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O ne lo n g study period fo llo w ed by lunch hour and another study period brought
us to a h ap p y seventh period w ith L ong John. M r. H einey ta u g h t” us E nglish—
but w e k n ew better than to "ru n acrost the clifts.” W e liked him pretty w e ll, h o w ­
ever, and m an ag e d to g et him to read us stories now and then such as The Fall of
the House of Usher and others of a som ew hat w eird nature.
In this our first year in U p p er School w e th rilled to the rom ping of a very suc­
cessful football team under the lead ersh ip of C ap tain R eed A nthony.
T h e n lo and behold! W e w ere sw am ped by the Y o -Y o . T h e Y o -Y o w as that
tricky little block of w ood that ran up and dow n a piece of string. Y o -yo in g reached
its h eig h t one noon w h en w e w ere entertained in Study H a ll by the "T h ree Live
Y o -Y o s” head ed by M au rice Lynch.
A s en tertain m en t in A lu m n i H a ll w e had the V en etian glass blow ers, the
H am p to n Singers, and others. A t C hristm as the D ram atic C lub presented three one-
act p lays in w hich , to our am azem ent, w e w atched the lau n ch in g before the foot­
lig h ts of the career of T a y lo r " H a m le t” Cotter, w ho g a v e a superb perform ance.
A fter the joys of our vacation the very fam ous S.A .C. (S tu d en t A ctivities C om ­
m itte e ) w a s founded. T h is com m ittee turned out to be very satisfactory and w e ll
kept up. O n cam e w in ter w ith w o rk in the gym and m an y w ere the attem pts to
escape from this ordeal.
T h e cro w n in g event of the year cam e w ith the g a la presentation of Alt Baba
and the Forty Thieves just before Spring Recess.
T h u s w e cam e to the end of our first year in U pper School. W e had aged a
g re a t d eal, so w e thought, and learn ed a great deal. W e w ere g la d , nevertheless, to
see vacation, despite our lo n g in g to reach the top.
R . V. E. and W . P„ Jr.
II
M o st of us w e re h ap p y w h en w e returned to M oses B row n in Septem ber, 1930,
not necessarily h ap p y to renew our studies, but happy to m eet our old friends and
some future ones. M o st of us felt b igg er; no lo n ger w ere w e the brats. W e m ar­
veled at the b ew ild e rm e n t of our sub-freshm en an d w ondered if w e had acted as
they. Even " J it ” w as ap proached by the boldest w ith o ut fear.
H a v in g finished go ssip in g, w e noticed that M assachusetts boasted tw o new boys:
Em ery Sw an, the M a in e fisherm an, and "R u fu s” K elsey. From R hode Island cam e
" R a n d y ” Y o u n g , a star on " P a t’s” junior team s; Joe Syren, a track m an w ho showed
his o u tstan d in g ab ility in the First and Second Form track m eet (w h ic h of course w e
easily w o n ) ; an d G ordon Otis, a first-rate pitcher on the varsity baseball team .
A m o n g the m issin g w e re " P o lly ” R o llin s, the cause of m an y corridor earthquakes;
and A lla n G raeff, an old-tim er.
O ur subjects rem ain ed quite sim ple. From "S ale sm an ” R aines w e learn ed m ore
about the "O ld G u a rd ” than about W o r ld H istory. French received a setback from
M r. K n eller, a n ew instructor w ith tortoise-shell eyeglasses. T hose w h o survived the
poor, ch a lk -th ro w in g m ark sm an sh ip of "T w o G un P a t” continued to learn som ething
of C aesar. " L o n g Jo h n ” H ein ey tau gh t us a little A lg eb ra and his pet saying, "D is
is de q u iz.” O ur favorite, how ever, w a s "Sm o o th ie” H anscom ; perhaps, the easy
and in terestin g ho m ew o rk helped d raw our affections.
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