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

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rrRiC1,f Soccer 43 Wrestliiig 43 Tennis 4. 'fI?i1I Soccer 3, 4 Letterg League Basketball 3, 4g Cup Crew 3, Glee Club 45 Bushnell Bridge Club 45 Dramatic Club 43 Sailing 45 Roast Com- mittee 4. ERIC HARVEY AIKENS 1943 Army Scuffing softly along XVashburn's murky depths at 6.30 every morning will be found this wide awake fellow, on the way to make shining his cheru- bic countenance. Wlien zero hour for breakfast approaches, braving shoes and anything else within reach of a sagging bed, he tactfully awakens the rest of the house. Even with this prov- en method of losing friends, Elric still retains his popularity by simply not committing himself to anything con- troversial, and by letting Givvy do all the talking. Finding him to be a man of moods, though, we give warning to all en- countering him when an ear-piercing Holiday For Stringsn is not on his pursed lips. Playing a substantial game of soc- cer and tumbling through the active wrestling season unruffled, Eric car- ries on in his sedate but affable man- ner. WILLIAM MCDONALD ALLEN 1942 U. S. Navy Air Corps Almost everything Bill does, he does to enjoy himself. His methods vary from a mild form of philosophy, and giving what should appear to be ser- ious advice, to the simplest practical joke. and he is generally either laugh- ing with you loudly or at you quietly. His activities range from soccer and boxing to some studying, to after- lights merrymaking, and it is only be- tween these that he relaxes. But this can never be for longg if there is any mischief-making going on, Bill is prob- ably one of the instigators, and his laugh will he among the loudest. The high point of his week, however, comes on Sunday afternoon. for Bill is an inveterate walker, and as a native of Marion he knows just what to do.

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CLASS June 7 - Today we graduate. Four years of good WH' fun and hard work studded with short hours of warm joy and some disappointments have passed. It is over, done! Some of us will continue our education in college, others will not. Whatever our separate paths, they will be hard, rocky ones, leading us slowly up a steep hill, for life will no longer coddle us as it did our older broth- his-9' ers. Twelve years with understanding, capable, con- scientious men and women, who, unthanked, have de- voted endless hours to their task, must meet their test. If they were well spent, if we have learned and learned well, there is nothing to fear, we will be well prepared. If not, our plight is grave, but not hopeless. E 5 E cl I l E g E cg' . H I ,annum 52, Before many months have gone by, most of us will be serving our country. It will be a great experience: novel, invigorating, but - let us pray - not hardening. We shall see foreign lands and distant places, new peoples, different, yet the same, and many will undergo such treatment that a great change may take place in them. If, in these last twelve years, we have caught, though probably unconsciously, the theme of education, the spirit of good living, this change will be a strong, healthy, vibrant one. If not, it may be cancerous and hard and paralytic. All over the world youth is being exposed to this force. And, as a result, this world can be pure, fresh, and happy, only if education has succeeded in the sorest test it has yet had to meet. Here at Tabor we think it has. ,- Zlfll:0'C Cf0'l4fLl4fLiff66.4 DANCE COMMITTEE BANQUET COMMITTEE A . Fisher Mllhken Bachelder BQHCY Elliott Brainard Greene Clough SOITICIS Dunn RING COMMITTEE Greene Bunten Haylor Schwartz, G. Moore UNIFORM COMMITTEE Pierce Bumen Schwarz, A. Clough Smith, E. Fisher Wallace, R. Milliken

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RICHMOND WOODS BACHELDER 1943 Naval Air Corps lVith a rapt expression on his face, this sleepy-eyed addict of jungle rhy- thm sets throughout XYashburn study hall the mystic syncopation of a throb- bing tom-tom. or at least as near to it as two hands and a desk top can pro- duce. Able to discuss with ease the jazzically profound, HBatch will in- evitably lean to the unequalled superi- ority of a certain Mr. Ellington. VVith enthusiastic indifference he breezes through everything he under- takes, showing how in soccer and track. XYith similar suavity and a minimum of effort, he came near to establishing another Newton township in aiding dateless corridor mates for the winter dance. Here's how, and good luck to one who could feel the rhythm in a banging radiator. JUSTUS ADAMS BAILEY 1942 U. S, Marine Corps Gus is one of those strong silent characters. XVhat he says. which isn't much, is not very loud. but it is usually well worth saying. A steady worker, and voluntary head of the wood detail, Gus is also possessed of a sense of humor that does credit to his New England background. XVhen you catch that glint in his eye, bewareg many a time has Mr. l-lunt's English been sent into hysterics by his gentle sarcasm. A consistent burner of the midnight oil, except during the football season when he is one of the teams depend- ables, he has managed through dint of hard work to keep his marks at a very respectable level. ln so doing he has sacrificed none of his keen enjoyment in the various activities at school. Al- though of a somewhat retiring nature. he hides behind his serious. almost puritanical, exterior a very definite capacity for riotous living, and an in- imitable sense of humor. Bach Soccer 45 Track 45 Ten- nis 45 Banquet Com- mittee 4. f'C11.r Football 4 Letter 5 League Basketball 35 Schooner Crew 35 Squad Leader 45 Dance Com- mittee.