Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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MONITORS Johnston. Urmston. VVinsor, ll.. VVickes lvcndt, Jenkins, Mr. Barber, Stevens, Martin, VV. Form History The seed was planted back in the dark ages of 1950 when eight wild-eyed First- ies and Rube trooped through the gate to take their places in the annals Calthough it might, in this case, be more aptly dubbed the rogues' galleryl of St. Marks Although only one of the original nine weathered the six-year st.orm, out of this inauspicious beginning grew the class of '56. It wasnit long before our presence was felt. quite painfully by the rest of the school, and given the impetus of Aaather, a refugee from '55, and Dickie filly name's Doane but the fellas call me Te-xl life was never dull. It isn't. unusual for a First Form to be told that it is the worst everf' but in our case we had that strange feeling that it. was probably true. Armed laundry carts t.rundled out of Dorm B, usually in the direction of her brother clorm, cutting paths of destruction wherever they went. llairy Harry Wiest managed to top the grub list. by com- piling an unbelievable record of eighteen nlessies in twenty-one days. Yes, '56 in that first year was no paragon of behavior, or of anything else for that matter. Aaather dabbled in crooked politics and Dickie in green ink, a weapon which struck terror to the very core of anyone within range. The climax of the second round of Ail.tlit,l16l',S bout against St. lX'lark's came one wild night when he was found by Doc Begg pouring a three-gallon can of water on Dickie's head. And so, while we remained oblivious to anything outside our own little spheres, t.he year charged -happily by. Even in those days we were not ex- ceptionally gifted as a form on the athletic fields. In fact the Midgets, in which we were well represented, managed to lose for the first time in four years.

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l SIXTH FORM IN 1958 ' Nelson, Herrera, VVickes, Wendt, Colloredo, VVarriner, Peters, Rowland, Bacon, Palo, Brewster, Beach, Coxheacl Alexander, Nourse, Stanton, Stevens, Arndt, Sargent, Crocker, D., Roosevelt, Crocker, C., Gnilcr, Coudert, Goodyear, D., Mackall, Jones, M. H., Walter, Schulze Jol1nston, Palmer, P., Carlisle, C., Martin, W., Wand, Jenkins, Pettit, Strawbridge, Crawford, Newman Spalding, Jackson, J. G., Hare, H., Carle, Fenno, Wooten, Dner, Streibert, Paar SIXTH FORM Strawbridge, Fenno, Bacon, Coxhead, Spangberg, Alexander, Roosevelt, Barber, S., Hare, Stanton, Gibbs Rowland, Herrick, Crocker, Jackson, R. YV., Streibert, Frey, Jones, BI., Mackall, C., Palmer, Newman, VValter, Guiler, Thompson, Herrera - Carlisle, C., Johnston, Stevens, VVinsor, H., Jenkins, VVickes, VVendt, Urmston, Nlartin, VV. Wand, Warriner, Crawford, D'Costa 8

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Only Harry forsook football for the glories of soccer. A faint glimmer of talent was shown by Dave in the nets for the Third Squad hockey team. But at times even Dave's goal tending powers were shaky, to say the least, and he found that certain equipment Cwhich shall remain undefinedj, necessary for the art of goal tending, can be embarrassing. As the end of the year approached, our main thoughts were centered around getting out and becoming old boys when we returned in the fall of '51. VVe found to our dismay upon returning that our ranks had been diminished by the absence of some old familiar faces. Two youths, however, joined our number as repeatersg Luddy and Louie could not bear to leave the cozy comfort of the Second Form. Although most of the form was new, the word got around swiftly that dorm raids were in fashion, our adventurous spirit was, however, quickly stifled by a word to the wise from the British Sea Lord. As the year progressed this advice did not always prove suffi- cient. We spent one week-end learning to live togetherv before we finally hit our stumbling stride. Before the year had fairly started, Lonely Loren prepared to leave for sunny California late one night, suitcase and all, only to be confronted at the door by one of Dorm C's stabilizing influences, hir. Hall. After pleasantly inquiring after Blaster VVhite's health, the genial housemaster asked the lad where he was bound. VVhen no specific reply was received, VVanderlust VVhite was advised to return to his cell. He unfortunately departed permanently a few days later, having unwisely depleted Holland's sup- ply of thumbtacks without increasing their store of hard cash. Athletics played a decidedly insig- nificant part in our life, as t.he once mighty Midgets giggled through a de- feated season. Shinny was the accepted winter pastime, 'though a few cold- blooded souls kept to the confines of the court. Most of us tried our hand at club baseball, but the majority ended up too calloused to appreciate the fine coaching that started a select few on the trail to glory on the diamond. Crew was blessed by a slight waif of a cox, who usually answered to the name of Teddy Guy. A modest lad with the name of Jackson began a sheet called the Blue Bull, which was intended to provide competition for the Blue and White. The tabloid's hard working editor got nothing out of his two efforts at printing but a tidy sum, weasled from a few unsuspecting com- mercial men in town who were led to believe that they were renewing their ads in the St. Blarker. The year of physical growth was livened by a duel to the death with brooms between a none-too-bright English stu- dent and that long-remembered Third Squad hockey goalie. Neither of the participants sustained severe injuries, however, thanks to our dictatorial pre- fects, one christened Lana because he resembled his filmland namesake in no way whatsoever, and the other tagged Digger for reasons never divulged. During the year we were constantly exposed to