Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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about Chrisg he knew every girl on the East Coast anyway. ltfeanwhile, the publications flourished: one conspicuous by the absence of the editor's name, the other blaring its head's literary achievements across every square inch of space. VVave and his boys gave forth with their second edition of Saint Jlarkis Confidential, a magazine that bared the very soul of our Florida- California Golden Boy, and revealed a future juvenile delinquency expert. Russ starred in the Dramatic Club's suspenseful success, well aided by the skillful scenery produced by Jawge, who finally resigned from the Anybody Who's Anybody Club after Nick the Greek introduced craps there a few years ago. VVe returned after Spring Vacation to find that the Athenian Nicholas had paid us a secret visit and the game of cham- pions was instituted at St. lNIark's. Each night after supper the foreign cries of Little Joe and I'll cover emanated from a shady corner down at coffee, and more than one convert was at least tem- porarily won over from bridge. The snows went, spring came, and one balmy day Kink tried to knock over the flagpole. But this proved a bit more diffi- cult than he thought. In the melee the pole landed a left to the schnozzola and Jim landed in the infirmary. In the case.of Russ versus the Walnut Hill Junior Chorus, the former won a ten- round decision by dint of his stunning solo. Alumni weekend came, and six pairs of hairless legs, the likes of which have never been seen in these parts, rocked and rolled through a stimulating dance rou- tine. Draped in swathes of billowy chiffon, t.he Bacchus sextet fluttered their way into the hearts of everyone. Thomp brought the measles, better known as Six-form-itis, back from Spring vacationg they caught on without any trouble. Perhaps he was trying to elimin- ate competition. Baseball climaxed a fine year by out- lasting Groton for the fifth straight time in a duel down to the wire. From the seed, planted six years before, the plant had grown and borne fruit. The lean years and prunings had given us the strength necessary to pull through the final trials with such success. C C

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without an 80 was belit.tled as a dolt. Bridge addicts flocked to the board at any available moment. The butt squad assembled at every meeting in The Studyn, and it swiftly gained members after carefully observed training rules were waived as the seasons closed. The mail crush, however, was squelched after the Pen Pals struck fear into the hearts of even the most staunch and courageous faculty members by their nightly sortie down to coffee. Tex and Hugh were the reasons for most of the governmental revenue with their monopoly of its mailsg but something looked fishy when all Barney's correspondence was addressed in the same handwriting. The G.-SLI. Dance night festivities began with the second of Georgeis animal dinner parties, and ended as the boys dribbled back from Condon's, their spirits hardly dampened. One apartment, under the auspices of its cigar-smoking host, bore the heaviest brunt of the eve- ning, as a generous portion of the form set up base camp there. George and Tex sparked the machine to a pre-season win over Hill in the con- fines of Madison Square Garden, they continued to embarrass and outplay their opponents until the last crystal of ice could be coaxed from the exhausted rink. Gus led the courtmen to a less successful but creditable season wit.h able assistance from Mike, Bob, and Steveg and Jer was captain and our sole representative of the mat thulnpers. The butt squad came out of hibernation long enough to pant around the rink, occasionally niauling lower formers on the new club hockey teams. But more often than not these smoke- breathing fiends were drubbed in return by the bet.ter conditioned midget skaters. Dance weekend was the highlight of the winter term, and we were pleased and proud to play hosts to thirty-six gorgeous gals. This was an event, if not an experi- ence, to remember, and it was not at all hampered by the unforeseen snowfall which restricted most of us to indoor activity. There were a few blind dates, and Rube did well in this category, much to the discomfiture of a fellow from Hop- kinton. There were also several attempted suicides when Tex's invitation was turned down by Anita E. But we weren't Worried

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f 2, gl f 1 . tr, fo, Mil GUSTAV Osooon ALEXANDER West Newton, Massachusetts Prefectg Lower School Play '5Q: Football Squad '52, Team '53, '54-, Co-Captain '55, All-Private School Football Team '55, Basketball Squad '58, '54, Team '55, Captain '56, Brother- hood of St. Andrew '56g Choir-Glce Cluh '54, '55, ,561 Crew Squad '53. He won't bc happy till he gets if. i' . Ce, , A f Q Si 5 5 Q , fa 5 X 5 ,JN+.,f EFF -L- Z 1 Q xavrat-eff of RALPH RICHMOND BACON Hopkinton, Massachusetts French Club '54, '55g French Play '54g Choir-Glee Club '54, 55, '56, Octe 563 Vi-nrlex Board '55, '56, Football Squad 551 Schola ' -lg Musical Comedy '54-, '56: Punctuality Prize 523 Sci ' : Society '55, '56, To a life that seizes Upon content, Locality seems But accidenf. I 16