Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

Page 13 text:

TIIE MONITORS Rosenkrantz, Rand, Pendill, James Roosevelt, Taber Carter, Bradlee, Mr. Brewster, Chisolm, lloyt, W. Form History September, 194-0! The odds were three to two for Roosevelt over Willkie, Europe had just become Hitleris playground- and the original fourteen wandered in bewilderment down the halls and corri- dors which, for most of them, were to be a shelter for six long years. The school as a whole was unimpressed by '46g ap- parently we were just another bunch of fresh new kids, and we behaved as such for the first few days. There were the usual incidents which are constantly re- lated in form histories: we strode across the quadrangle, we gazed into the sixth form room, and we were very fresh-but it was a short time indeed before we were given to understand that sixth formers were SIR',, that their ground was hal- lowed, and their will was done on earth. Surprisingly little time elapsed before our small feet were firmly on the ground, and it was then that everyone began to sit up and take notice. The form became solidly unified under the bullying leader- ship of Pete, who was really Waltt-r. when he proclaimed himself president of the Council for the Betterment of the First Form. Infected now with the spirit of organization, '46 initiated a fervent cam- paign for notoriety. Everyone helped in his own way. School was rocked on its heels as George collected a comfortable forty-eight marks in four days. Slate readings took 011 a new interest, as everyone wondered if Tabe, who was by now permanently black with coal dust, could break his own record. lle frequently came close. Meanwvhile Dave, fascinated by the shiny yellow color of the sixth form's straw hats, yielded to temptation one evening. The head monitor, relaxing outside the sixth form room, was startled to find the contents of a bottle of Teel

Page 12 text:

Tllli SIXTH FORM IN 1942 lirzullvc, Blllllfll, .lan-kson, Mitcllc-ll, lll., Harris, R., flliisolm, VYinslow, D. C., l.obcle-ll, Rnnll Taber, Gibbs, Lindsey, IIElIIlC'I'Sl9y, Fay, llloseley, Scully, Leslie, Dilworth Dixon, Iiawreiice, Lazo, Hoyt, Dick, Szuinders, Seabury, James Roosevelt, Hoffman 'l'lll'l SIXTH FORM IN I9-I-6 Divk, Se-allmry, l42lWI't'IlC'C, Fllmslie, Sanimlvrs, Cf, llitcliell, llofl'rn:ln,l'., Brainerd, Zisette-, Lobflell, Sc'ully,Phi11l10y, Palmer Dixon, Hayden T54-hucli, Kobllsvh, Him-lmrcls, ll., Scars, F., Clay, Moseley, Abbot, li., Dvtwiler, Stearns, Fay, Ulm-y, Lindsey, Bohlvn, Dilwortll, li, Wlinslow, D. F. l'uHvrHon, lluim-rsley, l'1-nmlill, 'l':iber, cllllS0llll, Brzullcv, Vzxrtc-r, lhlllll, lloscnkrznltz, lloyt, NY., JRIIIIOS lioosm-vc-lt

Page 14 text:

being emptied upon his new Panama from an open window in Dorm A. The upper school gnashed its teeth, and many cried out that paddling be renewed. The whis- per became a roarf You are the worst form in school!,' Our first sight of the Groton jerseys produced bitter memories, and the rest of the term Hashed by to vacation. Re- turning for the winter term, we found many outside activities curtailed, and necessity mothered a new field of interest for usfthe dormitory. Three months in HA had been sufficient to teach us the wiles of the prefects, but they still man- aged to outwit us at times. It was Nick the Stick who first discovered the sport that could be had atop the alcove parti- tions, and the Rough Riders were formed. Lights out at night became the signal for titanic aerial struggles, until hostilities were forcibly curtailed one night when Red took a 7-foot drop onto Lindsey's bed. Chris Tis awoke with a wild yell to bring the prefects on the run. Nights were quiet then, except for Benis rhythmic snor- ing, but he was eventually muffled and smothered by a barrage of linen. The winter term ended with the Stark Flood, precipitated by a fifth former's acrobaties on the sprinkler pipes outside HAH. The evening ritual of tooth brushing was enlivened by the steady flow of Water under the door. Enchanted, we applauded as the gathering stream found its way to the prefects' room, but the hour was saved as Mel in his galoshes stemmed the tide with numerous well-placed towels. Come springtime, nigger baby and eloister ball gave us little free time, and before we knew it, the baseball season was over. Groton eked out a slim victory, leaving us disgusted that all our wood- hauling had been in vain. Exams loomed large and frightening for us, but Prize Day came with the knowledge that no one had failedftoo badly. In the autumn we were mighty second formers, but it seemed that we were over- run by an unnecessarily weird collection of characters, and for weeks the fifteen additions were considered untouchables. Among those thrust upon us were Dudley the Dog-faced Boy, a strapping hunk of man called Doug, and Edwin Upton