St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THOMAS WALLACE DONNELLY 4 fumes Football IV Basketball Ill Baveball V Glen' Club III ID I anzan 7 onef loner School Pre 1 t 11 -lnardt Gola' balcbull I ru al rn Cro I .StA 7 Footbaflj Il M4 lzetballl Ill IV .StA fBafeba1l I SIA Soccer V1 Sperm! Inlerwtv 'Nalural Hz ton H1 mg College Qormlf urn D enzlnr 71 1997 Detraxt I1 wx an N xc um HILE clrmbmg m the branches of swamp rnver forests ln search of the Monstrzcm Donnell: dum Nrclc fell to earth pursued by a nghteously mdxgnant b1rd mother whose hatchery he had drsturbed As our hero lay on the ground half stunned he overheard the followmg CODVEFSHIIOD between two earthworms who were polcmg their heads out of the drrt lst worm I thmlc you re cute, he cooed to the second worm You b1g fool, sputtered the second worm Don t you see I am your other end? Next day our hero lumped to school and told the prevlous story as rf nt were of h1s own mventlon but he omltted the embarrassmg clrcumstances that had caused h1m to be ly1ng on the ground May the reader know the truth At St Albans rl ere 1S no more delrghtful compamon nor popular boy than Nrclc for although he rs one of the quletest fellows hrs good humour glV6S one no rest from laugh1ng He has ever been the heart of hrs class for he excels as a leader a student an athlete and as a com pamon Beg nnmg as a prefect ln the Lower S ,J Asfifi N' 'px IQ 'Ng K S f 44 N rx ,ZZ xii 'SLP' 3'-A 94,4 ,Ami hool he frequ ntly has held ofhce xn the class and 111 h1s last year was elected Prefect the h1ghest posxtlon 1n the School In the sprmg he w1nter he catches mud on the so cer held Tom also delxghts ln muslc of the ltarbarous lcmd he rs a member of the f bulous Octones and has been 1n the Glee Club ever smce h entered the Upper S hool Durmg hrs college X3C3I1O'1S N1clc w1ll no doubt traxpse about ln the swamps of the Eastern Shore or the forests of th Blue Rrdge huntmg werrd ammals We hope he does not lull htm self fallmg out of a tree whtle peelcmg 1nto the most mtlmate domestrc affalrs of the blrds for le wnll always be a fond memory THE ALBANIA , r ' V : . : ' . .1V: V11 Alb I 11: off .. VI: Q - ' 'L' , , ' ,J ' . 11,16 Y 6 I XX. 'J I -- f X, 'J I I -1 H3115- . : , l ': l A I 'rf 1: kt I 1 ,T I . B : ec' ' -', '-, ' A. rlcll 8 X :ri 7' kj T . . , . , , , . , , . . . U ,, . , 77 Q! ' 75 ' Y ff 7 ,7 . . , . . . 1 ' ' ' ' , , . 7 I 7 7 9 ' . ' i . . ' S v S H . . . , , Q ,,.: ' X . ' 1 ,I Xt Y J, f L' 1S the catcher of our Baseball team and tn the x I- ,, 1- X . A .f I VA, I ' ' L! W . . . 5 f I ffl wa -N 1 ' A F51 Xe lf v G7 , I 4 f f I l ' ' l' , Xlx 'ff' ? e C . 1 A . Q Z, 'iff . . Y . . . ' ,M .5-.mel 'z ' 33993 ' ' fy? f. 510- - . f , A 'Ti '3.'. ' ' V 1-' .,' .-.W -Q 4 WL k ...QNL51 S . . 'I' dh f 5 . ' . . . - 'A '7 .f r . . . I . . 41 , vs 7 ff 1 ' ' '. N

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JOSEPH ELMER DITTMAR Activities: Football. IV. V. VI: l'Vre:Ilin'f III IV V VI Go1ernmentClub IV V VI Pre ect VI Clvxmev Rznger V Awards erusalcm Croce V StA loollmll V VI Stfl Wrestlzng V SIA 7 loot Lall IV Sfeczal Interests Hzmtzng slung parm cfrrymg people out o Vzclz 5 llege II ze on bon February 76 1997 San Antomo Texav o ose Cloplvead ELI. here I was on the edge of the CIIH: the gr1zzly was closmg 1n I ra1sed my Gun So goes the hunter s lore accordmg to oe D1ttmar that bronzed, drawl1ng speclmen of Texas 1n our class In splte of h1s bemg from the Lone Star State, oe unllke others of h1s kmd IS comparatlvely speakmg, seldom heard to boast of the glorlous v1rtues of h1s b1rthplace You mlght well classlfy oe as the strong s1lent type but when he IS aroused whether xt be m Govern ment Club or durmg a bull sessxon you depend on h1m to speak h1s m1nd wlth utter candor stra1ght forwardness, and common sense oe has gtven much to the school In playmg an mdefattgable center on the Varslty football team thls fall he suffered a number of 1I'1jUI'1CS but continued to play However, durlng the wrest lmg season these IHJUFICS became SCFIOUS enough to cause h1m to wlthdraw from h1s pos1t1on on the team m the 175 pound class after only thre 1 matches XV In p1te cf tvs p1e e of had luck, he has been qulte a t1ve ll other fields He rules the - il studv lalls w1th a firm but just hand as Prefe t form the unheralded task 1n rmgmg the Cl11m6S In Government Club he IS noted for stolc sllences broken occasxonally w1th blasts of well premedltated oratory espec1ally on subjects con c rnmg the army In scholastlc endeavour oe IS not outsta dlnq but he malntams an ev n tenor of hls wavs At any rate, oe s complete frank ness and Texas charm should find h1m among frlends wherever he may be found next year TI-IE SENIO . : f : ' . ' . VI f J I , 'Q I tx I . mg. , f 1 Co. : Hi: c I HJ ei: J 'Ja' 1' O . ' ',, , . J v . n - .Jfy.1+ . . .J ' , . S ' . D , l U . . - -' . I. . A V, ' '. . C and he IS one of those ass1duous lads that per- cv ,ii111w 79flEf, - Y If I ' , ' ' 139 V I lr l 21 ' ' ' gain L X' I A 9 ' . v I I V ki 'Simi 2 E . J r XX W 'J - 11 4, , e I l H' 5' W ' l . ' 'a V I X . R S 1 9 5 0

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MUWAFFAQ Noum FATTAH College Lowell Textile Institute Born Apr1I79 1932 Baghdad Iraq 0 UT of the mysterlous antique expanses of the Fertile Crescent came last fall to grace our haPPY throng Muwaffaq Fattah, that embodrment of Orlental xmpasswlty and dlgnlty among the frrvolous masses of the degenerate Western c1vxlxZat10I1 Promptly rCCl1rlStCI1eCl MO he was es rorred by an obsequrous group gf mrnrons the Faculty to a dormltorlal cubbyhole with an East ern exposure, of whxch he took possessxon wlth a lofty Arab C0nCl8SCenS10n M0 found Sr Albans hard Sleddrng ar first, part1cularly because hrs knowledge of Engllsh was hmrred, but after many long hours gf grammar and rhetorrc with Mr Scott his llfe became eas1er When his turn came, quite early m the year, I0 Speak H1 the dining f00m, he absorbed US all wlth an excellent descrlptlon of Baghdad his home IOWU, and by all CXCCSS of hard W0l'lC he has l'l'13.S fefed hrs COU FSCS Perhaps Muwaffaq 5 mosr remarkable achrgvement has been to adjust hlmself equably and harmon1ously to the rapxd pace and eccentrlc least h1s own mdxvldual and natlonal character -Ie has made many friends among us, and yet his reserve, his stolclsm, and h1s retxcence have remamed unchanged, and stand as a perceptlble remrnder to Albannans that there are other and perhaps Hner ways of llfe than that 1n whrch they mdulge Indeed, the difference between ly our worthy Edltor, broken by a gruellng spell of Albaman labour fell xnto an uneasy sleep, only to experlence a v1v1d dream ln whrch, short ly after the dlstrrbutlon of hls masterpiece ln une, a sxmster Oriental volce behind hrm elacu lated Fattah no l1ke and a sxmster Orlental dagger whrstled through hrs mnards customs of Amerlca wlthout sacrxflcxng 1n e f T' 0 ff '7k!1'2ll'frza3Q fQfj,'1f , if HE SENIO . , ' ' -' I - Q v , VM Y! . - v 1 ' ' CQ ,, I , '- Qc as - ' ' ' 9 . , I . . r r r . . . . . th . . 'V ' 1 Can 1 32 . . 5 Z ,,aj ? f V Y ' 'f' 4, ,' . . . Af, :Am All di , , y n ,liff Z6 . 1 i : - sq' A 'Q l y I -'--- ,4i,.f',l ,,,,' If htm and lfls classmates IS so marked that recent- K 'f' Qc ' as - A X l u fl'L5Y1:?,' '24 I K I I v , ' Y kf ' . . . . . . Y X lv' -Z 5 . . . . . . .., ,' l QQ, Q l 4 27, r L ia , ts' J . .... . . n H k ,,. N F , , C., s Q-. .warm N . , . . . ' t s A -Y K ' In V T R S 1 9 5 0