Saint Marks School - Lion Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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other to a duel to the death. The raging uproar was subdued eventually by a much distressed clergyman. The winter term found t.he Sixth Form corridor reduced to a reasonable facsimile of Dorm A. Daggett's banshee cries and Porto Ric's screams of agony sounded as a clarion call above the subdued shrieks from the rest of the overturned rooms. The climax of these skirmishes was the piece by piece removal of Boog's bed, mattress and blankets, by a gay group of do-gooders. Order was finally restored by the imperial hand of Chwarlie, who was attempting to prepare for his impending wedlock. The hockey team completed an almost undefeated season and even Southerner Jones managed to gain an SM. Thayer's club hockey team, led by Willy, was completely outelassed by Frog's Fearing. The Sixth Form dance will go down in posterity, if only for the brutally fought out broom hockey game on Saturday and the dance after Sunday chapel, in which all religious scruples were forgotten. The ensuing mail influx was led by daily epistles from a sweetly singing Brook-e, who washed away all Aarglfs defenses. Spring vacation arrived, and with it a happy rush for the sunny shores of Ber- muda. Nick made daily trips to the Sea- man's Savings Bank, where he depleted his account for many a fair lass. When Mike was not devouring burnt toast, he sped gaily around the island clutching his famous cap. We all came tripping happily back for our final term, singing the new form ballad, a harmonious little munber set to the tune of Tear It Down. A savage onslaught of reports, essays, and other equally dismal projects appeared out of nowhere, and all was temporarily peaee- ful, with only the unnerving chatter of typewriters breaking the quiet of South Q. It could not last: we knew it, as did Wild Bill. Soon a novel idea sneaked into the mind of Charlie, and t.he first water pistol appeared. The form quickly divided into two formidable teams, armed to the teeth with sawed-OH: water pistols and balloon hand grenades. Frog, Zowie, a.nd Stiffen were undaunted leaders in the nightly crusades which raged through the entire school. The library was the base of all

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made up the whole of a great hockey team. Johnny was elected captain for '57. Nip was elected wrestling captain and Bull a.lso got a letter. He was so intrigued by the colors that he never took them off. Babs earned the position of basketball captain. The dance committee lecl by Mickey, aided by a self-appointed seventh meni- ber, produced a gay motif for the Friday part of the Sixth Form dance. At the smoker which followed, the Form song was inaugurated by Archie, a light, rol- licking ballad entitled Audie M urphy set to the tune of Red River Valleyf' Stickball became the spring craze after D.B. threw out the first. ball to climax a stirring ceremony in which the Star Spangled Banner was whistled by the whole form. North Q and VVest 2 faced each other in nightly encount.ers, which often drew blood. Rafe's nothing ball was the big threat of West 2, while Curt, en- veloped in a heady mist, could be relied on to drop any and every ball which came his way. Jock was a safe bet to strike out, and Ladder was just fazed by the whole game. The byword of the season became, down to the whit.e rockv - a rock over which smoke eddied and blew. Everyone who was anyone - led naturally by the Long Island contingent-joined in t.l1c merrymaking. Charlie became baseball captain: Frog, thriving in his own element, headed the crew. Dick took over the tennis team, while Jeem and Nip co-captained la- crosse. John was elected Head hfonitor, and we embarked for the summer, with an eye to becoming the heads of the School under his proven command. Wie all returned to our sheltered clois- ters in September, very definitely the worse for wear after a completely dissi- pated three months. Brantwood proved a favorite haunt for many, and Jock's abode was the stopping place en route to Peter- boro, New Hampshire. Soon after becoming reestablished, Aargh and various of our members on West. 2, developed a very definite and un- reasonable dislike to the night watchman, and took great pride in thwarting t.he wretched gentleman at every turn. Re- peated warnings trickled in from authori- ties above, and a hasty retreat was begun. Bridge, instituted by Chaddy and Jeem, soon became the major indoor sport, played during smoker and in other ex- traneous times in Mr. Barber's study to t.he melodious accompaniment of Doc's mood music. The list of plumbers grew constantly, led by Ego te who de- pended primarily on Heaven t.o save him from awful death at the hands of his partners. An earthly god finally stepped onto the scene and a formidable curfew was placed on the card sharps - but not before even our Japanese exchange stu- dent had mastered the game. The football team, led by Jeem, cli- maxed a great. year by a smash win over Huey Scott and Co., while the booters also fared extremely well. The fall term was brought to a crashing finale by the various dorm feasts and t.heir accompany- ing riots. Tony and Blick, as representa- tives of their corridors, challenged each

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operations and battles, and the fire escape soon proved to be the most popular route to Nora's abode - usually a dismal shambles. Mr. Adams realized that some- thing was happening, but never was really sure what. Ile finally managed to seize three hapless youths on the fire escape, but countless others escaped, while the whole structure shook from the pounding of the scrambling horde beneath. Unfor- tunately, the higher authorities soon got wind of the pleasant situation, and for some strange reason seemed sorely dis- turbed. A ban was put on all guns, but Fert and Rebel paid little heed and suc- cessfully managed to lose all privileges. A period of comparative quiet ensued, until it was decided by a few bold do- gooders to remodel the Sixth Form eor- ridor free of charge. Before the dust had settled, t.l1ere was nary a door left on its hinges. The debris was piled in an orderly heap at the end of the corridor, under the awful eye of Mr. Glavin, who soon placed the whole mess in the hands of Mr. Bar- ber. liepercussions were swift and Slll'0, and all but the most shattered of doors mysteriously reappeared on their hinges. We had our own private police force throughout the year in the form of Neville and Chwallie and their souped-up mobiles. Any planned attacks from exterior forces went down in unholy defeat at t.he hands of the drivers of one shiny Ford and one bug. The spring sports scene was heightened by a doomed tennis team, whose proud captain was a perennial spectator at all baseball games, much to the chagrin of Hank. The lacrosse team and the crew fared better t.han usual, and the only. serious blot on the record of Captain Charlie's team was a heartbreaking loss to Groton. Soon after the Groton game, Dr. Begg came through i11 glorious style, giving a steak dinner for the whole form at White's Corner, eating place pa.-r excellence. Next came the finals, and then at last it was over. The chaos that had been re- mained, and always would remain. But, the way toward some semblance of order had been marked out. At the beginning we were forced to learn, but at the end we actually tried t.o learn. What lies ahead is now up to us and to God-in heaven, not on earth. T. BI. II.