Noble and Greenough School - Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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The Graduating Class CHARLES ROGERS MILES Ever since the fifth-class year, when Charley joined us, he has been one of the most ardent fans of professional baseball in the class, eager always to argue loudly the relative merits of any team. As a player himself, Charley has shown considerable ability as a pitcher in the last few seasons. ln hockey, Charley has taken a similar but lesser interest, and he both follows the various Bruins' games and wields a stick on our own team. In the sum- mer it is rumored that he is a good tennis player. The curious thing about Charles is his ability to accom.plish things with an astonishing small amount of work, for he appears to move and think with an economy of eHort,yet his position scho- lastically and in athletics shows that he wastes little effort. Usu- ally very cheerful, he argues with jim on many points, but their co-operation is evident, when in response to Mr. Greene's fre- quent questioning, Charley says, Oh, I got that from jim. Incidentally, this collaboration is mutual. Charley joined this year's camera craze with a fifty-cent speci- men which he brandished and clicked around many times in the schoolhouse, but in the absence of material proof, we are not afraid of any startling exposures. Charles is going to Harvard confidently expecting to meet up with jim on an opposing blue team some day. 29 1934 Class Book Football Squad, 1932 Hockey Squad, 1934 Track Squad, 1934 Baseball Team, 1933, 1934 f fl, ff?

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IQ34 Class Book The Graduating Class Noble's Cup, 1932 Student Council, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34 Secretary, 1934 President of Class, 1931-32 Vigilance Committee, 1933-34 Gymnasium Committee, 1933-34 Track Squad, 1933 Manager, 1932 Team, 1934 Crew Squad, 1930, 1931,1932,1933 1934 Russell Cup Crew, 1933 Second Crew, 1934 Nobleman Board, 1932-33, 1933-34 Dramatic Club, 1933, 1934 Glee Club, 1933-34 Class Book Committee RALPH LAWSON, jr. Whether Ralph's expression of seriousness and intelligence is implied or not will remain a mystery to many of us. However, his record of responsible positions in school shows that his de- pendability is unquestioned. One of the hardest workers in the class, Ralph has managed to put his finger into nearly everything in school, and in some fields he has had a great deal of control. His presence in the Student Council for many years, now as secretary, has given him a prestige that makes him seemingly very important. As manager of the track team in the third-class year, Ralph accomplished an unusual feat, and became one of the best runners on the team this winter. As business manager of the Nobleman and member of this Committee, his ability in high finance and executive tyranny have accomplished much. This spring Ralph stroked the second crew, despite his slight weight. Ralph is also another of our ardent sailors, hailing from Dux- bury and prominent in the yachting circle of that vicinity. His greatest asset is his demeanor, at once giving an impression of everything to be desired in a young man, which perhaps explains his friendly relations with all the faculty, although many of us enviously accuse him of having a drag, Ralph is planning to go to Harvard next fall, and we expect that his indomitable will- power will take him places. 28

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1934 Class Book The Graduating Class Hockey Team, 1932, 1933, 1934 Baseball Squad, 1933 Team, 1934 . ' f Clamwf Q 1 ,fra 1' JAM ES BROWNING MILES jim has always been one of the most-cheerful members of the class, since we caught up to him in the third-class year. This put him in the same class with Charley, and the rivalry of the brothers has been a source of great amusement to us. jim is a big fan for all professional sport, especially baseball and hockey, and he is always ready to deliver a learned lecture on some phase of a tennis action, ably supported by brother Charles. Hockey is jim's biggest field of athletic activity, with baseball a close second. In all sports his keen observance of fine professional technique serves him in good stead. Around school jim is an inveterate crabber, but always is good natured enough to see the funny side of almost every situation. His social star is rising to a higher plane in the sky than most of us hope for, and he is a well-known usher at several social functions. Last fall ,lim ably coached the midget Mohawk football team. Perhaps his greatest ability is in tennis skill, and here he competes most seriously with Charley for supremacy. The Miles brothers are certain to stand high in this year's tennis tournament, and we wouldn't be surprised to see one brother defeat the other for the cup. jim is one of the two daring souls among us going to Yale, but we wonder how he can happily exist so far from Fenway Park, the lNigwam, and the Boston Garden. 30