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

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NixIl!lflIfll,Lf but llislorgf. for llislory is ffl,-Slip -Roberl lV111polr From Nlonday to Friday Q and too often from Friday to Nlondayj there resides at Landon the last active Confederate Colonel. who sns- pects that the North whipped the South. lint wonit admit it. His manifold Civil XVar fire- arms have been a constant threat to anyone who dares contest his convictions. llnt chiv- alry. no less than mnskets. is a Southern tradi- tiong therefore. Tony has recently adopted the courtly manner. Snayely. he now installs XVheels as his chauffeur on those festive nights when he acts the genial host at Meri- weather Farm. As father of our class. the Colonel advises ahont ardent hut trifling affairs de 111 cocur. i'No snowl No, snh. thatis Yankee stnfff, On a more physical plane. Tony cayorts in the snow. mud. and rocks-the field of honor for soccer addicts. XVhether such activity he preparation for a march through Yankeeland, he alone knows. lt may stem from the fact. that. hy an irony of Fate. the Colonel was horn in Xlinnesota. a most regrettable choice of location for which he is in no way responsible. For he is a Southern gentleman. from hristling eyehrows to the last sprig of mint in his garden. Nor will he snrrender to Fate. who. again interfering. lmmiliated onr military genius-not once. lint twice-hy toss- ing him into Landon. For whoever heard of a Colonel taking orders from a Nlajor-except. ol' course. at Landon. 25 Liao BU'ri.1+:n, ju. 'iTony 'illnttsn A'Colonel l,ongstreet Entered Crade 4 Left after Crade 6 lieentered Form lll Princeton Bnowx Asn XVIIITE 6g Hifie Club 3. 4. 5. 6g Club 65 lffmflulll 5. 6g Clczss Vice-Prc.s'irlenl 61 Soccer 5. 61 Trzlck 3. 4. 5. 6g Cupluin 5. 6. 'Flaw

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