Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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shaky start in January, and, contrary to all expectations, improved steadily and ran throughout the year. A bleary-eyed Mr. Brewster, stating emphatically that the journalistic fire must be extinguished before three in the morning, broke up the St. Marker smoker in his parlor and neces- sitated the moving of the city desk to more remote corners of the school where the editor-in-chief and cohorts Palm, Butch, and Angy could work undisturbed through to breakfast. The long-anticipated dance weekend was drawing nigh and Leech-Roy man- aged to aid Jimmy in priming Goob for his initial conquest before leaving to catch up on lost sleep in the metropolis. The dance and its accompanying diver- sions proved an extremely welcome inter- lude. Hassie found the prospects of a Win slow, but never gave up trying. Early in March Garry showed his ver- satility by leaving the Dorm C pastures long enough to star effectively as Wood- row. Needless to say, the play was a tragedy. After the termination of winter sports and activities, interest momentarily turned to the Telephone Squad headed by extortioner Mikey, who was having its diHiculties. The ready tact of the Quaker from Italy, however, saved Ben and Sleaze from the Bell publicans. The musi- cal element in the school was at this time headed by Fred. who, somewhat dazed by symphonic strains, managed to get himself and three charges stranded in Blue-lawed Boston. His proposed plans for a night in the Statler lobby were over- ruled as the headmaster arrived at four in the morning and brought the weary ad- venturers back to Southboro. Room B, the home of latent knowledge and scene of the Iceman's fate, housed the gentle- men of the form who delighted in idle dis- cussion of the dubious merits of the peasants and secured moratoriums on all written assignments from an obliging instructor. French VI A, which studied mainly the one-two-three rule, and trans- lations of He is covered with mud and gloryn and VVhat has become of poor old Pierre? , was featured by Will's attempt to rise to the head of the class and Nfr. Goodridge's weary suggestion that they go on the stage together. A late snow provided the class archi- tects with sufficient material to erect a monument to a beloved master and be- fore it crumbled under the fury of mother nature, nocturnally assisted by insomnia- ridden Pete, it had attained a spectacular height of twenty-six feet. The term ended with the proverbial bang as Butch sported an attractive shiner, a permanent re- minder of the wrath of the Lord. The re- sulting furor soon cooled down, however, with God in His heaven and all right with North 3. We returned early in April from Easter vacation with the imminent prospect of the College Boards hanging over us. Mas- ters werge cramming us hastily, Harry B's history sections took on new interest and provided Mike with inexhaustible ma-

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sample room. Two floors up Jim, Horse, Mac, lvayward, and Caveman evaded the masses for twelve healthful hours of luxurious beauty sleep. lVith the school assembled, the Class of '47 slipped easily into their long-aspired- to positions under the able leadership of Head Mo Pete. Presently Robert the Crackup from Rosemont, Pa., liinped back, and with Cong's daily Any mail for the Vindexf' we knew the year had begun. It was about this time that Roscoe the Hound watered the quad for the first timeg although he wasn,t with us long, we all came to understand and appre- ciate him. Under Captain Powell, the eleven de- veloped rapidly and within eight weeks had completed one of the most successful seasons in school history. Belmont alone foiled the Gazelle Boy. Groton bowed 4-8-13 and a wild victory celebration fol- lowed, the first many of us had ever seen. The following Saturday found a num- ber of the form in New Haven for the Princeton game. Ned entertained lavishly and as a result Ben and Newbold learned a fundamental lesson. Wayward either couldn't read yet or JiII1,S note was too obscure, he waited three hours for Palmer who had long since given up. At this time the F.B.S., composed of Tony, Denny, Hasbrouck, and O,Beehan, appeared to rival the Larue Squad, a task in which they readily succeeded as the latter group gradually dispersed when its exploits became public. Christmas dinner provided a chance for Santa LeRoy and a group of not-too-ob- scure modern poets to cast playful as- persions in the direction of the faculty. The obscure compositions passed a trust- ing headmaster but were soon suppressed when an irate faculty group, all of whom were mentioned, got wind of the proceed- ings. The LION was contemplating print- ing the originals in place of the faculty picture as being more truly representa- tive of their souls, but censorship and decorum again played a vital part in the proceedings. Christmas vacation came as a welcome and a well-earned rest. The class average for the term hovered near the unprece- dented level of eighty and to all intents and purposes, the administrative de- partments of the school were functioning smoothly. Palmer and his stooges ran a record St. hlarkfs-Groton Dance com- plete with Pepsi-Cola, and before we knew it we were off on the second stretch of our Hnal year. Richard's team improved steadily and Archie's and Luther's squads did well. Refreshed by a visit from Santa, Will sought new diversions, and Mart, realizing the futility of attempting to sell last year's toothbrush to roommate Ike, sought consolation by joining Cong and Luther in The Cheering Section for The Little One. Moozoo, having roped in most of the school by dint of underhanded sub- scription appeals, produced a sequel to his Brantwood tabloid in the form of The St. hfarkerf' which tottered off to a

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terial for his one-man faculty meetings as we reviewed the doings of that irre- pressible combo, Boone and Calhoun and were instructed in a Fine style about the migratory habits of the cattle and the hogs. The exams took place on April 12 and inspired a thorough disinclination for work of any kind thereafter. The St. lNlark's Country Club was formed, with sinecures of various types for everybody in the form, but, after some short-lived letter paper was printed, soon died out and gave way to Teen-Ager hlike the Sleaze with his select group of oodle- laddles in their imported, Brooks Broth- ers bobby sox. Quad activities were typi- cal of the carefree attitude of the class, with a form of mass slaughter by the name of Creepy-Crawly featuring LeRoy in scanty garb reminiscent of the nineties and leading up to large scale water fights where marksmen, operating from Archie and Mike's room in A, extended their activities from the Sixth Form to cover the entire school. Baseball under Captain Ezra progressed amazingly Well, culminating in a 5-2 victory over Groton and the usual cele- bration. The crew, however, although bolstered by Captain Pete, was inexpe- rienced and could only look to the next season. llanager Freeman tried his best to finance the season by directing Brave Dave's speculation on the ponies, but with not too much success. Blost of the form trod the boards in Shep's musical extravaganza which with- out the hindrance of a plot intrigued the alumni immensely. Will reached the thespian peak of her career by using se- ductive hips to best advantage in a fas- cinating hula-hula number, and Palmer provided a hilarious finish to form ac- tivities when he declaimed on the vicis- situdes of the lIcGurk family among other amusing tidbits to a hysterical school. An impressive and sentimental Prize Day on June 6 was a fitting end to the school careers of all but two eager Lions, who departed for Southboro after a re- union chez Valvo to write a yearbook. Palm and Garry, unable to remain away from the cloistered walls for more than forty-eight hours, enjoyed a thirteen-hour