Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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Despite the fact that Robbins House is decidedly a crumbling fortress, and has been des- ignated as one of the primary and basic needs of the Fund Drive, it still seems to retain much of the character and spirit which has distinguished it for so long. Its hallowed walls still stand miraculously, steeped in long suffering traditions, and cemented together by old Spanish customs. It has even held up under the stress and strain of all seventeen members of the Class of 1960, and this in itself is quite an achievement. The Robbins House First Class, moreover, has become a controversial subject to many in the school not the least of which are the usurping Upties. It has been referred to by one mem- ber of the faculty as an intellectual monkeycagef' Thus, as is quite usual, the Robbins House First Class has left an undeniable if not an indelible mark upon the school. Whether that mark is for the better or the worse we can not say, but only hope that it is the former. A quick glance at the First Class, starting after supper on a typical night will reveal a great deal, for they really begin to live after seven, although in reality it's at least ten past before the daily golden bell is rung by our omniscient housemaster. The first notable ritual and unescapable event on the evening's agenda is Sarge Collier strumming away on his guitar surrounded by various Upties, and aided often by nimble Cher- ington on the bongoes. Across the hall, Burnham is methodically pounding and butchering the piano while composing his own concerto, which is usually not finished until about nine- thirty when he starts to work, catching a few hours here and there of sleep. Charlie Bolton sud- denly comes whirling through from Forbes House, almost knocking over Mr. Hall and his reti- nue in the process. He wedges his way through the crowd in a frantic search for Bingham to tell him that the O8zB must come out or he will lose both the Rogers Peet and Brooks Bros. ads. There is now chaos on the first floor which ceases abruptly upon the appearance of the dapper Mr. Daley, and the sound of the 7:25 bell. Those now that have not gone to study hall Robbins House First Roux' Wellington, Bradlee, R., Reidy, Mac Kay, Koenig, Case. Second Row: Bolton, P., Dall, T., Cunning- ham, J., Howland, C. P., Freeman, R., Alger, Basset, Mattison, J., Whitman, Gleason, MacLaren, Febiger, Sar- gent. Third Rauf: Cunningham, V. B., Hitzig, W., Barbour, Morse, Howland, C. C., Mr. Griffin, Mr. Daley, Pierce, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hall, Turney, Erickson, Crittenden, Schmid, P., Wilder. Fourth Row: Potter, Rabino- witz, Burrage, Little, Clark, C., Hallett, Deknatel, Miller, Van Voorhis. Fifth Row: Baker, F., Noble, Straus, D. Littlefield, Filoon, Forbes, Faulkner, F., Bingham, Collier, Weld, Lyman, Chesebrough. W -W -. ,M ., -.. ,X . X i .X

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'Wirst Row: White, A., Foley, Gowans. Mattison, .fs -u ...fr ski, Faulkner, A., Moss, Page, Straus, R. Tbirrf Row: Bolton, C., Emery, Fuller, F., Minot, Checver, D., Norris Stone. Swett, Talbot, J. Fourth Row: Clark, E., Bolton, K., Borland, Mr. Herzog, Mrs. Norris, Mr. Norris Cushing, Gannett, Knowles. Fifth Row: Sylvester, Marsters, Schwarz, Bowditch, Burling, M., Clark, E., How- land, K., Lane. I2 Forbes l-louse Webster y zan- rc-cords to watch television, coming up to inform the Midnight Watchers that, Tonight we get a double feature: a cool war movie and Rita Hayworth, too! This brings Emery from his'room yelling To heck with,,.thoxows! Let us go down and get the green chair, so that we can be comfortable fgunghe duration of the night. Slowly, the other members of the club enter the sacro-sand? viewing room. Everyone com- posed, but the is no picture. Club technician john Talbot steps up to remedy the difficulty. Be careful, john, 1 still plugged in! - Luckily he is used to absorbing electricity, and therefore recovers'quickly. Bob Norris, the religious consultant, suggests that we give the third floor a chance to become members. The motion is passed, and we volunteer to get them. Up two flights of stairs and down the long corridor we go, passing myriads of sweaty notices. We pause for a moment of silence outside the room that once held Ann Watson, then enter to find Bolton and Swett having a heated discussion as to the advisability of investing in AT8cT orethe Baltimore: Trust Co. After hearing the usual arguments about work and the OSB, we drag them clown. While we have been gone, Big Bill has been faking out Bob and vikefversa. The arg'iiment is getting a little personalg but they break it-up when we come in. We are once again comfort- ably settled, when a great flash of light momentarily blinds us. Darn it, Wedge, can't you ever stop taking pictures? just then,..the first commercial comes on, Ballantine Beer. With a sigh, the boys settle down for a good night's rest. is S' ' Q nf-c an . 'sf - vt ....... D.. 1. s B

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Sunday morning Lge' Fw Satan's disciples Rx ie great tl ood Breakfast retire either to their rooms or to the Library to do at least some work prior to the great bull session held every evening in the Monitor's room, 'umble Charlie's, that is. The bull session tonight is no different than any other. Baker, as usual. arrives hrst clearing his throat and cursing Emerson and some other name he continues to mumble vehemently. He is followed shortly by Forbes, ex-vigilante and the perpetrator of the Great Flood who entices young Mathew. a fellow Vigilante. into playing hockey on the corridor. Quickly the room fills up as the innocent Noble appears with Lyman and Bradlee behind him, followed in turn by Sluggo Littleheld who asks the fat one or svelte Charlie what nasturtium is in French be- cause the great Upton white father sent up a signal that there might be a quiz tomorrow. Sud- denly the door is thrown open and the Great stoo-pud Swede appears, and Straus then hurriedly shuffles down the hall to post another edict on the ice-box door stating when, to whom and how much the orange juice is which has been coming indefinitely since school began. A loud and varied chorus greets him with 'g'Stra-usss and after blurring out a few words, things began to calm down and the conversation fevergs to a certainl member of the Wolcies or Forbsies, or to the elusive Upties, or to the latest English classior qpiz. 'Khese topics soon are exhausted and the session breaks up. or adiourns to Fi1o0n's and Littlef1eld's room where they may play a quick game of poker. Anotheir group may go to get Chesebroughf' who is memorizing his Latin while consuming numerous No-Doze and cups og Beckgolfee for hisgall night travails. Thus ends a typical evening, although for somegiit is just eginningg iifndivyetifor others it is a chance to catch up on cherished sleep. , i 5 F v 1 i s t 1 r 1 as We owe a great deal to Mr. Daley who has sl rred us on to better thingsagtnd to eiflatl-loving and scurvy-fearing Mr. Hall. Mr. Millet,gt0agfQ.A i ig'g often given us a pat on the back to encourage us during trying gimes, and finally G say that we hope both Mr. Griffin and Mr. XVilson, invaluable assets to both the House and the school, have weathered fthe storm sufficiently well enough to return again next year and for many years after that. ' . Bingham 1