Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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Dodge Conant Tu ts Head Knowlton att Smythe Turner Bertram Howe Weston Hammer The Momtors HE monltornal system at Taft IS the form of student government which has evolved as the result of many years experience At various tlmes IU the past at has been apparent that more authority might be safely glven the Senior Class as a whole but there have also been tnmes when the reverse was true, and class responslbullty was quute laclcnng The present scheme seems best to fsll the need for a happy medlum The momtors as a group represent the whole school rn general and the sensor class an partucular Their prumary duty rs to lteep the standard of the school on as hrgh a level as pos sable by setting an example themselves and by encouragmg others to Follow their lead Also an charge of malcrng new boy rules, they lend therr authority to help the sennor class enforce them And further they are a contact point nn the student body to help the masters check any repeated dlsregard for the more serious dlscrplnnary regulations of the school The group thus year has done an especnally good job In thus last respect and deserve recog nntnon for the fact that they have been able to curb the exuberant wethout once resorting to suspension 'lhey have followed a polncy of stopping a boy before he has gone too far by warnnng hum to nmprove hrs general conduct and attntude, and IH the great majornty of cases the warnnng has been suffnclent The monntors have felt and apprecnate the unusual cooperatnon on the part of all durlng the past year and hope for continued Improvement In years to come Q4 F Ely PI

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Steve Woof Alpha 4 Years Wnllnams Track Squad 34 35 Papyrus Board 35 .16 Assignment Edltor 36 Press Club 35 36 Glee Club 34 35 36 Octet 6 Chonr 35 36 STEPHEN BARKER JR Short Hills, N J HAT possessor of one ol the thrrd floor s better baratone volces, commonly lcnown as Wool Wool , ls, to be quite lranlc, the very pattern ol a man about town But that title does justice to Steve whether on the athletic held, In the class room, or ln the company of other Steve wrestled during the winter term, and In the lall and sprang he treads the tenms court with sure loot and sure eye At times Steve s pleasant lace, which he so easily contorts Into horrible caricatures, may seem clouded and covered with must, but that IS not because ol laclc of lceen good sense, but rather he appears to be enjoying a trap to celestial regnons un the company ol a being to whom he has glven has heart Very pleasant Indeed I5 Steve, always with a smile or jolce, and quite contrary to what has outward mannernsms would lead you to believe, he IS very well read an literature as a whole, even though he funds his lavonte held to be biography l lls career as a literary lron, ll he should wlsh to pursue lt, will be a successful one Williams talces into nts fold with Steve Barlcer a boy well versed an the arts ol society, a gay companion, a slcllled tallcer, and good mixer, a boy equally educated In athletlcs and un the mcetles ofthe quieter side of llle s manulold pleasures Q5 l Il If ll ll I I I I I H H I I I I I i 1 I i 3 i , . l , . boys ol his class.