St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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'Ei' tl AI MCb The Vestry HE VESTRY IS one of the oldest orgamzatxons found at St Albans The members of thxs group chosen each sprmg from the boys of the mcomlng Fxfth and Sixth Forms are elected because of thexr hxgh moral and relxglous character The general functlon of thls body IS to dlrect under the guxdance of the Headmaster the re hglous and charltable RCIIVIUCS of the School Thls functlon IS expressed ln several SPCCIHC dutles The Vestry has the responslblhty of carmg for the Little Sanctuary preparmg xt for each Morn mg and Evenmg Service mamtalnmg order and helplng to seat the students durmg the Mornlng Servlce and tldylng the Chapel after the SCFVICCS The members of the Vestry also read the Lesson once a weelc at the Mormng Servlce and conduct the Evenlng Prayer twlce a week In addmon the School s two annual dr1ves for charlty the Llttle Sanctuary Offermg and the Community Chest Fund are under the dlrectlon of the members of thls organlzatlon In its meet ings the Vestry allocates the funds xt has collected to what xt considers worthy charltable mstltu tlons Thls year Sl 536 40 was pledged through the weekly offering system and 5120608 was ral ed during the Communlty Chest Drlve The Vestry deserves great praxse for the manner m whlch under the able leadershxp of Phlhp Bohart If has performed tts most lmportant duty exerclsxng Chrxstlan leadership ln all of the School s actnvmes THE BANIA 'H T, U , , 'Q Q. ' . f . 5' , - ' 1 . H Q , I I I 4, I' A 3 I Front row, left to right: Pearse, Coleman ljunior Wlrdml, Bohn! lsenior Wardenl, Redfield fClerkl. Back row, lel o righl: vord. Broome, c a e, Thomlon. Winnacker. . . , 7 1 1 ' l 9 , . , . . . , . . i . . 7 , - - 9 - 9 1 ' .S . . . . 1 7 1 , . . . A L N

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hrs! nm left lo nght Malcolm Bobb Burton Paul Martin Burroughs Thomas Duncan Raff john Robert Hln ners Charles Trovbrldge Stanley Gene Sidney Levus james W1de Botsford john Charles Burroughs .Second run left In ugh! Charles Pxerce Burton II Thomas Penneld Jackson Porter Gaylord Shreve Phlllp Van Dusen Rxckert Allen Arthur Sweeney Edward Bransford Ballov 1 Guthrie Daud Hardy Thxrd row lell lo nghl Damel Francxs Leary III Mead Mather Felck Walter Eugene Hess Il Robert Slayback Elhnunod onathan Bradley Rlckert Herluf Chrlsuan Provensen, Davld Morley Moore Fourlh row Ronald Malcolm Eustace Glbson Absent Wnlllam Blrclchead Hoffer Chou' S MOST people know St Albans was estabhshed as a school for the choxrboys of the Wash lI'1gt0I1 Cathedral The chonr 1S the oldest and best known organlzatlon of the School Bemg a chotrboy enta1ls a great deal more t1me and work than bemg a member of any other orgamzatxon tn the School Those 1n the Choxr spend over seventeen hours a week 1n practtcmg or tn actual servlces at the Cathedral In addmon the cholrboys are frequently called away from the school to parncxpate m speclal services at the Cathedral Then too they have a more d1fhcult schedule than the average student Lower School choxr boys are forced to mlss the afternoon study perxod, whlle those ln the Upper School have to omtt sports On Sundays, when most boys do their homework, the choxr spends tts ttme practlcmg for and s1ng1ng ln two servtces at the Cathedral Even though they are under thts handlcap, the boys as a whole are top students and athletes When thelr votces change and they are no longer able to smg soprano, they partlcxpate fully tn the act1v1t1es of the School The hne trammg whlch they recelve under Mr Paul Callaway and Mr Wayne Dlrksen helps them to lsecome leaders tn the school ORGAN ' '. ' : ' . . . . ' ' . Jr.. ' ' ' , ' ', ' '. r.. I 'A . Jr. Y , . V ,I J . l Y . . . l b . , l . - Fifth row, left to righf: George Hunt Mitchell. jr.. Meredith Price 1Head Cruciferb. Douglas Simms Stenhouse. I Q ' ' ' v 1 ' ' I Z A T I O N S 1 9 5 O

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Flag Raisers CW Ry gb Cathedral Servers Hb GAN JR I .. . x 4 , X 1 , Inf ' lr: Rill, u ' 5 Pagler. Af , 176 ' if n Q .V I ,. if I' . lvl! lo righl: V B Bohart. . arner. Sisson. , , left 10 righl: ile'. Kin Q ury. A I Z A T I O N S 1 9 5 0