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

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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

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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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PRESTON COLE CLARK Bm-f Pres Entered Form Ill XVashington and Lee Glee Club 5, 6g I. V. Football 4g 1. V. Haskel- lmll 5g Footlmll Manager 64 Baselulll Manager l. -7. 95? M- 1 QE wa 'wi v ' Duma kwa Clerer men are goml, but they are not the lzestf' -Carlyle Standing in the stern of his Yankee Clipper. arrayed in a white yachting cap, Bermuda shorts. and tennis shoes, Captain Clark lazily sails the blue waters of the Severn and looks wistfully down toward the Ocean. His broad bronzed back, glistening in the sun, and his hand constantly on the wheel, the solitary old salt meditates. He thinks about life and how he would like to live it. If only he had the courage to break all ties and sail the Spanish Nlain as the buccaneers of oldl He sees him- self all alone fighting the angry sea off Tierra del Fuego or sailing into a calm mysterious harbor of the uninhabited island of Hatie. At one moment he is eating a can of beans in a cave of New Cuineag at another he is battling the aborigines of the Amazon River. But our seaman is always alone. Never is there even a glimpse of a female companion. For Captain Clark, no true sailor in his philosophy on the fairer sex, regards the legendary seaman with a girl in every port as a worthless illusion forced upon the gullible American public by romantic movie producers. But suddenly a motor boat zooms by splashing our old salt in the face and breaking his peaceful reverie. It is then that Preston sees everything realistically -the countless stack of school books that looms as far as he can see into the future. 26