Mount Hermon School - Gateway Yearbook (Mount Hermon, MA)

Page 12 text:

W., G-4. W ' -h .?'5W ?ffw' 1 A, ii i 5, I .W , Q, 5. . ' im . , . ' 4: ' 1' fi V' .Li im .Eff E, ' 1 .-:ff 'A 55, E153 - 3,- ,1 , -' 4, 4..v?fi,fTf4:1: gg W r-w f,-'fQ?1el- x E. ' 4. wk r . vfsfy lfE I. ' yi V . -1 'f .J 'YV ' 'RQ' ' 3 .. - f 5 5. . A- 'Na- ' ,Q . lf .X .,L ,E -I N' , T55-Ff' ' '-I' rw-4 971 , fa Q, ' '.' . ew- ivy., sqa v X sg,- L-..a.., .fav-1.-Y-1' : g ..,,' , .,, 5 I 'ive 'N-'1 ., 3I n-urn ,ff ww. K xx -.. 1- zdkfifitz' .Z ,J .121 QF! tl 'N ,QVLL1 3' 9515 .f'1 'Q 3- ! We? -A4 mb 51 I X Q-

Page 11 text:

'y.. x. y, '47 i' ' K -Q iffy' ' 55 ' .1 . 5 ' :Swv 5 . me is 'M LESTER P. WHITE Clark, Yale-B.A., B.D., M.A. O the ten thousand Hermon alumni scattered throughout the United States and forty-two foreign countries, the Alumni Association serves a variety of important functions. Through the tireless eFforts of the Reverend Mr. Lester P. White, '20, the quarterly Alumni News is sent to all Herman graduates, by means of this pub- lication alumni renew old acquaintances and come into closer contact with the Hermon of today, moreover, on his visits to many of the Hermon Clubs, Mr. White is able to keep in pere sonal contact with many of the loyal alumni and friends of the school. Perhaps the outstanding contribution of the Alumni Association is the D. L. Moody Living Endowment Fund which raises annually a sum equivalent to the income on a million dollars of endowment. umni ddociafion C.,fzs,., Miro, NE of the most important men in the life of the Mount Hermon Senior is the College Counsellor, Dr. Edmond S. Meany, Jr. Through his tireless ettorts over 97'A, of the boys under his surveillance have entered college, a fact which is proof of a iob well done. Besides being the College Counsellor, Dr. Meany is also prominent in other phases of Her- mon life. He is the head of the History Depart- ment and faculty adviser to the Outing Club. But it is for his many contributions and in- valuable advice to the Class of 1954 that the seniors wish to express their sincere gratitude. DR. EDMOND S. MEANY w :z' tb' in

Page 13 text:

C4455 .XgCJL'i.50I FRIENDLY smile, a warm greeting, a re- straining hand, a matchless sense of humor -all these sum up in a nutshell the many at- tributes of the adviser to the Class of l954, Mr. Frederick E. Bauer. We know him as a teacher of math and economics, a coach, a leader, a wit, a true friend. To you, Mr. Bauer, we give cur deepest thanks. The Bauers Cfadd Jfhfsfory FTER sixty-nine years, D. L. Moody's dream was finally realized-the class of i954 had arrived. Taking us gently aside one day the year before, our fathers had told us that we were now men and our education was to begin. Well, here we were on a hot September day, standing in Holbrook Hall and waiting to meet the tall, pleasant gentleman in dark suit and faultless Hermon tie, our new-found manly coun- tcnances paled under the crushing grip of his handshake. After registering, we dragged our weighty trunks into our home in the Cottages. There we were welcomed by the smiling faces of our new advisers, Mr. Stent, Mr. Mirtz, and Mr. Ward. Immediately after lunch the famous Bassette Symphony under the able direction of Mrs. John Bassette was conducted in the Stu- dent's Store as the cash register merrily rang up our meager summer earnings in the purchase of textbooks. Mothers and fathers finally bade us an anxious good-bye, and we assembled in West Hall for our introduction to Chief Petschke of the dubious culinary art. The next few days were a phantasma-from the tests in the gymnasium to the blase, satiated seniors who curled their lips in a contumelious sneer at the pimplish lot of runts-Boy! the admissions office was really scraping the bottom of the barrel! But our Big Brothers kindly took us in hand and guided us through the rigours of those first days. Then classes and the real work began, not knowing that we were much more interested in Jane Rus- sell, El Toro Rineer introduced us to the great wonders of the earth's surface, while the Rt. Rev. J. C. Stent rendered us soul-inspiring epi- sodes from Habakkuk and Zephaniah-he also conveniently omitted Delilah. An eventful Satur- day night we dressed neatly for once and trooped over to Northfield for our first class party. Under the glaring lights we met the girls with the beautiful souls . That fall the Maroon had a victorious season in all sports, but we did not clean the dikes in Crossley for Mr. Dickinson with quite the same gusto as our cheering showed. As we sat in Chapel on a Sunday afternoon in December watching our first Christmas Vespers with awe- some ioy, we realized that the fall term was over and that we were Hermonites. Following vacation, the candidates for class office had their first experience of political fray. Ed Snyder and Paul Bergstrom emerged as the undisputed leaders of the Class of l954. As we were old hands by this time, the winter term