Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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HISTORY OF 59 Dear Drary For more than 50 years I have remarned an rndrfferent observer seated on my cold stone perch above the dormrtory named after me I have watched boys come and go short boys tall boys fat boys thrn boys Those who thought that I was unrnterested were mrstaken for from my vantage pornt I have been able to observe closely the actrvrtres of those mortals who carrred on therr scholarly tasks below my watch ful scrutiny But alas' I am a mere statue unable to express my thoughts that rs untrl now There was nothrng that struck me as unusual on that sunny day rn September srx long years ago as surtcases rn hand the first of the class of 59 walked hesrtantly and trmrdly beneath me As the days passed rt became more and more evrdent that some of these small boy first formers were gorng to last out through the srx years whrch lay ahead and some were not It was on the former group that I concentrated my attentron They were not perfect these forbears of thrs years graduatrng class for I remember many rncrdents of boyrsh pranks and rnsrdrous practrcal jokes But ere long I saw shapes take form athletes scholars artrsts I cheered Langdon to vrctory on the grrdrron as I lauded Chef s artrstrres and Andy s scholarshrp The next year soon arrrved and wrth rt some new ma terral was added to the ever growrng organrsms of eventual success Already they had begun to make therr marks rn the varrous clubs and actrvrtres of the school George had begun to pass on hrs equestrran skrlls to others whrle Val pen rn hand started on hrs laborrous clrmb from Lower School States That to Laprdus Lrp Departrng from the Lower School at last the students rn whom I had placed so much rnterest became thrrd formers Hoover and Lanny were names that were to become synony mous wrth Dean s Lrst On the freld or rn the water the form began to take shape Ferdr played soccer Wayne sparked the varsrty swrmmrng team and Drck served wrth gusto on the tennrs courts Surely I had reason to expect great thrngs from these eager young men The fourth and fifth form years went by rn a burst of frenzred actrvrtres and then before I was aware of rt they were senrors Many had come and stayed durrng these rntervenrng ears Y In the actrvrtres rn whrch they had once been mere partrcrpants they were now the leaders Barney and Skrp havrng wrelded axes and traps for four long years were now rn command of the Nrmrod Club whrle Jock and Andy were rn the process of makrng the newspaper rnto unrque readrng materral Pete and Steve ran the Gold Key wrth steady hand and tray Frsh and George proved themselves to be able heads of the Student Councrl Hoover rose to the posrtron of president judge wrth equrtable decrsrons always the rule Through vrgorous efforts Al brought back all the enjoyment of rnter dorm competrtron whrch had been so popular rn prevrous years Whrle the school slept Lanny and Val re manned very much awake rn therr nocturnal task of produc mg a yearbook Vorces rarsed rn song the Glee Club pro- vrded hours of enjoyment under Presrdent Nate Club junror varsrty and now varsrty I saw them come a long way Grvrng no quarter and askrng none Brll Terry Chuck and Al charged through opposrng lrnes wrth un equalled power and skrll on the football field I smrled rn my stone lrke countenance as Ferdr rn hrs fourth year of soccer proved worthy of hrgh posrtron on that team as he scored goal after goal Captarn of cross country Rolf led hrs team mates on to many a vrctory Leadrng thrs years swrmmrng team was Chuck who along wrth Drape Dunc and George helped consrderably rn makrng the 1958 59 swrmmrng sea son a successful one In the gym Hutch Al Dave and Pete strarned mrghtrly at the bar and werghts On the crnder path and surroundrng area Terry Pete Rolf and Steve demon strated line skrll as varsrty trackmen Many trmes I longed to leave my rrgrd foundatron rn order to vrew more closely the fine performances of Al Nate and Matt on the dramond More than once my perch was menaced by whrzzrng tennrs balls set rnto motron by Dave Drck and Captarn Ferdr Surely no one not even I of stone could farl to be rmpressed by such a wrde array of drverse athletrc skrlls From all parts of the natron came these senrors-Dave from Calrfornra Brll Sandy and Ted from Baltrmore Krrk from Texas A wrde range of personalrtres students wrth defrnrte rdeas on the way thrngs should be done At Avon they found a welcome haven for therr drfferent rdeas and rdeals a place where the blendrng of thoughts led to the final worthy end These were good trmes to remember fas crnatrng bull sessrons lrvely councrl meetrngs and rnformal chats wrth faculty members Many a trme I observed Bucky Beaver and Beman returnrng late Saturday nrght from an evenrng of obvrous garety College admrssrons drrectors also recognrzed the fine attrrbutes whrch I had observed rn these boys from the very start and as a result the class of 59 was extremely favored rn rts chorce of hrgher educatronal rnstrtutrons Yale Cornell M I T Amherst Swarthmore Dartmouth Brown these are but a few of the campuses on whrch Avon graduates wrll appear next year I have observed the changmg of boys to men men ready to assume the responsrbrlrtres of our generatron Yes I have been a long trme searchrng for just one honest man and who could thrnk that here on thrs small rsolated cam pus I would encounter a class full of them Drogenes ,, . . . . . . . 1 9 ' U , . . . . . 1 , . , . . , ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' , 1 I . , ,, . . . . 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During the three years that Barney spent at Avon he left qurte an rmpressron on the school It would be hard rndeed to forget hrs lrvely personality or hrs smrlrng countenance Barneys marn enjoyment was the outdoors He trnually actrve rn rt The club showed the hrgh esteem rn whrch he was held by electing hrm presrdent during hrs senror year Mr Durphey was blessed wrth Barney s presence on both Sugar Bush and community service Communrty servrce found Barney working around the now com pleted cabm the bunks of whrch were hrs rnsprratron He also worked on the rndoor rifle range and was one of the shovelers who braved forty five degree water to clean out Beaver Pond It was through hrs efforts that the Sunday trapshoots were rnstrtuted and that they garned popularrty wrth the student body As a result of hrs drlrgence the school forests were stocked wrth pheasants for the benefit of future Avon hunters He took rnterest rn the Nrmrods fishing actrvrtres and was responsible for the large number of trout released last year Barney partrcrpated rn junior varsrty football dur rng hrs junror year here and became first strrng tackle WILLIAM CHAMBERS BEALL 505 Fzeldmg Court Decatur lllmou Club Football 2 junror Varsrty Football 3 Communrty Servrce 2 3 4 Hrstory Club 3 4 Nrmrod Club 2 3 4 Presrdent 4 Sugar Bush 2 3 4 Chapel Chorr 2 Glee Club 2 on the junror varsrty team He was also an enthusrastrc member of the group that contrrbuted to that short lrved sport lacrosse rn whrch he played first strrng In hrs first year Barney joined the Glee Club Hrs desrre to rncrease hrs knowledge of world affairs led You too may have a solo hunter s license , JR. , . . 7 3 joined the Nimrod Club in his first year and was con- him to join the History Club in his senior year.