Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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Scorr AIKEN Southborough, Massachusetts Scientific Society °52, Vice-President °53; Scholar °51; St. Mark’s Scholar 50, 52; Weatherman 752, 53; Cam Laude. A scholar is like a book written in a dead language: it ts not everyone that can read tt. MicHaEL AKERS Naples, Florida Prefect; Football Squad °50, Team 751, °52; Basketball Squad ’51; Fives Team °50; Baseball Squad °50, Team 751, °52, Captain °53; Choir-Glee Club 751, 52, °53; Fine Arts Society °51; Junior Dramatic Club 750; Scientific Society 50; Student Council °53; Dance Committee; Brotherhood of St. Andrew 53; Acolytes Guild 752, ’53; School Store Manager °53. My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O my soul is white. 16

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ceremonies, Oracle Davis predicted a 10-2 win. I said those boys would end the year with a wham, and they did. After the 16-9 triumph over the Grots, two “double- pro” members decided to celebrate the victory on the town. After a midnight stroll, they returned only to find the whole police force looking for them. After this, some members of the form were so downeast or disappointed that suicide and soul-searching were the main topics of conversation. All became outwardly unified, if not inwardly, before the end, and the form settled down for exams. JuNE 11, 1953. Dear Diary, I’m going down to the chapel after this entry. I was thinking now of how much the Barbers have helped me, too, and the faculty. How grateful I feel. Tomorrow the boys may graduate. 15 NEWS FLASH! Souruporo, Mass. (AP) Jung 13. Locan AUTHORITIES ARE STILL BAFFLED TODAY OVER THE DISCOVERY OF AN APPARENTLY INSANE LION THAT WAS FOUND CRYING AT THE ALTAR RAIL OF THE St. Mark’s CHAPEL YESTERDAY EVENING. No OFFICIAL EXPLANATION HAS YET BEEN GIVEN AS TO HOW OR WHY THE LION HAD HIS BREAKDOWN. THE LION OFFERED NO RESISTANCE WHEN THE ATTENDANTS CARRIED HIM AWAY, HOWEVER. A VETER- INARY PRESENT AT THE SCENE DIAGNOSED THE CASE THIS WAY: “IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LION HAD BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AT SOMETHING FOR QUITE A WHILE. It’s ENOUGH TO GIVE ANYONE A BREAK- pOowN, I GUESS. “PERHAPS THE REASON HE DIDN'T OFFER ANY RESISTANCE WAS BECAUSE HE FELT HE HAD DONE THE JOB SATISFAC- TORILY, THE DOCTOR SAID.

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Rospert DouGias ARMSTRONG St. Croix, Virgin Islands Prefect; Soccer Squad °52; Basketball Squad °53; Business Manager V index °53; Dramatic Club °49, 52; Creative Writing Club °52; Librarian 51, °52; Telephone Boy 751. Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about. Francois Henrt GABRIEL BALLANDE Paris, France American Field Service Exchange Student; Soccer Team °52; Choir-Glee Club °53; Co-president French Club ’53; Dramatic Club °53; Telephone Boy °53; Lion Films. The passion of every Frenchman is to pass for a wit. 17