Montclair Academy - Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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48 is . tfu J ffl he is poring over material for the next issue of 'l'he Montclair Newsng Bob Miller in the throes either of hysterical laughter or of poetic eompositiong or rl'ownsend staring abstractly at a script. Ilere is Cornish. coldly eyeing a poorly written news article, or Tompkins, carefully sketching airplanes of the future, while Ritchie lays plans for the next dance. 'l'his is a cross-section of the Class of 1Q41. Incomplete as ' ' ' ' ' l 'on of the versatility which such a description nn lst be, it com qs some compre 1CI1S1 characterizes the class. ln illustration of this general statement it would be wise to examine the extent of senior activities this year. 'l 'hc main body of the Varsity football team was made up, naturally, of seniorsg but three members of the Varsity also obtained parts in the Christmas play. Another member of the squad was elected President of the Rostrum for the second semester. In the cast of the play were seven seniors with several more on the stage crew. The class was well represented on both the Oe'1'oPUs and News staffs. Nor was it found wanting from the scholastic viewpoint, since ten of its members comprised an English Ilonors Course, doing advanced work in Shakespeare with Nr. Barras. 17

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, ior Class Hist Sen 'l'he average member of tl1e Class ot 1Q4l has not in all likelihood read Ile to VVin Friends and lnlluence People or any other treat' ' ' personality. Ile has prohahl' ' ' ' n - ' ' is -dt xv isc on tl1e de l 1, in fact let D l icn cntirelv 'il ve opment o v , a e Carnegie and other pcrs 1 . one. Yet, or possihlv thcief tinguishedhv 1 l f ' yonalitv sales- - ore, the presc f ' ' . -'Q rat ier surprisinv ' ' ho l' ' ' ' nt ,g1flClU1l1l1U l g, a rather n rc crs on xersit l 1 g c ass is dis- ervous varietv t ' ' .1 11tv. 'l'hclXl..'X ' ' h 1 ' ' U o character which certainlv . senior of 1Q41 is a gentleman of 111oods and fancies: c 15 ohstreperous 2lHCl tractahle, materialistic and poetic, easvfgoing and nervous. His achievements extend over manv realms of activitv from phvsical to menta competition. lt one xvere to enter at recess time that inner sanctum of the seniors, the senior smoking room, he might see through the haze of smoke the struggling forms of Van Sant and hflursch, possihlv practicing football plavs, hut more prohahlv engaged in mere rough-house, Guthrie jumping through the ceiling to drive home a point on the foreign situation to Charlie llolmes, who, hy the vvav, is not liste 16 l ning because Ha

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,ffl Qu Kg DAVID GRAIIAM BAIRD, Iunior Your-Forum, English Honors Course, Tennis, Golf, lfrcnch Ilonors Course. Senior Your-Forum, Afontclair News, English Honors Coursc, Tennis, lfrcnch Ilonors Course. A'Davc Yours at M. A.-1 1 Age-17 r ' l T1 245 fll DAVID BENDIQR lw mi, X Scnior Your-Drmnatic Club. 4429:- VU Smokey Dave Em I Years at lXI.A.-2 Age-18 J 0 ll, U , UU GEORGE MACDONALD BLACK. - Senior Year-Football, V. Basketball, Tennis. f rw fr- of A'Blackic N0 f Years at MA.-1 Age-17 iw Z' fflggtstseglul R 18