The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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JOHN BUFFINGTON MERRILL .lr KING JOHN KING BUFF Charleston W Va Entered T953 CORNELL A lion among women is a most dreadful thing Student Council 3 President 4 French Club President 4 Gunnery News 2 3 4 Gunn Association President 4 Community Chest Committee 3 Chair man 4 Second Century Committee 2 3 4 Dance Committee 4 3rd Football 2 3rd Baseball 2 JV Football Captain 3 JV Basketball 2 JV Crew 4 Varsity Football 4 Varsity Basketball 3 4 Johns great achievement at The Gunnery was a smashmg of the previous precedents and becoming the first Senior Prefect from south of the Mason Dixon Coming to Washington from a ranch school in Arizona John was able to amuse his classmates by his tales of the wild exploits of his open air schooling Many new boys first impression of The Gunnery was di rectly connected with John s work for the Second Century Committee His ability in athletics was shown by the fact that he lumped from first string Junior Varsity to first string Varsity Football in one year He did however show his preference for Southern climes by occasional outbursts as he bat tled with the icebergs on Lake Waramaug John s position of leadership in the school can be seen from the number of organizations of which he was the head As Senior Prefect he kept Mr Anderson cool by reigning supreme in Gibson and kept the icebox empty by his voracious appetite During the past year John has spent a small fortune on long distance telephone calls JAMES FRANCIS CONLEY Jr M CASUAL New Britain Conn Entered T952 TRINITY He conquers who conquers himself Student Council 3 Prefect 4 Dramatics Club 3 Gunn Association 3 Board 4 Second Century Committee 4 Dance Committee 4 Library Committee 4 Athletic Council President 4 J V Football I J V Basketball I Varsity Football 2 3 4 Varsity Basketball 2 3 Captain 4 Varsity Baseball 2 3 3rd Baseball Coach 4 As head of the privileged few who reside in Infirmary Jims main task was to restrict Case s dating schedule to five per weekend He was in so many activities that he was seen only once going to class As President of the Athletic Council Jim finally decided to give up winning letters in order to hand out numerals to the Third Baseball Team Ut is rumored that the true story was that he no longer had any more sweaters on which to sew his G s .I Jim s suave appearance and casual manner made him the idol of the younger boys. During his last year while he was serving as a Prefect Jim once gave Mr. Anderson heart failure by raising his voice during grouping. On the athletic field Jim was a forbidding person, deter- mined, confident, an inspiration to his team mates. i