St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THOMAS DARRAH THOMAS Acuxtzes N ws Il Ill II I VI barnan VI Government Club IV I VI Cathedral Sener VI Comanager o Soccer VI Awards Cum Laude Key Szher Nens Kev V SIA Sorter Manager VI Sperzal Interests Clremxstry Readmg frm ellmg Music College Amherst Born Aprxl Y 1937 Montclaxr New ers Handsome DDT DTs ARRAH THOMAS IS that most fCllClIOUS and env1able combmatxon of ablhty and humour that most of us would hke to be ourselves Always ready to send any company mto Hts of mad laughter wxth some lrreslstlble bxt of whnmslcal drollery yet Darrah has one of the fmest mlnds ln the class and has contrlbuted more than hls share to the lastmg achxevements of the half century boys And whatever the detalls of hls future career may be we may safely predlct one thmg he wlll never be unhappx Blessed wtth an Ichabod Crane hgure and the greatest helght ln the class Darrah has gen erally ngnored the values of physlcal educatton escapmg to the News Room where he IS one of the stalwart pun exhumers and has authored every blt of wxt that has appeared ln the rxval rag thxs year and the entxre School was aston xshed when he and hrs fellow abstamer Brxce Clagett became co-managers of the soccer team last fall and sloshed falthfully about untll the end of the season One of the many little Llb- erals who werent there on votmg nights he cultlvates the eloquent art of Sllence m the Gov ernment Club ln the best Taplce Wood tradl ,X tlon 46 Darrah IS consistently at or near the head JL- of the School rn marks and IS most mterested ln SCICDCE and mathematics though If would be hard to hnd any Subject that bored h1m He should go far and doubtlessly wlll soon be one df of the most talented and uptoartous ornaments of the jolly old sc1ence of alchemy THE ALBANIA ' ' f 'ff 'F 7 ' Al is f .. : . ' 1 , -. ' , . V I ey ..Jeff.,, ., H H,.Du.. ,, . Q Q n - . . I , a 1 , I . . , I l , . - 6 I 'll 77 , . . - I J, . . a 1 . TL S WI- my 11 1 Q U , ,' ,, . . , .45 Y ' ' if . . . - V I 4 l Emmy u ' - '- M B3 ' . It I: -- an J f . . 11,3 X 4 ' . '. . ' A W fy z . y . I 474 lf sv , - 2 ' . 1 ff X . 4. el il , y M . thai, I V' ff ' 5 ' ,um ff 5 .., sl . . l . N

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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

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OLWER LONSDALE THORNTON Activities: Vestry V, V15 Prefect V15 Bas- ketball IV, V. Vlg Tennis IV, V: Class Treasurer IV V Lower Srlvool Pre ect II Anards erusalem Cross VI Glover Cup IV V Vestry Pm V VI StA Basket ball V VI SIA Tennis IV V StA2 Basketball IV Gold Basketball V Special Interests Gol Tennis Swimming Mixing Drinks Being carried Call ornza Follege Undecided Born january I7 1932 Kansas City M15 sourz E te Bones O T Spoo DDIE THORNTON IS so thln that he spends hls lexsure hours searchlng for small and lnsigmflcant muscles If you are a good friend of his he wtll rush up to you bare hls arm and proudly display a dlmlnuttve bump, whtch more than llkely, IS not a muscle but a bony outgrowth He seems to have had enough grlstle to play first sttmg basketball for three years however and there was even enough left over to play tenms and golf Eddie was captam of last years tennts team and was a conslstent wlnner in the number one slot In basketball Bones s effortless ball handling was perhaps one of the best on the team O T IS one of the best tn our class and though he spends most of h1s study hours over plc ture puzzles left behmd by the devllxsh C Formers he ranks conslstently tn the top of the Form In the actxve Physics class he seems to be able to comprehend the course fully although he assists Tom Slsson m launchmg match stick rockets across the room all period Few boys have held more posxtxons or have been more mfluentlal to the School s well bemg than Eddle Thornton He ts a member of the Student Vestry and IS one of the most active Prefects He possesses the faculty of gemal fair ness whlch has won the respect of all the boys have often been those finally adopted St Albans boys will always thmk of Eddxe as a close frlend one wlth whom they have had thexr best times They wlll remember hls ready chuckle and hls gentle sarcasm they wlll re member his Openness and his helpfulness When he goes off to college there wlll be manv of us who wtll be very sorry not to have htm around ' ,Q ff VQI V' parvo nohfqis f 'Q' t s f-wt , rw U 2 Vfhqhnffngrr My ll u itfmuvnvry-ttearu 'H X HE S NI f 5 P ' -' J I 5 f A ' l , 'F dd' ,aa ff '77 'f I .,7, ff kj, In prefect meetings, his balanced, sane ideas ff X . 5-5' 1 121 f.Tlr i1' l . . . C , .,' U, .fir ' ' gll2'L'li.1f :7L- 'H y ' , ' 4 ' ' 'fly plly' ' . . . . . 7 : - D f-1 ' , ll l X N T E O R S 1 9 5 0