St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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Svrltnnl nten VERY school year is broken up and made more interesting by a series of happenings which are looked back on in after years as perhaps the most pleasant memories of ondg Sglmul life, but which have never before been recorded in the IJANCE' After settling into the school routine in the fall, the first event is usually the so-called New Boy's Concert. This year, as school began very late, the concert was held on the same evening as the postponed Halloween celebration. After a time of frenzied effort on the part of its able promoters, the Vlth Form, to find some- thing for the forty-two new boys to do in the performance, the program was presented to an appreciative audience on November Zd. The show may be roughly divided into two parts: the first consisting of the usual acts, painful or amusing, according to the point of view, in which the new boys figuredg and the second part consisting of a characteristic Spanish fandango, interpreted with marvellous grace by Mr. Baker, clad in a hasty Spanish costume, an act which not only won favor with the school, but even convulsed some of the faculty. After this there were the usual races, pillow fights and peanut scrambles and finally the refreshments in King Hall, accompanied by the ghost story, told this year by M1'. Peaslee, who succeeded admirably in giving everybody the creeps. H On November llth, the date of the signing of the Armistice, a service was held in Auchincloss Gymnasium. The flags of the Allies were given places of honor at each side of the stage, and the French and British National anthems were sting during the ser- vice. Afterwards the whole school turned out in battalion for- mation and husked corn for the rest of the morning. On Thanksgiving Day morning there was also a service in the Gymnasium. Afterwards there were races, short, long and relay, and a pushball game between those members of the Alumni who had returned for the day and a school team. Dinner was as complete and entirely satisfying as usual. II9 Because of the influenza, school broke up for the Christmas lmlidayg umxxpgqtcdly early, and on this account the eagerly awaited Christmas Celebration had to be omitted. After our return we had the great fortune, on January 10th, to hear three Naval ofllcers, Lieutenants Thomas Powel and VVeyman Crocker, graduates of the school, and lfnsitln PCmU'D1lCk0I', il f0l'l11C1' l112lstel', talk on their experiences with the Fleet. Lieutenant l'owel, who WZIS in the North Sea on the lfiflllllfllll, related many of his ad- ventures, and gave a graphic description of life aboard ship. Ensign Pennypacker, who enlisted as a radio operator, told of his work with the mine-laying'fleet. He finished by giving us a very interesting insight into the various methods of secret communica- tion between Germany and lingland. Lieutenant Crocker, the next to speak, related many amusing yarns of tricking the U-boats. On Sunday the 2d of lfebruary a Nlemorial Service was held in Auchincloss Gymnasium for all the graduates of the school who have died in theiservice. This service was held by lVlr. Peaslee, who gave in simple and impressive words the circumstances of the death of each. The scene in the Gymnasium, the service flag hung above the green-curtained arch, the white robes of lllr. Peaslee, and the colors and their guard at either side of the stage, will long remain in our memories. An exceedingly good speech on Lincoln by lllr. Roberts occu- pied the first period in the morning of l ebruary 12th. At recess the school was dismissed for a skating holiday, as the ice was excellent, and everyone enjoyed the perfect surface of Grey Craig Pond. The next weeks were the most eventful of the term. Besides the Play and the Uance, both amply described elsewhere, there were several talks. V lVloreover, this happy arrangement of things was preceded by a fire. On February 18th, during the five-thirty