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d in e d to think not. W h a te v e r m ay be the exp lan atio n , about m id n igh t on C om m ence­
m ent Eve, w h ich w as excep tio n ally w arm , several m em bers of said corridor w ere
seen trip p in g lig h tly ( ? ) on the football held, clad only in pajam as.
T h us w e cam e to C om m encem ent and the end of another year. M ost of us
atten d ed the Senior Prom, and, after en jo yin g the brief w eek-en d vacation fo llo w ­
in g C om m encem ent, w e m an aged , som ehow, to stru g g le through the C o lleg e Boards.
W ith these tw o strenuous w eek s behind us w e parted.
D. H. B. and E. G. B.

V
Septem ber 1933 found us g a th e rin g once m ore under the y e llo w in g leaves of
the elm trees, for the last tim e as w e kept th in kin g. M an y of us w ere broadened by
m id su m m er excursions to C h icago and the great Fair, and all seem ed eager and
tanned after three m onths of relax atio n and rest. A fter b ein g greeted by M r. H en ­
derson an d assign ed our rooms and our desks, w e suddenly becam e aliv e to the fact
that w e w e re seniors. W e had been te llin g ourselves that fact a ll sum m er, but its
full m e an in g h ad never before ac tu ally struck home. N o w as w e w an d ered about,
g re e tin g our o ld friends, w e realized at last that w e w ere truly fifth form ers. T here
w as no one ah e ad of us; everyone w as strivin g for the position w e had n o w attained.
T h e p riv ileg e w a s ours to m ean d er through M id d le H ouse, to take one w eek night
out a w e e k w h e n w e should be " c le a r” an d to lo ll in the rear seats of study hall.
A rriv in g back at school, w e soon took stock of the surroundings. T h in gs w ere
not m uch ch an ged , w e thought, but, oh, w a it until w e had gone! T h o u g h physically
the school w a s the sam e, w e noticed several n ew and austere faces, both am o n g the
faculty and the boys. W e w elcom ed M r. A d kin s to our A lg e b ra classes, though w e
did m iss the g e n ia l M r. M o yle. A n d w as that our very m asculin e football coach,
Joe F reem an, n o w im m ersed in p lan t and an im al life in the B io lo gy room? W e had
to get used to his civ ilia n clothes and his bare head, and lazily w e w ondered w hether
the basic p rin cip les of football, i.e., blocking and tacklin g, could be ap p lied in the
room w h e re M r. T o d d used to ex p atiate so nobly. W e also m issed M r. Patterson and
his sleek P ack ard canoe, but his duties w ere com fortably divided betw een "C o ach ”
W a u g h te l an d M r. A d kin s. T h o se of us w ho w ere d eleg ated to Senior C orridor
sw elled w ith prid e as w e arran g ed our luxurious apartm ents. L ooking around us,
w e saw w ith d e lig h t that tw o veterans, Joe W ild and A1 D avis, sk illed in the art
of " h e ll-ra isin g ,” w e re still w ith us, an d w e soon accepted as old friends, new com ers
M cL ean , D o n ald Lind, and F ran k Sm ith. T hose of us w ho did not arrive until W e d ­
nesday m o rn in g w e re im m e d ia tely m et by such ste llar m en as B arker, Boyle, B ren­
nan, B ro kaw , C arro ll, G orm an, Q uinn, T h o m as, T in k er, and W a r in g . In these w e
saw ex cellen t m aterial for future g lo ry, and w e received them g la d ly .
T h e b ig cruise of the year 1933-34 g ra d u a lly got under w a y w ith a ll the ap p ro ­
p riate cerem ony, and soon w e w e re w e ll em barked on the v o yage of our fifth form
year. T h ere w e re several passengers w h o w ere m issin g on the trip. W e suspected
that T ed Johnson w as too engrossed in that stirrin g sym phonic w o rk Siko rsky’s
" A m p h ib io n ” to m ak e the journey, but w e m issed his truckload of records just the
sam e. A n d w e w o n d ered if N e llie A rn o ld could ever achieve such track fam e at

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