Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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E, aroused comment by begging off sixteen marks, thereby maintaining his immacu- late record, and Griz, on the other hand, distinguished himself by being again cox- swain on the first crew. The following autumn brought us into the Upper School, and many attained the dignity of rooms. However, eight stalwarts resided in E and four more in F. Worthy of mention were some of the rooming combinations: the union of the Fogs CCharch and Grizj, the union of the Holies CJack and Samj, the union of the Em- bezzlers CHarders, G. and LJ and the union of two very strange people CCountry John and Nickj. Early in the year, form officers were elected, with Dan as president, John C. as vice-president, and Kern as secretary. The In-Between Times also got under way with N oneck as editor and Yutch as a most efficient business manager. At the end of the year, the paper had amassed a certain amount of abstract kudos and a concrete success of just one hundred and forty-four dollars, a part of which was spent on benches for the team room in the new Field House. Greek students were privileged to work under Mr. Barber A an experience in itself, for those who have heard Greek language and literature brought to glowing life by him do not readily forget. In the Library, a titanic struggle took place. While the industrious Wap labored night and day at setting shelves in order and forgot in the folly of honesty to make sure that his superiors were present, Big Lew, at once crafty and smooth, appeared only when the authorities were on hand, and made sure that his every effort was in full view. Most amazing was the fact that the bold perfidy and glib deceit of Library Lew succeeded and Virtue Went on its Woppish way unrewarded. At this point Shaggy and C. P. started their activities in the Radio Room, much to the annoyance of Mr. Baldy. Following supper, the Shag would closet himself with his tubes and his antennae and go on 5-meters, thereby rendering useless all radios in the vicinity. It so happened that Mr. Baldy was a faithful listener to Lowell Thomas, who came on at the same hour, and after he had made several irate trips to the Radio Room, Bep decided to change his broadcasting time. Down in the Tower Room, John Henry, growing cuter every hour, and Small presided over nocturnal games of strip poker. That year we defeated Groton in football - Hobie, Happy, Herm, Nick, and Library Lew being on the first squad. Late in November, Dr. Thayer died. Although many of us had never known him personally, we yet knew him in our everyday surroundings at St. Mark's which could not help but absorb something of his fine character. The Civics Club began to function under the guidance of our friend and helper, Mr. Morison, and here it was that Ia started his long, successful career as a public- speaker. And while a new boundless enthusiasm dominated our sacred studies, many were forced to wear shin-guards as a means of protection in French class. Four gentlemen of a scientific turn of mind dwelt in Dormitory F - Squeak, Colossal, Lulu, and C. P. One night they were surprised in the midst of an orgy and told that their radio must be surrendered the next morning. The four worked fever- ishly all night, throwing tubes, wires and oscillators together into a box. When the time came, they presented this weird contraption to the prefect, who, unversed in the art of radio, went his way satisfied. The four scientists were also satisfied, for their real radio reposed safe and sound in its accustomed place. Sometime after the reverberations of the historic magazine fight Cprincipal con- testant: One-Punch Hobiej had died away, someone tied a huge thirty-pound bell to the Hockshop's mattress, so that every time he turned in his bed. the bell rang loudly. Foaming with rage and muttering Gaaaash! between clenched teeth, he hurled the ponderous object with all his might out the window. The Casanova Institute sprang into being with its principles of enlightenment. and its illustrious faculty composed of Professors Donald Strongbo Cook, inventor of the famous lotion, Cuppy Whitlock, Romeo Harder, and of course, Casanova himself. Throughout the year, the school was visited by plagues of various kinds. Squib was responsible for the chicken-pox, and Bache for the mumps. In addition to these, there were measles and German measles. Mr. Fernald distinguished himself for his 14

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T his was the year that the Pachyderm joined us, that Bertha became Lulu Lulu CHU Lulu! Come out from behind that mummy-caseuj. that Squib took his place as the infant, that Little Cammy became Big Cammy, that Ia first said -ia. VVe began to notice Sally's penchant for society, Squeak's hands, ltudy's histrionies, and of course the ponderous intellect of Larue, and the Happiness of Jack. The rule of Witch and Johnny waned under the pressure of new influences, although the com- pany continued with Bo and Gar as extras. In the frequent sessions of Nigger Baby, Bound-Bibs was nearly always seen crouched against the wall awaiting the pitiless retribution. On Prize Day, an unguarded word from the Hockshop resulted in paddles, and so the year ended with a bang. The beginning of the third year brought us four new-comersg Big Lew, Danny, and Swiftie arrived in triumph, and of course John Henry, who numbered only twelve tender years and quickly displaced Squib from his position as infant. In the fall, a particularly efficient squad of wood choppers, under the guidance of Foggy Griz, cut down enough fuel for a huge bonfire only to have hopes dashed by the St. Mark's defeat. The various Brantwood enterprises hummed with activity, and Clutch demonstrated marked ability as a shoe-shine impresario, slipping in a dollar or two of his own when resources began to fail. When the French play came around, our dramatic gifts were again eclipsed, due to the fact that Thomp dismally forgot his only line, and although John Henry made a very enchanting and lovely heroine, it was not enough to save our face. Even at this early date, the Pallid Potato would keep his fellow-inhabitants of Dormitory C awake by beating time to the music of his radio. In the wilds of D, Larry's dental floss was stretched across the room and everything in sight was strung upon it, while from his quiet corner, the Reverend frowned disapprovingly over the top of the New Yorker and signified his disdain by changing it for the .fl meriean Boy. Rosy occupied the long winter afternoons in endless chess contests with Mr. Ben- nett, and Steva, Bep, and Enneck were often together with appropriate sound effects. But strangest of all, the Hockshop found a large section of hemp cordage spliced to his chair one morning. Quite naturally, everyone was in the dark as to the meaning of this unusual occurrence. Now we come to the Shooting Gallery, Inc., an organization formed by Ia, Rosy, and Big Lew. By a combination of embezzlement, fraud, robbery, misrepre- sentation and petty larceny, these three arch-Scoundrels succeeded in amassing a handsome profit from an enterprise labeled For Brantwoodf' They established a palatial sitting room in the basement, where they sat all day, handing guns to suckers that happened along, and towards evening they would divide the shiny shekels among themselves. Then each would solemnly drop a nickel into the Brant- wood bag in order to salve his conscience. In the Spring Time water pistols put in their appearance. For a time no one was safe from the deadly accuracy of the marksmen from Dormitory C, until the inevitable day came and their weapons were confiscated. Happy, from the depths of 13

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A-'lil-Q, ability to spot the incipient cases of the latter and sent many victims to the hospital. That spring was Larryfs first on the tennis team, which he later captained so grace- fully, and Howie-How, deep in the daisies of center-field, got his baseball letter, psyching our Grotonian rivals. The start of the Fifth Form year found us engrossed in football in one way or another. Jack, the Happy One, distinguished himself hy blocking a Groton punt and raced smiling on to a touchdown. Danny, Nick, and Choo-choo also played on the first team, and Clutch, Kerna, Quick-Henry, and Tiny T at the same time engaged in a bitter struggle for managership. Mr. Mansur inaugurated his career in Greek teaching by taking us at this time, and proving himself a worthy successor to the Barber tradition. Classes in both Cheemicals and Feezhixs were the uproarious high-point of the year. Nick gboldly turned ahead the clock half an hour, after it had been set to the millimeter of a second by Mt. Wilson and numerous stars, a process requiring three days. He was rewarded with a half holiday. The amen corner continued to get high marks when Brad had studied his lesson, but mysteriously, forties and thirties resulted when Little Perk was lazy. Then, of course, expeeramints were always greeted with fake! fake! and a lecture always followed about many who had given their lives for science. Also bruis' tire corner and Mimi-ditch were continually hazardous, even when Caesar did not put both the brake and the gas on at the same time. The sound expeeramint on the Worcester Turnpike was the most hilarious of any. The advent of snow had much to do with it: for in the flurry of hurtling white missiles the cry of no snowballs, no teest! was heard, whereupon Cheeter received a cool white snowball on the back of his neck. In the classics, Reedreed was none too successful, pulling down a fifty-nine every month. On the other hand Country John was assured nineteee-threee continually. George Fog, the supersalcsman, already having his eyes set on the school store shekels, also let fall an unguarded word of German origin, and ever after has been a fiend inearnate, a term also applied to Lulu. The winter term saw an undefeated hockey team under Mr. Barber, J r.g Charch, Nickolous, and John Gibb played on the team. Yutch continued the St. Mark's tra- dition of bringing no skates to Belmont Hill. Float, who with the Pink One made life miserable for Mr. Parsons in the room next to him, was greeted at one point in Eng- lish class with Oh, Foster, you're tiresome, and besides you're all covered with ink. The Jump fell heavily before the Pathe News camera while exhibiting on skis for his public, a deed which belied his long vacation days of skiing with Dr. Parkman. The Stump was later to do a far more dastardly thing when, in a fiendish fit, he in- serted the evening's supper, which consisted of moist spaghetti and damp meat. between the sheets of some of those who lived in North Corrider 3. Alph already had taken a definite interest in the Gun Club with a weather eye open for the future Gun Club writing paper. Rudy was at that point receiving good practice for his use of the lasso while rooming with Hobie. 15