Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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upholding the honor of the form on C team; Physical Phil was on the hockey bench; Switch and Gaspipey were setting the fives circuit afire; Peeches, Sid, and Zeke were occasionally promoted to the baseball squad; and Mac, following the family tradi- tion, got his crew S.M., liy stroking the eight. Upon our return in the fall of 1937, we found that we had lost Neilson Eddie somewhere in the shuffle. Veteran Herb and Physical Phil on the team led the way in football with Moe, Klint, Brownie, and Eddie Poose also ])erforming in theGroton Game, which was dropped only after the loss of Captain Wheeler and a subsequent valiant struggle against a superior Groton eleven. Soon after, Switch was rewarded for two years of staunch service in the fast company of the first squad by being elected to the captaincy. Meanwhile, Bishop had celebrated the start of his .second consecutive year in Room T, North Corridor 3, by ceremoniously moving his map of Chicago from one wall to the other. Brain and Brawn as chapel boys combined to run the chapel al- most efficiently; the former by forcefully arguing Mr. Hardman into submission every night, and the latter by getting in some golf practice with the candle snuffer. At Christmas time, Eusty finished his St. Mark ' s career in his usual colorful style, by setting out for school at the end of the holidays and turning up in West Palm Beach two weeks later. Slug and The Ape also tried a disappearing act a few weeks later. After asking Dr. Parkman for permission to go into Boston one rainy afternoon, which was rightly refused, they calmly proceeded to go, escorting two fair companions to the cinema. The only trouble was, that Dr. Parkman happened to see their secret departure from Alton Spurr ' s and on their return cordially wel- comed them.

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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

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It was about this time that one by one tlie form was initiated to the trials of Public Speaking. Everything passed off smoothly enough till Klint arose one Wed- nesday morning and delivered his immortal description of a cruise during which all they had to eat was beans ' n stuff, and sandwiches covered with fleas and sand. As a rival sleeping potion. Twang, in his best sweeping-truth manner, told us how Tammany, or how he thought Tammany, was run. Niles, Moose, the Blank, and Halibaba were among those who disappeared after supper every night to bark among the Jazz hounds, who gave a triumphant jamboree after a successful one- night stand at the Marlborough Boys ' Club Social. Meanwhile Brownie and Phil were both playing on the hockey team and after a successful season. Brownie was elected captain for next year. Leelee tried his matter- of-fact best to give himself pinkeye, to avoid some work, by massaging his eyes with toothpaste. After that in the late winter, and following no little collective bargain- ing, sixteen of the form who did not rub the Sixth Form the wrong way were in- vited to their dance. In the spring term, the tall strong-armed New York boy, Monk, and Sid played on the happy team of ' 38, which climaxed its season with a glorious 3-2 tenth-inning victory over Groton, after which Peeches was in due time rewarded be being elected captain. Meanwhile Ceiling Zero, Dix, and Hercules were churning Fort Meadow ' s waters satisfactorily enough to earn them a place on the TII and consequently their S.M ' s. At the beginning of our last year in Southboro, we were dealt an usually hard blow — the hurricane. School was conducted without light and heat for ten days much in the Brantwood style, but the student body rallied nobly to the occasion mm H B HHIr ' ' ■j l I Hk t Kf K ' B l