Moses Brown School - Mosaic Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Class History LOWER SCHOOL T was in the fall of 1932 that eleven far-from-eager little boys followed their Mamas' coat-tails through the iron gates, and first viewed with mingled awe and doubt the elm-shaded campus. Of these, Bill Clafiin and Bill Farnsworth have managed to run the gauntlet of the all that Moses Brown had to offer. Under the gentle and patient guidance of Miss Woodbury, we who have finished, and the rest, went through the uncertainty of the first year of school with practically no casualties. We built the house of the Three Pigs from a pile of ponderous wooden blocks, played in the sandbox, and had magnificent, if painful, games of tag on the iron bars in the playground. Once a week we marched gaily over to Mr. Howe's workshop, and staggered back to class, laden with wood scraps, from which our unwieldy hammers fashioned grotesque and novel objects. The highlight of our academic year was Father and Son Day, when we had a chance to display our ath- letic potentialities. In the first primary, under Miss East- man's firm but gentle hand, our education really got underway, with our lessons in writing, some wicked, mathematically im- possible flash-cards, and our first attempts at reading. Bob Lownes joined us this year, and contributed to our production of Little Black Sambo, our first taste of drama. We met Miss Crawford and the second grade. Our ranks were swelled considerably by the inimitable Cub Langdon. We were introduced to French by Madame Warge, who insisted that we were the best class she had ever had CMonday, Wednes- day, and Fridayj and the worst fTuesday and Thursdayj. Presently we became quite proficient in ordering Thanksgiving dinner, en frangais. l 29 Third grade with Miss Wilson was the highlight of our lower school life thus far. Although we were run with an iron hand in class, our patience was rewarded by fre- quent trips to Rhode Island's places of interest. This year we first learned what tragedy meant, when our classmate Don- ald Murdock died. In his memory, his mother gave the class of '46 a fund with which to buy books, which have aided us throughout our school years. We are deeply grateful to Donny's mother for this lasting memorial. In 1937 we entered the first intermediate, Miss Pixley's grade. This year we eagerly exhausted ourselves and Miss Eastman on our enlightening nature hikes. Also enjoyed were our Friday afternoons with Mr. Gray, who exposed us to the Damrosch Music Hour. We moved into the main building the following year, were oriented by Miss Chappell, and with the enthusiasm of a swarm of boll weevils, at once set about investigating the raising and manufacture of cotton. We took great pride in our Pageant of America, which we wrote and produced ourselves. The following year, under the Evans- Hoyt regime, we were joined by Milt Brier and Howie Armburst. Never to be forgotten are the happy hours we passed learning to paint with Miss Buffum and Mr. Cole. Our artistic talent had a marked tendency to manifest itself on the faces and clothing of our classmates more often than on the provided paper. Our show for the year was a streamlined H.M.S. Pinafore, which made Memphis Bound sound like a swan song. During our last year in the Lower School, we were suppressed and depressed by Pop Allen's table tests, Miss Davis' grammar tests, Tod Butler's grammar tests, and Mr. Brigham's history tests and l -1 Emg an HALL-rams mvmndierrsi 1 -r----ss- 3 'I O ,I - -,

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9 DONALD BERTRAM SNYDER, JR. East Sandwich, Cape Cod, Mass. Don D-B Track Squad II, Team III, IV, Co-Captain V, Cheer Leader V, Vice-President of Athletic Association V, Secretary of Second Form, President of Fifth Form, S.A.C. II, V, Proscenium Club II, III, IV, President V, Glee Club I, II, President III, IV, Secretary V, Orchestra III, Vice-President IV, MOSAIC Board, Dance Committee IV, Second Prize, Declamation Contest III, IV. RAYMOND SIMPSON TAINSH 347 Morris Avenue, Providence 6, R. I. Ray Baseball Team III, IV, V, Football Team III, IV, Captain V, Track Team III, junior Member of Athletic Association, Presi- dent V, Treasurer of Third Form, Vice-President of Fourth Form, Secretary of Fifth Form, S.A.C. III, IV, Chairman V, Proscenium Club IV, V, Glee Club III, IV, Vice-President V, Delphian Board V, MOSAIC Board. LEONARD JASON TRIEDMANI 224 Raleigh Avenue, Pawtucket, R. I. H uddles Lenny L-J Assistant Manager of Track Team IV, Manager V, Soccer Squad III, Assistant Manager of Cross Country Team IV, Manager V, Middlers' Basketball Squad II, Team III, Chess Club II, III, IV, Glee Club III, IV, Band III, Orchestra III, IV, Delphian Board V, MOSAIC Board, Honors II, III, IV. DEAN STUART WOODMAN 240 College Avenue, Richmond, Ind. Woody Baseball Team IV, V, Track Squad IV, V, Captain of Cross Country Team V, MOSAIC Board. EDWARD HANDY WRIGHT 159 Chapel Street, Saylesville, R. I. Ned Swimming Squad III , Middlers' Basketball Squad III, Glee Club IV. 'Micl-year graduate 'iv R33 LEARN IN D555 3'I'GHTkfv1ofiWEEGjN D 5 ALL Nffnlonmjfgi X , to t I5-ajijj,T7iT?f?1iggf, 55,1 -gi ig, fa! ,, i

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penmanship Cno testsj. Two squally char- acters joined us this year, Bliss and McCor- mick, and in no time were in trouble as badly as the rest of us. Mr. Allen's bicycle club and the annual May breakfast were distinct successes. Our semi-informal foot- ball team Hdone proud, trouncing the First Form and Rectory School. The big event of the year was the class's extensive tour of Boston, complete with educational notes and comments by Mr. Brigham and Mr. Allen. The days were rapidly drawing to a close, and all were cogitating as to whether it was better to be the highest class in the Lower School, or the lowest class in the Upper School. However, vaca- tion arrived before any decision had been reached, and we forgot all about it, for a while, anyway. FIRST FORM Surprisingly enough, the summer's va- cation did not leave us too reluctant to give up our lazy carefree days, and we returned to School this fall to the long-awaited dream of being Upper-Schoolers. Of the thirty in our group, only three were new: Don Snyder, Soupy Taylor, and Bob Sinkinson. The first day in the Upper School will live in our memories forever, there we were, virtually on our own, thrown into the vast multitude occupying Study Hall. After we had fairly well organized and oriented our- selves, we were called to a class meeting, where jubie Howe set us straight on our rooms, schedules, and, of course, the Demerit System. Now lowly, but somewhat proud, Upper- Schoolers, we held a meeting to elect officers of the class. The results of the balloting showed Tiffer Russell, Presi- dentg Tod Ballou, Vice-President, Bill Claflin, Secretary: and Mac McCormick, Treasurer. This year WE had an unde- feated football team, too, the Bumblebees, -but no gold footballs for our efforts. As for dramatics, our only representatives in the plays were Bill Farnsworth and Don Snyder, who have continued to be outstand- ing in this activity. Our most bewildering course of study was Latin, taught by Hcellophane-chewin' Normie Eyster, also our English teacher, who the day before one vacation had a bushy black moustache and the day of our return from the holidays was seen in an enormous black fur coat. Could the coat have been made from his ex-moustache? In Math, Chuck Hutton threw mysteri- ous problems in Algebra at us, which few of us understood. Mr. Pedrick taught us General Science, which puts to shame Physics in degree of difficulty. December 7th was a day of surprise and shock to all of us: the day of the Jap sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Fortunately for us, the Class of '46, the resulting strife has ended without our active participation. June found us anxious for a summer vacation, which we needed for recuperation from our strenuous year of study. Although not too eagerly, we were looking forward to the opening of School in the fall, when we would be nearer the honored position of those on my right, as referred to by our good friend jit. SECOND FORM The summer vacation went all too quick- ly, and once again we found ourselves a part of Moses Brown. Sporting fashionable tans, we were no longer bewildered and babyish, as we had been a year earlier at the same time-so we thought! Of course we still weren't upper classmen, but we were loftier and more worldly than those who took our places. The Faculty bench in front of us was filled out with no less than six new faces, four of whom played important roles in our second form careers. These four included the never-to-be-forgotten Hugh just- once - more, - Cranshaw, -and - that'll- be- three-demerits Kite. The other three were Messrs. Elms, Huganir, and Mitchell. Our French and Science departments were bol- I2-01 'J . ALL FORGET Etgiha fiblb-1-ill! A IQEE -s -- - . X-3- I lillfi