St Stephens Episcopal School - Scroll Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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JAMES HENRI POYTHRESS First Year Member, Pholngrapliy Staff, TiiK .Scroll, ' .S6 Football LettiTinan, ' 56 .SNAKE (because of some unexpected shifts of alle- giance among the fair sex this year) ... or Cl ' TIE PIE I guess why) . . . matriculated here after attending St. Johns ... a newcomer who seems like an (dd friend . . . spends lots of time in dark room working on his hobbies - photography and. uh. other matters . . . also enjoys fo(ding around with automobiles . . . personable, uncomplicated type . . . claims he especially likes women, football, and dispensing demerits . . . best aspect of .S|. .Stephen ' s to him is its small size, which allows one really to get acquainted with everybody . . . naturally digs the close proximity to certain girls schools . . . attributes to his left handi ' dness all the troubles he has with math . . . can ' t stand sight of ' 4 ' ) Fords or ' hard guys , . . but can handle himself; and thinks the proper function of deep freezes is to store food ... an attentive. har fworking student .... off to either the llniviTsity of Virginia or Washington and Lee for a career in law. 24

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JOHN RANDOLPH MARSHALL Fifth Year President, Senior Class, ' 56 President, Junior Class, 55 President, Sophomore Class, ' 54 Vice-President, Freshman Class, ' 53 President, Student Council, 56 Vice-President, Student Council, 55 Secretary-Treasurer, Student Council, 54 Member, Honor Council, ' 56 Member, Hop Committee, 55, ' 56 Business Manager, Thk Scroll, ' 56 Assistant Business Manager, The Scroll, ' 55 Member, Monogram Club, ' 55, ' 56 Co-Captain, Football Team, ' 56 Football Leiterman, ' 54, ' 55, ' 56 Basketball Letlerman, ' 54, ' 55, ' 56 JOHN . . . the leading member of the leading class . . . the All American Boy . . . friendly and cheerful . . . popular with everyone . . . has worked his way through the ranks to position of political supremacy . . . behind every- thing cooking in high school except the food . . . sports occupy much of time during fall and ' winter ... a sparkplug on the football and basketball teams for three years . . . enjoys tennis and swimming during rest of year . . . puts in his summers as life guard at country club . . . comes in for some sharp comments on his greasy black pants, plus crazy stripped shirts to match . . . class wits also rib him unmercifully about a society page picture which showed him looking them over in his plaid cummerbund . . . dislikes cramped football lockroom quarters . . . gets big kick out of traveling; went to Mexico during part of last summer . . . will go north to Princeton on NROTC program, despite grumblings in local Ku Klux Klan Chapter. W i

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PETER CAMERON RITTER Second Year iUlllWKlllllHHHUhmi ' i iU ! ' , ' ' ' ' TEX . . . extroverted, amiable personality . . . retired court jester of the school . . . this year has settled down and is now beginning to produce the sort of work everyone knew he could do . . . says he has a strong tendency to be stupid . . . has overcome that difficulty without too much trouble . . . likeable fellow but a strong individualist . . . definite feelings on a wide range of subjects ... no Milque- toast with the teachers, either . . . hobbies are continentals, hunting, fishing, sleeping, and taking apart and playing his baby grand piano . . . makes beautiful music in free time in cafeteria . . . likes women anytime, anyplace, except behind the wheel of a car . . . some bitter teachers describe him as a part time student, but he has perfectly good rea- sons for being absent . . . hates pigmies, big-mouthed people I with one exception), snobs, parking accommodations at school, and lectures . . . appreciates, on the other hand, the helpful ladies in the office, the 3 o ' clock bell, and people who don ' t make cracks about his villainous looking foreign weeds . . . off to Washington College for pre-med. NOSKOKIS 25