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

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JOHN MINOR NVOODWARD ORKNEY SPRING, VIRGINIA 15 yrfruzs' IIIISSIUIIIIVIY So1ri1'l3'J Lee Sn1'i1'lv,' S!'!'l'l'l!ITj', I.r'1f l.ilr'r1lry Soriely, '37: l lr'n lffmllmll Squnrl, 'zgg Iflm Ifnollmll 'l'1'rln1, '3o: junior Ifoollmll Squrul, '32: junior lfuollmll 'l'r'nm, '33: l nr.t'iIy Ifcmllmll Sllllllfl, 'gli l'lIl'Silj' Ifoollmll T!'IllIl, '35, '36: l'lIV.Yflj' Ifrtsltellmll 1'l'llllI, '36, '3'7: I I1'rt Ilrtswlmll I.t'ngu1', '29, '3o, '3l: junior lillxrlnflll 1lf'1IlIl, '32, '3fl. '3.1Z l rn'.vily lirlxelulll 'I'r'rrru. '36, 'fljl 'l'rur'l: 'l'r'uu1, '35, '3li. '37C Cnplnin, Track Tram, '36, '37: Monogram Club, '34, '36, '37: l'rr'.virI1'nl. Mmm- graut Club, '37: Slutlvnl Ilonm' Commillz'1', '371 I'rr'sirlw1l, Missionary Snriely, '37. OUR LAST Senior. And whatever ntay have been said of the others, we can conhdently say ol' VVoodward, he is the greatest Roman ol' them all. Fifteen years he has seen the dormitory lights go out and end another school day. During that era he has waxed strong in all the virtues that make a man and at the same time imparted to school life something of his own sell. Although not an especially serious student, Minor has never had over- much trouble with his schoolwork. I-Ie is in his prime, however, in any lform ol' athletic competition, being at present the only four-letter man in school. During the football season, he kept the spectators on the edges of their seats with his spectacular running and blocking and the utter abandon with which he threw himsell' at the opposing ball-carriers. His lootwork on the gym-floor throughout the basketball season stood the team in good stead. As a baseball player, he a sure-hitting outfielder, and in time ol' emergency, a pitcher. As for his attainments in track-let it suffice to say that he places high in over half the scheduled events of the track meets. Adios, John Minor. You came here, a childg you walk forth, a man. W

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JOHN WILLIAM WIC1IfITlX1'IAN, -IR. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ll years Im' l,iIc'rro'y Surficlyg iIIixxionury Surizflyg Flru Ifoollzull Twuu, '3o: Alirlgvl Fool- lmll Trruu, '31, '32: ,luuior FIIIJIIIIIH Tffum, '33, 'mc Cuplniu, junior lfoollulll 7ll'!llll, '311 I',ll7'Silj' Ifoollmll Squurl, '35Z Vurxily lfoollmll Twuu, '36: Mirlgffl lfrlslcvl- lmll Squad, '32: Mirlgzft limtlmllmll Tcruu, '33: .luuior Iiuxleellmll Squad, '3.1: junior liuxlcz-llmll Team, '35: ,Junior liuxrflmll Team, '32, '33, '3.1: Varxily Brix:-lmll Squrul, '35: I'ru'.vily liuxclmll Twruu, '36, '37: Allerrzzilcf Cujzluiu, Vurxily lirlxwlmll Tmni., '37, Monogram Club, '36, '37g Sfmrnlary-'I'rz'rl.v1u'zrr, A'IlJllUg1Yllll Club, '37: Monogram Duucu Couuzzillcw, '37: Pine Nm:1lla Slull, '36, ,372 RAI-s ANn 'l'Al's Slulj, '36, '37g IJirz'c1or, Missionary Socirfly, '36, '37g Sluzlvul Huum' Collznrillwze, ,37. AISOXIE, you sec tl1e visage olf a boy who has always had the interests of St. Christopl1er's School at heart. Pee-WVee has been with us for over a decade IIOW, and it is with no little reluctance that we give him up. In spite of his slightness of stature, John has proved himself a man olf courage and earnestncss. In football he was l1indered by injuries which would have made most of us I'old up, but not Wighty. He stuck in there Hrockin' 'em and sockin' 'CIILH and by the end olf tl1e season he was a mainstay in tl1e backlield. In baseball he displayed this same spirit, and as Alternate Captain, helped lead the team through a successful season. As distribution manager of the Pine Nrfmlle l1e was excellent. I11 his studies he has done equally as well. Putting all he has into his every undertaking, John keeps plugging, while others fall by the wayside. Determination and perseverance are l1is prevalent cllaracteristics, and these are tl1e qualities that bring him to the fore. We know we are going to hear much more from Wighty at the University of Virginia. Drop in to see us olten at St. C. next year, Pee-Wee.

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'r'W5mmmmmUm Ye Olde Prophecy Twenty Years After, or There Ain? N0 Future in This T IS Spring, 1957, and the artihcial flowers Cgrown by electricityy are blooming brightly on the spacious grill room of the new Hotel Wallie Simpson in Richmond. Your correspondent is sitting on an electric chair drinking a glass of Old Radio Q It will tear your tubes out j and reflect- ing on life in general. Old Radion is the most popular beverage on the market, and its maker, Mr. Rennolds Q Bill to youj, is staggering, no I mean swaggering, up and down the hotel lobby, followed by a host of photographers and newspaper reporters. But wait, who is that gent with the unruly hair, autographing baseballs over in the corner for a flock of kids? Why, it's none other than the old gent, Hutch himself, star hurler of the Yankees of 1957, who with his charming wife, Mabel, is playing host to an admiring throng. Suddenly a terrific crash of discordant music is heard in the distance, as Dave Greene, the mad maestro leads his lads into a stirring march QAndante Cantabile, opus 34 no 1,o72fy1, by Shousej. The famous orchestra leader's hair is even longer than it used to be when he went to school at old St. C. back in '37. In fact it's hard to tell whether he is really underneath it or not, except that every now and then a hand shoots out of the bushes, waves a stick, and the orchestra lapses into even worse discord. Two distinguished looking men in racoon coats arc sitting at the next table, yelling at each other to be heard above the music QPQ. They are from left to right Czar Reed, politician, cigar giver and baby kisser extraordinary and Frankenstein Dunham, boss of the numbers racket. They rise and disappear through the door, arm in arm, the Czar puffing heavily on a Domino, and Dunham waving his free arm in a mag- nanimous gesture that bodes ill for us poor suckers that play the numbers. Lefty Conquest, the Communist leader, and editor of The Red Rag fbanned in 48 states and Alaskaj now shambles up and bums a cigarette, two drinks, and five dollars from your bewildered correspondent, who has been hopelessly amazed by the arguments of Prof. Einstein Staples Qthe voice of reasonj. The Prof. has just been broadcasting his daily talk on