Woodward Prep School - Log Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Richard P. Preston Dick Editor of the Triangle. Skippers Club, Lettermen ' s Club. Glee Club. Hi- Y Fellowship, Basketball, Baseball. A true southern gentleman, Dick has real stature as a baseball player. Manager of the Woodward Basketball and Football teams, Dick regretfully turned down a tryout with the Baltimore Orioles, being too busy with such activities as escorting dowagers down the carpeted aisles of Constitution Hall and running a still in the chemistry lab. In the fall Dick will leave the not so old family plantation to study veterinary medicine at Iowa State College. Woodward will miss his generous and enthusiastic loyalty. L. Charles Rumsey Rumi Asst. First Aid Instructor. Fun-loving, racing-enthusiast Rums combines a proDensity for cynicism, with service to his community as a volunteer on the B. C. C. Rescue Squad with enthusiasm for things German. Rums hopes to be the proud owner of a new Volkswa.gon. And with a real flair for speaking, Rums has held his own at Woodward in bull sessions and in classroom discussion on all subiects, including his favorites, .irirls and cars. This gift of gab will undoubtedly help Rums to outstanding success in his career, the Navy. John N. Schauer Jack A veteran of the Korean conflict, prestidigitator Jack follows with unflagging interest a quartet of remarkable varied hobbies: hypnotism, photo.graphy, weight lifting and linguistic studies. Being able to hassle in Korean and Russian, as well as English, Jack is able to overpower the opposition, even without utilizing his hypnotic abilities. A pleasant and talented person, Jack expects to attend the University of New Mexico. 21

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Charles M. Murphy Pops Quiet, amiable Pops is a man who spends several hours every afternoon trying to memorize the I.B.M. slogan, Thimk! after leaving school and Mr. Stone in a state of silent awe at the workings of his keen analytical mind. In addition to the more mundane tribulations of his school-work-worry program. Pops ' life has been further troubled by the rumor that he is, in reality, Mr. Seekins ' father. After completing his planned course of studies at George Washington University hard-working, ambitious Pops, with his winning personality, is certain of success in his chosen field. Michael L. Murdock Mike • . C - w iA Lettermen ' s Club, Hi-Y Fellowship, Basketball. Pleasant, personable Mike is a fine student whom Woodward has had to share with St. Alban ' s. Woodward was temporarily deprived, not only of an ace dancer and swimmer, but of as fine a collection of garments for gentlemen, as ever were paraded forth from a single closet. A June graduate, happy-go-lucky Mike has a head start on his classmates. After completing his studies at the University of North Carolina, socially talented, gregarious Mike is destined to have the most meteoric career, in advertising since George Washington Hill and Luckies. Marcus E. Penn Mark This is Woodward ' s mystery man, Mr. X. In the traditional mold, he ' s dark, if not particularly tall and handsome. Penn ' s singular claim to immortality is this: how can he make himself so conspicuous by merely sitting still all day. ' Though Mark is hardly one of Woodward ' s more dynamic persons, his cute little mannerisms are familiar to fellow students (who adore them) and teachers (who don ' t) alike. But we are sure Mark will make his mark in the world. • fe 20

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Wayne R. Starr Dick President of the Service Club, National Honor Society, Skipper ' s Club, Editor of the Log, ' 54, Log Staff, ' 55, Science Club, Glee Club, Chess Club, Secretary of the Chemistry Class, Hi-Y, Bowling Club, Football, Basketball. Poised, slim and trim Wayne is Woodward ' s answer to London ' s Bond Street. A man with a literary bent Dick ' s enthusiasms in the field include everything from the effusions of the Washington Daily News to the nature lyrics of Wordsworth. A philosophical thinker with a touch of genius, Wayne intends to pursue an analytical career after completing his studies at Harvard. Friendly, generous, omnipresent, man-about- ' Woodward, Wayne will be sorely missed. Richard M. West Dick Hi-Y Fellowship. If Dick isn ' t related to Gen. Robert E. Lee, he should be. Woodward ' s most vehement booster of The South Shall Rise Again Theory, Rebel West feels only two emotions in regard to territorial divides: love toward the South (defined as the land between Mason and Dixon ' s line to the South Pole) and hate toward the North (M-D line to the North Pole). Had Dick been born 100 years earlier, it is a certainty he would have had the Red Badge of SomethingT To emphasize his Confederate outlook on life, Dick ' s college dreams feature Miami U., . . . and you can ' t get much farther south than that without leaving the homeland. i Ldor Bacon has said that the greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. No man has ever been more worthy of such trust, or received it with more faith and integrity than our beloved Advisor to the Senior Class, Mr. Lewis A. Stone. Without proper direction the best students become poor ones. In recognition of this fact, and with deepest gratitude, the students of the Senior Class would like to express their thanks to Mr. Stone for his wise and good-humored counsel; it has served as a direction of their actions at Woodward and will continue to serve as a guidance of their future destinies. 22