Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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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.

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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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'ffm Bill XYorthington is a man of many talents and easy-going nature. His classes in American History, always a favorite with upper formers, are greatly en- riched by his fund of pertinent sidelights on the issue in ques- tion. NYith his classes, chicken farm, Victory garden, aviary and librarian work, Bill lVorth- ington always has his hands full. Every February he supervises the TIME current affairs test, and then shames everyone with his own score. Bill Yvorthing- ton's Harvard green bag and battered moccasins have been a familiar sight for many years. As sole mentor of Chemistry and Biology, Pop NVoods has started many a budding scientist on a career of discoverykor de- struction. Few Chemistry or Bi- ology students will forget Pop's threats to doff his cleric,s collar and speak his mind. Nor will they forget his vehement scoldings of the miscreant who reacts ferrous sulfide and hydrochloric acid, stink- ing up the lab thereby. Being ex- ceeded only by his interest in his work, Pop's interest in sports and its players has made his appear- ance at the sidelines a familiar one. For those f t 3, 1 eas are enioy l extracurricular functions lhty, sincerity and friendliness or unate enough to partake, Po fs t . f - be A ' ' ' -Xb' ' m Illi S01 l ke Pop Wloods a memorable per- iality. X K X x Q