Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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' 252 'iii -1321 53 ich 2739 W3 rw YL-rszmtilc, forcvful 11.1111 gootl-11z1t111'e'4l is 1 wo-gun Tirrell. 'l'c:1c-l1i11g French znnl fl6I'IU2lll, coz1cl1ingfootball anal hockey, :mul zmiiling nmny witl1 college z1,nrl military plans. lylr. Tirrell is an lfllllilrtillll IIlQIIllJ6l' of the school fzzmily. linmor hath it he was :L boxing Cllttlllp in tho Navy ill the last war. Not a few raucous up- stz1rts i11 -MFVVO-QIIIIQSH classes will verify this fact. However. the mleft hut harmless rabbit punch is usually unnecessary. for his lmsso attempt :it severity. 'l'l1z1t will clo for yon! , often rw as f iloes the trick. 'FSZLIHS or classes nncler Iwo-gun are parts o Kent life 11ot soon forgotten.

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THE FOLLOWING MASTERS ARE AT PRESI' NT ON I EAVE OF ABSENCE, SERVING WITH THE ARMED FORCES T. DIXON WALKER Major, Army Air Forces JOHN G. PARK Captain, Army Air Forces GEORGE W. HAYES Private First Class, U. S. Army S. PALMER BOVIE Lieutenant, U. S. Army WILLIAM E. SIMMONS Lieutenant, U. S. Army W. BRADFORD CRAIG Captain, U. S. Field Artillery PHILIP F. DOWNES Corporal, U. S. Army PAUL COSTE Private, Army Air Forces ROBERT L. COLMORE Lieutenant, U. S. Naval Reserve KINGSLEY FRENCH Lieutenant, U. S. Naval Reserve In addition to these masters, Mr. Randolph I litus Jr of the Business Staff, is now on active duty as an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve.

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For upwards of a dozen years Richard Lee Gilliam has been an important part of Kent life and activity, directing thc glee clubs, coaching baseball, teaching, and, more recently, doling out hour jobs. But even more than these accomplish- ments, we will remember Gilly for little things: his cynical wit, his marked ad- miration of Fred lVaring's glee club, his prowess at touch football, and even his self-conscious but joking attitude toward his receding hair line. Kent boys owe a good deal to Gilly, par- ticularly for his work with singing, not only in the glee club, but also in the chapel, where he persistently Cand some- times despairinglyj strives to create the desired effect. For all these and many other charac- teristics we will remember Gilly long after we have graduated. Embodying every quality that Kent stands for and is proud of. Smokey Smith has endeared him- self to all at Kent. Smokey's ac- tions on the field of sport and in the classroom thwart the im- pression given by his laconic Illilll- ner of speaking. As Alumni Sec- retary, few men havc devoted such time and effort to the school and ideals they love. Smokey's caustic wit, his untiring effort for a better Kent, and his warm companion- ship mark him as a man to whom the Flass of 1944 must point with pride.