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

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'l'ln'Cf11il1lof Culunlilyf' -Hurk 'I'u'uin Tlu- Sixth Form hoasts of having among its nivlnhvrs one- of XVashington's trnv socialites- onc Thomas Bartlc. XVll6tllCl' it is his XVyatt Earp physique or the chilcl-like iimoccncv of his face that appcals is a qnvstion of intcrest hut of no real consequencc. llis saitorial elv- gancc--largely a matter of stuclic-cl nonchalancc -is soma-what climmc-cl hy a ralxish cap ancl soilccl white hucks. an Ivy Lcagnv conccpt as yvt not cnclorsecl hy XYall Struct or Amhassa- clors' Row. Tom also has a car-a hot rocl- which according to thc grapvvinv hc plans to talu- to Nlanassas once hc lcarns how to clrivv it. Acaclc-niically. Tom clisplays his intvllvctu- ality in English class. when. confrontccl hy somc prohlvms of intcrprc-tation. hc cxpatiatvs in morc crutlitc languagv than hc or anyone- olsc can unclcrstancl. Although hc was on thc foothall squacl. Tomis real fortc is tunnis. anal hc is onc of our hopvfuls for thc tvnnis team this spring. An athlcte ancl a savant. Tom also fancies himself as a Don juan. although the scoHvrs think him more likc Don Quixote. Howl-vc1'. there are rumors of .Iunv nights. lacl- clcrs. and palpitating clanisc-ls-rumors which. wlictlicr cmanating from Big Toms imagina- tion or having sonic scinhlanc-0 of vcracity. causv viivy among Sixth Fornicrs who cant conjnrv np anything lnorc- romantic than an outcloor nlllUYll'.-Q 23 'l'nox1,xs Pmisiox BAn'r1,i:. ju. inlitllllu liiltcwml Cratlo I3 Yah .Vf'u'.s 5. fig Rifif' Club 3. 4. 5. 61 .lIfHIf,QUllll'l'll County 'l'1'1'1mg1' Safvfy Coznwil 5.

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RALPH lJr:c:x14:11 Br:NNr:'r'r, 11. i'Ralph Mike uStl'OfL'lln l'lllft'l't'll Grade 4 Princeton linowx Axn XV111'1'r: 61 Glu' Club 3. 4. 5. 61 .vl'lL'-8' 5. 6g Rifle' Club 6g Dun1'1' Cllllllllffffl' fig SlIl'l'f!lf .l1llSfl' Group 5. 6. ,mi li YU 1'1'1'ry :rural u reputation rli4'.s'. -Pnln' llalph Dvclier lll'lllll'tt. QIIZ. Class wit and caustic- connnentator on all things pertaining to Landon or the world at large. holds sway' i11 the dormitory. XYhen laughter shatters the silence of the study hour. it is a good het that Nlr. lll'Illl0tt has scored again i11 his IIUVCI' end- i11g hattlc to keep one XY. li. Crccn completely unhingcd. XVith a style of sarcasm that would niakv tl. Swift read like Al Capp. Ralph floors his victim and then asc-ends to his lair o11 the second floor. T111-re. having completed his homework in the allotted fifteen minutes. he resumes the esoteric pastime of model airplane building. It is whispered that his hasty depar- ture springs from apprehension that someday Nlaster Green 1nigl1t inaster l1is fury and retali- ateg hut this. of course. is nonsense. And hy the time a fitting reply is thought out. the study period is over. a11d everyone has turned his attention to diving for the phone hooth or consuming vast quantities of cookies and milk. To escape from the hurly-burly of this melangc is one of Ralplrs problems. But occasionally a generous, though misguided family in the wilds of Maryland befriends the boy. much to his astonishment and later to theirs, VVe all know that Mike will go far even at his four- cent a mile rate. But where-that is the question. 24