Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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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

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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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5 THOMAS K. BRUTON uTomn Montclair Academy, 1921; Bradley House, ,20; Walden House, ,20321; Ros- trum, y20321; ,Varsity Football Team, ,20; Vice-President Class, l20121; Vice- President Athletic Association, ,20321; Senior Executive Committee, ,203121. a a w raga 112- .. t W O, Heloise, thatls not Wally Reid; thatls Tom Bruton. Yes, Tom does look like Wally but that is only one of his many attributes. Bruton comes from East Orange, and he never tires of telling us about the beautiful young ladies who inhabit that alien country. Of course, we all take his word as to their beauty, and a few intrepid explorers have even ventured so far as to go with him to his native heath to inspect these damsels. In lines of' sport other than couchesmashing, Bruton has made an enviable record also. He was one of the huskiest members of last years football team, and played an excellent game at tackle. It has also been rumored that Tom will be a candidate for baseball honors, only rumored as yet, however. Brute is a big man in school affairs as well as in physical dimensions. As Chairman of the Senior Executive Committee, and Vice-President of the Athletic Association Tom has done a lot to help along the business of the school. Not content with all these honors, he has the distinction of being one of the schoolls leading vocal artists. We all feel sure that Bruton would some day rival Caruso, were it not for the fact that Tom has a bass voice. Union is the college of Brutonls choice and the school joins with the Board in wishing him success. ' 17