Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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JOHN CORBlN l lJawn l ' Montclair Academy, y19321; Walden House, ,19320; Academic Building, 20- 21; Forum, y19321; RiHe Team, ,21; School Orchestra, ,19321; Forum Football Team, ,20. ifl UST ask any one in school about the bloody Englishman who calls us blooming Yanks, and who is always showing us his English wit. John Corbin, for that is his name, has been telling us of happy England for two years. If we can believe his tales every one in that country must possess a mind far superior to that of the people of the United States. He was elected to the Forum at the beginning of last year and played a good game as ai tackle on their team when it was presented to public eye last November. Johnls pet hobby is his famous lcello; many times one can see Coach Breen rush out of his room and then rush into the masters, club, his face red, and his mouth frothing, from the effects of this instrument. We can surely sympathize with John for his fathers choosing such a place as Mountain Lakes for a home. It takes three or four hours to get there and the fair dame of Johns heart, contrary to the belief that absence makes the heart grow fender, often mourns his absence by forgetting him weeks at a time. Like all Englishmen, John is a dude. Can any one who has seen him on Friday night with his Tuck suit, striped shirt, four-in-hand tie, and high shoes, doubt this fact? Cornell is Johnls next place of abode and we hope that he will live there as successfully as he has here. 22

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DONALD CONARD Don Montclair Academy, 20321; Walden House, y20321; Chemistry Club, l21. W15! Lived Id? , L H 7 ERTH AMBOY has always been more or less of a joke to us, but since it sent Conard here our opinion has been entirely changed. The fact that this city has one of the largest chemical factories of the world in it, seems to inspire at least one of its inhabitants. Conard can always be found in Mr. Millerls fourth period chemistry class. He is also seen at all of the meetings of the Academy's Chemistry Club of which he is a member. Conard has a steady job of delivering the write ups of the various games to Newark papers and making sure that they get a place in the papers. None of us have been able to find a reason for Conardls not joining either one of our debating societies as he is perfectly able to get up and articu- late. He gave us an after dinner speech one Friday night, in Which he told a very funny story about some of his burglar friends. Evidently Conard is quite popular with the girls around home, as the memory of the one he brought to the first dance is still with us. May the business world bend before you, Conard. 21

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LAWRENCE O. ERICKSON llEricii Montclair Academy, 117921; Sergeant M. A. B., ,18319; Rostrum, 18321; Pres- ident, 20; Secretary, y19; Debating Team, t19-,21; Dramatic Club, y18321 President, y20-,21; Kodak Klub, y155321; Oratorieal Contest, 21', Searle Prize, ,19. a x ONVIi be surprised some day twenty years hence if you go to a big mass meeting and find tiOtuc, the Bolshevist,n giving his famous speech HKnutonia for the Knuts.H It has often been rumored that Erickson departs each summer for Knutonia, which is an island in the South Seas where the Socialists find their true Paradise. Also it has been said that the Knutonian railroads have been a great success since Erick bought them from the gov- ernment. However, despite his Socialistic ideas, Erick is a most necessary person around school. One day, when Lawrence was a little boy, a naughty Rostrum scout heard him expounding the virtues of private ownership, and so since then he has been crating for the benefit of that society. In fact they liked his iiline,y so well that they made him president. Last year, as advertising editor of On Bounds, and this year as an associate editor of YE YEARIE BOOKE, he has made himself known to the millions of subscribers of these worthy pub- lications. The Dramatic Club also knows his ability. Some one has told us that Erick is going to Oxford next year. Well, good luck, you bally 01d scout. 23