Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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MONITORS VVebh, Mortimer, R., YVhite-house ltomainc, Coolidge, Mr. Barber, llilworth, l'lI'Cl'Illlll Form History It was way back in the autumn of '44 that the first ten star-crossed contestants shuffled across the worn threshold of St. Mark's to take up the battle of elimina- tion with the faculty that resulted in the class of 1950 Cwe won 9-33. Unfortunately we escaped the legendary era of chamber- maids and waitresses which had been foreclosed by the war, but we soon de- veloped compensations for our limita- tions. At first the New Englanders, Pete, Chris, Fletch, Ashby, Leech, and Teddy, Southboro's own mental monster, scorned the Hferinersf, Vliilly, Styvie, OX, and Brock, an unfortunate product of political corruption. It was not long before the overwhelm- ing potentialities of the form made them- selves evident. Granted we were neither surprisingly athletic nor amazingly scho- lastic, but Chris immediately broke all previous records of accumulated slate, and Brock set out upon a task of organiz- ing one of the most powerful political bandwagons ever constructed. Politico raised his moley head above the persecu- tion which was to torment him for six long years, and framed the first form government. Nature's ten terrible deformities were not long in drawing their first blood, and from that time on there were broom fights, pillow fights, snowball fights, fruit fights, cracker tights, fist fights, and even a knife fight. Dorm A still bears the scars of our battles. By the end of the term we were the nemesis of all known authorities. By sheer animal cunning Chris became the new president, but his reign was cut short, by the Brew, who claimed the gov- ernment was a corrupt totalitarianism. Mumbles was still hidden in the fog. Ashby, who had been the subtle insti- gator of many a dorm riot, came into the