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A bout this tim e som e of the student body, to the consternation of others, b egan
to adopt the "bristle-bean" or "crew cut." It w as heaven for the fello w that d eligh ts
in rubbing these stiff "m o p s.”
D u rin g the lecture season the fam ous " T ig e r ” Joe O ln ey and our ow n Emery
S w an served as m o d els for Bessie M a e K elley, a crayon artist w ho cam e to d ra w for
the school in A lu m n i H all. O ne of the great m ysteries of M oses B row n is the w h e re­
abouts of her inspired portraits. A t another tim e the w h o le school learn ed "h o w the
other h alf of the w o rld liv e s” w hen Dr. G eorge R o um ert g a v e us som e m icroscopic
projections of w eird creatures such as few of us had ever seen before. O ther old
friends of the school cam e to visit us, am o n g them M ik e D orizas, the H am p to n
Q uartet, and C ap tain H ealy.
It w as this year that the G lee C lub m ade its u n fo rgetab le trip to the b ig city
and did its best to b rin g part of it back. Incidentally, there w as a prep arato ry school
contest in w hich the boys m ad e a fine show ing.
Before sp rin g vacation the Proscenium C lub put on an ep ic-m ak in g presen ta­
tion of Bulldog Drummond. A s lo n g as any m em ber of the audien ce rem ains in
school the fam e of this b reath -takin g " m e lle rd ra m e r” w ill survive.
In g en eral the school enjoyed its usual success in athletics w ith our class w ell
represented on the various team s. T h e cross-country team w o n the H a rv a rd Inter­
scholastic Cross C ountry R un, and the track team w on the R h o d e Island Schools
Indoor and the R h o d e Island State Interscholastic track trophies. T h e sw im m in g
team captured the Y .M .C .A . R h o d e Island Interscholastic S w im m in g trophy.
A lo n g tow ards the end of the year cam e F ather an d Son D ay. T h e lo w er school
track m eet w as set for the m orning, and a fine p ro gram filled the w h o le d ay and part
of the even in g w ith interest. O ur form w on a special interclass track m eet for non­
letter men.
Soon the hour cam e for another Senior class to m ak e its d ep artu re from the
shadow s of the elm s, and those lucky ones w h o d id n ’t have to undergo C o llege
Boards left for another carefree vacation. W ith dire m isg iv in gs others of our num ber
m et the Entrance E xam inations for the first tim e, and after c lim a x in g the year w ith
a good job, also left, for seashore or m ountains, w ith a feelin g of g re at achievem ent.
D. H . H.
IV
A fter the lo n g vacation w e a g a in returned to our beloved A lm a M ater, this tim e
to occupy the next-to-the-top run g of our ed ucatio n al lad d er. Y es, actu ally, w e w ere
now Juniors! T o be sure, w e w ere not "k in gs of the roost,” but the th o ugh t of such
a position w as tem p o rarily releg ated to the b ackgro un d of our m inds. A s upper
classm en, no longer did the first d ay of school daze and a w e us. W h e n w e had
greeted our old friend, M r. H enderson, the business of g ettin g books an d m ak in g
out schedules occupied our attention. A s these duties w e re perform ed in a m anner
befitting em inent Juniors, w e found tim e to greet one another and discuss vacation
happenings. O ccasionally, of course, w e paused in our conversations to behold some
poor, forlorn-looking First Form er w ho, aw ed and trem b lin g, had for the first tim e
com e under the scrutinizing and ever-w atchful eye of our g en ial Senior M aster. H ow
w e pitied him !
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