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

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JOHN FRANCIS BURBANK i'johu11y', Entered Grade -I Brown Bnowx AND XV111'r1: 6g Drumu Clulz 5, 64 Glec' Club 5, 6g Quill and Seroll 6g Soveer -1. 5. 6. 9 3.1 ,Wil ..+f' Ali, llflllf slmulfl life ull llllIlN'I1UlJu -Tl'llllll.S'lIlI The IIlOSt typical Landonite of tl1e class of '56 is a warin-hearted but frustrated individual llilllllil John Burbank. Existing i11 a delirious state most of the day, John never comes to 1111til late at 11igl1t i11 the Yearbook 1neeti11gs. At this time l1e is likely to break i11to u11re- strained peals of laughter at the mere mention of a word. As the evening drags on, I. B. threatens to sever his left ear with tl1e bloody Yearbook sword, b11t instead l1e proceeds to stuff the inoffensive auditory organ i11to his l1ead. Tl1is feat is surpassed only by acts two and tl1ree-the wiggling of the helix and the poppiug forth of tl1e 2ll'lOl'6Illl lltl0llt'll tuber. Choked witl1 emotion by applause, he con- ti11ues with I'ClHll1lSC6'IlCCS about his bo1111ie lass. 111 like manner, he is often heard mutter- i11g words of disgust i11 the rear of abomin- able math or physics classes. Perl1aps tl1is hatred of 1natl1 2lIlCl physics is the reason for his u11ti1nely upsetting of the Chevy Chase car pool. XVhen anyone is late to math class I. B. was driving or supposed to be. john is also kIl0VVll as an adept tender of the 11ets for Landon's soccer eleve11. Clad i11 blue jeans and a yellow shirt john represe11ts a formidable obstacle to tl1e eyes of an opposing forward. As tl1e s1111 sets o11 johnis Landon career, we see l1im standing 011 a rocky crag gazing out to sea where a white-winged pelican plunges ayariciously for l1er dinner. 24

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ll'ilh flu' Irwin of u yurgvon, lu' miglrl yr! l'l'l'Ulil'I'.U -Slirlkws-pr'11:'1' 'l'hc cnigma of tlw Sixth Form. ,lack llu- chanan. hy tht- incohcrcncc of his yiyacious garrulity kccps us in a statc of pcrpc-tual hafllcmcnt. Spcwing forth pchhlcs of cruclition. this harnyarcl Dcmosthcncs accompanics his primitivc semantics with grunts unhcarcl sincc thc days of Xcanclcrthal man. and thcn put- ting on his glasscs to scc whcthcr it was XV:-llcr or an otficious anthropologist that just tauntccl him. NVcclge lumhers oft in confusion. snapping his fingers and cracking his knuckles. But Buck. a mammal of mcttlc. oftcn disputes with the hairy mcn inhabiting thc Scnior lounge- ahout lifv in thc dormitory. It seems hc cn- joyccl acting as ringmastcr and host. and nightly wclcoming thc inyasion of tht- Con- fcclcratc army playing guitars ancl singing hill- hilly hallacls. Hc chortlccl with glm- as Slow- gli. tht- apc chilcl. lcapccl from chanclclicr to clrcsscr top whilc gihhcring wildly at a Charlcs Aclams's charactcr slowly chanting math formu- las in thc cloorway. lint forsaking thc dormitory junglc. NH-clgc has lwcn succcssful in what is rcputccl to hc tht- ciyilizccl worlcl. As Prcsiclcnt of thc Dancc Connnittcc. Bucks panting masculinity make-s his position as social tlircc- tor rcspcctccl-at lcast among tht- starving mcmhcrs of thc oppositc scx. .Xml ht-'s his happy. uninhihitccl sclt' at thc clanccs-in his clcmcnt with tht- ragtimc jazz. hc can act rcal gonc. For who will know thc cliflcrcncc? 23 joilx Goonwix BVQIIANAN XVcLlgc Buck Entcrccl Form l ,'xllllll'I'St Bnowx AND XYHi'ri: 6g Dunes'Comn1itlcf'f3. 4. 5. 61 Prc.s'i1I1'nl 6g Gln' Club 5. 61 Spvrizll .lI11.s'if' Group 63 Fmztlmll 6. 1. Y. lfootlnzll. Cupf11in5. rl 'Nm Lv' FUSE 5 6 ,,,.v WEDGE ,,,f. ,. ,pw f A W-,r'v?f ' me M' 1 A ,gf 'W' A 'gf KK A XX rx wum AND AXLE F . ., A. . f x s 2.3, .N N..

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ul um lm! Il :1utl11'l'crruullli.xpo.s1'rnfollrcr mwn s xlufl. glllfllnii Clloulxccl in un iinpcrxious cupc of snprcnic conficlcncc. Lnnclonis pscuclo-scliolzn' tinics his daily ur1'ix'ul so as to entcr Profcssor Ahlhcrg's math class thrcc minntcs lata- znicl Cll'zllllkitiCi1lly csconccs hinisclf in the lute Thomas Sliatlwclls chair. Cusnailly. in his stndiccl collegiatc num- ncr hc slips Ll sluh of gum into his nionth uncl whips out his lionicwork. Checking his answers. hc hcgins thc following days honic- work. ln English class. jini. loudly popping his gnni, cliinhs on his chair and riscs to full stuturc. Fnll of sonncl and fury his words first uwurkcn and thcn unacsthctizc his companions cxccpt for XV-lls who cliligcntly tullics ont Sliudwclls logical crrors on an abacus. Nh: Princlle-'s cryptic qncstions ncvcr sccni to stump jim who. with opcnccl hook. answers with thc case of soniconc who rcully kncw the lllkltC'l'lZll. In physics class lim. whosc uttitnclc has ncvcr he-cn qncstionccl. shows that his upocryphall ltnowlcclgc cxtcncls cvcn into scicncc. Attcr lunch. lanncs scttlcs on thc conch with a cup of coffcc. Snrronnclc-cl hy thc slxcpticnl hoi poilloi. Xloosc sonictiincs clcsccncls from his polymuthic mole-hill to rout tht- cncniy on his own gronncl. Our fnturc Felix l:I'lllllililll'tl'l'. not hcing atlilcticully inclinccl. joins his scholarly lricncls cvcry aftcrnoon in violcnt inctupliysicul iil'Q:llI1N'llt. Aftcr proving his point-to whom itis not clcair-hc slips from tht- room. still talking. thus cncling at typical 'lux' of nn orcliinlrx' Lzlnclon stnrlcnt. 25 lentils SAnc:r:x'r CAA11-ni-:L1. 'L-liinii Nh Entcrccl Clrtulc 53 SfllllC'lll Council 61 Lunclon .Ycizts 53. 4. Managing lfrlitor 5. lirlifor-in-Cflzivf 63 Club 6g Q11illf1ntlSc'roll5. fig Prr'.si1lr'nI 6: Lzuillr' 5. 61 .-Xlmmzi Scliolrlrslzip Kvy 5. Sor'1'f'r 3. 4: J. Y. lirlsclizlll 13. 4. JUS? Yule' 5. 6 Bm r C1111 J. Y I