St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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1 i GEOFFREY DORSETT OWEN, JR. Born: May 28, 1927, London, England. Entered: May, 1941. Aefivities: Govern- ment Club, '43, ,445 News , '43, '44, Cathedral Server, STA-2 Soccer, '42. Awards: Harvard Award, '44, Silver News Key, ,44. College: undecided. Hobbies: drawing, chess, poetry. Lord Geojn, Geoff OTUND and cheerful, not always conservative, delightfully naive, and somewhat indefinite,-that's Geoffrey Owen, whose qualities we have come to associate with Great Britain in general. Although we welcomed him into our midst as far back as 1941, we have been unable, in all the intervening years, to make him lose his British accent, on the contrary, he has influenced us to the degree that such strongly un- American expressions as Hello, old man , and Jolly goodv are now common on the Cathedral Close. It is paradoxical that Geoffrey Owen, the Ellesmere QShropshirej lad, should have been voted Most All-around Boy at last year's Commencement Exercises, but there could hardly have been a more appropriate choice. Geoff has filled his niche as a tennis and soccer player, as a class leader scholastically, and has been the chief contributor of delightfully-fanciful Midways to the News . In bed at ten, he has a strict taboo of wine, women, and tobacco. K, ww Q f Occasionally to Geoff an.American joke will 5 -, be as pointless as some of his Punch humour 4, E y ' j N , is to us. Once he was told the story of the trav- 4 7 .1 ,J V..f eller who came to a road sign which, indicat- 9 ld ing the way to the next town, added as an after- thought, If you cannot read, ask the black- , il .1 . , f fl ty ' smith inside the shop . After some thought, iiwka , i - 1 wx A ,Z Geoff suddenly began to shake with laughter. ' ffli ' i ' ' Oh, I see! Suppose the blacksmith isn't there! THE ALBANIAN

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SOUTHARD PARKER OLIPHANT Born: October 26, 1927, Wasbington, D. C. Entered: Fall, 1937. Activities: Al- banianv. Collegiez Princeton. Hobbies: pbilately, coins, gara'ening. rrouyil CC 0T TIME for another quick game?,, This familiar phrase, spoken in a tone of eagerness and confidence, identifies Parker Oliphant in the act of slapping a Victim- ized senior on the back in quest of another ping-pong victory before the beginning of athletics. Parker is a born Washingtonian, the fifth generation of his family to have been born here, which in these days is quite unusual in a city which has probably doubled its population in the last four years. He is also one of the long-standing members of the class, for he entered St. Albans back in 1937 in Form B. Olly has never been active in athletics, although he likes to play tennis, and supports every athletic contest. His sense of responsibility and Willingness to tackle unpleasant jobs came to the fore While the 1945 Albanian was being prepared for the printer, for no arduous typing task was too long and tiresome for him, and he plunged willingly into suddenly-assigned biography and sports stories Which required a great deal of routine research. Great credit is due s Q ..e.e. af ig to him for enabling the yearbook to appear on I time. -Q J When Parker leaves St. Albans for Prince- L ton to follow in the footsteps of his older 41.5 9 is ff-Y 5 fi .ifi ll brother, his Willingness and pleasant smile will f i Q 5' 'Lei be missed by all St. Albans. his f f SENIORS194S

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Born: December 10 snrer, '43, '44, '45g Pin, '43g jerusalem undecided. Hobbies: 'FI-IOMAS WATERS PERRY, JR. , 1925, Washington, D. C. Entered: Fall, 1937. Activities: STA-2 Football, 342g STA Football, '43 QManagerjg Vestry, 344, '45 QSenior Wa1'denjg Tbird Team Coaeb, ,445 Pre- fectg Dance Cornniittee, '4Sg Class Trea- Atbletie Association, '45, Albanian',, '45, Awards: Vestry Cross, '44. College: stamps, records. Tommy , Town ' VER SINCE Tom entered St. Albans in the Lower School in 1937, he has been one of the best-liked and most respected boys, by students and faculty alike, in the en- tire school. A leader in school activities, Tom will be long remembered for the outstanding job he did this year as Senior Warden of the Vestry, and for his energy and leader- ship in raising money for the Community Chest. Tom might have been one of the school's great athletes if it had not been for an injury he received in a varsity football game in 1940. Although he has not been permitted to take part in any sports since then, his interest has never lessened, and this year was the assistant coach of the third team in football. R A conscientious student, Tommy reached the height of his scholastic career last ders if math were the only subject he and Doc discussed interests have been mainly women, and his ability to carry on several romances at a time, and get away with it, has been the envy of his Outside of school, Toms ' s - su . +1 . H- , D as O D ru S ' as I3 su F? 'IT' 0 ,.. rn Cl! U1 - Y ' D . F? 23 na P-1 O ' 'E- , K4 . I 5 'Q f f' 9 M1pg HvW'l fx 1 E. Wish s g 'O -' G ' ' ' V R., ,A CQ? ,TK ,.-mxxmx , xX,gg?:j??3 ,, 2 Q la , D, J' -55253 Q-A s .- ,J U, 0 ' Q fl' ' I ' HQ? Q . ggi 'I N .1 5 H' .. 1 rr 3 x 'fi 1 G X D' a ' W, 'I rn , J Q- L, l 151' 2 ' t 1 1' 3 a I classmates. But, he will tell you, his heart real ly belongs to Vassar. It will be with regret and many thanks for the fine job Tom did that the faculty and those who knew him will see him leave St Albans 1 A. R 1, WY 'Xi X5-,n XX XYXNRX V' 4 new R Nb TF i gear SENIOR S 1945