Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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VALDEMAR BEEKEN Beek Montclair Academy, y15321; Class Tennis, 18319320; Tennis Champiom ship, 20; Forum, i19-Y21; Third Foot- ball Team, i17; Fourth Football Team. '15; Class Swimming, 17; Third Base- ball Team, y17; Varsity Tennis Team, ,20; Third Basket Ball Team. ,17; SCCe 0nd Basket Ball Team, ,19. thLOONIFlELD sure has some team this year. Why, you should have seen yem jump all over Barringer last night. Yes, Beeken comes from Bloomfield. He has been riding up in his yellow Electric for some five or six years and has been 21 Forumite for at least three of those six. His special hobbies are Latin and Mr. 1VIons0n and he certainly has them both under his thumb, iLatin because his brain won,t take it and Mr. Monson because they zlre'such good palsj Every year basketball claims him, but after a week or so the Bloomfield HY calls him so insistently that he must go home after school and play for that team. He has been a fine tennis player for several years and Mr. Jewett always welcomes him out on the courts. Although he is not skillful enough to play on the ivarsity baseball team he is always used on some other team. Beek hasn,t decided upon a college, as yet, but we hope he fares well Wherever he goes. 15

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GEORGE RAIMES BEACH, Jr. Rajah Montclair Academy, ,18321; Forum, y18321; Vice-President, 720; Critic, ,21; Forum Dance Committee, 21; Debating Team, ,21; Dramatic Club, y18321; Ath- letic Editor HOn Bounds, l19-l20; Busi- ness Manager Ye Yeare Booke, ,20-'21; Senior Dance Committee, ,2021; Kodak Klub, '21; Senior Executive Committee, '20321; Manager Football Team, y20; 3rd Football Team, l18; Class Basketball Team, 18319. 0 you happen to remember a long, angular personage, built on much the same dimensions as a rail, who was clad in a red sweater and d15- reputable cap tamong other things, to be surel and who was the water-boy, officially termed manager, of the Foot Ball Team last fall? Ladies and gentle- men, you need neither one thin dime nor two fat nickels to be allowed to see this spectacle, otheWise known as George R. Beach, Jr. tThe R in George's name is like the X in an Algebra problem-the unknownl. Although you may not realize it, you are seeing the best-dressed man in the world. If some one could persuade George to purchase a pink shirt and a Violet striped collar, he would be sartorially perfect. Beach, during his three years at lVI. A., has made an excellent name for himself. It was largely through his efforts a year ago that llOn Bounds was made a success financially. This year his time has been expended on the HYear Book where his work as Business Manager, has proved invaluable. George was also an active member of the Senior Dance Committee and one of the leading debaters of the Forum. Quite a record, Lord Washwater. Beach is going to Princeton where the best wishes of all of us follow him. 14

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CHARLES EMERY BROOKS i iBrooksie Montclair Academy, y19321; Forum, ,19-,21; Third Football Team, 19. IND, or better yet, Gentle Reader, have you ever seen a disreputable looking motorcycle speeding up Bloomfield Avenue at about 8:52 on almost any morning? That fiery steed belongs, as you have probably sur- mised from the striking resemblance between them, to its rider, Charles Brooks. This gentleman is remarkable for several things, chief among them being bow ties of outrageous hue, membership in the Forum, and ability to make any engine go any time, any day or anywhere-to quote a well known song. Brooks is not noticeable in class, as he is too near the average or Hunking, mark to stand out, butewhen school is 0,er he and his trusty vehicle stand out, nay, run away from the common herd. Both are absolutely original and unique. It has been whispered that I. C. S. will be our friend Brooks, Alma Mater, but ye scribe, tto imitate F. P. AJ has private information that he goes to Lehigh next year. Good luck, Brooks! 16