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W ILLIAM RUSSELL BALCH
73 Taber Avenue, Providence, R.I.
FORM III: Football, Swimming, Spring Track.
FORM IV: Cross Country, Letter in Swimming, Spring Track, Glee Club,
Band, French Club, Chess Club.
FORM V: Cross Country, Spring Track, Band, French Club, Exchange
Editor of Quaker, Copy Editor of Delphian.
FORM VI: Cross Country, Spring Track, President of Band, Copy Editor of
Delphian, Young Rhode Island Reporter, Jolly Poets’ Club.

Ben Balch has been wandering around
Moses Brown for four years; some have con­
jectured that he has been put on the honors
list because nobody knows where else to put
him. Actually he’s there because his teachers
are ashamed of the fact that Ben works hard­
er than they do. Bill is an integral part of
the Delphian, even though A1 wouldn’t let
him write all of the spring issue. Ben’s hot
combo, the Moses Brown Band, would have
played at the Senior Prom instead of Mercer
Ellington, but its schedule was too full of
chapel assemblies and Father and Son Day
programs. Perhaps the salient characteristics
of Ben's personality are his original dress—
long sleeves and mismatched shoes— and his
impassioned sermons in English class. With
such a background Bill will undoubtedly be­
come a great leader of the lost generation.

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GERALD TIM M ONS BIX LER

3 Riverside Drive, Barrington, R.I.
FORM III: Fall Tennis, Swimming, J.V. Tennis.
FORM IV: Fall Tennis, Letter in Tennis, Camera Club.
FORM V: J.V. Soccer, Winter Track, Letter in Tennis, Camera Club,
Glee Club.
FORM VI: Fall Tennis, Letter in Tennis, Glee Club.

Gerry possesses a certain fine quality not­
ably lacking in the more conspicuous mem­
bers of our class; he works hard. Nobody
could figure out why Gerry studied hard un­
til he showed up with an early admissison
to Trinity. For enduring endless hard sea­
sons on the tennis courts, Gerry has won
three letters and numerous state tennis
awards. On weekends, he works hard, too
— his date book is always full. If more of his
erstwhile classmates had possessed his good
sense, calmness, and sophistication, we might
have accomplished more at our class meet­
ings. Gerry will no doubt achieve the same
success at college as he has achieved here.
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