Tabor Academy - Fore n Aft Yearbook (Marion, MA)

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.fs ff' , 5' .Q - ff I It ll ti f .tr at 'ff JAMES A. STOVVELL, Master Mariner Mass. Nautical School, 1914 VVhen Captain Stowell decides that the Mattapoisett Draft Board needs him and that he will have to hurry, this amiable, fun-loving gentleman shifts from first to third, and promptly disappears in a cloud of Tabor gravel. As the able teacher of Navigation, and C. O. of the voluntary wood squad. Nr. Stowell manages to derive no end of pleasure from these tasks, pleasure in which all concerned are invited to join. Although he claims to have a not-too-smart Navigation group, everyone has learned that it is just Cap's way of saying that. if we use his formulae and keep plugging, good marks will come. LAURENCE D. SOMERS, SB., S.T.B. Harvard 1903 Minister of the First Congregational Church, instructor in Physics at Tabor, an overworked member of the rationing board, and on the Camp Services committee, it is no wonder that Mr, Somers is the busiest man in Marion. Adding knowledge, humor. and actual experience in mining engineering, Mr. Somers' teaching turns out an excellent brand of budding physicists. Not to be con- tent with his classes. a good part of the school turns out each Sun- day to get inspiration for the following week from his eloquent sermons. RALPH A. STRAETZ, AB., Ed. M. University of Chicago 1938 Boston University 1942 Nex to Tabor this year, Mr. Straetz descended on the Upper junior Corridor to become one of the most popular faculty mem- bers. His slow-spoken wit and his ready smile soon made his History classes and his weekly Current Events talks well liked. Renowned in athletics, Mr. Straetz turned out both the six-man football team and the complex league basketball system. He will long be remembered as the waiters' nemesis, with his daily, Line up according to number. CHARLES WASHBURN Although Mr. VVashburn is a newcomer to the faculty, he is by no means a newcomer to the school. Graduating at Tufts in 1921, he was a four-letter man, as well as a council member in his senior year. After leaving Tufts. he studied for an electrical engineering degree, and has become Taborys electrical mainstay. His ability in radio has started a course in communications which has achieved amazing popularity in this its Hrst year.

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KATHARINE E. VVICKENDEN, PC., BA. Vtfellesley, 1936 Giving a course in Chemistry without entirely annihilating the pupils might seem impossible, but Mrs. Vllickenden has man- aged it, and made a set of ardent amateur chemists to boot. Aside from Chemistry, she is in charge of the girls' school, arranging their work and their play. and straightening out their problems. VVith- out Mrs. lfVickenden, life for the Tabor girls would be a lot less like a bed of roses. The extra-curricular activities Mrs. lliickenden excels in are riding, store supervising, and' writing to her husband, Private R. S. W'ickenden. RODERICK BEIEBIQ, BA. Yale Mr. Beebe. since he left for the army, has rapidly attained the position of a Tabor legend: however, when this war ends, we hope that he will break the legend that has been built around him, by returning to coach Tabor crews to international fame again. Captain Beebe is now in charge of an air field in Nebraska. VIA MES A. LEWVIS Witli the war still on, Cap Lewis is in a state of Leave of absence. where he will remain as long as Uncle Sam considers him more vital teaching the real navy than the Tabor navy. His dry humor is well remembered by those who knew him and sailed with him. Though unknown to most students, Cap has gone down in the records of Tabor as one of our best navigation instructors and a fine skipper for the Boy Cap's energies are at present devoted to the task of executive officer of the Portland Navy Base. jOHN VYINTIZRS VVhen the clans had gathered last Fall and taken stock of the situation, they found that Cap VVinters had been added to the stahf. Mr. lYinters appeared, and revealed that he was going to teach practical sailing in the small boats, and what is just as im- portant, their upkeep. VVith a 'flVell, what let go this time ? , Mr. lVinters spent most of last Fall poking through the stock in the shop looking for spare parts, or else striding down the wharf to see what damage had been done. His boundless energy and un- ending supply of jokes has already endeared this amiable veteran of last war's navy to the hearts of all who came into contact with him during the VVinter repairs that were undertaken in the boatshop.