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1801Cochran but ~ The speaker inChapelStudysFl Chapel this rder Sunday will be the ReverendThmoionFdawllb Thetmovie on Faill b l1. Palfrey Perkins, pastor of Pekw Rich ar ingargand VTey- King's Chapel of Boston. The Anne Baxter. On Saturday it tead service begins at 11:00. wl e"ertLn' rhil,de- las, IILPA out, O.7, U BR2 PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASS., MAY 11, 1949 PIE 0GNS SPRING PROMIVVVI LL BEIMPROVEDFAR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ozzie Tow er Immortalized Saturday CommonsTo Have Formal Dinner; ~At Impressive Ceremony In G. VV. H. -i ~Girls May Stay Over Saturday Presentation Of Medallion Marks I A few weeks ago, on Patriot's Day, Andover students Eeto o H l s H l wvere treated to the spectacle of a galloping horse bearing aElcinT fF m strangely-clothed H ms alOfF e rider who turned out to be none other than In an impressive ceremony on the stage of George Wash- Paul Revere. Several days later, the campus was bombarded ,,.ington Hall last Saturday morning, the other with littlZ leaflets; and, side of Oswald to further his campaign, a giant .~* Tower's double life received due recognition for many years Iposter was erected n the Corn- This year, as always, the Bor- of outstanding work. Dean of the Faculty, and Mathematics mons. All of these phenomena den Gymnasium will be the scene Isrco ic 90 Oze proclaimed a loahee h nipt the same thing-the of the dance itself. Yet the decora- Isrco ic 90 Oze a loahee advent of the Spring Prom. tions will render the gym unrec- h nipt able title of Mr. Basketball. As a and in recognition of his note- The Spring Prom this year ognizable as such, for the Corn- reward for his many contributions worthy services, he was presented promises to be bigger and better mittee has arranged to use a Pari- lte caciyhewswith the Harold M. Gore Award thnever before; if may be, in sian locale as setting for the in i this atrcpth:ws 1942. Then in 1944, by vote of the fact, a big step towards a three- dance. French chorines balloons,elcdrcntyothfisHlm NaoalAoiton fCleg day prom. There are several in- and lanterns will greet the dancers Sastual wal presaente with an Basketball Coaches, Mr. Tower vocatio~swhichshould please as they enter. As at the Winter medallion significant of his honor. wachsnndwredatoy the average promgoer. For in- Prom, Ruby Newman's orchestra forthoutstandingeleecontributionetbato Mf stance, dinner in the Commons will has again been contracted, and his n hec stew elevmen cais asebal be formal, and members of the music will further transport the associated with Athletics, Andover Helms Foundation kitchen staff will serve the tables. dancers into unreality; humor and Mr. Tower. Mr. Frank DiCle- The Helms Foundation was While this is a pleasing conven- will be provided in the form of mente. Basketball Coach Lne originated. in 1936 by Paul H. ience, a far more outstanding liveley emcee Billy Crosby, and the School, was the Master of Cre- Helms of .Los Angeles, California privilege has been granted by the 8-in-i Octet will entertain the mionies. After an opening address, an ardent sportsman faculty; a girl whose mother or couples with some popular har- who wished he introduced the others one by to origiziate a Hall of Fame to headmistress has written per- monizing. one. The first guest speaker was cover all sports, his purpose being mission to Mr. Pieters may stay Must Leave Dorms By 12:30 Dan Kelley, Supervisor of Physi- to honor-the world's greatest ath- over Saturday, watching the ath- The next morning, after break- Oswald Tower receives the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame medallion cal Education for Massachusetts. letes, coaches, and those who have letic contest and staying until fast in the Commons, some of the for basketball from Walter Brown, of the Boston Garden Corporation. He was followed by Eddie Boyle, made great contributions to ath- the movies are over that night' girls will have to leave at 1:00 (Photo courtesy of Lawrence Evening Tribune) well-known basketball referee, letics. He wanted to include men Girls To Meet Kempers P.M.; all of the girls will have to George Carens, Boston Traveler from all sports, whether amateur, The girls, attracted from points vacate their dorms by 12:30 P MrtwieanWlerBo ,clegtorpfsinl.Sm as distant as California, will arrive But another day at Andover awaits Homet And Gof fart MIRACLES MOTI F sport wieadWlrBown, olegatebe ooroesinl Soheps at 4: 00 on Friday. At 4: 30 a tea the girl with permission. During ~ ID age r of the Boston Garden and by the Foundation are Connie tenatveyfr aragete heday PabdyHouewhreHea rn h C u OF AR EXHIBI Arena. Mr. Brown presented the Mack, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Dean Scholarship Hall of the Commons, baggage should be stored, will The French Club has chosen The latest display at the Ad- medallion. Cromwell, Knute Rockne, Ried will give the girls a chance to meet serve as a base of operations; here Roland Homet, President, Walter dison Gallery is a goup of paint- r Grange, Jim Thorpe, Mr. and Mrs. Kemper; it will last and Pug Hef- coffee will be served throughout Goffart Vice-President, and Wen- ings lent by the Cultural Division ProaiisO lt felfinger. -until 6:00. This will give the the morning. After a day featuring dali Patton, Secretary, as its of- of the French Embassy. The Also on the platform were Fred In this first Basketball Hall of coupes chncetocang beorethewatching of athletic contest, ficers for next year. About fifteen paintings, or tablets, for most of Cole, Sports Editor of the Law- Fmtit-w aebe e dinner, which will be held at 6:30 and movies at night, many fond members were present at the elec- them are on slabs of old wood. ronce Eagle Tribune, Bill Mokray. lected. of whom three are contri- in Society Houses and at 7:00 in adieus will mark the end of a ions, held last Friday, May 6 have been collected from churches Director of College Basketball at butors, seventeen are coaches, and the Commons. greatly improved Spring Prom. when Homet and Patton were in the mountainous country along the Boston Garden, and P.A.'s twelve are players. Those include elected by large majorities. The the French-Italian Border. Called Quint Anderson, President of the the famous coaches Carlson of (vIATE''R.S L AAE ~~~~~~~~~~~~ce-Presidential race, however, "Ex-Votos," which means dedi- Student Council, and Jim McLane, Pitt., Cowles of Minndsota, and FA~~~~lTC~~~~ ET wa very close. cated in the fulfilment of a vow, who was elected to the Helms' Rupp of Kentucky, George Mikan MRSA TEU FA IL TO M EET vi ~ ~~~FrenchBoy Supported they picture various disasters, or thletic Hall of Fame last year of the Minneapolis Lakers Pro RE~~lIS EXCU P ECTALTI ON 5 ~~~~~During the past year the Club near disasters, from which persons frhssimn civmns Champs, who is the outstanding PREVU IOS EX PECTA TIO N S has ~~~~undertaken the support of a were saved. At the time each per- "Ozzie" Tower graduated from player as far as fame goes, and HigginsAnd Payson, Weaver And ~~~French boy, Guy Escudier. Guy's son's life was in danger, he had Williams College in 1907, where with Mr. Tower as a great oti HigginsPaysonAnd Weaver And fatherwas killed inthe war, and vowed that if he were fortunate he was Capt. of the Williams Bas- butor, James Naismith, who oigi- his family is too sick to take care enough to be saved, he would make ketball Team which won the New nated the game. -Britton Lead Very Small Field of him. The French Club agreed a gift to the Virgin. He thanked England Championship that year. After "Ozzie" accepted the me- to send packages of food and six her for her intercession on his be- He has been a nfi~nber of the Bas- dallion, Mr. DiClemente bought -With the instrumental duet of Hayden Higgins and packages of clothing to him during half with some little picture that 'ketball Rules Committee since Mike Payson the program to a close by reading winning first prize and another composed of Ed the year. Four packages of food was hung on the outside of a 1 9 11, and for over thirty-five years Weaver the words inscribed on the back of and Jeff Britton taking second, the Student Council'yshave not yet been sent, but all the church in the town where he lived, has served as Editor of the Annual clothes have been collected, and Rarely the medallion: "While it is on- long delayed Amateur Night was held did the one who wished Official Basketball Guide. He has ceded that contesting well and last Saturday night only packing and sending remains the Ex-Voto know how to paint, contributed much time and effort courageously is more important before the movies in George Washington Hall. Emceed by to be done. The food and clothing and so he went to the person in as-a tireless worker in the im- than winning, triumph is a worthy Art Doran, the "extravaganza" Ing -6f a rope, an exchange of are being sent through the Aer- his village who had brushes and provement of college basketball, result for which to strive fairly." Proise"ldie, fogntl- th hndkrchef nd mbrllasilscan Aid to France Society, pigment, usually the carriage p isedno h ldis andete h n ellasosilks,k r he umbroi" The French Club mneets every painter. Consequently the style shen, and bouretos fe oea d the pulling of myriad bulky Frdyevnn -f the French andqultofhepiinsa H w sG vsO g nC r e A Eec ons groups participated.