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while Scovil, Marshall, and Burton ad­ held in Alumni Hall —the first danced to the
vanced rapidly under the tutelage of Mr. music of Ed Drew and his orchestra.
Howe. Before we knew it, Father and Son Shortly after the football season began,
Day was upon us with its banquet, track class elections took place. Jerry Myers was
meet, and ball game. (The Fathers won the elected President; Houghton Letts, Vice-
game this year for a pleasant change.) President; Charles Briggs, Secretary; and
After watching a magician go through his Charles Scovil, Treasurer. At this time a
paces, we returned home full of amaze­ new rule put into effect automatically made
ment and turkey. the President and the Secretary members
Rounding out the year was Commence­ of the Student Activities Committee, under
ment, a solemn occasion when those lucky the guidance of Mr. Herman.
fellows who were seniors received their Our class was well represented on the
diplomas. To add to the festivities, prizes Middlers’ championship football team, with
were awarded to the deserving, who self­ Fletcher Burton, because of illness, for­
consciously walked up to receive the fruits saking a position on the team to act as man­
of their labors midst the beaming faces of ager. The Middlers’ teams were notably
fond parents. After having had lunch in the successful throughout the year, placing
grove, we left the shadow of the elms for a second in the basketball league, and win­
long-awaited, leisurely spent vacation. ning the baseball championship. Mr. Mer­
ritt, our close-observing coach, provided
the coaching and impetus that made us
SECOND FORM successful and prepared us for varsity
competition.
Summer vacation over, we now found Studies proved to be just as interesting
ourselves full-fledged Second Formers, very and fascinating as athletics. With such new
eager to shake the hand of that One whom teachers at the head of our classes as Mr.
we felt ourselves now qualified to call Adkins, Mr. Cate, Mr. Basil Meserve, Mr.
“Jit,” but about whom and in complete Raines, and Mr. Whitford, we found class­
awe the lowly First Formers were respect­ rooms scenes of much enjoyment. It ap­
fully murmuring, “Mr. Henderson.” As peared quite likely at times that we might
we made preparation for the school year interrupt Mr. Raines’ record of never
(buying books, etc.) and enjoying immense­ “flunking” a student in history; but by
ly the First Formers’ confusion, we missed taking his sound advice of “Don’t worry
only two faces of last year’s class, those of about it. Just make up your own history
Conrad Brown and Seabury Littlefield. as you go along, and you’ll succeed,” Doug
New boys, destined for great success, in­ Ladd and the rest of us found ourselves
cluded Harry Carey, Leon Plympton, Arn­ sitting above the “60” mark at the end of
old Post, and Arthur Walder. New faculty the year. The little man with the big voice,
members also presented themselves:Messrs. and the tall man with a bigger voice, Mr.
Eichman, Edwards, Hynes, and Walz, re­ Whitford, drilled us in the numerous fine
placing Messrs. Jose, Halkyard, and Spen­ points of the French language. Mr. Adkins,
cer. the wizard of the algebra books, introduced
We were a distinguished lot, and it was us to mysterious “X ” and his equally elu­
only fitting that our Second Form year sive partner, “Y.” Some of us even became
should mark three innovations in school so interested in Mr. Adkins and his mathe­
activities; namely, a revival of basketball matics disciples that we often passed a few
for the Middlers, a new hockey rink beside hours in the afternoon with them. Our
the parking lot, and a schedule of tea dances course was completed with the faithful