Severn School - Yearbook (Severna Park, MD)

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1923 ATHLETIC HONOR SHIELD The class graduating in 1923 presented to the School a shield bearing the inscription, Hereon Shall Be Inscribed Each Year The Name Of The Student Who Has Done Most Towards The Promo- tion Of Athletic. In selecting each year the student whose name is to go on the shield, character, conduct, leadership, loyalty, faithful- ness, earnest effort in studies, as well as athletic ability, are taken into consideration. Awards have been made as follows: For Nelson T. Turner, of Wardour, Maryland. 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Edward A. Hannegan, of Washington, D.C. Charles R. Zimmerman, of Baltimore, Maryland. Francis S. Bell, of Baltimore, Maryland. Robert A. Theobald, of Annapolis, Maryland. john B. Farr, of Tunlchannock, Pennsylvania. John Danenhower, of New York, New York. John C. Hampson, of Wayne, Pennsylvania. Gordon P. Chung-Hoon, of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ericsson Reed, of Washington, Pennsylvania. Richard R. Pratt, of Washington, D.C. John L. Mehlig, of Miami Beach, Florida. Robert C. Giffen, Ir., of Annapolis, Maryland. Nathaniel W. James, III, of Annapolis, Maryland. John Marshall Brenner, of Palo Alto, California. john F. Pendergast, of Boston, Massachusetts. Robert R. Carter, of Wassaic, New York. L. Warren Klauer, of Dubuque, Iowa. Thomas E. Kessing, of Annapolis, Maryland George W. Klauer, of Dubuque, Iowa. Frederic H. Harwood, of Middletown, Connecticut 1941 John E. Williams, Ir., of Milford, Delaware. 1111 0AMQw.0J4Ma,vg Cibpufyv, W. 11

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tennis. Instruction in boxing is also a part of the winter program, but no actual contests in that sport are permitted. There are no athletic scholarships. In trying to make the various teams, all students are on an equal footing and do not compete against boys imported for athletic ability. Fair and friendly competition is the goal of the school's athletic policy. RECREATION The Severn River affords opportunities for such forms of recrea- tion as swimming, canoeing and skating. On Saturday afternoons those students who are in good standing as regards conduct and eEort are granted permission to go to An- napolis to witness the sports of the Naval Academy, where there is carried on perhaps the broadest athletic program to be found at any institution in the country. Such students may also be granted per- mission to go to the movies for the afternoon or early evening performance. Lectures and musicales are from time to time held on Sunday evenings, during what is known as the Sunday Evening Forum. Three school dances are given by the student body during the year. 10

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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION COMPLETE college preparatory course beginning with the equivalent of the first year of high school work, details con- cerning which follow immediately. A special course in preparation for the Naval Academy or West Point Regular En- trance Examinations, details concerning which are given on page zo. COLLEGE PREPARATORY AND ADVANCED COURSE This course prepares for entrance to any college. Special attention is given to preparing students for technical colleges, and for the Naval Academy or West Point by way of the Substantiating or Validating Examinations in English and mathematics and certification in the remaining required and optional subjects. This School is distinctive in its field in that it is an accredited school which provides, without lost motion, for the boy who hopes to go to the Naval Academy or West Point if the necessary appoint- ment can be obtained and if he is physically qualified, but who wishes to be well prepared for admission to a college of high standards if any- thing should bar his admission to the Service academy. The courses are so planned that in the spring of his senior year the student is prepared to take the Naval Academy or West Point exami- nations without interfering with his progress towards graduation. The emphasis placed upon meeting the exacting requirements of the Service academies means that the student is just that much better pre- pared for college if college is or becomes his objective. The Advanced Course, including Advanced English Composition and such subjects as Analytic Geometry, Calculus and Theoretical Mechanics, subjects usually appearing only in college curricula, has met with hearty approval of college Deans and Directors of Admis- sion. lt bridges the well recognized gap between secondary school and college, especially for students of better than average mental ability whose age or general immaturity make inadvisable their undertaking 12