Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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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

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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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joy-ride from New York in a windowless, windshield-wiperless, lightless Feepmo- bile with the incidental features of two tire changes and frequent stalls on rail- road tracks and in toll gates during the famous hurricane of '4'7. It is the duty of form historians to por- tray the more amusing aspects of the form with an exaggeration that is the perogative of literary, not to say poetic, license. Though the incidents related have shown only the lighter side of our school career, we have dedicated ourselves seri- ously to the improvement of the school to the best of our ability, what with efforts to reorganize the Student Council and to revive interest in important and bene- ficial extracurricular activities, such as journalism, debating and dramatics, to mention a few. Neither has the foregoing account related our development to a united and mutually co-operative Sixth Form or the debt we owe for that develop- ment to the faculty and the school. Our thanks first go to Mr. and Mrs. Brewster who have acted in loco parentis to us since they arrived in 1943. Mr. Brewster in particular has shown a personal interest and affection toward each one of us, and, as everybody who has contributed to our education here, has consistently acted un- selfishly for our best interests. We are also grateful to Mr. Barber, who, aside from his many athletic and academic contacts with us, has understandingly dealt with the dual difficulty of being both the LION and the form adviser. Mr. Goodridge, whose friendliness, humor, and excellent teaching the Class of '47 has particularly appreciated, carries with him as he retires our thanks and best wishes. The many others to whom we are deeply appreciative for their aid and encouragement are too numerous to mention, needless to say, we shall never forget, you, and the influence you have had on our lives is great. We leave, then, a school that is a great institution and one that, we hope, will constantly become greater over the years. As alumni, we will always be vitally interested in St. Mark'sg to those who re- main, we bequeath a rich heritage with the hope that you will make the most of your great opportunity.