Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 200 of the 1936 volume:

Ill III III II 833 07425 3425 .. . . i- • « ’ S A «• . The 1936 YEAR BOOK of Kent School 1906-1936 Compiled and Published by THE SIXTH FORM Kent School, Kent, Connecticut Thirty Years at Kent A Tribute to Father Frederick Herbert Sill, O.H.C. . IT HAS al ways been an accepted fact with us since our Second Form year that A we are the thirty year class, and that our graduation marks the end of a gene ration in the life of Kent School. What does this mean, “the end of a generation”? It means a good deal. Kent is now recognized as one of the more outstanding schools of this country. It is known everywhere here, and in many places abroad. It has already built up a reputation vying with those of older schools, and comparing more than favorably with most. Thirty years: that is a short time to take from the life of a good many schools, yet it is the whole of Kent’s life. And in those thirty years Kent has started from scratch and risen to a size predetermined as its ideal, an enroll¬ ment of three hundred. In seven years there were a hundred and six boys at Kent, and now many more boys have applied for admission next year than can possibly be accepted. All this in thirty years; what does it mean? It is true that Kent has a wide reputation, but the mention of its name is always linked with that of its founder and Headmaster, Father Frederick Herbert Sill, O.H.C. Without him Kent would never have existed, and it is a safe state¬ ment to make that no other man by his own efforts could have built it up to its present standard in a short thirty years. Kent grew rapidly. It started with but eighteen boys and three masters besides the Headmaster, and reached its maximum enrollment three years ago. We can trace the development of the School, and through it all can we see Father Sill’s guiding genius, but it is beyond our capacities, perhaps beyond any capacity, to show clearly all those qualities of his which have made his School as well as himself outstanding figures in an overcrowded field. It is easy to say “He has a fine understanding of human character, especially of the adolescent mind”, or, “He is a brilliant organizer and director.” There is an infinity of such statements, true in themselves, but superficial. It is not qualities that can be named and numbered that constitute Father Sill ' s greatness, but something that runs deeper, and is genius. We can do no better than to make the history of the School itself the history of Father Sill, and the ultimate and truest tribute to him. Kent was visualized first when Father Sill was still at Columbia University. He and his roommate, “Hank” Littell talked over plans for a school of its type and he never forgot them. He joined the Order of the Holy Cross, and it was not long before he obtained permission from Father Huntington to organize the school which is Kent. Eighteen boys and three masters started the School year in September, 1906. It was a struggle. The School building was full of incon¬ veniences and cold during the hard winter. But difficulties only bound the School together the more, and those first boys set down the standards of loyalty and cheerful co-operation which still persist. I’dyc three THE KEHT SCHOOL The School was small at first but grew rapidly. Its location was changed in the spring of the first year to the present site. The School almost doubled in size the next year, filling the new quarters to capacity again. The new building was also inconvenient and cold in the winter, but the atmosphere of the School remained cheerful and hearty. Religion then as now was an integral part of the School life, and the boys at first walked two miles every Sunday to attend the Church in town. Toward the latter end of the second year an old woodshed was remodeled to become the first School Chap el. Before the beginning of the fourth year the old Main Building was enlarged to its present size. The new structure had room for seventy boys and for a sufficient number of classrooms. An old shed at the open end of the Quad was converted into a precautionary Infirmary, although the School was “alarmingly healthy” in Doctor Barnum’s words. The Farm, now boasting one of the finest dairies in Connecticut, was begun this year, providing the School with potatoes, milk, and fresh vegetables as well as another outlet for the successful Self-Help system. A new building, the North Building, was being erected along the river bank when a hundred and six boys came for the seventh year, but it was untenable as yet, and many started the year in the Cottage, now Mr. Loomis’s house, and some few even overflowed into the Old Town House. The Faculty had by this time increased from the original three, now numbering twelve men, including Mr. William C. Hall, the first Kent Alumnus to become a master. The School slackened off from its first rapid growth, but by 1917 there were a hundred and thirty-seven boys at Kent, and the Field House was begun with lockers for visiting teams, and rooms and dormitories above. In 1919 the present Study Hall was built. It was in the same style as the Main Building and North Building, and was placed at one end and at right angles to this latter. It was during this year that the School was first visualized in approximately its present form, and a drive was started to raise $250,000.00, the most immediate objectives being a new Dining Hall and a new and larger Infirmary. The drive was not successful at once, but when the School began its fifteenth year $80,000.00 had been raised. The first use of this fund was made two years later when the Farm was moved to its present site in Macedonia Valley, near the School. A farmer’s cottage was built, and a creamery and modern equipment for milk production were also sup¬ plied. Where the Farm had stood a new brick Colonial Infirmary of more ade¬ quate proportions was built. Father Sill began this same year his Twentieth Anniversary Fund drive. In the spring of 1924 work was begun on the new Dining Hall and it was completed early in April the next year. Not only was the Dining Hall spacious Page four TEAR BOOK 1936 enough to accommodate the School comfortably, but the building also provided rooms for the help, and additional rooms for the boys. Plans were again pushed for the enlarging of the School plant and this time came to fruition when the new Norman Chapel and North Dormitory were begun in the spring of 1930. Both were completed and used before a year had passed and were decided and permanent improvements to Kent. In 1932 a record enrollment of two hundred and ninety-eight students was reached, and since then the mark of two hundred and ninety-nine has been main¬ tained, the Headmaster wisely refusing to allow the School to grow above three hundred. The School was brought to its present status as regards buildings with the erection of the Sports Building in 1934, the gift of the Fathers’ Association. The debt incurred in erecting the other buildings was erased for good this fall when the long term mortgage was paid off. For the first time in its history the School is in a completely solvent state with no debts. If this history has concerned itself mainly with the physical aspects of the growth of Kent School, it is because the rest is too subtle to be caught directly, and may better be inferred from the actual accomplishments rather than from any amount of direct explanation. The whole-hearted enthusiasm of Kent’s begin¬ ning persists now, and we have tried to catch it in these pages, and, in expressing the forms of Kent life we hope to have conveyed some of its flavor. Concisely, the part we wish to bring out most is Father Sill. Without him Kent would be just another school. With him it is Kent, a statement that speaks for itself. And Father Sill is Kent. Thirty years have come and gone. One son of an Alumnus has already grad¬ uated, another is to graduate this year, and there are many more now in the lower Forms. We pause at the end of the first generation to consider the accomplish¬ ments of those thirty years, and more and more we must realize that Father Sill has effected whatever of value has been accomplished. The School has built up a reputation already, but this speaks not so much of the School as it does of Father Sill. He has seen the School progress rapidly and become famous. Another might have been content to rest on laurels earned, but Father Sill has never ceased his endeavor to better the School. Taking as a standard a motto of Doctor Arnold of Rugby he has lived up to its fullest implications—“Aim at success, but never think you are successful.’’ We cannot adequately express the debt we owe to Father Sill. He has meant to us the best part of our lives at Kent, never failing to help or advise us when we needed aid, and going out of his way to make inti¬ mate personal friends of us all. It is with the deepest sense of respect for him and of gratitude for what he has meant to us, and more particularly to Kent School that we, the Thirtieth Anniversary class, dedicate this chronicle of Kent’s thirtieth year to its founder and Headmaster, Father Frederick Herbert Sill, O.II.C. Page five THE KENT SCHOOL Foreword A I ' HE Class of 1936 has prepared this volume in an effort to bring to all those interested in Kent School a complete and accurate record of the activities and organizations of the School, pictorially and verbally, during the Spring and Fall terms of 1935 and the Winter term of 1936. We wish to thank Mr. Clifton K. Loomis for his excellent and valuable assistance as literary critic, and Mr. R. P. Titus for his generous advice concerning the financial details involved in the production of this annual. TEAR BOOK 1936 Contents DEDICATION.3 FOREWORD. G SCHOOL VIEWS.9 ADMINISTRATION.17 Faculty ........... 18 The Prefects .......... 26 The Council .......... 29 SIXTH FORM.31 The Graduating Class ........ 33 Personal Achievements ........ 34 Class History .......... 73 Charter Members ......... 89 CLASSES.91 Fifth Form.93 Fourth Form .......... 94 Third Form .......... 97 Second Form .......... 99 ORGANIZATIONS.10.3 The Musical Organizations ....... 105 The Glee C]ub .......... 107 The Co-operative Stores ........ 109 The News ....... ..Ill The Year Book Board . . . 112 The Bell Ringers ......... 113 Dramatics . . . 115 Chess . . . . . . 116 Debating . . . 117 The Cum Laude Society . . . . . . 118 The Fathers’and Mothers’Association . . 119 The Alumni Association .... ... 120 ATHLETICS.121 Crew . . . . . . . 123 Baseball.1.31 Tennis .......... 137 Football ........... 143 Hockey . . . . . . . . 151 Basketball.157 Wrestling . . . . . . . . . 162 Track.163 Summer Activities ... .... 164 ADVERTISEMENTS.165 Page seven There ' s a river through a valley, A?id nearby that riverside Is a place we ' ll all remember When we ' re scattered far and wide; We ' ll recall it with affection, We ' ll recall it too with pride. Of our own Kent School we now are singing, To our own Kent School we now are bringing This tribute to her rule, send it ringing, ' Til the echoes fling it hither to abide. Here we stand for what is worthy, Here we strive for what is right, And our hopes being in the future, Let us ma e that future bright; While our School is here to help us With a clear and steady light; Of our own Kent School we now are singing. To our own Kent School we now are bringing This tribute to her rule, send it ringing, ' Til the echoes fling it hither day and night. Infirmary at Night The Chapel The Dining Hall The Main Building The Road hito School Rad House West Entry of the Chapel School c Views mm m i s ' 1 1 J t ittAiy riff I iii 1 Jp f ftl mtmsm i LiW ' n’ IS S ' iHHi The Faculty The Prefects The Council dministration THE KETiT SCHOOL m)c $vcb. Jfrebericti . gull, S. IS., Columbia, 1895; B.B., (Hilltams, 1920; Hitt. B., Columbia, 1924. g ' . ' fE.U., (General GTbeo= logical Ubetntnarp, 1928. Hitt. B., utgers, 1935. C rabuatcb from General {Theological i emtnarp, J3orb Citp, 1S98. Crbatneb beacon bp $Jtsbop %. potter, iiWap, 1898. ©rbatneb priest bp i tsbop 1$. 1L. potter, idlap, 1899. S crbeb on ttjc staff of JHount Cal= barp $arisb, Baltimore, until Hlanuarp 25, 1900, on bjljtcb bate be entereb tfje Jlobitiate of tbe dEhber of tlje olp Cross at ll?olp Cross, iHcst |3arb, . J9. $ro= ftsseb on 4$lap 3, 1902. Jfounbeb llent in 1906. J eabmaster. £?acreb £s tubics, Cngltsfj, anb Coacb of Cretn. Page eighteen TEAR BOOK 1936 THEODORE F. EVANS, A.13. Kent, 1915 Assistant Headmaster , History, Latin Coach of Junior Football and Baseball and Second Hockey Teams A.13., Trinity, 1919. Joined the Kent faculty in 1919. MANUEL 1). NADAL Kent, 1917 Assistant Headmaster, History Coach of Football, Hockey and Baseball Served in the United States Marines, 1918-1919. Joined the Kent faculty in 1919. Pmje nineteen THE KENT SCHOOL CHARLES 1 HARRINGTON, JR., A.M. French, Spanish A.B., Harvard, 1910; A.M., Louisiana State Univer¬ sity, 1911. Instructor of French and Spanish at Louis¬ iana State University, 1910-1912. Taught French and Spanish at Ponce High School, Ponce, Porto Rico, 1912- 1913. Head of Modern Language Department, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana, 1913-1918. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1918. FRANK V. ANDERS, A.M. Mathematics A.B., St. Stephen’s, 1918; A.M., St. Stephen’s, 1922. Student at the General Theological Seminary, New York City. Graduate work in the Teachers’ College, Columbia University, 1920-1921. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1919. JAMES P. HUMPHREYS, A.B. Latin, Greek Coach of Tenn is and Assistant Coach of Football Student at Oxford University, 1914. A.B., Williams, 1919. Student at University of Paris, 1918-1919. In¬ fantry Sergeant, LTnited States Army in France, 1918- 1919. Served on The Stars and Stripes, official newspaper of the A. E. F. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1920. T. DIXON WALKER Kent, 1919 Mathematics Secretary of Alumni Association Coach of Second Football Team and Form Hockey and Crew A ale University, ex-1922. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1920. Page twenty TEAR BOOK 1936 CLIFTON K. LOOMIS, Ph.B. English Ph.B., Kenyon, 1919. Taught at Lake Forest Acad¬ emy, 1917; at University of Maine, 1919; at St. Paul’s School, Garden City, New York, 1919-1920; at Law- renceville School, i920-1923. Field Artillery Officers Training Camp, 1918. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1923. allan McDowell Mathematics Prepared at St. James’ School, Maryland; Washington and Lee University, ex-1912. With Wyoming-Pocahon¬ tas Coal and Coke Company, 1912-1913. Construction work, Kenny Park, Hartford, Conn., 1913-1915; Barnum, Richardson Company, East Canaan, Conn., 1915-1917. Survey work. State Park Commission, 1917-1919. Assistant Engineer, Connecticut Light and Power Com¬ pany, 1919-1923. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1923. THE REV. WILLIAM COLCOIID WOODS, Ph.D. ( ' h e m istry , II iology A.B., Wesleyan University, 1913; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1917. Graduate Student and Assistant Profes¬ sor in Entomology at Cornell, 1913-1917. Instructor in Biology at Wesleyan, 1917-1918. Served in the Medical Department, United States Army, 1918-1919. Associate Professor of Biology at Wesleyan, 1919-1924. Ordained Deacon, November 1, 1919. Ordained Priest, March 4, 1921. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1924. Rector of St. Andrew’s Parish, Kent. DAVID ALBERT TIRRELL, A.B. French , German Assistant (’oach of Football and Hockey A.B., Harvard, 1918. United States Navy, 1917-1918. Master in French and Spanish at Hotchkiss School, 1920- 1921; at the Bordontown Military Institute, January, 1922-June, 1922; at Choate School, 1922-1924; at St. Louis Country Day School, 1924-1926. Master in French at Kent, 1926-1932. Headmaster of Evans School, Tuscon, Arizona, 1932-1934. Returned to Kent in 1934. Page twenty-one THE KEHT SCHOOL RICHARD M. BAKER, A.B. French, Dramatics A.B., Harvard, 1918. Teacher of French at Massa¬ chusetts Institute of Technology, Summer of 1918; Teacher of French and Spanish at St. George’s School, 1919-1921; Teacher of French at Deerfield, 1921-1922; Teacher of French and Spanish at Chestnut Hill Acad¬ emy, 1922-1923; Teacher of French and Spanish at Woodberry Forest School, 1924-1927. Joined the Kent Faculty iii 1927. WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, A.B. Kent, 1924 IIistory Coach of Junior Football A.B., Harvard, 1928. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1928. JOHN G. PARK Kent, 1928 English Coach of Junior Hockey and Crew Left Harvard University at the end of his Freshman year to join the Kent Faculty in 1929. S. ROWLAND MORGAN, JR., A.B. English, Debating Coach of Junior Football, Hockey and Baseball A.B., Williams, 1931. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1931. Page twenty-two TEAR BOOK 1936 KENT SMITH Kent, 1928 Coach of Basketball, Assistant Coach of Football and Baseball St. Stephen ' s ex-1932. Master at Canterbury School, 1931-1932. Joined tlie Kent Faculty in 1932. ROBERT L. COLMORE, A.B. Kent, 1927 French , Spanish Coach of Midget Football, Wrestling, and Assistant Coach of Crew A.B., Princeton, 1931. Master of French and Spanish at St. Paul’s School, 1931-1934. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1934. R. LEE GILLIAM Music, II istory New York University, 1925-1928. New York Uni¬ versity Summer School, 1928-1935. Master School of Music, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1925-1926. Pupil of Francis Rogers of the Julliard Foundation. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1928. E. TALBOT DONALDSON, A.B. Kent, 1928 Latin, English A.B., Harvard, 1932. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1932. Payc twenty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL G. A. CLEVELAND SHRTGLEY, B.A. Latin, English IS.A., St. Stephen’s College, 1927; Graduate work at Columbia University and Cambridge University; Re¬ search in Language Disabilities at Neurological Institute, New York City, 1933-1934. Master at The Hill School, 1927-1935. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1935. THE REV. JAMES HENRY GORHAM, O.H.C., A.R. General Science A.B., Princeton, 1913. General Theological Seminary, 1916. Ordained Deacon on May l, 1916. Ordained Priest on June 1 , 1917. Professed into the Order of the Holy Cross on February 12, 1919. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1935. LUCIUS CROWELL, JR. Art, Art Appreciation Graduated Lawrenceville School, 1928; Williams, ex- 1932; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1931-1933. Studied with Franklin Watkins and Arthur Carles, 1934; Studied in Europe, 1935. Joined the Kent Faculty in 1935. t ' age twenty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 First Ten Scholars 1934-1935 Horace Gray Lunt Fourth Form 93.0 Robert Janney Redington Fourth Form 93.4 Paul Thorne Yardley Sixth Form 93. Robert Lewis Conway Third Form 91.0 John dePeyster Hasbrouck Second Form 91.4 Frank Maclvor Conway Fifth Form 91.25 David Livingston Hart Fourth Form 90.4 Bruno Hasbrouck Zimm Third Form 90.4 George Barron Mallory Fourth Form 90.25 James Levering Tyson Sixth Form 89.6 Department Prize Winners Paul Thorne Yardley George Barron Mallory Spencer Mathews King Charles Mattlage Ruprecht Lloyd Burns Magruder William Caldwell Coleman Andrew Adgate Duer Daniel Stephen Dunn William Wayne Wood James Levering Tyson Hamilton Ileyl Walter Truslow, Jr. Lloyd Burns Magruder John Adams Moffitt “Geor Alton Tegethoff Greeley “George Paul Thorne Yardley Roger Alden Derby Derek Reeve Paul Thorne Yardley Latin French Spanish German Physics Mathematics Biology Drawing Prize Biology Vocal Music Instrumental Music Musical Activity in General . Second Form Music “Horace E. Scheidt Memorial Prize”, Chemistry ge Hodges Bartlett Memorial Prize”, English History Hodges Bartlett Memorial Prize”, American History “George Hodges Bartlett Memorial Prize”, English Harvard Club of Connecticut Prize Lawson-Tancred Prize for Public Speaking . Alumni Prize Essay Columbia Cup Lloyd Montgomery Shepard, Jr., for the boy who has shown in his life at Kent the most comprehensive grasp of his life and work. Page twenty-five Robert S. Davies THE PREFECTS James H. Stanton Richard I. Darnell TEAR BOOK 1936 Former Prefects 1908 Anson B. Gardner, Senior Prefect Osgood Perry Alfred H. Sweet 1909 ( liauncey A. Crawford, Senior Prefect Randolph P. Titus Donald S. McNulty 1910 Douglas C. Crawford, Senior Prefect K. Brinton Hill Leonard G. Taylor 1911 Lowell R. Dulon, Senior Prefect Edgar R. Jackman Wade H. Thompson 1912 Edward T. Gushee, Senior Prefect Otey R. Berkeley Winslow Howarth 1913 George W. Ely, Senior Prefect Frederik F. van den Arend Samuel H. Compton 1914 John D. Burnham, Senior Prefect William Richmond, Jr. Wayman McC. Allen 1915 J. Morgan Ash, 3rd, Senior Prefect David I . Harris Theodore F. Evans 1916 Edward C. Stradley, Senior Prefect John F. Austin J. Stevens Conover 1917 Manuel 1). Nadal, Senior Prefect J. Alison Scott Nicholas Worthington 1918 Samuel S. Bartlett, Senior Prefect A. Parker Hall Richard M. Cuyler 1919 Robert Worthington, Senior Prefect Lawrence Rose Lewis O. Brewster 1920 Graham A. Nadal, Senior Prefect Jacob Dunnell Lewis B. Cuyler 1921 Lionel Bergen, Senior Prefect Lawrence Waterbury Robert 1). Parker 1922 Frederick P. Weymer, Senior Prefect Robert M. Popham Frederick B. DePeyster 1923 C. Henry Weymer, Senior Prefect Lawrence M. Noble William S. Walker 1924 Henry A. Frey, Senior Prefect Nathaniel N. Noble Robert S. Hart 1925 Joseph W. Palmer, Senior Prefect Richard G. Cady William R. Coyle, Jr. 1926 Leverett J ' . Smith, Senior Prefect John P. Bent Charles E. Brainard 1927 Marshall Stearns, Jr., Senior Prefect Lyman S. Goodbody Kempton Dunn 1928 Kent Smith, Senior Prefect Richard P. Kent, Jr. LeRoy Pemberton 1929 ( lenient O. Davidson, Senior Prefect A. Kimball Page John II. Jackson 1930 Garrett Goodbody, Senior Prefect William II. Gillespie E. Lowndes Ilhett 1931 Charles B. Colinore, Senior Prefect Gavin 1). Robertson Edwin B. Katte 1932 Jerome V. Roscoe, Senior Prefect Levertt B. Davis Bryan E. Hooker 1933 DeWitt Peterkin, Senior Prefect Richard G. Tully John II. Flagler 1934 Forrest Cranmer, Senior Prefect William B. Craig Francis C. Cady 1935 Cyrus R. Vance, Senior Prefect Robert L. Jackson Beckman Rudd Page twenty-seven THE COUNCIL Left to right: Hack row: Hewe.s, li. Rust is, Barnum, Losee, It. Conway, and Broth-well (Sergeanl-al-Arms) Front row: Jordan, Panics, Stanton (Chairman), Purnell and LaddTEAR BOOK 1936 The Council ' T ' HE Student Council at Kent holds a position of much greater importance than similar organizations of other schools enjoying student government. Being the center, along with the Sixth Form, of the Self-Help system as practiced at Kent, the Council has complete charge over most of the disciplinary problems of school life, only the most severe and serious being referred to the Headmaster and the Faculty, and in addition has complete charge of all assemblies and study halls, which are in most schools under the supervision of masters. The constitution of the Student Council was formed in the year 1908 bv Mr. R. P. Titus, ’09, present business manager of the School, and save for two amendments has remained unchanged for twenty-eight years. The first of these amendments was proposed and passed in 1928, at which time it was deemed advis¬ able and necessary to enlarge the number of those serving on the Council, because of the rapid growth of the School. Four additional members were provided for by this amendment, making the total number on the Council eleven. ' The second amendment provided that the Sub-prefect should automatically become a mem¬ ber of the Council. This was added to the Constitution in the winter of 19.85. At present the council membership consists of the three Prefects, the Sub¬ prefect and a member elected from the Sixth Form, three Fifth Form members and three from the Fourth Form. The Prefects and the Sub-pr efect are appointed by the Headmaster, and in most cases have served previously on the Council. The Sixth Form Council member is elected by the members of his class, while the School votes on the six members from the lower forms from a field of twelve candi¬ dates. Elections t;ike place generally I he last week of April each year. The Council meets every Thursday night, and at that time discusses any problems which may have arisen during the course of the week. Petitions and suggestions are received in writing from any members of the Student Body who may have any points they wish to bring up. Suggestions from the Headmaster and the Faculty are also discussed at this time, and in addition the Council inter¬ views any student whom it feels to be in need of advice or reproof, or who has violated some rule or tradition of the School. The Council is to a great extent responsible for the tone of the School. For the past year the Council has consisted of the following: James II. Stanton, 19.80, Chairman: Richard 1. Purnell, 19.80, Secretary, Roberts. Davies, 19.80; Gifford Ladd, 1930; Randolph M. Jordan, 19.80; Charles E. Hewes, 1937; Richard S. Eustis, Jr.. 19.87; William II. Barnum, III, 1937; Charles R. Broth- well. 1938, Scrgeani-at-Arms; Robert L. Conway, 1938; Leon W. Losee, 1938. Page twenty-nine The Tulpit The Graduating Class Pensonal Ach ievements Class History Ch arter Mem hers o) ' ixtli J ' Orni THE SIXTH FORM Left to right: Top row: Wheelock, B. Smith, Hodgson, Campbell, A. Davis, Starbuck, Anderson, lluprecht Second row: Terry, K. Levering, Kennedy, Butter worth, Keys, Springs, A. Taylor, F. Taylor, R. Bolter. Overton Third row: Turner, Cranmer, Fremd, Ashman, Goldsmith, Barker. Diamond, G. Bepper, Berkeley, II. White, Oldham, Bidgely, Moore, G. Redington, Gilman, Coleman, Wiles Fourth row: Coales. Jordan, Dames, Stanton (Bresident), Burnell, Ladd, Schwable. Osborne Fifth row: Roberts, F. Blair, Brown, Newell, F. Conway, Haight, S. King, S. Berry, Drew, Cutler, II. Beters. Trimble, Ogle Sixth row: McClinlock, Love. Milligan, T. Sauer. Barsons. R. Derby. Whiling, A. Hawley Bottom row: I). Dunn. Jones, A. Nimick, Carney. Holden, IF. Evans, Hunter, B. E. Wilson, W. DunnTEAR BOOK 1936 The Graduating: Class James Harrison Stanton, President Charles Brown Anderson Charles Ashmun William Rattle Berkeley Frederic Roberts Blair Archer Brown, II Harrison Butterworth Oliver Allen Campbell, Jr. Francis James Carney Edward Osborne Coates, Jr. William Caldwell Coleman, Jr. Frank Maclvor Conway Chappell Cranmer Ralph Hinchman Cutler, Jr. Robert Sanders Davies Jesse Andrew Davis, Jr. Roger Alden Derby, Jr. Maynard Lake Diamond Jocelyn Harvey Drew Daniel Stephen Dunn William Ransom Johnson Dunn, Jr. Walter French Evans, Jr. John Eli Fremd Theodore Silkman Gilman Sidney Wilmot Goldsmith, Jr. John McVickar Haight, Jr. Alexander Hawley James Morgan Hodgson Edwin Arthur Holden Allan Hunter, Jr. William Arrott Jones Randolph Mulford Jordan Thomas B. Kennedy, III Alfred deForest Keys, Jr. Spencer Mathews King Gifford Ladd Edwin Walker Levering, 111 Edward Arthur Love John Holmes Magruder, III Bailey Brower McClintock Gilbert McKie Milligan David McDonald Moore Harlan Willard Newell Paul Edward Ogle George Ashton Oldham, Jr. Foster Story Osborne George Washington Overton Norman Sallee Barker, Jr. James Otis Parsons, Jr. (ieorge Wharton Pepper, III Samuel Lloyd Perry Henry Walker Peters Robert Knight Potter, Jr. Richard Ingram Purnell George Owen Redington, .Ir. Edward Morrell Ridgely Edward Llewelyn Roberts, III Charles Mattlage Ruprecht Theodor Charles Sauer John Arthur Schwable Paul Lynge Smith Richard Austin Springs, Jr. William Hutton Starbuck Joseph Scranton Tate, Jr. Alex Taylor, Jr. Frank Dodd Taylor Arthur Hutchinson Terry, III Edward Callender Trimble John Turner, II Silas Mandeville Wheelock Robert Evans White Edgar Bull Whiting Yillie Kirkpatrick Wiles Paul Edward Wilson Page thirty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL JAMES HARRISON STANTON Will iams Born November 6, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Senior Prefect. Council ’34 (Sergeant-at-Arms), ’35, ’36 (Chairman). Form President ’36. Form Vice President ’33, ’34, ’35. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33 (Captain); Midget Team ’31, ’32 (Captain); Junior Team ' 33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35. Wayne, Ill. Hockey—Leagues ’33; Junior Team ’33 (Captain). Basketball —“2nds” ’34: “BKB” ’35; “K” ’36 (Captain). Tennis—“TKT” ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; “K” ’36 (Captain). A 7 ear Book Board (Chairman Ex-officio). Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. Honor Roll ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. ’36. Head of Form ' 32. Cum Laude. Page thirty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 CHARLES BROWN ANDERSON Princeton Sewickley, Pa. Born September 9, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football—Leagues ’33, ' 34; Junior Team ’34; “2nds” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ' 34. Basketball ' 35, ’36. Baseball—“2nds” 34, ' 35. Debating Society ’36. Chess Club ’34. CHARLES ASHMEN Princeton Newark, N. J. Born February 8, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1933. Basketball ' 34; “2nds” ’35, ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ’33, ' 34, ’35; “2nds” ’34: Henley Squad 34; “K” ’35, ’36 (Captain). (dee Club ’36. Page thirty-five THE KEHT SCHOOL FREDERIC ROBERTS BLAIR Yale Geneva, Ill. Born April 15, 11)17. Entered Kent September, 1931. Council ’34. Form President ’33, ’34, ’35. Football—Leagues ’31; Junior Team ’31; Numerals ’32; “K” ’33, ’34, ’35 (Captain). Soccer Team ’34. Hockey—“2nds” ' 33; “K” ’34, ’35, ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33 (Captain), ’34; “K” with Crossed Oar ’33; “K” ’35 (Captain Second Crew). Choir ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. Honor Roll ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. WILLIAM RATTLE BERKELEY Yale Cleveland, Ohio Born July 17, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1930. Football—Leagues ' 30, ’31, ’32, ’33 (Captain); Midget Team ’31; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’31, ’34 (Captain), ’35 (Captain). Basketball—Numerals ’36 (Captain Second Team). Baseball—Leagues ’31, ’32 (Captain) ' 33; Junior Team ' 32, ’33; Numerals ’34 (Captain Second Team), ’35. Debating ’36. Choir ’33. Page thirty-six TEAR BOOK 1936 ARCHER BROWN, II Princeton Greenwich, Conn. Born June 28, 1918. Entered Kent September, 103 2. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34. Hockey—“2nds” ' 34 (Ass’t Manager). Wrestling ’35, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’33. Tennis ’34. Crew—Engineer ’35, ’36. Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36. Quartet ’34. Dramatics ’35, ' 36. Bell Ringer ’33, ' 34, ’35, ’36 (Chairman). Choir ' 34. H ARRISON BI TTER WORTH Dartmouth West Hartford, Conn. Born November 8, 1918. Entered Kent September 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32. Crew—Fall Crew ’33; Form Crew ' 32, ’33, ’34, ’35. Honor Roll ' 32, ’33. Page thirty-seven THE KEKT SCHOOL JAMES FRANCIS CARNEY Yale New Milford, Conn. Born April 9, 1920. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football—Leagues ’33. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35, ’36. Tennis ’34; Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “TKT” ’35, ’36 (Chairman). Chess Club ’35, ’36. News Board. Honor Roll ’34, ’35. Cum La tide. OLIVER ALLEN CAMPBELL, JR. Yale East Norwich, L. I. Born March 28, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’34. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35, ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33; “K” ’35. Page thirty-right TEAR BOOK 1936 EDWARD OSBORNE COATES, JR. Williams Wayne, Pa. Born August 28, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues 32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Midget Team ’33: Junior Team ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’34. Crew—Form Crew ’33 (Cox), ’35; Abbr. Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33 (Cox). Stat Store ’34. St. Joseph’s Society ’34, ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Head of Form ’33. Cum Laude. WILLIAM CALDWELL COLEMAN, JR. Harvard Baltimore, Md. Born March 5, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football—Leagues ’33; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35; Touch Team ’34. Soccer Team ’34, ’35. Hockey—“2nds” ’34; “K” ’35, ’36; Hawley Hockey Trophy. Crew—Form Crew ’34; Abbr. Numerals with Crossed Oar’35. Debating Society ’36. Jazz Band ’34, ’35, ’36. Glee Club ’36. Honor Roll ’34, ’35, ’36. Math Prize ’35. Cum Laude. Page thirty-nine THE KEHT SCHOOL FRANK MacIVOR CONWAY Cornell Staten Island, N. Y. Born September 11, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33; Midget Team ’31; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’33, ’34, ’35. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33, ’35. News Board ’35, ’36. Year Book Board. Chess Club ’36. Honor Roll ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Head of Form ’32, ’34, ’35. Cum Laude. CHAPPELL CRANMER Dartmouth Denver, Colo. Born August 17, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’32, ' 34, ’35. Wrestling ’35, ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’35. Debating Society ’35, ’36 (Secretary). St. Joseph’s Society ’35, ’36 (President). Chess Club ’34, ’35, ’36 (President). Cdee Club ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ’33, ’34, ’36. Octet ’36. Honor Roll ’32, ’35. Ptuje forty TEAR BOOK 1936 RALPH HI NCI I MAN CUTLER, JR. Princeton Morristown, N. J. Born February 3, 1919. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’34, ’35. Hockey—“2nds” ' 34 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “K” ' 35, ’36 (Chairman). Crew—Form Crew ' 33, ’34, ’35 (Cox); Fall Crew ’32. News Board ’35, ’36. Year Book Board. Debating Society ’34, ’35, ' 36. Bell Ringer ’34, ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’35. JESSE ANDREW DAVIS, JR. Yale Baltimore, Md. Born October 19, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football -Second Scjuad ' 34. Hockey —Second Squad ’34; Leagues ' 35. Wrestling ’35, ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ’33, ’35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 34; “K with Crossed Oar ' 35. Glee Club 36. Debating ’36. Page forty-one THE KEHT SCHOOL ROBERT SANDERS DAVIES Princeton Scarsdale, N. Y. Born December 2, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1991. Prefect. Council. Football—Leagues ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’34. Hockey—Junior Team ’33; Second Squad ’34; Leagues ’35; Numerals ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ’31, ’32, ’35; Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34; “K” with Crossed Oar ’35. Glee Club ’33, ’34, ’35 (Secretary), ’36 (President). Choir ’33, ’34, ’35. St. Joseph’s Society ’35, ’36. Page forty-tiro TEAR BOOK 1936 ROGER ALDEN DERBY, JR. Harvard Cedarhurst, L. I. Born July 8, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33. Wrestling ’35, ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35: Fall Crew ’34, ’35. Honor Roll ’34, ’35. Harvard Club of Connecticut Prize. MAYNARD LAKE DIAMOND Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Born May 28, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—League 32: Second Squad ' 33: “2nds” ’34, ’35. Hockey—Leagues ' 34. Basketball—“2nds” ’35, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ' 33, ' 34: Junior Team ’33, ’34 (Captain); Numerals 35 (Ass ' t Manager); “K” ' 35, ’36 (Chairman). Glee Club ’33, ' 34, ' 35, ’36 (Librarian). Choir ’33, ' 34, ' 35, ’36. Page forty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL JOCELYN HARVEY DREW Business Blechingley, Surrey, England Born December 13, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1935. Crew—Fall Crew ’35. Hockey—Leagues ' 36. Dramatic Club. Anglo-American Scholarship. DANIEL STEPHEN DUNN Williams Rockville Centre, L. I. Born April 1, 1917. Entered Kent February, 1934. Football—Numerals ' 34; “K” ’35. Basketball—Numerals ’35; “BKB” ' 36. Hockey—Leagues ’34. Baseball—“K” ’34, ’35. Debating Society ’36. Biology Drawing Prize ' 35. Page forty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON DUNN, JR. Washington and Lee Birmingham, Ala. Born April 18, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32; Junior Team ’32; “2nds” ’33, ’34; Numerals ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34 (Captain). Wrestling ' 35, ' 36; Champion Heavyweight Class ' 35. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’34, ' 35. Choir ' 32, ' 33, ' 34, ’35, ' 36. WALTER FRENCH EVANS, JR. Cornell Franklin, N. J. Born May 2, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ' 32. Hockey—Leagues ' 33, ' 34, ' 35, 3( . Baseball—Leagues ' 33, 34; Junior Team ' 34; “2nds” ’35. Crew—Fall Crew ’35. Band ' 34, ’35, ' 3(5. Page forty-fire THE KEHT SCHOOL JOHN ELI FREMD Columbia Staten Island, N. Y. Born August 14, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35. Basketball—Numerals ’34 (Ass’t Mana¬ ger). Crew—Fall Crew ’31, ’35; Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34 (Captain); Abbr. Nu m eral s with C rossed Oa r ' 33; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’34; “K” ’35. Glee Club ’34, ’35. Band ’36. Jazz Band ’36. THEODORE SILKMAN GILMAN Williams Rye, N. Y. Born June 5, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football—Leagues ' 33, ’34; Junior Team ’34. Basketball ’35, ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ’35; K ' 34, ’35 (Manager). Glee Club ’35, ’36. Page forty-six TEAR BOOK 1936 SI DNE Y WILMOT GOLDSMITH , JR. Willi ams New Rochelle, N. Y. Born December 27, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues 81, ' 32, ' 33, ' 34; Assistant Coach ’35. Basketball—“2nds’”34 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “BKB” ' 35, ’36 (Chairman). Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34; “K” with Crossed Oar 35 (Ass’t Manager). Debating Society ’34, ’35, ' 36. (dee (dub ' 33, ' 34, ' 35, ' 36 (Secretary). Choir ' 34, ' 35, ' 36. St. Joseph’s Society ’33, ’34, ' 35, ' 36. .Y ews Board ’35, ' 36 (President). Press Board (Chairman). Honor Roll ’32. Music Prize ’32. JOHN MeYICKAR IIAIC.HT Princeton Pelham Manor, N. Y. Born May 31, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ' 31, ' 32, ' 33; Second Squad ’34; “2nds” ’35. Hockey Junior Team ' 33; Leagues ’34, ' 35; “2nds” ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ' 33, ’34, ' 35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 35. Glee (dub ' 35, ' 36. Choir ’33, ’34, ’35, ' 36. Debating Society ’36. Page forty-seven THE KEHT SCHOOL ALEXANDER HAWLEY Yale Bridgeport, Conn. Born September 29, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’33, ’34; Midget Team ’33. Hockey—Junior Team ’33; Leagues ’34, ’35; Numerals ’36. Tennis—Junior Team ’33 (Captain); “2nds” ’34. Crew—Fall Crew ’35 (Cox); “K” with Crossed Oar ’35 (Cox). Debating Society ’36. Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Cheer Leader. JAMES MORGAN HODGSON Yale New York City Born October 10, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’34, ’35; Junior Team ’35; Spring Football ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’35. Crew—Fall Crew ’34. Faye forty-eiyhf TEAR BOOK 1936 EDWIN ARTHUR HOLDEN Princeton New York City Born December 15, 1917. Football—“2nds” ’33 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’34 (Ass’t Manager); “K” ’34, ’35 (Manager). Crew—Fall Crew ’31, ’32 ((’ox); Form Crew ’32, ’33, ' 34, ’35 (Cox); Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 35. Debating Society ' 36. A ' ear Book Board (Class Historian). ALLAN HUNTER, JR. University of Pennsylvania Chestnut Hill, Pa. Born December 26, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ' 32, ' 33 (( aptain), ' 34; Midget Team ' 32, ' 33 (Captain); Junior Team 34. Soccer Team ' 35. Hockey—Junior Team ' 33; Leagues ’34, ’35 (( ' aptain); “K” ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ' 35 (( ' ox); Form Crew ’33 (( ' ox); “2nds” ’34 (( ' ox); Henley Squad ' 34; “K” ’35 (( ' ox). Bell Ringers ' 33. Xews Board. Year Book Board. Cheer Leader. Honor Roll ' 33. I ' tiye forty-nine THE KEMT SCHOOL WILLIAM ARROTT JONES Williams Sewickley, Pa. Born August 3, 1919. Entered Kent September, 1934. Football—Leagues ’34, ' 35. Basketball—’35, ' 36. Tennis ’35. RANDOLPH MULFORD JORDAN Yale Columbus, Ga. Born October 7, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Council ’36. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33 (Captain); Midget Team ’32; Junior Team ’33; Numerals ’34 (Captain Second Team), ’35. Basketball—“2nds” ' 34, ' 35; “BKB” ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’33; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; Numerals ’35. Glee Club ’36. Debating Society ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’34. Page fifty TEAR BOOK 1936 THOMAS B. KENNEDY III Princeton Short Hills, N. J. Born September 26, 1917. Entered Kent September. 1932. Football—“2nds” ’33 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’34 (Ass’t Manager). Hockey—Leagues ' 34, ’3.5, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’33; Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager). Crew—Form Crew ' 34; Fall Crew ' 32, ' 35. ALFRED DeFOREST KEYS, JR. Princeton White Plains, N. Y. Born December 1(5, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32; Midget Team ' 31; “2nds” ’33, ’34; Numerals ’35 ((’apt. Second Team). Hockey—Leagues 34, 35, ' 36. Crew—Form Crew ' 32, ' 33, ’34, ' 35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 33, ' 35. Debating Society’34,’35, ' 36 (President). Page fifty-one THE KEHT SCHOOL EDWIN WALKER LEVERING, III Williams Baltimore, Md. Born May 21, 1910. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ' 32, ' 33, ' 35 (Capt.); Junior Team ' 33; Touch Team ' 34. Hockey—Leagues ' 33, ' 34. Tennis—Fall Tennis ’34; Numerals ’33 (Captain of Second Team); “TKT” ’34, ’35. SPENCER MATHEWS KING A ale San Juan, P. R. Born August 11, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’33, ' 34; Assistant Coach ' 35. Hockey—“2nds” ’34 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “K” ’35, ’36 (Manager). Crew—Form Crew ’33. Tennis ’34, ' 35; Fall Tennis ’32. Honor Roll ’33, ’34, ’35. Glee Club ’33, ’34, ’35, ’30. Octet ’36. Choir ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Orchestra ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Spanish Prize ’35. Page fifty-two TEAR BOOK 1936 GIFFORD LADD Williams Born December 15, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Sub-Prefect. Council ’34, ' 35, ’36. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’34. Wellesley, M ass. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ' 34, (Capt.), ’35; Numerals with Crossed Oar 33, ’,35; Fall Crew ’31, ’35. Honor Roll ’32, ’33. Page fifty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL EDWARD ARTHUR LOVE Princeton Staten Island, N. Y. Born November 1, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’33. Tennis ’34, ’35. JOHN HOLMES MAGRUDER, III Yale Washington, D. C. Born July 1, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1934. Football—Leagues ’34. Hockey—Leagues ’36. Crew—Fall Crew ' 35; Form Crew ’35. Year Book Board (Art Editor). Page .fifty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 BAILEY BROWER McCLINTOCK Yale Bronxville, N. Y. Born May 6, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33: Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35. Hockey—Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ’35, ’36. Tennis ’34; “2nds” ’35. Baseball—Leagues ’32, ’33; “Kjr” ’33. Glee Club ’33, ’3(1. Choir ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’35. GILBERT McKIE MILLIGAN Business Short Hills, N J. Born September 21, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Hockey—Leagues 34, ’35, ’36. Tennis ’34; Fall Tennis ' 32. Crew—Form Crew ’33, ’35; Fall Crew ’33, ’34, ’35. Dramatics ’35, ’36. Glee Club ’36. Band ’36. Debating ’36. Page fifty-five THE KENT SCHOOL david McDonald moore Yale Auburn, N. Y. Born June 30, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Numerals ’36 (Ass’tCoach of Kicking). Hockey—Leagues ’34. Wrestling ’35, ' 36. Baseball—Leagues ’33. Crew—Form Crew ’34, ’35. Glee Club ’35, ’36. HARLAN WILLARD NEWELL Harvard Cleveland, Ohio Born November 30, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’33, ’34, ’35: Junior Team ’33. Wrestling ’35, ’36; 155 lb. Champion ’35. Crew—Form Crew ’33, ’34, ’35. Glee Club ’35, ’36. Chess Club ’36. Debating ' 36. Page fifty-six TEAR BOOK 1936 PAUL EDWARD OGLE Harvard Westport, Conn, Born August 4, 1919. Entered Kent September, 1934. Hockey Leagues ’35; “K” ’36. Tennis ’35; Fall tennis ’35. Chess Club ’36. Debating ’36. GEORGE ASHTON OLDHAM, JR. Williams Albany, N. Y. Born October 26, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football Leagues ’31, ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35; “K” ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32. Tennis—Fall Tennis ’32, ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’33, ’34; “2nds” ’35. Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ' 34. Sacristan. Debating Society ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’35. I ' lttje fifty-seven THE KEHT SCHOOL FOSTER STORY OSBORNE Princeton West Orange, N. J. Born July 6, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’34. Hockey—Leagues ' 34, ’35; Junior Team ’33; “K” ’36. Baseball—Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager) Tennis ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’33. Crew—Fall Crew ' 35. Debating Society ’36. GEORGE WASHINGTON OVERTON JR, Harvard Geneva, Ill. Born January 25, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Fall Crew ’33, ’35. News Board. Debating Society ’34, ’35, ’36. Page fifty-eight TEAR BOOK 1936 NORMAN SALLEE PARKER Michigan Glencoe, Ill. Born August 3, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’31, ’32. Basketball ’3(5. Baseball—Leagues ’32, ’33; Junior Team ’32, ’33. Tennis ’34, ’35. Glee Club ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Quartet ’33, ’34, ’35. Octet ’33, ’36. Choir ’34. Orchestra ’32, ’33. Band ’32, ’S3, ’34. JAMES OTIS PARSONS, JR. Yale Bronxville, N. Y. Born May 27, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34; Midget Team ’32; League Coach ’35. Hockey—Junior Team ’33. Basketball—Numerals ’35; “BKB” ’36. Baseball—-Leagues ' 33, ’34; Junior Team ’33, ’34; “2nds” ’35. Debating ' 35. Page fifty-nine THE KEHT SCHOOL GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER III University of Pennsylvania St. David’s, Pa. Born May 4, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football —Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33; Midget Team ’31; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34, ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35; Numerals ’36 (Capt. Second Team). Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34; “K” with Crossed Oar ’35. Glee Club ’35, ’36. Choir ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’33. SAMUEL LLOYD PERRY Harvard New Canaan, Conn. Born December 11 , 1917. Entered Kent September, 1933. Football—Leagues ' 33, ’34: Junior Team ’34; “2nds” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ' 35, ' 36. Crew—Form Crew ’34, ’35. Page sixty TEAR BOOK 1936 ROBERT KNIGHT POTTER, Jit. Cornell Colorado Springs, Colo. Born October 20, 11)17. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football Leagues ’34. Hockey Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; ’30 (Coach). Tennis ’33. Crew— Fall Crew ’31: “K” 35, ’36 (Manager). Year Book Board. HENRY WALKER PETERS Business Bridgeport, Conn. Born December 7, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35. Crew—Fall Crew ’31, ’34, ’35. Baseball—“2nds” ’34 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “K” ’35, ’36 (Manager). Glee Club ’34. News Board. Year Book Board. St. Joseph’s Society ’34, ’35. Athletic Store ’34, ’35 (Asst’ Manager); ’36 (Manager). Photographic Prize ’35. Dramatics ’36. Page xi.vli -otic THE KENT SCHOOL RICHARD INGRAM PURNEL1 Princeton Born July 2 5, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1988. Prefect. Council ’36. Football—Leagues ’33; Junior Team ’33; Numerals ’34; “K” ’35; Touch Team ' 34. Baltimore, Md. Soccer Team ' 34. Hockey—“2nds” ’34; “K” ’35, ’36; Hawley Hockey Trophy. Baseball—“K” ’34, ’35, ’36 (Captain). Glee Club ’36. Debating Society ' 36. Page sixty-two TEAR BOOK 1936 GEORGE OWEN REDINGTON, JR. Yale New York City Born October 25, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’36; Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager). Baseball—Leagues ' 33, ’35. Tennis ’34. Year Book Board. News Board ’35, ’36. Glee Club ’35, ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’34. EDWARD MORRELL RIDGLEY Undecided Baltimore, Md. Born May 29, 19IS. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football Leagues ’32, ’33, ' 34, ’35; Junior Team ’34, ' 35. Hockey—Leagues ' 34, ’36. Wrestling ’35. Baseball Leagues ’33. Tennis ’34, ’35; Junior Team ’34. Jazz Orchestra ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Glee Club ’33, ' 34, ’35, ’36. Page sixty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL EDWARD LLEWELYN ROBERTS, JR. Undecided Amarillo, Texas Born September 1, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31; Junior Team ’31; “Kinds’’ ’32; Numerals ’33; Coach ’34; “K” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34. Basketball—“2nds” ’35. Baseball—Leagues ’32; “2nds” ’33, ’34, ’35. Band ’35, ’36. Jazz Band ’36. Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ’34, ’35. CHARLES MATTLAGE RUTRECHT Harvard Englewood, N. J. Born October 14, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34. Hockey—Leagues ’34, ’35. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ' 34; Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 34; “K” with Crossed Oar ’35; Fall Crew ’31, ’35. News Board ’35, ’36. Year Book Board. Choir ’35. Honor Roll ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. German Prize ’35. Page sixty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 THEODOR CHARLES SAUER Yale Forest Hills, L. I. Born August 15, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33; Junior Team ' 33; “2nds” ’34, ' 35. Soccer Team ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’32, ' 34, ’36. Wrestling ’35. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33. Tennis—Numerals ’35. Debating ' 36. Honor Roll ’32. JOHN ARTHUR SCHWA RLE Williams Scarsdale, N. Born August 24, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ' 33, ' 34; Junior Team ’33, ' 34; Numerals 35 (( ' apt. Second Team). Hockey—Leagues ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Baseball—Leagues ' 33; Junior Team 33. Crew—Fall Crew ' 32; Assistant Manager 34, ' 35; K” ’35, ’36 (Chairman). St. Joseph’s Society ' 35, ' 36. Stat Store ’34, ’35. Year Book Board. Debating ' 36. Cheer Leader. Page sixty-five THE KEKT SCHOOL PAUL LYNGE SMITH Yale Bronxville, N. Y. Born April 25, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33, ' 34. Hockey—Leagues ’32, ’33, ' 34, ’35. Crew—Form Crew ' 32, ’33, ’34, ' 35; Numerals with Crossed Oar ' 35. Glee Club ’33, ’34, ' 35. Choir ’33, ’34. Honor Roll ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Chess Club ' 35. Cum Laude. RICHARD AUSTIN SPRINGS, JR. Princeton New A T ork City Born June 24, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ' 33; Midget Team ' 31; Junior Team ' 33; “2nds” ’34; Numerals ’35. Hockey—Leagues ' 33, ’34, ' 35; Junior Team ’33; “K” ’36. Baseball—Leagues ' 32, ' 33; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34, ’35. Crew—Fall Crew ’32. St. Joseph’s Society ’34, ' 35, ’36. Debating Society ’36. Page sixty-six TEAR BOOK 1936 JOSEPH SCRANTON ' TATE West Point Kingston, X. Y. Horn February 17, 11)IS. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football Leagues ’32; Junior Team ’32; Second Team ’33; “K” ’34, ’35; Spring Football ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’33, ’34. Baseball—Leagues ’34; Junior Team ’34. Crew ’33. WILLIAM HUTTON STAR BUCK Yale Bronxville, N. Y. Born August 2, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32; Midget Team ’31; Junior Team ’32; “2nds” ’33; “K” ’34, ’35; Mitchell Trophy. Hockey—Leagues ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’33. Basketball -Numerals ’35; “BKB” ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33; “K” ’ 35. Glee Club ’34, ’35, ’36 Choir ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36 Orchestra 32, ’33. Band ’32, ’33, ’34. Page niffy-seven THE KEKT SCHOOL ALEXANDER LINDSAY TAYLOR, JR. Williams Rye, New York Born May 3, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1930. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32; “2nds” ’33, ’34, ’35. Hockey—Junior Team ’31; Second Squad ’33; “2nds” ’34; Leagues ’35; “K” ’36. Tennis ’31, ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Junior Team ’32. Crew—Fall Crew ’30. FRANK DODD TAYLOR Stanford Los Angeles, Calif. Born March 30, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33; Assistant League Coach ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’32, ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’32. Tennis ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’34. Glee Club ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. Choir ’33, ’34. Honor Roll ’33. Absent from School 1934-1935. Page sixty-eight TEAR BOOK 1936 ARTHUR HUTCHINSON TERRY, 111 Yale New York City Born August 20, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’33; “2nds” ’34, ’36. Wrestling ’35, ’36. Crew—Form Crew ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Fall Crew ’31, ’32; Numerals with Crossed Oar ’33. Dramatics ’35, ’36. Bell Ringer ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Fire Chief. EDWARD CALLENDER TRIMBLE Brineeton Rochester, N. Y. Born September 1, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—-Leagues ’31, ’32, ’33, ’35; Second Squad ’34. Hockey—Leagues ' 34. Wrestling ’35, ’36. Tennis ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35; Junior Team ’32, ’33. Glee Club ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Choir ’33, ’34, ’36. Octet ’36. Quartet ’35. Debating Society ’34, ’35, ’36. Page sixty-nine THE KENT SCHOOL ♦ ... 0 F JOHN TURNER, II Princeton Morristown, N. J. Born September 28, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1938. Football—Leagues ’33, ’34; Midget Team ’33; “2nds” ’35. Hockey—Leagues ’34; Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager). Wrestling ’36. Tennis ’34, ’35. Verger. Press Board. St. Joseph’s Society ’35, ’36. SILAS MANDEVILLE WHEELOCK Lowell Textile Institute Putnam, Conn. Born June 10, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—Leagues ’33. Hockey— Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager). Baseball—Leagues ’32. Crew—Fall Crew ’31, ’34; Form Crew ’33, ’34; Engineer ’35. Bell Ringer ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36 (Con¬ ductor). Dramatics ’35, ’36. Page seventy TEAR BOOK 1936 ROBERT HAMILTON EVANS WHITE Trinity Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Born October 18, 1916. Entered Kent September, 1931. Football—“2nds” ’33 (Ass’t Manager); Numerals ’34 (Ass’t Manager); “K” ' 34, ’35 (Chairman). Hockey—Junior Team ’33; Leagues ’34, ’35; “2nds” ’36. Baseball—Leagues ’32, ’33; Junior Team ’32, ’33; “2nds” ’34. Tennis ’35. Crew—Fall Crew ’31. Band ’32, ’33, ’34, ’35. EDGAR BULL WHITING Undecided New Rochelle, N. Y. Born July 17, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Council ’35. Football Leagues ' 32 (Captain); Midget Team ’32; “2nds” ’33; Numerals ’35. Hockey—Junior Team ’33; “2nds” ’34; “K” ' 35, ' 36 (Captain). Baseball—Leagues ’33; Junior Team ’33 (Captain); “2nds” ’34, ’35. Page seventy-one THE KENT SCHOOL VILLIE KIRKPATRICK WILES Princeton Huntington, W. Va. Born April 21, 1917. Entered Kent September, 1932. Football—Leagues ’33, ’34; Junior Team ’34; Spring Football ’35: Second Squad ’35. Hockey—Leagues ' 34. Basketball—“2nds” ’34 (Ass ' t Manager): Numerals ’35 (Ass’t Manager); “BKB” ’35, ’36 (Manager), Baseball—Leagues ’33, ’34: Junior Team ’34. News Board. Year Book Board (Editor-in-Chief). Stat Store ’34, ’35 (Ass’t Manager): ’36 (Manager). Debating Society ’36. Honor Roll ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36. Cum Laude. PAUL EDWARD WILSON Harvard New York City Born December 16, 1918. Entered Kent September, 1934. Football—Numerals ’34; “K” ’35. Wrestling ’36. Crew—“K” with Crossed Oar ’35. Glee Club ’36. Page seventy-two TEAR BOOK 1936 History of the Class of T?OR the past five years now, most of us have looked at the bridge across the Housatonic with a somewhat envious gaze, and it has never occurred to us that the day would come when it would be our turn to cross that bridge for the last time as Kent School students. Now the time has come, all too soon, for us to bid farewell to this place which we have all come to love, perhaps as a second home. How have we changed since we crossed the bridge with all of our five years ahead of us, a little scared, a little depressed with the idea of leaving home and intensely interested, without appreciating it, in what lay ahead of us? What were our emotions two years later as we crossed the bridge with our Fourth Form year ahead of us? We were then, to our way of thinking, hardened Kent men. Time and experi¬ ence had removed any traces of fear, and we masked our regrets at leaving home behind the en¬ thusiasm with which we greeted our old friends. How did we feel when a few months ago we crossed that bridge with only our last year ahead of us? It was our last year as schoolboys. We shall cross it once again this year, but as Alumni then, going Jim awa y- Andy For these five years the School has been our life, and by far the most important part of it to date. We came as “brats”, we leave as Sixth Formers, and what a world of difference there seems to lie between the two. What a change these five years have wrought in us all. But, on reflection, it is not so much this change that merits stressing here, but rather the lack of change. Kent has not made us different in five years, but has 1936 Ash Berk Chuck Page serenty-th ree THE KEKT SCHOOL Archer developed us, bringing out the good, correcting the bad, and the change is only apparent. The leaders of Second Form year are still leaders, but better and more confident ones now. Stanton, our Senior Prefect, was — - — our first President. Terry is still a bayman, and Blair, Starbuck and Purnell are still good athletes. The whole Form is the same Form, personnel changed a little, more unified and stronger, but still the same Form basically that Gott lectured to in his room on the second floor of the Main Building. “Remember George Second Form year?” “Yes, wasn’t he funny?” We answer that and laugh to remember George. No, at that time he was not at all what he is now. And down the hall some one is laughing at us, saying, “Remember him Second Form year?” Yet, it is the last thing that we would admit, that we were any different then. We had the same thoughts even if we looked different. We felt the same way. We have learned of course, in the interval, and that constitutes the apparent change. But we are the same boys who came here five years ago, only having learned to be a little more independent and self- confident. So, basically we will admit no change in ourselves. But we must and are ready to admit a change in our being. How help¬ less we were when we came, un- Fran able to find our own room. We did not all have trouble that way, granted, but there were poorly made beds, dirty jobs, un¬ brushed hair, or ties that would not slip in stiff collars for all of us. Classes are a hazy memory at first; most of 11 s had to learn to study. And there was that hollow feeling too in our chests with the security and familiarity of home suddenly gone. We have outgrown that and all the thoughtlessness of Second Form Oz Butt Ollie Page seventy-four TEAR BOOK 1936 Willie Rudy days. Now we are Sixth Formers, secure in our own dignity. And as we write that some one down Sixth Form Alley is giving a fair imitation of a siren, and next us some one else is trying with little success to concen¬ trate on a Trig problem. Hut Kent has changed us to this degree that it has developed us, physically, mentally, and, yes, spiritually. For all our lapses we are more mature than when we came—for all our lack of concen¬ tration at times we are able to adjust ourselves to our surroundings more readily. We still hear complaints about compulsory Chapel, but they are not frequent, and there is really a deeper religious feeling in the Form as a whole. It is our duty here to chronicle the record of these changes and, if possible, to show how they came about. Hut that latter is in reality rather simple. Kent School, or more subtly, Father Sill, who is the heart of the School, has been the influence changing us. These were the “formative years” of course; we would have changed no matter where we were, so why give the credit (for credit it is in most cases) to Kent? Yes, we would have changed in our devel¬ opment anywhere, but it would have been different. Kent has given us many things no other school could have offered and yet so naturally that it is hard to put a finger on them and say “Just here and here has Kent broadened us and brought us out,” but it has just the same. People ask “What have you gotten out of Kent School? a and more and more the first answer to come to our minds is “Pater”. We held him in awe and were even a bit afraid of him that first year or so, but we have grown to know him more and more in¬ timately. That first fear is gone—it never belonged in our minds at all. And the awe may Ralph Frank Duke Page seventy-five THE KEHT SCHOOL Jess seem to be gone, too, to a visitor seeing the informality of the Study. But it is there, all the more strong in that it is not visible. This year more than ever have we come to know Pater and appreciate the value of his friendship. He has always taken an active interest not only in every department but also in every person con¬ nected with the School. He has advised, reprimanded, or encouraged every one of us and now, when we see the greater part of that in retrospect we can see of what infinite value Pater has been to us, not only as a Headmaster, but more especially as a friend. S mall wonder Alumni keep coming back to the School—it will be long before we forget what Kent and Pater have meant to us during these five years. Another of those qualities of Kent we find so hard to define has been our contact with the Faculty. Here, too, there may seem to be too much informality, but this is because the masters do not regard teaching as their sole function. They get us by the Boards and more, but they do not know us only in the class¬ room. We have formed firm friendships with many of them, and they have given us far more than a mere knowledge of verbs or the use of figures. They have shown interest not only in our classwork but in our athletics and extra-curricular activities as well, and their rooms and homes have been open to us with unfail¬ ing hospitality. It is the Faculty as much as any other single phase of our life here which has made it so enjoyable and at the same time profitable. We have seen several changes in the Faculty. Several new masters have come to teach here, among them three Alumni of the School, and a few have left. None of us will soon forget “Pop” Voorhees who died two years ago, nor his comparison of Cassius to J. Pierpont, Morgan. Derb Dan Legs Billy Page seventy-six TEAR BOOK 1936 We remember his lovable personality and enthusiasm in his work and his cheerful¬ ness at all times. It is hard for us who have studied under him to realize that his stories will not be told again to any classes of Kent School. There has been little change in the School plant since we have been here compared to the sweeping changes that took place just the year before. From the first we have had the advantages of the new Chapel and North Dorm. Wishing to feel that we had had some part in the beautiful Chapel we donated two windows in the small memorial Chapel just off the main entrance. The Sports Building is the most notable of the additions that have come since we have been at Kent. It was built in the summer and completed before our return for our Fifth Form year. Not only has it a better basketball court than was available before, but it provides a place for indoor tennis and baseball practice, and is also used Joe by the wrestling team and the crews which practice on the machines there before the ice is off the river. During the spring of ’34 a master’s house was begun near the boathouse and completed during the summer. We have seen the old dam by the School superseded by a better one which enlarged the pond, providing more room for hockey rinks in the winter and a swimming hole during the spring and early fall. The boathouse has been en- q il larged to accommodate the two shells, gifts of Lord Rothemere, which the Ilenley crews of ’33 and ’34 brought back with them. A greenhouse has been built behind the Infirmary and the Headmaster worked wonders there, producing tulip blooms while the snow was still flying, and keeping a flowering plant on every table in the Dining Hall. Kent is always growing. Even now there are plans for a newer Walt and more complete Auditorium Sid Joss I’a ye .seventy-seve n THE KEKT SCHOOL which will probably School. Father Sill Hodge Page seventy-eight be completed while some of the boys here now are still at the is never content to let the School remain as it is, but always pushes on making it better, and it is this quality as much as any other which has helped us grow up and develop during our years here. Who would have thought that the irresponsible brats of five years ago could ever hope to assume responsibility and run the School? We were throwing wet paper towels then, and setting beds, and spending many an afternoon working off hours. We recall a joke in the “New Yorker” concerning a father having a heart to heart talk with a scrawny young son—“Remember, it is the Fourth Form that makes or breaks a man!” We were rooming in the North Dorm when we were Fourth Formers, and one day in Board week the water was turned off. Some one turned on all the spigots and showers and stopped the drains up on the second floor, and when the water came on the rooms were flooded, and water even ran down the stairs and out onto the walk in front. When Fifth Formers some of us narrowly missed destroying Mount Algo by fire just to smoke out a squir¬ rel or so. We cannot see that either Fourth Form or Fifth Form, or any other Form for that matter really made us or broke us—it was a more gradual process. But for all the concern we may have caused older heads during our latter years, such pranks were few and far between and we needed only our assump¬ tion of Sixth Form responsibili¬ ties to settle down to a more serious contemplation of our position here. When we first came here there was no basketball as such, nor, to be exact, any winter as such. Hockey was at a standstill and some of the older boys, seeking exercise, made an outdoor bas¬ ketball court by the simple ex- Inch TEAR BOOK 1936 Hayseed Hick pedient of erecting two baskets near the midget field. In onr Third Form year the sport was taken more seriously and a team practiced in the town Community Hall. We have seen movies there in early years—“Private Lives”, “Ben Hur”, “Million Dollar Legs”—and know that it was not well adapted to basketball. Yet Tully captained a team which listed in its record a victory over Choate. There was a great interest shown in the new sport next year and many more reported than could be retained on the squad. Captain Jackson led the team and, after a slow start, it struck its stride and finished the season having won and lost six. The new Sports Building filled a great need not only providing room or the first and second squads to prac¬ tice, but also affording space for Form teams to learn the game against future years. Jackson was re-elected in ’35 and his team was the first to have the advantages of the new building. It did well, sweeping the first five games of Tri-State League competition rather handily. But then Ger¬ man Measles struck the School and the team and it lost the next three games in a row to end the season in third place. This year’s team is better reported elsewhere in this volume, and we will only append that the School may justly be proud of the records of all the basketball teams, even without taking into account the fact that this is but the fourth official year of that sport at Kent. Crew is quite another matter. We who rowed in Second Form year found it well established. The crew that year was the tenth to represent Kent and had a good season, losing only to the Yale Heavy Freshman. In third Form year our own Form crew leapt into a prominence surpris¬ ing even to its members by reaching the finals of the Form regatta, where it lost to the Deef Mutt Spen Page seventy-ninc THE KENT SCHOOL Brower Sixth Form eight by a scant fifth of a second. The first crew that year was the never-to-be-forgotten ’33 Henley crew which swept aside all opposition both here and in England, bringing back the Thames Challenge Cup triumphantly for its second trip to America in seventy years. The crews have been consistently good, winning all but one of their races against schoolboy crews. The race we did not win resulted in a tie with Lafayette at the Scho¬ lastic Regatta held at Worcester last year. Not only have we seen our crews triumph over other schoolboy crews, but we have seen them meet college competition on a more than favorable basis. We have won our share of races against such crews as the Columbia, Yale, and Princeton Heavy Freshman, have rowed a tie against the third ’Varsity crew of the latter College, have beaten the Giff Harvard 150-pound ’Varsity twice and the Manhattan ’Varsity as many times. Our Form has always been en¬ thusiastic in crew, putting three and sometimes four crews on the river. Our Third Form crew’s challenge was no mere stroke of luck, for we took the finals of the Form regatta both Fourth and Fifth Form year, and placed three men on the first crew and seven on the second the latter Ned Maggie year. To us the most remarkable thing about the tennis teams the last five years has been the fact that Jim Stanton has played on every one of them, winning his letter as early as Second Form year. He played at number one last year and captains this year’s team. The tennis teams have done well on the whole, main¬ taining an average of over .500 since we have been here, and in ' 33, under Captain Hawley, the team won all its matches with the exception of those against Choate and Yale Freshmen. Lovey Page eighty TEAR BOOK 1936 Mickey Ma Last year was almost as good as the team lost but three matches during the season. Football seemed to us a sport doomed to mediocrity. For four years the News carried headlines, “Stubborn Kent team loses to Hotchkiss,” or, “Fighting Blue and Grey eleven downed by Choate.” The teams were all spirited, but light. But our last year here saw that changed with the advent of Chuck Blair’s championship team. Fellows in our Form came up through the leagues and the second team, finally growing up into players with the weight and ability to win, as well as the spirit Kent teams have always shown. McClintock, Berkeley, Blair, Starbuck, Purnell, Stanton, Coleman, Roberts, and Conway, Sixth Formers on this year’s team, all played one or more years in the leagues. Some have played for more than one season, as Blair, who played every minute of every game in Fourth Form year. Football has been a hearty sport at Kent always. It means a lot to win, but Kent teams have always been good losers when necessary. We can remember trips away, for us who were not on the team, which were enjoyed, whatever the score, to the fullest extent of a carefully allotted allowance. Win or lose, bus rides back from games with Choate, Hotchkiss, or Taft were memorable. But for all our good qualities as losers we were glad to see the team end an unbeaten season this year by a stirring victory over Choate. There were rumors of a pajama parade in the air, but that was as far as it went. W e had heard of such things since Second Form year and there has been a vague halo of glory about the term for us al¬ ways. But no startled towns¬ folk have seen three hundred odd boys snake-dancing about the monument since we have been here and we still feel that we George Dinty Page eighty-one THE KEKT SCHOOL Old O Fish have missed something. But we did have a victory bonfire the night of the Choate game and it was a satisfactory celebration for a successful season. We can remember, though, a hockey season in our Second Form year that was far from satisfactory. That was a mild winter certainly. Form hockey never did get under way and of the four games the first team played two were on indoor rinks. That winter a variation of rugby football called “rugger” by its adherents was a popular sport as was also cross-country touch and a crude type of field hockey. Groups were organized for hikes and we enjoyed ourselves despite the weather. The hockey team felt the handicap of lack of practice and lost two of the four games that constituted the season. The next winter was more favorable and the team won seven and tied one of its eleven games. But Captain Cady’s team in our Fourth Form year had even a more impressive record, winning nine and tying two of twelve games, losing only to Yale Fresh¬ men. Both teams tied were later defeated by teams which Kent had beaten, so the claim of a championship team is well founded. Kent hockey teams have al¬ ways been good, and we can rank our team of ’36 with some of the great teams of past years for its record is certainly impressive. Every schoolboy team met was beaten by Captain Whiting’s sextet, and its scholastic oppon¬ ents could score no more than a total of five points all season. Yale Freshmen won from Kent, but the Princeton Freshmen could do no better than a tie. The Kent team conquered all logical contenders for the cham¬ pionship title and again it does not seem unreasonable to claim a championship for it, making the second championship team in a major sport in this one year. Swede Seth George Page eighty-two TEAR BOOK 1936 Pot Of the major sports only baseball remains. Baseball might be termed the forgotten sport at Kent with approximately half the School reporting for crew in the spring and a good many going out for tennis. But for all this Kent has not had a really poor team in our five years. True, the team has won no championships, but baseball has produced at least one hero in the person of Dan Dunn of our Form who last year pitched a no-hit, no-run game against Canterbury. Mr. Evans’s junior team has ranked at or near the head of its league every year and sooner or later the results of this must be felt when the fellows comprising the junior teams grow up. Wrestling is a sport which did not begin until our Fifth Form year when Mr. Colmore, who had captained the Princeton ’Varsity, organized a small group. There were no outside matches, but there was an intramural contest to close the season. Great interest was shown in the sport this year and cpiite a number reported. The squad progressed well and we saw it defeat Loomis handily in its one outside match. It was an un¬ expected victory for Kent, and, with the rapidly increasing inter¬ est, bodes well for the future of wrestling at Kent. If we have devoted an undue amount of space to athletics our only excuse is that that side of our life here is easiest to describe. It is not to be inferred from this either that our interest has been concentrated on sports too much, or that the School has overemphasized them. Studies, as is natural, are of great im¬ portance to us now as we prepare for college. But it is not only now when the problem of entering college is imminent that they seem important—studies have always filled a carefully worked out portion of our life. It seemed hard at first. We have heard many say that they had to learn to study, the most Geouge Sam Dick Pete Page eighty-three THE KEHT SCHOOL important part of an education, when they came here. But Kent is admirably adapted for teaching the independence necessary for concentration in study. From the first we studied under the supervision of officers elected by ourselves. To some, that seemed asking for trouble, and there was a little at first, but only a little— another of the far-reaching effects of the Self-Help system. There was much to learn that first year, but Second Formers learn fast. Too fast sometimes, for we had much to unlearn in Third Form year, and had to realize that we were still brats. But Fourth Form seemed a different matter. We were important then; we were to stay over at the end of School for Cram Week and Board Week. The Fourth Form always comes in for a large share of criticism for being too much aware of its own importance, and Ned “snotty”. As Sixth Formers we have felt that that was true and have resented it. We were not like that Fourth Form year! But we probably were. We were, most likely, a little loud and inclined to show off. But for all that we remem¬ ber Fourth Form year as one of our happiest. Our Form was well united then, having ab¬ sorbed the great number of new boys who came in Third Form year, and we felt we had passed one milestone at least. Studies were harder than be¬ fore and this had some part in Ted our own estimate of our im¬ portance. When Prize Day was over we took off our Sunday best and smiled tolerantly at the brats in their eagerness to be home—we had another two weeks or more. And then began a new experience, Cram Week, climaxed by Board Week and the tests themselves. Both years that we have taken Boards we have felt this period to be, des¬ pite its threat, one of the most Rupe pleasant ones of the whole John Mugs Page eighty-four TEAR BOOK 1936 School year. The country is at its best and discipline is relaxed. The importance of the Boards is not overemphasized and Board Week seems only a pleasant and leisurely way of ending an enjoyable School year. As we have grown up our studies have become harder but we have learned not only to conjugate an irregular verb we have studied, but also to guess at the conjugation of one we have never seen before. We have learned, then, to some degree, to think for ourselves. The Form average has accordingly risen usually as we have taken up more difficult subjects until in the winter term of our last year we led the School with an unusually high average of over seventy-eight. Our Form has not produced any ex¬ ceptional students, as no one of us has ever led the School, but on the whole it has maintained a good average standard of scholarship, especially for a Form of its large size. Face Extra-curricular activities are an important part of our education here, but are more completely covered elsewhere in this volume. We would like to say a few words, though, about dramatics, for their progress while we have been here has been great. We have seen “The Turning of the Tide” by a former winner of the Atlantic City Baby Parade, and “The Importance of Being Earnest” by a better known playwright. A ' e have seen numerous other plays including one, “Good Morning Teacher” given by us as Fourth Formers. Dramatics were, when we came, a riotous and haphazard means of enter¬ tainment, but Mr. Baker has changed that radically. Re¬ hearsals are frequent for any play now, and the production consequently smoother. Of the plays we have seen here, one of the most entertaining without a doubt was “The Maladies of Dago 1934” produced by the class of Joe Alex Page eighty-five THE KEKT SCHOOL Frankie Hutch ’34 in their Sixth Form year. They wrote their own music and script, and the fact that it dealt with that tyrant of the kitchen, Mai, (now with the Navy) added much to its interest. Mr. Baker has hopes of producing “Journey’s End” here eventually and we, re- , A membering his superb reading of it last fall, only regret that we will not be here when that occurs. 98 We have said nothing of the religious side of our life here, not because it is unimportant, but because it is, rightly enough, less material and tangible than the other aspects of our life at Kent. But our religious develop¬ ment has been as important as either our mental or physical development. Many of us had but vague ideas on religion when we came, but Pater’s talks in Sacred Studies and the Chapel services have given ns an under¬ standing of the meaning of our religion and have helped us to a better and truer one. The compulsory Chapel question is one that is magnified beyond its importance we believe—we have heard little complaint, especially this year, about compulsory attendance in Chapel. We, and here we can speak for the whole Form, do not resent the time spent in Chapel, but rather value it as an integral part of our educa¬ tion. One thing that has been of importance to us all through our time here has been the fact that we are the thirty year class. With our graduation Kent ends the first generation of its ex¬ istence. During the spring va¬ cation a large dinner was held in New York in honor of Father Sill who celebrated his own sixty-second birthday in con¬ junction with the thirtieth of the School. Most of us attended and while we enjoyed it, it had another meaning which we could not enjoy so much, for, as Kent ends its thirtieth year we end Ted our last year at Kent. Willie Page eighty-six TEAR BOOK 1936 We hate to bring this history to a close because it means that our history as Kent School boys is actually drawing to a close as well, impossible as that seemed five years ago. Now there is but one chapter to be written, and that is graduation. This is the final drawing together of the threads which have bound us into one Form. It is far too little space to do much more than touch upon some of the high spots, but at least it may serve as an outline for us, and our memory can fill in the blank spaces with a fund of incidents, which, small as they may seem, are in reality as much the substance of our lfe as these which are here recorded. But now it is time for us to end our five years and say a temporary “good¬ bye!” to the School that has been such a great influence over us. We are taking from it far more than we can ever hope to leave behind, but we do hope that, as Kent is always pushing on to new heights, we may have had some hand in its progress and have added our bit to the accumulation of the classes which have gone before us. This is an ending for us, but not a last farewell, for we shall return if only to visit the School again, for it has meant far too much already not to have meaning in our future. This fall most of us will enter college, and some few of us will forsake an education to enter business. Naturally, there will be a change and one which normally and in most schools might result in severing connec¬ tions with the preparatory school in question. But the tie that binds the Alumni of Kent with the School, even many years after graduation, is strong. Alumni of Kent seldom if ever cut themselves off from the School with graduation. Our history as Kent School boys may be drawing to a close, but as graduates of the School we will return many times in the years to come; we will continue the firm friendships formed at Kent, and we will never forget Kent School and what it means to us. Whiff Kirk Red Stooge Page eighty-seven THE CLASS OF 1986 TAKEN IN 1982TEAR BOOK 1936 Charter Members of the Class of 1936 William Lippiatt Archer, Jr. William Rattle Berkeley Frederic Roberts Blair Harrison Butterworth Oliver Allen Campbell, Jr. Jack Edson Chari ier David Coggeshall Frank Maclvor Conway Robert Sanders Davies Herman Albert Dayton Roger Alden Derby, Jr. William Ransom Johnson Dunn, Jr. Cyrus Stephen Eaton, Jr. Sidney Wilmot Goldsmith, Jr. John McVickar Haight, Jr. Edwin Arthur Holden Henry Lawrence Hubbard Alfred deForest Keys, Jr. Gifford Ladd Bailey Brower McClintock George Ashton Oldham, Jr. George Washington Overton, Jr. Norman Sallee Parker, Jr. George Wharton Pepper, III Henry Walker Peters Thomas Peck Front Charles Mattlage Ruprecht Theodor Charles Sauer Paul Lynge Smith Richard Austin Springs, Jr. James Harrison Stanton William Hutton Starbuck Frank Dodd Taylor Arthur Hutchinson Terry, III Edward Callender Trimble Sil as M andeville Wheelock, Jr. Robert Evans White David Wolfers David Benninger Wright Of these, six have left the School, and three have dropped back into the (Mass of Page eighty-nine TWO VIEWS OF FATHER’S POND Fifth Form Fourth Form Third Form Second Form Qlasses THE Fimi FORM Left In right: Top row: Reily, Ambler. Brew, Holland. Bamum, Cunningham, Elser, Dayton. II. Tate Second row: Throop, Tynq, Chamberlain. Spelman, R. Johnson. II. A moss Third row: lioughteling, Vanamee, II. X. Staley. Monzani, I), llart. Garslin. • . IF. Simmons, Stonier. Francis, Fleming. Kimball, Cm. Smith, B. Smith. C. Martin, Bullitt, Archer Fourth row: Ayres, McMahon, Baker, Eager, 11 ewes, (President). Sherburne, Bodell, II. Redmglon Fifth row: Cross, Murkland, Jenny, W. Brooks, Yates, Gerster, Hall, J. Blair, Harris, Hempstead, Morris, Edgerlon Sixth row: Eaton. W. Wick, Mallory, Craig, II. Pepper. Ellison Bottom row: T. Smith, Kissock. C. Hart, II. East is, Carlson, Robbins, Lunt, HenselTEAR BOOK 1936 Fifth Form Charles Ellicott Hewes, President Samuel Allison Ambler . Harold Lindsay Amoss, Jr. William Lippiatt Archer, Jr. Henry Fairfax Ayres, Jr. John Frederic Baker William Henry Barnum, III John Allan Blair Joseph James Bodell, Jr. John Price Brew Whitney Brooks Charles Stimson Bullitt . Karl Edward Carlson Harvey Hine Chamberlain Wilbur Lucius Cross, III George Clarendon Cunningham, Jr. Howard Carter Davis, Jr. Howard Gay Davis, Jr. . Herman Albert Dayton . Auville Eager, Jr. . (huger Gallaudet Edgerton William McLaren Ellison Peter Fielding Davis Elser Richard Spelman Eustis, Jr. Robert Miller Francis Charles Bertram Garstin John Wynne Gerster Rodney Dennis Hall, Jr. William Hugh II arris, Jr. Charles Edwin Hart, III David Livingston Hart Alan Maxwell Hempstead James Clarence Hensel . Harry Albert Holland, Jr. James Lawrence Houghteling, Jr. Ralph Royal Jenney Robert Wilkinson Johnson, III Clark Craig Kimball Robert James Kissock, Jr. Hor ace Gray Lunt, II George Barron Mallory . Crozer Fox Martin . Farmington, Conn. New Milford, Conn. Greenwich, Conn. Larohmont, N. Y. Rye, N. Y. Claymont, Del. Madison, Conn. Geneva, Ill. Providence, R. I. Lansford, Pa. Torrington, Conn. Seattle, Wash. Marquette, Mich. Maplewood, N. J. . New Haven, Conn. Milton, M ass. Greenwich, Conn. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Pine Orchard, Conn. New York City New York City Chestnut Hill, Mass. Ilastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. Rockville, Md. New York City Flushing, L. I., N. Y. Woodbine, Md. Waterbury, Conn. New Britain, Conn. Coban A. V., Guatemala, C. A. New York City Chestnut Hill, Pa. Winnetka, Ill. Garden City, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Watertown, N. Y. Bronxville, N. Y. Denver, Colo. Rye, N. Y. Elkins Park, Pa. Page ninety-three THE KETiT SCHOOL Benjamin Franklin McMahon, Jr. John Monzani Henry Thompson Morris Edward Ridgely Murkland Alexander Nimick, Jr. Robert Janney Redington John Evans Rees . James Weaks Reily John Garside Robbins Edward Gill Sherburne, Jr. John William Simmons . Truscott Smith Frederick Bradford Smith, III George Watson Hall Smith Edmund Lloyd Souder, Jr. Joseph Worcester Spelman Richard Nichols Staley . Frederic Homer Sargent Tate . William Garthwaite Thorn William Wark Tyng Parker Vanamee William Arms Wick Eugene Adams Yates, Jr. Bethlehem, Pa. Waterbury, Conn. Bradford, Pa. Roxbury Falls, Conn. Sewickley, Pa. New York City New York City New Orleans, La. Hartford, Conn. Brooklyn, N. Y. Rossford, Ohio Allendale, N. J. Birmingham, Mich. Providence, R. I. Hankow, China Brooklyn, N. Y. Providence, R. I. Kingston, N. Y. New Orleans, La. Changsha, China Portland, Me. Youngstown, Ohio New York City Fourth Form Charles Ransom Brothwell, Jr., President Henry Sloan Austin, Jr. . William Anderson Aycrigg, II Richard Morehouse Booth William Heberd Briggs . John Nixon Brooks, Jr. . John Harrison Bullock, II DeWitt Bellinger Casler, Jr. Wadsworth Scott Cauchois Gerard Sleicher Chapin . John dePeyster Conger, Jr. Robert Lewis Conway Peter Horst Conze Paul Constant Coolidge . Alexander Mahon Craig, Jr. Victor Crawford .... John Harlan Derby Edward Stapleford Dewey Chester, Conn. Morristown, N. J. Darien, Conn. New Milford, Conn. Rochester, N. Y. Trenton, N. J. White Plains, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Yonkers, N. Y. . Lyman, S. C. Bridgeport, Pa. West New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. Greenwich, Conn. Milton, Mass. South Orange, N. J. Montclair, N. J. Cedarhurst, L. I. Brooklyn, N. Y. Page ninety-four TEAR BOOK 1936 Douglas Pierrepont Dodge Henry Middleton Drinker Cyrus Stephen Eaton, Jr. Charles Sims Farr . Carson Fleming Harry Courtland Frey Gifford Robert Maurice Gill James Girdwood, II Richard Blake Gordon Azel Farnsworth Hatch, Jr. Horton Hubbard Heath, Jr. Harrison Baldwin Wright Hoffman James Edward Hooper, Jr. John Seys Huyler . Will iam Brinckerhof Jackson Cornelius Jackson Lewis Leon Walsh Losee . William Redmond Martin Frederick Charles McNulty Hervey Cotton Merrill Edmund Gaudette Miller Arthur Ernest Mittnacht, Jr. . William Brewster Morgan Walter Nichols W illiam Walden Nielsen Heyward Myers Pepper . Donald Scott Peterkin William Charles Peters . George Robert Pfeiffer Gordon Potter Franklin Perry Seeley William Dickson Seidler William Logan Shearer . Julian Simmons Robert Foster Staley Burton Anderson Strait . David Paul Taylor, Jr. . William Johnson Taylor, III Evan Welling Thomas, II Montgomery Hunt Throop, Jr. John Blair Tucker . Henry Cammann Van Rensselaer Frank Whittemore Wadsworth Philip Duncan Wilson Bruno Hasbrouck Zimin Scarsdale, N. Y. Jenkintown, Pa. Cleveland, Ohio New York City Eastport, Me. Mamaroneek, N. Y. Providence, R. I. Middleburgh, N. Y. Flushing, L. I., X. Y. New York City Scarsdale, N. Y. Radnor, Pa. . Ruxton, Md. Greenwich, Conn. New Haven, Conn. Johnstown, Pa. Newton, N. J. South Orange, X. J. Soochow, China Cologne, Germany Pelham Manor, X. Y. Old Greenwich, Conn. Honolulu, T. II. . Kyoto, Japan Ridgewood, N. J. St. Davids, Pa. Garden City, L. I., X. Y. Bridgeport, Conn. Bayside, L. L, X. Y. Lake Forest, Ill. Stamford, Conn. Montclair, N. J. Lexington, Ky. Baltimore, Md. Providence, R. I. Annapolis, Md. New York City Philadelphia, Pa. New York City Shanghai, China Shanghai, China Hewlett, L. L, X. Y. East Hampton, Conn. X T ew York City Woodstock, N. Y. Page ninety-five THE FOURTH FORM Left to right: Top rote: Shearer, II. G. Davis, Gill, Come, J. Derby, Aycrigg, Conger, Deter kin Second row: .4. Mittnacht, Van Rensselaer, Or rick. Heath, Dodge, Briggs Third row: Seidler, Hatch. Symington. Hooper, Huyler. Dewey, Girdwood, Thomas Fourth row: II. Hoffman, Losee, McNulty, Broth well (President), Bullock, Cauchois, Chapin, Tucker Fifth row: Zimm, IF. Peters, Nielson, Jackson. . . Brooks, Booth, Gifford. G. Potter Sixth row: It. F. Staley. Nichols, Wadsworth. J. Simmons, Miller, Seeley Bottom row: . . Cranford. Austin, H. Conway, Coolidge, P. I). Wilson, D. Taylor. S. Farr. DrinkerTEAR BOOK 1936 Third Form Cyrus Jones Quinn, President . James Thomas Alexander, Jr. . David Talmadge Andrews Robert King Awtrey, Jr. Charles Edward Beach, II John Van Wie Bergamini, Jr. . Henry Banning Bradford Will iam duBois Burnham Harold Connett, Jr. James Day Crawford Lewis Acker Dibble, Jr. . George Henry Dunning . Rowland Evans, Jr. Gordon Huntington Ellis W arren Fales Francis Bartow Farr John Fayerweather Aaron Allen Hand . John dePeyster Hasbrouck William Harry Hawley, II Frederick Stevens Hicks Ward Lamb Johnson, Jr. James Holtzclaw Kirkpatrick, Jr. Berwick Bruce Lanier, Jr. John Morgan Lozier Armstrong Lyon Peter Milholland Charles Wellman Mitchell, III William George Morrisey, III . Edward Marshall Koss Murray Richard LeRoy Noble Stuart Symington Orrick Jordan Paine George Foster Pierce, IV William Whitney Pinney, Jr. . John Bordley Rawls John Henry Rebhann Charles Reed, Jr. . John Frederic Requardt, Jr. Joseph Eckford Rhodes . John Stagg Robinson Brooklyn, N. Y. . Washington, I). C. Bronxville, N. Y. . Charlestown, S. C. . Summit, N. J. Tokyo, Japan Wilmington, Del. Hollywood, Cal. Haverford, Pa. Bridgeport, Conn. Naugatuck, Conn. New York City Villa Nova, Pa. Hartford, Conn. Fort Benning, Ga. New York City New Lebanon, N. Y. Greenwich, Conn. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Washington, I). C. Hewlett, L. I., N. Y. New York City New York City Westfield, Mass. Rosemont, Pa. New York City Baltimore, Md. Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y. New York City New Haven, Conn. B altimore, Md. Phoenix, Ariz. Avon, N. J. Summit, N. J. Baltimore, Md. Garden City, L. I., N. Y. Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Sherman, Conn. Upper Montclair, N. J. Page ninety-seven THE THIRD FORM Left to right: Top row: Requardl, M. Johnson, htzier, Rhodes, Fates, Westlake, Iteed, G. Stone Second row: Schmidt, F. Stevens, Rawls, W. Hawley, Audrey, S. Whitney, Murray Third row: Sohle, Payerweather. Geer, F. Farr. Stoddard. Canned, Trustow, Mitchell Fourth row: Kirkpatrick. Andrews, Dunning, Lyon, Tilghman, Quinn (President). Sherman, T. Sterling, Waterbary, F. Stone Fifth row: Morrisey. W. Johnson. Hicks, Alexander, Ellis, Paine, Horton, Dibble Bottom rote: Van Courtland, Hasbrouck. Pinney, Hand. S. WhiteTEAR BOOK 1936 William Charles Schmidt, Jr. . Levering Bartine Sherman Theodore Weld Sterling, Jr. Frank Farrington Stevens, Jr. Alexander Raymond Stevens, Jr. Benjamin McKinley Stoddard Frederic Courtney Stone George Norton Stone Frank Hambleton Symington . Henry Ashe Tilghman Walter Truslow, Jr. Augustus Van Courtland, III . Frederick Van Deusen Davidge Richard Warfield Holden Nelson Waterbury William Lyeth Westlake DeBerniere Whitaker Samuel Augustus White, Jr. Stephen Thayer Whitney Peter Arms Wick . North Tarrytown, N. Y. Cincinnati, Ohio Buckingham Valley, Pa. Edgartown, Mass. Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y. New York City New York City Bronxville, N. Y. Lutherville, Md. Morristown, N. J. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mt. Kisco, N. Y. New York City Washington, I). C. Central Machete, P. R. Clarks Green, Pa. Denver, Colo. Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Weston, Mass. Youngstown, Ohio Second Form Dudley Moore Amoss ..... Gardner Rust Anstice ..... John Palmer Colmore ..... James Mitchell Crane ..... Clark Danielson ...... Paul French Ely, Jr. William Richardson Eustis .... William Montague Geer, III Henry Clay Gibson, Jr. . William Moulton Graves .... Edmund Pitts Harrison ..... Robert Corey Kerr, II. Bleecker King ...... Robert Palmer Krida ..... Clarence Jay Lafferty, Jr. Charles Brune Levering ..... John Newton McCormick, II . Stewart Mittnacht ..... Webb Levering Nimick ..... William Sergeant Pepper .... Greenwich, Conn. Rochester, N. Y. San Juan, P. R. San Diego, Cal. Westfield, N. J. New York City Chestnut Hill. Mass. New York City Jenkintown, Pa. New York City Cincinnati, Ohio Montclair, N. J. Chicago, Ill. New York City Saignon, Indochina . Ruxton, Md. Louisville, Ky. Old Greenwich, Conn. Sewickley, Pa. St. Davids, Pa. Page ninety-nine THE SECOND FORM Left to right: Top row: ('rone, H Eustis, Kerr, W. Ximick, Harrison. Lafferhj, If. Sauer, Register Second row: I). Amass, Whittlesey, . . Smith, Scott, Gibson, Danielson, Rich Third row: . . Sterling, D. Tate, Geer, McCormick, C. Levering, Wright. Rumery, Colmorc, Krieda Bottom row: H Pepper, S. Mittnacht, Graves, R. Perry, Ely, B. King, Anstice, W. Whitney. G. PetersTEAR BOOK 1936 Richard Gardner Perry . George Owen Peters Philippe deMontauzan Register William Alexander Rich . Richard Gilbert Rumery Robert William Sauer Sampson Scott, Jr. James Garrison Smith John Eliot Sterling Daniel Lisle Tate, II William Beaumont Whitney, III George Block Whittlesey Graham Varian Wright . New Canaan, Conn. South Hero, Yt. St. Davids, Pa. West New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. Short Hills, N. J. Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y. Brewster, N. Y. South Worcestor, N. Y. Buckingham Valley, Pa. Kingston, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsfield, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. Page one hundred one East ' Porch in Winter Musical Organizations C )-o per at ire Stores The News The Year Book The Belts Dramatics ( hess Debating Cum Laude Society Fathers ' and Mothers ' Association . I lunini . Issociafion Organizations THE CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA Left to right: Top row: Nichols, Booth, Jenney, S. Whitney Second row: S. Mittnacht, Carlson, Craig, Souder, A. Mittnacht Third row: Throop, hunt, Tyng, S. King, Jackson, Hasbrouck, Danielson THE BAND Left to right: Top row: Fremd, Parker, A. Mittnacht, Roberts, Shearer, Lunt, S. Whitney Second row: S. White, W. Nimick Third row: Hatch, W. Evans, Souder, Carlson, S. Mittnacht, Craig TEAR BOOK 1936 The Musical Organizations T TNDER Mr. Gilliam’s direction, musical activities at Kent have made rapid strides, and this year, Mr. Gill iam’s eighth at the School, has been no exception. It has been the policy this year to make it possible for everyone interested to enter the Glee Club, in that way affording those who show interest an oppor¬ tunity to develop what talent they may have. A result of this has been, naturally, a larger Club, and so a diversified program was arranged whereby it was possible to make a selection among the membership for the singing of certain numbers, while the full club of fifty-five could participate in the remainder of the program. Two concerts were held in the Fall term, the first on Mother’s Day, December 7, and the other a joint concert with the Berkshire School (dee Club one week later on December 14. Continuing a custom begun a few years ago, the Club also took part in the pre-Christmas celebrations at the School, singing, besides carols, Sir John Stainer’s “Crucifixion” during Holy Week. Several more con¬ certs will be held in the Spring, after the Year Book will have gone to press. An octet instead of a quartet was an experimental innovation this year, affording more fellows the valuable experience of singing solo parts in public. The Form Choirs have continued their work this year, increasing the repertoire of hymns, and bettering the musical portions of the Chapel services as a whole. The Sixth Form Music Appreciation Class met once a week to listen to some of the best music. Mr. Gilliam commented, answered questions and led discussions on the various pieces played. Instrumental music also has progressed this year. The Classical Orchestra, although having made no public appearances at the time of writing, has met once a week, its chief function being to supply an outlet for, as well as training in, instrumental music. The Band, which is rarely organized until the Spring term in preparation for the Memorial Day parade, made one public appearance last Fall before the Taft football game. The Jazz Band was reorganized again this year under the direction of Fremd after having been defunct during the 1984-35 school year, and has resumed the custom of playing at dinner each Saturday night. The chief comment that can be made about the musical organizations this year is that an increasing interest has been shown in them all. More and more fellows are becoming interested in and are participating in musical activities, and the credit for this goes, of course, to Mr. Gilliam, who has worked hard and patiently to inspire this interest in Kent students. 1 uge one hundred five THE GLEE CLUB Left to right: Top row: Sewell, Parker, Roberts, Coleman, Mr. Gilliam, G. Pepper, Cunningham, G. Redington, Trimble Second row: Ambler, Milligan, lloughteling, Haight. Diamond, King, Stanton, Tucker. McMahon. Moore. A. l awley, McCormick, Truslow Third row: Cranmer, Oldham, Ashman, Gilman, Purnell, R. Redington, I). Hart, Souder Fourth row: If ewes, R. Conway, Monzani, Davies (President), Goldsmith (Secretary). Fremd, Ridgely, Horton, II. HoffmanTEAR BOOK 1936 The Glee Club Leader . . . . . Mr. R. Lee Gilliam President Robert S. Davies Secret ary Sidney W. Goldsmith Librarians Maynard L. Diamond Spencer M. King Accompanist First Tenors Horace G. Lunt Austin Houghteling Symington Brown McCormick Tliroop II. Ilott’nian Milligan Tucker Horton G. Redington P. Wick Souder Second Tenors Ambler I). Hart Oldham Diamond Hewes Ridgely C. Farr S. King Truslow Haight McMahon Monzani W. Wick First Passes Ash mu n A. Davis Moore Barnum Gilman Purnell Coleman Goldsmith R. Redington R. Conway Huyler Stanton Cunningham Jordan Trimble Davies Mc( dintock A. Mittnacht P. E. Wilson Second Passes Cranmer A. Hawley Robbins Ellison Newell Starbuck Fremd Parker F. Stevens G. Pepper Page one li anil red seven THE OCTET Throop, Houghteling, Truslow, S. King , Cunningham, Trimble, Cranmer, Parker THE JAZZ BAND Left to right: Top row: Coleman, Shearer, Fremd, Roberts, Ridgely Second row: Throop, Souder, S. Mittnacht, A. Mittnacht, A. Nimick, Jackson Bottom row: Hatch, Carlson, Craig TEAR BOOK 1936 I NSTITUTED in 1910 by Mr. Hobbie, a master, the Stationary Store was the first of the Co-operative Stores, and was followed a few years later, in 1014, by the Athletic Store, and then the Pop Tent, the latter being run on the co¬ operative basis until 1931, when it was taken over by the St. Joseph’s Society. The purpose of the stores at this time is to present to the Student Body at as low a price as is reasonably possible what supplies they may need during the course of the school year. The Stationary Store has increased the variety of its stock until now not only books, pencils, and other strictly school supplies are available, but also such necessities and conveniences as toothpaste, Kodak films, and flash¬ lights, while the Athletic Store has carried since its organization a complete line of athletic goods and equipment. Originally, Mr. Hobbie sold pencils, pads, and other items of this type in his room, but feeling the need of expansion, quarters were set up in “Basement Ilall B” in the Main Building, and assistance was sought from several of the older fellows. This marked the beginning of the present system of management, and upon Mr. Hobbie’s departure in 1917, the store became strictly a student organi¬ zation, with one Sixth Former serving as manager, and two Fifth Formers aiding as assistant managers. Under the present system two or three Fourth Formers enter the store as clerks and receive preliminary training in the details surround¬ ing the management of the store. Two of these are selected according to their ability to serve as assistants in their Fifth Form year, and one of these two takes over the duties of manager the following year. The Athletic Store is run on somewhat the same plan, although Mr. Nadal supervises the operation of the store. Despite its former financial difficulties, the store has been on a firm footing for the past few years. The Pop Tent is no longer under the Co-operative store system, and having been abandoned by the St. Joseph’s Society, is now operated by Mr. Child, pro¬ prietor of an inn in the town of Kent. During the past year. Wiles has served as manager of the Stationary Store, assisted by Craig and Morris, while the Athletic Store has been under the direction of II. Peters, assisted by C. Hart. Page one hundred nine THE NEWS BOARD Left to right: Standing: Carney, Cutler, W. Peters, Wiles Seated: G. Redington, Hunter, Goldsmith, Ruprecht, F. Conway The News Board President Sidney Wilmot Goldsmith, Jr. Editors Frank Maclvor Conway Ralph Hinchman Cutler, Jr. George Owen Redington, Jr. Charles Mattlage Ruprecht Circulation Mcmacjer Allan Hunter, Jr. Associate Editors Francis James Carney George Washington Overton, Jr. Henry Walker Peters Yillie Kirkpatrick Wiles Paye one hundred ten TEAR BOOK 1936 The News XX 7T1EN the present Board took over the management of the News late in the ’ School year last year there were several changes made immediately. The offices which comprised the Board were changed both in name and importance and the News printed a statement of its future policy which seemed to differ from that followed by previous Boards. This change was furthered by the change in format which occurred during the fall term of this year. The basic idea of the new regime thus instituted was simplicity at first of style, and later of presentation. Coupled with this was the idea of efficiency, and the whole ideal, of course, was a News which should be of the greatest interest to the Alumni and parents of boys at the School. To facilitate a policy which, while not new, was more outspoken than pre¬ viously, there were fewer specialized offices on this year’s Board, and the group was enlarged to ten members of the Sixth Form, all but one of whom have a share in the writing of articles and other editorial work, as contrasted with the four at the most who did such work for the previous Board. Fifth Form Associate Editors were also dropped on the presumption that this would stir up a more competitive spirit in those who wished to make the Board next year. Among the more important innovations which came as an eventual result of the declared policy of simplicity was the change in format which took place about mid-term in the fall. Heads were simplified, but, more important, the actual composition of the front page was changed so that now there are few or no breaks, most articles running the full length of the page. It was the opinion of the editors that this added to the unity of the paper, and since the News has no compe¬ tition in its field of circulation, it seemed a waste of time and effort that could be better employed in making more interesting and readable reports to try by the arrangement of articles and their heads to attract the readers’ interest. It seemed a reasonable assumption that those who read the News at all would read it in any form, and the increased simplicity of format seemed to make for a more interesting whole by allowing more time for the writing of the articles. It is regrettable that there has been a noticeable lack of interest in the News among lower Formers, but there is a capable and interested group in the Fifth Form, and the retiring Board is well satisfied that it leaves the News in good hands for the succeeding year. Page one hundred eleven THE YEAR BOOK BOARD Left to right: Standing: W. Peters, G. Redington, Schwable, R. Potter, F. Conway Seated: Hunter, Ruprecht, Wiles, Stanton, Cutler The Year Book Board Chairman ex-Officio James Harrison Stanton Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Villie Kirkpatrick Wiles Allan Hunter, Jr. Managing Editor Charles Mattlage Ruprecht Art Editor John Holmes Magruder, III Class Historian Edwin Arthur Holden Photographic Editor Henry Walker Peters Advertising Monager Ralph Hinchman Cutler, Jr. Assistant Advertising Managers John Arthur Schwable Robert Knight Potter, Jr. Page one hundred twelve Editors Frank Maclvor Conway George Owen Redington, Jr. THE HELL RINGERS Left to right: Hack row: I). Taylor, Girdwood, Van Rennsselaer, S. White, Seeley, T. Sterling Front row: Wheelock, Brown, Bodell, Mallory The Bells r I ' HAT bell-ringing has become firmly established at Kent was brought out when, despite the departure of Mr. Attwater who has been instructor since the bells were presented to the School through the kindness of Mr. Frank .1. Humphreys, President of the Fathers’ Association, ringing continued with un¬ diminished interest and enthusiasm. When it was learned that Mr. Attwater was to leave, it was feared that inter¬ est in change-ringing would die out, but the Ringers rallied to carry on this activity at Kent. Wheelock, who has been ringing since his Second Form year, took over the job of instructor, and with the aid of Brown, Chairman of the Guild, and Terry, has instilled a great deal of interest and skill in lower formers out for the Guild. At the time of writing no attempts have been made to ring a full peal, as was attempted by a few of last year’s Guild and a group of veteran ringers from the city of Boston, and performances have been limited to change ringing and chiming several times each week, largely by the first band. However, those aspiring to the first band enjoy frequent practice and instruction in the art of ringing under the supervision of Wheelock, Brown and Terry. This triumph of the Ringers in carrying on without a veteran instructor is sufficient proof that the Bells will continue to play an important part in the extra¬ curricular activities for many years to come. I’aye one hundred thirteen THE DRAMATIC SOCIETY Left to right: Top row: Terry, R. Johnson Second row: Milligan, Bodell, Cross Third row: Robbins, J. Blair, Ellison, Hensel, Wheelock Fourth row: Tucker, Brown, H. Amoss, R. N. Staley, Archer Ellison, Tucker and Brown in a Scene from “The Monkey’s Paw” TEAR BOOK 1936 ' I ' HE past year has been a notable one in dramatics at Kent. After a lapse of several years, interest in the activity was renewed with the ( ' lass of 1933, which presented two highly successful plays. However, it was not until the Spring of 1935 that a well-organized Dramatic Society presented its first attempt under the direction of Mr. R. M. Baker. Meeting with enthusiastic response, the Society went on to present one more play last Spring, and at the time of writing two more plays have been given, one in the Fall term and one in the Winter term. Eugene O ' Neill’s “In The Zone” was presented on the occasion of Father Sill’s Birthday, March 10. The Society made the best of a poor set of scenery in presenting this play, a one-act drama of war-time, and the acting was notable. Richard Staley and James Hensel were outstanding, and were supported by J. Blair, R. Johnson, Cross, II. Amoss, Robbins and Ellison. On Father’s Day, May 5, the Society produced “The Trysting Place , a one- act comedy b y Booth Tarkington, in which the entanglements of love were hilari¬ ously presented. The cast, headed by Staley, Terry and Brown, included, in addition. Meade, Johnson, Robbins and Tucker. The response to these efforts encouraged the continuation of the Society and its work into this year. Under Mr. Baker’s direction, a new set of scenery was designed and built bv members of the Society to replace the inadecpiate set which had been borrowed from the village Community House. W. W. Jacob’s “The Monkey’s Paw” was given by the Society late in the Fall term on December 7. The cast consisted of Ellison, Brown, Hensel, Tucker and Milligan, all of whom performed creditably. The new scenery was first used in this play, and coupled with the home-made wind machine, and lighting effects, made this the Society’s most perfect effort to date, from the standpoint of presen¬ tation at least. At the end of the Winter Term, the Society undertook its most ambitious effort in the presentation of “The Private Secretary”, a three-act play by Charles Hawtrey. This production took nearly all winter to prepare, the cast rehearsing faithfully every afternoon. Their efforts were rewarded, however, when the play received an enthusiastic ovation from the audience. One fact has been made startlingly clear by the presentation of these four plays. This is the acute need for adequate dramatic facilities. The small time¬ worn stage, the flimsy drop used in lieu of an actual curtain, the home-made lighting system and a host of other inconveniences scarcely encourage dramatics at Kent. The Society and Mr. Baker deserve a great deal of credit and praise for having undertaken these plays, despite the lack of facilities, and turning them all into successful enterprises. We trust that the Dramatic Society will continue to hold an important place among the extra-curricular activities for many years to come, and we look forward to the time when the Society, perhaps on a new and adequate stage, can present in cooperation w ith the Glee Club, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas. Page one hundred fifteen THE CHESS CLUB Left to right: Back row: Ely, T. Sterling, Sherman, M. Johnson, Ogle, G. Peters, Seeley Center: Father Gorham, Coach Front row: Merrill, Van Rensselaer, Cranmer, Vanamee, Spelman T} EORGANTZED two years ago after having been idle since 1931, the Chess Club at Kent has become firmly enough established among the extra-curricu¬ lar activities to insure its continuation for several more years at least. Super¬ vised by Father Gorham, and with Cranmer as President, the Club was prepared for and had scheduled matches with several other schools. However, illness in these schools forced the cancellation of several matches, and at the time of writing, only South Kent has been played. Two matches were played with the South Kent Club, and both resulted in 3-3 ties-. In the first match, Van Rensselaer, Cranmer and Aycrigg were defeated by their opponents, while Merrill, Vanamee and Seeley won for Kent. This match was played at South Kent and so later the South Kent Club came to Kent for a return match. Merrill, Seeley and Spelman accounted for Kent’s wins in this match, while Cranmer, Vanamee and Aycrigg were defeated. A match with Hotchkiss and another with Choate were called off because of illness in those two schools, but at the time of writing a match is pending with Gunnery School’s team. A continuous ladder tournament is held in the School whereby the ranking of the players is determined and from which selection is made of those players who are to represent the School in outside matches. It is unfortunate that it was necessary to call off some of the scheduled matches, as these would no doubt do a great deal to increase interest in the Club and its activities. However, the large number of lower formers who are becoming more skillful at the game under Father Gorham’s expert coaching guarantee that chess activity at Kent will not lag in the next few years. Page one hundred sixteen THE DEBATING SOCIETY Left to right: Top row: A. Hawley, Oldham, Coleman, Wiles. Trimble, Culler Second row: II. A moss. Cranmer ( Secretary ), Keys ( President ), Goldsmith. Overton Third row: Cross, Van Rensselaer, Holden, Fleming. Tyng. Kimball, Mallory Debating TX7TTH the exception of the early years of the School, debating at Kent was completely neglected until steps toward the founding of a permanent society were taken in the Fall of 1933 under the direction of Mr. Titus and Father Sill. H owever, it was not until the following Fall that a constitution was drawn up and provision made for the future development of Debating at Kent. Mr. Morgan undertook the duties of Faculty Advisor, assisted in this work by Mr. Shrigley. The Executive Committee provided for in the Constitution of the Society included deForest Keys, President: Chappell Cranmer, Secretary, and Harold Amoss. Thus advised and organized the 1936 Debating Society con¬ tinued the good work begun two years ago. Practice in prepared speeches, ex¬ temporaneous offerings and informal open forums have been held all year, allow¬ ing a great many students to obtain the invaluable experience of talking before an audience. At the time of writing no outside debates have been held, although one is pending. However, two debates have been held in the Society. The first of these, on the question, “Resolved: That the states should pass laws making auto¬ mobile liability insurance compulsory was won by the negative side, composed of Tyng, Oldham, Coleman and Amoss. Overton, Mallory, Wiles and Goldsmith upheld the affirmative. Later, another was held on “Resolved: That the nations should agree to prevent the international shipment of arms and munitions . In this debate, the affirmative, Cranmer, Cross, Anderson and Overton defeated Holden, Van Rensselaer, Keys and Houghteling. It is hoped that the keen interest which has been shown in the Debating Society will continue for many years, if for no other reason than that the Society offers valuable experience in speaking. Page one hundred seventeen THE KEHT SCHOOL The Cum Laude Society T TOLDING the position in school life that the Phi Beta Kappa Society holds A in colleges, the Cum Laude Society has steadily grown since its organization at Tome School in 1906, until now the entire membership approaches ten thou¬ sand. The Kent chapter, upon its founding in 1930, at once filled a long-felt gap in School life, filling the place in studies of the “K” in athletics as a reward for scholastic excellence. Each chapter of the Society is allowed to draw up its own Constitution and requirements for admission. At Kent each member must have an average of over eighty per cent and still be in the first fifth of his class for a three-year span to qualify for the Society. When begun at Kent, the Chapter had the right to elect as charter members any Alumni of the School who had previously during their school career fulfilled the requirements. A letter was sent to all these, and any who wished to enter were then admitted. Each March those members of the graduating class who have had an average of over eighty-five per cent for three years are taken into the Society, and the re¬ maining members are admitted on Prize Day. This March the following Sixth Formers had qualified and were admitted to the Society: F. Conway, J. H. Stan¬ ton, F. J. Carney, E. O. Coates, W. C. Coleman, P. L. Smith and V. K. Wiles. As the Class of 1935 did not devote a page to the Society in their Year Book, we feel that it would here be appropriate to list those members of that class who gained admission. These include P. T. Yardley, L. B. Magruder, Jr., T. Malin, J. L. Tyson, R. L. Jackson, J. Chapman, C. R. Vance, A. D. Bosson, A. A. Duer, J. Miller IT, and N. G. Pickard. The following members of the faculty are in the Society: F. H. Sill, President ; J. P. Humphreys, Secretary, R. M. Baker, Treasurer ; T. F. Evans, M. D. Nadal, C. P. Harrington, F. Y. Anders, T. D. Walker, C. Iv. Loomis, A. McDowell, W. C. Woods, D. A. Tirrell. 1‘aye one hundred eighteen TEAR BOOK 1936 The Fathers’ and Mothers’ Association ¥7 ACH year finds the Fathers ' and Mothers’ Associations taking a more im- -1 —■ J portant part in the School, holding annual meetings at the School at which reports from the various heads of departments, the Headmaster and the Student Council are presented, and during which inspections of the School plant are made. The Fathers’ Association came into being in the early days of the School, and has grown constantly ever since, affording a more intimate bond between the School and the fathers of students at Kent. This Association aided the School immeasurably in the construction of the Chapel, North Dormitory and the Dining Hall, and a few years ago financed the building of a dam whereby the pond northwest of the Dining Hall has been made into an excellent place for swimming and skating. Fathers’ Fond has proved invaluable since its construction. The Sports Building, designed by Willis X. Mills, Kent ' “15, and built in the summer of 1934, is the latest and perhaps largest enterprise undertaken by the Fathers. The Building fulfilled a great need for a basketball court, while the basement has offered space for wrestling and the rowing machines, The annual meeting of the Association in 1935 was held over the week¬ end of May 5. All the officers of the previous year were reelected: Mr. Frank .1. Humphrey, President; Mr. Kelso Davis, Nice President; and Mr. John Good- body, Treasurer. The Mothers’ Association met at the School last December 8, at which time Mrs. Peterkin was reelected President for the coming year. The work of the Mothers’ Association during the past twelve months has included the presen¬ tation of the chairs on the Dining Hall porch and the purchase of a number of new football jerseys. It has been decided to hold the Mothers’ meeting over the week-end of the Westminster game next year. Until this year the meeting always came a week or two after the visit of the Fathers, but it was deemed advantageous to hold one meeting during the Fall term and one during the Spring term. The Fathers’ and Mothers’ Associations continue each year to become more closely related to the School. The Student Body is fully aware of all that these two groups have done in the past for the benefit of the School, and the work of these two organizations is fully appreciated. Paye one h mill ml nineteen THE KEH T SCHOOL The Alumni Association r I ' HE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is a rather unique organization. Ever since the early days of the School when the three Alumni of the Class of 1907 first formed this association, every Alumnus of Kent has automatically become a member upon graduation. There are no compulsory dues of any sort, each member giving what he desires. The running of the Association necessitates some expense, but if there is anything left after this has been covered, it goes to the Alumni Endowment Fund or to the general improvement of the School. Every year, a group of five Alumni who constitute the Alumni Council meet at the School to discuss any problems that may have come up. Interviews with the Headmaster, the Student Council, the business manager, faculty members, and various members of the Student Body are held. Suggestions from any other School organizations are received and duly considered. The meeting this year will not be held until the Spring Term and consequently the details of it cannot be printed as the Year Book will then have gone to press. The members of the Alumni Council for the year 1935-36 are: Chairman Edward T. Gushee, ' 12, William W. Grant, ' 27, Lawrence M. Noble, ’23, W. Halsey Wood, ’10, Sidney B. Ashmore, ' 18, and T. Dixon Walker, ' 19, Alumni Secretary. The close contact which all Kent Alumni keep with the School is indeed note¬ worthy. A greater part of this must undoubtedly be attributed to the per¬ sonality of Father Sill and the loyalty he has instilled in all Kent undergraduates. Nevertheless, the Alumni Association is also partially responsible for this enviable characteristic. Through the persistent efforts of Mr. Dixon Walker, the Alumni Secretary, the Kent News is mailed weekly to every Alumnus. He also has the arduous task of drawing up the Alumni Directory in which is the address of each graduate. At present, there are listed nine hundred ninety-three Alumni in the Directory. Through Mr. Walker’s work, the Alumni Association has now become one of the most integral parts of Kent School. It seems only right that we should express our appreciation to him for all he has done to make the Alumni Asso¬ ciation an organization of which every one connected with the School should be extremely proud. Ptnje one hundred twenty Crew Baseball Ten n is Football Iloekey Basketball Wrestling Track Summer Activities c A.thlerics THE 1935 CREW Left to right: Humvhrey (Chairman), Ashman, Vance, Starbuck, Flagler, Campbell, li. Wright, F. M. Wick, Frenul, Coach Sill Kneeling: Hunter (Coxswain) T V 11E record of the 1935 crew can he called hut mediocre. After losing the A first three races to the fine Freshman crews of ( ' olumhia and Yale and to the Princeton Third Varsity, the Blue and Gray eight came hack to defeat the second Yale 150-lb. Varsity, the Manhattan Varsity, and North Catholic High School of Philadelphia and the North High School of Worcester in the first heat of the Schoolboy Rowing Association Regatta at Worcester. The season was climaxed the next day as the crew rowed a dead heat with the Lafayette High School of Buffalo, thereby sharing the school rowing championship of America. The call for candidates for the first and second crews was issued late in Feb¬ ruary, and by the beginning of March, practice on the machines under Coach Sill and assistant Coach Colmore was well under way. Four lettermen from the 1934 crew returned to form the nucleus about which the first eight was to be built. Captain Wright at six, A. Derby at bow, Flagler at four, and P. Wick at seven had all been members of the crew which had gone to England the previous year to defend the Thames Challenge Cup won in 1933. After considerable experiment¬ ing, Fremd was placed at stroke, Campbell at five, Ashmun at three, and Vance at two. Of these four, all except Campbell had had experience the year before on the second crew. Hunter, also a member of the 1934 Henley squad, was chosen coxswain. On March 31st, five days before the School returned from the Spring vaca¬ tion, the nine members of the first crew and one spare arrived at Kent to begin intensive training for the initial race with the Columbia Freshmen on April 13th. Double workouts for six days helped immeasurably in ironing out the rough spots in the timing and form of the crew. Columbia came to the Housatonic waters on April 13th with the finest Freshman crew developed on the Harlem since 1926. Assuming a slight lead at Page one hundred twenty-three THE KEW SCHOOL C. ASHMUN Captain of Crew the start, the Blue and White yearlings increased their margin steadily with a high powerful stroke. A Kent sprint at the mile mark closed the gap somewhat, but in the remaining distance, Columbia applied pressure to win handily by a length and a quarter in 6 :30.8. In the preliminary race, the Kent seconds jumped the second Freshmen by a length at the start, but both crews were even at the half mile barrel. A Columbia “crab” and a concentrated drive by the Kent eight provided a length and a half victory over the New Yorkers. Two weeks later, both crews went to Derby to race the Yale heavy Freshmen. Greater power and co¬ ordination was responsible for a rather easy two and a half length victory for the first-year Eli oarsmen. L. Jackson, Kent ’33, and S. Manning, Kent ’34, both were members of this Yale crew. The second crew was completely outclassed by their college opponents, and succumbed by four lengths. R. Davies, stroke of the 1934 Kent crew, was the pace-setter for the second Eli Freshmen. One week later, the fourth of May, the Princeton Third Varsity came to the School to defeat the Kent eight over the Henley distance by one and three quarter lengths for the Blue and Gray’s third successive set¬ back. The Kent boat held the Tiger oarsmen even until the three quarter mile marker, but then tired perceptibly from the killing pace and trailed the visitors across the line by six seconds. The Kent seconds also lost to the second heavy Freshmen by a length and a quarter. The visitors established a lead at the beginning and were never headed, winning in 6:42. Kent’s Fourth Form crew outrowed a Choate Form aggregation by a length over a half mile course on the Housatonic on Wednesday, May 8th. A slight Choate lead at the start was soon erased as Archer settled down to a long rhythmic stroke. The Blue and Gray eight won handily in 2:24. A revamped line-up, with Ashmun shifted to bow, and Starbuck moved up from the second crew to the number three berth proved an improvement the next Saturday when the Blue and Gray met and defeated the second Yale 150-lb. Varsity at Kent, for its initial j schWABLE triumph of the season. Kent’s greater power told the Chairman of Crew Page one hundred twenty-four T EAR BOOK 1936 story as the Eli boat fell further astern to trail Kent across the finish line by a full two lengths. The Yale 150-lb. Freshmen were victors over Kent’s second eight by three quarters of a length in the first en¬ counter of the day. Kent’s early lead was soon over¬ come by the smoother and more powerful visitors who crossed the line three seconds ahead of their opponents. The last of the series of two races between the Form crews of Kent and Choate was rowed at Walling¬ ford on Wednesday, the 15th of May. Kent’s Fifth Form eight defeated Choate’s Fourth Form boat by one quarter of a length in a thrilling encounter that was not decided until the last hundred yards when the visitors sprinted beautifully to eke out a scanty victory. Three days later, three Kent eights met in turn the Manhattan Varsity, Junior V arsity, and Freshmen, winning from the first two and losing to the last. The first Kent boat drew ahead of the Jasper Varsity at the half mile barrel, and gradually increased its lead to a full two lengths. The Kent crew had attained greater coordination during a week of intensive practice, and there was never any doubt as to the outcome after the half mile mark had been reached. The second crew nosed out the Manhattan Junior Varsity by a decklength in a nip and tuck race that was not decided until just before the finish line, while the Fifth Form lost to the visiting Freshmen by the narrow margin of six feet. All these races were held over the mile course. This marked the last appearance of the first Kent eight on home waters. The second crew brought its season to a close on the 25th of May by meeting the St. Mark’s crew at Southboro, Mass. Jumped by half a length at the start, the Blue and Gray boat evened it up at the half mile and from then on showed decided superiority over the tiring St. Mark ' s eight to win by a full length in 5:30. This race was held on a lake over the mile course. The first crew journeyed to Worcester, Mass., to end the season by competing in the first annual Schoolboy Regatta on the waters of Lake Quinsigamond. This regatta was sponsored by the newly formed Schoolboy Rowing Association of America. In the first heat on Friday, May 31, Kent was pitted against the North Catholic High School of Philadelphia and the North High School of Worcester, and experienced little difficulty in outdistancing its opponents. Stroke Fremd lowered the count soon after the start, and the Blue and Gray gradually pulled away from the other crews. A pretty sprint near the finish widened the gap and Kent crossed the line ten seconds ahead of its nearest competitor. In the other heat, Lafayette High School of Buffalo defeated four other crews, Tabor finishing second. Lafayette had covered the distance of a mile in 5 :14, four seconds faster R. POTTER Manager of Crew Page one hundred twenty-fire THE 1935 SECOND CREW Left to right: Gilman {Manager), G. Pepper, Davies, Dale, P. E. Wilson, A. Davis, Ruprecht, A. Derby, F. Blair, Coach Sill Seated: Coxswain Hawley than Kent’s time, and as a result was generally conceded to win the finals the next day. Five crews lined up the next day to decide the schoolboy championship of America. Besides the two winners of the heats the day before were Tabor, Browne and Nichols, and North Catholic High. The Kent eight had a compara¬ tively poor start, but soon they had settled down to a long powerful beat that had brought them up even with Lafayette, and had considerably lessened Browne and Nichols’s early lead. On they sped to the finish line with no crew holding any decided advantage. The deceptive finish line made it difficult for the spectators to recognize the winner, but the judges soon announced that Kent and Lafayette had been in a dead heat, in 5:06.6, with Browne and Nichols trailing by one second. After a brief meeting at which the various crews were given their awards, the Kent contingent went directly to the Hotel Bond in Hartford for the annual banquet at which Charles Ashmun was chosen Captain of the 1936 crew. The senior division of the Annual Interform Regatta was won by the first Fifth Form boat, with the Fourth Form crew the runner-up. The first Third Form eight won the Class B Division from the second Fourths. i Page one hundred twenty-six’ TEAR BOOK 1936 1930 CREW SCHEDULE April 18—The First and Second Yale Freshman Crews, at Kent. May 2—Manhattan Crews, at Kent. May 9—Second Yale 150-lb. ' Varsity and First Yale 150-lb. Freshman Crews, at Derby. May 23—St. Mark’s vs. the Second Crew, at Kent. May 29—International Schoolboy Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Mass. The First and Second Crews will participate. July 1—Henley Regatta, at Henley, England. THE 1935 FALL CREW Left to right: Ladd, R. Derby, Campbell, Davies. .4. Davis, Ruprecht, Ashmun, Fremd Kneeling: Coxswain Hunter Rage one hundred twenty-seven TEAR BOOK 1936 THE 1935 CREW Years on Name Position Height Weight Crew Form Ash m un Bow 6 ' 2 165 1 V Vance 2 6 ' 165 1 VI Starbuck 3 6T ' 180 1 V Flagler 4 6 ' 176 2 VI Campbell 5 6 ' 175 1 V Wright (Capt.) 6 6T ' 170 2 VI P. M. Wick 7 6 ' 3 180 2 VI Fremd Stroke 6 ' 3 172 1 V Hunter Cox o ' 5 115 1 V THE SEASON’S RECORD Columbia Freshmen 1 length ahead of Kent. Time: 6:30.8 (Henley Dis¬ tance). Yale Freshmen 2J4 lengths ahead of Kent. Time: 7:10 (Henley Distance). Princeton Third Yarsity 1 % lengths ahead of Kent. Time: 6:32 (Henley Distance). Kent 2 lengths ahead of Yale Second 150-lb. ’Varsity. Time: 6:38.2 (Henley Distance). Kent 2 lengths ahead of Manhattan ’Varsity. Time: 5:03 (Mile Course). Kent winner of first heat of Schoolboy Regatta by 3 lengths. Time: 5:17 (Mile Course). Kent in dead heat with Lafayette High School in finals of Schoolboy Regatta. Time: 5:06.6 (Mile Course). THE 1935 SECOND CREW Years on Name Position Height Weight Crew Form G. Pepper Bow 6 ' 160 1 V Davies 2 5 ' 11 169 1 V Dale 3 6 ' 168 2 VI P. E. Wilson 4 5 ' 9 182 1 V A. Davis 5 6 ' 2 181 2 V Rnprecht 6 6 ' 2 160 1 A’ A. Derbv 7 5 ' 10 175 2 VI F. Blair’ Stroke 5 ' 11 173 1 V A. Hawley (’ox 5 ' 8 117 1 V THE SEASON’S RECORD Kent l 4 lengths ahead of Columbia Second Freshmen. Time: 6:47 (Henley Distance). Yale Second Freshmen 4 lengths ahead of Kent. Time: 7:28 (Henley Distance). Princeton Freshmen l 1 lengths ahead of Kent. Time: 6:42 (Henley Distance). Yale 150-lb. Freshmen % length ahead of Kent. Time: 6:59 (Henley Dis¬ tance). Kent M length ahead of Manhattan Junior ’Varsity. Time: 5:22 (Mile Course). Kent 1 Y lengths ahead of St. Mark ' s. Time: 5:30 (Mile Course). I’uge one hundred twenty-nine THE BASEBALL SQUAD Left to right: Standing: Conch Xadal. Chairman Constable. Losee, Budd, .Jordan, Berkeley, Manager Duer, Coach Gilliam Seated: Gordon, IjCiris, Bosson, Borsdorff, I). Dunn, Captain Wood, Penrose, Jackson, Shepard, Captain-elect Purnell, Wagnern d Sld I nrilK 1935 Baseball season can be termed most successful, for out of twelve games played the team won nine and lost but three, although two of the most important contests, against Taft and Choate, were dropped. Nine letter- men returned from the 1934 team to form a nucleus around which Coach Nadal built an organization notable for its heavy hitting. Hotchkiss was downed for the first time since 1932, and victories over Berkshire, the Wesleyan Freshmen, and Westminster were gained. Dan Dunn pitched the team to six victories, and climaxed the season with a no-hit, no-run game against Canterbury. The team finished in a third place tie with Loomis in the Connecticut Preparatory Schools ' League, winning and losing three games. Choate won the League with six vic¬ tories and no defeats. Practically the whole infield returned for duty, with Borsdorff on first base, R. Purnell at second, R. Jackson at shortstop, Gordon at third, and Lewis cover¬ ing home plate. This infield played together throughout most of the games, with an occasional substitution of Jordan for Gordon and Wagner for Borsdorff. For the last five games on the schedule the outfield was composed of Captain Wood in left field, Penrose in center, and Bosson in right. Too much cannot be said of the Kent battery, consisting of Dunn and Pen¬ rose, pitchers, and Lewis, catcher. It was the second season that Dunn and Lewis have worked together, and considering their record, six wins out of eight starts, they ought to be unusually effective in 1936. Penrose turned in the most important victory of the season, that over Hotchkiss, 7-4, while he also pitched the team to victory over the Wesleyan Freshmen, 6-3. The nine started out on the right foot with victories over Salisbury, 13-4, and Gunnery, 7-4, rapping out fourteen hits in the former. Lewis made the first home Page one hundred thirty-one THE KEHT SCHOOL run of the season with the bases full in the latter, after Jackson, batting in clean-up position, had been pur¬ posely passed. Dunn was touched for four hits in the first inning, among them a home run, and four runs crossed the plate. Thereafter, however, he improved with every inning, and at the end was mowing down the Gunnery batters with regularity. He allowed but one hit in eight innings. Against Taft the Blue and Gray nine ran into a snag in its first League game, for the excellent pitching of Tucker proved too much for the Kent batters, who did succeed, however, in maintaining a 3-0 lead until the fourth inning. The final score was 10-4, featuring home runs by Tucker for Taft and Penrose for Kent. Five successive victories were then gained by the team, as Hotchkiss, Berkshire, Lenox, the Wesleyan Freshmen, and Canterbury fell before the able pitching of Dunn and Penrose. The latter went the full route against Hotchkiss, in what was perhaps the most ex¬ citing game of the season. Four homers were rapped out in this contest, two by Jackson, and two by Flynn of Hotchkiss. The score remained tied, 1-1, until the sixth inning, when Jackson’s first four bagger put Kent in the lead. The Blue and Gray went ahead to win, 7-4, for its initial League victory. Berkshire was conquered, 5-3, on Fathers’ Day, May 4. Kent was outstanding in what was perhaps the season’s best fielding performance. Dunn allowed Berkshire but five hits in nine innings, while Kent was limited to the same number. Against Lenox on May 8 the team had a close call, finally winning 12-10. Dunn retired eighteen Lenox batters on strikes. Kent went into the next to last inning trailing 10-9, but the squeeze play worked effectively to score Purnell. A wild pitch and a single made the count 12-10. Pen¬ rose limited the Wesleyan Freshmen to four hits in the following game, while Kent accumulated ten, the score being 6-3. Wood and Bosson each gathered three hits out of five times up. Dunn’s triumph of the season came four days later against Canterbury, when he pitched a no-hit, no-run game, striking out twenty-three men, while the Blue and Gray piled up 14 runs. Besides his perfect per¬ formance on the mound, Dunn took the batting honors, getting three hits out of four times at bat. M. DIAMOND Chairman of Baseball R. PURNELL Captain of Baseball Page one hundred thirty-tiro TEAR BOOK 1936 Penrose hit his second homer of the year, and Gordon also hit a four-bagger. The team met Loomis on the latter’s grounds the following Saturday, and was defeated, 9-0. It was the nine’s second defeat of the season and also the second setback in the Connecticut League. Dan Dunn pitched good ball, but received poor support from the other players, who committed six costly errors to present Loomis with five runs. On May 22 Kent received its only shut-out of the entire season, when an invincible Choate team admin¬ istered a crushing 7-0 defeat on the Kent diamond, for the Blue and Gray’s third League loss. The nine was up against an experienced change of pace artist in Stevens, who retired fifteen batters on strikes and limited Kent to four hits. Dunn’s early unsteadiness cost six runs, but after the fourth inning he allowed only one to cross the plate. Kent threatened in the fourth frame when Jackson hit a triple, but Stevens bore down and struck out the next two batters to end the inning. Captain Albinger of ( ' hoate hit a home run. The team finished the season strongly with victories over Berkshire and Westminster, both League games, with Dan Dunn hurling. In the former, Kent collected nineteen safe blows for a total of twelve runs, while Dunn held Berkshire to five hits and eight runs. Captain Wood led the batters with a homer and four singles out of six times up, and Bosson hit two triples and a double. Against Westminster the team scored twelve runs, while Dunn permitted nine hits and six runs. Gordon hit his second homer of the season in a first inning batting rally which produced six tallies. Jackson quite appropriately ended his three year career on the first team by hitting a homer his last time at bat for Kent. The fact that the team was one of the heaviest hitting aggregations in some years cannot be disputed, since the records show ten home runs, eight three- baggers, and nineteen doubles. Jackson led in the circuit clouts, poleing out three, while Penrose, Lewis, and Gordon hit two, am 1 W ood one. At the conclusion of the season a party at West Mountain Lake was held for the squad, at which Dick Purnell was elected to succeed Barry Wood as the team’s captain in 1936. Peters and Diamond were appointed manager and chairman, taking the places of Duer and Constable. The Second Team, under the leadership of Barnum, and coached by Mr. Kent Smith won four out of six games, and ended by overcoming the Choate Seconds, 10-7. The two games lost were against the Taft and Hotchkiss Seconds, the former by the close score of 2-1, while victories were gained over the second teams of Choate and Berkshire, and the first teams of South Kent and Wooster School. 7 W. PETERS Manager of Baseball Page one hundred, thirty-three TEAR BOOK 1936 THE 1935 SEASON Date Opponent Place Score April 20 Salisbury Kent 13-4 April 24 Gunnery Washington 7-4 April 27 Taft Kent 4-10 May 1 Hotchkiss Lakeville 7-4 May 4 Berkshire Kent 5-3 May 8 Lenox Kent 12-10 May 11 Wesleyan Freshmen Middletown 6-3 May 15 Canterbury Kent 14-0 May 18 Loomis Windsor 6-9 May 22 Choate Kent 0-7 May 25 Berkshire Sheffield 12-8 May 29 Westminster Kent 12-6 THE TEAM Name Position Form Years on Team D. Dunn Pitcher V 2 Penrose Pitcher and (’enter Field VI 2 R. Jackson Shortstop VI 3 Borsdorff First Base VI 2 R. Purnell Second Base V 2 Gordon Third Base IV 1 Wood (Capt.) Left Field VI 3 Bosson Right Field VI 2 Lewis ( ' atelier IV 1 Page one hundred thirty-fire THE TENNIS TEAM Left to right: Standing: Coach Humphreys, . Tate, I 'an Rensselaer, Chairman Satterlec Stated: Thorn, ('aplain-elect Stanton, Captain Stayer. Levering, Kt ilynr he tennis team of 1935 turned in an unusually fine record, winning seven of the ten matches played. It made the best showing of many years against both Choate and the Yale Freshmen, and dropped but one other match, losing to Poly Prep in the season’s opener by the close score of 5-4. With four lettermen returning from the previous year prospects were good to start with, but the team improved as the season progressed and ended with a better record than had been expected. It was composed of Captain Stayer who played at number two position, and was the only member of the team to graduate, Stanton, Reily, Thorn, Van Rensselaer, II. Tate, and Levering, while Heyl, Ma- gruder, Dayton, J. Miller, Rees, and Sauer also played for Kent in several matches. The team was well balanced in strength, and although Stanton and Stayer do not show to advantage on their statistics they were in reality the nucleus of the team. Reily and Thorn were the greatest point gainers, Reily winning nine of his ten matches, while Thorn, unable to play in the first two contests, turned in a record of but one defeat in eight encounters. These two combined to win five out of seven doubles matches. Van Rensselaer and II. Tate at five and six respectively both had good records, the former winning five of the eight matches he played, and the latter losing but two in nine starts. Stanton and Stayer, each winning three singles during the season, lost all but two as a doubles combination, while H. Tate and Levering, the third regular doubles team, won six of their ten tries. By April twentieth when Poly Prep came to Kent to open the season, the courts were in playable condition, although still a bit soggy from the early rains. Kent had not yet hit its stride and, tied at 3-3 in the singles, yielded two of the three doubles to their opponents, and so lost the match. Page one hundred thirty-seven THE KENT SCHOOL A week later the tennis team went to New Haven to face the formidable Yale Freshmen. By this time the team had shown considerable improvement, despite the fact that it lost 7-2. The score, seemingly a sweeping victory for Yale, was in reality in the nature of a minor triumph for the Blue and Grey, for the two points scored by Kent were the first in three years to be taken from the Yale Freshmen. Reily and H. Tate at four and five respectively won their singles matches, and it seemed that the Kent team had a chance to up¬ set its older and more experienced rivals. But the Freshmen swept the doubles matches, encountering but little difficulty. In contrast to this unfavorable start the Kent forces came back strongly to win the next five encounters without a break until halted by Choate. The first victims were the Williams Freshmen who bowed on their own courts, 7-2. Two Kent Alumni played on this team, Bill Dayton at number one bowing to Stanton, and Biff Jones losing to Tate on the number six court. All the singles were won by Kent, and with the match thus secured, Stanton and Stayer accepted an invitation to play the ’Varsity number one doubles team, and lost only after a good fight which went to three sets. Much rain had softened the courts before the match with Roxbury, but they were made playable by burning gasoline over the damp spots. Kent won this test easily, turning back the visitors 7-2. Union Freshmen were met next on the Kent courts, and the team, playing well in all departments, defeated them 9-0, with the loss of but one set. Stanton proved his ability by meeting and defeating, 8-6, 6-1, Hawley, who was Captain and number one on the 1933 tennis team. Playing on home courts for the third time in succession Kent beat Hotchkiss handily, taking four singles and two doubles to run out the match at 6-3. The team journeyed to Windsor later the same week to take a close decision from Loomis, in a match that hung on the final doubles. The singles ended with both teams having won three. Stanton and Stayer at number one lost their match to the Loomis pair, but Reily and Thorn made up for this by winning theirs. In a long drawn out battle Tate and Levering lost the first set, but pulled out the next two and so stretched Kent’s victories through five successive matches. This winning streak was ended the next week, however, when Choate defeated the Kent team on its home courts by the score of 7-2. This defeat was tempered by the fact that Kent’s two points represented the only ones to be taken from Choate tennis teams in seven years by Blue and Grey netmen. Tate won his singles match, and, paired with Levering, won in the doubles too. The season closed with two more victories for Kent. Taft went down, 5-4, J. STANTON Captain of Tennis Page one hundred thirty-eight TEAR BOOK 1936 in another match which was not decided until the last doubles was completed. The final touch to a success¬ ful season was added when Westminster was blanked, 9-0. Again the Kent men lost but one set out of the nineteen played, and on the whole, few Westminster players could take more than two games to a set. The second team played but two games, beating Hotchkiss easily, 9-0, and then losing to the Choate second team, 6-3. At the close of the season a “K” was awarded to Captain Stayer, while Stanton, Reily, Thorn, Van Rensselaer, H. Tate, Levering, Miller, and Magruder were awarded “TKTV Numerals were won by Sauer, Rees and Heyl, while Dayton, Purnell, Oldham, Reeve, and McClintock were awarded their “2ndV Satterlee as retiring Chairman was re¬ awarded his “TKT” while Carney, Chairman for next year, was also awarded his. Stanton, who has played on the first tennis team ever since he came to Kent in his Second Form year, and has been number one for the last two years, was chosen Captain for the suc¬ ceeding year. Stanton and Stayer successfully defended their Spring Doubles Tournament Championship by disposing of Reily and Thorn in the finals. Play in the Fall Singles Tournament was, as always, slow in progression, partly because of the poor condition of the courts at times, and partly because of interest in other sports. The tournament eventually reached the finals, however, and Thorn defeated Stanton in straight sets to gain the championship. The prospects for the 1936 tennis team at this juncture seem hopeful. Rut one member of the regular first team was lost by graduation, and there are six lettermen returning, as well as five others who saw action during the season in first or second team matches. The lettermen include Captain Stanton, Reily, Thorn, Van Rensselaer, II. Tate, and Levering. These will form the nucleus of the team and will be aug¬ mented by Sauer, Rees, Dayton, Oldham, and McClintock, all of whom have had experience on first or second teams. At the time of writing this group has just started outdoor practice. By dint of considerable hard work on the part of the whole squad as well as of Manager Carney the courts are now in a playable condition. During the latter part of the winter term and the beginning of the spring term the Sports Building proved in¬ valuable in providing space indoors for members of the team to practice and get accustomed to the feel of their racquets. The 1936 team faces a hard twelve game schedule, opposing these teams: Poly Prep, DeWitt Clinton, Yale Fresh¬ men, Williams Freshmen, Peddie, Roxbury, Choate, Loomis, Westminster, Taft, and Hotchkiss twice. F. CARNEY Manager of Tennis Puye one hundred thirty-nine TEAR BOOK 1936 THE SEASON OF 1935 Date Opponent Place Score April 20 Poly Prep Kent 4-5 April 27 Yale Freshmen New Haven 2-7 May 1 Williams Freshmen Williamstown 7-2 May 8 Roxbury Kent 7-2 May 11 Union Freshmen Kent 9-0 May 15 Hotchkiss Kent 6-3 May 18 Loomis Windsor 5-4 May 22 Choate Kent 2-7 May 25 Taft Watertown 5-4 May 29 Westminster Kent 9-0 THE TEAM Name Form Years on Team Stayer (Capt.) VI 4 Stanton V 4 Reily IV 2 Thorn IV 1 Van Rensselaer III 1 II. Tate IV 1 Levering V 2 J. Miller VI 1 L. Magruder VI 1 Numerals were awarded to the following: Sauer, Rees, Heyl. The following were awarded “2nds”: Dayton, J. Purnell, Oldham, Reeve, McClintock. The following received “TKT ' S”: Satterlee (Chairman), Carney (Chairman- elect). Puye one hundred forty-one THE FOOTBALL SQUAD Left to right: Top row: Conch Tirrell, ('(Mich Dudley. Chairman White, Manager Holden, Couch Humphreys, Coach Nodal Second row: McClintock. Cornell. R. Euslis, G. Smith. F. Conway, Thorn. I . E. Wilson. Stanton. Gill Seated: I). Dunn. Captain-elect Harmon, lieily. Roberts. Coleman, Captain Blair, Starbuck.. . Tate. II. Tate, Strait. Berkeley' T ' HE 1936 Kent football team will no doubt go down in School history as one of A the most outstanding elevens that the School has ever produced. Heavy, fast, versatile and well-coached, the team went through as hard a schedule as has any Blue and Gray eleven undefeated, and tied only by Taft School ' s eleven, overcoming Loomis, Hotchkiss, Westminster, Berkshire and Choate, almost all with ease. In spirit and sportsmanship, too. Captain Blair’s team showed itself to be of championship calibre. Six letter-men formed the nucleus of the squad that reported for early prac¬ tice a few days before the opening of school, and there was no indication at that time that the team would enjoy an undefeated season. However, with Captain Blair, Strait , Joe Tate, Starlmck, Barnum and Reily returning to their old posi¬ tions, prospects for a successful campaign were encouraging. The coaching staff, headed by Mr. Xadal and augmented by Fielder Dudley, ’31, who played on two undefeated teams while at Kent, moulded from the abundance of material a powerful starting eleven and a large number of capable reserves. The reserve strength proved very valuable during the season, and enabled Coach Nadal to substitute freely without fear of upsetting the efficiency of the team. The squad rapidly rounded into shape under the strenuous daily sessions of exercises, signal drill and finally contact work and scrimmage. Mr. Nadal was in charge of the backfield as usual, Mr. Humphreys coached the kickers, and Mr. Tirrell and Mr. Dudley drilled the l ine into one of the most formidable forward walls that Alumni Field has seen. A starting line-up was decided upon with Berkeley and lteily at ends, ( ' ole- man and J. Tate at tackles, Roberts and Barnum at guards and Starbuck at Page one hundred forty-three THE KEKT SCHOOL center. In the backfield, Blair and Strait occupied the halfback posts while Purnell and Stanton shared the position of quarterback, and Dan Dunn and Gill alternated at fullback. After three weeks of preparation the squad jour¬ neyed to Windsor for the opening game with Loomis School on October 5, and returned to Kent with an 18-6 victory. Displaying remarkable power, the team drove to a touchdown a few minutes after the game started, and went on to tally twice more, once in the second period and once in the closing minutes of the game. Loomis enjoyed the distinction of being the only football team to score on Kent during the entire sea¬ son, crossing the Blue and Gray goal-line late in the second period with Vandereb carrying the ball. Blair, Reily and Gill scored for Kent. The team exhibited remarkable play for the open¬ ing contest. Gill was a consistent ground-gainer, and Captain Blair’s performance gave some idea of what to expect from him later. Showing only one or two moments of weakness, the Blue and Gray line proved almost impenetrable to the charges of the Loomis backs. Hotchkiss came to Kent one week later, and was completely outplayed by a score of 20-0. Striking on the first play, the Blue and Gray tallied in each of the first, second and fourth quarters, while Hotchkiss, save for one drive early in the opening period, was held powerless by Kent’s brilliant defensive play. This de¬ cisive victory firmly proved Kent’s potential ability, and encouraged Kent supporters in their hopes for a good season after four years of mediocre football from the standpoint of seasons’ records. The age-old sleeper was resurrected and dusted off to provide the most spectacular play of the entire season. Kent received Detchon’s kick-off, and on the first play of the game Strait completed a long pass to Reily, who had knelt near the west side-line. The Lakeville team was caught flat-footed, and Reily reached the goal-line untouched. Reily provided another thrill later in the game when he rushed in to block Detchon’s punt, scoop up up the ball and race twenty yards to the goal-line. A sixty-yard drive featuring the entire Kent backfield Page one hundred forty-four R. WHITE Chairman of Football F. BLAIR Captain of Football TEAR BOOK 1936 resulted in the Blue and Gray’s second period score, with Blair crossing the line. Kent showed great im¬ provement, defensively and offensively, in this game. Improving steadily and consistently in every game, the team next proceeded to crush Westminster, 41-0, at Simsbury. The lighter Westminster team was help¬ less before the onslaught of the Blue and Gray eleven, and its offense was completely held in check by the defensive play of the Kent team. The impenetrabil¬ ity of the winner’s defense is easily seen in view of the fact that Westminster gained but one first down during the entire game, and that came as the result of a penalty against Kent. Dan Dunn was the scoring star of the afternoon, accounting for two touchdowns. Reily, Strait, Gill and Thorn each scored once. In this game Coach Nadal took the opportunity of giving all his charges a workout, allowing his entire squad of twenty-five to participate in the game. Westminster finally took to the air in an effort to avoid being shut out, but were unsuccessful in making more than negligible gains. Berkshire School came down from Sheffield, Mass, the following Saturday, October 20, with a light but scrappy team, and were routed, 73-0, by the Blue and Gray. This game enabled the Kent team to display its wares to perfection. Spectacular plays included another successful sleeper play, good for fifty yards; another kick blocked and scooped up by Reily for a touchdown; Captain Blair’s 65-yard run to tally with perfect blocking; Strait’s 52-yard run for a touchdown; and another long run of 62 yards to the goal-line by Blair. The Kent line was outstanding in opening holes for the fleet-footed backs. Blair scored six of his team ' s eleven touchdowns, Reily scored four and Strait one. Joe Tate place-kicked six extra-points and Reily one to complete the total of 73 points, the highest score, incidentally, that any Kent team has made since the 1918 team defeated Derby, 131-0. One week later the team found its record seriously threatened when it fought to a 0-0 standstill with Taft. Kent’s brilliant offense failed to function, and only the stubborn defense put up by the team when driven back by the Red and White prevented the Watertown team from scoring. Constantly on the defensive, Kent gained but two first downs, one on the opening play when Strait raced off right tackle through a perfect hole for twelve yards. This good start encouraged Kent supporters to hope for an easy victory, but Taft, from this point on, held the upper hand. Blair’s kicking and the goal-line defenses of the Blue and Gray were the features of the game from the Kent point of view. Time and again, after the Kent line had held for downs almost on the goal-line, Blair kicked out of danger, one punt traveling seventy yards from the line E. HOLDEN Manager of Football Page one hundred forty-five THE SECOND SQUAD Left to right: Top row: Pacocha, R. Conway, Turner, Keys, T. Sauer, Conger, Baker, W. Wick, Aycrigg Second row: Diamond, Elser, Terry, Haight, Captain Schwable, Tyng, A. Taylor, G. Pepper, R. Johnson Third row: Archer, Anderson, Conze, J. Blair, C. Martin, Eaton, Edgerton and Gerster. of scrimmage. Both teams entered the game undefeated, and both managed to keep their slates clean during the entire season. Completing the season the next week on November 9, the team faced another undefeated aggregation when Choate School brought its powerful eleven over from Wallingford for the twenty-sixth annual game. After being slightly out¬ played during the first half, Kent rallied in the second half to score in the last period on a long pass from Strait to Reily. Tate kicked the point-after-touch¬ down, and the 7-0 score enabled Kent to wind up the campaign undefeated. Unable to function too well offensively in the first two periods, the team started off a drive immediately after the opening of the second half which threat¬ ened surely to end in a score, until a fumble on the Choate 8-yard line was recov¬ ered by an alert Blue and Gold player. Kent continued to outplay Choate all through the second half, but was never able to reach the goal-line until the closing minutes. At the conclusion of the season the annual banquet was held in the Study. Twenty letters were awarded, and each letter-man was presented with a small gold football in recognition of his having played on the Championship 1936 team. Barnum was elected to succeed Blair in the Captaincy. A great deal of credit for the success of the 1936 team must go to Mr. Walker’s Second Squad, which afforded opposition for the First Squad in daily scrimmages all fall. The Second Team also enjoyed a successful season, defeating the first teams of Wooster, Romford, South Kent and Lenox, and losing only to Kingswood, Class B champions of the state, by the close margin of one touchdown. Keys and Schwable captained the Second Team. Page one hundred forty-six Above: Strait gives the ball to Captain Blair on a reverse as the Blue and Gray routs Berkshire 73-0 At left: Reily scored on this pass from Strait in the Westminster game, which Kent won 41-0 Below: The first line-up Above: Strait off for a good gain with excellent blocking in Kent ' s 20-0 victory over Hotchkiss Below: A nother scene from the Hotchkiss game, Blair about to cross the Blue and White’s goal-line for a score TEAR BOOK 1936 THE SEASON OF 19555 Opponent Place Score Loomis Windsor 18 6 Hotchkiss Kent 20-0 Westminster Simsbury 41-0 Berkshire Kent 73-0 Taft Watertown 0-0 Choate Kent 7-0 159 6 Date October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 Name Barnum Berkeley Blair (Capt.) Coleman F. Conway D. Dunn R. Eustis Gill McClintock Purnell Reily Roberts G. Smith Stanton Starbuck Strait H. Tate J. Tate Thorn P. E. Wilson Position Guard End Halfback Tackle End Fullback Guard Fullback Tackle Quarterback End Guard Halfback Quarterback Center Halfback End Tackle End Guard THE TEAM Height 5 ' 8 e ' l 5 ' n 6 ' 1 5 ' 10H 6 ' 1 5 ' 8 5 ' 11 6 ' 1 5 ' 11 M 6 ' 1 5 ' 7 5 ' 8 6T 6 ' 5 ' 8 5 ' 10 6 ' 2 5 ' 9 Weight Age 184 17 175 18 173 18 174 17 150 19 191 19 180 1? 179 16 192 17 169 17 181 16 183 19 188 16 134 18 185 18 193 18 151 16 190 17 168 17 190 16 Years on Team Form 3 V 1 VI 4 VI 2 VI 1 VI 2 VI 1 V 1 IV 1 VI 2 VI 2 V 3 VI 1 V 1 VI 2 VI 2 V 1 V 2 VI 1 V 2 VI The following were awarded numerals: W. Dunn, Jordan, Keys, Lewis, Losee, Sauer, Springs, Terry and Whiting, and Assistant Managers Bodell and Staley. Page one hundred forty-nine THE 1030 HOCKEY TEAM Front row: Lewis, Hunter, Fees, Coleman, Captain Whiting, Purnell, Flair, Gordon, Springs Second row: Coach Tirrell, Chairman (’idler. Davies, Taylor, Tate, McClinlock, Ogle. Oldham. Osborne, Manager King, Coach Sadalpi LING up the excellent total of forty-two points to its opponents’ eleven, the 1936 Hockey Team shall he written into the annals of the sport as one of Kent’s championship sextets, completing its season undefeated among prepara¬ tory schools, and losing only to the Yale Freshmen. The six swept through all opposition offered by school teams with comparative ease, defeating Hotchkiss, Choate, Taft, Morristown, and Berkshire in the more important contests. The most outstanding characteristic about this victorious team was the manner in which it improved from the start of the season. With the benefit of only a few days of practice on account of heavy snow, and with the two wings on the first line, Purnell and Coleman, away, the six exhibited feeble attempts at passing and shooting in the opening games. With the return of these two vet¬ erans, however, the offense improved rapidly, and as game after game was turned into victory, it became fast and powerful, constant threat to all opposing teams. Four lettermen from the 1935 team reported for practice at the opening of the winter term. Blair and McClintock were back at their old positions of left and right defense, and Captain Whiting and Gordon made up part of the first line for the first three games. With the return of the other two lettermen, Pur¬ nell and Coleman, in time for the Choate game, the first line began work for its third consecutive season as a unit. Gordon at center, and Hunter and Bees at left and right wings respectively, composed the second trio, which capably substituted for the first line. H. Tate, Ogle, and either Oldham or Osborne played on the third line, which, although not seeing as much action as the other two, and often opposing the first lines of other teams, performed well during the season. Lewis was outstanding in his work in the cage, capably filling the position left open with Bosson’s graduation, and at- l iij(‘ one li mill ml fifty-one THE KENT SCHOOL taining in many games a near perfection which be¬ speaks well for next year’s team. Thirty-five assists contributed to the forty-two goals, showing that most of the scores were the results of successful team¬ work. High scorer as far as actual goals are con¬ cerned was Captain Whiting, who netted nine tallies, while Gordon registered eight times and Coleman seven. The first two games, against Lenox and Gunnery on January 11 and 15, witnessed an unorganized, ragged Kent sextet begin its 1936 campaign. With the benefit of only one day of practice and without the two wings on the first line, the team exhibited a weak offense, with teamwork lacking. The cpiality of the opposition, perhaps more than any other factor, was responsible for the two victories by the respective scores of 3-1 and 4-0, Gordon, Whiting, and Mc- Clintock tallying against Lenox, and Whiting, Oldham, Gordon, and Ogle against Gunnery. On January 18 the six encountered its first real test when the team journeyed to New Haven to play the Yale Freshmen, who administered the only shutout of the season, 4-0. Kent could do nothing to stop Yale’s fast forwards from breaking through again and again to shoot at Lewis, whose shifty maneuvers kept the score down to four goals. Cy Vance, captain of the 1935 Kent team, was outstanding on the first line of the Yale Freshmen. The Blue and Gray skaters had much trouble penetrating the Yale defense, and the poor aim of those who did so left the team with no score. Defeating a determined Choate team on January 25 by the score of 3-2, the six started a winning streak which stretched to five straight games, as Hotchkiss, the Army Plebes, Taft and Berkshire succumbed to the aggressive offense, resolute defense, and brilliant goal-tending manifested by the team. Against Choate the six presented its complete line-up for the first time of the season, Purnell and Coleman return¬ ing to their positions. The benefit of intensive prac¬ tice in shooting and passing before this game was immediately apparent, and the work of all three lines began to resemble the offense of the teams of other days turned out by “Bill Nadal. Choate’s score in the first period was matched by Coleman’s in the second, and Whiting’s goal after 39 seconds of the R. CUTLER Chairman of Hockey ■ � ' ■ E. WHITING Captain of Hockey Page one hundred fifty-two TEAR BOOK 1936 S. KINO Manager of Hockey third period had passed sent Kent into the lead, only to have the score deadlocked again when Doering counted for his team. Kent’s offense asserted itself again, however, in a desperate attack on the Choate cage to force a tally, Gordon following up Blair’s long shot for the score. A scrappy Hotchkiss team went down in defeat to the tune of 6 goals to 2 on January 27. Whiting and Purnell scored twice each, and Coleman ant 1 Mc- Clintock once. Whiting added two more goals to his total when he tallied twice against the Army Plebes in the West Point Arena to give Kent a 2-0 victory, and to maintain Kent ' s record of never having lost a hockey game to the Plebes. Kept from scoring in the first two periods by the excellent work of goalie Larkin, the six came back in the last frame with redoubled efforts, Whiting scoring his first goal on a long solo dash, and his second on a well directed pass from Coleman later in the period. Beginning the home stretch of its eleven game schedule against a fast Taft six on February first, the team came out on top, 1-0, in the season’s most difficult contest. The first line encountered for the first and only time during the season an opposing line superior to themselves. The sole score of the game was made by Jack Rees late in the first period, after passes from Gordon to Hunter, and thereafter both teams were deadlocked. Lewis’s work in the cage was responsible more than any other factor for the successful defense of the team’s slim one point advantage, as his almost superhuman efforts put Taft ' s brilliant passing combinations to nought. With the Taft game safely behind, the six had things its own way against Berk¬ shire on February 5, whom they defeated 10-0, the largest score of the season. Against the Princeton Freshmen on February 7, the team played its only overtime game, the final score being 2-2. Purnell’s score late in the opening frame tied the count at 1-1, and neither team was able to change the figures throughout the rest of the game. In the ten minute extra period the Blue and Gray took the lead when Purnell scored his second goal of the game on a pass from Coleman on the right wing. Cochrane’s score deadlocked the count again, and Lewis had to do some more brilliant work in the cage before the game ended. The two remaining contests resulted in easy victories for Kent, Morristown losing 8-0 on February 12, and South Kent 3-0 on the 20th. The Ranger Trophy, symbol of competition between Morristown and Kent was once more returned to the School. The Second Hockey Team, captained by George Pepper, likewise enjoyed a successful season. Victories were gained over Wooster, Romford, and two over South Kent’s Second Team. Page one hundred fifty-three TEAR BOOK 1936 THE SEASON Date Opponent Place Score January 11 Lenox Kent 3-1 January 15 Gunnery Washington 4 0 January 18 Yale Freshmen New Haven 0-4 January 25 Choate Kent 3-2 January 27 Hotchkiss Kent 6-2 January 20 Army Plebes West Point 2-0 February 1 Taft Kent 1-0 February 5 Berkshire Sheffield 10-0 February 7 Princeton Freshmen Kent 2-2 February 12 Morristown West Point 8 0 February 20 South Kent Kent 3-0 42-11 THE TEAM ears on Name Position Form Team Whiting (Capt.) (’enter VI 2 Purnell Left Wing VI 2 Coleman Right Wing VI 2 F. Blair Left Defense VI 3 McClintock Right Defense VI 2 Lewis Goal V 1 Rees Right Wing V 1 Gordon Center V 2 Hunter Left Wing VI 1 II. Tate Right Wing V l Ogle ( ' enter VI 1 Oldham Left Wing VI 1 Osborne Left Wing VI 1 A. Taylor Right Defense VI 1 Springs Goal VI 1 The following received numerals: Davies , Hawley, Brothwell, II. Davis, Eaton, G. Pepper ( Captain Second Team), and assistant manager Ayres, Casler, (toss and J. Simmons. Seeon ds award Is were given to: Barnum, Carlson, R. Eustis, Gill, I Iaight, Harris, Losee, T. Smith, F. Taylor, II. White, and W. Wick. Page one hundred fifty-five THE 1936 BASKETBALL TEAM Front row: Ueily, Strait. Captain Stanton. Carsons. Thorn Second row: Coach Smith. Chairman Goldsmith. Starbuck. Dunn. Cacocha. Jordan. Manager Wiles, Coach Bartlett' T ' HE record of the 1936 basketball team is the best that any quintet has turned in since the sport was officially inaugurated at Kent four years ago, for, out of a difficult eleven-game schedule, but two contests were dropped, one to Canterbury and one to Pawling, both of which teams were also defeated by the B1 ue and Gray, so the team has the distinction of having beaten every team that it played. The final game of the season, with Choate, was cancelled because of illness in that school. In the Tri-State League competition, Kent ended up in second place, Pawling winning the trophy donated by Father Sill. Prospects for the season were encouraging from the first. Four letter-men returned from the 1935 team, and the only vacancy to be filled was that left by the graduation of Bob Jackson, for two years Captain of the team. Cap¬ tain Jim Stanton returned to his forward position, Bill Thorn to center, and Strait and Reily to their guard positions for the third year. Jim Parsons was placed at the other forward position, and thus lined up, practice began under Coaches Smith and Bartlett. However, Reily was forced to withdraw because of an abdominal operation, until the first Pawling game late in the season, and his position was filled by Dan Dunn, who turned into an excellent defensive guard during the season. Good reserve material played a great part in the success of the season, a fact which Coach Bartlett mentioned as “very encouraging”, when interviewed by the News before the season opened, for Jordan, Starbuck and Pacocha turned in creditable performances during the season. Three pre-season practice games resulted in victories for the Blue and Gray. Canterbury fell before the Kent quintet by a score of 20-10, and New Milford High School was defeated twice, 24-16 and 32-15. Puge one hundred fifty-seven THE KEKT SCHOOL Thus encouraged, the squad journeyed to New Milford on January 22 for its opening game of the season with Canterbury. Overconfidence, coupled with the handicap of playing on a strange court, re¬ sulted in the five’s being defeated 25-23 by the Can¬ terbury team in its first League encounter. However, disappointed but not discouraged, the five hit its stride three days later when it defeated Berkshire, 35-17. Overcoming many faults of the Canterbury game, the five played much better ball offensively and defensively. Strait and Thorn led the scoring with ten and nine points respectively. Four more victories followed in the next two weeks, as the five defeated Gunnery, Taft, Pawling and Can¬ terbury in succession. Playing on their home court for the first time since the official opening of the season, the five had little trouble in defeating Gunnery, 38-25. Parsons and Thorn each tallied ten points. Facing Taft in the Sports Building in its first extra- league game on February 1, the five completely out¬ classed the Red and White five, winning easily, 26-14. On Wednesday, February 5, Kent met Pawling on the latter ' s court in what turned out to be the most exciting game of the season. Trailing through the first two periods, the five rallied in the second half to tie the score and for a short time lead the Red and Black. However, as the game entered the final seconds, Kent was trailing by one point. Just as the gun fired ending the game, Captain Stanton was fouled, and by scoring this shot after the game had actually ended, tied the score and called for an extra period of play. Reily, making his first appearance of the season, and Thorn scored for Kent, while Pawling was limited to one point by Pirkle, thus giving the Blue and Gray a 26-23 decision, and a first place tie with Pawling in the Tri- State League. The winning streak continued three days later when the team thoroughly avenged its defeat at the hands of the Canterbury quintet by trouncing them, 33-11. Thorn, with 12 points, and Parsons and Stan¬ ton with eight each, set the pace for the Kent team. Facing Pawling on February 12 in the return game at the Sports Building, the five dropped a close 23-22 decision in what proved to be the deciding game for the League Championship. Kent’s lead was erased, S. GOLDSMITH Chairman of Basketball J. STANTON Captain of Basketball Page one hundred fifty-eight TEAR BOOK 1936 mainly by Philip’s long shots, and the Blue and Gray was trailing 18-12, at the end of the third quarter. A last period rally fell just one point short of tying the score, and the Pawling five won, with the game, un¬ disputed possession of first place in the League com¬ petition. Reily set the pace for the Blue and Gray with nine points. Despite the fact that hopes for the trophy were somewhat dimmed by this loss, the five went on to win the remaining three games played with the same spirit that prevailed when chances for the League Championship were higher, defeating Loomis, Gun¬ nery and Berkshire. The quintet journeyed to Windsor on February 15 where it met and defeated Loomis, 34-32, in its second extra-league game and second overtime game of the season. Trailing through the first two periods, the five put on a rally in the third and fourth until they had established a ten-point lead over their rivals. However, Loomis’s last minute rally cut down this lead and the game ended with the score at 28-all. The extra three-minute session found both teams scoring freely, with Kent finally gaining the margin of victory. Bill Thorn scored 21 points in this game. After a lay-off of one week, the team met Gunnery on the latter’s court at Washington, Conn., and defeated them, 39-15. Kent worked smoothly in this game, and limited Gunnery to but one point during the second and third quarters. Stanton and Parsons led the scoring with fourteen and eleven points respectively. The following Wednesday, February 2(5, the Blue and Gray defeated Berkshire, 28-16, in what turned out to be the last game of the season. Play during the first half of the game was slow and loose, but the Kent offense worked better during the second half to give them a decided advantage over Berkshire. The Choate game was called off, and the season ended with eight wins out of ten starts. Captain Stanton and Thorn, each playing their second year on the team led in the scoring for the season. Thorn tallied 95 points in the ten games and Stanton 60. Parsons followed with 52, Strait with 43, Reily with 24, Dunn with 15 and Jordan with 12. The Second team, captained by Berkeley, won four of its six games, winning over Pawling twice, and over Wooster and Romford, and losing to Taft and Loomis. Shearer was high scorer. At the basketball banquet on February 29, letters were awarded to nine players, Chairman Goldsmith and Manager Wiles. Bill Thorn was elected Captain for the 1937 team, and Brew and C. Hart were named as Chairman and Manager respectively. K. WILES Manager of Basketball Page one hundred fifty-nine TEAR BOOK 1936 THE 1980 SEASON Date Opponent Place Score January 22 Canterbury New Milford 23-25 January 25 Berkshire Sheffield 35-17 January 29 Gunnery Kent 38 25 February 1 Taft Kent 26-14 February 5 Pawling Pawling 26-23 February 8 Canterbury Kent 33-11 February 12 Pawling Kent 22-23 February 15 Loomis Windsor 34-32 February 22 Gunnery Washington 39-15 February 26 Berkshire Kent 28-16 THE 1936 TEAM Name Position Form Years on Team Games Goals Fouls Total Parsons Forward VI 1 10 24 4 52 Stanton (Capt.) Forward VI 2 10 23 14 60 Thorn Center V 2 10 43 9 95 Strait Guard V 3 10 17 9 43 Reily Guard V 3 6 10 4 24 I). Dunn Guard VI 1 10 6 3 15 Jordan Forward VI 1 8 6 0 12 Starbuck Guard VI 1 6 0 0 0 Pacocha Center VI 1 6 1 0 2 Berkeley was awarded his numerals as Captain of the Second Team. The following were awarded “2nds”; Shearer, Ashmun, Edgerton, Bullock, Diamond and Hewes. Page one hundred sixty-one W RESTLING at Kent has made rapid progress since it was initiated last year by Mr. Robert L. Colmore, Kent ’27, and this year found a selected group making up a team which engaged in an interscholastic wrestling match for the first time in the history of the School, when, on February 29, 1936, Loomis was defeated 25 -143 , by a team made up of ten wrestlers, and captained by Paul Wilson. After losing the first two bouts when Colmore and G. Redington met their superiors in the 118- and 125-pound classes, Loomis winning three and five points respectively, Kent went on to take nine points in the next three bouts. Nimick, in the 135-pound class, and Davis and Cranmer, in the 145-pound class, each gained three points by winning their bouts on time advantages, Nimick being forced to wrestle an overtime period. C. Martin and his opponent in the 155- pound class fought to a draw through an overtime period, each winning one and a half points. With the score at 103 -93 in favor of Kent, Newell won five points for his team by gaining a fall over his opponent in the 165-pound class, the first fall of the afternoon for Kent. Several punishing headlocks nearly floored his opponent, but each time the wrestlers wandered off the mat. Newell finally rolled his man over on his back with an armlock. His victory was followed by another win for Kent in the same class, Trimble executing a successful bridge to come out from the bottom and down his opponent, gaining five more points and assuring Kent’s ultimate victory. The home team now had 203 2 points to Loomis’ 9 , with only two bouts remaining. Captain Wilson fought a close match with Loomis’ captain in the 175-pound class, who won five points for the visitors with a fall. The bout was about even, until Wilson’s opponent managed to roll him onto his back, and although he tried to keep his shoulders from being pinned by bridging his efforts were unsuccessful. In the last match of the afternoon. Conger overcame his opponent in the un¬ limited weight class with a powerful headloek after 1 minute 40 seconds, to win five more points, and make the final score 253 -143 . With a record of a successful meet behind, Kent’s third season of wrestling ought to attract many enthusiasts. It is with great interest that we shall watch the sport develop under the expert direction of Mr. Colmore. Page one hundred sixty-two r I A 11E presence of three established spring sports makes it impossible for the School to have a track team. However, an inter-form track meet is held late in May of each year, affording those proficient in that sport a chance to demon¬ strate their ability, and to compete for the trophy donated by Mr. Humphreys. In the meet held last year, the Class of ’35 spread-eagled the field for the second consecutive year, piling up 50% points to the present Fifth Form’s 36% points, to capture the cup. Shepard, who two years ago took individual honors with a total of 21) points, yielded first place in last year’s meet to Greeley, who gathered the same number. Shepard was second with 12 points, and F. Blair third with 10 points. Greeley’s 20 points came as a result of first places in the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and in the standing and running broadjumps. The results of events follow: 100-yard dash: Won by Greeley in 10.2 seconds. Second, Shepard; third, Amoss; fourth, G. Smith. 220-yard dash: Won by Greeley in 23.01 seconds. Second, Shepard; third, Reily; fourth, Pickard. 440-yard dash: Won by F. Blair in 55.3 seconds. Second, Shepard; third, Elser; fourth, Budd. Mile run: Won by F. Blair in 5 minutes, 1 second. Second, Cross; third, Charlier; fourth, Wood. Running broad jump: Won by Greeley at 10 feet. Second, Staley: third. Ogle; fourth. Reeve. Standing broad jump: Won by Greeley at 0 feet, 7 inches. Second, Tyson; third, Reily and Ogle, tied. Running high jump: Won by Ashmun at 5 feet, 5 inches. Second, Shepard; third, Lee; fourth. Miller and A. Staley, tied. Pole vault: Won by Strait and Vance, tied at 9 feet, 6 inches. Third, Throop; fourth. Cross. Shot put: Won by Reily at 39 feet, 3 inches. Second, Strait; third. Reeve; fourth, D. Dunn. Relay: Won by Class of ’37 in 49.2 seconds (440 yards). Second, Class of ’37 Second Team; third, Class of ’35; fourth, Class of ’36. Page one hundred sixty-three T70R several summers Kent School has been well represented in the field of scholastic athletic activities, with School groups taking part in sailing, tennis and golf. However, the summer of 1935 found Kent participating actively in but one of these sports, sailing. A crew composed of Beaumont Wright and John Meade of the Class of 1935, and Edgar Whiting of the Class of 1936, represented the School in the annual Interscholastic Yacht Racing Association’s Regatta, held off the Beverly Yacht Club at Marion, Massachusetts, last June. Julian Penrose, of the Class of 1935, also sailed in several of the races. Captained by Wright, the crew succeeded in going through several of the pre¬ liminary races, and was not eliminated until the semi-finals. In the final ranking, the School crew held seventh place. St. Paul’s led the field of fourteen schools to capture the championship. This was the sixth summer that the School has had a crew entered in this event. Under the captaincy of John H. White, ’32, the crew was successful in taking prizes which now hang in the library. Since then, however, the valuable experience and enjoyment to be gained from participating in this event has had to suffice as the sole reward. 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