Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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C' Zin garinmrn intra VOLUME 9. NO. 6. St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts December 5, 1941 FAIR sax INVADES sr. MARK'S AS St'Ma'k'SS0cce'Sq ad Humbles Groton, 4 to 2 A few daysaftcr the Groton foot- ball game, the St. Mark's soccer f 1941 t d 'th WITH FIRST WOMEN IN TWO MONTHS Z,1aSZ2,Eu,,,,,iCgt,Q,51,np egfagiafirs Sixth Form Dance is Great Success reporting for the initial practice. Robin Scully was elected cap- tain prior to the game with Wa- tertown, the 25th of November. His play at center forward has been Last Saturday evening an inform- School EI'lj0yS I'Ial'l'lpt0l'l exceptional, and his Spirit was an important factor in our win over al dance was held in the Common Room, with lady-guests from Mil-, Singers Again Groton. The Scorclzer Mrs. Parkman, Tony and Chan composed a scorcher. and Tish breezed in past Slobber Dan to Calahan, who was in no condition to understand it anyway. The upshot of the whole thing was a tongue-lashing delivered to the class of ,M by Torch, and- oh yes-Chan, Tish, and Tony indignantly resigned. The I.B.T. then sank back to its former level. Uh, that was an eventful year, and spiced with new gems on the faculty. There was lVIuster Smuth the fellow who reprimanded Bob, Muster Gaarrdner, yeouw can't goeuw roun' sayin'-this, andi that. VVhat would a visitor say?,, and You,re a rat-who,s a rat- Hoy,s a ratw Who was too young to manage the Sixth Form corridor, or maybe it was that things were getting too hot for him. Yes, that Was it. And Buffalo Bill, Who, assigned to Dorm E, left most of the work to the prefects. One night, We recall, when the prefects had taken a week-end, he came out five times, each time threaten- ing to hand out two marks apiece, threats which invariably failed to materialize. And remember the lVIilk,s story on the eve of Christ- mas vacation about Housemouse and VVoofie in the Crypt. And how the latter came tearing up, and in a breaking voice demanded who had yelled his nickname, and an unidentified person asked, VVhich nickname, sir?', We remember Livvy roomed with lyloregrease, Whose den was the scene of con- stant battle. Foggy, interested, dropped in on one, and somebody taunted Livvy, Kill himf, Livvy queried, VVhat d'ya think I,m doin, .... Oh, it's you, sirf, Dick also proved he could take it. We lost the Groton game again that year, but Tony and Tomp got their letters, the latter playing on the team. Sunday morning after church was the appointed time for poker. Tony always man-

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dise. Dorm D was particularly cruel in not admitting Butch one evening till about eleven, and Blubbus was thoroughly blackened and polished more than once. Goat made the hockey team which was pretty good for a third former, and the winter then petered out due to cases of measles and chickenpox. However, those not afflicted acquired the rather quaint habit of squashing soft boiled eggs in other people,s pock- ets. Quaint it would seem to an outsider, but after all we were still in the lower school. Vile can't go on without men- tioning Jim and the Nag. How the friendship occurred, what its nature was, when it started, are some secrets that will undoubtedly die with Jim, but one thing was evi- dent: a close association existed and persisted till the end of the year despite all the kidding that the pair received. That spring Hooker played on the nine again, and Death Breath piloted the first boat at Fort Meadow, which we still feel was the climax of his career. IV Casper and Big Dick turned up in the fall of 1941. rooming to- gether in Dorm E, which made up, in part, for the loss of 0'Toole, who had thought it wise to quit. lVe were now in the upper school with the I .B.T . in our hands to do with whatever we pleased. The very idea was stimulating. and we concentrated most of our effort into making attractive and catching headlines. This we did, for who will ever forget SU- HIER SOUNDS CALL FUR DElVIOCRACY.,' Later on, short- ly after a tea-dance sponsored by

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aged to come out a little ahead, but classic was the error Brad made in trying to bluff the Goob who had five sevens. Lips had a pair of jacks. Major found out about it one fine day, and we were asked if we didn't know we could- n't get away with that sort of thing around here. At the end of the term we sustained the loss of Langshaw, who for the third set of exams in a row, flunked five for Hve. His wit we will never forget. Snow settled with the winter term, and the boys in the Sixth Form constructed a snowman mod- eled after our Head. Indignation arose in our ranks, and hlait disapproving of such rank disre- spect, conceived the noble idea of melting it with hot towels. Steve and Anth also lent a hand. The rest of the form followed suit, and soon a battle royal raged, Tony's room getting the worst of it. Sawin saw Ijams, and yelled down to Rod Thompson and Curtis, Come on, boys, let's get him. People ran around madly, but there were no casualties in our ranks. That afternoon, Horse-collar, photo- graphing the statue was clipped by a snowball. He told us he was fed to the ears' Later in the term, Seedy, in a one man revolt against Sawin's regime in North 3, thrashed him to within an inch of his life. WVe were in our prime those days, and the boys would meet in Yummy's room, and padlock people to his bed. These affairs were the predecessors of the Harrys, etc. Lakin told us to keep our eyes on the Balkans. VVe've been doing that for some two and a half years, although we now lack our initial anticipation. Hockey featured Charlie, Hook, Seed, and Phil getting their letters, the Goat for the second time. The rest of the year was un- eventful with illegalities in New Dorm and the trunk room and C.C.'s bomb craze. Jim had an amazing collection of school keys which were put to good use in col- lecting chemicals for this. Isolated in the tower were Tish and Mon- grel, who enjoyed the company of Wang nightly. They exchanged volleys of pellets and B.B.,s with sling-shots and automatic B.B. guns with Hook and Monk who lived over the Dr. The spring term ended with a poor Groton game in which Hub, George, Skin, and Seed received their letters. Bram- mie was elected captain although a mere Fourth Former. This tradi-