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

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DAVID KNOWLTON CASE DAVE Worcester Mass Entered T954 SUTTON VALANCE ENGLAND Ordlnary samts grow lamt to postenty whllst qulte orcllnary s1nners pass VlVldly clown the ages lnternatlonal Schoolboy Fellow Student Counc1l 4 Commencement Choir 3 Glee Club 3 Phllosophy Club 4 Gunnery News 3 Edltor 4 Second Century Commnttee 4 Dance Commlttee Chaarman 4 Lnbrary Commuttee Chairman 4 JV Football 3 JV Hockey 3 JV Tennus 3 Varsity Football 4 Varslty Wrestling 4 A flttnng clnmax to Daves two years at The Gunnery came wnth the announcement that he had won an Internatnonal Schoolboy Fellowshup to study an England for a year As an extraordmarnly eftlclent Edutor In Chlef of the Gunnery News Davsd spent many long hours with Mr Bahney battlung over the headlmes Some members of the selves how It came about that Dave as chalrman always managed to puck the best date However Red ancl Gray wnsh to take thus opportunuty of g g g that Dave us arruvmg nn September Even hrs straught locket It seems does not deter htm from has dating actuvltles we ft 'P' I E school have asked them of the Dance Commnttee the Edntorlal Stat? of the warmn all En lush urls RW 1 Awni- EDWIN .IAMESON CHAMBERS Chappaqua N Y Entered 1954 UNION Llve for the moment Dramatlcs Club 3 Current AHGIFS Club 3 4 Debattng Society 4 Red and Gray Buslness Manager 4 Second Century Commnttee 3 JV Football 3 J V Basketball 4 J V Baseball 3 Varslty Football 4 As an actuve member of the Current Attaurs Club and a member of the Varslty Debatung Team Ed had many opportumtues to show off has powerful and persuasnve oratory Ed s superb unterpretatlon ofthe gangster mobster Eddne Schellenbach nn the play Mrs Mac Thang settled has pro nuncnatnon and tone of vonce for the next two years As speaker of Intro ductlon for Harrlmon and hrs campaugn manager Ed played a leadmg part In the Conventron As Business Manager of the Red and Gray he dud a fine lob rn collectmg advertusements to help pay for nts publncatnon 26 ll ll , . I ,, . . . . . . . . 1 . . ,, I I I I I 1 I I 1 I 1 7 . . 5 . . 5 . . 5 5 . . . , . , . I I - 1 f ' 1 1 1 3 .8 V T.. f ,Y f V sy, 5' if s Q --. 3.5,-X ,VU ,V A 5 ff.. ,J A .tl ,gg -- . ' ,t- A 'fQ,1 .V'- - ,3' ' 1 Q .1 'FAQ' , if i?f3.i? QE- 1 4- gin,-5,- gl'-'fx in :wil fa ' fis t , ' , fzs .. 1 A . Q V - - - V wi 11 11 ED , . . F I 11 ' 11 - Q 0 - I 1 I I I I 1 - I I . . 5 . . 5 . 1 1 . , . . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' . I

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PAUL MARTIN BELFANTI PAUL Washington Depot, Conn. Entered l952 LEHIGH Problems, problems, problems! If it's not one problem it's probably another problem Student Council 4, Press Club 2, 3, Rifle Club 2, 3rd Football l, 2, 3rd Basketball l, 2, 3rd Baseball l, J.V. Soccer 2, 3, Wrestling 4, Tennis Manager 2, Varsity Soccer 4, Varsity Golf 3, 4. A commuter between his home and Gunnery, Paul was accustomed to arrive in a different automobile every day. However, if one could not recognize the car, one could never mistake the briefcase which Paul always carried on campus. Many boys will remember the Commencement cere- mony in T954 when Paul spent more time out of his seat collecting awards than he did sitting down Paul was honored by being appointed to the Student Council in January and since then has become Mr Posts study hall stand in A steady and reliable performer on the Soccer Team Paul was once caught laughing uproariously in the locker room GEOFFERY NORTON BROWN GEOFF Greenwich Conn Entered l953 AMHERST A great step towards independence is a good humoured stomach Glee Club 4 French Club 4 Philosophy Club 4 Gunnery News 3 4 Second Century Committee 3 4 3rd Football 2 3rd Basketball 2 J V Football 3 J V Soccer 4 J V Basketball 3 J V Tennis 3 Varsity Basketball 4 Varsity Tennis 4 Geoffs unobtrusive qualities allowed him to get more scoops for the editor than any other of the News brazen reporters He philosophically worked his way up the basketball squads till he finally became one of Mr Beebe s Varsity dunkers In the spring months Geoff s whip like serve made hum the scourge of Gunnery s tennis opponents This Senior was a pillar of the French Club Je tadore I6 taume ma cherie' comme tu es belle' While reading the Russian novels Geoff s voice dropped four more octaves thus astounding Mr Horne It is rumored abroad that this student was the only member of Infirmary who had to leave the plug in while taking a shower for fear he would go down the drain 5

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WILLIAM DAVID CROW II S ort Hrlls N J Entered 1954 LAFAYETTE Ask the man who trred rt Commencement Chorr 3 Glee Club 3 4 Dramatrcs Club 3 Phrlosophy Club 4 Outdoor Club 4 Crew Squad 3 4 J V Soccer 4 As a regular denrzen of Infirmary Brll finrshed hrs senror year berng the only undergraduate wrth wall to wall carpetrng extendrng srx rnches up the wall of hrs room Brll was determined to pay hrs way through school and so started The Gunnery s first car washmg busrness It rs rumored that hrs best customers were Belfantr Hrlde and Mr Alcorn Nevertheless rf there was anythrng to be known about cars Brll knew rt especially rf the car happened to be a Packard The Glee Club and Commencement Chorr both benefited from the addrtron of Brll s tuneful notes One assumes that Mr Beebe sponsored Brlls expedrtrons rn a small Austrn rn return for a mechanrcal guarantee on the dependabrlrty of the outboard motors at crew WILLIAM EDGAR DAVIS Jr B Groton Long Pornt Conn Entered 1955 BATES Blessed are those who go around rn crrcles for they shall be called brg wheels Current Altarrs Club 4 Debatrng Socrety 4 J V Football 4 Varsrty Basket ball 4 Varsrty Golf 4 Brll came to Gunnery for hrs senror year and soon establrshed for hrmself a reputatron as a talker of no mean repute At Current Affarrs Club meetrngs rt was seldom that Brll drd not enter rnto the drscussron wrth words of wrsdom He was a member of the debatrng team that won Gunnerys first debatrng vrctory agarnst Westover Brll s mental perrgrrnatrons were the consternatron of Mr Horne s senror English class hrs theories on Ham lets rnner conflrcts shocked even hrs broad mrnded roommate However rt was as Roll Call Secretary of the Mock Conventron that Brll found hrs real callrng Hrs booming vorce and rrngrng rntonatron summoned the States charrmen from therr seats wrth authorrty and purpose 27 'War'