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from an open trn of sardrnes that was placed under I'rnes radrator nothrng really notable happened before the end of the year Then the fun was almost over September 1950 found the class confronted by Uncle Red vsood the Karser and Ben Grocock wrth the realrzatron rt had to take College Boards U der Uncle Ben s vratchful whrp Waldvogel was fast becomrng the class ham wrth hrs curly peroxrcle harr Guardabassr was lrvrng rn hrs accustomed splendor rn a room equrpped wrth a real bed complete wrth an rnnersprrng mat tress and a charge account at BRIC S the usual hockey games were played rn the hall and base ball burgeoned rn the fifth common room Thrngs went smoothly that year untrl Guardo dccrded to haxe a party He rnvrted the socral clrte of the form rnto hrs room where he had a lavrsh spread Lrvermore the head bouncer shut the door Shortly thereafter a few unrn r rted guests appeared and entered Whrle Lrver was remoxrng the rntruders one of them pushed hrm and he sat down on a cake severe ly damagrng rt Undaunted Lrver finally shut the door on the rnvaders A stern vorce out srde demanded admrttance to whrch Wrtker ut tered the rmmortal Look through the keyhole buddy youll get yours Unfortunately the party then broke up as Mr Bennet Grocock had no such rntentrons We began to roll Our class won the school soccer champronshrp and van der Bunt wrth a few accomplrces came to supper dressed rn Mramr shrrts and vrvrd srlk scarves After Mr osephs realrzed such attrre wasnt sanctroned by the school the culprrts were told to go change They drd rnto drnner jackets Durrng the wrnter term the srxth form had the audacrty to thrnk that they were the cham pron snow frghters of the school Thrs theory was exploded by a lengthy battle rn whrch the frfth form arded by a few lower formers routed the srxth Then the pressure was turned on Most of the class felt lrke doomed men when they entered the College Board exams Then came the long awarted sprrng The Ellrotts contrnued to have therr Saturday nrght partres for the form and rt was there that van der Bunt garned fame wrth hrs skrll at prng pong As the sprrng term progressed work on Krlbys truck also progressed In a short trme they had the Boobadoor runnrng the carburetor by hand as a few hopeful persons pushed the thrng up and down Kane Ave Reb s truck was soon followed by Thornton s Jallopy and ohnsons buggy Then who wrll erer forget the week when El Duce rergned untrl at a clrmactrc rally a wrld member of the opposrtron dethroned the wop7 Or who wrll forget the trme Mrss Davenport found her car perched on the srxth form terrace? The sprrng drew to a close and the baseball team wrth the help of 5 and 0 Wheeler went undefeated We elected prefects Almond Krl by Sturtevant and Wheeler wrth Bayard as senror prefect We all left school wrth hrgh hopes for the summer all that rs except Col lettr who star rn hrs own drama expected to be a Marrne vra the draft Collettr as usual was full of hot arr and returned the followrng fall rn a new act In 1951 the class had to come back early all that rs except van der Bunt who forgot Who was she C09 Our football prospects werent brrght at the start of the year Wrth a new coach a poor team rn 1950 and a hard schedule no one was optrmrstrc However Mr Pete knew hrs stuff and after tyrng the first game the team behrnd Capt Sturtevant went undefeated and ended the season by walloprng Mrddlesex 45 to 7 In the other phases of school lrfe Mr Buell got us off to a good start The year 1951 52 wrll long be remembered as the year that radros were legalrzed buffet breakfasts were started and tea dances wrth sew eral Grrls Schools were rnaugurated Also Mr Haughton wrll remem ber the water bomb that Peterson heaved out of hrs room rn Srxth Form House It snowed one day thrs fall That nrght when the Srxth Form attacked the boys leavrng Study hall one unfortunate sentured under a bal cony on whrch acobus Antonrus ohan was srtuated wrth a bucket of water Co had no mercy When the Fall Term ended the usual Festr val was held wrth a lavrsh banquet rn Krng Hall At the banquet several approprrate grfts were grven to members of the student body and a shovel and a turkey leg were grven to de servrng Masters A large portron of the Srxth Form returned from the Chrrstmas Holrday to go to Brown and face therr first brt of the Mornrng Sessron of the College Boards Then whrle two mem bers of the form remarned at Brown for the afternoon sessron the rest of the group sadn tered down to the heart of Provrdence and took rn a movre A brt of pressure was ofif for a whrle but the forebodrng shadows of Mrdyear Exams and the final College Boards cast an eery gloom over the Srxth Form Trme qurckly passed and the Mrdyears came and passed on wrth hrstory a hrstory carefully studred by certarn factrons The Form drd not rndulge rn many practrcal pokes thrs year except for an occasronal spray job on Frne and the placrng of shrrmp rn sarr ous areas of hrs room The general tone of the Form thrs year was that of sstlcerrty we had changed from screamrng brats of the Second Form to srncere and demure young men wrth a sound educatron under our hats and the rnterest of our country rn our hearts 26 1 s 1 4. 1' ' I - a ' 1 ' ' I ' r r ' 1 T 3 Y Y - QI ' I! 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GLASQ HIQTORY Wlrerr the trrst members of the el1ss of 1952 .rrrrved 1t St George s rn the frll ot I9-I7 they were trlled wrth desprrr rt the thought of flye yerrs under the thumbs of tyrrnnreal senrors rnd unjust masters How ex er the ye rr qurekly sped by thanks to Gu rrdabrssr s weekly food p1ek rge rnd by rrne the elrss lrrd lerrned the ropes rnd the st rge was set Wlrerr the old guard ot the form Irrrry ed the followrng trll they tound therr group enlrrged by 71 members No one who lryed rn Brown or Green wrll exer torget thrt year It strrteel off wrth rn undeterted lootbrll team Bob Wlreeler st rbbed H H Lewrs rn 1 yrerous Brown dorm duel r snake found rts wry rnto lrne s bed rnd r Llwbmlrr Iennnr lound rts w1y rnto Lewrs Lou nex er drseos ered rt At nrglrt the eyuret ot Green wrs sh1ttered by bounerng sourbrlls th rt rppeared from nowhere rt rs generrlly rssumed thrt they eame from Sloanes eubrele In the f1mous Green Brown prllow trght Brown won arded by jake Ballen trne s werghted urllow Unfortunately he day found Powdrell Krlby and the Gurg e rrryrng buekets ot wet srnd from Qeeond Beaeh whrle the rest of the dorm elerned the Mouse rugs 1nd scrubbed the dormrtory walls Green Dorm forrnd rtself on Hellweek therr usual punrshment Newhrrd who had rnstr grted the nght by throwrng pe1nut shells rnto Green rs strll unpunrsheel Another wrnter nrght Sun Rrmsey put on Newhrrd s eoonskrn eoat 1nd Jumped on Peterson who was hrpprly drermrng ot huntrng Pete was h1lfway up the w1ll ot the eubrele betore he rerlrzed he wasn t rn grrzzly bear eountry Strll another day Howland found hrmself hangrng by hrs thumbs from 1 Green dorm rafter ohn was srrre the lrst moment lr rd rome but the Reb was krnd herrted rnd eut hrm down In r deserted Brown dorm eubrele there met r srnrster band whose he1dquarters was known as The Oprum Den The members werent as srnrster rs the n1me rmplres In fret they were mrssronrrres led by lather Geary rn seareh of eonxerts to baptrze Many 1 baptrsm w1s performed oy er the sretrms bed The Gurg was also rnterested rn rhysrology and eondueted numerous experrments rn Green to see how long a person eould go wrthout arr By Ghrrst mrs Gharlre Gollrer strll belresed rn Sant1 Claus but the men of the world Howl1nd and Prtlrk spent most ot ereh d1y playrng brrdge Wrth wrnter erme snow r lot of whreh forrnd rts w ry rnto the dorms Then wlrrle we w e strll shrxerrng the sprrng hnrlly e1me rnd wrth rt the usurl Qrturdry nrght rrunts to Seeo d Be reh tor speetrtor sports rnd sehool w rs oy er rgrrn rnd we were tree for mother summer The lollowrng lrll the form mrrelred eoekrly rnto Iwenty House rnd Prneerolt No longer foreed to lrxe rn those brberran eubreles we retrrrlly hul our own rooms' Thrs w rs the yerr thrt we begrn to funetron rs 1 unrt thrs a 0 wrs the yerr when Holmes set up statron XWSIY rnd eondueted regulrr Sundry mornrng brorde rsts from hrs Twenty House Studro ese mernt only for the qelrools rle 1 rrdros were rlso reeerxed on seseral faeulty sets wrth the result tlr1tW9lX went rbruptly ff the One dry George Bee reeerxed 1 lrrge bor. of popeorn whreh he drstrrbuted all oyer Twenty House It w rsnt untrl the next mornrng thrt George remembered th rt he was sweeprng the hrll whreh by tlr1t trme looked lrke the floor of r low grrde moyre theatre th rt yerr Among them were sueh stalwarts as Henry Vrn fleet I1 qynlflxlilllg Ben t e litters prnk pryrmrs embrordereel wrth Prggy Prlmer erused mueh drsturbaneej Ben was r lrttle lrte rn returnrng from Sprrng X'tt'1fIOI1 but when he flnrlly drd he found hrmself loeked out of hrs room th rnks to Holmes 1nd Hrll who hrd thoughtfully b1rrre1ded the door rnd nrrled the wrndow shut Frrther down the hall Lewrs elwelt rn hrs usu rl style Down rn Prneeroft thrnsrs were drfferent Constable was prefect One of the brg dangers of lryrng rn Prneeroft was that of meetrng Con st rble rn town rtter lrghts Durrng the wrnter 1 brn l of hardy trappers led by Peterson would rrrse e reh mornrng rnel tend therr traps Num erous skrnr ed skunks rnel therr eareasses were kept rn Prneeroft Garage along wrth many a muskr1t skrn The dorm rtselt also sheltered rn rssorted group of anrmals Peterson had a parr ol rrbbrts rn r box rn hrs room Krlby kept r pet duek rn the brthtrrb and the Gurg rrnrrsed hrmsell by dropprng r e rt out the wrn dow wrth Ir smrll parrehute The eat grew untrrendly On the 'sth of Iebru1ry a self appornted srnrtrry eomrnrssron deposrteel F05 ter fully elothed rn the showers Later rn the sprrng Prneerolters wore the fI lLllflOI11l prnk shrrts rnd one member ot the grorrp we-nt so trr as to we rr purple p rnts to luneh But .rsrde 25 I eV e ' . 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