Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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NATHANIEL LORD Bangor Marne Age 18 College Amherst Iour ycars ago ack came from Lours vrllf. Kentucky to Mrddlesex Certarnly he vsaked up srnce rs another questron ack s reactron to any krnd of vrork rs generally Ah m tard but rf he can find a place to prop up hrs feet lean back and compose hrs hands folded across hrs chest he contrrbutes a great deal to the rnrellectual actrvrty of the school As a matter of fact ack has been on the debatrng team for tvro years and has been one ofrts most rmportant members durrng that trme Hrs forceful delrvery and clear argu ments are rn strange contrast to hrs mode of exrstence Scholastrcally ack has always been near the top of the class vrhrch testrfres to a fine rf vvell shrouded mrnd srnce he rs an ex ponent of the what good are books? phrlosophy and srnce he generally rsn t vnrde awake rn class Occasronally he has been heard to speak rn class Ah see what yo drd suh but wha? But these awakenrngs are short and soon followed by refreshrng slumber In hrs semr vxakrng hours ack has contrrbuted to school lrfe by Elayrng basketball for whrch he vron hrs letter erng a busrness manager of the Yearbook a member of the Glee Club Nat has always been the most conscren trous worker rn the class Nerther the cunnrng lures ofhrs rowdy roommates nor the glrttermg lrfe of the stage has kept hrm from hrs studres The Trojan efforts have rewarded hrm wrth consrstently hrgh grades throughout hrs five years at Mrddlesex Nat harls from down east Marne rn a town called Bangor noted for lob sters and women Many trmes he has taken some of us asrde and trred to convrnce us that Taylor was all washed up Idaho potatoes were not better than Marne potatoes' Any mornrng when we drdn t have enough trme to douse our faces wrth cold water our eyes would usually manage to open when Nat appeared rn front of us garbed rn one of hrs screamrng tres Hrs humorous puns were always actrve rf not hrlarrous In the field of sports Nat has trred hrs hand at guard for the first football squad wood chopprng and strokrng the thrrd crew For three years he has been a show prrncrpal and thrs year was presrdent of the Glee Club We hear that he rs takrng hrs romantrc tenor vorce to Amherst JOHN H MCCHORD JR Loursvrlle Kentucky Age 18 College Prrnceton 'l32l' 7 - Z , ,' 7 , , made the trrp rn a sleeprng carg whether he has ' ,A 7' y , 7 'S I Y 1 . Q K . . , , . , 7 , u V 1 17' , Y. 7 7 7 r I Q I 7 A v r ,y . U Q j

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George is a boy everyone has had to look up to When he first came here his voice betra ed him and one of the more imaginative mem ers of the class affixed on him the nick name of Squeaky The extinction of this label has lately been threatened by a newer and more vulgar one skxnhead' He first drew our attention as a towering and glue fingered end for the fourth team Occasionally however his hollow leg got in the way This proved slightly embarrassing and caused George to forsake the glory of the gridiron to become one of Middlesex s first cheerleaders Oh will we ever forget those cartwheels' Crew has been George s sport forte He has earned two crew letters and was elected captain for his senior year George divides his spare time between three places B P RW and Bermuda When he isn t trying to ignore his roommates close harmony he is acting as chief adviser to Prlnce Ted and when he 1sn t dolng t at he is showing Bermuda glrls the faces on his knee caps and his spotless white bucks ALVIN G LITCHFIELD Winchester, Massachusetts Age 19 College Bowdoin 4311 GEORGE LEWIS III Sherborn Massachusetts Age 19 College Virginia Alvin is one of the few grizzled and justly admired veterans of six campaigns at Middlesex Because of his puny build he was at once dubbed Monster and has grown with the years always out but never up a fact which has been a constant thorn rn his pride However the football coaches considered him tall enough for the team in his third class year and since then he has repeatedly given oppos mg guards inferiorlty complexes with hrs horrifying features Qsee cutj No one has ever been able to skate past 'crusher Litchfield and his noble rf graceless efforts were rewarded by co captalncy of the second hockey team this year Alvm's passion for clubs drew him to lacrosse and he has been a bulwark of the de fense for the last three years He has been equally prominent off the athletic held In his third class year he won the Kelton Bowl and he still holds the Time test record for the sixth class Al is well established as a chercher of la Femme and just adores to date girls on New Year's Eve : . . f ' L , f ' pl' 'I , . . , V I 4 ' llfl - clit? f y ' -I . : . ., . ., I h . . . ' ' ' n s n , 7 I lt ,Pl j , 7

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Mrke has been a member of our class for only two years srnce hrs return from Lrberra Durrng thrs trme however he has been a very promrnent member of rt He wrll always be best known for hrs photographrc enterprrses Complete wrth Hash bun Speed Graphrc exposure meter plates and assorted trapprngs he rs a common srght wherever thrngs are happenrng Endowed wrth a qurck rmagrnatron and the abrlrty to apply rts rdeas effectrvely he has produced many unusual and fine prctures of whrch the prctures rn thrs Yearbook are examples Moreover he has contrrbuted hrs rare talents as edrtor rn chref Also whrle rn our class Mrke has been an edrtor on the Amr! and a member of the squash and tennrs teams An excellent scholar and near the top of the class consrstently Mrke won a prrze scholarshrp to Harvard JOHN C MORLEY Sagrnaw Mrchrgan Age 18 College Yale MICHAEL L MEIER Bethesda Maryland Age 18 College Harvard For five years now we have been trymg to grve ohn a nrckname Thrs seemed an almost rmpossrble task srmply because thrs fart harred boy from Mrchrgan seemed to have no weakness Ah but after sprrng vacatron 1950 we had a new member rn our class Peaches Thrs baptrsm came as a result of john s sophrstrcated tastes for datrng women who expect therr dates to shave However he has also earned marked recognrtron rn the field of athletrcs He has earned two football letters and thrs sprrng he alternated between the first and second crews and won hrs crew letter Scholastrcally he has always been rn the upper half of the class At trmes the back to nature movement stemmrng from the top floor of the B P lured hrm from the more cos mopolrtan socrety of R W But we were all happy to hear that he has forsaken the calls of hrs natrve land and next year wrll attend a Yankee college fl33l- v ' v 1 , .7 . y v 1 s v a ' a 1 l I. a a 1 r ' v 1 v s 1- U - ' , . . . - 9 - v r v