St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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EDWIN GAYLORD WARNER II flctnmes News III IV V Il Go-.ern ment Club V VI Albanzan II Tren urer III Anardx Silver 'Vent K1 I old News Kev VI Sperm! Intensm Classxral r cord rollertzon pzano psychology moral plnlosoplvy water sports College Amherst Born anuary 78' 193 Ufaslzxrzgtorz D E 1 Smernel N A MUSTY and dusty garret on Un1vers1ty Avenue a stooped old man leans over a table 1llum1 nated by a candle 1n a w1ne bottle Sparks spr1ng from h1s qu1ll pen as he scatters h1s m1croscop1c h1eroglyph1cs over a ragged papyrus Thls anc1ent 15 not the Splflt of Tom Pame wr1t1ng revolu t1onaty pamphlets but the Gay Lord of Warner wr1t1ng Edd1e tor1als for Page Two at a sa e dlstance from the storms and explos1ons of the News Room When Sneerwell IS not expoundmg Chmese ph1losophy or 15 not dlgestmg Emerson Thoreau or Freud1an psychology he reads Latln poetry and wrltes muslc rev1ews for the News Edd1e s mUSlC FCVICWS are 1ndeed excellent for he has a knowledge of muslc equal to h1s love of lt If the weather and mood are fa1r a lanky boy dressed 1n a clowmsh tra1n1ng su1t trots down to the soccer Held He runs and jumps about the Held l1ke a hghtmg cock peckmg erratxcally at the ball Hts appearances at the tennls courts are equally as sporadlc as those on the soccer held He e1ther plays a good game or one w1th Clagett or Schoen In Government Club Mr Warner IS no more sllent than on Page Two He loves to re '-k-J fute the hotheads and the PBCIHSIS and mtro duce a compromlse HIS b1t1ng humour has .ff g turned the tables on many of h1s more unrea ' .1 If sonable aggressors and t1ckled h1s audlence ln a deltghtful manner X XZ! One of those St Albans veterans who has come up from the Lower School Edd1e has won , mnumerable frxends May he llve happnly among the Senecas 1n upper New York State God bless hxm' THE AN A 1 .4 GG 1 JJ -4. l . .fd-6.0 s 11 - 7 . . . . - . f- I nu 3 1, - . A ' L NE li get - . QF I 1 to 1 - , UQ I - 1 . ' e i 1 S I X Q' 'F i ,N ' I A A Lx 'I , E ' ' I . ' A U - EJ Q 'T at I' X ' . -.'1EQK 'l I I I ' . Z5 1 l 1 A I. B I N

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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

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So Scottze Rockprle ow domg you cats I smg you my song Of Watson the warrior Earl of the Scottons And many a feast No songster of old Could smg hmm aught Prodlgxous hls strength And lcmgly domam Pxtch Blaclc his halt Flashing h1s eyes With Jet and fire Thundering black The mob car roars In the wheel bed HIS charlot drawn By squlrrel and mlce Convlvlal the baffle Vlctorlous he strllces As mlghty the mead Comes rolllclclng round oyously joyful Ar Watson s war house From Frla to Moon day The great battle raged And many the mighty WALTER SCOTT WATSON Actnmes Gmernment Club V Specxaf Interests Psychology mu rc Follege George Washxngton Born Febma1v6 1932 Washington D But mxghtlest Scott Our hero the last To sway m the fray O woe the wounds Of battle sore On Moon day morn H15 physxc exhausted And yet no learmng Excells Duns Scottus Whose WIIIICSY wlt Is humour to all In junglmg rhythms Of Afrlca swaymg Thumpxng, screechmg Bouncxng and jumpmg Dances the hero To fantasy trumpet Squawlcmg screechmg Wlth rumbling drums Beatmg muslcal breath Hot and confounded Pxpmg and jumpmg Lllce Mexlcan beans In pogo SIICIC dance Fantastlcally fllckers The lmgenng note In ecstasy blue EXqUlS1tCly master Of touchmg the drum In fabulous qulvers And wxlderness wxldness Beepmg and Boppmg In madness dlvme Twlstmg h1s toes And clappmg hxs heels hlccups and dashes azzlest Hend Chl ROCKPUE PRO 60N6srn llll ' llllllll ---9 UDDI BU U U UD I all f X iff I U3 THE NI I : . I , . ' . . C. 'F t,7! ' ,SV F' ' 77 1 . . . -I ' . V . . ' - . . . Q 'Yg- . . Q ' TT A . . . . . y E b DLE? . . . . . , 'A ll - nu' , -14 1 - -1 l . . 'lil X ' ' 137' , - . . . . 1 .L Z1 X J . ' I 4 f M , . . . . , V , ,f Tl , 'F I I I 4 , N ' . . . pm wth- ll ,M i f 69 kgs - n ' gh.. 7? ' . . . W AQ, L ,E A S E O R S 1 9 5 0