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fellows” became the stock phrases with which our masters urged us on to new effort.
We settled down to a winter of hard work.
The football team started off the year with a brilliant season, winning all but its
last game. Led by captain Bob Aldrich, the men showed remarkable spirit through­
out the season, bowing to Governor Dummer only after one of the most hard-fought,
grueling contests ever staged on the Moses Brown field. A bit of luck might have
changed the outcome, but the team gave all it had, and we were justly proud of the
players at the conclusion of the season. The Senior class, needless to say, was well
represented, having many hold-overs from the fine team of the preceding year. So
many of the fellows deserve mention that it would be impossible and unjust to single
out any one person. The outstandingly fine morale maintained throughout the sea­
son may well be attributed to the simple fact that every man gave the best in him.
The team was given the usual end-of-season banquet, at which Capt. Aldrich pre­
sented silver footballs to the letter men.
During the fall months we established ourselves also in our studies. We were
the largest class in the history of the School and we wanted to live up to the distinc­
tion. We encountered two new teaching techniques in this our last year, one with
Mr. Raines, whose famous American History course set most of us back on our
heels for a bit, and the other with Mr. Paxton, whose equally famous English V
made us think a little, a process which was alien and most painful to us. Mr. Raines,
as is his custom, talked with us about everything but History, but we managed some­
how to stagger through his devastating term tests and ten-minute writtens. Some of
us who had successfully taken American went on to Ancient, just to see if it was as
stiff a course. We found there one of the dumbest classes ever to pass through
Moses Brown, but we had a lot of fun. Mr. Cate’s brisk "Ouvrez Colomba” and
Coach’s familiar "Keep your wits about you” were part of our classroom surround­
ings. Of course, the "Babe” was on hand with a philosophic word to lead us through
the mazes of Algebra and Geometry.

Shortly after the Thanksgiving vacation, the soccer team was organized for its
campaign. The boys were persistent and hard-working, but lost two of their three
games, both to St. George’s. Several other scheduled games were canceled because
of adverse weather conditions. The team was made up mostly of Seniors, some with
three years’ experience, but the short practice time left most of the men unequipped
for a hard game. Captain "Rich” Mowry stood out as a steady performer, causing
many scares in the enemy field.
The class elections also followed Thanksgiving vacation. The somewhat tur­
bulent proceedings, featuring the now famous charge of Delegate-at-Large Hersey:
"I think this thing is being railroaded through,” at last resulted in the election of
the beaming John Newcombe, president; Marshall Maclsaac, vice-president; Ken­
neth Clapp, secretary; and John Lemon, treasurer. The hard-working S.A.C. mem­
bers were Newcombe, Clapp, Kidney, Wood, and Aldrich. And, of, course there
were the Christmas plays, this time three one-act models, with an all-star, all-male
cast. Perhaps the hit of the show was Kenney Clapp as the gesticulating owner of a

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