Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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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

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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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HENRY HOUSE Mutt Montclair Academy, '20321; Walden House, ,20321; Rostrum, '20321. , ,1 ; KjtvPLVJi ewtnxr Lu, J. U ALDEN House? No, Henry, or as he is sometimes called hHen House. Why iiHen ? We-ell, we have heard that in Knoxville, his home town, he is something of a fusser. He certainly is in Montclair. Thus the name has a double significance. However, I think it might be well 10 change the subject. Our friend House inothing personal, House, I wish you to understandi has one undying affection. What is it? Girls? Nay, nay, Pauline, as it is expressed in the vulgar speech of the common people. Athletics, then? Hardly, although he plays the national game twhat is itU on occasion. No, this love of his is for, I blush to confess it, bulldogs. The larger and more brindled they are, the better he likes them. Dame Rumor hath it, tboy, page Mr. WooleyD that if a bulldog, any kind, is in sight, House takes refuge in the tallest available tree, and if it should he a brindled pup, he sprouts wings! He says so himself. Everyone including Mr. lVIonson, feels sure that he will be as much of a success at the college of his choice as he has been at M. A., and we all join in wishing him the best of luck and the least of bull-dogs. 25