Stony Brook School - Res Gestae Yearbook (Stony Brook, NY)

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THEODORE MARRIOTT ARMSTRONG Football Squad, 193-1 Basketball Squad, 1935 Track Varsity, 1935 Outing C'lub, 1935 Orchestra, 1935 Literary Editor of BIINFIIIII, 1935 T was a red-letter day for Stony Brook when a bulky, heavy-set fellow, appro- priately named Armstrong. ambled onto the campus, for Bronson had yielded her pride and joy to the school, presenting the student body with a boy so thor- oughly a Michigan product, so unmistakably home-grown, and withal the pos- sessor of such a wide grin that he became famous overnight, being hailed as the All-American boy. For all his fame Army is a retiring fellow, not desiring to revel in the lime- lightg instead, he finds various interesting things to do in the shadows: hiking with the Outing Club, collecting lit-bits for the Bulletin, or taking photographs for the Year Book. This fall on the football field Army played a grinning game at tackle. No team of eleven players could make this mild-mannered youth sufficiently angry to remove the smile from his face. During the winter on the basketball court where his passes were a terror to all receivers, and throughout the spring, this same gleeful expression has kept his countenance and companions aglow. At any rate, whatever he is doing-whether operating his violin, playing football or basketball, or eating sundaes-Army is unconsciously justifying his unique name and position as Stony Brook's only All-American boy. ST. OLAF Tuwnlfy-.s-011911 A -- Al v Al v -

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A Uv I-l A A l.. it CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, II Basketball Squad, 1935 Track Squad, 1935 Orchestra, 1935g President, 1935 Associate Editor of Bullvlill, 1935 Associate Editor of Rox Grsfur, 1935 HIS fall there came from Egypt a thin, loose-limbed figure, toddling across the campus in light tweeds and an English accent. Before long the accent had generally disappeared and Gad Adams was taking part in bull sessions with his newly-acquired HAmerican', slang. Becoming immediately interested in school organizations, Gad at once pro- ceeded to elevate the standard of the Bulletin with his excellent writings, and to advance the sales of the Year Book with his unique posters. Furthermore, on behalf of the Thespians, he has become the alluringly-curved secretary, much to the enjoyment of all male beholders. In the class room this same blonde-haired youth's marks are among the highest. This may not seem extraordinary unless one understands that every day in the winter Gad is dribbling the basketball for the Blue and VVhite team, and in the spring he is making the cinders Hy as he whisks off the half-mile. When Adams graduates from Stony Brook, the school's average in mathe- matics will take a drastic drop, for no longer will six or eight well-meaning math students be able to congregate in Room Eighteen to obtain this lad's interpretation of a certain trigonometry problem. Twenly-six

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. 'V l..l ROBERT ARMOUR BUYERS Football Junior Varsity, 193551 Football Squad, 1934- Wrestling Squad, WSH Tennis Squad, 193-lg Tennis Varsity, 1935 Thespians, 193+ Outing Ulnb, 1935 Sports Editor ol' liullzflfn, H135 AST year a timid, entirely speechless lellow was introduced on the campus as a cousin ol' the notorious John Lewis of '34-. The general populace waited several months for Bob Buyers to throw off his timidity and to develop the noisi- ness which characterized his cousin. But he has retained his tacituruity and still remains somewhat shy. lt was easy for Buyers to acquire a goodly group ol' friends, for at once he became deeply interested in athletics. His first year saw him play an active part in junior varsity football, class basketball, wrestling and baseball. This year a leg injury kept him from the fall and winter sports, but in the spring he is certain to be a dependable player on Coach .lousson's net team. This year Buyers joined the Outing Club for the express reason ol' keeping in touch with his roommate. Nlany are the tales which he has brought back from the wilds of Lake Ronkonkoma about Biley's intrigues with fair-haired beauties inhabiting those regions. Along with the position of student secretary to the headmaster and chaperon to Biley, Buyers takes part in various other activities: at one time he is orating in chapel about Kentucky: at another time, in order to boost his history grade, this Pennsylvanian is speaking appropriate words about 'Washington or Lincoln. It does not matter what he does, Buyers always takes part in a whole-hearted, sincere and quietly active manner. HAMPD EN -SYDNEY T11-f' nfy-1' ig ll!