Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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.fall as INR X,..1-L 'N- o Qld 1 year Cornell Fencmg Team 36 Debatnng Club 36 Brology Club 36 ROBERT LEE BEIR New York, N Y OBERT came to school as a new boy thus year, but that fact dld llttle to prevent hum from malcnng has own dlstmctuve marlc In the Sensor Class By dlnt ol hrs cheery personality, a perpetual smnle, or a gay laugh he has come to be well lllced by all those with whom he has had any contact Bob ls, by nature decidedly a Casanova even by the exacting standards of hls equally sclntlllatlng neighbors of the thurd floor l-le IS the ever envued boy because of the extra ordinary amount ol correspondence he carrnes on with the other sex And IH has charming way he never lets us forget those exploits Though there IS a prevailing jolce that Bob as always sux weeks behind an his Biology he has proved himself to be a scholar olmuch abalaty On the tennis courts he plays a good game and during the Wrnter Term he dud most creditable worlc as a member ol the Fencing Team Wlth a most devastating hand and speed ol wat Bob also cuts quite the hgure when deleatnng his bridge opponents It as darlcly murmured about that he once pierced even the expert defences ol the mighty Rossln and the terrlble Locke There, more or less compactly, you have the owner ol the palatlal tan Paclcard, which rolls its distinguished way into the school grounds Somewhat boisterous with hls jolly tongue he may be heard llvemng up the thurd floor with joke or song, according to those better rnlormed, prelerably the former By reason of thus zestlul good fellowship hrs success next year, when he goes oft to Cornell, ns assured Q7 l ' ' l I 5:2 vig 'fb ' '-N W.. C. U3 BJ 5 ' .M D' . ' , - cr 4 1 'X ' '. A ' . I pt Y, 41 1,1 . ' , l A -Q'-.llr A' ' 'fn Q

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Bryan Butch Alpha 1 year Toronto Soccer Team 35 Track Squad 36 Dramatic Club 36 Debating Club 36 Current Events Club 36 Chref Lrbrarran 36 BRYAN BARROW Kingswood, Surrey, England RYAN came to us from Surrey County rn England, and was, therefore, regarded by us wrth some curloslty and awe Thus prevalent feelrng on the part of an American schoolboy for hrs Englrsh brother soon wore oll, however, and rn nts place there came to be the warm and sincere lrlung which we now hold lor hum Moreover, has eagerness and hrs qurclc success rn adaptung hrmself to a new and dlllerent environment has added a strong element of admlra tron to that lrlung Casting hrmsell rmmedrately Into every held ol actrvrty he could possibly handle at one trme, Bryan dazzled has classmates from the start wlth hrs remarlcable versatrllty ln every endeavor, whether athletic, scholastrc, or extra currlcular, he met wnth equally sure success As a member of prlvate drscussrons and debates, too, he proved hrmsell the possessor of valu able Ideas, and hrs lceen wrt and observatron made hum an asset to the popular sessrons which are held rn all places at all hours ofthe day or nrght There IS no doubt In the mrnds of any one who has lcnown hum ID Taft but that Bryan Bar row wall contmue to enjoy elsewhere the success he has lcnown here ln England or Amerrca, IN college or rn later life, we lcnow that the talent and abllrty coupled with the sterlung quall tres of character whrch he has shown us wall carry hum to the top rn any held he may choose 26 U n lo n I . r . i i i i i . . . , . . 1- . H .

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Ber! , Butch Red Dalton Gamma 3 years Prunceton Monutor 36 Upper Mnddle Commuttee 35 Presudent Gamma Club 36 FootballSquad 33 34 Team 35 Traclc Squad 34 Team 35 36 Papyrus News Board 34 35 36 Sports Edutor 36 Press Club 35 36 Sports Edutor 36 Club Play 35 36 School Play 35 36 Sprung Dance Commuttee 35 Chaurman Fall Dance Commuttee 35 Sprung Dance Commuttee ung Club 35, 36 HERMAN HENRY BERTRAM Montclaur, N J ARELY does a class have the good fortune to have as one of uts members a boy of Henry s calubre For three years he has proved humself exceptuonal un every respect and has con trubuted more to Taft than can possubly be accounted for Wuth a natural qualuty of leadershup he has had an untold unfluence on the other boys who un turn have always trued to follow the good example set by hum From hus very furst day un school Bert has been known by hus hularuous laughter whuch can be heard at frequent untervals from quute a dustance Thus traut seems to fut un well wuth has cheerful and socuable dusposutuon and has gauned for hum the fruendshup of the faculty as well as the student body Of course, Bert wull always be remembered as the boy wuth the uron paw, the curly blonde harr and the gurl from Pune Manor, but there are other thungs about hum that wull never be forgotten ln the football season he was the hard playung rught end and un traclc a hugh scorer un numerous events, two years a letterman As for hus accomplushments wuthun the school, ut would be hard to lust them all Besudes beung an excellent student, and a monutor, he has found tume to wrute weelcly artucles as sports edutor of the Papyrus and to entertaun us con tunually from the stage un dramatuc performances If Bert continues to show humself so unusually capable un everythung he undertakes and retauns hus cheery manner, he us headed for the top at Prunceton and un marrued lufe Q8 l ll Il ll ll I0 ll I . , i . , . i , . i . I I 1 f i I I l I l i U U l I I 1 I i ' l 1 f I ' f ' l I i l I I i . I 1 I i I . , i . . 3 '36, President Inter-Club Council '36, Debat-