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dential election to en liven our days, w e w ere forced to inflate our ow n election to
n atio n al prom inence. R obert Scott w a s elected president; W illia m M yer, vice-presi­
dent; D o n ald Lind, secretary; and "D u c k y” D uckw orth, the p eo p le’s choice, treas­
urer. W ith the H am p to n Q u arte t’s fam ilia r " Ju b a ” still in our ears, and rem em ber­
in g the om inous w o rd s of the b a lla d sin ger ad v isin g us to "m eet ag ain at the rising
of the m o o n ” w e d isap p eared to our homes to w elco m e in 1934, the year of our
g rad u atio n .
W ith football over, a ll eyes turned to soccer. C ap tain W ild led a doubtful
team th ro u gh an excep tio n al season. H e and T o m m y F lorie accom plished m ore w ith
less m aterial th an the shadow s of the ven erab le elm s w ill see in m an y years. S p lit­
tin g tw o gam es w ith the crack St. G eo rg e’s outfit by 2-1 scores, and san d w ich in g
in a victory over P om fret b etw een them , W ild , backed by such veterans as Graeff,
Cotter, W h ita k e r, and Syren, and help ed m aterially by such fresh m aterial as Boston,
H o w ard , an d Schw arz, m ad e a cynical student body sit up an d take notice.
W ith n o th in g to look fo rw ard to until spring vacation, w e thought the ten
w eeks m ore of w in te r w o u ld never pass, but w e consum ed the tim e by various
am usem ents. On Senior corridor the w ords "tw enty-five d em erits” and off corri­
do r” becam e pass w o rd s to be w h isp ered about, and m ysterious disappearances of
lig h t bulbs an d stoppers w ere not at all uncom m on. T h e Mosaic B oard w as elected
after a storm y session w ith Ed W h ita k e r, Editor-in-Chief; B ill M yer, M a n a g in g Edi­
tor; and Bob Elder, Business M an ag er. T h is n ew ly created staff began its w o rk in
a g ra tify in g w ay. Soon M ik e D orizas paid his an n u al visit to the School, this tim e to
set us arig h t on the N az i situation in G erm any. F o llo w in g his grap h ic lecture in the
m orning, he en tertain ed us ro yally in the g ym after school, dem onstrating his re­
m ark ab le prow ess as a m auler.
M id - years proved another u n avo id ab le obstacle in our path, but w e surm ounted
them , th o u gh not w ith o u t p ain in m an y cases. Even they w ere soon forgotten in the
n ew excitem ent created by the various sports activities. O n the field of track, our
team under the lead ersh ip of D on B atty continued the record of the year before by
rem ain in g u n d efeated in d u al com petition, an d clo sin g the season by breezing to an ­
other P riv ate Schools C h am p io n sh ip at H arvard . In this sport the team w a s h an d i­
cap p ed by the loss of B ow ditch in m id-season an d the prolonged illness of M r.
H o w e. W h ile the record of the sw im m in g team w as not so auspicious, it m ust be
said that the team w as u n u su ally young, and the perform ances of som e of the un­
derclassm en a u g u r w e ll for future conquests in that sport. W re s tlin g m ade great
strides this year, and several excellen t grap p lers w ere developed in this activity by
B ill G ilb an e.
A s the w in te r w o re on, a new vehicle for the Proscenium Club, the w ell-kn o w n
Grumpy, w a s put into production. Foremost in its star-studded cast w ere Cotter,
M yer, and B ow ditch. A new attain m en t w a s achieved by our class w hen an a g re e ­
m ent w as enacted w ith the L incoln School au th o rizin g an exch an ge of players. Ed
B urrow s and tw o other boys w en t dow n to blush and fidget on the Lincoln stage,
w h ile three of their b o ld er m aids, M isses A u d rey Easton, Eileen C artier, and M uriel
B ign ey, ap p e ared on our stage.
W h ile the b lu sterin g, w h ite snow kept the d isap p earin g m ercury hovering near
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