Spring
On April 2nd the school returned from Spring
Vacation . AU were presumably ready , but cus–
omarily not eager, to take hold of the term ahead.
On April 13th the Glee Club and Band gave
another excellent , but poorly attended concert,
and even the presence of the Beaver Country Day
Glee Club did nothing to augment the pitiful
handful of supporters at the performance . On
April _Oth Lacrosse surprised nearly everyone with
a 5-4 overtime victory against Exeter, and sud–
denly a team which had been judged "on ly fair"
by many began to take on the look of a champion .
The next day brought the Third and Fourth Form
Public Speaking ontest before the school , and
Peter Culver took the prize
wi~h
his emphatic
speech on the urgency of the egro problem.
Lacrosse continued it fiery brand of play and
defeated Deerfield on May Ist and Winchendon on
May 3 rd. May 4th was a day of ominous silence as
the Fifth Form trudged off to take their second
set of College Boards. The following day, the Fifth
Form elections were held , and Ed Resor was
elected President : Charlie Bradshaw, Vice–
President ; John Bronson , Secretary; and Andy
Reath , Treasurer. Thursday the ninth wa s the date
of the final of the Fifth and Sixth Form segment
of the Hugh Camp Cup ; and Pe ter Culver , entered
because he had won the earlier contest , won again ,
u ing the arne dramatic speech to make an impact
on the audiences and the judges. On Friday and
Saturday , May 10th and 11th , the school contin–
ued its apathetic way , by stayi ng away almost in
toto from what turned out to be a mo t de lightful
Spring Play , "Ring around the Moon ," by Jean
Anouilh . On Mo nday , May 13 th. Advanced Place–
ment week arrived, but a po tal trike had hin-
Term
dered delivery of certain exams, and the week was
one fuU of confusion and missed classes. Eventu–
a lly, most of the tests were rescheduled for the
fo ll owing week. Dance Weekend began May 17th
and in its own quiet , subtle way was quite a
success. WiU Dick returned from Harvard to play
at the Saturday night with his group , The Bead
Game. The next Wednesday , lacrosse, which had
built up a 10"{) record , was finally beaten by
An dover, but the Big Blue had to play their best
game of the season to beat the championship-hun–
gry Paulies. The next Saturday with Tom Shortall
on the injury list, SI. Paul's lost to Kent at the
Worcester Regatta. Earlier in the week the school
had been rocked by a Sixth Form statement which
pleaded for reconsideration and change in the way
the school was being run . The letter, signed by an
overwhelming majority of the Sixth Form , had the
campus in an uproar because of the harsh way it
had voiced its disapproval , but another letter
fo ll owed which explained that the Sixth Form was
not ungratefu l for what the school had done for
them, that the letter was not a direct attack aimed
at anyone master or group of masters and that
the only reason the Sixth Form had concerned
itself with the change and demands was that the
form's affection for the school had fostered in it a
desire to help the school grow and continue to be
a great in titution of learning. The letter and it
consequence had a profound effect upon the
chool and will probably pro duce the greatest
change the chool has ever seen. Amid many
master and form meetings the Sixth Form looked
forward to Anniversa ry and graduation with the
wonderful feeling that they had tarted the school
on the road to reform.
H. J. M.
