Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1950 volume:

Zke 1950 KENT YEAR BOOK Compiled and Published By Zke Sixth dorm KENT SCHOOL Kent, Connecticut IN MEMORIAM At the end of the winter term of our Sixth Form year, we were stunned by the sudden and tragic death of Carl Jenkinson, master of our School, and close friend of the Class of 1950. Although with us only two years, Carl had become an intrinsic part of our School. To Kent he has added a fund of generosity, companionship, and humor. It was in an act of this same fellowship that Carl met his death. Upon this page, we seek expression of our profound sense of loss. 2 UNCLE TED The Class of 1950 owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to “Uncle Ted” Evans, Dean of the Faculty and Assistant-headmaster. During the difficult period of transition between administrations, it was he who, as Acting-headmaster, so guided and encouraged us that we were able to begin our Sixth Form Year on sound footing. For this particular guidance and for his friendship, together with all the assistance he has given us, we proudly dedicate our Year Book to him. 4 Theodore F. Evans 5 QHje eb. Jofjn £ librr Patterson University of Illinois; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Seabury-Wcstern Theological Seminary. Ordained Deacon by the Rt. Rev. F. A. McElwain, April, 1934. Ordained Priest, November, 1934, by the Rt. Rev. George Craig Stewart. Rector of St. Ansgarius Church, Chicago; St. Mary’s Parish, Mitchell, South Dakota; Grace Parish, Madison, Wisconsin. Rector and Headmaster of Kent, 1949. 6 fteU. ifrrbericb Herbert i(l O.H.C., D.D., Litt.D., S.T.D. A.B., Columbia, 1894; Litt.D. Columbia, 1924; S.T.D., General Theological Seminary, 1928; D.D., Williams, 1931; Litt.D., Rutgers, 1935. Graduated from General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1898. Ordained Deacon by Bishop H. L. Potter, May, 1899. Served on the staff of Mount Calvary Parish, Baltimore, until January 25, 1900, on which date he entered the novitiate of the Order of the Holy Cross of Westminster, Md. Professed on May 3, 1902. Pounded Kent in 1906. Headmaster, 1906-1941. Headmaster Emeritus. fteb. William ss'tott Chalmers O.G.S., A.B., M.A. A.B., Princeton, 1929; M.A., Princeton, 1930; Graduated from General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1933. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Edward T. Hclfcnstcin, May, 1933. Entered the Novitiate of the Order of the Holy Cross on July 1, 1933. Ordained Priest by Bishop Edward T. Hclfcnstcin, December, 1933. Professed as a member of the Order of the Holy Cross on January 14, 1936. Appointed Acting Headmaster of Kent in April, 1940. Headmaster in June of 1941. Entered the Order of the Good Shepherd in October of 1945. Sacred studies, Greek, and Coach of Basketball. Resigned March, 1949. 7 THE FIVE MINUTE STAMPEDE Zlie first lap In a day arranged like ours, the morning is by far the longest part and that part when more of the important activities of the day take place than any other. The rising bell, that instrument of torture peculiar to our campus, is rung at five minutes before seven, and although it supposedly signals the end of the night’s rest, it is only rarely that any old boy lets it disturb his dreams. On Form Communion day there is always a small number of brave souls who manage to crawl out of bed in time to attend, but on the other six days of the Kent week the rising bell might just as well not be rung. At 7:25 another and more urgent signal sounds, the five-minute bell for breakfast. Since the penalty for those unfortunates who fail to make the morning meal in time is an envigorating jaunt around the triangle”, this bell creates an instant and, to the uninitiated eye, amazing effect. The hallways arc at once astir with the feverish activity of the fastest dressing in the history of the human race, and the campus is dotted with hobbling figures trying to focus sleep-fogged eyes on a stubborn necktie or smoothing an incorrigible cowlick as they race against the dreaded last bell. After the delicious breakfast which invariably delights the gourmets of the student body, there is usually a mass influx of the wounded heroes of the athletic fields, sufferers of all sorts of breaks and sprains in THE MAJOR WORK OF THE DAY the process of upholding the honor of Kent, and those less glorious sufferers whose symptoms arc those of sniffles, sore throats, and lesser afflictions to the haven of healing, mercy, and good cheer which is located in three small but well-equipped rooms in the basement of the infirmary where the Kent versions of the angels of mercy hold their daily court. The infirmary’s basement is honored by the daily presence of the distinctly unusual clinic held by the professional medicine and comedy team of Greiner and Freeman. While their ministrations arc healing the bodies and spirits of our ailing confreres, the rest of us busy ourselves with the less noble process of making our beds and tidying the rooms which arc usually so disreputable at that hour. 8 Thirty minutes after the end of breakfast, the bell for the beginning of the morning job period is rung, and again the campus is aswarm with the scurrying figures of the tardy brethren. During the period following the bell we all engage in some part of the job of setting the School in order for the coming day. The most secluded parts of the campus arc, for this brief period alone, the scene of bustling activity, as the Sixth Form takes care to see that all jobs arc done in such a way as to make the School’s appearance the object of considerable rightful pride. After the ten-minute period when this titanic labor is so willingly and efficiently accomplished, there is the familiar job assembly, where the whole School gathers while the Sixth Form brings in its reports on the activities of the job period and the announcements of the morning arc made. Immediately after we arc dismissed, we adjourn to our classrooms, rooms and study halls for the com- STOP-OFF BETWEEN CLASSES mcnccmcnt of the real work of the morning, our studies. The morning’s schedule is rigorous enough to keep anyone who wishes it busy from the beginning of job assembly until the lunch hour: there are four classes in the morning, and during the periods when boys do not have classes there is always plenty to keep them occupied, with assignments for the classes in the afternoon and those of the next day, outside reading assignments, term essays, and the inevitable letters home and to the objects of considerable misguided emotion to be prepared. Those boys in the lower forms whose averages are over 80 arc allowed the Sixth Form privilege of studying in their rooms or in the Library, while those who have not managed to measure up to this standard spend their free periods in one of the four large study' halls. As the bell for the end of the fourth forty-five minute period of classes rings, the occupants of classrooms and study halls again pour out for the fifteen-minute period of rest which precedes the noon meal. There is a mass rush on the mail room, and craning heads peer into the tiny space where the harassed crew works amid querulous demands for faster service. The first few minutes of the noon meal arc distinguished by the contrast between the happy faces of those whose search for mail has been successful and the long countenances of those who must wait another mail for that longed-for missive. GATHERING OF THE HOPEFUL following morning devotions . . . 10 Zhe morning starts in earnest. . . 11 Ju the pill emporium . . . GEORGE F. GREINER, M.D., B.A. B.A., Maryville College M.D., Vanderbilt University Joined the Kent Staff, 1946 Resident Physician FLOYD FREEMAN Northwest Medical Technical School. 19J4 Joined the Kent Staff, 19J6 Medical and X-ray Technician Dietitian Club Football Coach THE DEMON AND THE DOC Do you feel grumpy or upset? If so, wend your footsteps to the basement of the infirmary at either about eight o’clock in the morning or at quarter before six at night and feel good again”. There you will find Doc Greiner and Demon Freeman presiding over the clinic. These two men of science arc never without a joke or a humorous greeting for those who come in search of professional advice and treatment for their various ills. Although the patient is always treated to a little banter, he is also given the most serious attention and competent care. Demon, in addition to being the medical technician at Kent, is also the dietician. Besides their daily clinics. Doctor Greiner and Mr. Freeman keep an eye on the health of the school behind the lines by regular weight checking and vaccinations, etc. It is the two hard working medics who bind up athletic ankles for battle before the football games and then carry any chance casualties off to the infirmary, where the wounded hero is fixed up”. So, for a treat instead of a treatment see the Demon and the Doc. MRS. GILLIAM AND MISS RESTING Zke sick bay.. . Prim in immaculately white, starched uniforms and pert caps are Caroline Gilliam and Helen Resting, the two school nurses. The Kent angels of mercy” preside over the large brick building known as the infirmary. They are on the job regularly every twenty-four hours rain or shine to care for the boys in the infirmary who have been overcome by the sniffles, measles, or who arc sometimes a victim of a broken arm or leg. Whatever their ailment, the patients are cared for with friendly interest and professional skill. However, Helen and Carol arc not push-overs for a gold-brickcr and recognize those of the latter category immediately. The professional invalids arc soon made to realize that being sick isn’t a lot of fun and are hustled out as quickly as possible. But to those who are really ill, there is no one kinder or more considerate than Helen and Carol. Many arc the extra hours they have spent with those seriously ill. Expert in boy psychology”, and endued with warm interest in others, they add the feminine touch that Kent needs. CAROLINE C. GILLIAM, R.N. Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, 1928 Joined the Kent Staff, 1930 Head Resident Nurse HELEN D. RESTING, R.N. Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, 1929 Joined the Kent Staff, 1935 Assistant Resident Nurse 13 THEODORE F. EVANS Kent, 1915 A.B., Trinity, 1919 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1919 Assistant to tin' Headmaster Latin Club Hockey Coach Club Baseball Coach RAYDON RONSHAUGEN, A.B., M.A. B.A., Augustana College, 1932 M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1940 Assistant to the Headmaster Curriculum MANUEL D. NADAL Kent, 1917 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1919 Assistant to the Headmaster Director of Athletics Head Coach of Hockey and Baseball SAMUEL E. WEST, JR., B.A., B.D. B.A., University of Wichita, 1938 B.D., Scabury-Wcstcrn Theological Seminary, 1941 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1949 Assistant to the Headmaster Chapel Sacred Studies 14 CHESTER H. BROWN, JR., A.B. A.B., Harvard, 1937 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1941 Latin Club loot ball Coach Club Hockey Coach Club Crew Coach JOHN GRAY PARK Kent, 1928 Harvard, ex-1932 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1929 Librarian Club Hockey Coach Club Crew Coach FRANK V. ANDERS, A.M. A.B., St. Stephens, 1918 A.M., St. Stephens, 1922 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1919 Mathematics, Physics WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG, A.B. A.B., Hampden-Sydney College, 1936 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1944 History Assistant Business Manager 15 BRONX And t sen there it that fellow that ue will always remember at Bronx. Since bit arrival at Kent after being in the service during the war, Bronx Park’s contributions to the school have been many. These have included enlarging and reshuffling the library, coaching league sports, and guiding each successive Second Form during its early days at school. Our afternoons have been set off by Bronx’s famous afternoon teas. Suavely self-assured, he has prosed himself a boon companion to everyone. Librarian, coach. Second Form advisor, elegant man about the campus, Bronx is indeed a saluable part of Kent. SIMON LF.GRF.li Army, the scourge of second form ancient history-students, is one of the most often seen of the masters at Kent. Mr. Armstrong’s more frequent appearance on the campus proper is due to his extra class-room activities such as bang the formidable administrator of justice at the hour board and the head man at the Athletic Store and that elegant spot where the elite meet to eat,” the Pop Tent. In his capacity of directing the boys with hours, he sees that many useful things are accomplished around the place. Firm in assigning tasks, Mr. Armstrong is rigid in the execution of same. Zhe library. tltc classrooms . . . MORNING CLASSES And then after morning job assembly, comes the daily routine of classes. Classes begin about five minutes after the end of assembly and the last period ends at twenty minutes past three. There is a break of an hour and twenty minutes for lunch. The fine faculty at Kent provides some of the most interesting and most edifying classes to be found anywhere. Fortunately, from the standpoint of both the master and UNCLE TED Uncle Ted Evans has been at Kent longer than any of us can remember, and as long as most of the faculty can recall. He has devoted these years to unfailing service to the school and to the succeeding Sixth Forms as they have prepared to enter college. Uncle Ted’s kind good humor has always served to lighten tht days at Kent. His contributions to Kent have includea not only managing our curriculums and aiding us in our activities around the place, but also helping with our mdmdual problems. During the beginning of Sixth Form year in the capacity of assistant Heaa-master, he turned in a good job of running the school. Thanks for everything. Uncle Ted. MR. R. Although Mr. R. formally known at Raydon Rons-haugen, it new tbit year, we feel that we know him well already. His friendly manner and interest in the affairs of the school are evident. .Mr. Ronshaugen, the new chief of the scholastic side of Kent, has already-made improtemenls in the study courses, and we know that he will make many more in the years to come. He has also shown a keen interest in the extra-curricular activities at school. We only regret, Mr. R., that you didn't arrive at Kent earlier so we could have known you better. . . . and the office the student, class periods at Kent arc informal and lead to general discussions of the topics at hand. This informality is made easier by the smallness of the classes, but assignments are difficult. In order to give the best preparation for college, a great deal is demanded by the Kent faculty, and a great deal is delivered. BEAR Bear Brown is one of the most popular and most able masters on the campus. His jocular Latin classes are familiar to most of us. There are few who haven’t been both fascinated and edified by Mr. Brown. Bear always has a friendly word for everyone. Who hasn’t received bis cheery hello professor?’’ Mr. Brown’s fun-loving nature and clever witticisms have become an integral part of Kent. However, be is always on hand to aid any student in need of extra help. Bear is one of those rare men who can make good education pleasant. DEAC Raconteur, mat! ematical genius, and dyed in the wool Republican, that’s Deac. Deac Anders has not only the foregoing qualifications but also manages to expound the respective enigmas of Physics and Sixth Form math. Familiar indeed is his outraged Hell’s Bells, Arabella!” when some unwitting blunderer goes astray. We will none of us forget Dene’s fascinating stories told in a growling bass. As for his politics, the G.O.P. would be in a sad way were it not for Mr. Anders. Added to bis list of accomplishments, he is also a league football coach. We’re thankful we didn’t miss Deac. THE SECRETARIES Top: Miss Carlson, Mrs. Bogart, Miss Soule Bottom: Mrs. Edwards, Miss Miller, Miss Harrington Zwelve o’clock Whistle After lunch, which ends at about 12:40, conics the period of approximately one half an hour which must take the place of the recess of the past. From the Dining Hall the average boy will head for the basement of the New Main building where he will find the Mail Room in which are located three important institutions of Kent, the mailboxes themselves, the Pop Tent, and the Athletic Store. From there he will most likely head for the Stat Store; let us follow him as he makes his rounds. Lunch consists of soup which in turn consists of anything from fish to peanut-butter, followed usually by a type of meat with vegetable accompanied by a salad. The dessert is for the most part fruit and milk is provided to wash the above meal down. After partaking of this feast, our model boy wends his way to the Mail Room. Upon examining THE ATHLETIC STORE Frothingham, Lockhart, and Tyson IN THE STAT STORE Wells, Silverthorn, and Chance THE DINING HALL AND KITCHEN AT LUNCH the mail box to which he has been assigned and making sure that it is empty he feverishly asks of Morg Coleman, the proprietor, whether or not all the mail has been distributed. If the answer is yes, and it usually is, our boy moves himself to the Pop Tent where he is confronted by Jeff Lockhart who is perpetually trying to sell his wares which consist of soft drinks, any kind of candy you can think of, and complete outfits for any sport ranging in variety from football to chess. Let us say that the scholar we arc following satisfies himself with two boxes of Junior Mints, a popular sort of candy sold at the Pop Tent, and wends his way toward the Stat Store, located in the Auditorium building. On his way out the door of the Mail Room, he espies the barber’s list where those wishing to be trimmed must sign their names and arrange for an appointment with Mr. Colctti, the barber. Realizing that it has been three months since last he was clipped, he signs his name up for a time that will force him to leave Sacred Studies early. Now he is off to the Stat Store where he will attempt to purchase a couple of pads of theme paper. After descending the West stairwell of the Auditorium building, he takes his place behind an eager mob to await his turn. Finally, upon reaching the cage behind which he can see the articles for which he has waited so patiently, he obtains his paper and then stops to ask himself what article would be useful to him in the near future. After deliberating for a quick five minutes under the evil eye of Dick Boyd, the manager, he decides he is satisfied and pays with a check carefully stamped in ink with his cognomen. While our scholar has been doing all these things, others have been hurrying about the school performing other duties. Some must go to the Mullenhaucr region of the New Main Building in order to collect their weekly laundry. Some arc still working on their steady kitchen jobs; still others arc taking advantage of the brief interlude in the day’s activities to sack out. A few of the more scholarly individuals arc studying. Finally the bell for Fifth Period sounds and all must pick the sleep out of their eyes and hurry off to class. BARBER COLF.TTI COLEMAN, MILLSPAUGH AND DAVENPORT When the classrooms and study halls empty at the end of the seventh period in the afternoon, the boys of Kent scatter in many different directions for many different purposes. The main activity of the afternoon is the favorite part of Kent life for many boys— athletics. The greatest part of the boys head for the field house, boathouse, tennis courts, football fields, baseball diamonds, or hockey rinks, depending on the season of the year. The athletic reputation of the school is quite rightfully a good one, for the teams arc noted for their fighting spirit, good coaching, and fine sportsmanship, and Kent has never failed to win its full share of victories in whatever leagues it participates. The league system is as highly developed here as at any other school, and by this system the younger boys arc given an opportunity to gain the invaluable experience which is eventually to mold them into first team material. The coaches and referees of all league sports are members of the faculty who give freely and willingly of their time to aid in the efficient operation of the outlined program of sports. The first and second teams, too, arc coached by members of the faculty, and better coaching in any respect would be difficult to find in any school of our size. The system of detention takes place in the afternoon also, and those boys who have been unfortunate enough to receive hours for any one of a variety of major and minor offenses report to the Auditorium after the seventh period, where they arc assigned an hour of some sort of manual labor by Mr. Armstrong, who has become beloved as the gentle mentor of the detention system. The minor jobs which would otherwise have to be done by outside labor or by part of the staff of employees arc thus done without additional expense to the School. There are also some few boys who spend their afternoons working on the School farm, earning a reasonable wage for their work, which they consider invaluable experience. The afternoon is brought to a close, for many of the Sixth Form, by tea in the Headmaster’s study or at one of the faculty homes. The daily tea in the study is a welcome chance for the form to get together to compare notes on the day’s activities. There is always a good supply of records, although their vintage usually depends on the time since the most recent vacation, and the boys are apt to linger there to listen to music and talk with whatever faculty members happen to be there. The tea presents an excellent way of satisfying appetites and bolstering up the boys for the period of showers, jobs, inspections, and chapel which precedes the evening meal. There could be no better way to close an active afternoon. T. DIXON WALKER KENT SMITH Kent, 1928 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1932 Mathematics Coach of I-'oothall Coach of Basket hall Coach of Baseball Kent, 1919 Yale University, ex-1922 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1920 Mathematics Head Coach of Football, Crete Coach of Skiing Alumni Secretary JAMES P. HUMPHREYS, A.B. A.B., Williams, 1919 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1920 Latin Coach of Tennis CHARLES A. ROGERS, LL.B. LL.B., Columbia, 1947 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1948 Business Manager PHILIP F. DOWNES, B.S. Kent, 1933 B.S., Trinity, 1937 Joined the Kent faculty, 1939 History Coach of Football Coach of Hockey Club Baseball Coach 22 JOHN E. KINGSBURY, A.B. A.B., Hamilton College, 1936 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1948 Earth Science, Biology, Latin Coach of Soccer C.luh Hockey Coach Coach of Tennis ROBERT L. COLMORE, A.B. Kent, 1927 A.B., Princeton, 1931 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1934 Spanish, French Coach of Wrestling Club Crew Coach Director of Admissions WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, A.B. Kent, 1924 A.B., Harvard, 1928 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1928 History Club Football Coach Coach of Hockey Club Baseball Coach CARL JENKINSON, A.B. A.B., Williams, 1948 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1948 English Club Football Coach Coach of Basketball Club Tennis Coach JAMES B. DRAPER, JR., A.B. A.B., Bowdoin, 1949 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1949 English Coach of Football Coach of Wrestling Coach of Baseball 23 THE FIRST CREW Coach Walker, Woodin, Gosling, Spencer, Dennant, C. Brown, Thclin, Humphrey, MacGlashan, Manager Crisficld, Captain and Coxswain Hunter. Zhe River. . . The 1949 crew season can not be classified as a good one, or even a fair one, in regard to races won and lost. There was, however, as the season progressed, an increased feeling of strength and unity which many felt would materialize into a smashing win at Worcester. Throughout the winter Fifth and Sixth form candidates for the First and Second Crews worked out steadily on the machines in the Auditorium attic, under the tutelage of Coach Walker and Captain Hunter. Returning early from spring vacation, a squad consisting of about twenty-three boys floated the launches and placed the floats. A new set of floats, which had been constructed by Mr. Walker and Mr. Parccll during the preceding months were also launched. Many rowing combinations were tried during the first weeks of practice, centering around the men returning from the previous year’s First and Second boats. Comprising this group were Captain Inch Hunter, Don McGlashan, Ben Thclin, Pete Woodin, and Pete Dennant. The first races of the season were with Yale and were rowed on the Kent course. In a Yale Crew Letter to alumni, lightweight coach Roy Rom, in speaking of the Kent races said, We had a splendid day,” which summed up the situation completely. The Bulldog Junior Varsity 150’s defeated the Housatonic club crew easily by a little over three lengths; the Freshman 150’s defeated the School’s Second Boat by a slightly smaller margin. The First Crew took on the 150 Varsity in a race which was hard-fought the entire way, but the Yale boat showed its superiority by crossing the finish line five seconds ahead of the Blue and Gray shell. By the time of the race on Lake Carnegie, at Princeton on May 7, the boatings stood as they were to remain for the rest of the season. The First Boat consisted of Captain Inch Hunter, cox, Don McGlashan, stroke, followed by John Humphrey, Ben Thclin, Clyde Brown, Pete Dennant, Ben Spencer, Tony Gosling, and Pete Woodin. After a practice row Friday afternoon, the two crews went into New Brunswick, where they spent the night at the Roger Smith Hotel. Saturday morning was spent 24 CAPTAIN HUNTER CAPTAIN-ELECT HUMPHREY quietly, after which both crews went to Princeton to cat lunch at the training tables and prepare for the races, which began at 2:30 and continued on through the afternoon, ending with the Princcton-Rutgcrs race. I he Princeton boat houses were filled to overflowing with crews from Yale, Harvard, and Rutgers, which had all gathered to take part in the day’s races. The Kent Second crew, rowing the first race of the day against the Princeton Freshman Junior Varsity 150’s, lost by a scant half length. At the half mile mark the Blue and Gray boat pulled up even, but was unable to hold this position in the stretch. The First crew left the boat house at 2:30 and was started against two Princeton crews into a very stiff head wind. Kent was sandwiched between the Second Freshman heavies. containing in its members two Kent alumni, Purd Wright and Dan Duffield, and the Third Varsity lightweights. At the half the heavies had gained a lead of about three quarters of a length over the Kent boat, while the lightweights trailed Kent by about the same margin. The finish found them in the same order with the Tiger heavies defeating the Kent First Boat by about three lengths. The following week Mr. Walker’s work with the crews was successful; the First Crew came from behind to down Browne Nichols by a one second margin in a thrill-fraught race on the Housatonic. The first start was nullified when the number three man in the Browne Nichols boat jumped his slide during the first few strokes. However, both crews got away from the stake boats well on the second try, with Kent jumping the visitors from Boston by about three positions. Browne Nichols soon settled down and the quarter mile mark found both crews even. In the next quarter of a mile the visitors gained a slight lead and, by a prolonged sprint at the half, gained a three quarter length lead. Rowing a powerful thirty-six, the Kent Crew began to shorten the margin of lead, and at the three quarter mark only trailed by half a length. In the sprint at the finish the Blue and Gray sweep swingers showed their mettle and, rowing a forty-three, drew even and then passed the Browne Nichols shell crossing the finish a mere deck length ahead with the visitors trailing by a one second margin. The next Saturday, May 21, the First Boat lost to a strong Shrewsbury crew by a one fifth of a second margin. The Second Crew, TOTE As we have come into contact with Tote around the campus, on the football fielJ, on the ski slope or on the river, he has stood out as an unassuming yet very friendly master. Famous for instilling that cold as steel” feeling into his crews, as well as for turning out fighting football teams, he has proved himself a thoughtful and successful coach. We owe him our whole hearted thanks for acting as head football coach this year and for turning out a fine squad against heavy difficulties. He also rates a well done” for taking over the additional job of Ski coach, as well as handling the big task of being Alumni Secretary, a full time job in itself. We will always remember Tote as a top notch Math teacher, always ready to help, and as an eager, fighting coach. AFTER TOTE SHOWS ’EM HOW . . . however, swept over the Dartmouth Second Heavy Freshmen by a length and a half. Rowing under almost perfect conditions, the Shrewsbury crew eked out a victory over Kent in 4:59, a yard in front of the losers. Both crews got off to a good start, with Kent gaining a slight advantage. However, by the quarter mile barrel, Shrewsbury had overcome the slight lead held by the Blue and Gray, and were steadily pulling away, rowing a slightly higher stroke than Captain Hunter’s men. At the half the Kent boat was trailing by a little less than a length. In the next quarter of a mile Kent managed to cut Shrewsbury’s lead to three quarters of a length. At this point the Blue and Gray put on their sprint and upped the stroke to a forty-two, rapidly narrowing the gap between the two boats. However, the Shrewsbury crew was able to hold off this final bid and crossed the finish line in a last burst of energy, leading the Kent shell by a yard. In the second race of the afternoon the Dartmouth Second Heavy Freshman crew was beaten by the Kent Second Crew by a length and a half, in the time of 5:03. Jump- ing the Dartmouth boat at the start, the Kent men were never headed, although at the quarter Dartmouth gained a position or two. At the half the Blue and Gray crew had increased its lead to three quarters of a length, and after upping the stroke for a sprint at the finish, crossed the line a length and a half ahead. Dartmouth’s time was 5:09, trailing Kent by six seconds. The next week both crews arrived at the boat houses on Lake Quinsigamond on Friday, in time for a practice row over the course. The crews slept in the Sheraton Hotel in Worcester, and the following morning both crews watched the fours” race. In the Second crew race, early in the afternoon, the Blue and Gray lined up with the Tabor and Browne Nichols’ second crews and Middlesex academy. Jumped a bit at the start by Tabor and Browne Nichols, Kent managed to pull ahead of Middlesex. At the quarter Kent was trailing both Tabor and Browne Nichols; but the Kent crew settled down to a long and powerful stroke, relentlessly pulling up on the leaders and overtaking . . . INCH SPURS THEM ON them well before the three quarter mark. At this marker Kent led Tabor, the nearest crew, by about three quarters of a length. In the final sprint Kent smoothly lengthened its stroke, crossing the finish line one length and a half ahead of Tabor, with Browne Nichols and Middlesex following. In the First Crew race the Blue and Gray was lined up with four strong crews: Choate, Shrewsbury, Tabor, and Browne Nichols. The Kent boat left the starting line poorly as Choate took the lead, which they held almost to the three quarter mark. Throughout the remainder of the race the Kent boat was unable to diminish any of the other boats’ leads, although in the sprint they managed to pass Choate, finishing fourth. Shrewsbury led the fleet over the line, followed closely by Browne Nichols, Tabor, and Kent, all of whom over-lapped. Choate trailed a length behind Kent; the winning time was 5:17. A picnic supper was given for the crews by Mr. and Mrs. Walker at their home on June 6. After a meal which included an amazing cake, made by Mrs. Walker, with the initials of the crews and managers on it in frosting, the members of the First Crew withdrew to elect this year’s captain. Captain Hunter announced their choice on completion of the balloting as John Humphrey, also this year’s Third Prefect. The evening was spent listening to brief talks given by the old and new captains, and Mr. Walker. At this time Peter Maxwell was appointed Manager-Chairman. Returning from last year’s First and Second crews for this coming season are Captain John Humphrey, Tony Gosling, Pete Thompson, Ike Russell, Buzz Hcnchcy, Jim Young, Pete Coughlan, and cox Guy Chance. FIRST CREW SEASON Apr. 30—Yale 150 Varsity over Kent May 7—Princeton Second Heavy Freshman over Kent May 14—Kent over Browne Nichols May 21—Shrewsbury over Kent May 28—Worcester Regatta — Shrewsbury 5:17; Tabor 5:18; Browne Nichols 5:20; Kent 5:21; Choate 5:23. SECOND CREW SEASON Apr. 30—Yale Freshman 150’s over Kent May 7—Princeton J.V. Freshman 150’s over Kent May 21—Kent over Dartmouth Second Freshman May 28—Kent, Tabor, Browne Nichols, and Middlesex Academy THE SECOND CREW Coach Walker, Coughlan, Space, Buchanan, Young, Greenewali, Captain Wall, Russell, J. Thompson, Manager Crisfield, Coxswain Chance. THE FIRST BASEBALL TEAM First Row: Stanley, Ponting, F . Perry, Captain H. Collins, Cleaves, Matteson, Ritchie. Second Row: Manager Baldwin, Cavarly, Cobden, Coe, Passano, Coach Nadal. Third Row: Bennett, Stephens, J. VanAmburgh. Zhe Diamond. . . As the ’49 season took shape under Coach Nadal, and the varsity material warmed up for its first contest, four positions remained open in the line-up, though not for long. They were soon filled by arrivals from the '48 Second Team who ably commanded the respective positions. The infield took shape with Stanley at first, Cleaves at second. Perry, batting champion of ’48, at shortstop, and Tom Ritchie on the hot corner. The outfield was indefinite, Stump Matteson being the only returning veteran. However, Pete Passano and Moose Cavarly comfortably filled the two remaining slots. Turner Cobden and Sandy Stevens were slated to be the year’s mound material, with Patterson and Coe behind them. The season’s first game gave all the Kent spectators encouragement, the varsity winning an 8-5 victory from a good-looking Westminster Club. Outhitting and outpitch-ing their opponents, the Kent squad stayed BILL To Bill belongs one of, if not the toughest, jobs at Kent. As assistant to the headmaster. Bill handles the numerous duties that fall to him with more than able preciseness. Being athletic director and coach of First Team Hockey and Baseball bat made Bill’s life at Kent a busy one, yet be always hat time to straighten out the problems of a confuted student. The disciplinary aspect of Kent also falls under hit management. His impartial decisions on difficult problems hate brought to him a reputation of Lincoln-like honesty and sincerity. From the moment of arrival until the day of graduation. Bill stands ready to be of assistance to those in need. We shall remember Bill, not only as a schoolday acquaintance, but at a life-long friend. 28 JR CAPTAIN COLLINS CAPTAIN-ELECT RITCHIE well in front throughout the entire game. However, in the second contest to be played on the windswept home diamond, a scrappy, visiting, St. Peter’s team overcame the defending Kent nine. The game was hard played all the way, but with a ragged fifth inning, in which the Kent infield collapsed under the pressure of St. Peter’s hitting, the visitors put together four solid hits w'hich accounted for six runs. Coming back quickly, the Kent nine strove hard to bring the needed runs across the plate. Kent’s hopes rose to a do-or-dic rally in the last of the ninth. Patterson opened the inning with a single, followed by Cavarly’s walk. With Coe running for Patterson, Stanley laid down and out ran a bunt which filled the bases. Cleaves, batting in the lead-off. slot, got his second hit of the day, a single to right, which drove in two runs. Warrington ably put down in order the next three Kent men, retiring the side and ending the game. The score board read Kent 4, St. Peters 6. The Kent box score for the game read as follows: AB R H PO E Cleaves, 2b 4 1 2 4 1 Ritchie, 3b 4 0 0 5 1 Collins, c 5 0 0 2 2 Perry, ss 5 0 0 2 1 Stephens p (A) 2 0 0 1 1 Matteson cf 4 0 0 0 0 Passano, rf (B) (C) 1 0 0 0 0 Cavarly, cf 3 2 1 0 0 Stanley, lb 4 0 0 1 1 Totals 32 3 3 15 7 a—Cobden pitched for Stephens, b—Patterson for Passano. c—Coe for Patterson in ninth. THE GUNNERY GAME With considerable athletic aplomb and ability the Varsity took its initial victory from Gunnery by an 11-5 score. Playing on the home field of the Maroon and Gray, Kent blasted out 12 hits. Cleaves opened up a 2-run rally in the first inning with a single and advanced to third as a result of singles by Ritchie and Collins. Perry, batting in the clean-up position, drove in two runs with SINGLE OVER SECOND 29 a double to right. In the third. Perry again drove in two tallies which brought the Kent score to 5. The fourth and fifth innings brought more hits and four runs. Kent accumulated two more runs in the ninth and Gunnery five. The Kent squad for the first lime this season seemed to be hitting the long ball. Cobden, Perry, Stephens, and Mat-teson drove out extra-base hits. THE BERKSHIRE GAME Playing their second league game of the ’49 season, the Blue and Gray by hard hitting and strong pitching, won a decisive victory over Berkshire, 7-2. Cobden, hurling for Kent, pitched his finest of the season and held the opposition to three hits. Striking out ten batters, he was backed by the extra-base hits of Ritchie, Perry, and Stanley. However, on a return non-league game, Kent lost to Berkshire by a score of 18-3. Sloppy fielding and poor pitching gave Berkshire the edge from the beginning. WEST POINT Journeying to West Point, the Kent team lost their fourth of the current season to the hard hitting Army Plcbc squad by the score of 11-1. Coached by Glen Davis of gridiron fame, the cadets blasted the Kent pitching staff for 13 hits. The cadets opened a two-run rally in the first on Laves’ triple and Pollock’s single to center. They capitalized on three hits and a safety to score three runs in the second. Following Matteson’s single to center. Army’s pitcher allowed him to reach third on a walk. Cleaves, Kent’s able second sackcr, drove out his second hit and brought in Mat-teson. The cadets bounced back with a lone tally in the last of the third and fifth. Later Kent threatened in the top of the sixth but failed to push across a tally. In the eighth. Army scored the game’s last runs, and the contest ended with Kent on the down-hill side of a 11-1 score. THE SECOND BASEBALL TEAM Firfl Row: D. Patterson, Ramsay, Bartlett, Baruch, MacKcn .ie, Grabau, L. Forkcr. Second Row: Coach Mattoon, Talbot, Hopkins, Millspaugh, Davenport, Appleton, Coach K. Smith. Third Row: Fisher, Sanford, Wickcrsham. LOOMIS Loomis’ Wegan, helped by the showers and his meatball pitch, held the Kent men to two runs while Loomis managed to eke out seven. A seventh frame rally by Kent threatened to upset the apple cart but timely rain saved MADE IT the day for Loomis and the game was called. Dropping the Hotchkiss game 13-0 by more sloppy ball, the squad took another loss 2-1 from Taft. The game proved to be a pitching duel with Taft edging out a one-run margin in the ninth. The feed brought the season to an end and Tom Ritchie to the job of Captain-elect of the 1950 team. Tom sparkled the ’49 squad as third baseman, and will be a competent commander of the ’50 varsity. DIVE AT it, HUNT THE VARSITY SEASON’S RECORD Kent 4 St. Peters ... 6 Kent ... 11 Gunnery ,.. 5 Kent 0 Hotchkiss ... 8 Kent 8 Westminster 5 Kent 7 Berkshire . 2 Kent 1 West Point 11 Kent 3 Berkshire ..18 Kent 5 Alumni .. 5 Kent 0 Hotchkiss ..13 Kent 2 Loomis .. 7 Kent 0 Choate ..12 Kent 1 Taft .. 2 THE SECOND TEAM SEASON Despite the able coaching of Smoky Smith and Ben Mattoon, the Second Team was plagued with a string of losses. Opening the season with their first, the squad did not seem to have the scoring power of former Second Teams. Throughout the season this trouble created a stumbling block that was the cause of many defeats. Although the fielding was often flawless, a lack of hitting ability cost dearly. Nevertheless, the valuable experience garnered under such able coaches will undoubtedly serve to turn out a better ’50 varsity. 31 THE FIRST TENNIS SQUAD First Row: Brophy, Jackson, Captain Dewing. Hindlc, Sheppard. Second Row: Coach Humphreys, Chairman Tyler, Jones, Arrowsmith, Bernhard, Boardman, Manager Black, Allen. Zke Courts . . . Under the careful tutelage of Coach Humphreys and the capable leadership of Captain Quentin Dewing the 1949 tennis team enjoyed one of the best seasons that a Kent tennis team has had in recent years. Compiling a record of six wins and three losses the team ranked second only to Choate in the newly formed Southern New England Intcrscholastic Tennis League. The prospects for a successful season were extremely bright at the first gathering of the squad early in April. Close to a hundred boys attended this first meeting and were assigned to different work squads for the conditioning of the courts. This unpleasant task was disposed of in two short weeks, however, and the team was able to start practice April 10. With the eight returning lettermen from the previous year’s squad Coach Humphreys set to work to round the team into shape for the first match with the Yale Frosh on April 23. Those returning were Quentin Dewing, Captain Reg Jackson, Graham Jones, Burch Hindle, Jack Brophy, Steve Sheppard, Barry Boardman, and Don Arrowsmith; the manager and chairman for the team were Craig Black and Terry Tyler. THE LEAGUE TROPHY 32 Jackson, Jones, Dewing, and Hindlc took over the first four positions respectively after the first few practice sessions and continued to play in that order for the rest of the season. The occupancy of the last two positions, however, was another matter entirely. Brophy, Sheppard, and Boardman, all fairly evenly matched, contended for these last two berths throughout the entire season with all of them having played in almost the same number of games at the close of the campaign. The opening match of the season, against the Yale Freshmen, was scheduled for April 23 at Kent; however, a severe rain forced the postponement of the match until the following day when the Kent team suffered its first defeat of the year 6-3. One of the bright spots of the match was the excellent playing of the team’s number two doubles duo, Jones and Boardman, who not only downed their opponents handily but went on to finish the season undefeated. Smarting from this defeat the team bounced back the following Wednesday to thoroughly trounce Westminster 8-1 on the home courts. Hindlc playing in the number four position lost the only match of the day to Childs in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Both Jones and Boardman were extended to three sets before winning their matches. On April 30 the team shut out Taft 9-0 at Kent in one of the most lopsided encounters of the season. Jackson and Arrowsmith turned in a fine match against Pierce and Stocker in the first doubles match, displaying a fine net game as they won 6-2, 6-2. The only two close matches of the day were played in the CAPTAIN DEWING CAPTAIN-ELECT JACKSON number five singles and the third doubles slots. Playing their fourth straight match on the home courts, the team suffered its second setback of the campaign as they were routed by Deerfield 8-1. None of the matches were extended to three sets with Kent’s only win coming in the second doubles slot as Jones and Boardman won 6-3, 6-3 over Marx and Symington. Jackson played a good game against Ufford of Deerfield, winning four straight games in the second set, but he was unable to cope with Ufford’s superior court play and smashes, succumbing 6-2, 6-4. Playing on foreign courts for the first time the team turned in a fine performance against the Williams’ Frosh, winning 6-3 on May 7. One of the best matches of the entire season was played that day as Jones and Boardman came from behind to down Rich and Noble. The Williams duo had won the first set 6-4 and were leading in the second 5-1 when the Kent team turned on the heat. Playing magnificent tennis Jones and Boardman allowed their opponents only one more game HUMPO One might well say of Mr. Humphreys that be is both a scholar and a gentleman. However, although an expert in Greek and Roman antiquities, Humpo has not lost bis sense of humor. His Latin classes are filled with assorted jokes and classical horseplay. Humpo gives bis pupils a serious interest in bis courses and is always ready to be of senice to anyone. He always makes sure that bis listeners are Paying strict attention by throwing chalk at those who seem to hate strayed from the flock. Resides teaching, be is varsity tennis coach. Thus it is magna cum dolore that we say Vale, HUMPO. 33 STEVE SWATS A HARD ONE in the entire match and that came late in the third set. They won six whirlwind games to sew up the second set 7-5 and then took the last one 6-1. Hindlc and Sheppard also turned in good performances for the team. On May 11 the team journeyed to Lakeville where they turned back the Hotchkiss netmen 7-2. Dewing and Sheppard turned in good showings in their singles encounters each winning 6-4, 6-2 over Troy and Moore respectively. In the doubles competition Dewing and Jackson ran into extremely stiff opposition in Hamilton and Prem, the Bearcats number one doubles combination, but they managed to squeak by 6-4, 4-6, 9-7. The team next ran into some of their stiffest opposition when they played Loomis at Windsor on the following Saturday. On account of unfavorable weather conditions all the doubles matches had to be canceled, after the team held a 5-1 lead at the completion of the singles matches. Dewing played the longest match of the season in his encounter with Strcich; it lasted two and a half hours at the end of which time Dewing emerged with a well-deserved 9-11, 8-6, 9-7 victory. The team suffered its final setback of the campaign on May 18, as they lost to a strong Choate team on the home courts 8-1. The team’s only win was supplied by Jones and Boardman, but there were several other fine matches. Dewing and Hindlc both extended their opponents to three sets before finally succumbing. This loss automatically canceled all hope of winning the League Trophy. THE SECOND TENNIS TEAM First Row: Perry, Isenhart, Captain Wood, Tookcr, A. McKinney. Second Row: Coach Freeman, Macrae, G. Harris, White, A. Boyd. The last encounter of the season was won 7-2 from Taft on the losers’ court. This was a much better match than the previous one had been, and produced much better playing on the part of both teams. On May 28 the team held its annual picnic at Lake Waramaugh along with the baseball team. Several of the players who belonged to the Eskimo Club went in for a dip, but the water was not quite warm enough to be fully satisfying. Reg Jackson was elected to captain next year’s squad at the meeting held just before the softball game with the baseball squad. Coach Humphreys in a short speech said that he ranked the ’49 team among the three best that he had coached at Kent, and expressed his thanks to the team and to Captain Dewing for their fine spirit and sportsmanship throughout the season. The following received their TKTs: Dewing, Hindle, Brophy, Sheppard, Arrowsmith, Jack-son, Boardman, and Jones. Black and Tyler received their letters also as Manager and Chairman. The ’49 second team turned in a record of one win against four losses, winning against Wooster but losing to Trinity-Pawling, Canterbury, Gunnery, and Choate. Their game with Berkshire was terminated at the end of three of the singles matches by rain. Those who received seconds were Tookcr, Iscnhart, McKinney, Perry, Boyd, Macrae, White, and Wood all of whom will be back to bolster next year’s squad. Although their record was disappointing compared with the two previous undefeated seasons, nevertheless, much tennis was learned which will be of great value to next year’s team. At the end of the last season the coaches of various southern New England preparatory schools got together and agreed to organize the Southern New England Intcrscholastic Tennis League. The League was then made up of Choate, Westminster, Hotchkiss, Taft, Loomis, and Kent. A short time after the formation of this League the Dewings gave the Peter Dewing Memorial Trophy to the League to be awarded to the winning team each year. The Trophy was given in memory of Peter Dewing of the Class of ’48. THE 1949 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Kent Opp. Apr. 24—Yale Freshmen at Kent ... 3 6 Apr. 27—Westminster at Kent 8 1 ' Apr. 30—Taft at Kent 9 0 1 May 4—Deerfield at Kent 1 8 May 7—Williams Freshmen at Williams 6 3 May 11—Hotchkiss at Hotchkiss 7 2 May 14—Loomis at Loomis 5 1 May 18—Choate at Kent 1 8 May 21—Taft at Taft 7 2 BARRY AND GRAHAM AT WORK FIRST FOOTBALL SQUAD First Row: Young, Macrae, Hamilton, Wilson, Jackson, Captain Cavarly, Stanley, Ritchie, Sanford, Rogers, Hurd. Second Row: Mitchell, Wood, Humphrey, Gosling, Russell, Vaughan, Bennett, Thompson, Coleman, Davenport, Berkeley. Third Row: Talbot, Appleton, Haviland, Baruch, Hill, Hcnchcy, Jupp, Moore, Gushee, Peters, Johns, Coughlan. Fourth Row: Coach Walker, Coach Smith, Coach Draper, Chairman Marsh, Manager Bell, Ramsay, Candler. Zke Gridiron . . . On surveying the football archives of Kent, the 1949 Football Season cannot be regarded as one outstanding. From the statistical viewpoint, the Forty-nine Squad established a sound equilibrium between wins and losses, defeating Berkshire, Hotchkiss, and Loomis, and bowing to Trinity-Pawling, Choate, and Taft. The Forty-nine Squad can certainly pride itself in its excellence of spirit and determination, and in its moderate success with the initiation of the T” formation. Chronologically speaking, the football season began on September 14. At that time, forty-one boys returned to School, each aspiring to a position on the Varsity Squad. Within this group were Captain and leader of the team. Perry Cavarly, and letter-winners of ’48, Ike Russell, Tully Vaughan, Bob Bennett, Jim Mitchell, Rolfe Stanley, and Jerry Berkeley. Also at this initial gathering of the team there were present Jerry Rogers and Cliff Wilson who were both at Kent for the first time, and who in the weeks to come proved themselves valuable components of the team. During this first meeting, newly appointed Head Coach Tote Walker introduced to the squad Mr. Jim Draper, athlete extraordinary of Harvard, Bowdoin, and the U. S. Paratroopers in Germany. Mr. Draper was to assume the responsibility of Varsity Line Coach. And so it was that the 1949 football season began, with Coaches Tote Walker, Kent Smith and Jim Draper inspiring forty-one boys with keen resoluteness and determination to win for their school. On Saturday, October 8, the team went to Pawling for its first game of the season and there it was defeated 20-7 by a powerful Trinity-Pawling eleven. The first quarter was marked by several exchanges of the ball and by Trinity’s first tally of the game, made by Warren O’Donnell, and a successful conversion. On the third play of the second quarter, following a snappy pass from Dick COACH WALKER JIM DRAPER COACH SMITH The amiable young man about the cam put whom everyone quickly learnt to call Jim, anJ whose background includes Boston and the Paratroops, has a double claim to remembrance. Jim Draper was graduated with honors from Boudoin as a Phi Beta Kappa football ace in the spring of 1949, thus acquiring both scholarly acclaim and athletic renown. Through bis magnetic personality be has shown himself to be a great organizer who makes the job at hand seem more of a pleasure than a task. Jim's six inches raise will not soon be forgotten by the linemen of the first football team, nor will he recover quickly from the lacerations and bruises acquired down on the mats while Rising the heavyweights a work-out. We will remember Jim for his buoyant personality and bis inevitable good humor. Clasby, O’Donnell again scored for Trinity; however, Trinity’s attempt for the placement failed, and the score stood 13-0 in favor of Trinity. Rebounding from this second Trinity-Pawling blow, Kent marched up the field led by the praiseworthy running of Captain Perry Cavarly, Tom Tooker, and Jim Young. On the 24 yard line the Kent thrust was halted by the home team. Three plays later, quarterback Rcge Jackson intercepted a pass on the 50 yard line, and from there Kent marched, or rather flew, to the 3 yard line by a scries of passes by quarterbacks Rcge Jackson and Tom Ritchie. Hard-driving fullback Jim Young scored the Blue and Gray’s first and only touchdown of the game. Tom Ritchie’s conversion was successful, and the half ended with the score 13-7. The third quarter was marked by hard fighting from both sides. Late in the third quarter, Skip Sammis, Trinity-Pawling quarterback, fired a long pass to Jack Bastine in the end zone for the final touchdown. Clasby’s try for the extra point was good, thus making the final count Trinity-Pawling 20, Kent 7. The second game of the season took place a week later on Alumni Field. Before a large crowd of visitors, the Kent squad defeated Berkshire 12-0, and in so doing broke an eleven game losing streak and also shattered a Berkshire twelve game winning record. The game was hard fought and marked by many penalties, Kent losing 70 yards and Berkshire 50. The outstanding incidents in the CAPTAIN CAVARLY TAKES THE FIELD THE BLUE AND GRAY FIGHT AHEAD first quarter were a Berkshire punt blocked by left end Morg Coleman and a Berkshire fumble recovered by right end John Humphrey which closely preceded Kent’s first tally of the game made by quarterback Rege Jackson, making the score 6-0 in favor of Kent. The second quarter was relatively uneventful, the ball remaining in Kent’s possession the greater period of time. The third period was one filled with rugged line play on the part of both teams. Dave Causey of Berkshire made several good runs in this period, but all to no avail. In the last quarter, Kent once again scored, with quarterback Rege Jackson advancing the ball to the 6 yard line and CilfT Wilson crossing the line for the touchdown, making the final score 12-0 in favor of the Blue and Gray. A week later at Wallingford, Kent was trounced 34-14 by an exceptionally good Choate squad. Choate scored in each of the first three periods, while Kent scored in the second and fourth quarters. In the first period, a capacity crowd of approximately a thousand people saw Bob Considine, Choate’s left halfback, run forty yards for Choate’s first touchdown. Choate right end, Jim Taslcy was successful with the conversion, and the score stood 7-0. Late in the first quarter, Nate Pond scored Choate’s second touchdown, and Jim Tasley was again successful with the conversion. In the second quarter a Kent drive led by backs Jerry Rogers, Cliff Wilson, and Rege Jackson placed the ball on the Choate 10. Here quarterback Rege Jackson passed to John Humphrey for Kent’s first score. Tom Ritchie’s conversion was good, and the score rested 14-7. The second period was also marked by a Choate fumble recovered by Kent tackle Denny Candler, and another Choate tally by Bob Considine. The SECOND TEAM CAPTAIN JOHNSON COACH DOWNES CAPTAIN-ELECT DAVENPORT 38 Choate attempt at the conversion was balked by defensive tackle Sam Davenport. The beginning of the second half saw Bill Downey, Choate left end, gather in the kick-off and run 68 yards for Choate’s fourth touchdown. The extra point was good, and Choate led 27-7. Several plays later, Choate scored once again on a pass, pushing the count to 34-7. In the fourth period, Rolfc Stanley went over for Kent’s second six of the game. Shortly afterwards, the game ended with Kent on the short end of a 34-14 score. On October 29, Kent turned back a stubborn Hotchkiss eleven, 6-0, on Alumni Field, in part avenging the humiliating defeat of ’48. The first quarter saw the ball exchange owner several times, due to pass interceptions and solid defensive play. The second period was marked by good defensive play and a pass interception by Kent defensive center Jim Mitchell. Also during this period, Captain Perry Cavarly, Rcgc Jackson, and Cliff Wilson made appreciable gains for the Blue and Gray, but they were unable to cross into touchdown territory. However, in the third quarter, after outstanding runs by Captain Perry Cavarly and Jerry Rogers, the ball was laid on the 7 yard line. Three plays later. Cliff Wilson drove over for the lone tally of the game. Tom Ritchie’s conversion attempt was wide, leaving the score 6-0, Kent. In the time remaining, the Hotchkiss squad several times threatened to score, but were un- able to do so. The game closed with Kent on the long end of a 6-0 score. The Blue and Gray record now stood at two wins and two losses. Journeying to Watertown on November 5, for its final away game of the season, Kent was overpowered by a superior Taft team, 20-6. Taft scored in every period but the third. Kent’s lone tally came in the third quarter. The first period was spiced by Taft’s brilliant left half Bob Ford, who late in the period hurled a touchdown pass to Tom Beadle making the score 6-0, as the conversion was unsuccessful. Bob Poole, Captain and fullback of the Taft squad, powered his way over the goal line in the second period THE SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM First Row: McHugh, Wickcrsham, Millspaugh, McQuadc, C. Wilson, Captain D. Johnson, G. Hoarc, Rockwell, R. Moore, J. Nichols, Brucc. SeconJ Row: Coach Downes, Durant, D. Hoerle, Wright. Dunlap, Van Rensselaer, G. Harris, Bartlett, Mills, Brown, White, F. Hodges, Coach Mattoon. Third Row: Grabau, Hinklcy, Goodbody, Ahlborn, Dann, H. Anderson, Rockefeller. Baldwin, VanAmburgh, Morrisey, Orr, R. Hoerle. to set the score at 13-0, Taft. The beginning of the second half saw Kent march all the way to chalk up their lone touchdown of the game. Halfback Cliff Wilson paced the march as he received Ford’s kick on the 10 and returned it to the 34. Fullback Jim Young then drove to the midway mark for a first down. In the three plays following, Jim Young and Cliff Wilson advanced the ball to the 12, where quartcback Rege Jackson tossed to Captain Perry Cavarly for the score. Tom Ritchie’s placement was wide, and the score remained 13-6. A spectacular Taft drive of 62 yards in the fourth period was sparked by Bob Ford, Nate Treat, and Bob Poole, Nate Treat dashing from the midfield stripe to the Kent 24. From here Bob Ford took the ball over in five plays. The conversion was good, and the score was set at 20-6. In the time that remained, the ball exchanged hands several times. The Blue and Gray tried desperately to score again, but was unsuccessful, and the game closed with the score Taft 20, Kent 6. The final game of the season on November 12, found Kent facing its traditional rival, I.oomis, on Alumni Field before a huge Alumni Week-end crowd of approximately twelve hundred spectators. Scoring two touchdowns and making one all-important extra point, the Kent eleven nosed out the Loomis squad 13-12. From the start of the game, a wide-open passing duel was fought between Ralph Tucker, Loomis’ sharp-shooting quarterback, and Rege Jackson, Kent’s versatile man under. Loomis drew first blood late in the first period as Roland Dugan, their Captain and left half, bulled off tackle for the score, after Tucker had set it up by two passes. Ten plays into the second quarter the Blue and Gray scored as a result of some fine running by fullback Jim Young and halfback Cliff Wilson, who went over from the 2 yard line. The score was set up by two long passes from Rege Jackson to Cliff Wilson, devouring 34 yards. Tom Ritchie’s conversion was wide, and the score stood 6-6. Loomis having been forced to kick, halfback Bob Sanford and quarterback Rege Jackson took the ball down to the Loomis 17 on one short pass and several wide end runs. With a minute and a half left before halftime, Kent found itself stalled on the 17. After two incomplete passes and a recovered fumble, the Blue and Gray had one down left and needed five yards for a first down. On the next play, Rege Jackson shot a pass to John Humphrey in the end zone for Kent’s final score. Tom Ritchie converted for the all-important extra point which proved to be the winning margin. After an uneventful third period, the Maroon and Gray opened up and pushed across for their final score of the game. As Gates came in for the extra point try, which would tie the game, the stands were hushed. In the tense seconds that followed a dull thud was heard as Rege Jackson once agained excelled for Kent and blocked the kick. In the final minutes, Ralph Tucker desperately filled the air with passes, but all to no avail, as the game ended 13-12 in favor of Kent. Rege Jackson was indeed the outstanding player of the day, completing five out of nine passes for 77 yards and one touchdown, and gaining 30 yards on the ground, and punting five times at an average of 36.2 yards per kick. He was also called back on a 40 yard touch- BUTCH RUNS FOR A GAIN REGF. GOES AROUND END down run because of an illcgal-use-of-hands penalty. At this time it is proper that special tribute be paid to these members of the varsity line, who throughout the season displayed the stamina and spirit of a true Kent team: Tony Gosling, Pete Thompson, Bill Wood, Ike Russell, Bob Bennett, Tully Vaughan, Jim Mitchell, John Humphrey, and Morg Coleman. THE 1949 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE First Team Kent 7 Trinity-Pawling ... 20 12 0 Kent 14 Choate 34 Kent 6 Hotchkiss 0 Kent 6 Taft 20 Kent 13 Loomis 12 THE SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM The Second Team with newly-appointed coaches, Chick Downes and Benny Mattoon, and Captain Dave Johnson had a season statistically almost similar to that of the Varsity, recording a victory over the Watkinson School, tying the Taft Seconds and losing to George Junior Republic School and Darrow School. On October 7, the Second Team was defeated on Alumni Field by George Junior Republic, 15-0. The first quarter saw several exchanges of the ball and a safety scored by George Junior. The greater part of the second period was marked by the outstanding defensive play of Kent end Sandy Millspaugh. In the third quarter, periodical Kent thrusts were made by halfbacks Lynn Bruce and Terry Durant, aided by linemen Captain Dave Johnson and George Hoarc. The last quarter saw the Kent squad slump noticeably. The George Junior Eleven, sparked by halfback Frank Monhan, scored twice making the final score 15-0 in favor of George Junior Republic. Meeting a less capable team the following week, the Second Team defeated the Watkinson Varsity at Hartford 32-0. The first quarter saw Drake Nichols intercept a pass which started Kent’s first scoring drive. Good running by Barnard VanRcnssalacr and Bill McHugh, and the passing combination of quarterback Chase Wickcrsham to end Roswell Moore resulted in the first Kent score, Ros Moore crossing the line for the Blue and Gray. Again in the second period, the Wickcrsham-to-Moorc combination proved effective making the score 12-0. At the start of the second half, fullback Drake Nichols intercepted a pass and once again spurred the Blue and Gray on a touchdown drive which halfback Bill McHugh completed. In the fourth period, paced by quarterback Scott Bartlett, Bill McHugh and Terry Durant, the Second Team, McHugh carrying, made their last tally of the game. Score, 32-0. The Darrow Varsity was next on the Second Team’s schedule. On October 28, the Kent squad was romped upon. The first period was marked by the first of many unorthodox Darrow plays which went 82 yards for a touchdown. At one time during the second quarter, Kent was leading 13-7. However, Darrow quickly retaliated and the period (Continued on page 159) 41 CLUB SOCCER SQUAD Fin Row: Wambach, Potter, Pcare, Cone, Morgan, D. Patterson, A. Boyd, Maxwell, C. Collins, Stewart, Guilliano, Worthington, R. Wilson, Manager R. Hall. Second Rou: Coach Kingsbury, Woodward, Ficstcr, Knecht, E. Boyd, Betts, Spicer, Tyson, Gregory, H. Patterson, Draper, Collis, G. Collins, Borden, Coach Gilliam. Third Rou: Gardner, Bond, Hunter, Perry, Notman, Hew son, P. Harris, Pittarclli, R. Thompson, Friend, Putnam, Gilcreast. Fourth Row: Coyle, Balfour, Abbot, Rcmick, Raasch, C Williams, Trott, Mason, Iszard, A. Collins, Aguais, McCormack. Zhe Soccer Tield. . . As a result of the enthusiasm shown last winter for the sport, soccer was started for the first time at Kent in the fall of ’49. The squad was divided into three clubs and four rounds in league soccer were played. Inasmuch as the Housatonics had eight men on the varsity” they won the league with comparative case, the Algos captured the second place position, and the Macedonians came in third. The Housatonics were hard pressed in only one game, a four to four deadlock with the Algos at the beginning of the season. The captains of the respective teams were Max Potter of the Macedonians, Andre Guil- liano of the Algos, and Dick Boyd and Andrew Patterson, co-captains of the Housatonics. A first team squad was picked out of the best players of all three clubs, and this squad played two outside games. The line-up was as follows: Captain Thompson, goalie; Morgan at right fullback; Cone at left fullback; I .aard, right halfback; Nielsen, center halfback; Worthington, left halfback; Boyd and Pcare alternated at right wing; Abbott, right inside; D. Patterson, center; H. Patterson, left inside; and Guilliano, left wing. THE FIRST TEAM FIGHTING FOR GOALS JUMPING JOHN Although we hate never had the pleasure of experiencing Jumping John in the classroom we feel that we have known him for a long time. Hit amiable willingness to sene the students as well as the School whenever and wherever Possible has made him one of the most well liked masters in the School. Perhaps Mr. Kingsbury’s greatest achievement in the short time that we have been acquainted with him is hit establishing of soccer at an organized sport here at Kent. On October 17, on the home field, Kent defeated Gunnery 4-1. The team outplayed Gunnery and maintained a four to nothing lead up to the last period. Goals were scored by D. Patterson, H. Patterson, Guilliano, and Pcarc, who comprised the strong forward line. On the defense, the kicking of Morgan and Nielsen was outstanding. The second and last game was played at Trinity-Pawling on November 7, Kent losing 4-3. The Blue and Gray was unable to produce a scoring combination and seemed completely bewildered in the face of a four to nothing score at the end of the first half. The third period was scoreless for both sides, but in the fourth period with renewed fight the Patterson brothers tallied three times between them. However, time ran out with the score four to three. The sixth formers who will be sorely missed next year include Captain Thompson, D. Patterson, Pcare, Boyd, and Guilliano. The entire defense will return next year and Mr. Kingsbury is counting on Tyson, Perry, Williams II, and Putnum to take over the line duties. At the end of the season the squad and coaching staff thanked Mr. Nadal, the Kent Athletic Commission, and all those responsible for providing the squad with a fine field. Those in the Sixth Form can not help but feel that they arc in some small way responsible for the six game varsity schedule that the soccer team will play in 1950. At the final banquet the Sixth Formers on the team expressed appreciation to Mr. Kingsbury and Mr. Gilliam who sacrificed a great deal of their time to teach the fundamentals of soccer to those boys out for the sport. FIRST SOCCER TEAM First Row: Cone, Worthington, Abbott, H. Patterson, D. Patterson, Thompson (captain), Boyd, Gulliano, Pearc, Iszard, Morgan. Second Row: MacCormack, Collins, Tyson, Betts, Spicer, Pittarclli, Potter, Maxwell, Williams, Not man. Perry. Third Row: Coach Kingsbury, Collis, Gilcreast, Knccht, Putnam, Manager Hall. FIRST HOCKEY SQUAI) Fin Row: R. Thompson, Young, Humphrey, Appleton, Captain Henchey, Ritchie, Talbot, Macrae, Mitchell. SfconJ Row: Coach Worthington, Chairman Aguais, Brewster, Davenport, Hill, McHugh, Wickcrsham, Pattou, Isenhart, Manager Dann, Coach Nadal. Zke Kinks . . . Handicapped by extremely mild weather conditions, the First Hockey Team was able to complete only eight of its ten scheduled games, being forced to omit the encounters with their traditional rivals Taft and Hotchkiss. Under the able coaching of Bill Nadal and Bill Worthington and with the excellent leadership of Captain Henchey, playing his third year on the First Team, they split for the season, winning four out of eight games played. They lost, however, to only one Prep School team, the league winners, Berkshire, whom they had tied in an earlier game at the beginning of the season. There was virtually no ice at School, and the high board rinks saw a second winter bereft of ice. Nevertheless, the team practiced, when possible, and played five games on a low-board rink set up on the pond at South Kent, fondly called Hatch Arena.” KENT MOVES UP WITH THE PUCK WILLIE CAPTAIN HENCHEY COACH WORTHINGTON Although the first scheduled game, Hotchkiss, could not be played for lack of ice, the team soon met Berkshire, whom they had tied for the unawarded League Trophy just a year before, on their rink, to begin the season with a League encounter. The lack of practice ice showed up noticeably as each team failed to make the most of their breaks. The game ended in a scoreless tic. What was lacking in skill was made up in roughness. The penalty-marred game was called early on account of darkness, necessitating a future playoff duel. Jim Mitchell was back in the nets for Kent, playing his second year as first goalie. With Captain Buzz Hcnchcy and Tom Ritchie leading the team, Kent downed their scrappy neighbors to the south by a score of 2-1. Tom sent the disk into the South Kent nets early in the first period, while Buzz scored in the second, as did South Kent. The excitement of this period was heightened by seven penalties, but the last period was scoreless. In the Choate game the situation was more or less reversed with the game remaining scoreless until the third period when Macrae and Ritchie brought the game to 2-0 in Kent’s favor. Gunnery was downed by Tom Ritchie’s three goals in the first period. Playing on poor ice, Kent managed to hold their lead until the third marker when Gunnery’s captain scored, making the final score 3-1. In two rough, well-played games the six was downed by Berkshire and the Plebes by 4-1 and 2-0, respectively. The vastly improved Green and White team took the league We all know Willie for some way in which he helped ns. Nearly all of us had him in class at one time or another. There we bate found him to be an acrobat, sitting in various positions in chairs and on window sills. Regardless of what position he has been in he has managed to bring in the buying and selling of widgets to illustrate various points that be has been bringing up. Willie has formed a Current Events Club to keep us up on the news of the day and be was one of the Coaches in the Midgets that laid the foundations for our football team. Willie was also one of the Hockey coaches who turned out such a fine team Sixth Form Year. lead, while on their home rink the Plebes showed that they had the advantage of daily practice. The Alumni turned out to be quite a team as they won in an overtime period 4-3. The game was close all the way. Among those to dent the twines was none other than Chick Downes, coach of the second squad. TOM RITCHIE AT SOUTH KENT 45 THE SEASON’S RECORD Traveling to New Haven, the sextet met the Yale Frosh. Playing a rough game the home team scored sixteen goals as Buzz added two more to his record. The game was marred by penalties as Kent was charged with nine of them. Team Kent Opp. Berkshire 0 0 South Kent 2 1 Choate 2 0 Gunnery 3 1 Berkshire 1 4 West Point Plcbcs 0 2 Alumni 3 4 Yale Freshmen 2 16 THE SECOND TEAM The Second Team fared even worse than the First in regard to ice. Having only three or four real practices, the team won but one game of the five played; however, the spirit and desire to win of the players would seem to indicate more than the wins that were to be found in the scoring column. Again coached by their old standby. Chick Downes, and by Ralph Ritchie, the team, led by Captain Ros Moore, met the usual extremely tough competition of three first teams, Millbrook, Trinity-Pawling, and Canterbury, and the only Second team on the schedule, Taft, whom they defeated in the second encounter. At the banquet held in the Headmaster’s Study, the Hawley Trophy was given to Jim Mitchell for his many excellent games in tfie nets during the past two years. Jim Young was elected to succeed Buzz in the captaincy for 1951. The Seconds were badly beaten in their first game of the season by an experienced Millbrook squad, 8-1, Dave Gallup scoring the only Kent tally in the second period. The next game was won by the Taft Seconds with a score of 2-0, Kent still showing little tcam- CHICK Chick it most predominant on the Second Team hockey rink where he is often seen, bedecked in an Army windbreaker, directing future varsity pucksters in the rudiments of the game. But just this year Chick has moved up to Tote Walker’s old stamping ground on the Second Team football field. Of course most of all we will remember Chick as he strolls into a first period History class, cigarette protruding from buccal cavity, for another bout with the would be Herodotuses. Chick moved his quarters this year from the library to the Auditorium, but whereter be resides, the Class of '50 will always fondly remember the man with the big car.” 46 SECOND HOCKEY SQUAD rsf Row: Jupp, Lewis, Gallup, Mills, Russell, Perry, Coughlan, Grabau. Second Row: McQuadc, Gushee, Captain R. Moore, M. Moore, Peters, Beale, Shutt, Potter. T hirj Row: Shields, H. Patterson, Capen, R. Hall, A. Hodges, Pearc, Coach Downes. work, through lack of practice. Trinity-Pawling came to Kent a few days later to defeat the Seconds 4-1. The team gained valuable experience from this game and the preceding encounters so that when Taft came back to play an unscheduled game, they were defeated 1-0 on a shot by Gallup from the blue line. This game was noteworthy for the marked improvement of the whole squad and especially of Captain Ros Moore and Bill Peters who both did excellent jobs as defensemen. Canterbury edged Kent 4-3 in perhaps the most exciting and best played game of the season. Kent was scoreless till the middle of the second period when John Lewis slapped the puck into the cage on a rebound from Dave Gallup. In the third period Jack Gushee skated through the entire visiting contingent to shoot the puck through the Canterbury goalie. Just a few minutes later Ike Russell scored for Kent on a pass from Peter Cough-lan, ending the Second Team season. THE SEASON’S RECORD Team Kent Opp. Millbrook 1st 1 8 Taft 2nd 0 2 Trinity-Pawling 1st 1 4 Taft 2nd 1 0 Canterbury 1st 3 4 APPROACHING FIGHT CARL Known to all boys around the campus, especially the Third Form, was Carl Jenkinson, one of Kent’s notorious English masters. He was renowned for his humor and clever witticisms and be had accordingly a multitude of friends. In the field of athletics, Carl coached football and tennis in the fall and spring respectively, and during the winter be could always be found on the basketball court as coach of his spirited Kent boopsters. THE FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: Tooman, C. Wilson, Captain Ramsay, MacKcnzic, Coleman. Second Row: Manager Harper, Morris, Wright, Boardman, Coach Jenkinson, Bennett, Tewksbury, Bartlett, Chairman J. Lukcns. Zke Jfardwood. . . Statistically, the 1950 basketball team cannot be considered outstanding; however, in compiling a record of 6 wins and 7 loses, the ’50 squad evidenced a keen and commendable spirit and determination to win. The squad looked promising at the beginning of the season with Captain Graham Ramsay, Morg Coleman, and Duncan MacKcnzic returning from the ’49 quintet to bulwark the team. Along with several members from the ’48 second team, two newcomers appeared, Cliff Wilson and Ronald Tooman, who both were new at Kent, and who later proved themselves to be starters and intrinsic members of the team. Mr. Jenkinson, Kent’s able and forceful pedagogue of basketball, was at the coaching position. Canterbury was first on the schedule and CAPTAIN RAMSAY, A TIGER AT REST ... A LION IN ACTION overcame the Blue and Gray, 50-42. Starting for Kent were Coleman and Mackenzie at the forward slots, Tooman at center, and Captain Ramsay and Wilson in the guard positions. Throughout the entire game, Canterbury held a commanding lead. In its second encounter of the season, Kent was edged out by a Hotchkiss fivesome of accurate shooters. The game was well played and showed a marked improvement in the ball-handling and shooting of the Kent quintet. During the following week, Kent journeyed to Sheffield and there defeated a smaller but spirited Berkshire contingent, 42-37. Pivot man Tooman was high scorer with ten points. On Saturday of that week, Kent was set back by a polished Gunnery squad, 38-26. On January 28, the Blue and Gray, before a dance weekend audience, defeated the Housatonic Regional High School squad, 41-37. The high scorers of the day were Captain Miller of Regional with 14 points and Coleman of Kent with 12 points. On February 1, the Kent five avenged an earlier defeat by vanquishing Canterbury, 52-45. MacKcnzic of Kent was outstanding with 20 points. During the same week, Taft came to Kent and narrowly eked out a victory over the Blue and Gray, 50-44. This was one of the most exciting games of the season with the lead shifting frequently between the two quintets. Treat of Taft excelled, amassing 24 points. In the most thrilling game of the season, Kent was edged out by the Trinity-Pawling quintet, 69-67. It was a sec-saw engagement, and the winning shot of the game swished as the final whistle blew. Coleman of Kent was high scorer with 25 points. Later the SURE SHOT, MUNK WHO MISSED THE BALL? 49 ANY MAN’S BALL same week, Kent, in its second Hotchkiss encounter, was victorious, 53-48. Coleman once again was high scorer with 16 markers. In the following week, Kent played two games, overpowering a visiting Berkshire contingent, 60-54, and dropping a close decision to a strong Gunnery team, 47-44. In the first game, Tooman of Kent with 16 points and Friedlandcr of Berkshire with 22 points excelled for their respective squads. In the second engagement, Wilson of Kent with 15 points and Bradshaw of Gunnery with 16 points were outstanding. On February 22, the team won a thriller from Taft by a score of 57-49. MacKcnzic and Tooman of Kent led the Blue and Gray, while Treat starred for Taft. In the final game of the season against Trinity-Pawling, the Kent quintet fell into an evident slump. With Fratc of Pawling controlling both backboards, the visitors coasted to an easy win, 65-54. Under the able tutelage of Coach Smith and the leadership of Captain Terry Durant, the second team produced a record of three wins and three losses. The second team’s first game came on January 14, when they were defeated by the Hotchkiss second team, 31-17. The following Saturday, the second quintet was edged out by the Gunnery five, 23-19. Captain Durant and Forker excelled for the home team. On February 1, the second team led by Captain Durant and Hurd recorded their first victory by defeating the Canterbury seconds, 37-25. In the fourth game of the season, the second team was victorious over the Berkshire five. With good passwork and with Craig Black controlling both back-boards, the Blue and Gray chalked up a 38-24 victory. On February 22, the seconds lost to Taft, 46-37. In the final and most exciting game of the season, the second quintet nosed out the Trinity-Pawling five, 29-27, in an overtime period. The 1950 basketball season was completed with the annual banquet held in the Rector’s Study, at which time Morgan Coleman was awarded the R. M. Jordan Basketball Trophy for his proficiency and was commended for his exceptional shooting record of 153 points SMOKEY On those of us who hate had the fortunate experience of serving under the able leadership of Smokey, whether on the athletic field or in the classroom, his caustic humor and quiet manner have left their mark. Apparently he is perpetually surrounded in a shroud of grayish smoke, emanating from his omnipresent cigarette. Smokey’s perceptive powers are unequaled. Master magician of the black art of mathematics, coach supreme, Smokey, ever silent, backs his squad to the hilt. It would be next to impossible to locate a man capable of extracting more spirit from a group of boys. As we leave Kent, the members of the Sixth form will remember him and his rare comments for more arch” and the other five'', and all the things that Smokey has passed on to us in our brief span at Kent. So long Smokey and good luck with the other five and B squad. 50 THE SECOND BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: Manager Harper, Ware, Black, Captain Durant, Hurd, Forkcr, Chairman J. Lukens. Second Row: Rice, G. Harris, Orr, Coach Smith, C. Wilson, VanAmburgh, Crane. which broke a former record of 148 points, and sportsmanship on the basketball court. Duncan MacKcnzic and Graham Ramsay were elected Co-captains to lead the 1951 team. Letters were awarded to Captain Ramsay, Wilson, MacKenzic, Coleman, Tooman, Boardman, Bennett, Bartlett, Tewksbury, Wright, and Morris. BUTCH PREPARES TO SCORE FOR KENT RECORD OF THE SEASON Kent .... 42 Canterbury 50 Kent 37 Hotchkiss .... 41 Kent ... 42 Berkshire 37 Kent ... 26 Gunnery 38 Kent .... 41 Regional High 37 Kent 52 Canterbury 45 Kent 44 Taft 50 Kent .. 67 Trinity-Pawling 69 Kent .... 53 Hotchkiss ......48 Kent 60 Berkshire 54 Kent 44 Gunnery 47 Kent 57 Taft 49 Kent .... 54 Trinity-Pawling .... .... 65 THE FIRST WRESTLING TEAM Tint Row: Tyson, Tookcr, D. Hoerle, T. ¥. Williams, J. Thompson. Second Row: Coach Colmorc, Assistant Coach Davis, Stanley, Captain Jackson, Berkeley, Assistant Coach Draper. Abient: Manager G. Hoarc. Zfte M s . . . The horizon looked bright when the call went out for prospective wrestlers to report down on the mats. Returning with Captain Jackson were lettermen Tom Tookcr, Dave Hoerle, Barry Hamilton, Pete Thompson, Rolfc Stanley, and Jerry Berkeley. There were also a number of boys returning from the previous year’s second team. If the team lacked anything in strength and skill, however, this weakness was more than overcome by the addition of two men to the coaching staff, Benny Davis and Jim Draper, both experienced wrestlers. Mr. Davis, who won the Wrestling Trophy in 1942, assisted Mr. Colmorc in coaching the fellows in the lightweight divisions, while Mr. Draper put his practice in Germany to good use on the heavyweights. What with exams to prepare for and with a match waiting for the team almost immediately upon its return, the fall term passed quickly. One week after the team returned to school, it met a powerful squad from Williams. Although the team was considerably weakened by the loss of Barry Hamilton who broke his wrist during practice, Williams was subdued by a score of 23-11. Rege Jack-son, Tom Tookcr and Jerry Berkeley were able to pin their opponents, while Kent also got two decisions and a draw. The next week the second team defeated the Taft second team by a score of 21-11 in an exciting match. After Zimmerman of Kent secured the first pin of the afternoon, the match went back and forth with Sidenberg of Taft pinning Tyson, Lee Alhborn dccision-ing Govin, and Blogoslawski dccisioning John Skinner. Following the 45 pound bout the tide turned in favor of Kent with both Bishop and Fite securing pins; however, in the next bout Stanley lost by a decision. In the last match Rockwell decisioned his opponent to wind up the match in Kent’s favor. January 21 was a big day for the team. After an early lunch everyone piled into a station wagon and two cars and drove to Loomis. In the first bout of the afternoon. Woody Tyson met O’Connell in a scrappy bout that went the full nine minutes and 52 BISII COACH COLMORE CAPTAIN JACKSON Bish Colmore, the man of unfathomable energy and activity, the Director of Admissions, the Altaian Dean of the Faculty, the creator and fotterer of wrestling at Kent, and lastly the smallest member of the faculty, will not fats from the memories of the Class of '50. His scintillating sente of humor, his boundless energy and keen desire to help and encourage has endeared him to all those at school. Hit poignant sense of sportsmanship and bit vast knowledge of wrestling have made Bish an indispensable individual in this athletic realm of Kent. The fortunate boys who hate come in contact with Bish either in athletics or in the Spanish classroom will indeed regret the day when they must bid him ’’Hasla la vista.’ ended in a 4-4 tic. In the 128 pound class Tom Tooker met Van Click. Van Click was dchnitcly outclassed by Tooker who worked on him with arms and legs until he gave in, in the third period. Following Tookcr’s lead, Dave Hocrlc dccisioncd Kramer 6-1; however, in the 145 pounds class Kent tasted defeat as Williams went down in the closest bout of the day. As the bout ended, it appeared that Walley had secured a takedown which would have tied the score, but the referee decided otherwise and awarded the bout to Dugan, the Loomis captain. In the next two bouts Pete Thompson and Rolfe Stanley dccisioncd their opponets, and in the 175 pounds class Captain Rcgc Jackson pinned Root in one minute and thirty seconds of the third period. The match was brought to a close as Berkeley pinned Mann in the third period to bring the score to 2 1-10. In the next four bouts the tide really turned against Kent. Thirty-sixer Grub Hocrlc lost by a 6-1 decision, Walley Williams was pinned by Pond in the third period, and Pete Thompson was dccisioncd by Dryot 3-0. Ralph Stanley, the last of the five defeats, lost 6-0 to Downey, the Choate captain. In the last two bouts of the afternoon Kent regained its feet. In the 175 pound class Rcgc Jackson whipped Mason 7-1, while in the unlimited class Jerry Berkeley after a see-saw first round took down Brown with a hcadlock that ended up in a pinning combination. That same day the second team, which had journeyed to Choate lost their match by the close score of 16-18. Captain Rockwell and Carey Williams both pinned their opponents, while Zimmerman and Alhborn won by decisions. On the last Saturday of the month the second team tasted defeat in front of a large Dance Weekend crowd, losing to the Wooster firsts 18-13. The only bout worth mentioning was that of Zimmerman who pinned his opponent in one minute and twenty-five seconds of the second period. Both wrestling teams shared defeat on February 4 when they were overcome by two powerful Choate machines. The first bout of the first team match saw Goz .olino of Choate decision Woody Tyson 6-1. In the most interesting bout of the day Tom Tooker pinned Turpin in 59 seconds of the second period. REGE AND ROCKY AT PRACTICE BERKELEY ROLLS HIM UP FIVE POINTS—MAYBE Four days later in their last match of the season, the second team was downed by Taft in a return match 17-13. The team probably showed as little real spirit as it had all season. In the first two bouts, Zimmerman was pinned and Williams was decisioncd. Kent then moved ahead when Lee Alhborn pinned Govin in the second period. The match became tied at the end of the next bout in which Jerry Rogers decisioncd his opponent 5-0. The team seemed to peter out in the three bouts that followed with Bishop, Fite, and Rockefeller all losing by decisions; however in the last bout Captain Rockwell saved the day by pinning Greis in the second. The first squad met its second defeat on February 11 when it was overpowered by the Army Plebcs 26-6; nevertheless, in spite of their defeat the team considered their visit worthwhile. Much experience was gained wrestling their strong opponents and the dinner in the huge West Point mess hall was enjoyed by all. In the first five bouts Tooker and Rogers were pinned, and Tyson, Hoerle, and Pete Thompson were decisioncd. The next two bouts, however, were a little better with Stanley and Jackson gaining decisions. In the final bout Paulekas pinned Jerry Berkeley in the first period to end the match. One week later the team made a comeback when it overpowered Taft 25-10 in the closing match of the season. The horizon looked dark indeed when Kent’s favored grapplcr was decisioncd by Gridlcy after Tyson had been turned over by Scidcnburg; however, it grew lighter when Lee Alhborn, taking the place of Dave Hoerle, who had injured his knee, decisioncd Govin 6-5. The turning point BUCK Buck Rogers, Kent School Business Manager, legal advisor, stalwart of simplicity of life, and lastly demon at the wheel, shall always he remembered, uith a grin by the members of the Class of ’50. One could easily mistake Buck for his namesake, for often he speeds over the Connecticut highways with a rapidity excelled only by the fantastic rocketships of the Sunday comic strips. In his two years at Kent, his clet er sense of humor, ready advice, and bis ability at bridge hate won him many a friend. Indeed, the Sixth Form is grateful for and u ill not soon forget the companionship that Buck has given it. 54 of the match was Williams’ bout with Captain Raguc. After an aggressive first period in which neither wrestler was able to gain the advantage, Raguc escaped from the underneath position early in the next period. However, in a short time Williams took him down and after working him to the side of the mat several times pinned him with a bodypress. If Williams’ bout was crucial, the next bout in which Ralph Stanley tied Morris was filled with excitement and feeling as the referee awarded points for illegal grips first to one wrestler then to the other. In the three bouts that followed Taft really gave up the ghost. After the shortest bout of the day in which Pete Fite pinned Schafer in a little over two minutes, Captain Rege Jackson and Jerry Berkeley had a little more trouble as both of their opponents held out until the second period, but resistance was to no avail as both Rosenthal and Bourne and indeed the whole Taft team went down before a Kent team filled with Kent spirit. After the wrestling banquet, which was held in the Rector’s Study and at which Barry Hamilton was elected 1951 captain and Tom Tookcr was presented the Wrestling Trophy, Tookcr, Jackson, Ahlborn, and Zimmerman journeyed to Lehigh during the exam period. M BB BB IT S ALL OVER NOW Tookcr, Kent’s only winner, took the 128 pound class. With the others losing, Kent placed sixth out of 19 schools. THE SEASON’S RECORD First Squad 23 Second Squad 22 First Squad... 21 Second Squad 18 First Squad 13 Second Squad 16 Second Squad 13 First Squad 6 First Squad 25 Williams Freshmen 11 Taft Seconds ......11 Loomis ............10 Wooster Firsts.....13 Choate Firsts......17 Choate Seconds .... 18 Taft Seconds ......17 Army Plcbcs 26 Taft Firsts........10 THE SECOND WRESTLING TEAM Finl Row: Zimmerman, Connett, Davis, Ahlborn, Skinner. SeconJ Row: Coach Colmorc, Assistant Coach Davis, Bishop, Fite, Rockwell, Assistant Coach Draper, Chairman C. Bell. Absent: Manager G. Hoare. Left to right: B. Moore. Bruce, A. Collin , Captain Schaeffer, Curti . Chance, I). Barbour, A. Moore. Zhe Zrail. . . Though faced with an extremely poor winter, the Kent Ski Team, sparked by its coach, T. Dixon Walker, and Captain Alan Schaeffer, made a commendable showing against five other New England preparatory schools. With only two days of practice, the team journeyed to Mohawk Mountain Ski Area on Monday, February 6, for their first meet of the year. The race was held with Taft School on Mohawk’s expert Arrowhead Trail. A heavy snow was falling throughout the meet, making it difficult for the racers to sec the control gates. With Dana Barbour placing first with a spectacular 45 seconds combined time, and Alan Schaeffer tying for third place with 47 seconds, Kent won by five seconds, with only the first five places counting. The next meet was held two days later at Salisbury, Connecticut, with Salisbury School. There were two events. Downhill and Cross-Country, each counting separately. Of the four participants from each school, only three were counted. Kent won the event easily, but was defeated by a stronger and more experienced Salisbury Cross-Country team. On Thursday, February 16, Gunnery school was invited to Kent for the first race held on the newly-built trail on Skiff Mountain. The one event was a Giant Slalom Race. Each contestant raced twice, with both times CAPTAIN SCHAEFFER 56 GAINING SPEED Through constant work both last fall and on snowless days this winter, the Ski squad has been successful in completing an excellent Downhill racing trail, believed to be the best in this vicinity. Next year a Novice slope is proposed. This along with the possibility of a rope tow should make Skiff Mountain one of the best ski areas near Kent. KENT 1950 SKI TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 Schaeffer 47 — — 78 82 Barbour .... 45 63.5 56 68 78 Curtiss .... 48 67 58 67 65 Chance ... — 68 61 70 70 Bruce 51 — 64 71 75 Moore III ... — — 71 78 80 Moore V 53 77 70 74 93.2 Collins 51 — 72 84 102 Laszlo 85 _ ___ counting. Dana Barbour led Kent to an easy victory. The results were 5 minutes, 9 seconds; 5 minutes, 41 seconds. Two days following, Kent was invited to Sheffield, Massachuscts, to race Berkshire and Hotchkiss in two events, Downhill and Slalom. The Downhill Race was held first on Berkshire’s famed Elbow Trail. The conditions were icy and extremely fast. Joe Curtis placed fifth, with a time of 67 seconds. Following the Downhill Race, the 24 contestants skied over to an open slope, on which a tight Slalom course had been set up. In this race, each participant skied twice, with both times counting. Again Joe Curtis led the Kent team with 65 seconds. The combined totals from the two events gave first place to Berkshire with 92, with Hotchkiss following with 88 and Kent with 83. DANA PUSHES ON AT MOHAWK MACEDONIAN ALGO HOUSATONIC PERRY CAVARLY REGE JACKSON JOHN HUMPHREY . . . Md the Club Helds SPRING The Spring of 1949 saw Crew spirit and determination high as the various boats prepared for the races which would determine which club boat should race the Yale 150 pound Freshmen on April 30. This was only the second season that the club system had been used in crew, and it was quite satisfactory, except that one club sometimes had many more candidates than the other two. The problem of how to give all of these candidates some actual rowing under competition was solved by providing one club crew which was actually a mongrel mixture of leftovers from the other boats. The First Housatonics managed to beat out all competition and was therefore qualified to race the 150 pound Freshmen from Yale. A time-trial at Yale, however, proved that the light Freshmen were better than the light Junior Varsity. Thus the First Housatonics were matched against Yale’s J. V. 150’s. This preliminary race was the first of three in an afternoon of competition with Yale University. The racing start for both boats was the same, about a forty-two. The two crews then lengthened to thirty-two and a thirty-four for Kent and Yale, respectively. The quarter barrel saw the two boats almost even, but by the half, the light Jayvccs had pulled out to a full length lead. Here, with Stroke Dick Thompson leading a series of leg-drives, Kent managed to pull up a bare two positions. Toward the three-quarter mark Kent began to tire and the well-trained Yale crew drew ahead to a two length lead. In the final quarter, Yale executed a final sprint and won over the First Housatonics by more than three lengths. The time was Yale, 5:20 2; Kent, 5:31. About two weeks later, the First Algo crew rowed against South Kent’s Third and Fourth four man boats in eights. The result was conclusive: four lengths in favor of Kent. This was not, however, a fair test, for if the race had been held in four man shells, the results might have been reversed. On May 26, the First Algos defeated a Salisbury boat composed of the men from their third and fourth four-man shells. After thirty strokes, the Kent boat pulled away, to lead by a decklength at the quarter. At the half-mile barrel, the Algo shell, stroked by Denny Candler, was leading Salisbury by a full length, and despite a sprint by the opposition, the home crew was never again threatened. Here the Salisbury Crews’ newness to eight-man shells became apparent. Kent had reserved itself for the final sprint, while Salisbury had expended its energy trying to catch the Kent boat. In the final inter-Club competition, Mr. 58 Park’s First and Second Algo Crews each took a first place. May 25, the First Housa-tonics and Algos raced. Dick Thompson stroked the Housatonics to an early lead, although the Macedonians, with Dave Rcn-shaw at stroke, soon pulled ahead and did not relinquish the lead until the final sprint. Here the Housatonics edged out their opponents by a scant dccklcngth. The Housatonic boat, having defeated the Macedonians, met the Algos for the championship race. The Housatonics were jumped at the start, but pulled up. The race was even until the three-quarter barrel when the Algos upped the stroke and crossed the finish line four feet ahead of the Housatonics. The Second Algo Boat defeated the Housatonic Second Shell by two lengths and proceeded to down the Macedonians by a length and a half, to clinch first place. A race between the Housatonic and Macedonian Second Crews was run to determine the second place winner. The Macedonian shell, stroked by Phil Kampf, jumped the Housatonics at the start. Bob Hocrle, rowing number eight for the Housatonics led a sprint at the three-quarter mark, but the Macedonians crossed the finish with a comfortable length lead. In the third division of league crew, the Housatonics downed the Third Algos, but the Fourth Housatonics edged out the supposedly superior Third Housatonics, and went on to defeat the Third Macedonians and capture the third division. Thus, the 1949 club crew season ended with the First and Second Algos and the Fourth Housatonics taking the three divisions. BASEBALL The 1949 club baseball season was climaxed by the winning club team, the Algos, journeying to Taft to play their winning club team. This is interesting because Taft is one of the schools after which our club system was modeled. The Algos exhibited decided superiority from the start of the season. They won the opener against the Housatonics 12-0, with George Forkcr on the mound blanking the PUSHING A t’AY FROM THE FLOATS 59 JUNIOR ALGO FOOTBALL SQUAD First Row: B. Moore, Sicnkicwicz, J. Moore, Captain Hoen, Bush, G. Johns, Strayer. Second Row: Plowden-Ward law, Las lo, Ulrich, Voorhees, Starke, Mcll, Coflin. Third Row: A. Jenkins, A. Mitchell, Coach Davis, Hcyd, D. Jenkins. opposition. There were some off-days, like the one in which the Algos were leading the Housatonics 7-1 at the beginning of the last frame. The Housatonics proceeded to tic it up in that one inning and the score ended a 7-7 deadlock. When the club baseball season was completed, the Algos had compiled fourteen points, 6 wins, 2 tics and 2 losses. The Macedonians were second with 11 points for 5 wins and a tic, and the Housatonics were trailing with only 5 points for 2 wins and a tic. At the conclusion of the regular club season came the only outside game of the season. The Algos, winning club team, played the winning club from Taft, the Alphas. Sparked by the stellar pitching of George Forkcr, the Algos were victorious, 9-7. Despite the nine errors accumulated by the Kent aggregation, Forker struck out eleven, and walked only one. TENNIS The club Tennis group played two outside matches. One was with the Forman School, which they won, and one with Taft, which Kent won, 6-3. Mr. Howard directed the Housatonics, while Mr. Jenkinson coached the Macedonians, and Mr. Cist was the mentor of the Algos. Mignon played number one on the team composed of the best from the leagues. As a member of the Macedonian Club, he did much to lead the Macedonians to victory in league competition. Other Macedonians who competed in the outside matches were Mills and Potter. Mr. Cist’s Algos copped second place, and contributed Beale to the team. In last place were the Housatonics, who were represented by Patterson II on the team. FALL The beginning of the 1949 football season at Kent marked the introduction of the T This T” formation, which has been eagerly awaited at Kent, was perhaps, the driving force behind the hard work and long practices which were held on the Junior and Senior Fields in preparation for the opening clashes. JUNIORS In the opening game the fast and deceptive Algos trounced the winners of the previous year, the Macedonians. On the first play of 60 the game Captain Hocn of the Algos broke away and ran seventy yards for the initial score. Studded with the stellar play of Hocn, Voorhccs, and Hcyd, the Algos scored five touchdowns and held the Macedonians to one. The untried Housatonics battled the Macedonians to a scoreless tic, then lost to the Algos, 13-6. This game was marked by spectacular end-runs on the part of Hocn, and excellent passing by Captain Morris of the Housatonics. At this point the Algos had amassed six points, against one each for the Macedonians and Housatonics. Morris to Stevens, that fabulous pass combination of the Juniors was clicking again when the Housatonics romped over the cellar-dwelling Macedonians, 20-6. Sparked by Quarterback Starke, Captain Hocn and Heyd, the Algos pounded the second-place Housatonics 25-13. At this time, the winner of the championship was far from decided. There were six games yet to be played off, and those twelve points could completely turn the tide. The Algos were still leading, now with 8, the Housatonics were second with 3, and the Macedonians were still in the cellar with a single point. The undefeated Algos continued on their winning spree by downing the Macedonians, 12-0, for their fifth victory. The scoring was accomplished by Captain Hocn on end runs. The underdog Macedonians finally scored on a spectacular runback of a Housatonic kick in their tilt. The conversion was foiled by the excellent Housatonic line. Tyler, Housatonic left end, scored on the fifth pass that he caught that day. The extra point was the sixth Morris to Tyler pass. The Macedonians were licked 7-6, but they had finally scored. By creaming the Macedonians, 44-0, the Algos won the league pennant. Captain Hocn tallied thrice, Hcyd twice, Ulrich and Mitchell, one each. By virtue of winning the league, the Algos won the chance to play the Taft Alphas, winner of the A” league. The Champion Junior Algos met defeat in the hands of a heavier Millbrook aggregation November 9. Highlighted by Starke to Hcyd passes and runs by Captain Hocn, the Algos got off to a good start, and finally a pass to Hcyd scored, and with a successful conversion, the score was 7-0. Millbrook retaliated immediately and scored on a line-buck. On the kickoff, however, Hocn took SENIOR ALGO FOOTBALL SQUAD Firsi Row: Clumplin, Beams, Connctt, Forkcr (Captain), Skinner, Bishop, Kalinka. Second Row: Armbristcr, McCulloh, Dare, Cline, Davis. Third Row: Rice, Tighc, Coach Landis, Dickson, Bates. 61 ENDY PERRY GOES OVER ACTION IN THE LEAGUES the ball, and ran all the way for a touchdown. The second half found Millbrook with a tightened defense and an improved offense. Millbrook went on for two touchdowns, and the score ended, 19-7. SENIORS Last year the Algos wore the laurels in the Senior circuit. This season they were destined to duplicate the performance. The first game came on November 7, when the Algos defeated the Macedonians, 12-6. The first blood was drawn when Marshall Rice scored on a sweep around right end. There was no more scoring until the third quarter when Shorty Dickson hit pay dirt. Finally, in the closing minutes of the game, the Macedonians maneuvered into scoring position, and a pass, Gallup to Davidson, clicked. With all conversions unsuccessful, the game ended 12-6, Algos on top. The Macedonians finally won a game, beating the Housatonics by a close 7-0. Pete Fite, pile-driving Macedonian fullback, plunged over in the second frame, and Alex Uhle, who racked up considerable yardage that day, made the important extra point. The remainder of the game was a struggle on the parts of the Macedonians to maintain their slim lead. Despite valiant Housatonic efforts, and due to fine defensive work on the parts of the Macedonians, the score was still 7-0 when the game ended. The Macedonians beat the Housatonics, 19-12, and tied the Algos, 0-0. This distribution of points brought the score in league standings to 8 for the Algos, and 5 each for the Macedonians and Housatonics. The Algos won the league in a very close game against the Macedonians, 6-2, with Rice scoring the lone touchdown. This gave the Algos the chance to play the winning club team at Taft. A similar contest last year, in which the Algos also participated, ended in a 14-14 deadlock. It might have been because they were on a unfamiliar field, or it might have been because the Taft line averaged 174, but the Algos were soundly beaten, 19-0. Despite fine defensive playing on the parts of Jim Bishop and Jerry Cline, the Taft team had scored two touchdowns before the second quarter was well underway. John Skinner led the offense for the Algos and reached the Taft thirty yard line, where pass after pass was thrown. Time, however, ran out. Thus the half ended, 13-0, Taft. In spite of many drives made by the Algos, they were never able to reach pay dirt. Late in the third quarter Taft scored again, making the score 19-0, in favor of Taft. In the last quarter, the tremendous Taft line crushed all Kent bids for a touchdown. 7 he game ended with no more scoring, and there was no more league activity in 1949. WINTER Because of the adverse weather conditions which hampered the league hockey competition and the small number of boys out for wrestling, the only winter sport which had active competition for most of the season was the league basketball. BASKETBALL From the start, the Housatonics displayed decided superiority over even their closest rivals, the Macedonians, who had an advantage in height. In the two openers, the Algos went down twice, first to the Macedonians, 35-18, and to the Housatonics, 26-20. The first week of competition ended with Macedonians thumping the Housatonics, 36-23. The Macedonian quintet proceeded to vanquish a spirited Algo squad, 23-17. They broke into the winning column with a close 20-17 victory over the previously unbeaten Housics. Then, coming back, and retaining their lead in the club competition, the Housatonics topped the Macedonians, 28-23. With John Harper pacing the Macedonians, they overcame the cellar-dwelling Algos, 27-15. Cline’s rebound shot was the deciding factor in the close tilt between the Algos and the highly favored Housatonic Club, which the Algos pulled out of the fire in the last seconds. Dare took scoring honors ELIMINATION BOUT with ten points for the Algos. At this point, the Housatonics had first place, with Macedonians and Algos trailing in that order. The Housatonic Greens took three more games to win first place for the season, while the Algos barely edged out the Macedonians for second place. Much of the Housics’ success can be attributed to Ricky Topham. HOCKEY Constantly hampered by poor ice, or lack of ice, Club Hockey saw little action. However, the coaches planned a full schedule of other events which counted toward the club standings. Only three hockey games were played. Each club won one game. A series of running events were held, and under the supervision of Mr. Park, two volleyball courts were set up south of the Field House. The Housatonics won the Hockey” league. PUBLIC SPEAKING HOLDS ITS WEEKLY MEETING dree Evenings . . . The night’s activities arc greatly varied, depending on the day of the week it happens to be. On most week-nights the evening meal is followed by a short recess which is usually occupied with a return visit to the mailroom, and then a study period from 7:30 to 8:40. At the end of that time the lower forms retire to bed and the Sixth Formers may, if they wish, convene in the Headmaster’s study to smoke their pipes and discuss the affairs of the world in general and the School in particular. Usually there are no great decisions arrived at, but the Sixth Form has, during the course of the year, found this a splendid chance to compare ideas with each other and with our new headmaster, whom many of us have come to know much better through these nightly discussions. On Wednesday nights the program is vastly different, as there is no scheduled night study period and the extra-curricular activities meet then. In the Auditorium the sound of mellow voices in Gilliam harmonics proclaims the semi-weekly rehearsal of the Glee Club, the most envied group in the School, possibly preparing for one of their dinner-dance concerts with the girls’ schools in the area. The public speakers also have their meetings on this night, and they all take pride in the poise and experience gained from this important activity. The Chess Club, the Navigation Club, Science, French and Spanish Clubs also take up the time of goodly numbers of the student body. On Thursday night the School’s Student Council holds its weekly meeting to discuss and pass on any affairs of School life which seem worthy of its attention. This body, chosen by the School, is the most respected group among the boys, and its members are 64 generally to be relied on for their responsibility and integrity for all matters, regarding the functions of the Council as a body or otherwise. Friday night means the other of the Glee Club’s two rehearsals, and all those boys who are not in study hall or otherwise engaged gather in the Auditorium to listen. Saturday night is, of course, the big night in the activities of the School, for the boys flock en wane to the Auditorium for the showing of a movie, usually of uncertain vintage, and there is no dismal prospect of an ensuing day of classes to dim the transigent pleasure of our one evening of real relaxation. After the movie the Sixth Form usually has a meeting in the Headmaster’s study to vote on or discuss some aspect of the Form’s business. Then we may stay there for a game of bridge or canasta or to smoke our pipes and talk, allowing ourselves to stay up past the usual deadline because of the late Sunday rising bell. Sunday night is the great chance the Sixth Form has to have contact with the Great Man of Kent, Father Sill. The rest of the student body sees all too little of the beloved Pater, incapacitated as he is, and we count ourselves extremely fortunate in having the opportunity of hearing his inspiring papers on the Kent way of life and the School’s history, which arc read by Jack Gushcc, our Sixth Form Council member. On occasion, too. Pater’s paper consists of a commentary on some current activity of the School or the sports events of the week. On rare occasions we arc addressed by some other member of the faculty whom Pater has invited to speak to us. It is an interesting fact, and indicative of the great student interest in these meetings, that on such a busy night as Sunday, when the back assignments must be made up, themes written, and the sleep lost over the week-end made up, the gathering at the R.A.I). House is always a good representation of the Form, and that the crowd changes as little as it does. 65 CHANNING SMITH Corcoran Art School St. Louis School of Fine Arts Columbia University Teachers’ College Joined Kent Faculty, 1948 Art Art Club Mechanical Drawing CLIFTON K. LOOMIS, Ph.B. Ph.B., Kenyon, 1919 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1923 English Year Book Advisor Cauldron Advisor OTIS BENSON DAVIS, M.A. Kent, 1942 A.B., Princeton, 1946 M. A., Johns Hopkins, 1949 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1949 English Club Football Coach Coach of Wrestling Club Crew Coach Public Speaking RALPH K. RITCHIE, A.B. Kent, 1930 A.B., Princeton, 1934 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1947 English Club Football Coach News Advisor Club Hockey Coach Club Crew Coach F. MARTIN CIST, B.S. B.S., Rollins College, 1942 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1947 Mathematics Club Football Coach Photography Club Navigation Club Club Hockey Coach Club Tennis Coach 66 CHARLES P. HARRINGTON, JR., A.M. A.B., Harvard, 1910 A.M., Louisiana State University, 1911 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1918 Spanish Spanish Club RICHARD L. GILLIAM, M.A. B.S., New York University, 1936 M.A., New York University, 1942 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1928 History Cfyoral Music Club Soccer Coach Glee Club Coach of Baseball REV. WILLIAM C. WOODS, Ph.D. A.B., Wesleyan University Ph.D., Cornell University Joined the Kent Faculty, 1924 Chemistry, Biology Science Club ROBERT H. MATTOON, A.B., LL.B. A.B., Wesleyan, 1932 LL.B., New Jersey Law School, 1935 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1942 French Coach of Football French Club Club Hockey Coach Coach of Baseball RICHARD M. BAKER, A.B. A.B., Harvard, 1918 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1927 French, Latin Book Store Dramatics WILLIAM E. HOWARD, A.B., M.A. A.B., Trinity, 1941 M.A., Trinity, 1948 Joined the Kent Faculty, 1943 Mathematics Chess Club Club Tennis Coach 67 THE BELL RINGER S GUILD fin! Row: Coyle, Chairman Williams, Lockhart. Second Row: Gallup, Fite, Krantz, Beams, Bishop. Announced from the tower. . . Every weekday evening, the average Kent boy, on his journey to chapel is mystified by the sound of bells ringing, apparently without rhyme or reason. This ringing is, on the contrary, a very definite science, and a science better adopted to the mathematician than to the musician. It is essentially an English art, the only active towers in this country being here at Kent, and at Groton School in Massachusetts. The bells themselves were given to Kent by Frank J. Humphreys, INDOCTRINATING A NEW RINGER and his wife, Katherine Patterson Humphreys, as a thank-offering for the life of a beloved son.” A new boy wishing to become a ringer is first taken up to the Tower and taught how to control a bell. This in itself is rather a complicated process, since in ringing correctly, the bell must be under control at all times. Each bell revolves completely around an axle, and is controlled by means of a rope and wheel—the ringer standing in the ringing room some sixty feet below. When the novice has learned a certain amount of control over his bell, he begins with the simplest ringing possible, ringing rounds,” where the bells arc rung in order, at 123456. When he has gained a certain amount of control, he then begins to study the production of changes.” A change is just e :actly what the name implies—any deviation from the normal order of the bells, as 214356. The object of the ringing is to produce as many changes as possible, according to certain set rules, or systems, such as the Grandsire system or the Stedman’s system. In the production of these changes no one 68 change may be repeated more than once. The first course which the young ringer learn-, at Kent is usually a course known as hunting, consisting of merely eleven changes. Once he has become proficient in this, he is ready for more complicated courses, and soon becomes a member of the First Band, composed of experienced ringers. He then begins the study of Grandsire Doubles, a course rung with five bells actually changing places, and a tenor, or sixth bell rung out behind; i.c., in sixth place. When once the new boy has mastered doubles to the satisfaction of the older ringers, he then joins with the other First Banders in ringing Grandsire Triples, a course rung with 7 bells changing places, and an 8, or tenor out behind. This course requires a good deal more skill in handling the bell, since there arc two more bells actually changing places. During the first part of the year the First Band concentrated primarily on Doubles. By the end of the Fall term, however, they were sufficiently adept at this method to begin Triples, a task which occupied most of the rest of the year. On Sunday morning, after chapel, the bells arc rung down, that is, brought to rest with DUMMYING UP FOR PRACTICE their mouths downward, and chimed by means of small hammers, known as chiming hammers, all of which can be controlled by one person. For the Adoration Service each Sunday evening, an appropriate hymn is chimed by one of the ringers who is also well-acquainted with chiming. The daily practice session extends from six o’clock to six-fifteen each evening. At the end of this period the sacristan in the Chapel below signals by blinking the lights, and the ringers leave their bells and straggle slowly down to chapel. GO DOUBLES NEXT TIME 69 GO YE UNTO ALL THE WORLD Begun in the Chapel. . . Every night, without exception, the entire student body troops over to chapel at 6:15 to hold their fifteen minute evening prayer service. The preparations for this service begin at least fifteen minutes before, however, when the four boys assigned to chapel jobs arrive to prepare the chapel for the service and when the choir appears in order to practice the hymn that will be sung that evening. After the servers have been vested, the candles lit, and the hymn and reading numbers put up, the boys begin to arrive. When all the boys have taken their scats, the priest, lay-reader, and server process into the chancel and take their places for the hymn. After the hymn has been sung and the appropriate psalm read alternately by each side of the chapel, the lay-reader, a sixth-former, proceeds to the lectern and reads the appointed lesson for the day. The officiating priest then says a few prayers, the server extinguishes the candles, and the same three process out together. The service is now concluded, but the boys remain in their scats FATHER PAT When Fat ser Pal arrived in the fall of our Sixth-form year, bis sincerity and distinguished sobriety instantly gained for him the respect and admiration of every member of the faculty and student body. His adaptability to changing circumstances and his knowledge of human nature hate assured us all of a fair deal no matter what the conditions may be. His straight-forwardness and consistency have shown us that we can never go wrong by following his advice. Father Pat’s implicit trust in every one of us has set a higher standard of ideals for each student than ever before. By trust he has, quietly and without making an issue of it, made our form more unified than ever before. Kent is going to stride ahead under Father Pat’s supervision; he is a true Christian and indeed a builder of men. 70 FATHER WEST When Father Wes descended on Kent in the fall of our last year at School, be impressed all of us as being an outstanding priest, well versed in all phases of Christianity, but be will be remembered by all of us too for being a natural comedian as well as a reverend minister of God. Regardless of the situation. Ski-nose (referred to as such because of bis claim of being mistaken for Bob Hope) can turn most any circumstance into a barrelful of laughs. No matter what the chore, his humor makes the job easier. His sincerity and directness make him a friend to all. His common sense and ingenuity are possibly exemplified more in the chapel than anywhere else by his drive for functional simplicity, in the morning service especially. Father West will never he forgotten by the Class of 1950. until a council member excuses them for supper. The chapel must now be prepared for the form communion service which begins five minutes after the rising bell the next morning. Bill Jupp’s verger squad straightens the chairs and kneeling pads, and George Hoare’s sacristy squad prepares the Altar and the vestments and teaches the servers for the service. This is all done promptly to permit the boys to reach the Dining Hall in time for supper. This is the ordinary schedule for six days of the week, but on Sunday the services vary considerably. The Eucharist for the entire school is at ten o’clock. This service is for the most part, sung by the congregation which is led by the choir under the direction of Mr. Gilliam. The whole service, including a sermon, takes exactly one hour. Sunday evening in place of the regular evening prayer service, there is an Adoration Service, the only light coming from the candles on the Altar. Three hymns arc sung; two prayers arc chanted by the priest; and Bell Ringers chime a hymn on the bells. This Adoration Service is one of the memorable services of the year. THE CHOIR Front Row: Iscnhart, Coughlan, Ramsay, Wood, Loring, R. Thompson. Back Row: Collis, W. Johns, D. Hocrle, Gilcrcast, R. Hocrle, Is ard. THE GLEE CLUB First Row: Iszard, Bennett, Thompson, Vaughan, Boyd, Durant, Williams, Mr. Gilliam, Loring, Silbaugh, Ramsay, Coughlan, Wood, Iscnhart, Tewksbury. Second Row: Flccson, McHugh, Hocrlc, Hill, Fulweiler, Garmey, Patton, Tyson, Hew son, Hoarc, Kress, Straycr, Marino. Third Row: Morgan, Gilcrcast, Brims, Hocrlc, Talbot, Tighe, Collis, Jenkins, Johns, Dann, Johnson, Gulliano. Fourth Row: Hall, Baruch, Landis, Hunter, Humphrey, Hinklcy. Accompanist: Chance. After dinner ntusieal entertaiment When the class of 1949 graduated, much talent was lost, and the director, Mr. Richard Lee Gilliam, was faced with the prospect of beginning the season at the lowest rung of the ladder. About one hundred and thirty boys responded to the notice for Glee Club tryouts, over one third of the entire student body. As might be expected, many were disappointed; a group of about forty-five members was chosen from the multitude of warblers. Within a couple of weeks of the opening of school in September, the Club was organized, and the group was rehearsing regularly every Wednesday and Friday night. Loring and Williams, both boys having been members of the Glee Club for several years, were respectively elected to the offices of President and Secretary. As in previous years an octet was organized in order to entertain the audiences of coming concerts with light humorous numbers. This group consisted of Vaughan, GIL Way hack in Fourth Form year the majority of us will remember taking that famous course, exclusively Gil’s, Modern History. Long will we remember the pessimism and cynical remarks associated with that personage, remarks which actually kept the class awake. Why, come to think of it, we even looked forward to bis classes although many times we hadn’t completed our assignments. We will recall Gilly as we saw him batting out well-aimed flies on the First Team diamond Juring the springtime. Also to be remembered are the Wednesday and Friday nights when he was to be seen struggling patiently to beat a few notes into the thick skulls of the less tone-deaf indit iJuals of the School, members of the illustrious Glee Club. 72 Hocrlc, Brims, Loring, Hill, Thompson, Coughlan, and Tewksbury. Gil” set about arranging a repertory of songs for the Club, and the grind began. It has always been the policy of the Kent School Glee Club to present a varied concert, a group of songs with something to suit everyone’s taste. On Sunday evening, December 5, the Club participated in the Sunday evening service at Saint John’s Church in New Milford. This short concert gave the group a chance to get used to facing an audience, and it preserved the Club’s annual custom of visiting Saint John’s. THE OCTET On February 3, the Glee Club, for the second year in a row, went to the Wassaic State School to sing before 800 odd patients. Here a gay group of songs was presented, and the Club sang Mr. Gilliam’s arrangement of There Is Nothing Like a Dante from South Pacific. Here also the Octet sang a group of Commercials including Halo Shampoo, Arrid, Royal Puilding, Ajax Cleanser, and Wildroot Creantoil. The idea of singing Commercials is a new one to the Octet, but all the audiences have received it well. Perhaps the high spot of the season was the joint concert with Drew School in Carmel, New York, on the twenty-fifth of February. The two clubs rehearsed four joint numbers for the concert. Now Thank We All Our God, Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring, Old King Cole, and Coinin' Through the Rye. The two Hocrlc, Vaughan, Brims, Loring, Thompson, Hill, Tewksbury, Coughlan. clubs also did some of their own numbers separately, and the Drew Songsters, the Drew Trio, and the Kent Octet provided entertainment at different times during the evening. As this article goes to press, the Glee Club is looking forward to a concert with Berkshire at Kent on March 4, a concert with St. Margaret’s School in Waterbury on April 15, and the concerts to be held at school on Mother’s and Father’s weekends and on Prize Day. Mr. Gilliam deserves much credit for the time and trouble he has taken to bring music into the curriculum of school life. THE CLUB DURING REHEARSAL 73 THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB First Row: Krantz, Gilcrcait, Collins, Hopkins, Schaeffer. Second Row: Wambach, Miller, Gallup, Gardner, Slack. Third Row: Fite, Borden, Director Cist, Champlin, Stewart. Zhe Photo and Navigation Clubs This year the Navigation Club under the direction of Mr. Cist confined its activities to a single course in celestial navigation. Five members started the year with visions of open-water cruises next summer but of these, two Fourth Formers, Bishop and Butler, were the only ones to complete the full course. During the spring term these two could be seen on the poop deck of the auditorium building with a bubble sextant in one hand and a sidereal hour angle firmly held in the other shooting the sun for meridian altitude or taking sights on Spica and Sirius to get an exact fix. (Since 1946 the position of the auditorium building has been fairly well established, but these two Fourth Form mariners are working with the U. S. Geological Survey in an effort to locate the position to an exactitude never possible with only the cruder methods of land survey. This work has brought very satisfactory results and commendation.) SAMMY Often, a six foot, four inch frame may he seen ranging about the School, instructing hoys in the rudiments of photography, celestial navigation, and astronomy, Sammy being head and chief ruler of both the Photographic and Navigation Clubs. Though Sammy Cist has been at Kent for a relatively short time, he has become known to all of us as a rugged individualist, expert mathematician, walking encyclopedia, and an interesting person to talk to. Indeed, one is able to procure fads from him on various subjects, varying from English literature to organic chemistry. We will miss your friendliness and your help, Sammy. As might be supposed, the summer plans of both Bishop and Butler include some open-sailing. Butler plans to enter the Bermuda Cup race in a made-over dinghy. Bishop, when last seen, was coursing 197° true on a long reach in the general direction of Jackson Heights. Happy navigating. This year with a restricted membership, the Photographic Club was composed of fifteen hard-working members all skilled in the use of the camera and associated equipment. Under the able leadership of Martin Cist, the Club’s supervisor, many excellent photographs have been produced. Through dues the darkroom has been completely outfitted with new and modern photographic equipment, including an excellent enlarger, print washer, large enamelled trays, portrait lights, and various other photographic necessities. These new additions have helped a great deal to improve the quality of the work turned out by the boys in the Club. Meetings were held every third Wednesday night in Mr. Cist’s classroom or the darkroom. At each of these sessions, three or more mounted prints five by seven inches or larger were required of each member. These enlargements were to be on one of the prescribed subjects: Portraits, Sports, Scenics, Human Interest, Record or Documentary, News, and Scientific. Enlargements of this type require much skill, not only in technique, but in composition and artistic ability coupled with imagination. Instructions were given by Mr. Cist and Ashton Collins, the Club’s President, in more advanced technique to those boys who were interested in advancing further in the field of photography. This year several boys have entered their best work in the Eastman Kodak National High School Photographic Awards Contest, but as yet the winners have not been announced. The Morrison Marsh Photographic Prize of five dollars will be given to the boy submitting the best group of matte-board mounted enlargements. A large group of these photographs is displayed in the Auditorium during the spring term. It is felt that much has been accomplished by this year’s Photographic Club; and its members hope that in the future it will continue its fine standard of work, and remain a popular extra-curricular activity. THE NAVIGATION CLUB Haviland, Neal, Skinner, Director Ci t, Bithop, Butler. 75 First Row: Ncilton, Hocn, Koblcr. Well , Putnam. Second Row: Draper, Spicer, Kress, Houghton, Garran. Third Row: Connctt, Colli , Miller, Wither ell, Coyle. Zhc Dramatic Club Out of the Frying Pan, a farce-comedy by Francis Swann, was the Dramatic Club’s major presentation for the season of ’49-’50. Frying Pan, having been only three weeks in rehearsal, was regarded as moderately succcss- AW NO YOU DON'T ful under the circumstances. While it is true that the play was bogged down notably in the third act by stretches lacking smoothness and pace, the primary fault lay in the selection of the play. Aside from being a totally inconsequential piece. Frying Pan is unevenly written, sinking especially low in Act Three. The actors, in most cases, showed a talent which hints of better productions to come. Koblcr as Norman Reese, the guiding light” of the young actors depicted in the play, Ncilson, in his broadly comic interpretation of the irrepressible George Bodcll, and Hocn, whose portrayal of the cynical actress, Kate Ault, was the most skillful of the evening, provided the play with flashes of humor which kept the show on its feet. Putnam and Spicer, in two thankless roles, those of the lovers, Marge and Tony, were extremely competent. Putnam as Marge was particularly praiseworthy, making the most of a tough part. Draper, who played Dottie, the dumb but lovable blond, placed a little too much emphasis on the dumb” half of his role. 76 Withcrcll was appropriately sphinx-like and dry-voiced as Mr. Kenny, the big-time Broadway producer. Houghton was Mrs. Garnet, the bewildered but patient landlady, and gave one of the better performances among the minor roles. Garran, in the part of Muriel, a naive pest; Wells, playing Mr. Coburn, the pompous Boston politician, and Williams and Kress, the two cops who added so much to the hilarity of the second act, all provided satisfactory support for the leads. The most important milestone in the history of this year’s Dramatic Club is its newly-begun reorganization. Profitting by the example set by Out of the Frying Pan, the Club instituted several valuable changes. All stage problems have been turned over to Mr. Chan-ning Smith, as Mr. Baker, who was responsible for the partial success which the play enjoyed, feels that he can no longer handle both settings and directing. More important is the fact that the Club now works under a concrete policy, drawn up by several of the members, and is run more efficiently. The officers arc: Ncilson, President; Koblcr, Vice President; and Williams, Secretary. The Program Committee, consists of Wells, Kress, Spicer, and Putnam. It is hoped that next year the Dramatic Club will be able to act in conjunction with a girls’ school. THE FORTUNE TELLER SOMEONE DO SOMETHING TINY Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smallest of them dll? Up until a year ago Tiny Baker uas the unchallenged big man on the campus. His rolling gait and ample form uere the subject of much good-natured kidding. But today our Tiny is a mere shadow of bis former self. He has regained bis youthful form and there is a spring in bis stride. We wonder who’s behind this rejuvenation. Is it du Barry? If any among this year’s class have a claim to culture it is largely through the efforts of Mr. Baker. He has exposed us to Maupassant’s, Moliere’s, Rousseau’s, and shown us bow to appreciate fine literature. He is the intellectual and cultured friend of the Sixth Form. 77 First Row: Fcister, McKinney, President Boyd, Collis, Fulweiler. Second Row: Rich, Coyle, Director Mattoon, Talbot, Hopkins, T. Williams. Vie french Club This year Lc Cercle Francois has been a continuation of last year’s club. The club has been comprised mainly of former members from the Fifth and Sixth Forms. The purpose of the club, of course, has been to further the student’s knowledge of spoken French to a level not attained in the classroom. Under the able direction of M. Mattoon, the club has enjoyed much discussion, some attempts at acting, and an interview with a M. Marberry, a lone American living in Madagascar. Another activity of the club that has met with some success was the practice of exchanging letters with a girl’s school in France. New this year, the Modern language room has been placed at the mutual disposal of Le Cercle Francois and her infant sister-organization the Spanish Club. Among its other features this room is equipped with a wire recorder, which has proven quite valuable towards improving the accents and intonations of the club’s members. BENNY We’ve had a great deal to do with Benny ever since we came to Kent. He started us off in French. Some, in fact, base remained four or five years under his instruction. In Senior Football ue again eitlier followed his instructions or had to oppose, on the football field, those who did. This year we’ve come into even closer contact with Benny than ever before: he is the only master to have taught Sixth Form French during the year; he was coach of the Second Football Team and has been seen yearly batting out flies to the outfield members of the Second Baseball Team. None of us will ever forget Benny: his harrassed expression when repeating over and over again some simple rule, his massive frame, his easy smile. 78 CAP That jolly old fellow with the belly full of jello and a note like a cherry it Cap, that amiable per ton who it endeared to and loved by all Kent boys. Hit Spanitb clattet are eagerly looked forward to by all those who have Cap at their teacher, because hit whimsical humor enlivens the phlegmatic bourt of the early morning clattet. In the daily stature of Kent life. Cap holds several prominent positions. He it matter of ceremonies in all formal affairs, it the tpontor of the Spanish Club, and it the Democratic Representative in the State legislature from the town of Kent. The Clan of I9f0 withes Cap all the luck and success of the world. Zhe Spanish Club A recent addition to the extra-curricular activities of Kent School life was the establishment of the Club Espattol, or Spanish Club, which was designed to propagate student interest in colloquial Spanish conversation. Meeting every Tuesday night in the Coffee Room of the Dining Hall building, the President, Andre Guilliano, Vice-President, Dick Thompson, and Secretary, Ros Moore, con- duct the formal sessions of the meeting. With the collaboration of the club sponsor, Cap” Harrington, the organization was segregated into two groups that would participate in debates and other forms of rhetoric against each other. Having ended a successful season, it is expected that the Spanish Club will continue to supplement the work of the classroom in future years. First Row: Pattou, R. Thompson, President Guilliano, R. Moore, Harper. Second Row: Putnam, D. Nichols, Durant, Director Harrington, Potter, Gushee, Bauer. 79 THE NEWS BOARD First Row: Silbauxb, Black, Editor-in-Chicf Russell, Coughlan, Potter. Second Row: McKinney, Gushcc, Neal, Marsh, Hopkins. Third Row: Boyd, Williams, Peters, Durant. Zhe Kent flews Who arc those harricd-looking gentlemen running about the campus with pad and pencil in hand? Who arc those who complain loudly about the countless Sundays passed in a state of semi-seclusion in the attic of the Dining Hall? Who are those who wander aimlessly about the Dining Hall of a Monday evening with long sheets of paper in hand, shouting: My kingdom for a grammarian!’’? If you, sir, were to ask someone as to the identity of these astute individuals, you IKE AND PETE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON would no doubt be informed that they were the news-hounds of the Happy Vallcyland, the Editors of The Kent News. On May second, 1949, Isaac D. Russell was appointed to the Editorship of the News, succeeding Joe Briggs. That evening, in the News Room in the Dining Hall, he appointed eight others to the Board, choosing Pete Coughlan as his Managing Editor, Max Potter, Bill Neal, Craig Black and Hugh Sil-baugh to constitute the Editorial Staff, Peter Maxwell and Peter Hurd as Advertising Managers, and John Marsh as Business Manager. Under the sure hand of Editor Russell, the News soon became one of the most popular activities around School, passing rapidly through the stage wherein it was something to be tolerated and worked on merely for the sake of obtaining more credit lines in this Year Book. Although it requires a good deal of time from all its writers, among those who arc willing to sacrifice their time for a worthy cause it rates as tops. The ’50 News Editors rapidly established themselves reputations as night owls”, staying up until one A. M. to put out the paper on May second, and as late, if not later, to make up the Prize Day issue. 80 RUGGED RALPH Ralph Ritchie's inspired league coaching anJ hit various and sundry activities around the School hate made him well known and liked. Rugged Ralph’s famous 19)4 crew dink was seen but once separated from his near-scalped noggin, and that was during I9)0's Gaslight Gayeties when Ralph’s hat was among the other famous or infamous headgear on display. Out on the River, down on the funior Field, or in his basement nory tower of Grammar, Composition, and Spelling, Ralph's Now get this, you jokers’’ has been heard by many of us. His undying efforts for the cause of the Kent News have been much appreciated. When Fourth Formers we were the first to bear the brunt of his teaching ability, and therefore know well his good humor and kind assistance. The News set out to make a name for itself at the beginning of the next school year, inaugurating such changes as putting the responsibility of handing out assignments completely upon the shoulders of the Editors, and not upon the Editor-in-Chief. Also new was the column Cleveland, a monologue upon school foibles, idiosyncracies and oddities. Correction of galley proofs, which was formerly done here at School, was carried one step further, thanks to the understanding of Father Patterson and Mr. Nadal, by having the Editors travel to New Milford, in pairs, to supervise personally the printing of each issue, and to settle any question which might arise. This greatly cut down the number of errors formerly missed by sleepy proofreaders. Many thanks should be given to Peter Maxwell, Advertising Manager, for the assistance rendered in procuring ads, and to Peter Loudcrback and Mel Beams, both Fifth Formers, for securing each week, action pho- tographs in time to meet the deadline. Also to be thanked arc the Editors, Max Potter, Bill Neal, Craig Black, Hugh Silbaugh, plus Wally Williams and Jack Gushce, who both joined the Board in the middle of the Winter Term. Especial thanks, however, arc deserved by Ike Russell and Pete Coughlan, for their untiring efforts to get the assignments to the Editor on time, their helpful (?) advice as to the eligibility of certain headlines, and their willingness to accept others’ criticisms, constructive or otherwise. It was they who were responsible for making sure that the News contained everything of interest, that the articles got to New Milford on time, that the printers were given a hand whenever they bogged down, that the galleys were phoned in on time, and that the finished News came out Tuesday nights. To them, to all those who combined to put the paper out weekly, the Sixth Form, together with the Alumni, join in hearty thanks. APPROACHING DEADLINE First Row: Vaughan, Black, President Williams, Bennett, Potter. Second Row: Fulweiler, Pcarc, Neal, Collins, Talbot. Third Row: Gushcc, Silbaugh, Coughlan, Sanford, Russell, Baruch, Peters. Zhe ear Book Board The 1950 Year Book Board first began to form winter term Fifth Form Year when the Form elected Ike Russell and Walley Williams to aid the Sixth Form with their book and to gain experience. When it was announced May first that Ike was to be the Editor of the News, Walley assumed the position of Year Book President. The first move that was made was the appointing of the members of the Board. The key positions were filled first with Craig Black becoming Business Manager, Bob Bennett, Managing Editor, and Tully Vaughan, Photographic Manager. With the help of these and Bob Sanford and Earl Baruch, who were put into the positions of Advertising Managers, the rest of the Board was put together. The whole Form was set to the task of thinking up a theme and a cover design although it was the members of the Board who finally produced the ideas that were accepted. It might be said, however, that the cover was a product of the whole Form because the idea developed gradually from the suggestions of many persons. That term Walley and Craig received a visit from Mr. Gurwit, representative of the Jahn and Ollier Engraving Company, which did the work for the ’49 book. It was obvious that the engraving in the ’49 book was excellent and Mr. Gurwit was asked to renew the contract which the previous year’s board had made with Jahn and Ollier. Mr. Gurwit not only did this, but he also suggested that we take advantage of the services THE LOOM Although many of us hate wished our famous English teacher to treat us as well as his canine companions, be has nevertheless, not only taught us English but has passed on to us interesting tidbits of extraneous knowledge which bate made our sessions with The Loom extremely enjoyable. He has contributed much of his time and energy to aid the Cauldron and Year Book Boards, but perhaps ue will remember him also for bis famous battalion of uoodeboppers, who have made the hills ring with their whetted blades. We can neter forget the wrath of The Loom or his rugged educational policy; nevertheless, we will look forward to seeing him when we return to Kent in the future. 82 of the Benton Review Publishing Company which he also represented. This made it much easier for all since it meant corresponding with only one person. Mr. Gurwit continued to be of great service, coming up to School during the fall term to inspect the dummy for any errors and offering advice from his office during the vacations. Real activity on the book started fall term when the dummy was completed and we began to take pictures and to assign articles. Much trouble was encountered when the question of pictures arose, but it was finally agreed that Louderback, Beams, and Clark BEARNS, LOUDERBACK. AND CLARK DEVELOPING would take the majority of the pictures for the News and for the Year Book while Ash Collins, the Photographic Manager, would take as many pictures as possible with the help of the members of the Photography Club. Of course our old standby Mr. Simpson took all the group pictures and sold us our darkroom supplies. Mr. Simpson was particularly cooperative Winter Term when he came up on a Sunday morning to take the winter sports pictures. One thing that we never seemed to lack was an abundance of deadlines. The first one that came along was a picture deadline which came on December fifteenth. The next term was filled with activity as we got the rest of the pictures off and worked on the copy. Craig Black and Max Potter had written the Form History up to the beginning of the Sixth Form year section and many of the articles had been readied during the vacation; nevertheless, much work remained to be done if the copy was to be sent off to the printer by the beginning of the Spring vacation. The whole Form helped us to meet this deadline. Many boys who were not members of the Year Book Board wrote articles while the Form wrote the informal and formal writeups of the individual Sixth Formers. The drive to have the copy in on time was given a great deal of support by Mr. Loomis who proofread ail the copy and gave out the formals and informals as English assignments. All through our other campaigns the Advertising Managers worked to finance the book. Although they made numerous trips and wrote over a hundred letters, the balance was still way under at the beginning of the spring vacation, but with the help of the Form this was taken care of during the holidays. CRAIG. VALLEY, AND BOB CHECKING COPY 83 First Row: Wickcriham, Peters. President Silbaugh, Russell, Neal. StconJ Row: R. Moore, T. Williams. . Zke Cauldron Hoard An unusual situation at Kent is that no literary magazine has yet had any degree of permanent success, although many such endeavors have been launched. The latest effort of this type, The Cauldron, now in its third year of publication, has begun to show promise of breaking the unfortunate precedent. This year the board is headed by Hugh Silbaugh, following in the footsteps of last year’s President, Dave Renshaw, and Bill Peters, who has done a tremendous job as Business Manager. Immediately after May 1, a basic editorial board was formed, which has been augmented from time to time by the addition of other members. At present writing, the following men compose the Board: Hugh Silbaugh, Bill Peters, Ike Russell, Pete Cough-lan, Bill Neal, Walley Williams, Howard W. Fulweiler, Chase Wickcrsham, and Ros Moore. The 1950 Cauldron returned to the format and cover design originally used by its founder, Dick Lemon of the Class of ’48, and considerably greater student interest was noted in the reception of the first issue than in previous years. On the whole, it was felt that the overall level of the writing had improved tremendously in comparison with the issues of other years. As might be expected, the greater part of the work in the magazine was that of Sixth Formers, and it became apparent that this year’s board was trying as neither of its predecessors had to make the Cauldron a literary magazine in the true sense of the word. Whether they will succeed or not is yet to be seen, but there is little doubt but that the start they have made could not have been more promising. As this is written the second issue is in the early stages of preparation, but the evidences given by the rough copy point to an even more successful issue than the first. Mr. Clifton K. Loomis, head of the English Department, has acted as faculty advisor to the staff of the magazine, and has offered many helpful suggestions without trying to impose any opinions of his own in opposition to those of the Board of editors. 84 Zhe Council In 1908 the first Student Council was formed to fill the need for some representative of the boys through which the Headmaster could make his wishes clearly known to cither students or masters. The Council was given a great many important jobs connected with the running of the School: conducting Job Assembly, taking attendance in the dining hall, and most of all, looking after the welfare and spirit of the School. The Council generally meets every Thursday night. Prior to the arrival of the Headmaster and Mr. Nadal, such matters as breakage and damage to School property are reported. Suggestions for the smoother running of the School arc recorded by the Secretary. The Council then interviews any student whom they feel is in need of reproof or advice. Upon the arrival of the Headmaster, he is informed of the suggestions which have been made. Those finally accepted arc announced to the School at Job Assembly by the Sixth Form Council Member. Each year the Senior Prefect is automatically the Council Chairman and the Second Prefect is the Secretary. The Sergeant-at-Arms is the first Fourth Form Council Member. Altogether there are eleven members on the Council. Six arc chosen by the student body, three each from the Fourth and Fifth Forms. The Sixth Form Council member is chosen by his form. The four other members, the Prefects, arc appointed by the Headmaster. The organization of the Council in this way assures that the Sixth Form will not have greater representation in the Council that the rest of the student body. Those serving on the 1950 Council arc: Robert Bennett (Chairman), William H. Jackson, II, (Secretary), John Humphrey, James P. Thompson, John W. H. Gushce, Barrington Boardman, Robert B. Hamilton, James B. Young, James P. Tewksbury, (Sergeant-at-Arms), James W. Hinkley, and Lee C. Ahlborn. First Row: Gushec, Humphrey, Bennett, Jackson, J. P. Thompson. SeconJ Row: Alhborn, Hinkley, Hamilton, Boardman, Young, Tewksbury. S5 First Row: A. Collins, A. R. Boyd, President G. Hoare, Morriscy, Potter. Second Row: T. Williams, Durant, Baldwin, Guilliano, Jupp. Third Row: Pittarclli, J. D. Nichols, Director Woods, Junghans, Landis, Powell. Zlic Science Club Under the able direction of the Reverend William C. Woods and President George Hoare the Science Club this year has made excellent progress in experimentation and study in almost all fields of science, ranging from electricity and magnetism to biology and chemistry, both organic and inorganic. Two of the members, T. Wallcy Williams and Ashton Collins, were chosen to participate in the Westinghouse National Science Talent Examinations. Meetings have been held in the Laboratory each Sunday night, and at this time lectures and accompanying experiments have been given by the members. It is believed that the experience gained by the members through this lecturing and experimenting on various scientific subjects will be valuable to them in later life. An ultra-violet lamp was presented to the Club for future use by this year’s membership. This instrument is useful in detecting traces of various materials that fluoresce under ultra-violet radiation. POP In bis twenty-six years at Kent, Pop Woods has become an indispensable institution at the School, being knou n to the boys as a chemist, biologist, uitticist, adroit Kent Ball Club” fan, naturalist, and above all, a friendly person, to anyone and everyone. An interesting talker, Fr. Woods turns two complex studies, chemistry and biology, into enjoyable subjects. Aside from this, for those who have not had enough science. Pop heads a renowned Science Club, whose members base been known to experiment on various and sundry things, ranging from astronomy and botany to zoology. They have dissected frogs, and it is rumored that minor atomic fissions have been created. Long will we remember that oft-heard statement, The Sixth Form is the worst form in the Schoolr 8 6 WII.I.Y To see Willy Howard perform an algebra or geometry problem on the board one must keep on the edge of his seat with his wits about him. Somehow, though, large groups seem always to get by the year with more than passing marks. As coach of funior Football and league Tennis, Willy has molded many a scrappy team as his opponents know only too well. Willy has also directed the Chess Club for the past file years. Willy’s two-dollar, black fedora is something we will all hate to part with. Zhe Chess Club With a schedule of three matches the Chess Club won two and lost one. The two victories were scored over Canterbury: the first match, an away game, was won by Kent with a score of three to two; the return match Kent won four to one. The single engagement with Hotchkiss, however, was lost by the score two to three. Every Wednesday night throughout the Winter Term members of the Chess Club met in the Coffee Room to compete for a place on the team. The ladder system was used, and places changed rapidly. The veterans Harper, Frothingham, Nichols, Krantz, and McKinney, however, usually found places on the team. Through Director Howard’s efforts a match with some of the faculty was arranged in which all of the members had an opportunity to compete. FIGHTING FOR PLACES ON THE LADDER 87 First Row: G. Bell, Mills, President Pittarclli, D. Hoarc, Collis. Second Row: Low, B. Moore, Coyle, Marsh. Fabian, Slack. 7 bird Row: Calhoun, McCulloch, Junghans, Farrow, Webb. Zhe Art Club At the Art Club’s first meeting in September, elections for officers were held. The following were elected: President, Pittarclli; Vice-President, Mills; Secretary, Hoare II; and Treasurer, Frothingham. Bell I, Lowe, and Raasch were appointed to represent the Sixth, Third, and Second Forms, respectively. Anderson I was appointed to the office of Assistant-Treasurer. Although the majority of the members of the club arc in the lower forms, they show marked talent, and, under the direction of Mr. Smith, show great promise. JOLLY CHOLLY Charming Smith, our enthusiastic instructor in Mechanical Drawing, and master of ceremonies of the Art Club, has become as much a part of Kent as its longest residents. In his brief three years as part of the Kent faculty, Mr. Smith has handled the formal decorating of the buildings and has been responsible for the scenic staging of many dramatic productions. Although he prefers the background, his many contributions speak for him; making him an endeared part of Kent. The Class of 1950 will long remember his quiet smile and amiable manner. Thanks, and a tip of the hat to lolly Cholly. 88 O.B. Tbit year Kent wat graced with the pretence of that proficient pedagogue of the Englitb language, the right honorable Benny Davit. Early each morning O.B. may be teen trudging towards clan replete with knaptack, bowtie, and a fascinating tariety of pipet. Hit unusual and appealing tactics of tutelage hate spiced many a Fifth Form English clast. Hit coruscating sente of humor and genuine readiness to attit any doubtful student have already endeared him to all. In athletics O.B. may be teen either coaching a triumphant Algo football squad or intpiring a pertpiring wrestler. In short, we are proud to have O.B. here at Kent. Zhe Public Speaking Society The Public Speaking Society functioned fall term under the direction of two new faculty members, Messrs. Davis and Draper. During the first two meetings which were held in one of the study halls, extemporaneous speeches were given by all the members on various topics chosen by the two coaches. At the third meeting, the Club moved to the dining hall, using that as its meeting place, and elected officers. Sid Fulwcilcr was elected president, Walley Williams, vice-president, and Jack Gushcc, secretary. The members of the Club were then divided into three competitive teams under the leadership of the three officers. After several more initial sessions of extemporaneous speaking, debates between the teams were planned. There were three of these intramural debates during the fall term. After each, the coaches gave the Club advice and constructive criticism on the speaking. Winter term started off with even more activity than fall term. A debate with Taft School was arranged with the topic: Resolved that the Ccllcr Bill for displaced persons be enacted. Two teams were chosen, one to debate the affirmative at Kent and one the negative at Taft. Although both Kent teams lost, a great deal was learned from the encounter. After the outside debate, two more intramural debates were held with the Society now divided into only two groups. For the spring a debate with the Princeton Freshmen Debate Panel is planned. There is a tentative idea of having a radio forum with Torrington High School. There will also be a mock trial set up by the members of the Club. Although much is left to be desired in this field, the Club this year has added a great deal to the knowledge of speaking in public at Kent. First Row: McKinney, Haviland. G. Hoarc, Gushcc, President Fulwciier, T. Williams, Potter, Collis, I.ockhart. Second Row: A. Hodges, Brims, Compton, A. R. Boyd, Durant, Powell, Whitman, Hoare, Rich. Third Row: Mr. Davis, Young, Dunlop, Rockwell, Ramsay, F. Hodges, Lewis, Mr. Draper. THE CLASS OF ’50 IN '47 First Row: Nicola, Morriscy, Lillich, S. Bell, C. Bell, Cutter, Loring, Bogie, Cluctt, Tyler, Guthcc, Maxwell, Ready II, Harriton, Nclton, Wickcrsham, Humphrey, Talbot, Williams. Second Row: Coughlan, Good, Baldwin, Cavarly, Stanley, Mitchell, Tooker, Coleman, Patterson, Jackson, Nichols, Love, Bennett (President), Jupp, Peters, Lockhart, Hoare, Marsh, Boyd, McKinney, Moore II, Moore I, Thompson III, Thompson IV. Third Row: Russell, Haviland, Zilborg, Willett, Fulweiler, Hocrle, Hopkins, Black, Landis, Warfield, Hall, Candler, Parsons, Harper, Powell, Peare, Barkley, Wood, Fiester, Henchey, Ritchie. OUR YEARS AT KENT Second Jorm X ear It was a cold day in September as the class of ’50 trudged across the bridge to Kent School, just about, at least as far as we were concerned, the most confused class ever to do so. A mere handful of scared brats”, we assembled in the Study that evening, to hear Father Chalmers greet us at our first meeting as an organized group. Our sponsors had met all forty-three of us as we arrived, and through them, we had gained some dim idea of what we were supposed to do, at least during the next twenty-four hours. The next morning, we again went up to the Study, this time to receive a list of books that we would be needing for the coming term. Many were the groans as we discovered just what would be expected of us by our teachers, and many were the dire predictions of some of the less scholastically inclined as to their probable futures as students here at Kent. The next few days passed more or less easily, and we soon found ourselves at the end of the week. Sunday morning, after the regular Saturday night movie, several of us discovered, much to our chagrin, that the tickets that we had so blithely bought the preceding evening were invalid, whether detached or not. George Hoare, one of the more gullible members of the Form, was found to have purchased, in addition to the common movie ticket, both radiator heat for his room and elevator service to the upper floors of the Auditorium. On the football field, our Form did well in the Midgets, few of us being powerful enough to qualify for the stronger and heavier Seniors. Sparked by such stalwarts as Tom Tooker, Perry Cavarly, and Morg Coleman, the Midgets showed promise of a reasonably successful 1945 season. Two weeks later, we resumed contact with our parents. Mothers’ Weekend had arrived. At the same time, there appeared to us an almost unbelievable phenomenon—Chief appeared, clad in black robes, the first time that anyone had ever seen him thus arrayed. Our bewilderment over the new surroundings must have been quite obvious; several mothers were heard telling each other that Johnny isn’t a bit like he was when he left home. Do you think that he has been eating properly?” Most of us, it is true, were eating all that we possibly could, and except for those 90 unlucky few whose table heads had stooped so low as to snatch the very food from their jaws, we had managed extremely well. On the twenty-seventh of October, the day which we all were awaiting, some eagerly, others not, our first marks at Kent came out. There were seven Second Formers on the Honor Roll for the first indicator: Bob Bennett, Barry Good, Bill Jackson, George Hoarc, Hammond Talbot, Morg Coleman, and Ike Russell. The following week-end, the Sixth Form held its annual dance in the Lower Library, and, entranced by the distant strains of melody that wafted up to us that Saturday evening, many of us fell asleep wondering if the day when we were to have our dance would ever come. Two and a half weeks later, those of us who lived near by had a chance to go home. Thanksgiving, with all its festivity and splendor had arrived. The School supplied a sumptuous dinner to all those who remained over the one-day holiday, and a good time was had by all. Synonymous with our resumption of studies was the realization that exams were not far in the future. Beyond this somewhat gloomy time, lay the brighter prospect of Christmas holidays. Indeed, there were those of us who, unable to cope with the higher mathematics of figuring out, each day, the number of days remaining in the term, made small charts, showing exactly how many days, hours and minutes stood between us and freedom. The first snowfall came on the twenty-seventh of December, and the air was immediately filled with, in addition to snowflakes, pessimistic speculations as to just how long after the beginning of vacation we would remain here, snowed in by the wrath of cloudgathering Zeus. There were those who, so they said, were ready and willing to hire a dog sled, provided that they arrive home according to the schedule. The middle of the month soon rolled around, and with it, exams. These, however, passed much easier than we had thought possible, and we were soon over them, our first hurdle in the ’50 sweepstakes. Following closely on the heels of exams came the cleanup. Many bewildered Second Formers were seen wandering about the campus during this hectic interval, with broom in hand, and inquiring as to the whereabouts of certain Sixth Form rooms, having been ordered by the occupants of those cubicles to perform therein a large scale cleaning job. Finally, the long-awaited hour arrived! It was the night before Christmas vacation. After dinner that evening, the entire School descended with shouts of glee upon the upper half of the Dining Hall, to hear the speeches given by the masters that evening. Ncver-to- THE SIXTH FORM First Row: McKinney, Peters, Baldwin, Ritchie, Rogers, Potter, A. Boyd, Guilliano, Harper, Loring, G. Hoare, Fulwcilcr, D. Hocrle, Ficstcr, C. Bell, Pcare, A. Collins. Second Row: R. Thompson, Hill, Morriscy, Coleman, J. Nichols, D. Patterson, Jupp, Gushce, Humphrey, Bennett (President), Jackson, J. Thompson, Hopkins, R. Moore, Ready, Nelson, Maxwell, Vaughan. Third Row: Silbaugh, Tookcr, Gosling, J. Lockhart, Collis, Coughlan, Sanford, Russell, Baruch, Has-iland, Neal, Black, Marsh, M. Moore, Talbot, Durant. Fourth Row: Wickcrsham, Wood, T. W. Williams, R. Hall, Powell. Fifth Row: Landis, Candler, Cavarly, Stanley, J. Mitchell, Hcnchey. bc-forgottcn is the first time that we heard Cap Harrington deliver his justly-famous poem, a hilarious parody on The Night Before Christmas. We joyfully boarded the train the next day, which had dared the howling blizzard and the threat of canine competition, to fight its way to Kent and back, notwithstanding the two whole feet of snow, lying upon the Connecticut countryside. A vacation was ours, for three, or almost three, weeks. Returning on January ninth, we began the second term of our sojourn here at Kent, resolved to do better, in every way, than we had during the past three months. Almost at once, the martial spirit of the Form became apparent. Many were the snow fights held on the hill behind the Chapel, and as numerous, were the pitched battles with the Forth Form, which inhabited rooms on the same floor as we. Practically every Sunday night, some adventurous member of the Form was willing to, and did, make a skirmishing expedition into enemy territory, and usually returning with the scars of war emblazoned upon his tired back. Many were the pillows broken during these short brushes, and even more numerous were the number of feathers lying about at the end of the battle. Remembered with nostalgia is the time that Bob Post, Senior Prefect, stepped out of his doorway of the Second North Hallway of the Library, only to be driven back in by a screaming horde of vengeant Second Formers, all intent upon bloodshed. Notwithstanding these belligerent characteristics, our Form did well scholastically, not, as is usual, coming out lowest on the Scholastic totem pole, but ending up in fourth place, surpassing the Third Form; such an occurrence was wont to take place more often than not, during our brief stay at Kent. Winter Term was soon over, leaving us amazed at the seeming difference between its length and that of the preceding term. Before us lay Spring Term, reputedly the easiest, and by far the most longed for. When we returned to School after Easter Dillinger? Capone} No, it’s Big Al Landis, Kent's own rough hoy. Bill Landis has always been a source of much mirth at school. His impersonations of the big-time gangsters and sharp haberdashery have made him the rabble's choice. Seriously, since Second Form year, Bill has become a part of Kent. He has succeeded BIG AL in making many good friends with his humor and loud laugh. Wherever you find Bill you always find a good-natured bull-session. Bill is the type of fellow we will remember long after we have left Kent. So, the best of everything to you, Al, in college and life. As a native of the town of Kent, Robert Hall entered the class of '50 in his second form year. What with an injury on the baseball diamond. Bob was considerably hampered on the athletic field. He is a fanatic on anything that squeeks, runs, or chugs like an automobile. His own Model A is often heard wending its weary way through the campus. Although Bob is so efficient in handling carburetors, Deac's mathematics occasionally throw him for a loss. Nevertheless, be has managed to come out on top in the battle of student over theory. Here's hoping that we see you at Cornell, Bob. 92 The motto of our prepster from Fairfield is, Always keep 'em laughing.” Whether he was cheerleading on the football field, or attempting to make a sale at the Athletic Store, he always had a hearty hello and a cheery smile for everyone. Jeff will always he remembered, above all, for his excellent impersonations. When his form mates would be down at the mouth, Up would imitate Cliff Loomis to perfection, and soon his friends would forget their troubles and be holding their sides with laughter. So long, Jeff, we'll certainly miss yon (and your continuous chatter.) holidays, wc found the demolition of the Main Building, which had already begun when we left, a good deal advanced. Only part of the East wing remained, that part which was soon to be taken away and to be placed at the end of the Midget field, as another home for the Faculty. When it was moved it was un- Kent's gain was New York's loss when Nig pulled in from the Big City in the fall of '45. It is hard to say which of Stan's accomplishments are the most notable. In his two straight years on the Football, Wrestling, and Baseball teams plus two years on the Honor Society, he has more than proved his worth. It is also rumored that his accomplishments include two straight weeks at Old Sheidelburg. Nig has been an important member of our form, knowing him has been a wonderful experience. Good luck at Williams, Nig. In the fall of September, '45, a number of youths began what has become a united group of earnest individuals. Among this number there was a certain young lad from the great metropolis of Torrington, who turned out to be none other than Dave Hoerle. As the years went by, we began to notice tlye athletic and vocal prowess of our youthful colleague. We were soon to see his well muscled form working for Kent as a member of that noted contingent, the varsity wrestling squad. Within a slx)rt time, he had won himself a berth with tlx Glee Club and Octet. Dave's smile will long be with us. S3 fortunately necessary to leave it overnight on the road in front of the Chapel. There were those who reputedly were taking bets on the probable outcome of any car traveling up the road, the odds being two to one that the automobile would come out a poor second in the ensuing collision. Few of us realize that John is a foreigner. Until this year be has been a resident of the famed locality known as Brooklyn. He tells us, however, that his future lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. We hope that he will make good as a gentleman farmer. While at Kent his diversions have centered around driving the Jeep”, rowing on the crew and oil paint-ing. John won his nickname by his continuous search for wealth. He has sold us clothing, greeting cards. Confederate flags and his specialty, The Kent Decal. Keep an eye on this Yankee-born Southerner, for John D. Marsh may someday rival Rockefeller. Fudge hit Kent Jjis second form year from the Flower City. As a mat man. Fudge is a candidate for the second team. In tf)c Spring yon will find him rowing, or fishing in Macedonia Brook. With an unbounding enthusiasm for hiking, he can always be FUDGE found on a Sunday afternoon heading up t!)c mountain with a topo map in his pocket and a faraway look in his eyes. Besides being active in tJ)c French Club, Fudge plays a lot of bridge in the Study during his spare time. Here s wishing you luck at the University of Rochester next year, Fudge. We saw the Fifth Form take over the running of the School that May, and with the passing of that event, studies really began to get tough. Review work from the past year was assigned, and woe be to him who failed to know his assignments. Rumors as to the unhappy outcome of those failing to review their History properly flew about and had the needed effect of keeping our noses to the grindstone for the remainder of the term. Fathers’ Weekend came just after the Fifth Form assumption of the driving hand of the School, and proved to be a happy occasion. For many of us, it was the first time that we had seen our fathers since the beginning of the term, and the weekend served well to keep our minds off the coming ordeal, final exams. Suddenly, exams were over and done with, gone as quickly as they had come. We went through Prize Day with joyful hearts: we knew that the next day we should leave. Listening to the speeches of the masters and Prefects that morning, we were all looking forward to the time when we would be the graduating class, sometime in that far-distant year, 1950. BARBER SHOP QUARTET Vaughan. Loring, Thompvon, Mitchell 94 Sul’s given name, Howard, was lost in the haze surrounding the first tender months succeeding his arrival at Kent in the Third Form. The name Sid shall always remind us of a jolly, corn-fed youth hail-ing from the windblown plains of South Dakota. Sidney should be proud of the wonderful scholastic record he has made here at Kent, one of the highest in the SID form. He carries his job as President of the Debating Club into bull-sessions where he cheerfully imparts words of worldly wisdom to eager listeners. With his linguistic abilities and scholastic achievements, Sid, pride of Sixth Form English, should make a real place for himself in future life. SLANE Slant as Cliff Loomis is fond of calling him, hails from South Norwalk, Connecticut. His two passions, Dixieland music and Barbara Schaefer, occupy most of his time, but he does manage somehow to sandwich his school work in between. Slant believes that anyone who confuses him with his twin brother, Gordon, should be drawn and quartered; and he may have some justification. Slant and his roommate, Frugal John, are best known to the school through their efforts as managers of the First Team. Slant hopes to go on to college and afterwards to a career in advertising. We feel he should do well. Third dorm fear The deluxe coaches of the Berkshire Express hummed with the excited babble of voices as we boarded the train, late one September afternoon in 1946. We were all eager to get back to School after our summer vacation, but no one would admit it. At one end of the car there was a large gathering, surrounding Chase Wickersham and Wild” Bill Landis, who were telling tall and wintry talcs about the Club Norge, our home for the coming year. There were no two qualified people more to expound upon the advantages (?) and disadvantages of the North Dorm than these two veterans who had already spent their second form year exiled to Siberia”. The first night back most of us were too exhausted to take note of any of the changes which had been made around the School in our absence, or to grill thoroughly the new additions to our form. Our first morning back we were all lying in our cozy beds, dead to the world, when suddenly the dread tones of the five” were heard. A few of our unsuspecting classmates dashed out of the Dorm and headed for the Boardwalk; at least they headed for what they thought was the Boardwalk. To their astonishment, they stumbled into a mass of saw horses, half cut pieces of wood, and kegs of nails. In their haste to make breakfast on time, they had overlooked the fact that the new Main Building had not yet been completed and had become entangled in the maze of building materials which still littered the covered passageway between the Library and Auditorium. 95 IKE Ike, or T. Junior as be is sometimes called, is outstanding as one of tJje most versatile members of the class of ’50. Although garnering a few AC’s for awkward since Jjis initial start at Kent in tJje fall of '4 5, he Jjas gone straight to the top in achievements and popularity. Adding more laurels to Jjis already decorated lead, the Pride of Suite B” Jjas proved Jjis worth by being a top-notch editor-in-cfjief of tJje News, a luminary on the gridiron and river as well as by winning fame by passing the N.R.O.T.C. test. We see Jjis success at Kent as an omen of the future. Pete is probably best known at Kent for his booming bass voice in the Glee Club and Octet. When not singing or studying, Pete is working on tJje Kent News as tJje managing editor. Pete came to Kent in tJje fall of ’46 and is best remembered for Jjis portrayal of tJje villain in tJje now famous Sixth Form I-melodrama, tJje Gaslight Gaieties”. Pete is also an eager sportsman playing on tJje football and hockey teams as well as rowing on t je crew. Always ready to Jjelp one in need, Pete will be missed by Jjis classmates. After the first day of complete confusion had passed, we lost no time in acquainting ourselves with the new members of our Form. In our wanderings about the Dorm it was impossible to overlook two rather chubby occupants of one of the rooms on the first North South, namely Sid Fulwcilcr and Sugar” Jim Cluctt. These two were always to be found rolling on the floor of their room, cither convulsed by deep belly laughs or trying to beat each other’s brains out. Later on in the term, Sugar” Jim entertained as many of us as were able to squeeze into his hole in the wall every Sunday night with films of the team’s last game and a few reels showing daring young men piloting cars into walls of flame or some fool skier breaking his neck on a ski-jump. Altljough Kent Hill entered tJje class of ’50 during Jjis Fifth Form year, Jjis eager entJjusiasm on tJje athletic field and around tJje campus showed up quickly, and it wasn't long before Gil heard the golden tones of Jjis s jower room solos ec joing out over tJje school, and promptly made hint a member of tJje Glee Club and Octet. His red sJjirt, old grey flannel sJjorts, and warble wJjistle are typical of Luigi, as Jjc is sometimes called. He is probably t je only boy in the Jjistory of tJje scJjool wJjo has received a total of twenty-eight letters in one day from Jjis female admirers. 96 Tom Tooker, known otherwise as Kato, is one of the most popular hoys in his class and the entire school. His mind is perpetually busied with wrestling as be is a stalwart lightweight who has been a great asset to Kent's grapplers for three years. Kato’s motto is to obtain a quick pinion , which Ik does with brutal, punishing bolds. Tom sparked the football team, but received an injury which prevented his playing more than the first game. In the Spring, he takes to the courts for Kent's netmen. Because of sheer guts and determination, Tom has made a name for himself at Kent. We know he will continue to do so at college. Denny, Pluto, or Camille the Seal, whatever you may wish to call him, probably considers himself the most misunderstood fellow in the School. He just can't seem to understand why everyone isn't enthusiastic about his beloved bebop. He is perpetually at a piano, DFNNY u Jt� or mand°lin, and fills the air with his unintelligible wailings. Every member of the form, however, will remember with real pleasure Denny's ingratiating smile and warm, sincere friendliness. We wish him the best of luck at M.l.T. and in future life, where we expect someday to see him playing second ukelcle for Dizzy Gillespie. After the first couple of weeks had crawled by and we had settled down somewhat, our Form Elections were held. Bob Bennett walked away with the presidency, while Tally Love was elected Vice President, and Bill Jupp, Secretary. Our endeavors in the sport world were pretty much confined to the Senior and Junior Leagues this term, as we had neither grown sufficiently physically nor had we learned enough about football to make the first team. The only member of our clan to make the second team was Tally Love, who played fullback. The rest of us played the game down in the minor leagues, dreaming of the day when we should catch the touchdown pass or plunge over for the winning tally for the First Team. Hailing from West Hartford, Bubs Haviland joined our class in the fall of '46. He will alu ays be remembered among his Kent friends as a person who was able to sleep anywhere at any time. A scintillating smile and a winning personality are his main assets. BUBS His bull session banter has been a great source of entertainment to the other members of our form. He has taken his place in many of the activities around school and has done a reputable job on the J.V. football squad and in The Public Speaking Society. Good luck at Trinity. Bubs; we'll be hearing about you. 97 minor interruptions, such as the time Moose” Cavarly and Rolfc Stanley descended upon Sid and Sugar” Jim’s room and literally turned it upside down. When the demolition squad had departed, the room appeared to have been hit by a cyclone. The bureaus had been turned upside down (although all the drawers had been removed and put in right side up) and the beds had been left strewn across the floor. Horny” Henry Moseley, our guardian angel, never allowed too much of this nonsense to go on, however, and the term was a quiet one on the whole. One evening, shortly after Thanksgiving, a great weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth could be heard, issuing from the first East West. Upon closer inspection it was found that Ian Thompson was having a little sport with Ted Powell’s pet white mice and that Ted didn’t particularly like the type of sport. Ian’s cat, Igor, was slowly stalking its prey in a boarded off section of the hallway while Ted let out shrieks of agony as if he were the object of the cat’s attention. After Hailing from that fabulous suburb of Westchester County, Rye, jimmy has truly added a great deal to our form in the way of entertainment and athletic ability. Proving to be a tower of strength backing up the line on the football team and a fine goalie on the hockey team, be has been a great asset to our MMY athletics here at Kent. In the Glee Club and many other activities lierc at school, jimmy met with notable success, and we are sure that he will do the same in life. Here's hoping tl)at we see you at Cornell, Jimmy. Among the many unique characters who timidly convened in the happy valleyland five years ago was a certain Richard M. Thompson, the Meatball. This pride of White Plains immediately established a reputation as a vocal wizard. Tl)c glee club, the octet, the clxiir, and the quartet have all been graced with the Meatball's resounding baritone. But Meatball's oral talents do not terminate with the quartet, for he is a human sound machine producing an unlimited and unceasing mixture of guttural noises and blistering retorts. Another of j)is accomplishments is an avid passion for the St. Louis Cardinals. And so, whether to Amherst or parts unknown, we sincerely wish tl e Meatball the best there is in everything. CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY The rest of the term, up until Thanksgiving, rolled smoothly by, with only a few 98 Gordon Bell, technically known as No. 1 of the Bell twins, has been an ardent member of the leagues since his third form year. Upon reaching the status of a sixth former he turned his talents to coaching league football and assisting the wrestling manager-shit). Always a lover of the outdoors, Gordo, dressed in old clothes and accompanted by Guilliano, could often be seen trudging off tlx- campus for a hike up Mt. Algo. Among his many attributes Gordo is the possessor of a powerful vocabulary and a jovial manner. Here's wishing you all success in life and in your vocation as an architect. GORDO MOLE Kent will be a dreary place indeed when the last of the Gusbee brothers have finished here. This particular Gushee, fresh from the Motor City, came to school the fall of Third Form year where his scholastic and athletic achievements and leadership abilities soon made themselves known. We will also remember with a smile his humorous contributions to the News. Jack, or, as he is more vulgarly known, the Mole, was elected Sixth Form council member in the spring of Fifth Form year. With his pleasant personality and natural talent for conquering obstacles, lx can't fail making a success in life. the gory' deed had been accomplished and Igor had made mice meat out of Ted’s prized possessions, Tcdlet returned downhearted to his abode, muttering some unintelligible words about vengeance and a catskin cap. By the way, whatever became of Igor? Shortly after this episode, exams came upon us, and in a week or so they had passed; whether we did or not was a doubtful question. Nevertheless, undaunted, we left for the long awaited Christmas recess with the old Dodger battle cry (somewhat varied) of wait ’till next term” ringing in the air. Winter Term marked the completion of two new additions to the School grounds. The first and most important was the Main Building. With this building opened, we could once more use our mail boxes, and we no longer felt when we didn’t get a letter that some incompetent fool had perhaps dropped it on his way over to the Dining Hall to distribute the mail. The other new addition was the Wrestling Room, which had been added onto the far end of the Sports Building and which was completed in time for the opening of the grapplcrs’ season. We managed to do more creditably in our sport endeavors this term, as nine of our members made Second Teams. Bill Jackson, Wally Williams, and Rolfc Stanley were on the wrestling squad, Wally wrestling one First Team match. In basketball. Bob Bennett, Tom Tookcr, and Moose Cavarly made the Second Team while Buz. Hcnchcy, Jim Cluctt, and Tom Tooker, another new addition to our Form, found themselves on the Second Hockey Team. The Winter was an extremely cold one with more than enough snow. Before the welcome Spring Term arrived, we all learned that the stories which we had heard were strictly the truth and were even a little on the conservative side. It was not an unusual occurrence to wake up some cold morning and sec huge drifts of snow in the middle of our rooms. 99 OWL Toni Ritchie, known to his roommates as Owl because of his extreme tardiness in bitting the sack is often seen moping around the campus because of lack of ice, but when Jack Frost finally hits the happy talley land of Kent, Tom dons his Tackaberry's , with a broad smile on his face, to help spark the Kent pucksters. Spring finds Tom on the diamond, as Captain of the '50 baseball team. Being an ardent Tiger fan, Tom's hopes are aimed solely for Princeton. Good luck, and we hope that college festivities won't keep you up too late. The large amount of snow which fell that winter did serve one good purpose, in that it abetted the brutal snow fights we carried on atop Chapel Hill. Scarcely a Sunday afternoon passed without the call ringing through the hallways that a few unlucky members of our Form were being unmercifully pelted w-ith snow-balls on the Hill and that reinforcements w-erc badly needed. There alw-ays ensued without fail a bloody and brutal battle. We managed to hold our own, relying on such stalw-arts as Jim Mitchell, Rolfc Stanley, Tom Tooker, and Millard Moore; but many w-crc the black eyes and bloody noses. Before we knew- it, the Term had slipped away and w-c w-crc once again faced w-ith exams. These passed quickly, how-ever, and we headed homeward for a three w-eck rest and recuperation period. Upon our return, we noticed that the new-, marble altar had been installed in the Chapel along with the new crucifix. Bill Jackson and Mord Bogie made the Second Tennis Squad w-hile Tom Ritchie w-as earning a berth on the Second Baseball Team. None of us had as yet enough experience or were large enough to make either of the Crew-s. As w-c had expected, Spring Term turned out to be our best and most pleasant term of the year. The Poker, Bridge, and Cribbagc Club w-ent into full swing this Term, wasting few- minutes of the study periods for the boring and tedious process of learning lessons. Instead, this elite organization of Honor Roll members, composed of Morg Coleman, Mord Bogie, Craig Black and Drew- Patterson, could alw-ays be found during their free periods playing one of the aforementioned games of skill. A charter member of the class, Effum left us in '46 to spend a year in Germany. Many and fantastic were his tales of his wonderful and educational experiences of those days in Deutschland. He soon established himself as a sclxtlar by winning the Fourth Form Latin Prize, and then proceeded to engage himself enthusiastically in as many extra-curricular activities as possible. The News, Year Book Board, and Public Speaking Society are but a few of his many interests. One may often year him as he runs through his speeches in preparation for a wicked debate with some other school. 100 CRA1GO Listen my reader and you shall hear Of the exploits and character of a lad sincere. On the eighteenth of September in Forty-fie, A charter member, Craigo, arrived. A Texan he is—a long one at that, Stretching seventy-six inches from toe to the hat. An Honor Roll student—he has always been one, In addition to Tennis letters which he has won. Cheerful and thoughtful throughout the long day All who have known him will join and say, God bless you and keep you as you go on your way. During this period of warm sunshine and blooming flowers, many of our luckier Honor Roll brains could be seen basking in the sun down near the wall. On several occasions, however, a sudden cloudburst might descend, and the unfortunate sunbathcr would find himself drenched from head to toe, wondering how he could be so wet while everything around him was so dry. On May 1 Bob Bennett, Dick Thompson, and Bill Jackson were elected to represent our Form in the Student Council. Prize Day was soon upon us, and we all eagerly prepared for the long awaited day of emancipation. The last few days were spent in furious cramming, both of knowledge and trunks, and in cleanup. As we trooped across the bridge on the morning of June 5, we all felt that we had completed a successful year, and we left in the highest spirits. fourth form If ear On September seventeenth wc arrived back as the middle-men of Kent, fourth formers, who w'ere too sophisticated to associate with the Second and Third Forms but who were still too inconsequential to attract the attention of the Fifth and Sixth Forms. This year was the first to find our forces split with some of us living in the Dining Hall while the majority occupied rooms in the Library; however, wc were all happy to have escaped from the North Dorm without fatalities due to over-exposure to the elements. Several new faces made their appearance among our ranks with Robert Sissy” Sanford and Earl Baby Face” Baruch stepping into the limelight immediately. Sissy” had a brother here and was well known by several of our Form before entering, while Earl was Doubtless it will be a long time before anyone forgets Walley. Seemingly majoring in extra-curricular activities, he nevertheless stays on the Honor Roll and goes out for wrestling and other sports. Walley is best known for the development of the wolans” walk, a special form of locomotion which enables a person to attain running speed from walking motion. Walley is ever ready to lend a hand to those in need of aid in their studies or other work, and this quality will no doubt take him a long way when he leaves Kent for the University of Virginia. WALLEY 101 Andre Guilliano, the wild bull of the Pampas, arrived at Kent from Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the beginning of Fifth Form year. His wit, ready laugh, and willingness to help others with their Spanish soon made him many friends. Andy has taken part in all the phases of life at Kent, ranking high scholastically, and participating in the Glee Club and other organizations. He earned his letter in soccer and enjoys the outdoors, especially the ice and snow which he never saw before his arrival at Kent. His hearty laugh and crazy songs have cheered us through many a dark day and we wish him all success at Dartmouth. also known by some of his fellow socialites from the Main Line. Robert Peare and Ashton Collins also joined the illustrious company of the class of ’50 along with Max Potter who returned to the Form after a year in Germany. We soon settled down into the regular routine of school life with which we were all so familiar. Our class officers were duly elected, and Bob Bennett again walked away with the presidential post. As the football practices progressed and the final cuts were made from the first and second squads, we discovered that two of our members, Bob Bennett and Morg Coleman, still remained on the first team while eight middle-men” had won berths on the second team. Lurking behind the distinguished title of John Franklin Flarper is the sometimes surprising personage known to his friends as Harpo. Famed far and wide for his caustic wit, he has been dubbed and occasionally called wise guy. Finding himself too light for football, he turned to the sports offered by nature, such as fish- HARPO ing and hiking throughout the premises and often off them. During his five years at Kent, Harpo has been near the top of his form scholastically, while no bull session is complete without the humor of his quiet comments. Millard Moore, well known at Kent as the ,Ethel Walker heart breaker , has built up quite a reputation for himself during his five years here. His unique way of changing his expression all of a sudden has become MILLARD quit a classic at Kent. Millard's subtle humor and easy going manner has certainly won his way to one of the most popular boys in the school. Also, he distinguished himself on the athletic fields, not only with his skill, but with his spirit and determination. Bye-bye and good luck wherever you may be. Behind his rather auspicious Roman nose lie some of tlx more melodious vocal chords of tlx school. Chris has actively participated in musical organizations since his advent to Kent in his third form year. He is now president of the Glee Club, a member of the Octet, and a constituent of the Choir. Chris has CHRIS many diversified interests, one of them being sailing around in the waters of Westport, Mass., where, from his tales, there appear to be quite a number of beautiful damsels desiring to learn bow to sail. Chris hopes to major in the field of science at Harvard. Good luck in all your work! Fighting the great handicap of entering in his Fifth Form year, Hugh has done a remarkable job in adjusting himself with the rest of the form and the school, in respect to both studies and popularity. Aside from working his way to top honor grades, be has found time to benefit the Kent News as an editor, preside over the Cauldron Board, and assist in editing the Year Book. A fortunate bystander may often hear his pompous warble, which has merited him prominent positions in the Glee Club. We know, Hugh, that your brilliance and traditional ambition will drive you through Amherst with deserved success. One afternoon late in the football season the whole south end of the Library commenced shaking with frightening shudders. The cause of these tremors was soon discovered. Down in the canroom of the First South Balloon” Atkin, heavyweight champion of the Sixth Form, and Happy Howard” Ful-weilcr, the original Mr. Five-by-Fivc, were engrossed in a jump rope contest. After a few’ weeks of being caught off guard by these contests the inhabitants of the building accustomed themselves to the daily heaves, and for the remainder of the term no more thought was given them. As the end of the term drew nigh, we were faced with our first term essay assignments. A few of our members such as Earl Baruch followed the old adage about the early bird getting the worm and prepared their masterpieces early, but many were the lights that were kept burning into the wee hours of the morning on the deadline day. Almost immediately after turning in our essays we were confronted with term exams; and then came the welcome vacation. Snow! Snow! Snow! and more snow. That is the complete story of Winter Term. When we returned the ground was blanketed by two feet of snow; and when we left in March, there were still the black, grimy remnants ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY BUILDING 103 ASH Ash, who first graced our fair portals as a Fourth Fortner, has endeared himself to us with his uncommon antics on the ski slopes and friendly advice on his special parallel technique. But when he delves into the realm of his first love, chemistry, a look of ethereal contentment pervades his countenance. So engrossed is he in this field that in place of a family crest, he sports the formula for DDT. As Photographic Editor of the Year Book, Ash's services were of value, and that everpresent camera gives him a list to port. Ash will he long remembered, and the best to him at Cornell. of huge snow banks scattered around the campus, reminding us of the most snowbound winter we had experienced. The great deluge of snow did bring with it some advantages as well as disadvantages. Many were the work holidays it afforded to the A English sections and at times to the entire student body. It also brought an in- crease of snowball fights, the favorite winter sport of Kent School boys. At times the snow was piled so deep on the roofs of the farm buildings and the Sports Building that it had to be shoveled off to prevent the total collapse of the roofs. The memory of that winter will not soon be forgotton by George Hoarc and Pudgy” Lending his Southern geniality to the Yankee attitude of the school, Bill has become known as an eminent authority on everything southern. Though he was here but two years, Blueblood made himself apparent not only as a clothes connoisseur, but added much to the local color by dyeing 110 shirts a delicate pink, thus giving casual correctness for a quarter to a good third of the school. With the capabilities of an old master, Bill threw his Confederate charm into the Year Book, News, and Cauldron editorial staff. Here's to you, Bill, you are a judge of fine liquor, women, and horses, in that order. Smiles came Third Form year, carrying a tennis racket in his hand and wearing the grin on his face that was soon to win him his nickname. At the end of the year, Smiles left for Europe, where he remained throughout the entire Fourth Form year. Returning, Smiles was quick to find a place on the Honor Roll. SMILES At the end of Fifth Form year Smiles was named head of the Stat Store. Sixth Form year has also proved eventful: every morning and night Smiles was to be found helping out Doc Greiner down at the Clinic at his second inspection, and throughout the year he has proved his worth in athletics on the First Soccer and Tennis Teams. Good luck at Princeton, Smiles! 104 From Baron's first Jay at Kent, lx has been an asset to the school. Nobody can look at Baron Jupp and remain down-hearted—his ready smile for everyone has made him a friend to all. Among the three hundred boys at Kent, Baron has three hundred friends. He has never ceased to work for Kent and has been rewarded by being appointed Verger of the Chapel where his contribution has been outstanding. On the athletic field Baron has excelled, if not for his ability, for his fight and determination to do his best. He is one of the few boys whose trade mark is his laugh. BARON DON Don's main interests at Kent were the thirty-page epistles from his girl, and these came quite regularly during his Sixth Form year. However, when not engrossed in the latest of these letters, he might be seen madly scribbling away in an effort to revamp the theory of relativity, and it was this avid interest in higher mathematics that helped him decide on his future vocation in aeronautical engineering. An honor student since the day he dropped Latin, Don has still found time to grace the Science Club with his membership as secretary of that organization and to secure for himself a place on the Second Football Team. Ficstcr. One Sunday afternoon these two adventurers set out up Mt. Algo with their skis, hoping to find a smooth slope for their sport. Late that evening they stumbled back to School. On the far side of Algo, George had dropped his ski pole over the face of a cliff, and in his haste to retrieve it he had fallen over the sheer face with Fudge” following him. Luckily they had landed in a snow bank about twenty feet below; nevertheless, they still suffered several bruises and sprains. Up on the Second South of the Library Rolfe Stanley was in the process of converting himself and some of his ambitious neighbors from ninety-eight pound weaklings” into he-men. With this object in mind he had set up Stink Stan’s Gymnasium where All of us who have come in contact with Buzz, the Rye heart throb, during his five years at Kent, in the dorm, in the classroom, or on the athletic field, know what a truly likable and wonderful guy he is. We all remember those dark mornings when his balf-clad figure could be seen bounding up to the dining hall entrance. As captain of the 1950 hockey team he was outstanding both as a good sportsman and excellent jockey player. His friendly personality and helping hand to all his friends has made him a key member of his form. Good luck to you, Buzz, in college and later life. BUZZ 105 MAX From the time his sponsor introduced him to the boathouse early in his Second Form year, Max has been intensely interested in crew and in the boathouse. Here he met Morgan, the mastermind, who introduced him to the mysteries of electricity. As an apt and willing student, Ik soon learned enough to inherit the job of school electrician from the master-mind himself. Alt tough he will probably be remembered for this least of all, it is worth mentioning that Max has held the tonored position of school organist for three years. Best of luck to a swell guy! John, hailing from Ches ertown, Maryland, entered Kent in the Fall of ’45. He quickly became known among the rest of the Form as an ardent worker in all aspects of his life at Kent. He thus gained the supreme job of running that part of Kent so dear to every boy’s heart, the Kitchen. We will all remember his efficient managing of the pop-tent and also tto JOHN time he spent helping Uncle Bill Armstrong rule tto unfortunate lads assigned to work for him. Thus he will long be remembered by both t K Form and the School for the way he willingly and joyfully accepted the responsibilities which were given to him. Best of luck to you at Harvard, John! the elite met to lift barbells. Soon another institution sprang up, Smelly Jim’s Gym. These two enterprises flourished throughout THE DINING HALL Winter Term, but with the advent of Spring, they soon gave way to the more refreshing outdoor activities. At the end of the Term one member of the class of ’50 received a varsity letter while several of our number appeared on the rosters of the second teams. Moose Cavarly received his BKB in basketball to be the first member of our class to win a varsity letter. As usual the Honor Roll standings in the Form were dominated by Bob Bennett, Wally Williams, and John Nelson. Spring Term with its many sports and extra activities passed swiftly, and it seemed that we had scarcely arrived back when May first descended upon us. Bob Bennett, Reg Jackson, and John Humphrey were elected to represent our Form on the Council. We found that we had been harboring three electrical geniuses in our midst that term; it was reported by several disgruntled brethren that they, Terry Tyler, John Nelson, and 106 Wallcy Williams by name, had installed a complicated system of wiring on their doorknob, with the result that all who were unfortunate enough to make contact thereon received a literal shock, causing them to bend the Third Commandment for several minutes. On June third, Prize Day, there were many honors and prizes handed out with the Fourth Form coming in for its share. Jim Mitchell, captain of Chicky Doodics” All-Stars, received a cup which the team had won as Co-Champions of the Junior League along with Canterbury. Bill Jackson also came in for a share of the Kent Doubles Cup which he had won with Don Arrowsmith. Bob Bennett led the School for the year with the excellent average of 94.2, thus adding the final touch to an extremely good year which had seen our Form develop and become more strongly united than ever before. Tiftk Jontt fear We returned to School at the beginning of Fifth Form year, resolved to make it one indicative of a better Sixth Form year. May first was in the offing, and although it seemed to be years away, we knew that no matter how far off it was, we would be prepared for it when it arrived. Classes proved to be quite easy this year, and marks were correspondingly high. There were twenty-six Fifth Formers on the first Honor Roll of the term, the first time that we had ever put that many on the far-famed and hard-to-achievc list. Craig Black led the Form that indicator, with Wallcy Williams, Drew Patterson, Hugh Silbaugh, a new boy that year, and Max Potter following him closely. WICK Chase Wicker sham, more commonly known as Wick, is one of those hoys who set out to do their best in all that they undertake. This is evident from the fact that he has been on both the Hockey and Baseball teams for two years. In our Sixth Form year it was he that quarterbacked the second team. These qualities made him a t aluable editor on the Cauldron Board. His influence was no more strongly felt anywhere than in the Library, as !)e was librarian. He could always be found in a gay mood and whenever anyone was in need he was always there with a helping hand. We will all miss Wick with his good-natured ways and generosity. Rabbit's motto is Carolina, I ere I come! for he is looking forward to going to the University of North Carolina. He has built for himself a lasting monument by establishing soccer at Kent, as an alternative sport to football. In the spring his main interest was pitching for tlx First Team. As for his average, it was always the envy of his classmates. In the evenings he would always be seen playing a hand of bridge with the best of them. We wish the ”Carolina Cotton-tail the best kind of luck in the future. RABBIT 107 Kent School didn't know what it was getting in for when in the fall of 1945 Hork (George) Hoare stepped off the train for his first year at Kent. Hork has been outstanding in many ways, the foremost being that he was Sacristan of the Chapel. Academically, he has proved himself a prominent member of the form in that he passed the N.R.O.T.C. exams. Hork has lent his talents to the second football squad to which he proved a great asset. George is well liked by everyone at Kent, and we wish him the best of luck, because he certainly deserves it. HORK Notable this year was the change in the rule that no food was to be kept in the rooms. We were now allowed to have food, provided that it was kept in a tin box, to discourage foraging mice. Some of the more materially inclined in the Form took advantage of the opportunities offered by this rule by opening delicatessens, with everything from caviar to Ritz crackers in stock. Mothers’ Weekend came on the twenty-seventh of the month, the first break in the longest term of the year. Bill Jackson’s mother was elected Secretary of the Mothers’ Association. On November twenty-fourth, we saw the Sixth Form pile into station wagons and leave for the Columbia-Syracuse game. In their Inevitably, Ros Moore was to become a popular fellow about school from the very first day of his third form year. His inane giggle and supply of jokes have long ago crowned him with success. Ros is a perfect example of an aristocrat of the sixth form. ROS He sleeps until the five for breakfast and after devouring this repast, returns to his bed not to be pried out again until job assembly. Ros has been conscientious towards studies and extra-curricular activities and still has been able to maintain a carefree manner which has endeared him to all of us. Tully joined his illustrious class in the fall of 1948, and proceeded promptly to prove himself as a person eager for participation in numerous activities. Tub” became known as a terror on the first team football squad, and many an opposing team will remember bis hard, aggressive blocking. In the field of music, Marcus” also excelled, being a member of the Glee Club and Octet. However, we shall always recall Tully as an industrious organizer, a true worker of deals. Good luck to you at Virginia, Tully, and don’t let your flashing smile get you into too many difficulties with the belles. TUBBY 108 Hym” in bis four years here at Kent has succeeded in making himself a well-known and welcome personage around the campus. He has lent his talents to both the second football and basketball teams, the latter of which be was captain, and has been a faithful member of the Glee Club. We have all enjoyed HYM Hym's” familiar blushes accompanied by his ready smile, and his frequent trips to the mail room where it is rumored he received dozens of pink envelopes daily. Good luck, Terry, and may you do as well in your future life as you have at Kent. absence, our Form was given the responsibility of running the School. This was our first taste of power”, and, while we had an enjoyable day in command of the rabble”, we did not abuse the privileges given to us. One evening toward the close of the last week of the Fall Term, a startling event took place. A dark, squat figure, with upturned overcoat collar, was seen to slouch through Job Assembly, clad, of all things, in formal evening wear. Was it one of the men from the kitchen, out to celebrate an occasion, or was it one of the masters, out to a party? Interest was heightened the next night, when the mysterious figure again appeared, this time bearing a silver-headed cane. The third night, everyone was on tenterhooks: would the Arriving Second Form year from the suburbs of the Smoky City, Long John Humphrey has been fascinating Kent for five years with his acrobatic antics and lively rendition of tlye Charleston. Bones, as he is sometimes called, is a three letter winner and captain-JOHN elect of crew, and his portrayal of a typical country bumpkin in the Gaslight G aye ties” was outstanding. Famous in well dressed circles for his taste in cravats, Bones will bargain far into the night for a neckpiece which happens to suit his taste. Come next fall Long John” hopes to grace Princeton with his presence. Anyone passing by the tennis courts in the Spring is sure to see Munge demonstrating his skill with the racquet to a crowd of eager spectators. Having secured a place on the First Team, he is looking for new worlds of tennis to conquer. Munge must have scrammed to the front of the line when brains were handed out. He has been on the Honor Roll since Third Form year and, still not satisfied, strives continually to improve his average. His ability in sports as well as studies is bound to make Munge a great asset to Princeton. UNGE M'i - f 109 DUCK As cclx cs of this girl kills me! resound through the frosty recesses of the North Dorm, the familiar muscular shape of the Duck may be seen to Ixne into sight. Duck, as jovial and easy-going as they come, is nevertheless just and strict with the hoys on his hallway, although he often has to resort to physical violence to quell a potential rebellion. Duck's interests center about the Second Football Team, of which he was a member, those wonderful Bethlehem girls, over one or another of which lye may be found in a perpetually perplexed and bewildered state of mind, and swimming, frequently avowed to be r,the best sport strange figure appear to our eyes once more? Sure enough, it did, adding insult to injury, resplendent in a topper and silk scarf. As the figure passed through our midst, many were the prophesies as to what he would be wearing the following evening. Suddenly, and without warning, a startled croak was heard from the rear of the room. Steve Sheppard had pounced upon the offender against the unwritten Kent Commandment: Thou shalt not wear evening clothes to Job Assembly”, and had unveiled him before our eyes. Who should it be but Dave Hocrlc, feebly inquiring just what was the trouble, and what had he done, anyway. Steve did not sec fit to answer, and the name of Hocrlc was soon seen to be gracing the Hour Board. We arc all proud to hail Tony as a member of our form. He was not only a key man on the first football team, but also outstanding on the first crew. In both of these positions he worked ivith heart and determination which couldn't be beaten. His affable personality has made hint one of the most popular members of his form. When all the lights were out all over the school, Tony could be found burning the midnight oil in some dark corner. Always at hand to help a friend, Tony is a guy we will long remember. May you have the best of luck in college and life to come, Tony. TONY Derry Collis came to us during our Sixth Form year from that little piece of green called Ireland. And with us he has left a lasting and favorable impression of himself and of his country. He must have some of that Irish tenor in him, for the Glee Club and Choir DFRRY received him with open arms. Though oft kidded about his digressions into philosophy, he has pursued the subject faithfully, and someday it will surely stand him in good stead. We wish you good luck, Derry, and we hope you get that scholarship so you can remain in this country to attend college. 110 When the members of the sixth form returned to school from summer vacation they found a Mr. Gerald Rogers from Largo, Florida, on the list of their form. Who u as this strange person} No one knew. The question was soon answered when ferry emerged as a valuable member of the football team and also added his JERRY name to the honor roll. Since the football season Jerry has wrestled and played baseball. No picture of Jerry would be complete without mentioning Gwen, Jerry's onc-and-only, whose visage occupies a prominent place on his bureau and, of course, in J)is heart. Local boy makes good is a phrase that can be applied in Ham's case, as he claims residence in the town of Kent, and has certainly had a varied and colorful career during his five year stay here. Red, as otliers call him, first emerged from the obscurity of the lower forms as a dishwasher and eventually climbed to tJ)e position of King Kitch. An all around athlete, Ham has sparked varsity football and I'jockey, not only with his athletic ability, but also by the exotic tales of tJ)e Wild West and Mexico, of which he seems to have an unlimited supply. It will be a long while ere we forget him. After a particularly uninspiring football season, in which one game was tied, the others lost, Moose Cavarly was chosen Captain of the 1949 Football Team; the first member of the Form to be elected Captain of a First Team. Winter Term found the School quiet and unusually studious. The weather was so exceedingly mild that the club hockey candi- dates were forced to play soccer, due to the lack of ice. This very mildness of temperature brought on another, and much more serious problem: the Housatonic had flooded, and its waters had risen high, so high, indeed, that many of the Masters’ houses were flooded. Volunteers were called upon to help pump out the accumulated water, and the School soon found itself once more on firm foundations. Arriving Jyere Second Form year from the sandy beaches and the glamorous racetracks of Long Island, we beheld stepping from the train our future subprefect, Pete Thompson. His serious discussions and commanding voice have certainly won f je respect and admiration of every member of the Class of 1950. He has excelled in all sports that he has participated in, mainly because of J)is fine spirit and grim determination. By virtue of these fine traits we of the Class of 1950 are confident that Pete will excel in anything he undertakes after his graduation from Kent. Good luck at Cornell, Pete. PETE 111 BOOBY Booby Pcarcis well known for his clowning throughout his life at Kent ami because of this he has become a well-known personage around the campus. Although he did not start out in our class, we all feel that he has been with us all through our lives at Kent. We will always remember him running to breakfast with only half his clothes on and conducting his famous Boobism” at the table every meal. He has shown his merit as an athlete on the newly organized soccer team. Best of everything at Cornell, Bob. Toward the middle of the Term, a forum on democracy was held at Columbia University, to which Ike Russell and Bob Bennett, both members of the Class of ’50, were sent by the School. At the end of the Term, another forum was held in the lion’s den, this time for school newspaper writers and editors. Joe Briggs, Editor of the ’49 News, Ike Russell, Craig Black and Max Potter were representing Kent there. The beginning of Spring Term found a new Form, stronger and raring to go. With May first only a month away, things were looking up.” Bill Jackson had been elected to the captaincy of the Wrestling Team; Buzz Hcnchcy was to lead next year’s Hockey Squad. Something had changed over vacation, however, Father Chalmers had resigned, and we were all wondering what his successor would be like. May we add in passing, that we have been by no means disappointed. Upon arriving back at Kent, we found that two members of the Form had disappeared, both Moose Cavarly and Rolfc Stanley; in their places, and answering to their names, were two dark creatures, both of whom tried to persuade a skeptical Form that here were their classmates, long mourned as lost. It seems that these two had passed their vacation in Florida, and had received beautiful tans for their pains. Tyler and Williams again came to the fore, this time sponsoring a radio” loudspeaker Jack is a familiar sight around the Kent campus. Often he may be seen walking around with a peculiar, indeed very odd, chapeau on his head. If one speaks to him of Baltimore and or Nantucket, wild tales will ensue from his lips, tales of wine, women, and song. In the springtime, Jack can be seen tearing around in t!)at venerable jeep”, endangering the lives of all tJyose within a radius of one mile. Baldy wants to be a Naval Officer, and he intends to complete his education at the Naval Academy. Good luck in your nautical career. Jack! BALDY 112 In the fall of 1945, about eighty years after the Civil War, there came to Kent a young southern gentleman named Ted Powell. Although Ted has defended the honor of the southland many times against the Damned Yankees' , his quick wit and good natured disposition always bring him out on top. In his dress he is always casually correct and spends many hours expostulating about Brooks Brothers, explaining what it can do for the common man. Long after we have left Kent, and gone our many ways, we will always remember the boy from South Carolina with whom we have shared so many good times. Best of luck, Ted. system in their room, operating on 100 kilocycles, 80 megacycles, 10 bicycles and a kiddy car.” This proved to be the nemesis of Study Hall heads Bennett, Jackson and Humphrey, since avid listeners would forsake their night study time to hear the broadcasts. Big Al” Landis won the hearts of many of these through his broadcasts on the value of crime. His Now get this, punks, crime does pay!” will not soon be forgotten by those who were lucky enough to be classed as his students in crime.” Another fad about school that appeared that Term was sun-bathing. Every sunny morning, men on the Honor Roll could be seen stretched out along the sea-wall, neglecting their studies for a large amount of vitamin D in its natural habitat, and turning a very light brown for their pains. THF. INFIRMARY Reg Jackson, commonly known as Bulldog, has excelled not only as a leader of his form but also in athletics. Reg quarterbacked the football squad to a successful season and is captain of both wrestling and tennis. To our knowledge J e is one of the first to have such an Jxtnor bestowed upon him. His good naturedness and friendly attitude have made him a favorite of not only his own form, but lower forms also. Reg plans to go to Princeton next year, and we all wish bhn the best of luck. We know he will be as successful at college as he was at Kent. REG 113 NUMERAL ROCK We Come Jnto Power One of the most eventful days in our life at Kent dawned early on the morning of May 2, 1949: the day the Sixth Form was to step down from the stage and turn over the reins of the School, which they had held for the past year, to a green but united and confident Fifth Form. It was a rather chilly, gray morning with a heavy California fog hanging low over the Housatonic Valley that greeted us as we tumbled out of bed at the five for breakfast, eager to begin the day that we had been anticipating for four years. Later that morning, when we were excused from Assembly to paint the Rock, we tore ANNUAL SERVICE ON THE ROCK out of the Auditorium with a blood curdling yell, leaving our assembly scats strewn across the floor in a tangled mass. Wc received our paint and brushes from Mr. Rogers just before starting up Skiff Mountain, and wc were also provided with rags and gasoline with which to dry the Rock. The numerals had already been sketched on the Rock in chalk two days earlier by Morg Coleman and several other members of the Form, thus cutting down our work considerably and allowing us much more time to paint ourselves and the near by mountainside. A rather rickety-looking log was soon lowered uncertainly over the face of the Rock, and six courageous artists, including Tully Vaughan and Wally Williams, gingerly stepped out on the scaffold to begin work on the Rock’s face while the rest of us busied ourselves cither painting the more easily accessible areas or fixing our initials on near by rocks or on each other. By the time the lunch hour had rolled around we had succeeded in completing the application of the orange background and the numerals had been begun to appear. Eight of us stayed up on the Rock to finish the job while the rest of the Form returned to School to try to remove some of the paint which had mysteriously found its way onto their hands and faces and into their hair. Work on the Rock was completed early in the afternoon, and the numerals of the class of ’50 stood out brilliantly in their striking orange and black colors. That evening the final step in the transference of responsibility was effected at the traditional School Meeting held in the Auditorium. Bob Bennett took over the office of Senior Prefect while Bill Jackson was chosen Second Prefect; John Humphreys, Third Prefect; and Pete Thompson, Sub Prefect. In the other Sixth Form offices Ike Russell was appointed Editor and Chief of the News, George Hoarc took over the job of Sacristan while Bill Jupp was named Verger in the Chapel. Wally Williams was chosen to head the Bell Ringers Guild; Jeff Lockhart took over the responsibility of the Athletic Store; and Dick Boyd was made head of the Stat Store. Chase Wickcrsham, Sid Fulweiler, and Hugh Silbaugh were chosen as Librarians for the coming year. As these boys were appointed to their various offices, they went up on the stage to be congratulated by Father Chalmers. After that business had been disposed of, the MOVE, BENNETT Sixth Form stepped down from the stage and we stampeded onto it. Bob then read the first announcement, All tables will change for tomorrow morning’s meal” and we officially become the guardians of the School and all it stood for. Later at our Form meeting we elected Jack Gushec as our Council member for the coming year. That night some of us took up our first lights inspections with a feeling of confidence and pride. Many were the vows that were made that night to make our year one of the best years in Kent’s history, and we all retired with a feeling of satisfaction and exhaustion. THE PREFECTS Gushec,, Humphrey, Bennett, Jackson. J. P. Thompson. 115 FATHER CHALMERS MR. EVANS THE RT. REV. J. SHERMAN Prize Day With our newly assumed responsibilities keeping us busy the days flew by and before we knew it exams were upon us, and then Prize Day arrived in all its splendor and with its air of joyful anticipation. The long awaited day of June 9 dawned with a bright sun and a clear blue sky which portended well for the coming graduation ceremonies. After breakfast the whole Student Body scurried about to finish the various jobs that had to be completed before the afternoon ceremonies. The chairs were removed from the Auditorium and placed on the Dining Hall lawn where the graduation exercises were to be held. The Auditorium itself was set up for the buffet lunch, and the loudspeaking setup was installed above the Dining PATER AND FATHER CHALMERS CLIMAX THE PROCESSION Hall porch in readiness for the afternoon speeches. The Sixth Form guests began to arrive in the middle of the morning, and many beau-tious femmes were seen around the campus along with the parents and alumni. While these guests were being shown around the School, the final arrangements were taken care of to make the day a success for the Class of ’49. After luncheon the entire Student Body with the exception of the Graduating Class assembled in the Auditorium in preparation for the procession out to the Dining Hall lawn. At two o’clock Pater and Father Chalmers, flanked by two lines of the Student Body, passed down the lawn to the Dining Hall porch. The Sixth Form followed and took up the scats just in front of the speaker’s platform with the rest of the School being seated in back of them. The guests were seated in back of the student body. The main address of the afternoon was delivered by The Right Reverend Jonathan Sherman, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Long Island, who graduated from Kent in 1925. The main topic of his address concerned the way in which our life at Kent prepares us to meet the problems of the world. After Bishop Sherman’s address, Father Chalmers spoke of the life at Kent, and its greatest attribute, friendship. He went on to say that a boy always has a friend in God. Mr. Atkin, Treasurer of the Kent School Cor- poration, was the next speaker, reporting that the School was rapidly paying off its obligations and that it would soon be out of debt. Mr. Henry Russell next spoke on behalf of the Board of Trustees and expressed their gratitude to Father Chalmers for all he had done at Kent and their sorrow that he was resigning. Mr. Russell said that Kent was in better shape now than it was when Chief had taken over eight years ago. The presentation of the athletic awards followed with Father Chalmers calling on Bill Nadal to make the award of the Mitchell Trophy to the boy who had shown the most spirit and ability on the football field. This trophy was won by Ben Thelin who also received the Columbia Cup, the School’s most coveted honor, which is awarded to the boy who has shown the best grasp on his life here at Kent. Mr. Nadal also presented Quentin Dewing with the Hawley Trophy for spirit and ability on the hockey rink. Bish Colmorc awarded Pete Whiteford the wrestling trophy, and Carl Jenkinson presented Endy Perry with the R. M. Jordan Trophy for leadership on the basketball floor. Perry was also awarded the Elliot Bates Trophy for his baseball accomplishments and Pater’s Mug, the oldest and most cherished of the athletic aw-ards, which is given each year to the outstanding athlete of the Sixth Form. This award was made by Father Chalmers. Mr. Humphreys was then called on to award the Booker Bassett Trophy for outstanding team spirit and sportsmanship on the tennis courts, which he presented to Jack Brophy. Tote Walker presented Don MacGlashcn with the Henley Plate which is awarded annually to the outstanding oarsman on the first boat. Following these athletic awards, the scholastic records for the year were presented by Ted Evans, and Father Chalmers announced the Cum Laude Chapter of the Class of ’49. Uncle Ted” stated that 73% of the graduating class had been accepted at the college of their first choice and that of all those applying for Yale, 100% had been accepted. He also announced that seventy students had attained honor standings for the year with Ward of the Second Form leading the School. Wally Williams led the Fifth Form with an average of 91.00. Those students of the Class of ’49 w'ho had been elected to the Cum Laude Society w'crc Dodds Buchanan, George Brain, Richard Wambach, Hugh Lawrence, BEN THELIN RECEIVES THE COLUMBIA CUP Lee Forkcr, Bruce Maxficld, John Van-Amburgh, Ben Thelin, Jinx Cleaves, and Peter Nott, our English exchange student, who was given an honorary membership. After these awards had been made, Pater presented the Columbia Cup to Ben Thelin. A few minutes later the Prize Day exercises were brought to a close in Saint Joseph’s Chapel where the presentation of the diplomas was effected. The Chapel was crammed to overflowing as the Class of ’49 received their sheepskins and God’s blessing at the altar in the final and most important of the day’s events. After dinner that night the entire student body assembled at the lower end of the Library to sing farewell to the graduating, or should we now say graduated, class. As usual a rather sour trumpet played Taps, and Prize Day was over. As the last moaning notes of Taps fled up the valley, several boys made a dash for the tennis courts and a quick set before turning in. Another small group retired to the Dining Hall lawn for a game of Mumbly Peg, but most of us returned to our rooms to put the finishing touches on our packing efforts and give those Cordovans a last lick. The Alumni departed for the baseball field and the big beer bust or for parts unknown to celebrate their long awaited graduation. All in all, the day had been a very successful one not only for the graduates, but for the entire School. 117 Thirsty entered Kent his Second Form year, but was absent during his Third and Fourth Form years while visiting Japan. It was our good luck to see him return for his last two years here. FI is unfailing good nature made him the butt of many practical jokes and we admire him for the good spirit which he shows. Then too, Thirsty has always been one of our form's top mathematicians and many of us are grateful for his ready help in math, and physics. We wish our Japanese exchange student the best of luck in engineering at Norwich next year. THIRSTY Sixth Som year During the summer while scattered from California to Europe, we all received notices announcing the appointment of the Reverend John O. Patterson as Rector of Kent. The feeling which prevailed upon our return to School was thus one of curiosity and anticipation as to what our final year held for us. On September 14 the football team reported back for early workouts and on the nineteenth the rest of the Form returned to get the School in shape for its forty-fourth year. We were soon all acquainted with Jerry Rogers who had joined our ranks along with Derry Collis, our Irish exchange student. Jerry soon made a name for himself, securing a starting berth as right half on the football team. Tony's unmistakable style on the uke and his way with those French girls with whom he corresponds have made him renowned among men. His high interest in philology has marked his creative writings with a truly mature nature, and the News will lose a truly TONY gooJ matt this June. FI is interests at Kent are but the first phase in a life which he hopes will include much writing and travel. His strong pitching arm has won him fame on the Kent baseball diamond, and Moose will well remember his fast ball, as they practiced all during the long winter months. The fair-haired boy of our dear class, Is one whom none can 'ere surpass, Robert Bennett is his name, Now listen while we all acclaim, The virtues both in sport and study. Of our greatly cherished buddy, Ball of foot and base and basket. Let us carefully unmask it. Top boy in form in his scholastics. He knows his passive periphrastics. Senior Prefect, Class of Fifty, As athlete, student, friend, he's nifty, So Bob, from good old N'uark, N. ., We all concur that you're sure O.K. BOB 118 Ukc a breeze from the Iowa prairies, Morg brought his happy-go-lucky nature to Kent, to get good grades with the greatest of ease and to star on the basketball court. Whether he is skimming through a novel or dreaming of low scores in golf, he can always manage to work in a few humorous remarks to enliven any FANG nearby bull-session. Although so far his favorite hard drink is coke, someday Fang hopes to be a man-of-the-world engineer, after passing through the portals of Williams and M.l.T. We won't soon forget how he made the most of his mid-western background in his portrayal of Lollie, the snoopy spinster, in the Gaslight G aye ties . Bob Sanford's rumored prowess among the fair sex of Montclair, Long Island, and Kent has long been a byword to the Class of 1950. FI is flashing smile, flourishing freckles, and ready lisp have no doubt made as fine an impression upon the womenfolk as upon us. Whatever you wish to call him, Sandy, Sis, or Bob, his twinkling speed on tlx gridiron (does it matter if his helmet was on backward?) and pitching style (?) were displayed at length (six feet, three inches) during his stay here. Sandy came into his own in his superb direction of The Gaslight Gayeties. His infectious friendliness will long be remembered. t % SANDY During the first few weeks of the Term, we all heard many wild and humorous tales about Mole’s and Ike’s trip through the West via the thumb; and the luxurious suite on the First North was continually crowded to overflowing with admiring listeners as Ike and Mole recounted their many experiences. Tublet also had many stories to tell about his exploits as a hasher in the Wyoming badlands. THE LOVERS ARE UNITED The football team, using the T” for the first time, turned in a very creditable record of three wins against the same number of losses with the first string being made up entirely from our Form. Moose was continually hampered by his knee injury, and Kato was lost to the team for the season when he dislocated his shoulder in the first game with Trinity-Pawling. With these two exceptions, however, the team was never handicapped with serious injuries. At the conclusion of the season the Mitchell Trophy was awarded to Bob and Ike for their spirited play in the two guard slots. Late in the Term a group of would-be actors led by Ike and Sissy started arousing 119 During bis four years at Kent, Salty has been the object of no less ridicule than Cyrano de Bergerac, and for tl e same reason. This characteristic has endeared Bill to the members of the first football team, the Cauldron Board, and tlye News Board, none of which can well afford the loss of his smiling face and jocular manner. Scholastically, Salty has proven himself tops, a great accomplishment in our form, and we are sure he will succeed in his engineering at Cornell. Everybody will remember Bill by a different nick-name, but whether it is Salty, Barracuda Bill, or Beaky, we will all remember the same swell Bill Peters. interest concerning a Form play. Mrs. Kay Draper was asked to help chose a play which would be reminiscent of the frolicking years of the late nineteenth century, and also to direct the performance. He Ain’t Done Right by Nell” was chosen as a fitting example of that era’s masterpieces, and it was decided that along with this play there should also be a short pantomime, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter”. Eight football huskies, including Pete and Reg, were chosen for a chorus line to be directed by Mrs. Polly Jenkinson. A few rehearsals were held before vacation, but most of the time was spent in chosing a cast for the two productions. When we returned in January, the final intermission acts were dreamed up and perfected by Mr. Draper; and the rehearsals began in earnest. Pete Coughlan was given the It has been said that a broad smile or a boisterous laugh is the key to success. Both of these has Moose and both have captured the hearts of the class of ’50 and all others that have come in contact with him. He has a radiant and cheerful personality and a genuine, QQSE though weird, sense of humor. He will always be remembered on the Kent gridiron with both stumps pushing him ahead for more yardage, a small but potverful captain. Good luck to you at college where we are sure you will continue your success. PINKUS A smiling face and a hearty chuckle make Pinkus Wood a real part of the Class of ’50. A friend to all whether big or small, Pinkus has helped many a lower former to find bis place at Kent. His easy going manner has steadied our life from class room to the playing field. We of the Class of ’50 hope that wherever the furniture crusher’’ goes lie will find solid oak or steel to support his football build. We know that Pinkus is going to enjoy college and the life that goes with it for Pinkus is a welcome member to any party. Good luck at Virginia, Pinkus. 120 Baby face joined the ranks of the Class of 50 in the fall of 1947. He brought with him many fabulous tales of the girls of St. David's. He wasn't at Kent long before he revealed his most characteristic trait, that of fanaticism. The fanatical Baby has left behind him marks of distinction on the football field, on the basketball court, and on the baseball diamond. His solos of Blue Moon” should qualify him easily for the Princeton Glee Club. Earle's friendliness and beaming baby-face will never be forgotten by any of us. BABY- FACE part of the villain in the melodrama while Jim portrayed the part in the pantomime. The World Premiere was set for January 20 at seven-thirty P. M. On that date the entire student body assembled in the Auditorium along with the faculty and their families and many guests from town to witness the greatest production ever put on by a Sixth Form at Kent entitled The Gaslight Gayctics”. The play was a tremendous success with Grubby and Sid receiving well-deserved praise for their performances as Granny and Little Nell. One of the highlights of the intermission acts was Jeff’s portrayal of Groucho Marx complete with a big black cigar. Zhe Dance The high point of the year, at least for many of us, came only a week after the smashing success of the Gaslight Gayctics”, when the Dance Weekend we had waited for and planned on for so long finally arrived. The dance committee, George Hoarc, Terry Durant, Jeff Lockhart, Ike Russell, Bob Sanford, Pete Thompson, and Tully Vaughan, had done a tremendous job, and the final result of their efforts was the Snow Ball, on January 28, 1950. The weekend started for most of us with the arrival of the 10:59 train Saturday morning, when the Form went practically en masse to the station. When the train finally arrived, there was considerable confusion, caused mostly by Bob Sanford, who was having a great deal of trouble introducing all his thirteen blind dates to their right partners. When the girls had had a chance to deposit their luggage at the masters’ homes where they were to stay over the weekend, each Sixth Former conducted his guest on his own version of a tour of the points of interest in the School. 1 TERRY One person that the members of the Class of ’50 will never forget is Terry Tyler otherwise known as Terrible Terry. An electrical genius supreme, Terry could be counted on to wire door knobs when things were not exciting enough. Terry will also be remembered for his famous station W. O. G. S. which attracted such huge crowds during Fifth Form year. The Form wishes Terry the best of luck in his college work. 121 BETTY LOU FIRNHABER AND ROS MOORE After luncheon there were the usual winter sports events, and the teams, in the spirit of the weekend, all did just a little better than expected, with hockey and basketball winning their games over Choate and Regional High. After the Saturday night meal, at which Father Patterson officially welcomed the Sixth Form’s guests, the girls returned to their lodgings to change for the main event of the weekend, the Snow Ball. It is safe to MOMENTS OF ECSTACY TONY GOSLING. EUGENIA HAVEN. JIM MITCHELL, AND NANCY JUERGENS say that in practically every way the dance itself left nothing to be desired. The committee, breaking with the tradition of holding the affair in the Lower Library, had chosen the more spacious Auditorium, and the decorations were all in snow motif, with blue and white streamers on the ceiling centering around a large cotton snow ball which opened at midnight to discharge two hundred tissue paper snow balls on the dancers below. Tinsel snow flakes hung just above the dancers’ heads, and more lacy flakes were pasted to the windows. The greens on the walls and the two tall hemlock trees which stood in the corners of the room were whitened with soapsuds and white paint to give the impression of snow. The center of interest in the decorations was the stage itself, which displayed two large tissue-paper figures, representing a Kent boy and his date, holding the new orange and black 1950 banner between them. The bandstand was directly below the stage, and was lighted, as was the stage, by the same colored lights that had been used for the Gaslight Gayetics.” The dance floor was surrounded, cabaret-style, with small candle-lit tables at which the dancers sat between sets; refreshments were served by the Fifth Form Council members, and the popping of flash bulbs gave evidence of the activity of the photographers’ crew. During the intermission the Octet did a scries of numbers which they had been preparing for the occasion, and were extremely well received by their audience. Music was supplied by the fine Hartford orchestra of BOYS AND FACULTY ATTENDED PATER GREETS BOB BENNETT AND ELLIE GRAHAM Bob Halprin, whose renditions of a set of waltzes and the Mexican Hat Dance were extremely popular. After Chapel Sunday there was a time for the couples to see a little more of the School before the tea-dance closed the weekend’s extremely pleasant activity. DREW PATTERSON, CONNY DOWNS, GAIL McLEOD, AND IKE RUSSELL 123 Zke Class of '50 ROBERT BENNETT Princeton Born May 24, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club (Vice-President) Senior Prefect Form President ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 Numerals ’47 'K” ’48, ’49 Mitchell Trophy Basketball—Leagues ’46 ‘2nds” ’47, ’48, ’49 BKB” ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47 (Captain) 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Newark, New Jersey Council ’48 (Sergeant-at-Arms), ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Leading Scholar in School ’48 Leading Scholar in Form ’46, ’47 T. Seeley Memorial Prize, Excellence in Classical Language ’49 News Board ’50 Year Book Board ’50 Glee Club ’49, ’50 U. S.C. ’50 Delegate to Columbia Forum on Democracy ’49, ’50 N.R.O.T.C. Cum Laude 124 JOHN A. BALDWIN, JR. Naval Academy Baltimore, Maryland Born April 20, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football ’45 (league champions), ’46, ’48 '2nds” ’49 Basketball ’46 Hockey ’47, ’48, ’49 Form Crew ’46, ’47 Baseball— Numerals” ’48 K” ’49 (Mgr.) Science Club ’49, ’50 EARLE EUGENE BARUCH, JR. Princeton St. Davids, Penna. Born June 9, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1947 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’47 K”, 2nds” ’48 K” ’49 Basketball—3rd team ’48 Leagues ’49 2nd team ’50 Baseball—2nd team ’48, ’49 (Captain) Year Book Board Chess Club ’48 (Secretary) Glee Club ’49, ’50 Sixth Form play—Flora Dora Girls 125 WALTER SHANE BELL Amherst Norwalk, Connecticut CHARLES GORDON BELL Dartmouth South Norwalk, Conn. Born January 25, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’46, '47, ’48 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47 Tennis—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Skiing '48 Cauldron Board '48 Art Club '50 Football Coach '49 Wrestling Manager '50 Born January 25, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues '46, '47 Numerals '48 (Assistant Manager) K '49 (Head Manager) Hockey—Leagues ’46, '47, ’48, ’49 Tennis—’46, ’47, '48, '49 Cauldron Board '46, '47 Current Events Club '48 126 CRAIG CALL BLACK Amherst El Paso, Texas Born May 28, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 Basketball—Leagues ’45, ’47 2nds” ’49, ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 TKT” ’49 (Manager) Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 News Board ’48, ’49, ’50 Year Book Board (Business Manager) Public Speaking Society ’47, ’48 Dramatic Club ’48 French Club ’47 Cum Laude ALLEN RICHARDS BOYD Princeton Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Born August 7, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Returned to Kent September, 1948, after year in Europe Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’48 Soccer ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’47, ’50 Skiing ’49 Tennis—Leagues ’47 K 2nds” ’49 French Club’49 (President),’50 (President) French Prize ’49 Public Speaking Society ’50 Science Club ’50 Glee Club ’50 Honor Roll ’49 Stat Store Manager 127 MARSDEN BAYARD CANDLER, JR. M.I.T. Woodmcrc, N. Y. Born October 6, 1932 Entered Kent, September 21, 1946 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47 K 2nds” ’48 K” ’49 Basketball—leagues ’49 Hockey—Leagues '47 Crew—Leagues ’47, ‘48, ’49 HAYWOOD PERRY CAVARLY Cornell Lakeside, Conn. Born September 17, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club (President) Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 K” ’48, ’49 (Captain) Basketball—Leagues ’46 2nds” ’47 K” ’48 Wrestling— 2nds” ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 ,.K” 49 Form President, Winter Term ’46 Form Treasurer ’47 128 MORGAN COLEMAN Williams College Davenport, Iowa Born June 29, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 (Champions) Numerals ’47, ’48 K” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’45 2nds” '46, ’47 Basketball— BKB” ’48, ’49 Crew—Leagues ’45 Baseball—Leagues ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Mailroom Manager Sixth Form Play R. M. Jordon Trophy ASHTON BUDD COLLINS, JR. Cornell Short Hills, New Jersey Born March 28, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1947 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’48 Soccer—Leagues ’50 Basketball—Leagues ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’48 Tennis—Leagues ’49 Ski Team ’50 Year Book Board Science Club ’49, ’50 Photography Club ’48, ’49, ’50 (President) 129 DERMOT FITZGERALD COLLIS Yale University Dublin, Ireland Born May 28, 1931 Entered Kent, September, ’49 Exchange Student Algo Club Soccer ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’50 Glee Club ’50 Art Club ’50 Public Speaking ’50 French Club ’50 PETER REED COUGHLAN Yale University Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Born July 19, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49, ’50 Crew—Leagues ’47, ’48 K” crossed oars ’49 News Board ’49, ’50 (Managing Editor) Cauldron Board ’50 Year Book Board Glee Club ’49, ’50 Octet ’49, ’50 Choir ’49, ’50 Visiting Choir ’49, ’50 Sixth Form Play Current Events Club ’48 130 EDWARD TERRY DURANT Colgate University Great Barrington, Mass. Born January 28, 1932 Entered Kent, September, ’46 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47, (League Champions) ’48 K 2nds” '49 Basketball—Leagues ’47 2nds” '48, ’49, ’50 (Captain) Crew—Leagues ’47 Tennis—Leagues ’48, ’49 News Board ’50 Cheerleader ’50 Debating Team ’50 Spanish Club ’50 Science Club ’50 Glee Club ’49, ’50 Sixth Form Play Public Speaking Society 50 Dance Committee RALPH IRVING FIESTER University of Rochester Rochester, N. Y. Born April 25, 193 1 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Soccer ’49 Wrestling ’48, ’49, ’50 K 2nds” Crews ’46, 47, ’48, ’49 Science Club ’49, ’50 French Club ’49, ’50 131 HOWARD WELLS FULWEILER, JR. University of South Dakota Yankton, S. Dak. Born August, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47, 48 League Coach ’50 Hockey—Leagues ’48 Crew—Leagues ’47, ’48 Honor Roll—’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Year Book Board ’50 Cheerleader ’50 Debating Team ’50 French Club ’48, ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’48,’49,’50 Dramatic Club ’49 Sixth Form Librarian Public Speaking Society ’48, ’49, ’50 (President) Sixth Form Play Cauldron Board ’50 JOSEPH F. GOSLING Bowdoin College Brooklyn, N. Y. Born June 6, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47 K 2nds” ’48 K” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47 (Captain) Crew—Leagues ’47, ’48 (Captain) K” ’49, ’50 Farm Squad ’48 132 ANDRfc GUILLIANO Dartmouth College Buenos Aires, Argentina Born June 27, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1948 Algo Club Algo Football League ’48 Hockey—Leagues ’48 Crew—Leagues ’49 Soccer Varsity ’49, ’50 Tennis— K 2nds” ’50 Spanish Club ’49, ’50 (President) Science Club ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’49, ’50 ROBERT LEICESTER HALL Cornell Kent, Conn. Born November 5, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Soccer ’49 (Manager) Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 K 2nds” ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 133 JOHN FRANKLIN HARPER Princeton Newburgh, N. Y. born June 14, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Basketball—Leagues '47, ’48 BKB” ’50 (Chairman) Baseball—Leagues '47, ’48, ’49 Crew—Leagues ’46 Tennis— 'K 2nds” ’49 Ski Team ’46 News Board '47, ’48, ’49 Chess Club ’46, ’47, ’48 (Pres.), ’49 (Pres.), ’50 (Pres.) Spanish Club ’49, ’50 Current Events Club ’46, ’47 Work Squad ’49 JAMES THOMAS HAVILAND Middlcbury West Hartford, Conn. Born January 6, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’46, (Winning team) ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Wrestling— K 2nds” ’46, ’47 Crew—Leagues ’46 Tennis—Leagues ’47 Farm Squad ’48, ’49 Public Speaking Society ’47, ’50 Navigation Club ’50 134 WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON II Princeton Born March 16, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club—President (1949-1950) Second Prefect Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 'K” ’47 (Undefeated Seconds) Numerals ’48 K” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’45 Chestnut Hill, Pa. Wrestling—Numerals ’47, ’48 „WKT” ’49, ’50 (Captain) Baseball—Leagues ’46 Tennis—Leagues ’46 K 2nds” ’48 (Captain) TKT” ’49, ’50 (Captain) Council ’48, ’49, ’50 (Secretary) Form Officer ’48, ’49, ’50 (Vice President) Glee Club ’48, ’49 Kent Doubles Championship ’48, ’49 135 PAUL E. HENCHEY, JR. University of Pennsylvania Rye, N. Y. Born November 20, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46 (Captain) 2nds” ’47 Numerals ’48 'K” ’49, ’50 (Captain) Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 K” crossed oars ’49 KENT HILL University of Pennsylvania Old Lyme,Conn. Born December, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1948 Housatonic Club Football—“K 2nds” ’49 Numerals ’50 Hockey— K 2nds” ’49 K” ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’49, ’50 Octet ’49, ’50 Sixth Form Play 136 GEORGE EDWARD HOARE DAVID ARTHUR HOERLE Bowdoin College Torrington, Conn. Born July 16, 193 1 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47 Wrestling ’48 WKT” ’49, ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47 Baseball—Leagues ’48, ’49 Glee Club ’49, ’50 Choir ’50 Octet ’49, ’50 Art Club ’45, ’46 Sixth Form Play Cornell Watkins Glen, N. Y. Born March 1, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Wrestling ’46, ’47 K 2nds” ’48 'K” ’49, ’50 (Chairman) Baseball—Leagues ’46 Crew—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 Honor Roll ’48, ’49, ’50 Debating Team ’49, ’50 Science Club’49 (Secretary),’50 (President) Public Speaking Society ’48, ’49, ’50 Dance Committee Sacristan 137 ANTHONY PEMBERTON HOPKINS WILLIAM BRADFORD JUPP, JR. Colgate Plainfield, N. J. Born December 2, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 (League Champions), ’47 (League Champions) Numerals ’48, ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 K 2nds” ’50 Baseball ’46, ’48, ’49 Tennis—Leagues ’47 Chess Club ’47 Public Speaking ’50 Science Club ’50 Sixth Form Play ’50 Secretary of Form ’46, ’47 Verger ’50 Princeton Chestnut Hill, Pa. Born July 29, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Basketball—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49 Honor Roll ’48, ’49 News Board ’48, ’49, ’50 French Club ’48, ’49, ’50 Photography Club ’50 Farm Squad ’49 138 WILLIAM WILDER LANDIS, JR. Colgate Canaan, Conn. Born July 12, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Senior Coach ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Glee Club ’49, ’50 Science Club ’50 JEFFREY SANFORD LOCKHART Wesleyan University Fairfield, Conn. Born September 16, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’46 (League Champions), ’47, ’48, ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 French Club ’49 Public Speaking Society ’50 Bell Ringers’ Guild ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Athletic Store ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 (Manager) Cheerleader ’49, ’50 (Head Leader) Dance Committee ’50 139 Born May 17, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Housatonic Club Wrestling ’47, ’48, ’49 2nds” ’48 Skiing ’50 Crew ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’48, ’49, ’50 (President) Choir ’49, ’50 Octet ’49, ’50 Visiting Choir ’49, ’50 Dramatic Club ’48 Navigation Club ’49 Farm Squad ’49, ’50 JOHN DUNCAN MARSH Washington and Lee Purccllvillc, Va. Born October 6, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45 K 2nds” ’47 Numerals ’48 K” ’49 (Chairman) Woodchopping ’45 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Public Speaking Society ’48, ’49 Debating Team ’49 Photography Club ’47 Current Events Club ’48 Art Club ’46, ’47, ’50 Chairman, Athletic Team Committee ’47, ’48 Art Exhibition ’48 News Board (Business Manager) 140 JOHN KNOTT MAXWELL Princeton Westbury, N. Y. Born July 27, 1952 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’46 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, '49, ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46 Numerals (Manager) ’48, ’49 'K” (Chairman) ’50 News Board ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 (Advertising Manager) Dramatic Club ’46, ’47 (Stage Crew), ’48, ’49 50 (Lighting) Sixth Form Play ’50 (Stage Manager) Science Club ’49, ’50 School Electrician ’49, ’50 Projectionist Organist ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Instrumental Music Prize ’47 Visiting Choir ’48, ’49, ’50 (Organist) ALEXANDER STUART McKINNEY Princeton New York City Born February 3, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’47, '48, ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’50 2nds” ’49 Tennis—Leagues ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49 Honor Roll ’48, ’49 News Board ’50 Debating Team ’50 Chess Club ’48, ’49, ’50 French Club ’49 (Secretary), ’50 (Vice-President) 141 JAMES LITHGOW MITCHELL Cornell Rye, N. Y. Born January 31, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 K” (Undefeated 2nd team) ’47 K” ’48, ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 K” ’49, ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’48 (Captain) Glee Club ’48, ’49, ’50 MILLARD H. MOORE University of Pennsylvania Bronxvillc, N. Y. Born January 22, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 '2nds ’48 Numerals ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49 Numerals ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 142 ROSWELL MOORE, JR. Bowdoin College Berlin, Conn. Born February 22, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’46, '47, ’48 • K 2nds” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Second Team ’49 K 2nds” ’50 (Captain) Tennis—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Current Events Club ’49 Spanish Club ’50 (Secretary) Cauldron Board ’50 Cheerleader ’50 DONALD CLARK MORRISEY Cornell Lynbrook, N. Y. Born October 19, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Crew—Leagues ’48, ’49, ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’46, ’47 Skiing ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’49, ’50 Science Club ’50 Form Sacred Studies Prize ’45 Woodchopping Squad ’45 143 JOHN JAMISON HUMPHREY Princeton Born April 2, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club (President) Third Prefect Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, (League Champions, Captain) ’47 K 2nds” ’48 K” ’49 Hockey—Leagues '46, '47 2nds” ’48 K” ’49, ’50 Greensburg, Pa. Crew—Leagues ’46, '47 (Captain), ’48 (League Champions) K” ’49, ’50 (Captain) Council ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’46, ’49 Glee Club ’50 Dramatic Club ’49 Public Speaking Society ’48 Sixth Form Play Stat Store ’48 144 WILLIAM MILLS NEAL, JR. Washington and Lee Birmingham, Ala. Born December 2, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1948 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’48 Crew—Leagues ’49 Year Book Board News Board ’49, ’50 Cauldron Board Current Events Club ’49 Navigation Club ’50 JOHN TRESCOTT NELSON Harvard Chcstcrtosvn, Md. Born July 12, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club WCTU ’46 Basketball—Leagues ’46 Wrestling—(Manager) ’47 WKT” (Chairman) ’48, ’49 Crew—(Manager) ’46, ’47 Numerals ’48 (Manager) Hour Supervisor ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Sacred Studies Prize—(Fourth Form) ’48 Chess Club ’46 News Board ’47, ’48, ’49 French Club ’48, ’49 Science Club ’49, ’50 Dramatic Club ’47, ’48 (Stage Crew); ’49 (Lighting) Sixth Form Play ’50 (Lighting) Pop Tent ’50 (Manager) Head of Kitchen ’50 145 JOHN DRAKE NICHOLS Princeton Bethlehem, Pa. Born September 29, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 (Champions) 2nds” ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’49 Wrestling ’47, ’48 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Chess Club ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Spanish Club ’50 Science Club ’50 ROBERT KUNKEL PEARE Cornell Ridgewood, N. J. Born January 25, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1944 Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Soccer—Leagues ’50 Hockey—Leagues 45, ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 2nds” ’50 Crew—Leagues ’45 Tennis—Leagues ’47 Baseball—Leagues ’46, 48 Numerals ’49 (Manager) Year Book Board Current Events Club ’49 Form Sacred Studies Prize 146 ANDREW HENRY PATTERSON North Carolina Bronxville, N. Y. Born June 28, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Soccer ’50 Basketball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Numerals ’49 Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Chess Club ’49, ’50 Modern History Prize ’48 Sacred Studies Prize ’47 Cum Laudc WILLIAM LEE PETERS Cornell Bay Shore, N. Y. Born April 29, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’46, ’47 Second Team ’48 First Team ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 (Captain) Second Team ’50 Crew—Leagues ’47 Baseball—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 News Board ’50 Year Book Board ’50 Cauldron ’49, ’50 (Business Manager) Currents Events Club ’48, ’49 Navigation Club ’49 Dramatic Club ’48 147 FRANK MAXSON POTTER Hamilton Washington, I). C. Born February 10, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Re-entered Kent after year in Germany, September, 1947 Macedonian Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’47, ’48 Soccer ’49 Hocke)—Leagues ’46, ’48, 49 K 2nds” ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46 Tennis—Leagues ’48, ’49 Honor Roll ’48, ’49, ’50 News Board ’49, 50 Year Book Board ’50 Public Speaking Society ’49, ’50 Debating Team ’49, ’50 Chess Club ’48 Spanish Club ’50 Science Club ’50 Photography Club ’48 T. Seeley Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classical Languages ’48 EDWARD CLEVELAND POWELL Princeton Spartanburg, S. C. Born February 8, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatcnic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 Tennis ’49 Photographic Club ’46, ’47 Current Events Club ’47, ’48, ’49 Public Speaking ’45, ’50 Debating Team ’50 News Board ’50 Science Club ’50 148 DUDLEY THURSTON READY Norwich University Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., N. Y. Born April 11, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Re-entered Kent after two years in Japan, September, 1948 Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’48, ’49 (Coach) Basketball—League ’46, ’49, ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’49 Chess Club Science Club Current Events Club THOMAS MACPHERSON RITCHIE, JR. Princeton Verona, N. J. Born November 10, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Housatonic Club (Secretary) Football—Leagues ’46, ’47 Numerals ’48 K” ’49 Hockey— 2nds” ’47, ’48 K” ’49, 50 Baseball—M2nds” ’47 Numerals ’48 K” ’49, ’50 (Captain) 149 ISAAC DAW RUSSELL Yale University Tenafly, N. J. Born January 7, 1933 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club (Secretary) Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 K” ’48, ’49 Hockc)—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 K 2nds” 50 Crew—Leagues 46, ’47, ’48 K” Crossed Oar ’49 News Board ’48, ’49, '50 (Editor-in-chief) Mitchell Trophy ’49 International Schoolboy Fellowship Harrow School— 1951 Dance Committee Sixth Form Play Year Book Board Cauldron Board Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, 49 Public Speaking Society ’48, ’49 Stat Store ’48, ’49 Dramatic Club ’46, ’47, ’48 Current Events Club ’47, ’48 U.S.C. ’50 Delegate to Columbia Forum on Democracy ’49, ’50 Cum Laude ALBERT GERALD ROGERS Columbia University Largo, Florida Born March, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1949 Macedonian Club Football— K” ’49 Wrestling— 2nds” ’50 Science Club ’50 Sixth Form Play 150 ROBERT LAURIE SANFORD Bryant College Montclair, N. J. Born July 3 1, 1930 Entered Kent, September, 1947 Housatonic Club Football— K 2nds” ’47 (Undefeated) Numerals ’48 K” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’48, ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’48 ‘2nds” ’49 Year Book Board Current Events Club ’48, ’49 Dance Committee Sixth Form Play—Producer Born May 22, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1948 Housatonic Club Hockey Leagues ’49, ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’49, ’50 Honor Roll ’49, ’50 News Board ’49, ’50 Year Book Board Cauldron Board ’49, ’50 (President) Glee Club ’49, ’50 York Nativity Dramatic Club ’49 Sixth Form Librarian Sixth Form Play Cum lutude 151 JAMES PETER THOMPSON Cornell Born July 14, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club (Vice-President) Sub-Prefect Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 K” ’47 (Undefeated) Numerals ’48 K” ’49 Bayvillc, L. I. Wrestling ’46 Numerals ’47, ’48, ’49 K” ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48 K” Crossed Oar ’49 Tennis—Leagues ’45 Council ’50 Current Events ’49 Dance Committee ’50 Public Speaking ’45, '46 152 ROLFE SEATON STANLEY Williams College New York City Born November 4, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, 46 K” ’47 (Undefeated) K” ’48, ’49 Wrestling—Numerals ’46, 47 K 2nds” ’48 'WKT” 49, ’50 Baseball—Leagues 46, 47 ’ 2nds” 48 K” ’49 Honor Roll ’49 HAMMOND DALGLISH TALBOT University of California Kent, Conn. Born August 28, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, 47 K 2nds” ’48 K” ’49, 50 Hockey—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Baseball—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Honor Roll ’45 Year Book Board French Club ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’50 Head of Kitchen 153 RICHARD MOREY THOMPSON Amherst White Plains, N. Y. Born July 29, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 K 2nds” ’48 Soccer ’49 (Captain) Hockey—Leagues 46, ’47, ’48 2nds” ’49 Numerals ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, (League Champions) ’49 Council ’48 Spanish Club (Vice-President) Glee Club ’46, ’47, ’49, ’50 Choir ’48, ’49, ’50 Octet ’50 Sixth Form Play THOMAS WILLIAM TOOKER Lehigh Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Born July 24, 1930 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Algo Club (Secretary) Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 (Captain) K 2nds” ’47, ’48 K” ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’46 2nds” ’47 Wrestling— WKT” ’48, ’49, ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47 Tennis—Leagues ’48 2nds” ’49 154 NATHANIEL TYLER, III University of Maine Weston, Mass. Born July, 193 1 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Macedonian Club Football ’46, ’48 (Assistant Manager) Basketball—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Tennis—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 (Assistant Manager) TKT” ’49 (Manager) Wood Choppers’ Squad ’45 Electrician ’49 (Left Kent in June, 1949, to enter the University of Maine) GEORGE TULLY VAUGHAN, II University of Virginia Bridgehampton, L. I., N.Y. Born September 29, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1948 Housatonic Club Football— K” ’49, ’50 Wrestling— 2nds” ’49 Crew—Leagues ’49 News Board ’49 Year Book Board ’50 (photographic manager) Glee Club ’49, ’50 Dramatic Club ’49 Octet ’50 Dance Committc Itinerary Choir ’49, ’50 Sixth Form Play—Quartet Work Squad ’48 155 THOMAS WALLEY WILLIAMS, III University of Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. Born November 28, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46 Wrestling—Numerals ’47 K 2nds” ’49 WKT” ’50 Crew—Leagues ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Bell Ringer’s Guild ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 (Chairman) Year Rook Board (President) News Board 48, ’49, ’50 Public Speaking Society ’50 (Vice-President) French Club ’48, ’49, ’50 Science Club ’49, ’50 Glee Club ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49, ’50 (Secretary) Cauldron Board ’50 Fourth Form Sacred Studies Prize ’48 Harvard Club of Connecticut Prize ’49 Chemistry Prize ’49 Leading Scholar in Form ’48, ’49 Honor Roll ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Cum Laude LYSLE CHASE WICKERSHAM Hamilton Hanover, Mass. Born February 18, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1945 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’45, ’46, (League Champions) ’47, ’48 K 2nds” ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 K” ’50 Baseball—Leagues ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48, ’49 Librarian Cauldron Board Cheerleader ’49 Glee Club ’45, ’46 Sixth Form Play 156 WILLIAM HALSEY WOOD, III University of Virginia Roslyn, N. Y. Born June 9, 1931 Entered Kent, September, 1944 Housatonic Club Football—Leagues ’44, ’45, ’46 K” ’47 (Undefeated) K” ’48, ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48, ’49 Basketball—Leagues ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’45, ’46, ’47 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Glee Club ’49, ’50 Choir ’48, ’49, ’50 Visiting Choir Public Speaking ’48 JOHN W. H. GUSHLE Williams College Detroit, Michigan Born September 24, 1932 Entered Kent, September, 1946 Algo Club (Vice-President) Football—Leagues ’46 (Champions), ’47 MK 2nds” ’48 Numerals ’49 Hockey—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 K 2nds” ’50 Tennis—Leagues ’47, ’48, ’49 Council ’50 (Sixth Form Council Member) Honor Roll ’47 Year Book Board Debating Team ’50 Public Speaking ’50 (Secretary) Spanish Club ’50 News Board ’48, ’49, ’50 Stat Store ’48 Sixth Form Council Member 157 Fir it Row: Judson, Palmer, Vernon, Spelman, Bryant, Carlick, Worthington. Parson , Coffin, Barbour, Gemmcl. Woodward, Alford. Bond. Foster, Raasch. Second Row: Hunter, Boyd. Evans, Daniels, Plowden-Wardlaw, Wilson, Mason, Coste, LeZotte, Clark. R. Kress, Mitchell, Ober, Tyler, Giddings, Starke, Ulrich. ThirJ Row: Williams, Salman, Bertine, Teter, Kalinka, Jenkins, Allen, Garran, Lawrence, Topham, D. Kress. Johns. Fourth Row: Ellis, Collins, Anderson, Mell, Balfour, Richardson. Zkc Second ?orhi Our first few days here at Kent were strange and different, but in the course of time we quickly became accustomed to our new life. We were invited to teas and the study where we could talk about interesting events and occasions. We filled the class offices of the Second Form with capable boys and also had our holidays and club feeds and many other memorable events. The days passed rapidly from one indicator to the next and the end of the terms soon came around. Before we knew it, our winter vacation was here and we were on our way home with wonderful results of our work and time during the previous months. 158 Zhe Gridiron (Continued front page 41) ended with score 15-13. In the third period, Darrow' crossed the line twice, likewise in the fourth period, making the final count 40-13. In its final and best game of the season the Second Squad tied an undefeated Taft Second Football Team, 19-19. On Kent’s first offensive play of the game, halfback Bill McHugh ran 62 yards for a touchdown. John Grabau’s pass to Roswell Moore was good for the extra point. Taft then proceeded to march 58 yards to a touchdown with Dick Pulis scoring. The conversion was unsuccessful, and the score stood 7-6, Kent. Aided by the blocking of Captain Dave Johnson, Bill McHugh once again tallied for the Blue and Gray. The Taft squad in a 54 yard drive also scored making the count 13-13. However, again the fleet halfback McHugh dashed 52 yards for another Kent touchdown, making the score 19-13. Early in the third period, Taft bounded back and made the final tally of the game. Score, 19-19. THE FOOTBALL BANQUET The Football Banquet was held in the Headmaster’s Study on November 21, with Mr. Bill Nadal as master of ceremonies. Coach Tote Walker and Captain Perry Cavarly were among the speakers, and both praised the team’s excellence of spirit and determination which had been in evidence since the beginning of the season. Captain Perry Cavarly presented the Loomis ball to Tote Walker, autographed by all the members of the team as a token of the admiration and affection they held for their coach. Varsity letters were awarded to Captain Perry Cavarly, Appleton, Baruch, Bennett, Berkeley, Candler, Coleman, Davenport, Gosling, Hamilton, Humphrey, Jackson, Macrae, Jim Mitchell, Ritchie, Rogers, Russell, Sanford, Stanley, Talbot, Pete Thompson, Tookcr, Vaughan, Cliff Wilson, Wood, Young, Marsh (Manager), and Shane Bell (Manager). The Mitchell Trophy was awarded to Ike Russell and Bob Bennett in appreciation of their ability, spirit, and good sportsmanship on the playing field. Sam Davenport was elected to lead the 1950 football team. We hope that next year’s team will be more successful in winning games, and above all else, we hope that it will be able to equal the spirit and keen determination to win that was so much a part of the 1949 team. THE 1949 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Second Team Kent ... 0 George Junior Republic ..15 Kent .. ....32 Watkinson 0 Kent 13 Darrow 40 Kent ....19 Taft ..19 Read the advertising section of this book for information concerning hotels, fine eating places, and other business establishments both in the vicinity of Kent and in the nation at large. We ask that you patronize our advertisers. i I IMIlllHHMIllMIHIMIMIMIIIIIIMMMIMMIIIIMHIIMIIIIIIIIIIHIIMMlmillMIIIIIIIIIMMlimMIIMIIIIIIHIHmHHHHIlilllMIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIItMIIIIIIMIIIHMIlMIIIIMailtlllMHMIllli 159 Xhe Zkird ?orm On September twenty-first, sixty-five Third Formers trudged across the bridge to start our second year at Kent. Shorty Dickson, Jack McCracken, and butts Morris were elected to lead us through the coming year. Rocko Rockefeller made the Second Football Team, while Shorty Dickson and Lloyd Davis starred in the Seniors. Winter Term found Roonic Tooman and butts Morris on the First Hoopsters while Don Crane and Ware were on the Seconds. Ken Shutt, Capo Capen, and Art Hodges skated into the Second Hockey Team, while Lloyd Davis made the Second wrestling squad. In our studies we proved ourselves to be no slackers with bob Ward, Tony Abbott, Tony Low, and Johnny Doanc pulling our average up. hnl Rou: Hcthcrington, Spall. Galloncy, B. C. Moore, Harrington, Slack, Kerr, Howell, Abbott, Cobden, L. H. Willson, Polcr, Ince, J. Mcorc, Trott, B. Lcckhart, Gardner, Flceson, Laszlo. Second Row: E. Capen, W. Johnson, Low. French, J. Fitz-Patrick, Ware, Durand, McCracken, President D. M. Dickson, Morris, H. Patterson, Hewson, Heyd, Voorhees, Pershouse, Duane. L. Palmer. Third Row: Davidson, Wambach, Morison, Tooman, Shutt, Rockefeller, K. Fitzpatrick, McGinlcy, Ward, Voight, Tighe. A. Hodges, Doanc. Treubet koy, Straycr, W. McGill, Gregory, Fabian. fourth Rou: Davis, Sienkicwicz, Bellows, Farrow, Aronson. Fifth Row: Borden, Crane, Champlin, R. Dixon, Clement, S. Capen. The RIGHT ANSWER to “Where to Stay in Albany 77 Wu DEWITT CLINTON Make the De Witt Clinton your headquarters whenever you come to Albany. You’ll like it a lot and will surely w?ant to return again and again. You’ll like the new Turf Room and Grill; Mezzanine Cocktail Lounge with black glass dance floor; gracious and delightful Main Dining Room. Come soon. Mm. oJL speak well of) it 161 Front Row, left to right: Kohler, Bales, M. V. McGill, Vran Rensselaer, Neilson, Beits, Beale, Brims. Second Row: Compton, Marino, Calhoun. Wells, Hocn, Hilbert, Bush, D. C. I.ukens, T. C. Clark, McHugh. Chance, A. Moore, G. R. Collins, Stevens, Xithcrcll, Draper, Garmey. Third Row: Zimmerman, Brem-ster, Joseph, Frothingham, Forker, P. S. Harris, Hinklcy, Tewksbury, Brown. P. Wilson, Comley, D. Barbour, D. A. Hoare, A. Jenkins, Dare, Stewart, Connett. Fourth Row: McCulloh, lizard, Curtis, Armbristcr, Morgan, Grabau, Moffat t, Cline, Hanson, R. F. Hocrle, Butler, J. B. Nichols, Rice, Ahlborn. Fifth Row: Carey, Skinner, Fite, Bishop, Gallup. Sixth Row: J. R. Kress, Uhle, Cone, Millspaugh, C. E. Wilson. Zke fourth form In beginning the Kent life two years ago, the forty-eight members of the class of 52 were about as dazed by their new existence as it has ever been any Second Form’s misfortune to be. To be frank, we knew little if anything of what was coming off. At the dawn of our Third Form year our confused condition was somewhat alleviated. A few of our number had left, we sadly noted, but the vacancies were more than made up for with the influx of twenty-four new boys. A few of the more athletic-minded of our brood acquired Second Team births in Crew and Hockey, and four made the First Ski Team. Lo and behold our scholastic average, having been the previous year the laughing stock of the school, began an appreciable climb. Our officers were Tewksbury, President; Carney, Vice-President; and Hinklcy, Secretary. Came Fourth Form year and the Form really began to show up as a distinguishable entity. We began to attach ourselves to extracurricular clubs, such as the Chess, Art, and Dramatic Clubs. Our athletes continued to gain experience, more than ever appearing on second and even first teams. One made First Football, one First Hockey, two First Basketball, one First Wrestling, and, at this writing, three should make First Baseball, and one First Crew. We boast of Butch Wilson, a new boy and an all-season sensation, as our standout athlete. Another new boy, Lukens II, leads the form scholastically. This year’s officers arc as follows: Tewksbury, President, and Brown, Vice-President. Flying Horsepower! 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LUMBER PILES UNTREATED - CREOSOTED TRUCK - RAIL - WATER DELIVERIES = General Office-Yard and Mill j 13-85 South Front Elizabeth 2, N. J. Phone Elizabeth 5-3500 Metropolitan Area Dial Operator, Ask for ENterprise 6-336—No Toll Charge Treating Facilities: Port of Newark—Newark, N. J. 175 ........................................... I....HI.......Mil......IIMIIIMIIIIH IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII■IIIIIIIIIIIIII■IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII■IIIIIIIIII■■IIIIIII■II■IH Good Luck To '50 The Class That Is Nifty From The H. B. Hammond Co. NEW MILFORI), CONN. ........nun............... ..I.Mil..I.Ill.Ill.I.Illllll.II.IIIIHIIIIIII WINCHESTER STORE Cosmetics Luncheonette - Ice Cream “Suburban Hanking At Its Best” Bronxville Trust Co. Bronxville 8, New York | Member Federal Reserve System i Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation i Westchester County Clearing House Association • • lllllll III MIIIIIIIM •mmilllllM I milMIHH I ••IMMIMMIMMIIIMI •••••• ••• .................................... “When motoring thru’ The Kent School valley The wise folks stop at Petit Chalet” PETIT CHALET INN Established 1932 KENT, CONNECTICUT Recommended by 176 A.A.A. and Gourmet’s Guides CONSOLIDATED BRICK COMPANY Manufacturers of Beautiful Brick = z Horseheads, New York i I { ilmimi..........mm.....mi..................... linn......urn................ mmmmmm.....minimi 177 •mmmimmmi..................... ihhiiii..........mmmmmmimmmimmmmmmm.........................mimimmmmmimi..............mmmmmmmi............mu............................... mum....mi...............mmm.............. ............. min................ Mini............................. mi........... Wishing Class 1950 Every Success THE GUILLIANOS BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA ...............................................................................................................................................llllllllllllllll■lllllllll•••lll■l•l•llllllllllll•ll■ll•l■lli ! The Farmers7 Museum National Baseball Hall of Fame § and Museum New York State Historical Association Cooperstown, New York lll■ll■••••ll■■■lllllllllll■l■l■ll•lllllll•lll•lllllllll■llll•lllllll■■lllllllllllllll■ll•lll Chronicles of STEPHEN FOSTER’S FAMILY BY Evelyn Foster Morneweck ILLUSTRATED FROM CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRIMS Published for the FOSTER HALL COLLECTION by the UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS In Two Volumes Price $5.00 Order from University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pa. 178 IMMMMMIIMMMMMMMHIMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMIMMMIMMIMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMMMMIMMMMMMMMMMIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMMMMMMIII ! COMPLIMENTS OF THE GUARANTEE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA HEAD OFFICE - MONTREAL, CANADA BRANCHES AND AGENCIES THROUGHOUT CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES The Pioneer Company Writing Fidelity and Surety Bonds In America FOUNDED IN 1872 BY EDWARD RAWLINGS H. M. Rawlings, President W. S. Coulter, Secretary : W. R. Jackson, United States Manager Annin......mm........................................................... : | I i ALWAYS REMEMBER Trade Mark UNITED STAY COMPANY, Inc. 222 THIRD ST.. CAMBRIDGE 42, MASSACHUSETTS 179 COMPLIMENTS OF THE CLASS OF '53 180 iviBflfiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiiivt(viaiiiviiiiiiiiiiiit0 iiifliiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBictiiitiitiiiiiii iiiiiiiiAttiiaiiiiiiit9iia(iviitiisaiiittiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiaiiit9asiitaB0it iisi0ii0tii(itii«iiflii s COMPLIMENTS OF W. H. JACKSON SON 801 Commercial Trust Building PHILADELPHIA 2, PENNSYLVANIA Specialists in Fidelity and Surety Bonds : FOUNDED IN 1908 BY W. II. JACKSON i ................................mi mm..............mm.................... mum......mini.......mimmi......mum......mum............. n MIIMIMIIIIMIMIIM................■111111111.min.....nnimmimmi..................................hi............. mimmi.............mum SORRIEST CONDOLENCES are wished by the inmates of Suite B to the rest of the School for not being quite as good as we are. Sorrowfully, R. L. S. (Thith) I. I). R. (Iiiiisick) | E. E. B. (Babyface) P. R. C. (Golden Throat) | j niiniiMiiniiiininiMniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiMiiiiniiiiiiMiiiinniiinniiiiiniimmiMminMiinniMniiMnniniiiMninimiiimnniniiniiiiinniiiininiinniiiinniiii 181 I- 1 vr F Ls ! (f Cl CZ+ribi ygh 9 CltB-mfZ- Z - - O' a a vr -n;i 9 ■•BL Ss V Uc j R-'W ' C U3 d . , x , f-'1 S'asM, lSaz f « ■ V IIa jL QjJlbWls fiuLm Mill iMMMMMMMMMIMMMMMMMMIMIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMMMMMMMlim COMPLIMENTS OF Hubbs Paper Company |! Inc. MINEOLA, NEW YORK Compliments of The Fathers of Fairfield County tiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaataaaa liaiMIMMIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIiaiMlllllllllllllllllliailllllliaaMIIMIMIMIIIIMIMIMlIMIIMaillllMIIMIMIMMMIMIIIIIIMMIIMMIMMMMMMIIIMMMMMIMMMMIIMIMMMIMIIIIMMMMM D. W. RICH COMPANY Incorporated Dealers In U. S. Government Securities Teletype NY1-71 31 NASSAU STREET Telephone REctor 2-8484 NEW YORK 5, N. Y. 183 HOMESTEAD INN AND ANNEX j The Preferred Stopping Place i I for Discriminating School Visitors Recommended by Duncan Hines Recommended by Gourmet Member American Hotel Assn. NEW MILFORD, CONN. Outstanding Sports Stories by I America’s Outstanding Sports i Authorities Exclusive In SPORT MAGAZINE On Sale at All Newstands Baseball - Football - Boxing Tennis - Golf - Racing Basketball - Hockey I'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaT 7am laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa «aaaa HOWLAND'S Serving Kent Folks with Newspapers, Magazines, and A bite to eat any time aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa CUFF'S GARAGE | Dodge and Plymouth Service Phone 124 Kent, Conn. | • riiniiiiiiiniiiaiiii'.......................................... j | BUNKER HILLS FARMS | Producers of KENT, CONN. Maryland Farm Products 184 ............................... mu........................HUH............... Mill............... ■ ■•mmiiiiinmil........................................................................................I mill I ill II I I MM.............. DRINKING SONG OF THE SECOND SOUTH Oh, here’s to the boys on the Second South Hall! Pass the glass and give a resounding cheer For Townie and Tow-Tow and Winkle (The Leer). Oh, (hie) here’s to the boys on ol’ Second South! A scuffle, a thump, a groan of pain; The Butcher and Rikki are wrestling again. The patter of feet, the slam of a door; Parky and Zimbo are dumping Luke’s bed, While Kobe looks on from the floor. The clink of a glass a muffled hiccup; The boys in the suite are whooping it up Sho, heresh to tne Second South Hall! THE FIRST SOUTH We’re the boys of the First South, And now we’ll open up the mouth of destiny and say: We’ve a fight, a skin, and a bishop too. A Rabbi and brown, barrel and stew; There is a gizzard, Mac, Blo-J. and Hoare, Alex and Unc, and on the floor, We find a drunk and a buzzard too, There comes a grub and Charlie True none of us are paragons, But Derry brought us leprechauns! Compliments of 1952 THE NORTH SOUTH OF THE D. H. THE FIRST NORTH—A BIRD’S VIEW De Hink and de King, dey room together, While Ron-Ron and George are birds of a feather. Sandy and Dave, an irresistible pair, Dwell opposite Kress and the man with no hair. At the end of the hall there’s Mooney and Bob, Who, with Pixie and Max, form quite a mob. This makes our hallway almost complete, But we couldn’t forget Jocko-Satch Feet. Orson and Red playing bridge with Rims and Steve; Al, Dana, and Joe mentally skiing; Tom bo, Dum-Dum, and Nicky harmonizing; Coffin-Eyes descending upon Jay, Frog, and Frank; Dave and Dilbert enjoying the birds; Marsh and Marm soliloquizing about their numerous female companions; and Droopy thinking of questions to throw at the Bear. 185 ............................... i • i ■ 1111 • . uni..........................................................................................................mi mi in I ••••••••........ The winner by many whiskers 7he Gabwe i On Route 7 CORNWALL BRIDGE, CONN. 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