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B uckley H igh as he did at M oses Brown. Even the class chess addict, R a fa e l G on­
zalez, occupied a niche that it w as hard to fill, as did Line Pierce, w h o also did not
return.
T h u s as the year advanced w e found our class w e ll scattered over the various
fields and classroom s. O ur football team , though it h ad no im pressive record like the
team of 1932, nevertheless presented fo rm id ab le opposition in the presence of C ap tain
O strom , B rokaw , B rennan, Otis, B arker, W h ita k e r, an d D avis. Led by their irre­
pressible m an ager, " A b ie ” Eberhart, the team provided plenty of com petition for its
opponents. T h e G overnor D um m er g am e w ill live in history as the m em o rab le day
w hen Bill L indho lm , e lu d in g droves of m aroon w ould-be tackles, tw isted his w ay
across h a lf the field for a touchdown.
Inform al track w as held in the fall instead of the custom ary cross-country. M r.
H o w e spent every afternoon p u ttin g such stars as T h o m as, N orton, Lind, W ild , and
Syren, the "T erro r of T iv erto n ,” through their paces. Joe W ild , re-elected captain
of cross country, found him self in the p ecu liar position of b ein g cap tain of a m yth­
ical team , but m ore than m ad e up for the loss d u rin g the soccer season.
T h e tennis tournam ents aroused keen interest this year. Sam W a g n e r , student
of V irg il and the fine arts, show ed his m ettle by overco m in g such proven obstacles
as H o w ard and Shervington to cop the H orton T ro p h y. C o up led w ith H ow ard
he ad d ed to his renow n by sw eep in g through the doubles to urn am en t w ith little
difficulty.
In our classroom s w e never before w e re faced w ith such a diverse collection of
w e ig h ty m atter to w a d e through. W e found that M r. C ate had b egun the year
arm ed w ith a new fo rm id ab le w eap o n , V a n d e r B ek e’s b ig g reen w o rd list, w hich
su p p lan ted his tried and trusty "P etit V o cab u laire.” M an y an hour did w e spend
p u rsu in g som e elusive Lrench noun w hich had som ehow m issed b ein g inserted in
the av erag e lexicon. In E nglish w e w ere able to g iv e close observance to such v il­
lain s as Polonius and C lau d iu s, an d w e rejoiced w hen H am le t pierced them w ith his
av e n g in g blade. H ard ly w ere w e beyond S h ak esp ea re’s h arro w in g d ram as w hen a
new w ave, this tim e poetry, threatened to o vertax our s tru g g lin g m inds. U n d er the
tireless Coach W a u g h te l, w e w ent hand in h and w ith A eneas, d a rin g the Cyclops,
the H arp ies, and every other m ythical form of d an ger. In R oom 3 each d ay w e
e a g erly looked forw ard to a new bout betw een M r. R ain es and Ed M a lle y , in which
the W e s t N ew to n intellectual w as in variab ly w orsted. B ecause of the fo rm er’s crafty
" W r ite brief notes id en tifyin g— ” or his "E xp lain the significance of— ” w e never
seem ed to progress m uch, but w hen the h alf year passed, w e discovered w e knew a
little history, and w e even dared hazard a guess as to w h y the colonies w ere in a state
of rebellion.
A n d so am id the c h illin g w in d s of N ovem ber w e d eparted for our first vacation
w ith the paternal advice of M a x M o n to r still in our ears. L ater M r. O sborne effec­
tively described "A frica W ith o u t L ions.”
T h e three w eeks betw een T h a n k sg iv in g an d C hristm as, filled w ith p lay re­
hearsals, class elections, and soccer, passed like a flash. T h e Proscenium C lub
claim ed in its w o rk Cotter, M yer, Bow ditch, Pendleton, and B urrow s, w h o acted
before the unusual settings of Don B oyden and his d ilig e n t staff. L ack in g a presi­

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