Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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20 EL ARCHIVERO IONATHAN BOLDUAN . WILLIAMS Cunning in Music and Matllenlat- ics . . . --The Taming 01 the Shrew l'Ji7 IWZN: Sefontl Socfcr llicam, Second fiasc- I-ull Tcxllii. Omliue Kiyinklianxt Tezlni. IIJQSYIUGV: .Vntri Board, lipiciircain Club, C-inn lioaircl, lop 'lien NV:ilking Mile' nec, First Soccer Team, Chess Ladder, M.isqncrs. As the Thacher School files with supreme dignity into the Outdoor Chapel, a tall figure with curly blonde hair sits intently sight-reading and pumping at the ltlfl-pipe grand organ. As the last solemn Arnett is still reverloerating, a faint cry of lioldwa-a-a-a-anl', emanates from the rear of the assembled flock. The organist looks up from his music to flash the famous l3oouuldie smileii and pos- silily responds with a completely inaudihle 'LYe-e-e-e-es?,' But Baldy does not confine himself to hymns. Thacheris most accomplished pianist can lie heard almost any day in the music hox plucking rag-time from the ivories. The adept fingers of the virtuoso,s hand find other uses, too. They have pro- duced the quick. sharp racket of a typewriter as often as the soothing tones of a sonata. By hard work ,lon consistently adds two extra Clays to his vacations. More than once in lioom l have all the history students simultaneously swiveled their astonished heads around to find Baldwin delivering a two-minute discourse on an involved question which had drawn a complete blank from everybody else. jon will also he rememliered as the guided missile of the soccer team. Some- how. whenever there was a collision on the field. a cheerful Baldy emerged tri- umphant with the hall to give it a well-aimed lioot down the field. Williams will gain next year a musician, an athlete. a scholar. and a most wonderful smile.

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EL ARCHIVERO 19 THOMAS GRAHAM BELL . UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA THIS YEARIS AFS STUDENT, THOMASGRA HAMBELL, FROM NOGALES, REMOTE SOUTH AMERICAN VILLAGE We have been very fortunate to secure this year an AFS students from one of the more primitive and desolate areas of southern America. Thomasgra Ham- bell comes to us from the village of Nogales, on the frontier of that foreign stau called by the most recent cartographers Arizona',. Senor Hambell informed this reporter that he could not see why anybody would be cra,aazy', enough to live in the smog of California. Wl1y, he said, using several interesting tribal idioms, it's so grubby-and-a-half here that I canlt believe it! Judging from the inter- view'ee,s sun tan, it would seem that atmospheric pollution did not cut off any of the sunis rays in Nogales. The dark peoplen of this Mexico-Arizonan tribe worship gods of water and sun. Tom Hambell can usually be found bathing in either rays or waves. Upon feeling the need of meditation, he merely submerges himself to the bottom of the ocean and holds communion with the nearest anemone. Many minutes later, while more mortal Thacherites are speculating when, where, and if he will come up, the black-and-brown dripping head will surface in the most unlikely spot. Tinker,', to use the tribal familiar name, is admired and liked by everyone at Thacher. He has gracefully adopted the horses, bits and spurs, pianos and paintbrushes of Westrern civilization. He is accomplished in running and acting. This most robust of artists certainly lives up to the highest AFS QA Fine Studentl standards, and we, his class and friends, are proud to know him. He hath a heart as sound as a bell. -Much Ado About Nothing 1959-1950: Masquers, Radio Shack, Intra- mural Soccer, Fourth Team Soccer. Orange Gymkliana Team, C Track Tc-am, Lower School Gymkliana Team. V756-1957: Student Council, Art Board, In- tramural Soccer. Fourth Team Soccsr. Orange Gymkhzina Team, Track Team, Bit and Spur Club, IVS7-1958: Honor Committte, Art Board, Nlusquers, Piano Ensemble, Bit and Spur Club, Third Soccer Team, Intra- mural Soccer. Orange Gymkhana Team, B Track Team. 1958-1959: School Prelect, Student Council, Outdoor Committee, Epicureain Society, Art Board CPM-sirlentj, lVIzisquers Board, Bit and Spur Club fljresidentl, Second Soccer Team ICO-C2iPIllIIl,, Orange G- rn- khana Team, A Track Team.

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EL ARCHIVERO 21 ROBERT SPROTT BOYD . U. oi C. at SANTA BARBARA Entering Bob Boydis attractively decorated room you will probably find your- self greeted with a broad grin from an equally broad figure sitting at the writing table. Upon your arrival, he will put away his well-used letter writing equipment, gaze pensively for a split second at the large Schlitz,, sign on the wall, and then turn and gesticulate towards his bed. lf you can find a few square inches between the Sports lllustratedfs, Trueis, and Playboys, accept his offer and make your- self comfortable. After he has turned down the overloud phonograph in the cor- ner and settled down into the comfort of his annchair, you will probably be privi- leged to hear yet another excerpt from the many tales he has to tell of San Francisco. Bob is a very relaxed characterg he never seems to get frustrated about theme writing, baseball pitching, soccer-ball punting or riding Kory. Most of us attribute this remarkable lack of nervous tension to the regular appointments he keeps between classes with the 'Marlboro Men' at the renowned little tin-thatched shack. Yes, Bob certainly enjoys the pleasures of life. We are certain that it was not solely for philosophical discussions that he helped form the Epicurean Club. We bet that he will find higher education still more broadening. . Ah, why should life all labour be? -The Lotus-Eaters, Alfred Lord Tennyson 1955-1956: Green Gymklxana Team, lnlramu- ral Soccer, Second Baseball Team, Lower School Gymkhana 'lcam. 1950-1957: Fourth Soccer Team, Green Gymkhana Team, Second Baseball Team, Art Board. F157-1958: Green Gyrnkhana Team, Fourth Soccer Team, Second Baseball Team, Bit and Spur Club, lipxrurcans Cro-foundcr.j NSS-l959: Epicureans, Glec Club, Bit and Spur Club, Gun Board, Second Soccer Team, Green Gymkhana Team. First Baseball Team, Recess Baseball Cbanms fiiaptainj, Debate Club.