St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Bruce McAooo CLAGETT Actwmes News III IV V VI Ed: torm Clne VI Governmenl Club IV V VI lConser-ratwe Leader VI Co-manager Soccer Team VI Alba man VI Valedzctorxan VI Co-man ager Soccer Team VI Cum Iaude Socxety VI Awards Sxlver News Key V Cum Laude Key VI Walden Myer Language Award V Gold News Key SIA M Soccer VI Speczal Interests History plnlosoplvy gen ealo y heraldry mzmc art poetry specnous looxc College Haver ord or Harvard Born Iuly6 1933 lVasl1mgton D C Dxzzy Tlrad Brzce IVIcAdoo Cla ett H0 IS lf that rxses from the depths of Maryland as one lone volce of prophecy to condemn our degenerate age Who IS lf that 1n a rmgmg volce belabours governments ln general and the pres ent Admmxstratxon xn part1cular'7 Who lS If that traces h1s ancestry back to tue most royal of the royal famllles and wlshes he were back there with them? Ah Brice Clagett As he leaves the confines of St Alsans the tales that wlll remam after hmm are many swers have crushed many a well meamng Llberal Under h1s exceptlonally able leadership the Con servatlves have defmltely dommated the scene thls year As for the News, msofar as the front page was capable of bemg lmproved Bnce lmpfOVEd it through h1s hard work efHc1ency and love of preclseness It was generally belleved that Brlce, secluded on the sixth floor of hrs home m Georgetown spent much of hxs tlme bemoamng the faults tn the strategy of the Confederate army and mappmg secret plans to mtroduce to hxs fellow conspxra Soclfrr FUR THE YREVENTION tors the portly gentlemen who w1th hxm at ff f tend the weekly meetings of the Sons of Confed erate Veterans By close mspectlon two contra dlctlons have been found rn Brxces actlons as opposed to hls words 1 he sald he would never have anythlng to do wlth the Government last summer he worked xn a public hbrary nn Washington 2 he sald he would never go fan, north next year he IS gomg to Harvard When at last Brlce may drspense w1th the strlfe of thls lxfe may he retire whence he came There in glorlous Maryland baslung ln the sun he will hsten to hrs phonovraph m dl tate on Nature and smllc on human frallty THE ALBANIA l . .. I ,, . y u I 1 .- - - f, J: I , , , 5 , J: ,. Q r ' . ,, I . , U i . 5 1 I 1, PF YY . ' Y , 5 ,. ,, , J - D 5 1 1 I J ' 2 , , ' , . , . 0. I P' ' ,Y P' l! 'f ' 7 7 0 ,Y J f, . . . . . . . I . 1 . o . . ' . The Government Club will not soon forget Brice. His lengthy speeches and spontaneous an- - . . . . . . , - . . . . ,, ,, . I . . , . . . . , . , 7 qi - , . . , - v 1' I f f ' I VV I l ' . . ' - X . . 0 . . , . ff . . ,, X, y - Q f f . . . . f f ' 5 J ' W . . . , . If ' , 1 Q 9 3 ' 7 1 ' N

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THOMAS Bona CARSON Actwmes News III IV V VI Govern ment Club V VI Glee Club V Al Inaman VI Tennxs manager V Awards Srlver News Key V SIAM V Tlme Current A airs Test Przze V Cum Laude Key VI News Slnngle III Gold News Key Spectal Interests CldS51CdlMu5lC Drama College Prznceton Born May 30 1932 Waslrmgton D C Tom HEN thlrty years hence all the rest of us will be starving ln alleys and beggmg for mclcels to buy cups of coffee there wrll be one member of the class of 50 who, strollmg by our miserable apple stands ln a thrck fur coat a top hat and resplendent dlamond rlngs wrll nonchalantly be stow a few dollars on hrs destxtute fellow alumm ThlS of course wlll be Tom Carson the Senior Classs born busmessman and potentral mult1m1ll1ona1re Never has the edltorral board of the News ceased to marvel at the ablllty wrth whlch Tom as BUSINESS Manager magically I'lUll1l:lCS a strff prmter s brll and Wl'llSkS the paper from the verge of bankruptcy to comparatrve aflluence And as any past Busxness Manager wlll tell you one vt 13 can curb the fhghtv 3ITlblI10 1S of the edltor al department and make a profit 1S a hnanclal wrzard worthy of Wall Street Perhaps no other member of the class of 50 IS so amazlngly charmrng and pleasant as Tom Hrs presence could hterally never fall to enhven any company HIS conversational powers h1s ln exhaustlble store of Jokes and sense of humour D have rarely rf ever, been exceeded at St Albans I..m,..I whatsoever of physlcal exerclse and by hrs own Lxbwruw account jomed the News for the express pur pose of evadlng sports but last year he farth fully served as manager of the tenms team He IS a loyal Conservatlve m the Government Club as fl , WN, elf and was formerly secretary of the Glee Club Tom s business acumen charm and lnvet erate d1l1gCl'1C6 w1ll be a really great asset to ff- Prmceton wh1ch he chose as hrs college because sports are not compulsory there after the fresh man year 4!Wab 'W'S'P' TI-IE S ' -- rr 1: I 1 r 1 1 1 ' I , Ii S ' 5 I - rr 11 I I ff 5 I ff 1: - I fr 1: 4' J : J 1 I 1 ' ' ff 11 I , , . . . . . . , . . 1 1 1 r ' - 1 1 1 , . . .- . . . , . ,Q ,, . . . . 1 1 - 1 1 'I g l r . D A I Q r , . . . . riffs' elm It 1 - - A ' ' ,' 1 , . . . I I Lf 1 . I, 1 Tom IS COI'1SI1Cl1I1OI13. 2VCl'S8 E0 any 0I'l'I'1 If lr - o - ' I, f :f . . . V ' 7 -' L' QP Q12 ' . - 'E - gf , r . . R ,, , , - S IAIIIKLII l , ' . . . I ' Lf C7' ' . ' 3 ' ' ' 1 .sin s . . . I a' , . 1 I , , . . ' I '45 '- . . . , , :I5,, 4' - LAI Z.. :II . . . r np 'Q ' J , 3 I I I I , .G S E N I O R 1 9 5 0

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BRUCE PUMPHREY COLEMAN Activities: Prefer! Vlg Vestry Uunior War- den VI' Chimes Ringer VI- Class Treasurer VI Football V VI Base ball IV V Basketball IV Wrestlmg V VI Anards erusalem Cross V Managers Football Letter V VI Vestry Pm V Sfectal Interests Snzmmmg rtdmg hand: fra ts College West Vzrgmxa Born une 6 1931 Pzttsburgfv Pennsyl aama Wee Brucze Bructe HE murky gloom of a typlcal St Albans patty IS plerced by the shrtll cry of Brucxe, Bructe Brucrel and a tmy figure w1th a crew cut and a harrled look scurrles around the room, pursued by a stxll more dlmlnutxve Amazomc creature who, at mtervals, tssues the above war cry Bruce Coleman IS agam havmg a hard trme furthermg amtcable forelgn relations Such act1v1ty how ever, occurs only on week ends Durmg the week Bruce spends all hrs spare time carrymg out hls many and varxed duties Hts boundless energy and effervescent nature have marked Bruce s three years at St Albans The last llght to be turned off at mght ln the dormttory IS mvarlably Wee Bruce s, for he pores over hrs books long and labortously m order to make the Headmaster s Llst Yet he 15 always the hrst to awake tn the mormng and xt ts hls cheerless task to arouse hls more letharglc compamons Bruce holds more ofhces and posxtlons than any other member of the class hard workmg class treasurer, dependable Prefect, consclentxous f unlor Warden of the Vestry, tlreless manager fl of the football squad, enthusxastxc candldate for fgy NA! the wrestllng and basketball teams skllled chlmes f ffhg f X rmger and staff member of the yearbook all f these are Bruce However, desplte these obl1ga tlons he never seems worrled and always has I time to help another or assume an extra task ff , jf .v We know that h1s ab ence next year wlll ,lm fs leave the hallowed halls just a lxttle more Uyf' WtfMff ffM4,,'1'f. gloomy The school IS losmg not only Bruce ,wmv nllllll lllll IIIIIIDIIEIIUI 'I MMM but a part of ltself we feel sure however, that fs hls good nature and vltalrty wlll carry htm far 2X Y -jx m college and later hfe THE N J . , X - . 5 9 7: 5 . ' l ' 1 J 4 I ' f ' 17 P' ' 97 ' 7 . ,, . . . . . , , . . . , . . . ', . I 1 o A ggi J ' ' if X .4 . . . 75 Q ff a ' I A ,f U 7 fig! If I I g- I V V. g 4 asv ' . 7 F ff - ' , s, ' E I I' ' v ' ,, ' ffl ' VIL' ' . f ' M ffm ' 111 , v ' 9 1 . ' I l uwf,.P mf k X l X Y . St - ,fin uf ,A . . , f TH, ,I y . rlv 1 , r Y X g .su a ', 4 .N ' 3 , f- lfsflilea Y--H ae, . . X' 'A -'A' ,up V J S E I O R S 1 9 5 0