Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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Much to the disgust of the old guard, the form was more than doubled the following fall, with the addition of twenty of the freshest new kids ever seen — by the old kids. Co-terrors for the new twenty were Dapper Dan and Useless. The old kids were chiefly amazed by the shape of that guy ' s head and the continental sophisti- cation of the three little Rosey boys, while the new kids marvelled at Peanut ' s temper, Guiseppe ' s size, and Stu ' s hank of hair. Bishop and Peeches-and-cream kept arousing the English master ' s wrath; the former by giving in answer to What did Hawthorne write, Bartlett? Hawthorne ' s works, sir, and the latter by crying liecause he couldn ' t spell. Since the year before was barren of athletic celebrations, tlie old kids and new kids alike got their first taste of a victory over Groton to the unprecedented extent of 33-6. In the winter term, measles descended on us, and Brownie, Benjy, Frick- a-dick, Leelee, and the Blimp, through some oversight, were all put together in the Alumni Dormitory. What with Dick ' s pulse varying with the color of the nurse ' s hair, Brownie ' s disappointment in the nurse ' s looks, wet Kleenex fights, and poker sessions, a most enjoyable two weeks were spent. Meanwhile, George had beaten the favored Goon in the New Kids ' Fives Tournament. While mo,st of us in the choir were struggling to get out of the off-coloratura so] rano class, Aust was singing a barber-shop tenor. And since coxing and singing didn ' t mix, Phil decided to finesse the choir to become the form ' s first letterman. Tuck appointed himself the ideal new kid, and Benjy was unanimously elected freshest. Again we lost two members. Chic and Crazy George by demotion, and gained Big Chief Eddie-Poose by promotion. The fall of ' 35 found us augmented into the largest form in the school ' s history with the addition of the following notables: the humdinger from DesMoines, Big Ach, and One-shirt Parker. Added to these were Randy and ( hubb-chubb who soon founded a complementary Brain Trust which has been working overtime ever since; Bad-dream Tess, who woke the whole of Dormitory C early one morning with a blood-curdling falsetto shriek; and Ed The Galloping Ghost Neilson. During the first term, Ned and Black Bill were the first to graduate to the Second Squad. Sunday morning slingshot fights between Dormitories C and D were finally brought to an end by fines of $1.50 per boy for only twelve windows. During a marshmallow feast in D, Jeff ' s generosity boomeranged when Mr. Fernald was un- appreciative of a wild throw which penetrated his sanctum. During the first of Twang ' s two-year siege in E, everything was quite under control, in marked con- trast to what was to come the following year. In the winter term, Aust, Eusty, and Magoon were invited to attend the Sixth Form ' s blowout in Dormitory B. Soon after, to the great consternation of Miss Hood and Miss Suess, Useless played Tarzan on the bars of the hospital ward, raising his temperature from 97° to 104°. Since we had been singularly free from epidemics tlie previous year, we were all the more shocked to learn from Dr. Parkman on Tuesday, May 19th, that an epi- demic of infantile paralysis had broken out. The school was soon disrupted, and of the nineteen who were stricken, six were from our form. Here we experienced our first tragedy when, on Wednesday, May 27th, the death of Fred Hubbell was an-

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THE MONITORS Bradlee, Patterson, E.. Childs, Potter, R. Brown, C, Dr. Parkman, Wellington, H. Form History With the usual trite fear and trembhng, nineteen members of ' 39 were intro- duced to Saint Mark ' s School on September 23, 1933. This apprehension was in no way assuaged by the less than cordial reception accorded one of us who innocently trod on the sacred cjuadrangle that very first day. The rest of the form was greeted by Eusty, who was already a veteran of one night at St. Mark ' s, and by Triming- ham ' s ambassador of good will, who even at that early age showed signs of the mat- ter-of-factness now so prominent. Another manifestation of future characteristics was the smiling nonchalance with which Mac weathered the frying pans, belts, and paddles of the Sixth Form on a subsequent Sunday morning. Soon after we were settled, the form lost its only pair of twins via promotion and gained Boots by demotion. One bright and shining day in the spring term the form, with the exception of two slate-bound unfortunates. Boots and Eusty, adjourned to Mo ' s at Millis, where we wallowed in mud and thick cream. The only person who made second clubs in baseball was Squeeson, who spent the entire season in the top of the nearest tree. The year ended with Rubber for the first, and decidedly the last, time in six years mopping up the scholastic honors; at the other end of the scale Boots was booted.

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nounced. He had been with us only a few months, but in that short time he had become not only one of the most popular but one of tlie most promising boys in the class. As we entered the Upper School minus Dapper Dan and plus the Cuban ( abal- lero and assumed the responsibilities which this entrance should have meant, we started off on the wrong foot by an overenthusiastic celebration of a college honors ' holiday. For in the course of the inevitable trip down town, Twang, Zeke, Goop (the three form officers) Monk, Fish, and Physical Phil made the fatal mistake of buying some cold-storage eggs. With juvenile nature taking its course, the town was soon spattered with eggs — eggs dropped, scrambled and plastered. In the some- what less juvenile course of events, the Sixth Form and Dr. Parkman took matters into their own hands and exercised their traditional punitive measures. Just as if things needed enlivening, Eusty, Ed, and Bill gave a command performance of Two Gentlemen on the Loofte in Verona in Dormitory E before a capacity audience, including Mrs. Parkman. Although the plot, which consisted of Eusty and Ed, clad in Tarzan costumes, vying for the Doctor ' s love, was most movingly portrayed, the play itself was not so powerful as to require a second performance. As a rival attraction. New Dormitory was even more progressive in offering via the loud speaker an amateur hour with such sterling stars as Yehudi and Rajeer swinging Sun of My Soul, Bing Randolph, Niles at the squeeze box, and News- caster Harder flying realistically over flood-stricken Ohio. Meanwhile, Jeer, reading under the covers, surprised Piglet and himself by practically burning up their little den of iniquity over Dormitory A. During all this, things were happening in the athletic world. Switch was stolidly