... We were given the word about college . . . “You can apply to the Ivy League, but don’t get your hopes up” . . . Mr. “K” vehemently denied any and all prejudices towards O.U., and Mr. “D” considered Oberlin the best college in the country . . . We wrote profiles and read Victorian poetry . . . We mutilated “MacBeth” but took as our motto a line from this great play, “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” ... We didn’t know quite what to make of “gag” ... We were taken by advanced algebra and physics... we learned we were “lunkheads” and that we didn’t know the difference between hominy grits and voltaic cells . . . Mr. Downie kept us smiling . . . Jim Colvin, Craig Lyon and Matt Dodds represented us faithfully on the Student Council . . . Morris Knapp was indisputably Class Brain, and “Frails” and C.H.T. played havoc and hockey. A great many of our classmates were big wheels on Varsity teams, and we formed the backbone of the Jayvee teams. Lacey broke all records in all sports . . . We regained the Tri-State League title in basketball . . . Lacrosse, skiing and brick carrying were added as new sports... we were big shots in clubs and on school publications . . . We plunged headlong into College Boards . . . Mr. Ellis anndunced “there will be a meeting of the Glee Club” each day . . . Hedrick maintained that the smoke coming from the Photography Club’s H.Q. was due to internal friction . . . Powell appeared in “Mr. Roberts” ... we had assemblies and speeches and new school policies . .. schedule changes kept us on our toes . . . Someone reported that he had seen John Nolan somewhere other than the senior television room . . . was that one of those d - - n lies? . . . Many of us were licensed to drive, many of us did and some did more . .. MED wanted to get to know us better . .. We remember the spring snow storm ... Father’s Weekend .. . Trinity Field Day ... the “jeep” ... the Junior Prom ... the buring desire to be seniors ... still more memories. SIXTH FORM — At last we had made it to the top . . . The magic word for seniors was college ... Applications, recommendations, College Boards . . . “Why do you want to attend Princevard?” ... The word became Parris Island ... sooner or later the good or bad word came ... we ran the school community, some said as a dictatorship . . . Jim was our head . . . Lyons, Smith, Dodds, Ernen-wein, Peelor and Bender were our official Prefects . . . Smith and Ernenwein slaved over the newspaper and yearbook respectively. We began to study the past of our illustrious nation and learned that facts are not necessarily everything . . . we were overwhelmed by Chemistry, French, Trigonometry .. . Our lack of knowledge of the English language caused Mr. Owen great anguish . . . We took College Boards again . . . and again . . and again . . . We were athletes, editors, elder statesmen, sage councillors by our own admission ... we ruled the snack bar at the head of the line at last... we had a crackdown on underformers ... we complained about the new dormitory system . . » why weren’t we in college? . . . whatever happened to senior-,. '“ges? . . . what happened to our week end? ... We comp, lined just to complain ... Cum Laude was well represented .. . Knapp made headlines whenever a new type test was given ... The new motto was “I don’t give ad-- n!” ... Everybody went to Albany .. . skiing became the fad ... we made friends in Poughkeepsie and elsewhere . .. ’’Frails” and “Moxie” led a very restricted life . . . Cook had his cake and ate it too . . . Mother Moore’s was frozen out by A.K.’s diner ... the math department pursued a new tack. Spring... We laughed at the juniors worrying about College Boards ... we picked our successors for the high positions ... we looked eagerly toward graduation . . . we began to think we might miss T-P after all . . . We forgot about our complaints . . . about paying for the yearbook ... about our lack of liberty ... about our pretense at sophistication . . . We got restless as the year drew to a close. We remember the soccer field, the N.C. Meetings, our Prom at Quaker Hill, “the lovliest night of the year” . . . we, like those before us, got awards, gave our gift to the school... and finally, on June fourth in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty, got our diplomas ... We bombed out of the parking lot, alumni at at last.. . and thanks, for the memories. 13
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