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

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BEVERLEY R. W. MARSHALL Richmond, Va. 5 YEARS Jm'lu.ryu 1.fIernr3' S0l'l.t'lj'f lll1'.v.ri'uuur'y Sorivlyf Bulldog Football Squml, '28g l lH'A'l.lj' Ifouflvull Squad, '31, '325 Trurl: Squad, '31, '.l3g A.r.n'xIaul llfluunycr lf'ur.rxly lruollmll, '30. WHY sHoln.n a boy with such a jovial exterior, with such pereseverance and fortitude, not to mention such a promising name, be so retiring? Ah! The un- answerable riddle. However, B. R. NV. Marshall, lll, the boy whose intials and numeral look like an algebra problem, has al.ways held himself in the back- ground and ever refuses to lift his voice above a murmur. It may be that he appreciates, and is benefiting hy, the truth that quiet people who listen to other people's troubles generally have a great many friends. He does have many friends, and let us assume that these bashful tactics of his are really intentional and wisely planned in our subject's subtle mind. We need not explain our first statement: that B, R. is of a jovial exterior. The above picture is self-explanatory. Yet the reference to perseverance and fortitude deserves further comment. VVho can deny that these two virtues have been demonstrated by Marshall in both football and track, probably the two most strenuous sports in School? VVe still remember the astounding pertinacity with which Beverley ran the mile for us in several meets two years ago. Then, too, it was with this same determination that he plugged away at football with amazing improvement: starting in 1931, an absolute greenhorn, finishing in 1932, having played in some games. ' Marshall is cheerful, and saying this is saying enough for any one's praise, for we certainly are in desperate need of cheerful people. Let ns conclude with this little prophecy: we know that he will make friends in the world, not in spite of, but by virtue of, his retiring nature, just as he has done here at St. C. PHILIP M. MINOR Richmond, Va. ll YEARS .lfll'k.t'0ll Sorx'rty,w illisxiunnry Sacivty,' Flm Football Team, '28g Jmlfor Foot- lvull Tram, '29, '30: Vur.rx'ly Football Tram, '32g ,luufur Baslrftlmll 7'4'um, '3l: Vurxlty Ba.vlc1'Ilvr1ll Squrnl, '32: Varsity Baseball Squad, '3lq Rup.r and 7iufr.v Stuff. '32, '33g I.ih'rury Trum, '33g llircrtor Missionary Society, '33: lllunogrum Club, 'SZQ .Silmlrnr Honor Commitlcrg '33. MANY vicmzs Aoo, in the dark ages of the past, a very small boy entered the por- tals of our grand old institution of knowledge and began his long trek through the forms of the Lower and Upper Schools, filled with many hours of hard work and many hours of unforgetable pleasures. This year he emerges from these gates of learning and goes to V. M. T., where we know he will be highly successful. Phil Minor leaves behind him a place that will be hard to fill and a kind of emptiness in the affections of us who know him intimately. The characteristic that is outstanding in Phil, the characteristic that has won for him so many honors, is perseverance. Once he starts a job, Phil is sure to stick to it until he completes it. This same bulldog determination was shown on the athletic field. Phil was a regular on the Football Team, and in spite of a severe weight disadvantage measured up to the high standard of play of the others on the team. Although Minor's best sport was football, he went out for the other teams and did his best to make them as successful as pos- sible, He is a student well above the average, excelling in mathematics, and has an earnest, logical thinking mind. Phil has attained the highest honor to which a boy in St. Christophe-r's School can aspire in his election to the Student Honor Committee. He is Busi- ness Manager of Rafts and Tufts, and need we mention the difficulty and responsi- hility of such a position in these times of tight-fisted advertisers and penny- pinching subscribers? We all hate to do it, but the time has come: so we regretfully say a fond fare- well to Phil Minor, a typical St. Christopher's boy. illllffllllllllllllWill!lllllfllllillllillliillllllllllllllllllllll'likllll'llIlllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllwillllllllll! I .-'Q' i ' :TW '? ' a f ff f 1 r X ty 7f,,.' .J

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WILLIAM U. KENNON Subletts, Va. 5 YEARS .,fIl'li'.YlIll S'urf1'tyf lllf.v.viomu'y Su1:fvI5': Junior Foolbull Squml, '28: Junior lrootlvull Trom, '29, Kill: Junior liuxrlrull Sqmul, '29, '301 lf'ur.rily 'l'rnrl.' Allltflll, 'Mig 1f'or.rily Track Team, '31, '33, Varsity Football Squad, '.llg Fine lv,-t-ill,- Stuff, '31, '33, Amis, if all of us could be tailor-made men, how Doc would swell with pride: but the Fates have decreed that there should be only one tailor-made man in Svchool, and, after much consultation and argument, they have decided that Willy Ifennon should be this perfect creature. Thus it is that the students of St. Shr'1stopber's gaze with both pride and envy on the immaculate appearance of xylllyn and pray to the gods that some day they will walk in tailored clothes lljlclst the lofty pines of St. Christopher's and hear the'muflled words of admira- UOII that come from the common herd, This is enough of such foolislmess, for no tailor-made man ever Came from Powhatan County! Let us see Willy as he really is. What has he done during his hve years in the dungeon ? Reach for a l'1'm' Needle, glance over the Mirth Lolumn, and shake your sides with laughter, for Willy, Mirth Editor of our great bi-monthly, is really the essence of mirth. On some bright, spring day come out onithe athletic field and watch him bound around the track like a jack rabbit, smashing track records right and left. judge for yourself, but it really matters 1101 what you decide concerning XVilly, for his friends have already rendered Jllfll-Zlnent that he is a peach of a fellow. Ile is a friend of the great and of the lowly, is sought after for his pleasant company, and is a charter member of that palace of good will and blissfulness, the Smoking Room, There is no affectation to .Willy. lle is genuine, frank, and straightforward, and we all admire him for lt. 'VVhen he has gone down llenri Street in ye olde Shevylay for the last time, W0 FC not going to forget a good friend. See ya, XVilly. J. MARSHALL LEXVIS, Jr. Gloucester, Va. l YEAR fllrlmroyu2l.fIt'1'uv'y Sorivlyg llIi.v.viaum'y Sacirlyg Football Sqnafl, '32g Dramatic 'lnb, 3 . DUKE or Gl.ol'cHs'rr1lz, lady-killer, heart-breaker Lewis! Ile is the terror of Gloucester County. From the amount of mail he receives daily one would think he had a harem down there in the swamp. However, Marshall is not just a smoothy 3 he is all right and can present the best evidence in the world to that effect: he has many friends. A happy nature and a countenance to match attract us all, and we succumb, just as do the ladies. N It is rare that a boy enters St. C. and makes an early impression upon the School life. This boy enrolled in September and immediately concentrated his efforts upon football. He was one of the unsung scrubs, who bore the brunt 05,5110 game, and as such deserves much credit. Football over. he joined the St. Kit s players and in fl C1l!ll'0t'l!'l' llzlrndrs proved himself worthy of the major role assigned him. His performance was excellent and won for him membership IT the Dramatic Club. NVith spring, he took up tennis and worked earnestly in t ie afternoons with thc other candidates for the Tennis Squad. yVe think it a pity that this friendly, active boy should leave .the School after graclllti its campus for only one year. VVe send him forth unwillingly, yet with Rm' l19St wishes and with assurance that he will make the School proud of having tjliglgh as a student, if only for a year. Beware, ye wild women, here comes your X p llllIIlIIIlIlIlllllllllllllllllllllltlIlllljjlmmmmllIllllllllllzlllIlllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllI4III!liltllltlvlllllllllllllltlllllllllllIIlIl!illll!'IllIlIllllIlllllllIlIllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ' iv f ' live 'T H W K ,rg LQ! . Q' .rl L' i'P 1671- if ilthiptilli

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llll IRVING B. MOORE Richmond, Va. 6 YEARS LM' l.1'l4'r'ory Socfrlyf ll'Ii,V.Vi0llllI'j' .S'm'i4'ly: Raju mul Tufts Stall, '31, '32, '3.l: flrt Efliim' lt'uff.r and Tofu, '33: A.r.ri.rlaut Edilor Pine Nri'4lIf', '.l3. xylill-TN lnvmo lbltltllili leaves St. Christopher's to go to the University of Vir- gnua, he will be greatly missed, for he has created such a demand for himself, S0 to speak, around School that we will surely be at a loss without him. His Work for both school publications has proved indispensable. ln his capacity as Art liditor of lt'ufv.r uml Tnfnr he has contributed drawings of such value to the interest and appearance of this volume that his successors will find it dillicult or even impossible to equal them. Irving received the prize for the best still life at the Richmond Academy of Arts Tournament last year, and, no doubt, in the future, when he is a great artist, we shall all brag about the fact that he was a contributor to Nap.: and Tafnr and that we went to St. Christopher's with him. This year, he has been Assistant Editor of the Pine Ncerllv and his articles have l-UVC11 to that paper a much needed spice and a lively flavor. He has had an excellent scholastic record and, this june, among the limited number of full graduates, Irving will receive a diploma with a high average. l1Ve send him forth with no anxiety either for lrving's or the School's sake. for we lilltlw he will uphold the traditional good name of St. Christopher's at the University. I-le has been a respected member of our Senior Class, a fellow student with a quiet manner and a friendship greatly to be cherished. XVe wish him all the luck in the world and, for ourselves, need not try to find another to equal him. whose artistic and literary talent has been so generously employed. JOHN B. PARRISH, Jr. - kt X Richmond, Va. ,fl 13 YEARS Sl'rr'r!ar'y Jnrlcxnn Soricly, '32: Director 1'l1i.r.vinmiry Socivly, '32, '33: Flru Fuollrull Tmm, '27, '2N: Flu: Rzixelulll Tcum, '27. '28, Bulldoa Foolball Team '3'7. '30C Hllllllflll Bfltiflfllll 7'l'U'N. 29. '30Z Bullflou Ba.rI.'ctlmIl Squad, '29: l'ux-.city .Flltlflltlll Tram. '31, '32: l ur.riIy Hu.r1'lmll Sllllllll, '32, '33: A.r.ri'.rtuni 5 vrrulullon Illamrorr Pine Needle, '32: Cl'n'uIa!fou fllnuoocr Pine Nrrvllc' 33: A.r.ri.rfant I.m'rury Editor lt'ull.r und Tofu, '32: Literary Editor lt'df'.r U 'l Till'-V-U '332 Llff 'flf3' Tmm. '3l. '32, '3.l: A.r.ri'.r!nnt 'I'roh1'rIt' lllonourr llrumalic Club, '33: Illonmmim Flnb, '31, '32, '33: Cox! of Srri'um 4 Sm. :lent lloum' Cmnnzitlre, '31, '32, '33. ' Tun COUNTENANCIQ which you see before you belongs to a boy who has been Pll 0l1Hl1 Cvcry form at St, Christopher's and who has been for many years a very Important participant in practically every School activity. liver since Jack started to School, hack in the days when the library was the Lower School Assembly Hall, he has always stood high in his classes and has always been a prominent representative of his class in all its undertakings. .l2iCk was one of the first boys in his class to be made a member of the Student Hllllflr Committee, and the fact that he received this honor when he was in the Slxth Form is strong evidence of his qualities of leadership. As an orator jack is unsurpassed, For the past two years he has' been a member of the Debating Team, and his forceful arguments have been of great value to that team. It is a real pleasure to hear him deliver a debate. lflis subject matter is always clear and concise, and his delivery powerful and convincing. The same spirit of aggressiveness which has won for Jack scholastic fa has also made him a une athlete. He has played on all the smaller football and baseball teams in the School, advancing and improving vear by year. Then he Smlflcllly Sprouted up, and in the fall of '31 St. Christopher's found its Football Team equipped with a giant center. This year' he was slufted to tackle, yet no lnatter where jack played he always played hard, clean football and proved lllmself to be a tower of strength in the line. 0 Bertie has suddeulv decided that he would like to go to Pfrmceton.,and ac- Cmflllltlly he is going to'take entrance exams for that institution. 'X ou ll 11121146 the grade, Bertie, and remember we are behind you. me I 'lllllhllllllltlitll mu, ,1,,,,,t,,,.,,,,,, , , , , 1 , A 1, .1 it limit, ,, ., in inrnwaiu 4 .t.. nfs tn. is 4 1 no nlll'l'lIi 1' Hldrllllal'lllltlllllllllll 1 .' - .. .. --. .--,,--..-- it 1 vw ':1'.:.:L:,:. .is f - it it . A . tin. --t ,-f. 1-.-ff. - tr .--- 1 V. if . -- , ., ,fave , M Ve. ' ' ' 1 , A .1 . X ff tXt,lfq,:' 'i .J 1 f.r.f.'9l ' l .- ,,t y A' fig. .-. lf, nz-ff'