Marston School - Howler Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The Exhibition As usual, on the 'Wednesday evening before the Easter holidays, we held our a11nual athletic exhibition at the B. A. C. The usual prepara- tions l1ad been tediously. perfected and' worked out by Mr. lVoodruiT and Mr. Hartley. WVhen the white-clad athletes came trotting upo11 the iioor to partake in the maze, running and calisthenies, a great round of applause arose from a crowd which filled tl1e gymnasium. ,l'yran1id.s, lndian club drills, boxing and wrestling all came in their regular order, the boxing match, with blackened gloves, caused, as usual, great amusement. The little fellows then showed how an excellently trained class can execute ditlicult feats on the horses. Several 1lOVCl features aroused much amusement and applause. Gap- tain Hodell led his cadets upon the fioor and put them through the drill. They executed several diflicult movements, the colors were presented, and, altogether, it was a very impressive ceremony. VVhile the men were dressing for the drill, Larson, the world's champion high jumper, who is new in the army, gave a. demonstration. He jumped about six feet two inches, a11d cleared it easily. He is from Brigham Young University a11d has jumped more than seven feet. After the drill everyone went down to the pool. The exercises i11 the pool rivalled in skill and interest those in the gym. ,lt was plainly shown how a beginner is taught to swim and dive. The lite-saving demonstration was interesting as well as in- structive. flt seemed about this time as if some people among the spectators were getting a little tired and warm, but when the candle race, Monte Christo, tlllfl tub contests came along, excitement and amusement ran high. After a couple of races the exhibition was ended by a close game of water-polo, which formed a fitting climax Io an enjoyable evening.

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Former Students NOW in the bcrvlce XVARFORD ATKINSON RJGANEY. JOHN BALDNVIN RICH. IEDNVARIJ AXYRAULT IUJIHNSON. EVDRDTT Rlmlmlc. DAVIDGD 1?IARR1sON ROWLAND. IAIENRY AUOUSTUS 1f0WLAND. fX1J+1XANDER H. RI:'r111cRl4'ORD. T. DONALDSON SLOAN. .ALAN 1'1cNN1MAN Snuwlr. SAMUEL TAGART Swlcmm, JR. CHARLES BIORTON S'r1+:wAR'r III IQEDMOND C. ST1f:WAR'1'. S. LURMAN STENVART. WV. 1'LUNKm'flr STENVART. XVILLIAM IUONNELL STEWART. CHARLES IIENRY 'l'1LG1lMAN. XVILLIAM ITONNICLL TILGHMAN. :RICHARD LLOYD fl'ILGlrMAN. GDORG1-1 XVINSHII' TAYLOR. :RALEIGH C. THOMAS. GOUOH XVINN 'l'nOM1'soN. HAICYQY CARROIQ THOMPSON. .Toslavll WVIOKES. RANDOLPH PIERSOL XVILLIAAIS. IIARLAN XVILLIAMS.

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The Honor Pins At the end of the first half year Mr. Marston gave out Honor Pins to the best students in the school. 'llhis is a new custom as far as Marston's is concernedg it is generally not done except in military institutes. But as we are new p1'actically a military school we may well wear a badge of honor of this ki11d. The pins are made ill silver and gold stars about the size of a. five cent piece, and are worn on the left collar of our uniforms. 'Phe gold pin sta11ds for excellent work and the fellows that got them must be worthy of high scholastic honor. The silver stars shows that the winner has done good work and deserves credit. ,ln former years the only token of our success was the Honor List. which comes out at the end of each month a11d contains the general average of all the boys who get a mark of 80 per cent. and over. The trouble with this system is that although the boys themselves know how they are getting along in their studies, nobody else knows. People always look over the Honor List and forget it immediately, and even a report sent home may spread joy through one meal and then is forgotten, but a badge is a thing which you can keep forever, and if you wear it on your collar people note the distinction or you would not be wearing it. We certainly hope that the custom will be continued and that the winners will wear their pins.