Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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PEJAV. in living color for the first time. Not to be outdone. the Eroninn rehounded with a revolutionary column entitled Peaple, originated by a master of the satirical and the sarcastic. The sports coverage was greatly improved. which lsomewhatl appeased the masses for the general decline in the Fashies. The inevitahle hoycott of the dining hall was hatched this year. gaining its heaviest support in Wlehster. Boys were complaining: of cerebral hemorrhages due to the potatoes, which were not exactly delightful to tender taste-huds: the illustrious Director of the Din- ing llalls was hung in effigy. and the dietitian lmecame the lvrunt of crueler-than-usual baiting, But the food is the same as always. and only Cod and the trustees have the power to improve it. The infirmary suffered from a repetition of last year's epidemic. in somewhat altered form. ln the winter term. some two hundred and fifty hops were nefariously struck from behind hv the flu. sometimes called Ia grippe. sometimes called the 'Acreeping crudf, The staff of doctors and nurses heroicallv rose to the occasion, fighting the deadly pestilence at every turn. One of the real highlights of the winter term was the fight over compulsory church. lfnder the existing system. each Exonian is re- quired to attend some sort of religious service every week. For some

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vators. formed their own contraband section: through their efforts. the fight won. As previously mentioned. the devil-inay-care aspect of the class of l'J5'J was hardly evident. One alvortive attempt to remove the Chapel doors was neatly thwarted by the ever-present Ut-an. who appeared. flashlight in hand. to lend moral assistance in reinstating' the doors as well as to hand out the neccssarv restrictions. Plans for a mass. synchronized toilet flush also the majority of it would not he such a good the septic tank. more optimistic when the spring to worry about in the tiresome the instigators went clown the drain when came to the conclusion that thing after all to blow up Toward the end of the winter term. the lfxonians were assuring one another that term rolled around. and they did not have marks and such. things would become. vernacular of the year. cyozcler. Among the more successful extra-curricular activities this year was the Dramatic Association. Inherit the Wind. as the fall offering. amused many of the schoolis atheists, who preferred to call themselves agnostics. A Visit to a Small Planet. in the girls in the feminine cess. For the spring winter term. boasting genuine town roles. was certainly a thorough suc- play. the venerable Bard triumphed over such latter-day authors as Eugene Oixeill in the race for inevitable dramatic glory upon the Exeter stage. The PEAN, led bv a persevering chairman forced to cope with a rather neurotic staff, plodded along through the fall term. gaining momentum as the winter term pro- gressed, and achieving fever pitch early in March. The anticipated object of their efforts - a bigger and better

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