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

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1951 CLASS HISTORY J VC LOQKIIART and G C MONTGOMERY Xs we old boys look back oyer our fiye yetrs at St Georges ll IS l1arcl to reahze that we haye at last QI'3.Cll1llCCl O ly yes telclay, tl1ose dennvocls a11cl Gree11 Dorm plclects Sh lIlCl5 and C oe tulcd us wtth the 1l0ll hst Only yestelday 1e1111er Holbrook 1CUl1lZ1l'ly shot Nlr lforcl lll Enghsh elass, g l I I1 f cllo C CICldX tle Shngshot BllglClC c Ill ed the sa11cls ol t1111c tt see111ecl, from IC be 1cl1 111 buckets lIlCl beat tl1e wresthng lll IIS lll IJCH IIICC lot tl1e1r e11111es H e sl1111ecl shocs we cle 111ecl rooms 1nd we woke tl1e ptclects lo1 breaklast -Xncl when all else l11lcd to deter us llillll tl1e eytls to XVI 1 second lOllIlClS are aclchcted we kneeled o11 el lJlCJOIHSIlClC supported between two cl1a1rs tl1e ye1rs e l C11ubby Dtelc Rtws yy IS CllSCCHClCCl to lldXL tl1ree chawets lull ol d11ty clothes md clean sl1eets Str lmnszt 111111111 onerzs' Returnmg to tl1e llnrd I-o1111 as yeterans, we w e1e slow to recognlle our ICPIHCCITICIIIS a11cl telnlolcements as human We took to out 1oo111s 111 tl1e Btown 3IlCl Genter D1111an, to 111tellectt1al 1ct1y1t1cs ln tl1e t ol Olll 'Ihncl l'0llIl lllClCPCllClCI1CC a11cl Ill a f1csl1 HSSLIIICJII of Cllll loye of d1so1de1, we o11111111ecl St Geotgc lust C Ollllllllllhl cell y1ls 1s se 1ppo111te '1c11 two e onc 111o1 Illllff to End l1e l1acl twalcened the Illlflll ol e Cfllllllllelll lllt a IC lllllllllllSl had llle scl1oc IC tson yytth 1e dec1c ent c Ill ahsts 1 1 yy11c NI1 hlltott rescucc 1 Illllllllllsl 1 scote ol sell 1ppo111 1 o thc C1IlIlCCl St1tes 1nd hrm C8101 ted llllll hom thc campus '-IllC.lCdllCl wc conftnecl Olll club dCllXlllCS to tl1e forma both o10111111t1ons of strtctly 1ntr'1111ural s1f1111hc111ce He l1acl 1 Xlllll lC.dCllCl w 10 uomlecl lllS SIOCS 1 l'ICllCl1 lI'lSIlllC o t s11 1ll llfll 1111 os1n1 est 1a11 e XX l1o w1ll eyet lcngct lllL Nlouse 111 l11s bw scene' Game tl1e lfoutth FOI Ill year The Ptne crolte1s were tl1e wllclest XVho put h1s ftst tlnouffh tl1e w all' How many doors became SlJlllll.C,lS' XVas tl11s tl1e year ttutton went up V00 Anyw 1y xt was tl1e year the Pme croltets dyed thetr Sl1lIlS plnk, and wore them lll a body to lunch, WNllllC tl1e Con lecler1te flag llew from tl1e l1lgl1CSl gable Xncl ll was tl1e year when Guardo Q The XVop J w as made late lor hts own conftrma t1o11 Huh the rest ol tl1e school seated Guatdo CilIlC 111 w1th the processton, just llellllltl tl1e Btshop And tt was tl1e year one ol Pmecrolt s lnts mysterlously escaped llOI11 C,1ly1n Ghrxstxe Barnharts pocket m Iather D1l1ls class fand proved to be a chstraettony 1he Twenty House boys be hayed llllClLI' tl1e stony eye of Mr Wl1eeler lulled to sleep by the hoyt s phonograph they lelt no men1orable deeds to after years, '1lIllOllU'll the landscapmg near Castle s ICJCJIII I'CII1ClHlJCIC.Cl l11111 for a season 'lh1s year s1w our form defeat tl1e S1xth tn Inter lOIIll Soccer saw tl1e football team haye 1ts lust undeleated season 1nd saw ln both IIICJI 1le 1nd matlcs the golden pertocl of our stay ll St George s Then we were I'1fth Pormers, and more tcsponstble xvllll the l0lITl m Arden and lllllllll a11cl college bo1rds pokmg then' cl 11k heads oyer tl1e horxzon we began to 01111cl Il1e lootb1ll tea111 after '1 strlng of I5 consecuttye w111s was rounclly walloped by Nllddlesex Fl l11s was 1 ser1ous year But IS yye ffot tnto tl1e l1ab1t of ClO1Ilg our work 111cl IS our usu 1l loud COlllpla1nlS llghtened tllll st11cly lo1cl tl1e atmosphere began to b11f1l1tc11 Xt tl1e end of tl1e term the Kal set gue l1lS a1111t1al XlllCClClC celebrauon complcte Wllll c1yst1l cl1 lllClLllClS cut glass lJllllCll howls 111cl LNCIQTCCDS 111 tl1e corrt do1s Il1e second lloor tl1rew Illell own ex lIdX l2,lIlll 111cl 111 IJIACSLIIIIIIQ ,oy11l C rock Hllll a func 1111portecl NflCCFSCll3lll1l yy e1c 1c1y 11clccl whcn l1e cut ll1LIJlII1lSlllHCIll lo1 hlllslllllff 111 thc hall f1 om etght to seyen . 12 U. , K' ' ' ,'A. 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marks In anuary rt snowed Italso rarned a bucket of rcewater on Drek Constables head But rt drdn t freeze the pond and the only Hockey League played tts games w1th out faculty sanctton, rn the Frfth Form Com mon Room to the tune of Sprke ones rn famous laughrng record Rawls sttll actrng as hrs own publrerty agent, showered Mr Jeflereys wrth penntes from an Arden back wrndow but farled to make the headlrnes He was also refused advertrsmg space rn the Red and Whztz And then rn the sprrng came our frbu lous steak fry The heavrest eater rn the form rnsplred by a swtmmtng prenre w hrch he managed fand m whrch he consumed only three strlotnsl organrzed hrs classmates for the most successful prcnrc ever gtven The contrast between Englands austerrty and Amerrca s surplus was polnted up for Father Forster when he was wrtness to our boys throwrng surplus steaks at one another He was accrdentally hrt by a blueberry pre In retrospect we are not sure that we take that through lf all Hrrry Frurer the or gamzer, pard strrct attentron to first thmgs and devoured all hrs steaks and a few more ThlS sprrng also found Hoyles Book of Games the campus best seller Poker brrdge fan tan and prg were played around an oak table by the Octagon Club and the only member of the form who kept accu rate figures the clarmedj was by corncr dence rt rs rumored the usual wrnner At least, only Dover collected anythtng Any way the sprmfr term was as always the best of the year Phe water on T hxrd be teh got warm early and we swam sunned and loafed when we dared Early mornrng swrms and breakfasts at the Buells began we defeated Mrddlesex rn baseball and we elected Prefects Bolton Ceres Dover Prer son and Nerlson to lead us for the corntng year The Form member who was nauseat rngly addreted to vrolent after shave lotron found most of rt tastefully sprrnkled w1th eornflakes and garlanded wrth toothpaste ln hrs bed And so the forces of Rrght trr umphed noneonformrsm was thrust down and we left rt the end of the year w1th rntentton of returnrng to the Srxth and dorng 1 really good job T he brxth form rs the year that counts one realrzes a httle late College haunts each lersure hour, wrth responsxbrlrty as a fellow spectre Capt rtn Bruce Wfrlson s un quench rble determrn rtton to keep on fight mg exen wrth the football tc un losrng all but the Prrory game almost set the mood lor our last year We realrzed a lrttle late that we had a lr rrd 'ob to do Homework assrgnments were lonvcr rnd we had a late lrghts prryrlege that let us waste enough llmC so that we made our own Jobs harder But as the year wore on thmgs got better XVe learned to work and our play rmproved The swrmmrng team defeated only once rn rnterscholastrc e0mp6l1t10n took second rn the Brown Interscholastrcs Kropper be c tme rnterschol rstrc heavywerght champron of New Engl rnd and the Srxth Form drove the rest of the school to cover as rt tr1 freld fprctured elsewhere herern T hen Sprrng ar rn ed agarn and the whole school perked up as the weather rmproved Ihe baseball team was the best IH the School s hrstory UlNDEFE XTED Crew rowed rnd lost and enjoyed more meets than ever before T he whole form relorced rs V rr tts luds frnally won hrs Sf' or tennrs Xnd the new sprrrt reached 1 climax when C u rrdo homesrek drreeted a grgantre laserst rally from the lfrfth form balcony Thrs was broken up by a Socraltst Antr revolutronary Ihen one by one most of the class got rnto good colleges had measles md mumps 'rnd finally graduated XVe grew up thrs year and are less fool rsh than when we came to Old S G The School has left rts stamp on us and we have left our marks on the School At the end we can sry thts If there IS any use tn a elrss hrstory rt shows us the drreetron we te moved rn but not the drstance we must go . ' . ' A , . '. . . A , . , . , , . ' ' , ', ' .. ,'. , , ' . -, s ' ' I . ., . . 7 ' 1 t in - n ' . y . . .. , . . . . r . . .xA' l I I 1 . 2 . tr - ' -' s ' svs s ' -f ' 9 J f L , 1 1 - 1 ' 1 ' I I ' 1 ,. . . , , . A . .i , ,, , ,. ' sy l , ' , 1 ' A 1 , . A e AA - ow , V .e ' t ' G . . . .A 4 X . ,,.. , ' , . . ' 7 e A ' . A. . . , t . ' ' ' ' ' - .. , -z 'Q zu . . .A ,, AA 3 A h bd 7 h' lh h umphed in the Great Snow Battle on North muc prr e mt rs, a t oug we must note I l I y ' . A K Y - . . , , - I . yA- , A. ' - ,,- ' fi - ' f . v - , , . Y - . 1 . . , , .. ff 7.--' Y . K '. - , 1. 1 S ' . . If I . . - . A . . , ', AA . s 'Af 1 A I - 'y ' v . . . . . A ' ' . ' ', V., r A' -.1 ' '- r 3, s -9 A .K ,, . A, . AAA , A Y A 1, ' . xy . , . yr , .il l l Y A 1 , , . v I ur Y r E .' h ' ' - e e l n l ' 7 ' ' , . , y . r . . , , . . r 1 1 ' ' 7 ' ' 1 1 xA' 1 ' Q K ' . ' Y I A, , A, - , ,,i A-I 1: ' .. ', ' , ' ' ..,. ', ' , ,Q . ' s-' ' ' ' v'v I ' 1 , , e ' 5 ' 1 A -