Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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32 EL ARCHIVERO LEWIS ALFRED MARTSEN. IR- UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 4' Swift as a shadow . . . A Midsummer-Nighfs Dream 1955-56: Oraqge Gymkhana Team, Fourth Soccer eam, C Track Team, Art Board, Intramural Soccer. 1956-57: Intramural Soccer, Third Soccer Team, B Track Team, Art Board. I'-157-58: Second Soccer Team KMZHSI erj, A Track Team, Octet, Glee ljlub avoted the most gleefulj, Shack, R Sl B uarlette. l958-59: Glce Club, Octet, R 81 B Duetto, E ' S It T.L.C. A Track picurean oce y, , Team CCaptamJ, Shack, Indoor Com- mmttee. The lights sink into a dark dimness, and a powerful figure is illuminated on- stage as he swings his body with the pulsating drum-and-piano beat. Dark glasses and hell-red jacket identify the R'n B singer as the notorious Little Boy Lew. The girls in the audience are completely fascinated and respond wildly during his surging sax solo. Ah, fame! , Lewi is combination unscrupulous headwaiter and hypochondriac track-cap- tain. People collect different thingsg Lewi collects Olympic speed pills, rubbing ointments, and canned-heat. These evidently work, for he is a fine runner and in- evitably plaoes in or wins the dashes. The Upper School constantly resounds with Lewi's uaffaires des femmesf, and he usually has at least five dilierent girls on the hook simultaneously. We at Thacher will remember Lew and his humor fhowever ribaldi for many years in the future.

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EL ARCHIVERO 31 IOHN GREENOUGH LEWIS. IR. L'ECOLE NOUVELLE DE CHAILLY SUR LAUSANNE Scene: The Dining Room Characters: John Lewis and lVIr. Chase Yes, Mr. Chase, I think itlll be all right for you to do that.'7 The Administra- tion has just been given the OK. on a pressing ailair of Thacher policy. Scene: The Parking Lot, beside the Yellow Bug Characters: John Lewis and Unidentified Teacher Hjohn, do you think we'll have a holiday tomorrow. nlim positive we willf' Sure enough, the next day was a School Holiday. What supernatural powers does this boy have, that see through the paneled walls of the I'Ieadmaster's office, the oriental haze of the kitchen, and the heavily- guarded corridors of the infirmary? Long ago Thacherites ceased asking. The ans- wer: impossible to ascertain. Beside creating a legend, Uncle john has swung his hulk around as head of the Camp Supply, chairman of the Indoor Committe, third team baseball coach, varsity soccer goalie, and mark-slinging prefect terror in the eyes of the Middle School. Next year John is going to Switzerland to attend L'Ec0le Nouvelle, where he will undoubtedly be chasing Continental females all over the Alps and helping Lilfcole to function smoothly. The Coordinating Committee will indeed have a hard time when it tries to coordinate a replacement for Uncle .lohn. 953 I -b 'I As merry as the day is long. Much Ado About Nothing lviirili: lfourlli Soccer Tczun. Orange Gymk- lvan.l Tczun, Lower School Gymkhauzr Tarun, St-cond Bzlsclizlll Train, Intra- mu1nlSocccr. will-57: Third Soccer Tearni. Qramzc Gylulrj lnum Team, Second ICHHIS Team. B Czlmpcr, lntrzlmurzll Soccer. lflif-53: Musqllcrs, lilcc Club, Iii! :und Spur Clulv, Shack, Tlmchc-r I.:-ttermcn's Club, First Soccer Team, Orange Gymkliana Team, First Baseball Team, HB Camp- cr, V153-SU: lXlzlsqucrs lStagc lXl:lungerb. Glce Club, Bit :mud Spur Club, Shack, Thach- cr 1,.l'llCf1l1E'll.S Vlulv, First Socccr Team. Uranus Gyrnkllzlun Tczun, Third Basef I-all Coach, Indoor fornruillec 1Cl1air- munl. Ilclmte Club, lil .lrrhiivra Board, li fiuuper, fuliloruixl State fliarnp-

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EL ARCHIVERO 33 STEPHEN STURDIVANT MAYNE CORNELL Oh, nol l ln . . . In a few moments the noise subsides, and we pull ourselves back together. lt's only Ace, Thacher's sonic boom, bemoaning his fate. Prob- ably the harem only wrote three letters today, lalthough its master hasn,t replied in monthsj, or perhaps the Giants lost. Actually Steve has made more than noise here at C de Pg he has left his mark on the soccer field, the gymkhana course, the baseball diamond, and the dance floor. His lack of practice before the Yale-Thacher was more than overbalanced by the presence of a certain blonde in the audience as Ace rode Mitzi to place in his only event, the sack race. Even Mr. Chase benevolently complimented his grace on the dance floor. Although Steve has his faults, the entire class joins together to make his life as easy as possible. For example, we always are sure to warn him when his sensitive skin is exposed to harsh, burning light, such as that from the moon. Before Steve gets East, we'll warn all the blondes in the area that when they hear our living fog-horn, they had better run. The choice of direction we leave to them, but in moonlight is the safest place, for Steve burns easily. What a torrent of sound. Henry Austin Dobson i955-56: Fourth Soccer Tram, Orange Gymk- hana Team, Second Baseball Team, ln- tramural Soccer. IQS6-57: Silver Dollar Club, Fourth Soccer Team, Intramural Soccer, Orange Gymk- hana Team, First and Second Baseball Teams. 1957-58: Glee Club, Bit and Spur Club, Silver Dollar Club, Orange Gymkhana Team, First and Second Soccer Teams, First Baseball Team, Recess Baseball Champs, Shack, B Camper, A Bass ketball. NSS-59: First Baseball Team, Glee Club, Silver Dollar Club, Bit and Spur Club, Indoor Committee, B Camper, Shack, Thacher Lettermen's Club, Second Soc- cer Team, Orange Gymkhana Team, Prefect, Father and Son Trap Shoot Winner.