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

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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

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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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'l'luc p1lr1'.s'filffcclion ilu' In-art mn lmlfl Is- tlu' lioncst lou' of ll ninv gfcur vial. -ll.1'. Duff clOllSl'l'Y1ltlYl.' in opinion und convcntionul in clrcss, thc Sixth Form's most flClJ0ll1lll't' and clistinguishccl memlicr has. in his four yczlrs at Landon. curvccl for himsclf an cnvialilc rcpu- tution. From cradle-roliliing to smashing Chrys- lcrs. Tom has no cquul. At any social function .in ohscrvcr invuriulily sccs onc of Tom's young worshippcrs toclclling licsiclc him and raising hcr cycs to his in uwccl admiration. Hc sccms to hc clzluntccl only whcn hrought fucc to fucc with physics class. XVhcn this situation ariscs. hc is momcnturily thrown into an stutc of con- fusion. hut our Chcstcrficlcl consoles himsclf with the thought that the tickcr-tapc is might- icr than thc sliding-sculc. Aftcr this cluss. hc szumtcrs nonchalantly to more cnjoyahlc activ- itics. Onc of the hcst socccr players Landon has had in ll clccaclc. Tom is also il football player of notc. At thc closc of thc school day Tom hcacls lloincwurcl whcrc it is rumored that he he-comes u cliffcrcnt pcrsou. Thcrc is rcuson to hclicvc that T. B.. on lcuving his lcss rcfinccl schoolmatcs. turns to an morc culturccl vvuy of lift-. uncl spcncls timc in such pluccs us Constitution llull and thc Pulilic Lilimry. llis succcss in thcsc ficlcls is not known. how- cvcr. as hc sclclom spcuks of thcsc cxcursions. But bouncing up and clown on thc couch in thc Sixth Form loungc. hc cxhiliits his skill in mnttcrs rhctoricul as hc clowns thc would-hc logiciuns of thc class. QI Tnoxms Howiibxxli B.xsKr:'1 1', lll 'l'om'l liuckcts lint:-rccl Form Ill Princcton Bnowx ,xxn XVIIITIC fig Stuclcni Council fig If ffluli 5. fig Quill and Scroll fig Footlmll 5. fi: Socccr 4. 5. fig Captain fig All-.llciropolitrln 5. fig 'l'cnni.s' 4. 5. fig 'l'r11r'li 5. fi. QW I 3'-. 7 Jw a ZF Q Y QQ gt 91 A f vu Q