St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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PHILIP SAMUEL DELORIA Born july 25 1941 Alltance Nebraska Entered St Albans Form VI Actwztzes Basketball VI Troop I9 VI Glee Club VI Reltgxous Club VI Spectal Interests Snfzmmzng mustc jazz' classzcal College Yale Sam Wop SPECIALLY SINCE the massacre at the LIttle Brg Horn Easterners have been susprcrous of the IndIan Thus If was wrth thrs years Semors when they dIscovered that there would be an adclItIon to the ranks of famIlIar faces However If Sam DelorIa IS an example of the AmerIcan IndIan then Custer surely must have been In the wrong In 1876 for In one year Sam has be come one of the most well lIked boys In hIs class The proud possessor of both a fme sense of humor and an acute mmd Sam has enlxvened many a hIstory class wIth h1S pertment comments However he stays serrous enough to rank In the top fourth of hIs class and was awarded a certIfIcate of merIt In the Lo K on MerIt ScholarshIp tests mu, Q Sam known as one of the more reckless pool players In the Washlngton area also plays a wIcked game at the pInball machIne It seems that a steady pool game lS all that Sam lacks to take hIs place In the world but beIng a boarder Sam Quooxlvlo has much opportumty to rectIfy that defect In hIs educatIon QM X Sam has had lIttle tIme to adapt hImself to the varIous sports whIch St Albans offers but apparently the Indxans Invented the basketball as Sam IS the versatrle playmaker of the Whales Intramural basketball team The only regret that St Albans has 15 that Sam dId not enter the School In the C Form for whIle he IS neIther the 3 X-,I complete Intellect nor the so called party boy, he has the rxght Q CD combmatlon to become somethmg of whIch the world has .TX great need a good man f -f-- V glff N, 'X X 28 THE SENIORS1959 : ,V I D I I . 1 : Y 5 J 5 7 . : . . , . Q . j I 3 7 . . . . , . . 7 9 7 9 ' , . 7 . . 1 I b ' l , 'S ll , - . ' 7 7 . 7 A P l . l , . Y 7 . . . 1 III I I 7 H H ' . fj rf! . ' .- . . g 1 L R .Egl3l4 ? u - , - ll II U T ' - Z C ' J ' ' px O xxx,

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AMES LAURANCE DAVISON Born December I7 1941 Waslnngton D C Entered St Albans Form C Actwztzes Soccer III IV V VI Tennis III IV V VI Model Raxlroad Club IV ALBANIAN VI Speczal Interests Saxlmg swxmmzng soccer automolnles College Trmzty 6 1TH A scREEcH OF BRAKES and a s1xty degree hst a green Chevy wagon takes the speed bumps by the Lucas Bmlclmg and roars up the hlll towards the Cathedral Such IS the mghtly rout1ne of 1m Davlson as he pxcks up h1s books for even1ng study 1m entered St Albans from Potomac School m the C Form and brought sufhclent Southern charm along to see hlm through Although not a spectacular student 1m has maxntamed a B average whxch surprxsmgly has not suffered from hls varlous extracurrlcular act1v1t1es Comms 'hewy Wsttsoa 55 HW? 4 U05 1 W' 1m uses hns charmmg personallty to the best advantage 1n h1s capaclty as an acl getter for THE ALBANIAN 1ms hve summers ln amestown R I have affected hlm notlceably The rugged outdoor llfe of swnmmlng and saxlmg has g1ven 1m an envlable physlque whtch he employs on the soccer Held 1n the wmter and on the tenms court 1n the sprxng when he does not have a sports excuse In the tenms season 1m couples athletxc prowess w1th a steel trap approach to the spr1ng term of sports sklppmg Thxs year however the greater part of hxs sport sklppmg has become legahzed by means of ALBANIAN excuses Under the noble pretense of acl gettmg 1ms cry can be heard by SCHIOFS only What ll we do thls afternoon? Thus call IS qulckly taken up and answered by the other sports enthusxasts and yearbook supporters 1n the Sxxth Form Room 1ms pleasant personallty and h1s knack for makmg frlends have certamly won for hmm a defmxte place 1n the Class of 1959 THE ALBANIAN 27 5 W 'Q Ii a J. . . . . ' . 5' 1 ' f . 3 E .lf 'J 1 ' 'm . .. .. -I.. .. . . ' . . V, ', el. . 4, r W .5 . . . .

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AMES RAYMOND DENBO Born February I8 1941 Washmgton D C Entered Sl Albans Form II Actwznes Tennzs III IV V VI fCaptam News III IV V VI fBusmess Manager Awards Soccer StA3 VI Tenms SIA? III S111 IV V VI Szlver Nens Key Special Interests Tennxx gol College Pennxylvama SCORE IS St Albans 4 Landon 4 wlth the fmal tennxs match m progress A hushed crowd watches as the tense battle goes on untll the opposmg player can keep up the pace no longer Wlth a deft backhand sl1ce 1m Denbo Hmshes off hrs opponent and leads the St Albans tennxs team to another vlctory Bestdes captammg the Varsxty tenms team 1m takes an actnve part xn soccer and football He IS also the very capable busmess manager of the News and wnth hxs commerclal talent that I nn-vo e Am X-.Q..f -C 'T NX 1 kr VQX X fa KXXXN 2 department has Hounshed In h1s spare t1me he does school work and wlth hxstory as hxs forte woe betlde anyone who trxes to contradlct the hlstorlan The proud owner of one of those German beetles known as Volkswagens 1m can usually be seen drlvmg onto the S1xth Form Cxrcle m a four wheel drlft just as the chapel bells start to rmg I-Ie del1ghts m parkmg behmd Canon Mar tm s car m that five foot space lnto whxch no one else can get As for h1s amorous conquests space proh1b1ts thelr com plete compllatlon sufhce If to say that through h1s many con nectxons 1m obtams outstand1ng dates that are the talk of the Form He aspxres to become a Mtssxsslppx rlverboat gambler and those who have partlclpated m those early mornmg poker games wlll certaxnly testxfy to hls talents along thls l1ne It can t all be luck' We are sure that 1m Denbo the orlgmator of the hve year plan wlll be a btg success at Dartmouth and ln hxs later lxfe TI-IE ALBANIAN 29 I : ., , ' V, . . I l. : Iv J Ir .r F ,J J 7 3 2 . J ., f jim HE . , , ' ' ' . . . . . 1. . 7 Q , . . 0 . i . INYZHESVFD ' ' ' ll IHNKYP ,J N' fn.: . . . - . . rwsgyfnffifg gli- I . ' I . . - 7-X 'lb , . , . - . . . X K, ,. . , .. . - Xl . . Q . . g X - . J. . . X f if S, lxkl ' . . . . . . , X X W X . , 5' 5 4 ' 0 x X t gl ' .1 lb 27 J l E n ,fl . '