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

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In the four years Matt was at Avon he burlt a repu tation as a well rounded person Hrs actrvrtres as a leader and athlete combtned wrth his wrnnrng person alxty to make htm one of the most popular students rn the school Hrs leadership was exemplrfied by the fact that he was form representatrve during hrs first year later a dorm monrtor and finally head dorm monitor years and served as Warden of our school the first semester of hrs senior year Matt partrcnpated rn other actrvrtres while at Avon He was on communrty service for four years and also on the Drntng Room Committee After three years on the Gold Key he was made Pres1dent of that organr zatlon but as a result of h1s new duties as Warden he was forced to resign Matt excelled rn the field of sports He appeared on the varsxty soccer team for three years For four years he was on the varsity swrmmrng team won many races broke and set a remarkable number of records and was the recrprent of several sports trophres It rs not sur CHARLES MATTHEW SCGTT TIERNEY 6 Roller Road Charleflon West Vzrgzma Varsrty Soccer 3 4 JV Soccerl 2 Varsrty Swrmmmgl 2 3 4 Captarn 4 Intramural Basketball 2 3 Gold Key 2 3 4 Glee Club 2 5 Lrbrary Committee 2 Drmng Room Committee Student Councrl 5 4 Warden 4 Dorm Momtor 3 4 Class Representative 1 A Clubl 2 3 4 Vrce President 4 JV Tennis 2 3 4 prrsmg that he became Captain of the swimming team When the sprmg came to Avon Matt appeared on the tennis courts He started playing tennis tn hrs second year and was a member of both varsity and lunror var stty tennis teams But lm the Warden 1 7 . 5 3 3 7 7 7 ! . . . 2 3 7 .. Z , , . . , , 7 . , . u He was elected to the Student Council his last two . ly . ' J . . - '-vii ,,.. , . 4 ' 7 D H I 7 1 7 , ' ,i

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f s'rEPHEeyaifHARLgs SUMNER 512 El shelf f New Haven nectzcut ,Winged Beaver 3 4 '- Photography Edrtor L Gold Key 1 2 3 41: 'F Secretary 4 Avoman 1 2 4 .J dge 51 Ib ub '3 ffl-Dance mrte 344 r c 2 N 'JN ars Head Festrval 3 fb Head Football Manager 1 f Head Basketball Manager 1 1 Head Baseball Manager 1 Head Student Trarner 4 Art Club 4 Werght Lrftrng 3 1 U' ll wi Q Even rn Steves early days as a hrst form r rn the lower school one could see rn hrm the trarts whrch were to lead to success asprratron and petseverence the desrre to undertake drfficult tasks and the assrduousness to complete them These characterrstrcs earmarked Steve s srx frurtful years at Avon Much of Steve s trme was devoted to those outsrde actrvrtres whrch so enrrch ones lrfe at school whrle at What are we havrng tonrght for drnnet, Steve? e same trme benefitrng the communrty Elected to the Gold Key rn hrs thrrd year Steve served capably and was voted Secretary for hrs senror year The Dance Commrttee benefited from hrs efforts as Drrector of Decoratrons and Lrghtrng and hrs orrgrnal work brought hrm many and profuse complrments Hrs man agement of the specral effects department of the Boat s Head Festrvals of 1957 and 1958 was rndeed one reason why those fetes were so effectrve Steves lrterary and photographrc talents were put to use on all of the school publrcatrons the Avomfm N ova and the Wznged Beaver On the first he was a socrety page wrrter on the second a poet on the last the Photography Edrtor Hrs artrstrc talent led hrm to porn the Art Club whrch he served as Presrdent Steve was an actrve partrcrpant rn all fields of sport Where he could not partrcrpate he worked as manager and trarner notably m football, baseball, and basketball He was able to hold hrs own on the track team where he won a varsrty letter Steve's academrc record was exemplrfied by hrs ex cellent effort that won hrm the esteem of hrs masters and fellow students The hrgh regard rn whrch hrs peers held hrm rs rndrcated by hrs apporntment to the yudr crary, one of the most coveted honors rn student gov ernment ,111 vi fr ,X LX4 I arf, . -4 wl y'1 L! jk' ' Y 47 ful It 'V ,w',. ,W ,frf' Mu ,fQfff1 'f , 1 ,L My f , , bl' ,L-4 'vi ly' . .AJ ,Q lf CM vw -1 I 'Lf' Of' rf X- A. 'VIC . if rc' 77' gf Ll! J ,fl 1 ' V I D ' , fir lx L4 ' ' l' , ' lx Q61 fw , L clit L l 47 ,ff V lol! fr 'I l I 3 L' f V- V fr lid 9 7 ll If L 1 , H v 0, in I cl e on tv t ' 12 fl r . U X-., ' Lawyer 3 4 L 1 Ula K! ' UK ff' N' 1 Q Lf? 'Lvl' T, k 47? N DJ, X Q ' ' t ' f U7 ' l 1 fl M ljl W 4 - -uf! . - . . zjlbbx V-I G4JA,h:.U li ' M ill fvf' ,JVIX 1 u , A .- - , X ' 4 :Ll AJiP6Jb62lf ,zvuffdxv xr , W: . , . . th . . . U

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NATHAN ROGERS TRACY 7 Wert 73rd Street New York 23 New York Varsrty Football 3 4 Varsrty Swrmmrng 3 4 Varsrty Baseball 3 4 Chapel Chorr 3 Presrdent 3 Glee Club 4 Presrdent 4 Avon Herts 3 4 Gold Key 3 4 A Club 3 4 Dorm Monrtor 3 4 One mrght thrnk that a Tracy tradrtron had been firmly establrshed here at Avon as Brll was an outstand rng member of hrs class rn 1958 and Nate satrsfactorrly frlled hrs brothers shoes for thrs year We regret there aren t more of them to come These are the trmes that try men s soles Avon welcomed Nate as a junror rn September of 1957 Thrs young man rmmedrately made hrs name a famrlrar one on campus as he played varsrty football and rorned the Glee Club He also became a member of Colonel Evans swrmmers at the pool and served under Dr Mrtchell on the Gold Key When the Student Coun crl realrzed Nates abrlrty as a leader they selected hrm to be a monrtor of Pelrcan Dormrtory He was also voted rnto the schools athletrc organrzatron the A Club In the sprrng Nate played second base on the varsrty baseball team whrle contrnurng to do a fine job rn the many organrzatrons he had already jorned Returnrng rn September of 1958 now a senror and that much more mature and wrse Nate contrnued to contrrbute of hrs leadershrp abrlrtres to hrs class and school He was confronted wrth the responsrbrlrtres of Presrdent of the Glee Club and Chapel Chorr as well as those of a dorm monrtor all of whrch he fulfilled rn the frnest manner In hrs senror year Nate once agarn recerved varsrty letters for hrs efforts rn football swrmmrng and base ball Both the Gold Key and the A Club found Nate among rherr ranks I r Q I r 1 u n 7 ! , . , ' , . . 1 ' ' . . , . . . 9 - - - ' - u n 7 ' 1 I D 1 ' y 7 x , - u n an - 1 n