Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Nimm 1 st x St Hoot tnmt sthtdult d1d not allow for am such var'at1ons and xxholt ptnod rn full VILVK of tht mtrrx hlazt A nf tht artltnt sahotturs II'1Ckl to hlovt up BP ln tht sprmg a pmntcrlng group dcvelopttl a h1g,h lx sutctssful sport whost novtltx has not xet worn thm Btxng a prcsldentlal star tht fall of our third class xtar was ftaturtd hx dtllrlous tltttxon ralhts thc result of whxth was a vxctorx for a rathtr tonservatmvt canth tlatt consldtrxng the loud campalgns for more radical tnttlts and tht vote of the lunatic frmgc Thxrtttn of us matlt varsxtx squads that scar mam htmg tn mort than ont sport Foothall sufftrtd an thhrtvlattd sthttlule htcaust of a pollo scare and tht trtw tourst was stralghttntd lllI'lVLLl and thcd untltr hlatk marktt prltts we at last t,ot an organlztd and sotlalxstlt tonftctlonerx whxth was thrxsttntd Tht Mtrrx Mtss Another hlthllght that apptartd on tht campus was tht xllumxnatxon of tht non lt tamt to ont of tht most promlntnt ftaturts on 'WSW Q5 rl' -v--'O fflllifrt ll Co h vt only Xhssfxt Hl st TTS XX htn xxt mm td to Room D mt. mmx ntxxtomtrs wt t :mt f rt tlutt o nttd for mort phxsmtal txtm turrttular AQUYIIILS Two of madt xarsm posxtxons namtlx Boh Grttn 1n hask t hall and lohnnx Allts ln hotlx tx Somt of us forsook mort organlztd athlttxts and spent our tlmt hurldmg huts nn th xxools And thtn wt had thc RXW hrt Rtgardltss of tht fatt that hurmng tlormxtorrcs arc: untommon at Mxddltstx rt IS rtmcmhcrttl th tt Mr Lotkt s Latm class was htld almost tht s wasnt tnough somt of our mort tagt Naturallx mth all thns tonstruttton hung dont thtrt was found to ht a httlt dtstrut our tampus tht ilagpolt Dtspxtt tht fact that tht polt had httn taktn down tht hast havnng wstathtrtd tht mort stlcntxh mtthods fl'll9 sprxng hnallx sutcumhttl to tht hrutt fortt of a pntumatlc drlll Btfort tht sttond tlass our ont tontitt vxlth SLILHLL htl httn txptrxmtntttlon wrth Sllllfllt 1TldLlllHLS and .iquar ls IU t hft ant snttm t tssts and 1 lnttlt hxologx n tht thlrl Wfhtn ut rtturntd to hrtak 1n tht nut Chtmlstrt lah vtt tllSCONLl'Ltl our sltlll or nt 3 , Q , 1 , t 752 f .7 , ' . ' , v' Ll A U. , .Y D KA .4 sc A o uSJ u 'l ur us 'A ' j A ' . H' f J A ' A 2 . h 'll . - . , V I , A ' . . is , ' , , , , f . . ' ' '. 1 . . 1' .. S ' 'L Mx ' , Q A . , I I A I 4 I Y . Gttstronomically, after many smaller concerns had r- ' ' . . I' . A ' A U ' Y A xx hh 14 4 1 . 1 ' S ' N . . - I, 5 k I K . , t '- ll' ' L ' 'I 'I ' at I K iun ' th' ' h V l '. l 'lt.. -. ' t ' - ' I' i - A ' I K. ' ' ' l.ttk of it, with mort' dtl .tttf Plays' ' '

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TNIIDDI 1 Sl x St H001 Cove emo MAssAt Hush ris Claws Hzvtmj When we eame rn 194 there were an abundance of downstalrs studxes numerous bachelor masters and a flagpole Basketball was plaxed upstaxrs rn the gxm the new rmk was not xet complete the ehapel and Elxor Hall towers were dark and ungnlded and the crew eourse was the scourge of the league lt was a tlme before the new eage roof floor and lnghts the modern phxsmes ehemnstrx md broloex labs the new lwoathouse and the Merrx Niess NVe lacked mayor blsleetball letters and lacrosse The fortx me mxnute elass dls appeared as we came and ns re born as we leave We g2ill'1LLl ' a new musxc rot m and a sue CSSIOD of blgger and bigger glee elub orchestras These haue lndeed been changeful xears to Middlesex and to us M X the trldltlont al boxs rfour of them came through the tradxtlonal gate to form the bas on whlch our class has been erected Tom Bzsbee started off hls long Do lrtxcal career bx berng elected preslelent after onlx two bal ots x mld xear the c ass swelled to hve the added one bexng Ronm Wlnte who later euned fame ts the box who was often seen projected head downward from a wlndow ln Room F amld laughter from our larger members As the class grew rn numbers and stature we encountered the need for outsxde dlverslon The solutlon to thus urge came for us rn the form of clubs whxch led to our own rndlvxdual buslresses These sterlmg eorporatxons lneluded a shoeshrne emporlum a Car wash servrce and several Hurd photo developlng concerns Out of all thxs furor not much developed smce IHOSI of our entrepreneurs lacked exther patlence or business lbxlltx We stlll were sub jected to doorwax dlscrlmlnltxon rn the dnnxng., hall md found ourselves hnmg to make the long detour through the eellar Athletlcally we contrlbuted llttle except for the eheerxng thlt xear The football season for us IS recalled mostlx be the xxctorx bonhre and the burnxng of the St George s efhgx l the wmter those who plax ed basketball shoveled snow lxke hoekex men for thex plaxeel v1r tuallx under the open skx ID the stlll unroofed eage L Af Pzge Tbnleeu l' . 2 ' Q . A r Q . ' Q .A T . ' Y V1 ' . . . - . A VL A VV V Q . . V .t f . f 1 . ', .- . f' kg-. . ,L L Mn , --AAV. ' , -. A. C ' ' . . ' , 4 , ,, - - . V h . . ' 'V V V. ' .. .. . 1. v.- Q 1,3 4 ' . , . 1 f , xl ' , K .. ' 'X ,QI - ln l9'D ' 4 al , - nd' A I 8 sm'l ' - J . ' f M V I ! 1 f ., , , , , , . , .,. V ,J f l I 4 A' ' A fa-J l A A ' he ' . ' A V . .V V V , A 1 Q B.. Q . 1, V. . A .v ., , , .' V ' ' .l V . VZ' - 4 .15 , - V V A v A 4, A2 4- 1. . . A A 4. A A A I A A . 1 4 4 ' . .A . 'A , A . 2 A A lv. 1 A Y. . , '. . V, - ' ' ' L' ' . ' ' , V 2 . -.L if f . I ,A Y' . A 1 I , . 'A . ' an A 2 -V4 . 4 V ,f , A Y ' . . V V , V' V ' , . A , I . I . rnf. n L WJ y eq I , A , xl . '- A4 A tl I A

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N 1111 1 Nl x 3411001 Coxr o1t1m Xifxssfxc H181 IIN wtrltus Somt c otr mot 1 tarthlx mtmhtrs stxll trumt stxtntt tnolt uw gto om ntwcomtr to tht currxtulum ltwtn of us tontrlhutttl to suptrh toorhall ttam that rolltd oxtr all oppontnts savt ont IS was followtd u x th1mp1onsh1p hotlttx tttm unttftattd 1n ltmut 11111 nt 1 ntar thtmpmn litrosst squad On a mort 1nttlltttu1l ltx tl tht dthttnng ttam tarrxlna two of our tlissmatts starttd on a unammous VICIOYX strmg.: that IS sr1ll xntatt and unrollmg as wt ltawt Thls ptrhaps was dut to tht atquxsltxon of 11 rapt rttordtr that lvtt lmt ltnow n to 1ll of us as tht sxmlwol of tht drtttl Mondax mormna, spttthts n tht SPFIIIL tlont, mth tht ust11l w tttr ll ts lwolo hountlng intl ltnlft throwlnu thtrt w is tht l Dtll Annxvtrsarx of tht start of tht Rtxoluuon at tht Con ord lifltlgt. Along w1th Gtntral Omar Bradltx and was talled to ofhtlatt wrth C A at tht telebratxon NI1ltstones that star w rt not tonhned to annxversarlts of the Concord m1nute mtn for Mxcldltsttc turntd out :ts 1000th graduatt among tht class of 1950 At tht dtparturt of thus monurntntal graduatt and hls tllss wt found ourstlvts at tht trtasurtd goll of tht nrst tltss Agaxn wt turntd out 1 mtmorxhlt Ljfltllflill squad ftaturtd hx tht sptttttular apptartntt of tht Dtnnx Exprtss whlch max or max not havt htlptd us ro w1n all our gamts tvctpt ont lI1ClUtl1flg St Gtorgt s Manx of us Jolned tht gltt club not httause of our lovt of musxt tlthoutgw untloubttdlx mam tnyoxtd If hut for tht attractxvt soual contacts If altordttl IU frtqutnt rthttrsals w1th tht Academx Our socxal lxft has hlossomtd adm1rahl1 whether h tust of tht Qltt cluh or our xntrtasttl fretdom 'lhlg mwbgm awdrt ness was 1llustrattd hx a rtcord xtttndanct at tht XV1nttr Dantt tht ct wt wtrt not as pottnt lb tht xtar htfort hut tht hasktthall ttam al though hx no mtans thampxons showtd a lot of 1mprovtmtnt ovtr tht tear befort In squash we turned out tht usual good team Want of us not xtt over tht noveltx of our pI'lVllLgC hlled tht downstaxrs of Ware Hall w1th strtams of hlut grax smoke Our class was horn on tht httls of tht tnd of World XVar ll and as wt leave thx. word agaxn armlng The hattlt Korta whlth IS stlll nn full swmg has dont much to sohtr us wnh tht prospttt of our Page fifteen llll .i ., . Q1 .1 i at 1 . . .. Q - mf 1 r ' ' 1 H , li 1 - A - al V U . , A I , K F1 . .1 in If I Th' 'V 1- p ly 11 ' - L ' ' Ag . t 1 A Q 1--'A 'I -1. 4 Ll l D- -' ' V A . ' 1 . ' ,. I t . ' Ji' I l 4 ' , l 1' 1 K' '4 ' , 1 'L ' 'gh Senator Leverett Saltonstall. the Middlesex glee clulv ' - f l 4'f4 . 4- v. ' . , . 'l . ' Un . 1 ,. ,. ,A . .b , 1. l is f ' ' . - of