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Pet Hate: Being called ''Slop Head."
Pet Love: Being a counselor.
"Gunder" is a second-year boy and despite the fact that he's a "Yan- kee" (word slightly abridged), he has been a credit to the school, making the varsity last year in football, and being one of the five lettermen on this year's team, as well os a coun- selor. He has also managed to keep his grades up.
LETTERS
(Contanued From Page Two.)
the way of entertainment to be found in this quiet little coastal village. The beach, or what they hod nerve enough to coli o beach, wos composed of o sondy loom which clung to one's body os if it were fly-paper. It wos very likely that o person would come off this be11ch dirtier than before. The wl!ler wl!s not too dirty, but +he bottom Wl!S l!bsolutely covered with fungi 11nd slime, l!nd this didn't odd to the ch~~rm of the 11tmosphere to 11ny gre11t extent, I 11ssure you. However, there was one bright spot about the swim. That wos when I met " very ch11rming young girl while I Wl!S sploshinq 11bout the surf. Stum- b l i n g ~~round w i t h t h e l i t t l e l t o l i o n t h a t I know, I tried to m11ke conversation with her. To my surprise she responded in per- fect English plus on American accent. She turned out to be 11n Americon qirl that hod been visiting lll!ly along with her pl!r-
e n t s w h e n t h e w~~r b r o k e o u t a n d c o n s e - quently could not secure poss11ge bock to the States. She Wl!S " very attractive girl, and the f11ct that she was on Ameri- Cl!n mode her even more interesting. She h11d to go up shortly 11fter I hod met her, but later that evening while I wos w11lking slowly down one of those narrow streets that 11re so typical of the little towns of lt111y, she ron up and kissed me. As I stood in the middle of the street motionless with surprise, she darted off og11in down one of the little d11rk 11lleys and disop- p e l ! r e d i n t o t h e d~~rkness. T h 1 1 t w 1 1 s t h e lost time th11t I ever Sl!W her, and it only makes this country even more of " mystery to me.
T h e n e x t m o r n i n g w e w e r e o t t h e wh~~rf 11t the specified time. As we waited for the bo11t to be loaded. sun-browned n11tives p i l e d i t high with fish, ice, 11nd oil kinds of vegetables. The ship was no luxury cr11ft by any stondords, but Wl!S merely a vege- ll!ble boot, and our only seats were b11skets of tom11toes. Our objective was Capri, ond we were willing to suffer most 11ny moll!ise to re~~ch that objective.
As the little cr11ft chugged lazily along cutting the blue sea w11ter sharply with its trim bow, the fresh salty breezes began to blow in our faces and the smell of the fishy wharves f11ded for behind us. There now Wl!S not much to see but Wilier 11nd more wl!ter, but even this h11d porticul~~r be11uty about it because of its lovely color, o magnificent blue thot seems to be so chorocteristic of the Mediterr11neon ond its odjocent waters; I d11re s11y thl!t even the most skilled artist with oil his knowledge
of mixing points couldn't duplicl!le such o
hue. After severo! hours the huge outline of the "Isle" loomed ohe11d of us looking like " huge sell monster, but soon 11fter thot it beg11n to toke the form of the beoutiful islond th11t it reolly is. Almost os soon l!S the previous transformation hod token ploce, we were docking 11t the little h11rbor.
The villoge of C11pri nestles omid the surrounding mount11in pe11ks of the eastern port of the isl11nd. It is o l11byrinth of nor- row, picturesque 11lleys, down which the unheeding visitor Cl!n quickly lose his w11y. Its center of octivity is the Squore or Piozz11, where the local people congreg11te ot oil hours of the d11y. This is the center from which rodiate the myriod of p11ths ond norrow roodw11ys leading to oil p~~rts of the island. From this Square eosy occess con be hod to many of the fomous and enchanting beouty spots of Copri along t h e i n v i t i n g p11thwoys t h o t s t e m outw11rd from this axis. Here, we spent much of the first d11y looking over these stronge new people and shopping ot the quaint little stores.
It didn't toke us long to discover th11t most of the beauty in Copri wos confined to the scenery. We found the girls of C11pri well-scrubbed, ploin, 11nd o little on the dumpy side. The people os " whole were industrious , religious, ond happy-go-lucky. The wor h11s ruined C11pri's pel!cetime tour- ist !rode, but the coming of the Americon soldier h11s provided " tourist !rode oil its own. The island folk will sell you anything from " cor11l neckl11ce t o o bo11t ride l ! r o u n d t h e i s l l ! n d - - , n d w i l l ch~~rge t h r e e to ten times its worth.
One of the most interesting things thot we Sl!W .,t Capri was the elue Grotto which is one of the most fomous coves in the world. The Grotto wl!s hollowed out by w11ves during prehistoric times, ond now, due to the sinking of the coast, is filled with the sell. When the sun is shining out- side, the Grotto is filled with l!n exlrl!- ordin~~ry b l u e l i g h t , w h i l e o b j e c t s i n t h e water 11ssume " silvery l!ppel!rl!nce. The CliVe must be entered from the sell through 11n opening not more th11n four feet high 11nd six feet wide. If the sell is rough "' 11ll, or if there is 11n e11st wind, it is i m p o s s i b l e t o e n t e r . Even in c11lm w11ter the little bo11ts must w11it for on incoming w11ve, 11nd t h e p a s s e n g e r s lie down on the bottom of the bo11ts in order to get through the sm11ll opening.
W h e n t h e d11y 11rrived th11t we were supposed to return to Cl!sertl!, we really h11ted to le11ve this gorgeous isle, but we, of course, h11d no choice except to return to the s11me old grind. All in ,11 there wl!s re11lly not " whole lot to see ot Capri, but i t w 1 1 s e n j o y 1 1 b l e j u s t t o s t r o l l ~~round 1 1 n d 11bsorb its rom11ntic 11tmosphere. The true magic of the Isle lies in its extreme beauty, cleonness, 11nd simplicity. This is wh11t Cl!st the spell on the visitors to this f11mous Isle. Somed11y I expect to return 11goin to Capri, but I hope it will be under different cir- cumstl!nces next time.
Your young friend,
ANDREAE. M. Hodgson , '«,
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Born: December 8, 1928.
Home: Brandon, V ermont.
,f the be Customary Expression: "But Mr. complair Milton said that . . . ," etc.
:affold Pet Hate: Being called, "John, the
or is th Baptist."
en I lea Pet Love: Stuort Hall School for ::l at wo Girls.
1 the mi Ambition: To set a new 440 rec- . For ex ord.
rings fc "Long John" has reached the top >ped int of the ladder in his threeJears at V. the mor~ E. S. This year he is hea counselor
before and president of the Honor Commit- ms is alsr tee. He made a name for himself in track last year by winning the 440 in e up, tfv the State Meet, os well as taking
ed. Th~ points in other events elsewhere. ;ses afte He is o member of the V-Ciub, which in and shows promise as o varsity end ' of ma this season.
y befor Ch I G W en out. ares .
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;zer tha Home: Richmond, Virginia.
vhen th• Birthdoy: November 26, 1925. testable Ambitions: To marry Hollifield 1 is tha and to see his nome in lights on
S. boy Broadway.
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Pet.. Hate: Being called "Wee- Wee.
Customary Expression: "You've got t origin five-pal!"
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Usually Seen: Leading the "Green Bar Patrol."
Greatest Concern: "Rock" Lee. 'Chuck's " undying love f o r Dr. Barton brought him here last year from Christchurch School. Despite the fact thot he is a native of the Virgin S t a t e o f Eternal Rains, he is o member of the Honor Commit- tee and is president of the Hop Com- mittee. He also dares the jeers of his fellow-studenh ro serve as assis- tant scoutmaster of Mr. Follett's boy
scout troop.
Richard Gundry
Home: Catonsville, Md.
Born: Possibly.
Customary Expression: "Hurryup-
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andgetinbed!" (one word).
Usually Seen: Wearing his football
monogram.
Greatest Concern: Keeping his
·slurp."
Ambition in Life: To own Reho-
both Beach, Del.
Favorite Sport: Pocket billiards-
and the eight ball.
Favorite Pastime: Growing more
hair on his chest.
Pvt.
AFHQ I 11nd E Sect. Caselli!, lt11ly.
Andre11e
"The Meteor" +honks Mr. Ganna- way and Alumnus Hodgson for an interesting post-wor soldier story.- Ed.