Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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10 2 1 been put out, he was able, by lunging forward his bulk, to force the bed to gain such impetus as to bridge completely the hall-wav. Then, together with Bradford (who was with us in those good old days), he captured and pulled the passer-by into his den. This happened every night until, fortunately for us but unfortunately for him, he mistook Mr. Catlin’s footsteps for a boy’s. Mr. Catlin was surprised and irritated. So was Squires, though, perhaps, differently. Thus was the “Dorm” rid of its Scylla. With spring came the job of digging the cellar of the Field Mouse, which was ready for occupation the following fall. The Charter scholars of our form, who were still surviving at the end of the first year, were Bergen, Armstrong, Aspinwall, Bradford I and 11. Burgess, Clarke II. Conover II, Cozzens, Crane, Downes, Forsythe II, Hall II, Howdcn, Lanier I and II, Littell II, Lord I and II, Mansfield. MacGlashan, Palmer, Parker I and II, Post, Potts, Pringle, Scott, Smith, Squires, Taft, Villaverde, Waterbury, Waters, Watson and Williams. Of these, seventeen have continued in their work at Kent through the Sixth Form. The rest have gone the way of all flesh, either lost or strayed far behind. The Autumn of 11)17 found us hurrying back to school so as to be sure not to miss a single opportunity to shout brutally at every new fellow, “Pretty fresh for a new kid.” The following allied themselves to our number at the beginning of the year: Atwater, Jackson, Lewis, MacWillic, Xoye, Robinson, Stenhouse, and Upjohn. We took special pains to tell these new members of our class the gruesome details of the tragic career of one William Bailey, English pedagogue at Kent the previous year, and of our riotous exploits in the “Dorm” and class. Saturdays we watched “Bill” Nadal run up and down the field scoring touchdowns. This was an extremely pleasant and popular diversion. After the team had concluded an undefeated season by defeating Choate sixty-one to three, we hesitatingly asked Mr. Buck, the Coach, how he accomplished the deed. Mr. Buck was nice, but apt to be rude and not mince his words. On this occasion he retorted “Add up your talk.” We were completely satisfied with this kind reply. When the wild glamor of the Football Season subsided a little, we settled down to hard work at our various studies, or to be more exact, at Mr. Buck’s Algebra. We were leading the school in marks until Mr. Schiedt, partly because he took pity on the floundering sixth and partly because he was needlessly worried that we would become conceited, concocted such a fiendish exam for us and such an easy one for them, that in the long run the Sixth Form captured the scholarship cup. In spite of all opposing efforts we came in a close second. In the spring the time came for us to select four fellows for nominees for the Council Members. The form held a meeting, and under the direction of Samuel 13

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10 2 1 Bartlett, Senior Prefect, we nominated Conover, Waterbury, Howden and Bergen. From this group the school chose Bergen and Howden. With this big step in advance, we began to take part more fully in the school activities. Already in our Second Form year Bergen and Villaverde were exhibiting their prowess on the Baseball and Football Squads. Crane and Parker II proved to be our infant prodigies in mental athletics. The former won the Junior Essay Contest of 1917, and the latter was head scholar of the class for the first two years. In the third form year Villaverde received his “K in football and numerals in baseball, while Bergen strengthened his place on the same squads. We were well represented on the League teams in all sports. Prize Day came all too soon. We laughed to think we had no college examinations before us, and laughed loudly, for it was our last chance. Aldridge, Boyd. Cleveland, Groome, Harnlen, Jenney, Mahon. Moran, Nichols, Noble I, and Wilkinson attached themselves to our standards in September is. As soon as we got back we buckled down to actual study, with one eye fixed on the elusive scholarship cup and the other on the frowning front presented by the College Board examinations. In spite of our studies, we were unusually active in athletics. Aldridge, Howden, Waters, and Villaverde won their “K in football. Henry Lanier blossomed forth this year and pleased us by being our first letter man in hockey. Villaverde, Noble and Bergen represented us on the baseball nine. Besides these, we furnished numerous men for the various squads. It might be well to mention that a new classmate, Jenney by name, from the first day of his arrival followed the doings of the Pop Tent with hungry interest. His attitude of standing behind the counter with his expectant smile and outstretched palm has justly earned him the antithetical title of “The Jew. This year we nominated Bergen. Waterbury, Lanier II and Parker II for the Council. From these the school elected Waterbury and Bergen. At the Prize Day Dance we watched the older fellows reel ecstatically around and around the staid old fireplace. There was a flame in our hearts, a green flame of envy. The day would have been very sad for us, had we not been able to gaj)e admiringly at President Bergen and Head-scholar Cleveland carry off the scholarship cup. In addition to this. Jenney was awarded the History Prize, and Cleveland the Mathematics. But after the close of Graduation Day we decided that “All’s well that ends well. When we came back as Fifth Formers the next autumn we found several former classmates had deserte 1 us, but Allen. Chandler, Eliot, Moore, Roots, Smith and Trapnell more than filled the gap. The New Study Hall was nearly completed. It gave a more atlluential appearance to the school, and gave us more space in which to sit, or study, or, perhaps, both. From our desks in the rear of the Study 15