Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

 - Class of 1950

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by MlLlLllC9CX s own Plerpont Mor gan Steve Walker Deftly separatlng llttle boys from thelr allowances Steve topped olf hrs successful career as business manager by LllSpOSlI1g of varlous rtcms donated by the hrst class for an rmportant adchtton to the H earbook s hnanccs The festlvltxes wound up wlth the drrwtng for the raflle prxaes After a target rlflc md the tradltlonal shotgun had becn disposed of Arnane Bout qurn trnumphantly and with some kllll:lLL1lfy carrled off two cases of Coke, dml MY Sf1f1f0fllW0f'1 MTS Dfw S011 s cake to take home to hrs wlfe Wltll such a succcssful fC'W1Vdl Of HOUR Nlgllf WC' l10PC we have msprred future classes to keep up the tradrtnon These llttle dllferences ofoplnron served therr purposes though desprte the rehance on vocal chords Instead of grey matter nn the trght spots we were forced to know at lcast a lrttle something about what was going on ln the outsxde world, and we became more aware of current events than we chief beneficrary of all th1s, for much experlence rn drctlon presentatnon, and especrally audlble delivery was ganned by the partlcrpants Some of thc rebutttl technlques were probably not so useful 1n more formal competmon At any rate, the class contnbuted strongly to the unbeatable debat mg team the school boasted th1s year Under the leadershlp of Mr Brrggs the team steamrollered all comets wlthout suffermg a smgle judges vote agamst them dunng the season Thrs was consrclerably more success over the oppo sxtron than the partrclpants rn the mformal debates enjoyed Notwrthstandmg the aforementronecl drfferences of op1n1on, the Class Splflt was sohd and unfarlmg We were always a very umfred class, rn class, rn acnvmes,1n sports, and rn most other aspects ofM1ddlesexl1fe, because we were proud of what we had accom plrshed, and proud of the school that had taught us how to accomplrsh If Now scattered to colleges all over the Umted States we are, and always wrll be unfarhngly stamped wrth the mark of the school that fostercd us and of the group of which we were a part Perhaps the phrase that best descrlbcs our general oprnron of our stry atM1ldlcsex1s RUM SHOW WHAT ll: l I 7 . -' ' - 1 otherwise would have. The debating team was perhaps the f '-' , . 1 2 - ' X V V. . - - Y L f V. .. , .,,,,

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event of the season The crewmen wrll alvsays remember the day the new shell was rammed and almost sunk by a belllgerent snapprng turtle RW was the scene of the famous crime court rn whxch Brll Travrs nearly forferted hrs lrfe to prosecutors Al Lrtchheld and ohn Morley I also housed Ted Romarne who was harled far and vude as the chref socral representatrve of the school and was the brrthplace of many a fine tune by that prolrhc part of song vxrrters Chrls Bose and Gus Buttrrclc Peabody held the offices of Edward C Brarnard and Co who specralrzed rn coursed navlgatron and whose sun lamp vsas rn constant demand Hallovsell was known far and vnrde as the home of those herce and relentless starlmg extermlnators ohn Fordyce and Gus Browne 'Ihese brave mcn should recerve full credrt for the disappearance of untold numbers of these lrttle pests around the campus From the baclc hrlls of B P came the Hrclcum Brothers led by Hank Hoffmanr and assrsted by aclc Taylor and Nat Lord At the end of the year these boys were serrously thrnlcrng of a gurtar busr But even though we had a good deal of fun rn our school careers not all our achnevements were rn the humor ous lme Athletrcally the class was very successful I s members formed a basrs for the best football team srnce 1941 for a champronshrp hoclcey team and for successful crew and lacrosse seasons Yet we were not entxrely an athletrc class We managed to send a Nanonal Scholar to Harvard and vue ,graduated our share of credrts In Mllxc Meler and Fred Goodmg, we had somethnng as good as rf not better than a professronal photog raphy studro In Don Hodges we had perhaps the best marlcsman whrch the Mrddlesex Rlfle Range has yet produced Delvrng mto the entertarnment freld we attempted to revrve some thrng lrlce the old Mlddlesex tradrtxon of Hook Nrght In thrs extravaganza spectators were treated to a ghmpse of Mrddlesex 1984 several numbers by an rmported Drxreland lazz band feats of black magrc by the celebrated orrental falcrr Perprng Tom and a spme trnglrng account of hon huntmg nn Darkest Afrrca by Fearless Pot ter Coupled mth thrs all star revue N was the Yearboolc Auctlon conducted 114I . , '7 ' ' ' ,J . t , 7 ness, but were hindered by the lack of time. 7 ' 1 ' 7 V v V l A. a I 7 . ' A . I ' . l 7 v I l 7 ' . ' ' l -7' . ' . , ' . ' A . Y I - , 1 ' 7

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Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA) online collection, 1945 Edition, Page 1

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Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 1

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1950, pg 106

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