Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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inn that summer. As a matter of fact. 1960 also provided Steve and Alex as ground crew fodder for Mr. Armstrong's antipoison ivy campaign that summer. The mastermind also pushed a big costume party in the Rectory, promoting form interest and tea party spirit. However, ring leaders Ferster. Alford, and Clapp reneged on their publicized prizes when their decisions were attacked and the idea of the whole affair crumbled with internal politicking. Everyone enjoyed it. though, and the disguises. Satchmo. Elvis, etc., were priceless. Returning from Christmas holidays, most of us hit the ice again. Branny perhaps most of all. now a fast rising goalie having proved himself unfit for any other position. We guess he really did learn to skate eventually after several years of just standing and sitting. Rabbit Skinner captained the new Junior Hockey team and a turtle was seen rapidly crawling about on the second team mats, looking for his brother. At mid year we showed our true worth to the school. Wh«-, more, we won cbe game as g;,, BolIengicr and Umfundis Haggerty led US to second place in the school’s scholastic standings. Being both on the high roll, they soon left our league. New Council representatives Connecticut boys Howie Wolfe. Tony “was late to the meeting” Dunn, and Toph Clapp managed to swing the class down to watch Marco and the Bergers wipe up the New Haven home ice with a strong Yale frosh squad. That completed the first undefeated, untied season for Coach Nadal in thirty-six years. Mitch, rooming with Honor-Roll Kepner (strictly alternating indicators, the latest thing according to “The Blue Bible”) began his gray period with a letter a night and drawn shades all day. Why hide such a noble brow? Fong and the Goose watched a crew race on the school side of the river and brought some little treasures about half of the way home. The antique collectors were to enjoy a pleasurable two weeks at a small happy valley

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THIRD FORM TEAR The fall of 1956 came quite soon, and suddenly we were back at school again, joining in the first undergraduate reunion of the class of 1960. But this time we were a step ahead of the game. We could expect to start putting on weight, for now we were to sit higher at the table, nearer the benevolent table-head, source of all nourishment. We were greeted by a motley group of new faces, about twenty of which were to become tied to us by the everlasting bonds of form unity. As we came to know them, wc showed them the community way of life at Kent. Although Tom Brew and Dave Baiter had run with the foot- Cartographcr Morris ball boys. Pete May was the only one of us to see action. Tim Griggs and Tyler Smith shone for the senior Algos, sporting a speedy backfield. The former, however, got most of his exercise after lights doing many push-ups. and running up and down stairs for the mighty Jeremiah Sullivan, whose wrath he had fired so often. Be- Lime Pits ing in such well-kept shape. Tim saw a moment of glory, dressing for one game, and getting some good rest. Even without our help, though. Buzz and Drax spirited very good undefeated seasons. Camel Dunn was the object of much pity when he broke his pointed beak, and he has been a sad case ever since. Spike Baldwin rivaled Socks White in climbing ability, being able to handle all the school building's vines and gutters. If a strangely squat and hulking figure flung itself from the window sill into the middle of the moonlight in the center of your room, you were at least sure that it was one of the two. Spike was the kind, and the only kind, that would get up at 4:00 on the morning of his most important final exam and go up to the meadow to go fishing. Re-elected officers Sweitzer. Smith, and Skinner called themselves the “S trio arranged a steak banquet to keep our class going through the term.

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Senior Prefect in a moment of relaxation Representation continued when we put the original Kent version of The Nairobi Trio'' and magician Jose Bright in I957’s variety show. Frank Thayer and Shmoo Brooks played second tennis. Pete May worked for a baseball letter, while six sweated out a season with the second team, and John Skinner. Larry Hughes. Toad Revson. and Hondo Brookfield pulled big oars. Reading The Wind in the Willows” in our English classes helped to bring forth the gleeful Toad character. We watched Neddy Hobbs. Bob Vandervoort. Dick Ward, and Price Gripekoven run up the numerous aisles with numerous other honored tappees. closing an exciting week which sawr Gage and Reed soaked, and Prefect Baker spirited away to a dark mysterious room above the chapel, securely bound. We also watched the hillside turn green w'ith the strokes of ’58. and then plowed through a grueling set of exams before being allowed to wend our separate ways home in peace. Many ‘58ers w'ere be ginning to show their teeth already, and. although w e could not know it then, the infamous spaghetti-bender Nino Inganni was just warming up to a great career as a genial table-head the next year, w’ith the aid of his buddy-pal Simmy. Then, as the momentous day finally came. ufe ran off into the wilds to breathe the fresh air elsewhere. The hockey team, about a million years ago.