St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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HANS WILHELM voN SCHOEN Actwrlzes Government Club V VI Dance Commrttee VI Prefect VI Award: jerusalem Cross V Speczal Interest: Art rxdmg College Mumclr Born February 2 1937 Berlm Germany Shown Cultured One Untz Hands F A VOTE were taken by the more rntellectual members of the class of 50 on whrch of them IS the most polrshed, rnformed, and cultivated gentleman of all Hans von Schoen would surely wrn by a unanrmous vote, and justly so For wrth an old world courtesy, a vast store of knowledge and the proper apprecratron for rt, and a thoughtfulness that the narrve born Albanran would do well to observe, The Baron rs rn many ways the brrghtest among the shrnrng stars of the half century men Even after four years rn the Unrted States, The Baron rs strll frequently dumbfounded by some specunen of verbal rmportunrty on the part of hrs assocrates whrch seems not rn the least un usual to hrs Amerrcan frrends A reference to The Baron s postmerrdronal actrvrtres brrngs us to hrs pronounced aversron for athletrcs In the fall he took tennrs once or twrce, but when the wrestlrng season set rn, he became so famrlrar on the Infirmary pleadrng f 7 Y physrcal drsabrllty that Mrss Shaw finally drs mrssed hrm by wrrtrng on hrs proferrecl excuse blank Says he doesn t feel well Then he swrtched to soccer played for two days, and fled to the Art room There, the prrde and Joy of Mr Stambaugh he persrsts rn parntmg eerre, haunted landscapes and other prgments of the rmagmatron X f Hans wrll return to hrs natrve land next fall X X I I ff, VM' to study at the Unrversrty of Munrch, and hrs P If X many frrends at St Albans wrll be deprrved of gg one of their most mterestrnv and farthful com I f y f panrons TI-IE V 1 , Q I I 1 : 7 'I . J 'I' '3 P' I3 PP Q! 3 V 5 F' 51 . , . . Y Qt 57 ' ' ' ' ' r . . . 1 , 4 I E 4 , Q . . . . . . '-1-211:-'z-fr. .4 'A F W ' 5 - .QWQ ,ul ' . ' 1 X, 'f,I,54,f1f . . '. . . f fi,,5. 1f gy , ez Q 9 an 'WXJ' ff 'X :T V 'H , - , f '- ur ' , - 'ffls,7f' Al L ' A -, 9 Vx , bbs 0 ly! 'f A ' 1 fl e - . ' ' fl'-53.-1 l l ' , J! 'V Q' . . . . . if-' f , , 1 f x rl- Z ' f ,VA ' J- 1 ,Af I fl 3 ,f '.4 . . . 1 , ,V 1 14 lj Y! X T . - xbfk, I ,ay Z l, ,Z A if . . . . 5 I , 'lg ,K , Q., an .fl . . . . ' . , f if, - . ' 1 '7 -' ' '. J, W, P - ' s . . . -X ,,4 -41 X - X I 4 a 0 f ' '. . . . . . - W H I ,, , I cv fag f fi P9 S E N I O R S 1 9 5 0

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AMES FRANKLIN RILL Actnrtres News V VI Albanran 1 Football V VI Basketball I ' Flag Rarser VI Awards Gold Football V All Prep Fool 1,411 VI sm Football V II sm .5 Bas etball V Srl1er 'N ns K x Special Int res! Football ra parnlrng, Colleg Dartmouilv Born Mar lv -I 1993 Clvzrago lllrnor Sleepy .ln HE PREFECTS have finally succeeded rn quellrng the drn on the terrace of the Lane ohnston Burldrng and all turn to salute the flag The Flag rarsers grve a mrghty tug and suddenly the sleep drugged students become aware that they are not salutrng Old Glory but Young rm Rrll who has somehow managed to entangle hrmself rn the rope When -Irm once has drsentangled hrmself from the rope and has attended chapel he drlrgently and conscrentrously applres hrmself to hrs studres a fact whrch has been proved by the frequent appearance of hrs name on the Headmaster s Lrst In addrtron to ranlcrng hrgh rn hrs class rm has lrberally bestowed hrs talents rn the sports of football and basketball Many were the games rn whrch the recovery of fumbles by our frerce left taclcle turned the trde In the Georgetown Prep game rm recovered three fumbles each of whrch erther led to Blue touchdowns or averted almost certarn enemy scores For hrs excellent play throughout the entrre season rm was awarded a posrtron on the All Preparatory Team rm has added qurte a few sayrngs to the effervescent vocabulary of the Senrors Y term of frrendly greetmg Urp whrch srgnr fres surprrse and Eee whrch srgnrnes the complete satrsfactron of the speaker rm s extra currrcular actrvrtres are varred 'll Srnce hrs entrance to St Albans rn the Frfth -A I Form he has served farthfully on the News torled on the Albanran acqurred blrsters as a 1'-A flag rarser and has been a steady traveller out 'fi Rrver Road whrch leads to a certarn house very w7 ' near the Club rm plans to enter Dartmouth next fall and hrs fellow students at Hanover wrll soon learn that rf they want a srncere frrend rm Rrll rs therr man 'wJ 'HHH -'Pi TH AN A . J . V.. . :.. , .. fl: . : '. I I: l eu A s ' ' , . r 3 we . . . 1 -- k : , I ..A ,ty I .. el xx I e ' C 5: F ' , nl Ile, F ' 1 Cf 'za I C . . . 5 ' .-,QQ ,i2Q,: . .- 51 1 ' A 'I ' ,W :aj 4: Cf 1 ' Ufinzf' U - i 1 . - 9 ' ' F . F a I - rr sa er 77 a , . 9 1 . , . . 1 , , . . , . . - I J' - ' - . er on a - 7 E V M yy I V im' - - tt ,U . . .- 1 Q 1 ' . tt ay - - - l 9 7 ' nfl s.l l X , of J , ' ' ,,.- .. ' ra ' - - - - El, W, Y M W I, 1. .,, v I ' ' ol A gr , ' re ,vs I 'I 'X few ' et ' H - ' ' o s : if ' Sri? Vw. . ' ' . . ,, f If I as I y , 1 f R , I lf X - I I I V., . . 1 -In - . W gf-f' -sy , 9 1 so t t F U ' E A I. B I N

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1 ,.e! THOMAS UPTON S1ssoN, III Actnxtrev Catlvedral Sermer V VI Pre ect VI Gwernment Club V II AI lnaman V1 Football V V1 Soccer VI Clan Prestdent IV Oetones VI Awards Cum laude Socxetv V1 Prxnccton Anard IV erusalem Crow' V Stfl Football V VI Gold Football V All Prep Football VI Ftrs! Place News Lxterary Contest VI .Stfl .Soccer VI All Preparatory Soccer Special Interests Htantxrzg lumznung golf College U S Na1alAcaduny Born September 9 1937 San Dxego Cal: ornza Tom Bxg Tom T U 1550 E HATE to say tt, but Tom S1sson really 1: a well rounded boy So often the subjects on whom thls nauseattngly trxte phrase IS mfltcted have achieved a level of dead medxocrtty 1n every respect, but Tom wlth maddenxng ease, has attamed prominence and leadershlp 1n every Held tn whxch he has engaged, and the act1v1t1es 1n whlch he has had no part whatsover are few mdeed To begm with, Tom IS Senlor Prefect and IS second m the class tn scholarshlp-a pair of ac compltshments whxch would be qurte enough for any one else But It IS at the Government Club that Tom reaches hxs greatest helghts and betrays the depths of hrs nature On Friday evemngs the normally lacomc Tom dons his resplendent blue unlform and becomes Admlral Thomas U Srsson the U does not stand for UHIHCACIOD salt water Conservatxve champlon of the cause of super carrlers conscrlptton and general mlll tartsm When Hnally, after several dlsappomt ments Tom persuaded the Club to discuss Un1 IICSIIOD for two meetings he was tn h1s element Seriously he provlded the Club wlth some of the best reasoned, mformed and artxculate argu ments tt has heard all year The atmosphere of Q57 Ay practlcallty and reallsm which he created was CLN1 far removed from the Clubs more common ethereal Hlghts Darn tt we don t have to be I A practical' and hls dlsmxssal of pactflsm War y as may be rmmoral, but 1ts mterestmg' has be i nunuunuuna' lmmmnnm tl QQ 5 come a byword among the embryomc statesmen lllllllf YQ 7 flag Whether as a Commodore, a manufacturer of terse, torrid prose or chlef of the local fire de partment Tom wxll we know be heard of agam I U3 THE A ' 'I : I ' ! v w ' 4 I I a 5 p I, . .. .,, ., . t., .. I .,,, US. ,, 7 ' 9 ' 1 7 ' 3 . fl! I I , . . , . . . Lahti' W f X XXX ' in ' fx ,KN ' r - 1 , . - ' 1 X ,, VfX, 'XXQX ' . . . . ',, ' If V xl .V V ' 7 V' I I X! :iff . Y G: Z ,L . ' . fu - , 7 I I Q15 1: - I , - in, - - - ' qu 1 f fi f - - 1 - - rv, - . I , K-'Jil-' 4 I - ' ...,,. .,.. ,.,.. ,ax .,,,m,,,,.,..f. 'Ui x - - A , to I T f V 25 ff -T '- ' ' ,. . ff Y f, '-yffffu L . fffff - X A , A I 7-1 ff ' 9 1 y W, , K - A L B A N I N