Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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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.

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A HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1960

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Grasping the fundamentals of study. We learned the ropes on our own. often the hard way. but perhaps the best way. Fake form rank was first recognized in the case of hardened phonies, tagged Kepner and Ferster. who shut up the first south's first bull-sessions, posing as third formers, threatening to sting frightened Dave Fuller and Jim Knapp. Another surprise came in later years when we saw Pookie Delevett for what he really was. rather than boy wonder J. Allen F.' the lad who had glanced once around the room. and. seeing no base plug or wall socket exclaimed. Oh well, now I guess I’ll have to build a dynamo! Since then. A1 has followed the less demanding pursuit of repairing all his furniture in the workshop to sell. Ahlborn gobbling at 50th yr. A star i born. By the time big Mike Harper had instilled in his roommate. Joe Bright, the idea that he was big and strong and handsome and fuzzy and couldn't see how the girls could resist him. George Porter and Porky Alexander had already partitioned their room with chalk lines. Hardly seeing eye to eye then, except when toe to toe. they roomed together five years later. The mighty redhead Chan Kirwin disappeared to the third form to replace Toffler who had disappeared altogether. Larry Hughes and Pete May were weeded from the rest of the class, as were Branny Sweitzer with small size 10's then. Summit's own Smith, and Luke Fouke. elected form officers. It wasn't enough to learn all the team captains. Leigh Faldi shrieked out instructions for cheering and singing. Soon, however. Pete Alford, brother of two old Kenties. began teaching everything he knew about these things and rapidly assumed the position of number-one spirit director. Tatro. Boeing. Licorice.