,-- r m 11' 1' ' 1 lllfll innings X ... W - ea eg-,P Y vwliuq.-'A' Pm in ufuoun ns lun or has A vnu A:-Q nun ueuolars or vcu we one nv rltrnmn usnon nmaux K img' ' nmnouom nf 4 uncut: ami. x nw vous s E ou nn u n or som ui umm nun .J-mv vouollow V eu wmruen sown uuan 100 ou! on uv ur: ru vou unc! za zoov s Gov A Nom luv ul OY DHI GOCMYY A nun cows an umm 1. Noun, A M, Menwrin PH 'inn Fofgul by Dua Mnrwn

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Romzlrl' S'rnAxc: B.-xxks Bohn lintered Grade 6 Brown Glce Club 5, 61 Football 5. 6. HIJIIIQII mul lu' ful. -'lllgflor XYith shouting and laughter that can he heard from one end ol the campus to the other, our rollicking twentieth century Falstafl' rolls himself from one class to the next. XVhen. however. in class. Hohert Banks becomes a different individual from his jovial outdoor self. Curling up in a chair. designed to frus- trate even the idea of comfort. Bob goes into a somnolence which some explain is induced hy his exertion in walking between classes, hut which others. more cynical, claim is a result of his inherent laziness. But this dormancy is deceptively superficial. For Falstaff is always alert and never fails to prove it with a pierc- ing. XVhat's he talking ahout? that disrupts the daydreanis of his companions and tem- porarily halts Sherman's march to the sea. Uuahle to regain soporific hliss immediately. Falstaff shifts uncomfortahly and thinks of that which has made him the man he is-eat- ing. Because of this proclivity, he is in the forefront of the Landon ice cream eaters and has. in achieving this position, saved the Brown and lVl1ite from financial disaster. But not until nightfall does our Nlerry Sack wake and hit TT-his peak. XVith a dinner of two steaks under his helt. he settles hy the tele- phone and one hy one gives his many female cohorts the henefit of his vivacious wit. After accomplishing this elcemosynary task, Boh hlissfully pursues an hour or two of study and then rolls to his favorite hangout-his hed. 20