St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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WILLIAM BARTLETT FLETCHER III Aclwxtxes Wrestling V VI Baseball manager V Camera Club V News III IV V V1 Glee Club III IV V VI Anarals SIA Wrestllng V VI Sta 7 Base ball V Special Interests Radxo Sazlmg Antome clvanxcs College U S Naval Academy Born uly II 1932 Waslvxngton D C I ILL Fletchers pr1nc1pa1 objectlve 1n attendmg St Albans has been to enter the Naval Acad emy B111 determmed to sa11 the Seven Seas ln bell bottomed trousers has worked consc1ent1ously to ass1m1late all knowledge necessary to pass the Naval Academy Entrance Exams Far 1nto the afternoon he may be seen slavmg away 1n Army Navy Math class wlth only Tom S1sson as com panxon B111 would seem well fitted for a career as a naval officer for h1s mam IHICECSIS scholas t1ca11y fall along sclentlfic 11nes He conslstently scores h1gh m Math class and he :nes to be three chapters ahead of Doc Graham 1n Phys1cs Unusual wrest11ng slc1ll, an amallng ab111ty to relax a matchless sk1ll 1n photography and a 11ve1y IHICYCSI 1n baseball round out B111 s character1st1cs as an Alban1an A first strlng grappler for two years B111 s ab1l1ty to outflght heav1er loolclng opponents has never ceased to startle the spectators HIS ab1l1ty to relax am1dst the dm and confuslon of class IS also noteworthy Frequently Jarred from naps by Mr Scott B111 15 nevertlre less 1nvar1ab1y able to catch forty wmlcs 1n recess f ff fn and has contr1buted an 1ntr1gu1ng type of snore to the Physlcs chorus , E An avld photographer B111 was one of the first to Jo1n the Camera Club HIS plctures have adorned the News for the past three years Fletcher s 1nterest 1n baseball has led h1m to 1- become the team manager for two stra1ght years and he has borne up cheerfully und r the ardu n ous chores of manag1ng a team m I I B111 s cletermmanon and Bmlablllty w11l 'Q carry h1m far 1n the Navy just as they have gamed h1m a consp1cuous place 1n the class of 111 .QQ -D 0 950 THE A .1 ,, 1 f I J 1781137 , . . . . . . i . , . . . D , . . , . . , , . , .. . - . 5 . . . . ' -N: :fin -.--- 1 . . , . . . l ,,.g3gi?'! me as . I gl 'df , :ly F - tl I ff ' 5 ,L f-- Vis! 1 . , . . ' . .. . Xl ,fx . . . I V , L. . fs-ll 1 . A L B A N I N