Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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A HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1960

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Overheard at faculty meeting at the Girl ’ School: But Think how many lawnmowcrs we'll need! PROBLEMS OF ST A TE Eenie. Mecnie. Mciny. Mo

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 .. to R.. First Row: Hughes. Anderson. Knapp. Peterson. Stock. Thayer. Skinner. Bright. Sweitzer. W. B. Smith. Moody. Kepner. Rcvson. Black. Brookfield. Delevctt. Second Row: Headden. Brew. Henderson. Johnson. O'Brien. Baldwin. Harper. Mitchell. Smithies. Alexander. Alford. Clapp. Mell. Third Row: McPhail. Hardcastle. Tatro. Baiter. May. Gordon. Porter. W. L. Smith. Ferster. Korfmann. Fuller. Burton. Stainback. Stowcll. Odom. SECOND FORM TEAR A short-haired man with glasses and a striped blazer sat behind the desk checking off names with his pencil, handing out plastic covered name tags, and barely hold ing back a cheerful grin of welcome with his facetious quizzing. “You don't have any bubble-gum or chewing tobacco, do you?” “You know that flame-throwers and machetes are contraband.” Many frightened boys passed before this ominous interrogation and then removed their baggage to their new rooms with the help of a parent who would remark. My. but it really is small, isn't it?”, and the apparent assistance of a tall bearded senior who would invariably remark, tongue in cheek. “Oh. well, you’ll soon get used to it.” The families left their sons to explore a new home. Timidity was soon overcome and by dinner at the end of the afternoon, forty-three of these lads had discovered themselves to be fortunate members of a new and excitingly clandestine organization, the class of 1960. During early week, when the twelve year olds were wondering what they were doing in the same study hall meetings with two men named Sullivan, the learning was fast and furious. We were frantically tested again and again for sectioning, lectured on the checking system by the student bank's eloquent Miss Bogart, and then hurriedly shown where mail, laundry, and food appeared and disappeared. The most lasting impression was that made by Mr. Armstrong's presentation of Study Hall rules and the common courtesies due a master, ideas which had never occurred to us novices. The important concepts of job and room inspections, good study habits, and Mr. Otis Benson Davis' fiery written work regulations (almost as fiery as his tests in later years), appeared most significant.