Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Fred rs one of the very proper Con cordrans rn our class Startrng off rn Mrddle sex rn the fourth class he began by playrng on the fourth team Eschewrng athletrcs he found vent for hrs managerral talents rn manag rng football and baseball rn hrs thrrd and second class years In the wrnter Fred felled many a mrghty tree whrle workrng on the wood chopprng squad But Fred really found hrm selfas a photographer We shall remember hrm best rn hrs characterrstrc pose flash bulb rn hand frnger porsed on the shutter ready to snap a prcture of any phase of Mrddlesex lrfe Fred held a hrgher executrve posrtron rn the frrm of Merer and Goodrng rn hrs first and second class year and along wrth Mrke Merer has supplred dance prctutes sports prctures rnformal shots rn general nearly every prcture of school lrfe that we have In addrtron to thrs Fred rs the photographrc edrtor of the Yearbook nearly every page testrfres to the qualrty of hrs work Our class rs very much rndebted to Fred for hrs servrce Besrdes berng a flash bulb genrus Fred has shown abrlrty as a publrc speaker THEODORE D GRAVES West Orange Newjersey Age 18 College Cornell l25l' FREDERIC GOODING JR Concord Massachusetts Age 17 College Harvard Tad jorrred us three years ago and has been noteworthy rn the many actrvrtres rn whrch he has partrcrpated Chref among these actrvrtres rs the Rarltoad Club vshrch has man aged to keep alrve these last few years only through Tad s energetrc labors He played end for the pup football team rn the thrrd class and graduated to the fourth team the followrng year Durrng the wrnter Tad has played squash and was consrstently near the top of the ladder He played tennrs rn the sprrng Although Tad has never exhrbrted any of hrs talents as a magrcran at school we hear that the hobby of magrc has taken up much of hrs trme off the campus He has been a farthful member of the Glee Club throughout hrs school career and was rn the chorus ofthe show rn hrs second class Thrs year he took the prrncrpal role of Don Alhambra rn The Gondolrers and played rt to the hrlt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . .. , . 1 ' 1 . . Y. - a , . - - .1 - n 1

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JUAN A ESTRADA Guatemala Crty Guatemala Age 18 College Calrfornra State Polytechnrc College Arkansas or Arky as we lrke to call hrm jorned us rn the thrrd class H raprdly became one of the most popular mem bers of the class and began to drstrngursh hrm self rn many ways We found rn Arky an unusually mature and thoughtful person and these qualrtres combrned wrth hrs good nature and popularrty made hrm our chorce for class presrdent He was elected first rn the second class year and that year as president he super vrsed the runnrng of the Merry Mess and carrred out uncomplarnrngly and eflicrently other dutres whrch were lard on hrm For hrs responsrbrlrty and leadershrp he was elected presrdent agarn for the first class year and thus he became presrdent of the Student Coun crl We belreve that ohn rs responsrble for a great deal of the class unrty of whrch we are so proud John has drstrngurshed hrmself ath letrcally also Hrs werght and ood burld made hrm one of our most valuable football players He has played center on the frrst team for two years and recerved two letters He has proved to be the best wrestler rn school a good squash player playrng on the team and wrnnrng hrs letter thrs year Down rn Guatemala uan s famrly own a banana plantatron Therr treatment of the peons notably the wage of thrrty frve cents a day pard them has never ceased to be an em barrassrng questron to uan uan has great natronal prrde for Guatemala and continues to tell us of the wonderful clrmate mighty arr force and the fact that the Unrted States owes Guatemala money He has won some fame by berng able to tell who rs the current presr dent but hrs storres ofthe contrnual revolutrons of that land have rather drscouraged all but the most rntreprd of us from vrsrtrng hrs country In the four years that uan has been comrng to Mrddlesex he has almost learned to speak Englrsh hrs Spanrsh pronuncratron has re sulted rn hrs berng dubbed by varrous Central Amerrcan names uan whrle berng here has played football on the C team but had to qurt for medrcal reasons Thrs year he went out for first team manager and got a malor letter I the wrnterjuan has chopped wood and played squash untrl he broke hrs squash racquet He has rowed on the erght the second crew and on the frrst and has earned two mayor letters for thrs JOHN R FORDYCE Lrttle Roclr Arkansas Age 19 College Vanderbilt 1241- .. , . 3. I' . ,. - t , J-J r . ,. . 7 Q . . . . . J i . ,. , .. .g. . . - W ' I 5 1 . r ' .n .7 - 7 q 7 V , . e 7 ., . . , ' - -7 Y ' 7 .' . .- X . ' l I Q . , 1

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Clayton Mrssourr Age 19 College Harvard For the past three years Trm has mystr lied the class wrth reckless rumors about hrs actrvrtres as a New York Lotharro Hamer shlag the romantrcrst Hamershlag the mysterr ous Massachusetts especrally Arlrngton wrll never forget hrm But Trm has shown other rnterests than women The New York Yankees have never known a more rabrd sup porter Durrng hrs three years at Mrddlesex Trm has led a vrolent group of New Yorkers who successfully undermrned the morale of all the Red Sox fans and thus kept the Red Sox from wrnnrng the pennant durrng that trme He has also trred hrs hand at baseball and was on the 1950 squad Polrtrcs seems to be Trm s forte and not many people have beaten hrm rn a heated argument All of us know that Trm has what rt takes to get ahead rn future years rmmy has been wrth our class srnce the frfth class year Durrng the course ofhrs school career he has been one of the very few of our class to play basketball He plays a fast mrd western game jrm comes from St Lours and he has always been an rmportant part of the Mrddlesex basketball prcture He has played on the first team srnce hrs fourth class year and thrs year was elected captarn He has recerved two mayor letters rn basketball the maxrmum number possrble srnce basketball has only been a major sport for two years Besrdes berng famous as a basketball pla er rm became equally renowned rn hrs foot all performance playrng for two years as fullback he really came rnto hrs own thrs year Crashrng through the drn jrm was always good for a sure frve yards and he accounted for close to a dozen of our touchdowns After playrng baseball for two years and rowrng for one jrm decrded that he would make a good lacrosse player He was rrght and has been one of our brg three defensemen In addrtron to hrs regular member of the Glee Club and thrs year held the part of the krng of Baratarra rn The Gondolrers TIM HAMERSHLAG New York New York Age 18 College Phrladelphra Textrle Instrtute l26l J. t . .. E C ' , - ' 7 JAMES E. GREEN athletic accomplishments, jim has been a