Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Marty came to Mrddlesex from Denver rn the fifth class He has durrng hrs stay here rnterpreted for us the sprrrt of the great west Comrng wrth a repertorre of real western songs essre ames Blues Why Don t You Haul Off And Love Me and many others he soon had the top ofB P resoundrng wrth hrs fine nasal tones to accompanrment of the accomplrshed geetars of hrs roommates Besrdes hrs vorce accomplrshments Marty has developed a unrque dead pan technrque of makrng the most unpardonable puns When hook nrght came around Marty was ready to entertarn us rn both ca acrtres as M C and rn a srngrng act wrth the oys called rn western fashron Lem and Shorty He appeared by courtesy of Mr Kettell who drdn t thrnk hrs panel was as advanced as rt mrght be Marty s nasal tones whrle a great asset rn srngrng west ern songs were frowned upon by Mr Lamb part of The Gondolrers Marty managed to elrmrnate rt temporarrly at the begrnnrng of hrs career He seems to have regarned rt agarn however Not only has Marty won glory as a srnger but as an athlete as well JOHN G HOPKINS Wellesley Hrlls Massachusetts Age 18 College Harvard MARTIN R HOFFMANN Denver Colorado Age 18 College Prrnceton When we hrst saw ohn four years ago we notrced a hazy abstract expressron be cloudrng hrs noble features Soon we had reached our own conclusrons He s drunk we whrspered In the last four yearsjohn has not abandoned that hazy abstract expressron whrch has made hrm the class cynrc However all those clouds of smoke have not yet dulled johns brarn Hrs wrt rs strll keen and hrs marks strll hrgh john played scatback on the fourth team for a number of years but left the grrdrron thrs fall to cultrvate a yellow thumb Wrnter found hrm flashrng across the rrnk and earnrng hrmself a major M rn hockey He has also played three years of lacrosse and earned two letters out on the swamp We earnestly hope that rn future years he wrll be able to curb hrs baser anrmal rnstrncts and settle down to a calm exrstence 4l29l - s 7 , Q . ' s , . . . . - Z . . . ' I who requrred a more drgnrfied vorce for the .. - ., , a , I ' 7 r - 1 I - , - ' 9 7 ' 3 7

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PETER H HIBBARD Katonah New York Age 18 College Babson Instrtute Don jorned us rn the fourth class Each year we have gotten to know hrm better and profited greatly the better we have known hrm Those and there are qurte a few who have stayed at 1 Wharf Street Nahant sometrme or other wrll not forget the many memorable ex perrences there and Don s unbounded gener osrty When the more boastful members of such an expedrtron got out of hand Don was always there to strarghten thrngs out The Hodges Ford would not have survrved another year of fence bashrng and srck lrttle boys Don has garned amazrng prestrge at school wrth hrs unerrrng marksmanshrp Besrdes berng presrdent of the Rrfle Club he rs probably the most deadly shot that the school has ever known Durrng the wmters Don has burlt up hrs srnewy muscles for crew by chopprng wood Accordrngly thrs sprrng he was captarn of the erght We shall always remember hrs smrlrng face shrelded behrnd those clouds of blue smoke Pete found hrmself at Mrddlesex at the begrnnrng of the fourth class year We first notrced hrm as a lrghtnrng fast wrngback on the fourth team Although Pete rs not a br g fellow hrs speed and swrftness were a valuable asset to whatever team he played on In hrs thrrd class year he moved up to the C team played there for two years and last fall played wrng back on the Hrst team He won hrs major letter for hrs effectrve playrng In the wrnter Pete has played some hockey but mostly he kept rn shape by chopprng wood He plays lacrosse rn the sprrng and for three years has been one of the fleet members of the frrst mrd Held and he has won two letters for lacrosse In addrtron to these actrvrtres Pete has sung rn the Glee Club and the show Pete rs one of the nrcest people rn our class rn all ways a swell guy He never has a bad word to say about anyone he rs always frrendly always qurck to say hello and smrle when he passes you We shall remember Pete as a person whom rt rs pleasant to know WINTI-IROP D HODGES .IR Nahant Massachusetts Age 17 College Harvard -l28lf - s 9 s y , . 1 v 9 1 - u nn - 1 . . a a ' r , . A ' ' . , . 9

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FREDERICK S HORWEEN Wrnnetka Illrnors Age 18 College Harvard Donald has been among us srnce the fourth class ust before he came to us he wrote a book of whrch however no one knew untrl rt was publrshed rn the mrddle of the thrrd Mousey crept toward the best sellmg lrsr we realrzed that we had a celebrrty among us As royaltres radro and televrsron and motron prcture offers kept comrng rn our admrratron grew rn proporrron Un ortunately Don has been somewhat assocrated wrth hrs prrncrpal character but then there rs no truth rn the rumor that he has a tarl Don has won renown not only as an author but as an actor and srnger and rnterpreter of Grlbert and Sullrvan as well He has been excellent rn the role of the Mrkado and of the Duke of Plaza Toro In addrtron Donald has contrrbuted artrcles rn the Anwl and has some of the brrght rdeas wrrtten for the Yearbook He has acqurred wrde fame as lacrosse goalre and vxon hrs letter for two years and also a major letter for managrng basketball In prrvate lrfe Donald lrkes to play crrbbage and other games of skrll and luck where hrs adventurous sprrrt and sharpness have not won hrm much money but have won hrm plenty of frrends rl30l- Fred joined us in the fifth class after the Chicago police had closed up his speakeasy In that Hrst year he played on the fourth team and establrshed hrmselfas an extremely promrs rng athlete In the fourth class he was brought rrght up to the frrst team and he began to accomplrsh the amazrng feat of earnrng four major football M s Our mouths hung gaprng rn open amazement at the bone crush rng tackles of Zee Russran It was only natural that he should be elected captarn for the 1949 season Then what happens but he goes and earns four major hockey M s Strrctly on the srde he has earned two lacrosse letters He was also presrdent of the M A A at whrch post he turned rn a magnrfrcent job Fred has rgnored Concord s contrrburron to mardenhood but has weakened rn one case and one case only He has not had much trouble co ordrnatrng hrs extracurrrcular actrvrty wrth hrs efforts to stagger through French 1C DONALD S HUTTER Rocltvrlle Center New York Age 17 College Prrnceton , . . ., 3 . J w , r . , . ., . , . class ear. As Abraham, The Itinerant ' 9 7 3 7 , , l . I r ' I 4 , . , . 7 ' ' . , 7 I , '