Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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NICHOLAS B POTTER New York New York It wasn t long after Fred came rn the fifth class that we started callrng hrm Pat and that rs now vrrtually hrs real frrst name Srnce hrs early days Pat has been marnly rnterested rn the Crvrl War and the Detrort Trgers cheer rng the Trgers and wrrtrng hrstory reports on the Crvrl War for as long as any of us can remember He has also won a Thoreau Medal for one of hrs more erudrte works on the War between the States Pat rs perhaps proudest of hrs athletrc achrevements however In two years he has won hrs major letter rn hockey and thrs sprrng he won a letter rn baseball He finrshed up the season wrth the hrghest batrrng average on the team and he turned rn some fine prtchrng performances as well I the classroom Patty has been handrcapped wrth a soft vorce and who knows what gems of wrsdom have been lost because no one could hear them Pat has been a member of the Glee Club and show and has been the sports edrtor for the Amz! He rs at present edrtrng the sports sectron of the Yearbook Next year Pat plans to attend Andover to do some post graduate work He will probably major rn baseball and hockey Nrck came rn the fourth class from a lrttle town called New York There he had learned to play a lrttle game called soccer at whrch he was qurte adept For four years he has been tryrng to rntroduce thrs shrn krckrng brawl to Mrddlesex Thrs proved an rmpossrble task so Nrck decrded to go out for football For two years hrs bullet helmet could be seen crashrng through that lrne on the pup and fourth teams However a back rnjury finally put a stop to Plung1ngPorter Thenrn the second class year Nrck went back to krckrng the leather and got so expert rn krckrng the extra pornt that he became a specralrst and earned hrs letter both last year and thrs These explorts earned hrm the subtrtles of Automatrc Pot ter the golden toe and others Wrnter found hrm poundrng the walls of the squash courts and acqurrrng two letters Hrs krckrng abrlrtres seemed almost eclrpsed by hrs rac QUCE abrlrtres as he prled up an rmpressrve record on the tennrs courts He was captarn FREDERICK A PRATT Concord Massachusetts Age 17 College Harvardfilj l34l , . 9 I A Age: 18 College: Harvard of the tennrs team for two years. 7 I 7 - , . 5 ' 7 . . ' ' ' , . n 3 3 4 I - I 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

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ohn has always been one of the class humorrsts and possrbly rts best As a conse quence of hrs wrt and rts propensrty for gettrng rnto absurd srtuatrons there are a good many storres about ohn crrculatrng around whrch however we won t embarrass ohn by rntro ducrng rn the wrrte up Actually these storres and hrs nrckname testrfy to hrs great popularrty There rs not a member rn the class who has not had a good laugh over the latest ohn Rod gers ohn rs a New Yorker and as such rs naturally a sharp dresser he has one of the best collectrons of bow tres and shrrts rn school ohn has played C team football but left off rn hrs first class year when he heard Lady Nrcotrne and the brllrard room callrng He has swung a mean axe on the wood chopprng squad for four years and has also played base ball there he won hrmself a name as a slugger rn hrs frfth class year Srnce then he has trred so he has played lacrosse for three years and won hrs letter for capable work as defense man DAVID S ROGERSON Brooklrne Massachusetts Age 18 College Bovvdorn 1351 l New York New York Age 18 College Harvard Dave came to us from Brooklrne rn the frfth class as a rather rotund specrmen of Massachusetts youth Srnce then he has taken several reducrng courses and slrmmed down to a streamlrne form Hrs adept co ordrnatron frrst caught our fancy whrle he was quarter backrng the pup team In the fourth class he rose to the fourth team and rn hrs thrrd class year to the frrst team However thrs acceler ated clrmb was stopped suddenly by a bad back rnjury and he became an assrstant coach of the pup team Thrs rnjury drd not keep hrm from hockey rn whrch he earned three major letters Hrs qurck hands and steady play earned hrm two baseball letters and captarncy of the 1950 team One of the humerous hrgh pornts of thrs year came as a result of Dave s facrle features and amazrng abrlrty to look lrke a crooked polrtrcran We fear however that hrs mrmrckrng talents were not apprecrated by the hrgher authorrtres J . . . n . 5 . ' . J , 1 . r his hand at crew, whlich didn't appeal to him, JOHN G RODGERS A