Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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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.

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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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34 EL ARCHIVERO FOLKE ALARICK WILHELM MYRIN II WESLEYAN Old Man River. He just keeps rollin' along . . .' V757-56: Silver Dollar fluli, Lower School Gynikhuna Tezlni, Green Gymkhanzl 'le:1m, Intramural Soccer. IUSG-57 : Second Soccer 'l'eam, Second Buse- luall 'l'e:un. Bit and Spur Club, Silver Dollar Club, Green liyrnklinna 'l-earn. 1957-98 Z Sceonrl Soccer Team, junior Yal- sity Tennis Team, Green Gyrriklmrru Teton, Bit :uni Spur fluli, Silver Dol- lar Club. wah-39: l'lFSl bocrcr 'le:lni, l'1rst lennrs Team, Dehalc Club, THE ASHEVILLE CHURCH NEWS A large congregation gathered last night in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle to hear an inspiring sermon by the Reverend Dr. Willy Myrin on 5'The Sins of Youthu. Dr. Myrin, using colorful illustrations from his own experience, explained to his flock that the lack of religious feeling among the youth of today was preval- ent even when he was a school boy in the West fifty years ago. HDuring my sen- ior yearf' quipiped Dr. Myrin, I remember standing in the middle of the dormitory with my shirt reversed and a sardonic grin on my face, as I preached my seemingly unchangeable views on atheismf, At the Church tea, held in the Rectory after the service, Dr. Myrin re-united with one of his former classmates, now Professor of Pathology at Harvard Uni- versity. The Professor reminded Dr. Myrin how he used to spend all his wakeful hours quietly meditating amid clouds of smoke on the hill behind the dormitory. lt was revealed that the Doctor had the habit of phoning home to North Carolina every week tto his mother, of coursel. The Church elders were interested to find that their pastor had not only excelled in soccer and in tennis tit seems he was adept at wrapping racquets around the school net postsi , but also in two other sports which will he unknown to you Ashville readers-ngyrnkhanan and upackingw. When asked if he would be giving the early sermon at the Wednesday morning service. Dr. Myrin replied. Ah cain't. Ah gotta sleep, manln