St Christophers School - Raps and Taps Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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4 .1 1 5' '. GEORGE D. WILLIAMS Richmond, Va. 7 YEARS Lvr l.z'!rr'ury ,5'0vi0ly,' llfIl.YSl'0llll-l'j' Sm'1'vly,' Dll'Ft'll7l' Mis.vionm'y Sovicty, '31, '32g .Srcrrtnry Ln' Socivly, 'Sly Vicr-Prv.v1'flvut Lrr Socicly, '32g Iflca Foo!- lmll Squrul, '25, '26g l lf'a lirmrlulll Sllllflll, '26, '27g Bulldog lfoolluall Squad, '27, 'ZSQ Bulldog lfootlmll Team, '29: 7'r'ark Squad, '30, '31 ,' Honor C0'H1HN'l- tm, '31, '32, Finn Nvmllcu Slajf, '31, 32: Hlfrzfvx and 7lfIf.V Slajf, '31, X325 Manager lfzmflnall Tram, '31 1 llflUll0.rjl'fIllI Clula, '32. DURING THE SEVEN YEARS in which George has attended St. Christopher's, he has taken part in every activity in which he has been permitted to participate. A slender physique has kept George out of several sports, but in the others he has worked hard in his efforts to succeed. Along literary lines he has done particularly well, being among the leaders in his class and having held prominent positions on the RAPS AND TAPS and Pine Needle staffs for several years now. This year he was selected as one of the two Co-Editors of the School paper. He has worked very conscientiously on this pa per, with the result that the Pine Needle has been up to its usual standard of high literary worth. In 1930 George aided in the managing of the highly successful Varsity Football Team. Last fall he was Manager of Varsity Football, and although the team did not have as successful a season as in some years previous, it was not from want of a good manager. George was a glutton for work, and he was tried to the utmost. In every possible way he aided Mr. Brenaman, who would have been sadly handicapped without the services of a capable manager. George has made innumerable friends at St. Christopher's, and he will probably be as loath to leave certain of his friends as they will be to let him go. Above all, he is always glad to do anything that may be requested of him. His place will be hard to fill next year. E301 f . -U 1, - -if Z 5 . '-iz sf ga 'Z .' l l l l l l lr Viz, ',, ' , l , ' .'.: Im , .lf V' 55 ' x ' Y T -ig Q Na' V W1 .JK 1,149 XX v lkf

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SENIOR PROPHECY EVERY good collection of stories should have a frame. This isn't a collection of stories 5 nor is it good. Nevertheless, it shall have a frame. Scheherazade, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Tiiany Thayer have used this method to advantage. I am not above borrowing ideas g I am not above borrowing lines. You will notice that present- ly. If possible, I would probably plagiarize the whole business. Of course, the simplest thing by far would be to dash down a few well-chosen sentences outlining a glorious future for the fif- teen members of the Senior Class of St. Christopher's 1932. It would look well. It would speak well for them. For example, to see in print: George Williams becomes a celebrated banker or Pur- cell is a leading member of the bar would fairly warm the heart. But it won't do. It is simply too thin. I am not Allah Axiom, the crystal gazer. I have never visited a palmist or seen a medium. I do not possess a ouija board. My closest approach to the occult has been to have my fortune told by cards. I can guess. I can hazard. But I cannot foretell. What a predicament for a prophet! Let us get to the framework of the whole business. It shall be a glorious jumble of parodies. When Tyler will perhaps look this over fifty years from now, he will say: Parody? Parody? It must mean about the same as paraphrase or paradox or paragon -and let it go at that. Fifty years from now-five years from now it will not matter. We cannot prophesy, but we can imagine. Im- agine with us, gentle reader, that those great masters of literature, Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, Omar Khayyam, Mother Goose, Wal- ter Winchell, and others, dedicated one or more of their stanzas, allowing them of course the power of divination, to the several members of the 1932 Class of St. Christopherls School. This will require the utmost of imaginative power. It will call forth your wildest fancies. I am not certain I myself can do it. Turn to page 1, please, and we shall continue without further fuss and feathers. E321 if r .-1i latex.-1-, Fi - Z - '- -. . .M- -- . . ..- .. .- -. Y- .' QE