Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Councrl for thus year met vurh hrgh hopes of accom plrshmg great deeds We thought we were well on our way when we purchased a tape recorder with the profrts from the Student Councrl s The Merry Mess But after thls benevolent gesture we seemed to fall rn a slump We thought that we would be able to stop all actrvrtres whrch aren t looked upon wrth much favor around Mnddlesex such as cheatmg underclass smoking and repeated neglr gence but after drscoverrng what powers we d1d and drdn t possess we found ourselves wrth a harder taslc than any of us suspected We found that we had great powers of recommendatron l STUDENT COUNCIL and little for specrfic actron We were advrsed not to act as a secret organrzatxon with each mem ber actmg as an undercover agent to sneak around rn hopes of catchmg some wrong doers but more as a body whrch would be closely connected wrth the students We belreve that we suc ceeded farrly well rn thrs arm and as a result many who could have been caught and pumshed were left free to watch the few who were caught Our only hope of achnevmg success by thus method was ln the theory that the ones who were not caught would reallze how detnmental their acts were not only to the school but also to therr own characters l39l w Front Row: A. Browne, Taylor, Fordyce QPre.tidentj, Lord, Pratt. Second Roux' De Gunzburg, Lee, Shriver.

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WILLIAM P TRAVIS Cleveland Herghts Ohro Age 18 College Harvard The 1950 Yearbook has Steve Walker to thank for rt He has been by far the most frugal busrness manager that the school has known Many nrghts he has stayed awake contrrvrng schemes to squeeze money from the school and Yearbook advertisers No one has probably done more work for the Yearbook than Steve Thrs financral genius first attended Middlesex as a day boy Wrth eyes burning wrth jealousy we would look at Steve drrve past Room A rn the morning rn hrs red Mer cury However Steve soon got fed up wrth Concord lrfe and decrded to board for hrs senror year Wrth the help of hrs two room mates he turned the end triple on the thrrd floor of Peabody rnto a palatral surte This spring Steve was tennrs manager together wrth hrs work for the Yearbook It wrll be hard to forget rn future years the many trmes he has brightened up a dull day wrth some humorous anecdote Four years ago Brll Travrs left Cleveland by trolley car and arrived at Middlesex together wrth another boy The other boy had trouble making classes on trme so soon Brll was Cleve land s only representative at Middlesex It vvasn t long before we found out just who was covering the blackboards wrth pictures ofloco motrves blrmps and equations Soon people began to pornt and whrsper He can t help rt He s a brarn But srnce then Brll s interests and actrvrtres have broadened and grown He was on the Ami! board played basketball and lacrosse sang rn several shows and has been a member of the Glee Club ever srnce he came here Brll has also been a backbone of Mr Brrggs debating team He has even trred to crash rnto the cigarette bummrng busrness self a natronal scholarship to Harvard and we expect even greater things from hrm there STEPHEN S WALKER Concord Massachusetts Age 17 College Harvard -l38I , . , . J. y 7 . . . - 7 but in vain. With this record Bill has won him- 3 ' I 7

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MAA Iron! Rau A Wells Rogerson J Green Horween Lewis Romalne Tlylor Plcfflrltlll Serum! Rau Ham mond Alles Mr Dawson Durstholf A Osrhelmer During the winter term, we were in what amounted to a state of inactivity We found that in this term other extra curricular activities took preference over us and we were forced to meet at greatly separated times During this period of inactivity many members of the school began wondering what the Student Council was for Several people wrote papers on the In the Spring Term we met regularly every Friday night from seven to seven thirty We found that with a regular schedule we could more easily keep ourselves informed on the activities of the school At one POIHE we found that cheating needed to be discouraged in several classes and advised the respective masters to keep a close watch for rt The Student Council project 'Ihe Merry Mess was very expertly run this year by Nelson Lee Nelson did a wonderful job of managing and as a result we are assured of a good profit With this profit we voted unanimously to pay the balance on a present of a television set to Mr Raymond which was given as a gift from the student body M A A The M A A consists of eleven members five of whom are the captains of the five major sports Of the other six five are elected by the separate classes and a secretary is appointed by Mr Terry The M A A with the very helpful advice of Mr Daw son awarded letters in five major and three minor sports Because of the above average records of most of HOP inactivity of the Council and as a result we began to move again in the Spring Term. -A ' ' ,, , ' f ' ' , ' , , , ' ' ' , , -, , .