Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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SIXTII FORM IN 1939 rifzluff, Dm-Ilcr, Iizn'IIc-H, Vurbin, Svrlws-lllmrn-lllwr, Mzlrshull, Ivillslow, fllallfim-Iml, Nluorv, I . K II:1II, Wvarrinor, I,RlIIOI'SOII, Shwkly, fox, Dick, Munro, A.A., Iilmvr, llnrmling, NIZIUIRIX, IIZITIQUI' Nt s I uno, Ilopkins, IIIIHPIII, GomII'l'vy, SPFRIQIIP, f':n1c-r, NViIcIs, Iiruukcs, Minul, Ilamls-r, Ialrsuns SIXTII FURM IN I9-I3 Slcwkly, INIoorv, F., SOIlSl'llIlI'0llIll'l', f'urIrin, Stone, Moore, A. A., I'IllI'I1lIltI Brookcs, I'IImc-r, Nilson, Brown, B., Godfrey, Pzxrsolls, IInrcI0r, IIupkins, f'ruc-koli, Pritzluff, NYinsImv, Vox, Mr. Brewster, Ke-nn, Kidclcr, Wvzlrriucl' I0

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SIXTH FORM

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lN'lONl'l'ORS C. l'ritzlatl', Winslow, A., Kidder Vox, Mr. Brewster, Kean Form Histor I II Six years, more or less, have imper- ceptibly passed, bringing us inevitably to our last Prize Day. The mind of man, unlike that of the elephant, is hazy on details: and already even the faces of the rose-lipped maidens we invited to the Dance are vague as smoke. For that reason, principally, it has seemed wise to put down, subject to the limitations ot' space and the exigencies of good taste. one or two things that have impressed us on our way through but are in no way important or even relevant, but only wonderfully pleasant. lt is largely a per- sonal record, full of an immense store of anecdotage and an immense lack of wis- dom. Some ol' it. may require a key for the uninformed to find out exactly what happened to whom. That is inevitable, and not wholly excusable: but, as the saying goes, it means a lot to us. In the fall of l937, when members ol' '48 were young and the School, like llell, was filled with unimaginable terrors, llank wandered aimlessly across the quadrangle and into the Sixth Form Room, demanding loudly and clearly: Is this the lleadmaster's study? No, the Sixth Form told him, it isn't. The incident put us, for most ol' our first form year, at a certain disadvantage with the Sixth Form ol' that year a peculiarly terrifying bunch, too: not a bit like us. Before we saw our first Prize Day Effie had been paddled twieef'ff I am nlueh pained, he reported...and everyone else at least once: except., naturally, J. lt. QD4-adpanl. Dorm raids were, in those days, ghastly experiences, comparable w to slaughter-time in an abufioir, 'l hey took place between midnight and dawn, involving paddles four feet long fthe