St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Left to right: Mr, Saltzman, Peterson, C. Patterson, Cooper, Schiff, Mr. Eder, Damon, James, R. Patterson, Vickery, Rector, Simchak, Ingersoll, Bartlett Cycle Club YCLING BEGAN at St. Albans in 1960 with the first spring vacation trip. Led by Rev Eder, the cyclists took the train to Harperis Ferry and cycled back, encountering a snow blizzard on the muddy C810 Canal towpath. Cycling at the School has come a long way since that first year when nobody had a racing bicycle, nor had even heard of one. This year the Cycle Club rode all the way back from Cumberland, a distance of 180 miles, in three days. The group camped out and used the Wildebeest as a support car. On a particularly windy and rainy night, however, the group was forced to retreat to a motel. This night of rest was well deserved, for the previous day the cyclists had climbed three mountains and cycled sixty miles-no mere feat for anyone. In the field of racing, this year's team is better than ever in spite of the relatively small num- ber of participants. The team has had two races so far this season and has a schedule of at least six more to go. In one of the individual races, Captain Gray James placed third in Class Ag Lars Peterson, a very promising rider, won Class B, and to top off these victories, Vick Vickery and Willem Schiff finished second and third respectively in the handicap division. The team's only possible faults can be blamed on inexperience and lack of depth. The highlight of the season will be the Metropolitan Schoolboy Championship which the Cycle Club has a chance of winning. Led by Rev Eder and Mr. Saltzman, the team looks forward to a suc- cessful season, as a new Varsity sport at St. Albans. -GRAY JAMES THE ALBANIAN 105

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The Elertras: S. Keyes on piano, Ingersoll on drums, Schoellkopf on electric guitar, Fawsett on bass, A. Keyes on electric harpsichord Assemblies SSEMBLIES AT St. Albans have become an established part of the School. They serve as a break in the monotony of the week. But more important is that they inform. The assemblies this year have been varied. They have ranged from informative subjects such as the causes of cancer and safe driving to the pure entertainment of the talent assembly. Perhaps the most captivating program was that of the talent assembly. As couple number three from the Silver Spring Armory danced onto the Gym Hooor to the music of the Electras, the year's assemblies reached their culmination. The couples,' consisted of Seniors Lee Chatelain, Bobby Harding, Neid McGehee, and Don Symington. They put on an interpretive dance. Another main attraction at the assembly was the Highlanders, a folk singing group led by Senior -Ion Arterton. Other performers were Alan Ackerman, Don Becker, Bob I-Iardaway, Julien Masoii, Bill Rollings, and jim Webb. St. Albans alumni who spoke during the year were Bradshaw Mintener, Jr., '56, who spoke on the Peace Corps, and E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. '43, Mr. Prettyman, one of the attorneys re- sponsible for the transportation of ransom supplies to Cuba this fall, related tales of his experi- ences connected with the negotiations. The Rev. Donald Slasor, Chaplain to the students and faculty of Gallaudet College, told of the problems of communication with the deaf and the education of ministers to the deaf. Mr. James Reston, chief of the Washington bureau of the New York Times, talked on the first two years of the Kennedy Administration. -Joi-IN LACEY 104 ACTIVITIES 1963

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Chess Club Reclining, I. to r.: Amory, Snowclen Kneeling, 1. to r.: R. Wright, Goodfellow Standing, l. to r.: Morse, P. Bradley, Lebovitz, Blarz Cheerleaders Front row, l. to r.: Ronhovcle, Arterton, Wfilson Second row, I. to r.: Yates, Reston, Shaw ACTIVITIES 1963