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

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THOMAS V. BROOKE Richmond, Va. 5 YEARS lmt' l.il:'rury .S'urf1'ly,' i1Il.r.v1'alu11'y .S'oru'lyg lflmz lfffflflltlll .S't1uu1l, 'ZSQ Bullrloy l?n.rv'lmll, 29, 'jfli lfi.t1l'.Vlf:V l?u.rl't'lla1ll Stfmlrl, 'Jig l'm'.vffy lfuxvluxll .S'i1uutl, '32, .UQ li'ufv.r uml laps Stuff, '3.ig l'fut' N1't'1flt ' Slujl, '33, Ai.'rnoi'ran 'l'ommy Brooke is very small in stature, he ranks high in the es- teem of his comrades. Always good-natured and witty, he has formed many firm friendships. Ilis humor is hoth spontaneous and contagious, and his good nature makes him one of the hest liked and most respected hoys in School. ln fact. 'l'om and his popular Chevy have hecome almost an institution at St. C. S. Ile has quite a husiness head and is Associate Business Manager of the Pint' Nt'e1llr and an Advertising Manager of lt'f1,h.v mul 'l'ujv.v. Both these puhlications appreciate his ahility. It was five long years ago that 'l'ommy first came to he known as a St, C. hoy, and since then, hy virtue of his steadfast devotion and loyalty to his School, he has steadily moved upward. and during the past year all of us have felt his infiuence. Although 'l'om's hrevity of stature severely handicapped him in athletics. he won for himself a reputation as a fighter. W'hen he was in the lower forms of the Upper School, he went out for all the junior teams and was rewarded for his work hy junior athletic letters. XVhen it came time, on account of his age and experience, for Tommy to go out for the Varsity teams, he found it use- less to try to play foothall, a game which primarily requires weight and size. But he played hasehall and haskethall and, like all the memhers of the scrub teams, was almost as responsihle for the success of those teams as the regulars themselves. VVe understand that Tom's plans will take him to V. M. I. next year. With him go our good wishes and confidence that his friendly disposition and likahlc personality will he of great assistance to him in earning the respect of his fellow cadets. ROGER G. B. BROOME, III Poimlexter, Va. 4 YEARS .lzrrlcxorr S0t'l'l'lj',' Vin'-I'r'z'.riileul .'f1i.v.v1'auar'y .S'm'f1'ly: Drumulit' Club, '31, '42g . Vlt'l'-l,I'l'.fl4ll'llf lh'umwli'u Club, 33: liullzlogl Ifnuflmll Team, '29g Hullzloy Bas- lretlmll Sqmul, '29: Bullflml Baxrlmll Team, '29g Varsity Fuaflmll Squad, '3lg Var.vfIy Ifuolluzll 'l'z'nm, 'JZL Truck Squurl, 213: Monogram Club, 213: llmmr C'mnmiHef', '32, '33: l'fm' Nz'c'tllc Staff, '32g Ca-Iitlitor-in-CI1fvf, '33g Rap: and 7'ap.r Staff, '33. f'r is only now and then that we come across a person who was horn to he a leader. If we ever hear of any people like this, let us always rememher they are worth travelling far to see. Such a one we have represented upon this page. It has taken him only four years to hecome one of the most prominent hoys in School. The numher of things that he has accomplished is wonderful. He won his gold foothall on the 1933 City Championship Team, playing with that spirit of determination characteristic of him. Ile is this year Co-liditor of the Pine Neville and, needless to say, has heen very successful. livery one who has worked under Roger will always rememher him with pleasure. NVe might say that the iron hand under the velvet glove would he a fitting epithet for him. As leading man he carried a great weight on his shoulders in the Dramatic Clnh production, which proved to he a great success. I-lis splendid acting is forceful, and his audi- ence feels that he is putting himself into the part: furthermore, he acts with his eyes and uses this strong means of expression to no little advantage. He has heen a memher of the Dramatic Cluh for three years and is this year its Vice-President. He is also one of the dehaters on the Literary Team and often uses success- fully his dramatic ahility in driving home a point. This year he is Vice-President of the Missionary Society, a post to which only a hoy of high character is elected. Finally, he is one of the okl memhers of the Honor Committee. VVith all this power or rather influence in the School Roger Broome will leave us for V. P. I., and it will he felt that no little person is gone, hut a hoy who has really done something for St. Christopher's! vtmr'5e.immr1ii::i.f,.sz.fzimzsi::la:ii!z':12!smiimae , fa1,ixi:ii.izsiiir::g:'i 'isszfrzsaaiflziriimilizsix ' V 1, .M.f.v-- hr, i,f H -. N, ,H V --wr-. . -3 X . i , If my ' 1 r-' 1 ' ' ah- ii-,fifg M- ' if- ' fi l l x'f a f -, if .R H -. ...L-'. .Y .V

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KENNETH H. BEER Dominican Republic, W. I. 3 YEARS Jl1l'l-'.l'0iI. Litvrury Sacirlyf illisxioiitiry Society: lilm Football Squad, '30: Bull- l ff'-S 1'00HvalI Ienm, '3l: Junim' lirmrlmll Squml, '32: Midget Baxkcllmll. '3l: fl-ff'-2'U ' -VfU'U!lcr limit-In-Iivall, '.i3: Junior Ba.rl.'cNmlI Squml, '3l: Truck Sqimcl, 1:31. 33: lllunaycr Iruclv, '33g Reporter I'in1r Neville, '32: Sports Jidifm' line Neville, '33. FRONT .x green tropical island in the lVest Indies Colne this boy, an Englishman by birth. Strange Haiti! An island whose very name, since the publication ol' Ihr .llvvlvrinus Island, conjures up in our minds thoughts of heathen rites, secret YUUCUIIHS by torcblight, and voodoo chants. Yet, since the coming of Kenneth Beer. our fears of Haiti have subsided, and, if Kenneth is the typical Haitian we be- heve that it is even quite a likable place. ' ' Beer is well litted for the work at St. Christopber's, where a dual life of mental and athletic training is encouraged, For the three vearg he hug been here, he has gone out for football, playing brilliantlv on the junior 'fggmm for he is too light for the Varsity. In track, also, Kenneth has proved his wortli excelling in the broad jump. This year, in addition to being on the team,ihe is niaimgcr of track. At basketball and baseball too this active young linglishman has tried his hand and was tlns past year Assistant Manager of Basketball. . In his lessons, he isQ at the top in an unusually large Senior Class of excep- UU'l?lll5' hugh Stilllfllllll- l'CW boys are considered bright enough to be entrusted with the tutormg.of other boys.. 'i et Kenneth has coached several boys. Undoubtedly his most salient characteristic, the one that has won him the well-deserved esteem ot lns tellowsnis lns diligence. He goes into everything he undertakes with earn- est' detehrmmation, and as if it were his one object in life. This zeal of his has gained tor him the position of Sports lfditor of the Pint' Needle and has probably been the cause for our inflicting on him the task of playing hymns in chapel every morning. lVe shall miss seeing his familiar back before us daily and we wish its owner every success wherever he may go. JAMES D. BLACKWELL Richmond, Va. 12 YEARS LN 50.-it'fX'S -lli55l'0IlLll'K' S'orivly: Sturlcut Ilonm' Cnmmilllw: Flea Iioollvull 'l',-,,,,,' 'gif 'gag jpuim- 'lfmzllvnlf Tvum, '29, 'JOQ Varsity Iirmtlmll Team, ,'3l, '31g jli,l,,p1 lin,vl,-rlluill Tram, '32, 'Mg Junior liaxkcllutll 'l'vum, '30v. 3'l: 1'ur.vitv fiuxlsvtlmll Team, '32, '3.'tg Junior liuxclvnll Squml, '29, 'Jfli Iarsifb' Trnriisi Tram, '32, 'Mg .llonayrum Club, '32, '335 5f'K 'f'fl '3' -l1f'N0!7VU'YQ Chill, '33. 3 B.-tex IN the days when Doc carried a pocket comb, one, Jimmy Blackwell, stood on the edge of Father Tiber wondering whether or not he should cross and give himself up. Through some trick of fate his mind deceived him and he Crossed. As he came over the other side, inspired with the spirit of his uncle. he exclaimed, The die is cast l But now the scene is changed. 'Tis twelve years later, and jimmy -is re- Crossing the Tiber, never to return. llaving safely crossed he turns and, in the face of Doctor, the Dean, and the rest of the faculty, he proudly announces, Wuxi, 1-idi, wifi! Yes, for twelve years Jimmy has slaved in the old penal colony. He has made an excellent record in sports, being a letterman for two years in both foot- ball and basketball and a reliable member of the tennis team. llis average in his classes, though not the highest, has been nothing to moan over. Furthermore, jimmy has been elected to the Honor Committee. To top it all he is a champion of the XYoo-Snatchers and all the Snatchers bow before this unparalleled Adonis. Next vear, jimmy, when you are in college with new lands-and girls- to eonqueri remember your old motto, Nui, ridi, rm. uf' .r i' . 4 t. . U X, ,z P , V W E i' it P - r K , lisuulaninin'mllwmInuwilnnlinunimmnnnn:annmvmlis'lswnwis-'mallaawf' 'H waziw.ivliill-aww'wmlniiuamiw-1. .ii . , . ...i..ii.m.un.i,.lnfl1nl1ll ,, , 4 . .. ......i, it .. .n.i.oLrL,.i. i. . i.. .i, .i, i. u,. . , f ,fr-,, , ' f ii' fi 'i if' 'wx ' 1' 1 t'f'nx V 44- D' A ' ,, lil 1, 1V'w., -gg!-i :wt

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MAYO CABELL University, Va. 4 YEARS llff.T,YftPlllIl'j' Sofft-typ .lizrlnwlz I.i'ft'rru'y Society: Pl'v.rirl1'iif Jarlrxoli Z.1fl'I'tll9'jSl7' 'f'f3', '-33: llouor C'nnxmu'fIr4', '32, '33q Pine Needle bfuff, '32: Izrlxtor lynn' Neville, '.!.'ig It'up,v and 'l'41p,v Smlf, '32, '331 Vurxily l'00tl2ull Stllllllg, 313 l'an-.vily Iiootlmll Team, '32: llirwttn' l'lli.v.rionury Society, '32, '3-it I-lf1 'U N I f . '32, '3.lg .llouuyrafn Club. 'Mg Trurlc, '32, '33, A T0lV-HICAID ekcnix from the hills wandered into the halls of St. Qhristopher's four years ago and astounded the masters with his brillliance. . His recitations were not merely perfect but pluperfect. This young prodigy, wisdom incarnate, was none other than our illustrious Senior, Mayo Labell. Mayo has constantlv led his class and has captured all manner of prizes. in Latin, French. and what-not. He has the rare ability to study and digest his les- sons quickly and has the excellent memory to retain all he studies. Therefore, he is blessed with an abundance of spare time, in which a person as IIQSTFCSSWC H5 Ulbflll cannot be inactive. He has shown admirable good sense in his choice of l'CCreation. His time is divided between mental and physical development. Few 'WFS are as well-read as Mavo, and fewer still proht by their reading as much 21SuMayo. In athletics, as in everything else at which he tries his skill, he excels. NX lthin four years he has risen from a grovelling scrub on the Bulldog Football Sfluad to an All-City Halfback on a City fhampionship Team. In track, also, Lflllflll. the invincible, is prominent. ln fact, last year, he was the whole 'I rack Team. being the only trackster to represent us in any meet. He high jumps five and a half feet, broad jumps twenty-one feet, runs the 100 and 220-yard dashes in record time and, in short, is something of a track man. Around school, Mayo is looked up to as a leader. XVhy? XYell. notice the list of honors above. A eulogy on this versatile and accomplished boy might run fer 171111051 yet, having already Hlled the allotted space with a discussion ofhhis accomplishments, we find it impossible to go into his character, his nature, which, however, can be fully appreciated only by those who have known him. NVC con- gratulate Ihr University on having attracted this scholar, athlete, and gentleman. HARWOOD B. COXE Roanoke, Va. 4 YEARS Let .S'orit'Iy: .llfmrimmry .S'uri1'Iyg Bullzloy Ifazztlwull Silmnl, '29, 'Mig Jlnmlylvl' uf lflllllfllll l?ll.Vf'I7tIH, 'Mig .'l.r.rf.rIan! tlllllllljlfi' l ur.ti!y lfoollmll, '.ll3 llltllllljlfi' Junior Vurxliy Iftzxclviill, 'llg Traci: Sqzunl, H323 .llulrtigrer Vor.vx'fy lfoulbull, '.l2g .llonoyrum Club. Hiiai-1 ts none other than Harwood Coxe, for four years a leading member of the Smoking Club. and renowned for the remarkable yarns which he can spin at anly time of the day or night. Harwood hails from the l'it-dmont section of Vlff-Inna. from the famous city of Roanoke. where men are men and girls are pretty. according to Harwood. Rightly may the phrase. a friend of every boy in the School, be applied to Harwood. for it would he hard to tind a more jiovial, pleasant. fun-loving boy than he. Though Harwood is no natural-born athlete, he is a favorite member of the Soccer Team, and last spring who should we see in a track uniform. all diked out and ready to run, but Harwood himself. l.ast football season he was appointed HCM' Mfmilt-!Cl' of the Football Squad, and he performed his duties with earnest- ness. Many an early winter evening, Harwood might he seen roving about the football held. gathering up helmets and other equipment left outside. He now can P 'lfll5' fl'SlTlPly U11 his vest a beautiful gold football, the reward for his strenuous work 515 Maililirer of a City Championship Team. HC ahs-tucleiyt Harwood never been a prodigy, but he is. a hard worker. Q i L mis.o.rtune to miss over three weeks this spring owing to an opera- tion for appencncitis. However, by dint of gittin' down an' diggin ' he made up his work and is ready for college. ' The School will lose a lvofzllolnun' in Harwood. but there is one eongolmiong the world will have at least one cheerful person to enlighten it now in the time of this black depression ,f I Xt 54-.t. lll1 i' llillilllllllliiiiI ' ' ,i l 'l llllliiI 'il 'N ' iii'l'1'ilil'lli'lllllll'llfiil'il'fii llllllllt i'' , ,, , ,ii , , ,,,,,W,i,i,,, ml . ..s. N. , 1.1, ,i,,, K i.i. t... Lglxtn ii, i. .,. ., ,.,,,,, . A ii M .2 A4-us.. 11 lv i 1 ' il .ty