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M u ch to our sorrow , som e of rhe old, fa m ilia r faces w e re m issin g from our
ranks. Pete D avis w a s no lo n ger w ith us, and m an y regretred rhe absence of
Russ D avis, B ill W h e e le r , B rain ard M acom ber, an d that fiery ath lete of m an y an
encounter, H a rry Pett. H ow ever, there w ere several new com ers, am o n g w hom w ere
A nness, B urrow s, M yer, an d W a g n e r . O ur num ber w as also au gm en ted by a few
w ho h ad disjo in ed them selves (o r rather h ad been d isjo in ed ) from the C lass of ’33
in order to affiliate w ith that C lass of a ll classes— the illustrious C lass of 1934.
N e w teachers, about w h o se difficult courses w e had alread y h eard v ag u e rumors,
ap p e ared in the flesh behind their various desks an d solem nly eyed us w ith that
" W h a t a dum b class” look. In " k im istry ” M r. N e w lin , he the im perturbable one
from N o rth C aro lin a, instructed us in the fine art of " m e k in g ” H .S and sundry
other gases d electab le ( ? ) to o n e’s olfactory nerves. U n der the continued tu telage
of C oach w e pu rsu ed our study of L atin, read in g Cn. Pom pey, D e Senectute, and
m an y letters from the pen of the im m ortal Cicero. On Fridays, there w as good
o ld " W illie ” P axton w ith his u n in telligib le list of hieroglyphics, w hich he scattered
th ickly hither an d yon over our them e papers. W o e unto him w ho " d id n ’t have
tim e ” to w rite a w e e k ly them e! A rm ed w ith cahiers for d aily tests, w e storm ed into
M o n sieu r W h itf o r d ’s room p rep ared for a terrific stru ggle. B ut our fears w ere soon
a lla y e d ; his liv e ly tales of g a y P aree put us at our ease. It seems that our beloved
T ed d y, shy and b ashful as usual, w a s proposed to m ore than once in La B elle France;
but w h a t ensued th ereafter w as too often left to his pupils' im agination. A m ore
m ild ly curious class in v ad ed M r. T o d d ’s B iology room. H ere each m em ber learned
to dissect his o w n w o rm or frog and to classify every liv in g th in g from T h allo p h yta
and Protozoa to Sp erm ato p h yta and A nthropoda. A n d there w ere even a few w ho
m ad e a p rem a tu re acq uain tan ce w ith "C a n n o n b all” C ate in his six-m em bered G er­
m an class. In d a ily E nglish, the professorish-looking " N e w k ie ” g u id ed us through
the p erils an d p itfalls of Sh akesp eare and R o lv aag . Last, and, as usual, not least,
there w a s th at fiery tiger in D en 11, w h o entertained us throughout the year by d ra w ­
in g counter-clockw ise circles on the board w ith a deft tw ist of his hand.
A short tim e after the o p en in g of school w e m et to nom inate class officers.
T h e " B a b e ,” that m ost affable g en tlem an w ith w av y red hair, w ho w as our class
adviser, g a v e us, at that g ath erin g , the biggest disappointm ent that w e, as Juniors,
w ere to encounter. H e k in d ly ( ? ) inform ed us that, in accordance w ith an old-
estab lish ed custom , it w o u ld devolve upon us to fete the seniors the fo llo w in g
June. O tempora, o mores'. H a v in g to cater to the appetities of m ere Seniors w as
a th in g m ost d istastefu l and w e ll-n igh unbearable. G ordon Otis w as elected Pres­
ident; E d w ard Eberle, V ice-P resident; R an d a ll Y o u n g , Secretary; and D ag g ett H o w ­
ard, T reasu rer. Y o u n g , Otis, and Scott w ere elected m em bers of the S.A .C.
T h is w a s the first year that our class w a s represented on the V arsity Football
team , an d the success of that u n d efeated eleven w as due in no sm all m easure to
such of our n um b er as Otis, L indho lm , D avis, W h ita k e r, and Y o u n g . A t the con­
clusion of the football season an d after the all too short T h a n k sg iv in g recess, soc­
cer and the C h ristm as p lays served to divert our m inds from p urely academ ic labors.
O n the soccer field w e w e re w e ll represented, an d our fello w s w e re a credit to their
class an d to the School. In the p lays Miss Civilization, lie, and Bimbo the Pirate,
presented by the P roscenium C lub on the eve of the C hristm as holidays, W y m a n

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