Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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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

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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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HARRY W. HOFF, Jr. llHarer, Montclair Academy, l18-'21; Third Team Football, ,17; Rifle Club, ll6-'21; Rifle Team, y16318319321; Perfect Score, y20; Captain, ,20-l21; Corporal M. A. B., 18; Kodak Klub, ,17-l21; Dramatic Club, l17321; Chemistry Club, 19320; Wireless Club, 19120; Rostrum, ,18321; Junior Prom. Committee, l20; Pilot Committee, 20121; Cheer Leader, y20121; Senior Executive Committee. ,21. l I U 1 ,L- ,' ., t t- AGE, the incipient lip-tickler! Here it is, now the book can really go to press! In the picture it looks like a shadow, butskeep it darke Harry really is growing a moustache. 'When the light is right, it can be seen, and it is really quite bristly! In addition to his facial decoration Harry wears check suits, Wild neck- ties, and has the well-founded reputation of spending more time combing his hair than anyone else in all the Ackie. iSome rep, boy, some repU Withal, as Bill Shakespeare hath it, hels a sleek headed man, of such as sleep of nights. He ought to be. The bakery knows him well, and he is one of the dog wagon's most consistent visitors. He got the habit during his labors as cheer leader, and now, just as an excuse, he says that a tummy is more comfortable if it is full. I Harry is a bad man With a gun. He is the captain of the Rifle Team, and loves to hunt. He has not yet decided what college he will attend next year, but the school wishes that he may be as popular and useful at college as he has been here-no better wish could be altered him. 24