Millbrook School - Tamarack Yearbook (Millbrook, NY)

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JOHN BARCLAY WEBBER 10 Billings Avenue Rutland, Vt. ' ENTERED Sept. 1949: Football '51g Skiing '50- '52, Baseball '52, Strong Box '52, Silo '51-'52, sports editor, Guide Committee '51-'52, Head, Glee Club '52, Fire Dept. '50-'51, Biology Lab Asst. '49-'51, Meteorologistg Sixth Form Coun- sellor '51-,52. In the middle of last winter while some guests were being shown through the school, the party was arrested for a moment on the first floor of the New Dorm by the strains of Beethoven's 19th Symphony. The inquisitive guide opened the door to discover the source of the music, and there sat Swibac, reading a ski magazine. john invited the little company in and chatted for an hour or so about Vermont, the Red Sox, skiing, and life in general. At the end of their visit with john, the visitors left the school highly impressed, although somewhat confused. Their son is applying for admission to Millbrook next September. NICKNAMES Swibac, Webe, Pico. GREAT AMBITION To own Sun Valley. THEMESONG Anytime PROFILE Mary's brother . . . Novel Narrator . . . Well, now, gen tlemenf' 37

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DAVID BRUCE VOORHEES 726 Park Avenue T New York City ENTERED Sept. 1949: Zoo Squad ,49-'52, Headg Biology Asst. ,49-'52, Fire Dept. '50-'52, Silo '49, Guide '51-'52, Glee Club '49-'51, Riflery '49- '5Og Society of the Silver Shovel, sole member ,49g Prefect in the Dining Hall Dorm '51-'52, Walking around the spacious Millbrook campus, one might very well have wandered into a pretty red-brick building known as the Dining Hall Dorm. This peaceful exterior hid the terrible prowling grounds of the Voorhees Monster. His fourth form charges were kept strictly in line by brawn-force fsix foot-one, and two hundred poundsj. All was not horror though, for Dave was gentle and extremely efficient in his running of Mr. Trevor's nationally known zoological park. His cool patience and understanding in the case of a runaway 'coon saved the fingers of many a benny. The doc is an avid biologist, and actually helped with the running of the labs his last year. NICKNAMES Dave, Davo, Voorheeski, Doctor. GREAT AMBITION To be a top-ranking surgeon. THEMESONG Bongo, Bongo, Bongo. PROFILE Rodent Research . . . The Heapn . . . Dissention. 36

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-X : fe, I- fvy T- Qs 1, ,, 1 YQNL aux f' gi A' VK ' v el- - f .1 .- 5 : -, . I , Aw 4 - . , ll .I 1 lvl Il, .JJ - ,' KK . A 1,1 , lp, 1 ,.,. A .- .. , bo I t Q. 'Q ' . tgttgfxfl L,,U,q.1.-- I Q4 i DAVID LORING WHITMAN Douglas Road Chappaqua, N. Y. ENTERED Sept. 1948: Zoo Squad '48-'52g Bird House '51-'52g Biology Lab Asst. '51-'52, Co-head, Glee Club '49-'50, Football '51. Dave was in evidence all over school all of the time, travelling at top speed. Brilliant in any mathematics course, he was especially known for his lucrative questions tlwich he never failed to get a lengthy answer, thus avoiding a possible quiz. Whit was one of the most faithful disciples of Natural Science. He was an active member of the zoo squad, and a steady with the bird-house building. He also played varsity football, and his tremendous flying tackle in the last minute of the last quarter of last year's last game will not be forgotten by his classmates. NICKNAMES Twitch, Dave, Whit. GREAT AMBITION To go to Tahiti. THEMESONG Brazil.,' PROFILE Active . . . But, sir fsighf' . . . Born Brilliant. 38