St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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Dot GLAs Snvnvns STEM-rouse Actwxtxes Wrestling IV Wrestling Man ager V Tennx: IV V VI Soccer VI Albanian VI Glee Club V VI Octones VI Auards StA Wrestling Manager V Cheer I eader V VI Lane jolmston Clnrrac ter Award III Popular Award or Wa ter Colour V Special Interest: Art Muszc Saxlmg Tennis College Princeton Born june I6 1932 Waslnxnglon D Don g D011 gre F You wish to meet Douglas Stenhouse you will probably find him wielding an artistic brush and palette in his garret or rn a basement room of the Activities Building and meeting with great suc cess, as the illustrations of this book t stify Moreover the artist is athletically inclined He has served a goodly term as manager of the wrestling team Also it must be borne in mind that he was for two years a Cathedral choirboy and now serves as a crucifer a no less time consummg occupa tion And while we are on the subject of singing it needs to be mentioned that he IS a member in good standing of the Glee Club and sings first tenor 1n that organization whose jaunty toppers bushy mustachlos and di tmctive brand of har mony have become the sme qua non of the more brilliant social affairs of the season 18 the famous Octones But enough of Douglas s accomplishments for you will find in him not only a capable stu dent and an active partlclpator in the schools extra curricular 3.CflVlIl8S but also a boy filled with real artistic ability Both his paintings and his poetry mirror a real talent and depth of thought Moreover you will find him possessed of a genial patlent and frlendlv nature that has earned him a legion of friends at St Albans and will most surely stand him in good stead in future life nu. THE . .. : .. Q . . I , Y 5 I ff ' Y, J , I I l' A I 1 , 5 - : y . y . . v : , , ' , . C. , . . . E . i , . . . . . i played the position of right outside on the soccer team, is a mainstay on the tennis squad, and has . . , . . . , - - . . . . y . , .S . - 3 '- -, , . Y . . . . , - . . .. , . . ' I ' , . . 7 7 f . . D S E N I 0 R S 1 9 5 0