Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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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.

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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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22 EL ARCHIVERO GEORGE ANTHONY BRYAN UNIVERSITY OI-' CALIFORNIA . . . not tllal you won or lost -but how you played the game. -Anonymous Iviliflllif: ,lark lioyrl lfmzlisli Prize, En- sumble, l':u'k anal Szlnlmllc flulv. BH fxlinper, Tliarlier I.ulleiincn's Club, First Sow:-r Tvaun. Balskcllwzill ifaptain :incl All-I.v:11:l1L'l, l irs1 Baseball Tvnni. N57-IUSX: Lower Upper Prelefl. Sluclrnt fulliicil. lfnsenilwle, ll:lrv.ll'nl laiivelsily Book Prize. li Canipvr, Tllalclrr Let- IL-rln:n's Club, First Soccer Team CMI- l.ezluucJ, l 41ck and Szulnllv Club, First Bnscluall llleam fAll-Lcnizuel. i'7iH.l'7i9: Srlm-I l'relcsl. Sllulunl L'uuntil, llonor Uviiiiiiiltce. lil .1r'rhi:w'rn Board. Nnlri, l.iIcr:iry Prize, Radio Llulv, lin- scnilwlc, Park and Saddle Club, B C':iinpt-r, 'l'Ii:u-licr l,vsllcrriicii's Ululi 1V1u-- l'resiLlvntJ. lfirsl Sucrcr Team lill- LL-qluliel, lfilsl Balscliall Team llfajwlailij. It was the first inning of the Hrst game in the 1957 season. The opposing pitcher sneered down upon the 5' 4- , tan-colored, blonde-haired Middle Schooler. When that easily thrown baseball left Tony Bryan's bat, the U. S. launched the first earth satellite. a fact which was recorded only by the 1-0 scoreboard. Simply to extol nMr. CARE accomplishments as wing in soccer or executor of perfect parallel Christies on the slopes of Mammoth Mountain would be to miss ilu- point that this Sclmol Prefect is basically an artist. He plays that most sensitive of instruments-the oboe: he thinks deep thoughts and then writes about them in poems. The short man works hard. Not only will Thacher's athletic squads miss the assurance of Tony's quiet smile. lrul llic whole School will rarely again find such an all-round sportsman.