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METEORITES
People in the Public Eye
Allen, T. (Tomb)-Scraping the
bottom of the barrel for a date for Mid-Winters.
Armistead (Batty)-Looking for a wrench to throw in the Williams ma- chine.
Jan.6-Everyoneisveryeagerto return to school. Several boys have to be persuaded not to toke early trains. (P. S.-John is still in the corner pocket.)
Jan. 7-School reopens!!!! Supper is the scene of many hoppy foces, the moin topic of conversotion being the next days' lessons. (P. S.-With the oid of derricks and steom shovels, John is finally pulled down from the corner pocket.)
Also Jon. 7 - Basketboll pledge goes on!!!! However, many boys are- n't worried, because they are still ex- haling smoke from the holidoys.
Jan. 12 - "Stigleto" is reamed, steomed, and dry-cleoned by the Midwinter dance at the Naval Acad- emy.
Jon. 16-"Jim" becomes a mem- ber of that elite group of boys, known to themselves os "counselors," ond to the rest of the boys in school as the "**!!!!.£H.£[?'s."
Jon. 1 7 - The bosketball proctices for the game on the follow- ing doy, attired in helmets, shoulder pads, and hip pods.-No-they're not a bit rough!!!
Jon. 18-Team puts up o good fight (!!!!) but is unoble to overcome Hampden-Sydney's eorly leod.
Jan. 19-"Raindoins." "John," and "Stigeleto" seem to hove o very nice time staying out. (If the mountain won 't come to Mohomet, then Mo- hamet must go to the mountain.)
Jon. 20-"Footsey" and "Chick" spend all day in town playing cro- quet.-The boys on bosketba!l pledge wolk oround with their tongues hang- ing out, watching the "Off pledge" boys eat condy, ice creom, and all sorts of good things.
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Jan. 21-Basketball teom agoi~ Throughth• has pre-game practice, this time US·
ing tanks and field mortars. (But they still oren't ploying rough-OH. -Nooo?7?7)
Jan. 22-Varsity squod puts up o
good fight again, but the breaks jus!
aren't with them, as they are beate~
by Hargrove War College.-Aiso- · Junior Vorsity is edged out for their
Ballou (All-State)- Slowly edged out by All-Southern Voris.
Barge (Croach)-Wishing as many women· would sign his notebook as Ham Bunny's.
Bartlett (Larrance)- "Ug foink goo splut, don't you think?"
Bowen (Fat Rat)-Dropping by be- tween games to get his mail.
Bristow (Wings)-"CX-4 to control tower. Wind southeast, ceiling twelve hundred."
Cardwell (Tank)- "No, Mr. Banks, I haven't seen JoJo. Over."
second loss-by the Yel!ow Jackets. Jan. 23 -Complications develop in the St. Mary's situation centering oround Cookie, Jane, Mope, and
Carter (Whoap!)- Proud
name now that he has dropped the- burger. .
Goiser (W easel)- Threaten1ng George IV through the keyhole at 5 a.m.
Page (Long John)-"1 warn you, anything you say may be used against you!"
Rianhard (Doin's)-Doing well in his new business-"Complaints, Inc." Scott (B'ob)-Sporting his Easter
bonnet early.
The Astronomical Calendar
Dec. 20-The Library is the scene of much activity. but the boys who are there seem to have nothing to do except to write furiously, using up dozens of 366 pads, apparently ac- complishing nothing.
Dec. 2 1 -The faculty, obviously ignoring the many requests of the boys, sends the student body home for Christmas-and there were SO many boys who wanted to stay here and work!!
Dec. 25-"0ie Santa Claus" brings Cookie, Edgar, Mope and Jim each a copy of "How to Understand the Many Tricks of a St. Mary's Girl."
New Year's Eve-Edgar trips over a rug and falls down the Country Club steps.-John Hyre peeps out of the corner pocket in one of Ra- leigh's many "cue halls," and learns that it's New YeMs.-Mope races e '46 Cadillac in "Swee'pea" to cele- brote the coming of the New Year. (P. S.-"Swee'peo" won.)
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anyone getting any fouls.
Jan. 28-He'l (exom) week begins.
Store runs short of 366's.
Feb. 1 -"Croach" Borge records "I Should Care" to keep Kitten in e perpetual swoon, and "the boys" in e perpetual laugh.
Feb. 2-Mid-Winters come off in fine style.
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-· Susan. Seems that St. Mory's is do· By The Astr
ing its best to break up the love life of Mope, Ballou, Edgar, and Cookie.
Toking ou Christmas v1 Jan. 24-0nly three legs broken, occumulotior
a crushed head, and a broken arm in the pre-gome practice for the Wood· berry game.
Dave ''Th looked omo when he co tion. The os
Also Jan. 24-Junior Varsity hose
nice, gentle little scrimmage, hardly monoged to
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