Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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ARTHUR C THOMAS BA Latun Was graduated from Middlebury College In 1912 At Mlddlebury he be longed to the Delta Upsulon Fraternity After leavlng college he taught for one year at Boys Latun School Baltlmore Md and at the Middlebury Summer School rn 1913 Came to Taft un 1913 HARLIN ALBERT SEXTON B A JOHN T PEARDON BA MA Hustory Was graduated from Dartmouth ID 1914 Valedlctoruan Chl Phu and pres: dent of Phu Beta Kappa Studied at Vale 1915 and then by Winning Prvx de Rome became Fellow at the Umverslty of Rome Came to Taft sn 1917 Assustant Dean Graduated from Harvard un 1911 berng on the baseball team as pitcher In 1912 1913 attended Sprlngfueld College and played an the varsity baseball and basketball teams ln 1914 became dlrector of athletics at Sprnngheld Technncal Hugh School where he coached the baseball basketball track and soccer teams During 191 7 and 191 8 was Director of Public Recreation for the Cnty of Springfield Mass Came to Taft In 1919 Englush and Drarnatucs ROLLO LINSMORE DEWILTON B A MA Prepared at Canrsteo Hugh School Canlsteo N Y Graduated from Co lumbla 1910 wlth Hlghest Flnal Honors and a degree of BA Received M A In 1911 at the Graduate Department of Englvsh and Comparative Llterature Phu Beta Kappa lnstructor ID Engllsh at the Lawrencevnlle School 1911 Head of the English Department Shattuck School 1911 1920 Qfflcers Machune Gun Trannung School Camp Hancock Ga 1918 Assistant Headmaster at Shattuck 19191920 Came to Taft nn 1920 17

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CHARLES BEANE WELD B A ANDREW DUNCAN MCINTOSH B A Dean Was graduated from Highland College Hrghland Kansas un 1899 Spent followlng years at Prunceton Became master at Klslumlnutas Sprlngs School nn 1900 After two years there went to Yale to study for a year Came to Taft on 1903 Mr Mclntosh has talcen over some of the more arduous dutles of Mr Taft actrng as Dean of Drscupllne Englrsh Was prepared for college at Beeman Academy New Haven Vt Was graduated rn the class of 1905 from Muddlebury College where he was a member of the Delta Upsllon fraternuty Taught Englrsh and Latrn at Betts Academy Stam ford Conn m1906 Spent from 1907 to 1911 teachlng Englnsh at the Davenport Hugh School Davenport Iowa Dad graduate work ID Englush at the Unnversrty GEORGE R WILSON BA Mathematlcs Was graduated from Mlddlebury College In 1904 Was on the football team and played In every game from 1901 to 1904 Taught Science and Mathe matics ID Blair Academy Blalrstown N J from 1904 to 1912 Coached foot ball team and gymnasuum team at Blaur During the year 1907 he studied at the Unlversuty of Marburg Came to Taft In 1912 HENRY MORSE WELLS B A French After graduatlng from Harvard Unrversrty In 1905 was appointed Instructor In English at College de Cambral France Whale there attended the Umverslty of Lllle for graduate worlc The followrng year was rnstructor an Englush and French In the Umverslty School Chrcago Ill ln 1908 went to Dartmouth College as Instructor In French Spent year 1911 19152 studyrng In Spawn Came to Taft In 1919 16 of Chicago in the summer sessions of 1908, 1909, 1910, Came to Taft in 1911. . , . I . I q .I . - , . . , , , I , , I ' I . . . I . I i

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SIDNEY E HADLEY PhB PhD Chemlstry and Physucs Was graduated from Sheffteld Sclentlflc School with Hlghest General Honors nn 1913 Whlle there he was a member of Sxgma Xl and Alpha Chr Srgma After spectallzung In Chemistry In Graduate School of Yale Llnmverslty recenved Ph D degree In 1916 lnstructor of Chemlstry an the Department of Chemustry and Medlcal School of Yale Llnnversrty untll 1991 Performed research work un Gas Warfare Department durlng the war Came to Taft In 1991 SHERMAN CAWLEY S B Engllsh Was graduated Cum Laude from Harvard In 1911 Member of pl Eta Club Engaged rn newspaper worlt In Boston In 1911 1919 and rn settlement worlc rn New York Cnty In 19191913 Was Instructor In English at Thacher School Ola: Caluf 1914 1915 Taught English and Mathematics at the Country Day School Lounsvrlle Ky from 1915 to 1917 from 1917 to 1999 was head of the Englush Department at the St Paul Academy St Paul Munn Came to Taft In 1999 Athletic Director CHARLES HOWELL Sl-IONS B A Prepared for college at the Lawrencevllle School Graduated ln 1919 from Wnlluams Whsle there he was presrdent of Senror Class member of Alpha Delta Ph: Fraternity and Gargoyle Society Glee Club and baseball team Taught at Lawrencevrlle School and later at Ashevulle School ln 1917 he lolned the R O T C at Plattsburg Later sent to Camp Meade and from there overseas where he received a captain s commnsslon Now Major Foeld Artillery Reserve Corps Returned an 1919 and after worlclng two years rn the bond buslness at Sprrngfueld Mass taught at Stadlum Hugh School Tacoma Wash Came to Taft rn 1999 Taught French for three years and then assumed head of athletlc department coachung soccer GEORGE H MORGAN Music Prepared for college at Morrlson R Waste Hugh School Toledo Ohlo enter Ing Columbza rn 1919 where he studred two years and was a member of the Delta Llpsrlon Fratermty He attended the lnstrtute of Musical Art In New York Cnty during the years of 1919 to 1999 ln 1999 he taught at the lnstrtute of Musxcal Art and at Horace Mann School comung to Taft the next year 18 . , , ., . . - 1 c. ' , . . - ' - 1 1 '1 ' - 1 1 '1 I . , . , . . 1 - 1 1 1 ' . . . . . , ' 1 1 1 '1 1 I ' , . - 1 1 1 ' 1 , .