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

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Thou knowest him well, the god of sleepf' -Chaucer Frenzied Fred, although reputed to have set Vermont on fire with his vibrant inner-self, constantly amazes his class- mates with his debonair disdain of any- thing but that which will further his aca- demic career. Left alone to uphold the Gaston legend at Landon, Fred finds himself a veritable babe in the Woods of iniquity. The constant butt of many jokes. none of which he considers funny. he is often hard-put to kill his antag- onists. But being blessed with a short memory and a forgiving nature, Fred is soon expatiating on his idea that soccer goal posts should be made lower. Once in class. Fred upholds the motto: Be Slll'C you're right. and then go ahead. XVaiting until the right answer is given. he then smiles with enlightenment and gurgles. S'That's exactly what I was going to say. 29 FREDERICK XVILLIABI Gixsrox II Fred,' Entered Grade 3 Yah Rifle Club 5. 6g Soccer 5, 6. All Metro- politun 6.

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XY11.1.1AM Tuoxms Cl,-XRIKISKJN, In. 'iliillu Troublei' Entered Grade 3 Northwestern Ccncsiizs Clu123,-1. 5. 6. Vice-I'rc.s'ir1c'rit 6. liest Supporiing Aclor -lg Landon .Yczrs 3. 4. 5. 6. Plzotograplzic Ifrlitor 6g Ifimllist. N1Il110Hll1 Merit Sclmlurslzip Prugrunig Rific Club 51 17001111111 6. To 111' great is to be Ill1811lIl1l'l'.S'fUUt1.u -Hulplz UVIIIIIU 1Cnu'r,sm: A man of many moods is XVilliam Car- rison. Ilaying read Emerson in childhood. while we were pawing comic books. this prodigy became imbued with the princi- ple: XVhoso would be a man must be a IIUIICUIIfOl'll1lSt.u Consistent only in his in- consistency. Bill has confounded both students and faculty. XVidely read in re- condite literature. he has yet to read an assigned book. In his drug-store, hot-rod uniform, he had no sooner mastered Hot Shoppe drawl, than he joined the Cen- esius Club and electrified drama audi- ences by his brilliant performance in A1llC1IC'f1l. From an extensive wardrobe, he selects garments one day that rudely startle every member of the Formg and on the next, a conservative, elegant out- fit, worthy of a XVall Street broker. Not yet hacked to fit any hole. Bill emerges nonchalant but alert to the chicanery of convention. 28

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KIXION THEoDo1iE Caoncslz A'bIunior 'iNIouse'l linterecl Grade -1 NI, l. 'l ClleeCIul13.4.5gRiflefflzzll 5, 61 Cen esius' Club 5. fig 1. V. Soc'e1'rJm. 4: I. X l3c1.s'c'lI11ll 3. 4. ulfull of sounrl and fury, .signifying nothing- -ll'i1li11n1 Sl1rlk4'syn'rln' How can that answer be right. Nlr. Thomas? lt completely disagrees with my paper. These familiar words are uttered with monotonous regularity hy the smallest encyclopedia at Lanclon. Mouse has been a vital part of our society for ten years. ln this time. though he has grown little in stature. he has heeome a mental Brobdingnagian. having memo- rized an extraordinary number of facts about everything from cars to the Civil XVar. On occasion, however, he Comes up against some dunee who disagrees with him. ln this ease. he merely rants at the poor soul for a couple of hoursg then, turning his hack. he stomps off with his familiar. You can't be right! l'm never wrong! XVith this rather astute observation, Kimon leaves his foe and returns to his dreamy but confused con- templation of future glory. 30