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

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W'-0 N-mai THOMAS CHAPIN BRAMAN A grrndson of Mr Frederrck Gunn Tom establrshed a record of whrch any of hrs forbears would have been proud Our only Pennsylvanran Tom arrrved at The Gunnery after two years at Hrgh School and soon showed hrmself to be both a scholar and an athlete As one of the founder members of the Brology Club Toms enthusrasm w as recognrzed when hrs classmates elected hrm Presrdent of he Club Haxrnb one of the hrghest scholastrc rverages rn the Class Tom won scholarshrps to the Unrversrty of Pennsylvanra and also to Prrnceton where he wrll 50 next year It was not for nothrng, that Tom earned the sobrrquet of Var srty for a short perusal of the Football and Basket ball artrcles wrll grve evrdence of hrs athletrc prowess On the Barnes Memorral Freld hrs tenacrty and resolute determrnatron led hrm to star on what was at the begrnnrng of the season a rather rnexperrenced team Whrle rnsrde the Memorral Gymnasrum he led the Varsrty Basketball team to second place rn the Trr State League Always full of confidence Tom rnsprred hrs team mates to x rctory and also hrs rrvals rn brology to try and beat hrm Next Fall as he steps on to the Prrnceton Campus we trust that the success that he has experrenced here wrll be prualent rn hrs scholastrc md athletrc abrlrtres rn that frmous unrxersrty ROBERT BLINDER Comrng to The Gunnery from Brooklrne Massa chusetts rn hrs Sophomore year Bob has become the greatest morale rarser rn the Senror Cl rss Always wrth .1 smrle on hrs face Bob s rmrtrtrons of erry Lewrs w rll lonp remarn rn the mrnds of hrs classmates and one rrr partrcular wrll remarn rn the mrnd of Mr Anderson As well as berng, on the Copy Staff of the newspaper Bob also showed great actrng, abrlrty rn hrs portrayal of Lreutenant Thomas Keefer rn the productron of The Carne Mutrny Court Martral Always ready to help w hen needed Bob was a very useful member of the Communrty Chest Commrttee When not otherwrse engrgbed he was enlrghtenrnb Mr Bahney on the xrr tues of abolrshrng trade urrrons rn the Boston rrer Many a pleasant afternoon was spent rn the confines of Bob s room lrstenrng to Rodgers and Hammerstern or of course Fabulous Frank When we heard that Bob spent hrs lrst two summers krllrnt, dogs and rab brts rt came as no surprrse when he announced hrs acceptance at Branders Unrversrty where he rs plan nrng 1 pre medrcrne course ICE C-4' 1 , . . ' ' V 3 7 A 1 ,A I 4 r Y . f t r . I . . . . Y. Y, . , . 5 , , , , t , ' t . . M. V A I V ' l , f 7 ' r ' ' Y ,I 4 1 ' 1 Q . . . r . f , 3 LY , V Y . L V . 2 1. r r v 1 s 1 - 1 1 . , ' 4 r Lx K K , ' I ' . 2 . , 4 . . - 'vtfgib . ti ' r X .L 1 1 y il I g , 7' L . t . I iff . , . f ' ff' I , -, K , ' ' r r' y . . ,, l Fl L , i t . V V. Y up 7 K '- v ' - . I A - V . . . I 1 r . . . . .

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4 tx 359' 35, LOUIS PACKER ALLYN A two year member of the school perhaps no boy drstrngurshed hrmself so qurckly and yet always re tarned such a desrrable verl of modesty At the end of hrs frrst year Loures elforts were rewarded wrth the wrnnrng of the Second Mrle Scholarshrp grven for qualrtres of tenacrty wrll to succeed personal rntegrrty unselhshness and good wrll toward men Only when the school attempted to srng Chapel hymns on days that Lou was not there to trckle the rvorres, drd hrs usefulness become apparent As an enthusrastrc musr cran he was Lrbrarran of the Glee Club, Secretary of the Musrc Club, Drrector of the Coolers, and a tenor for the two school chorrs as well as the Congregatronal Church on Sunday mornrngs When rt came to sports, Loure trred nearly everythrng the school had to offer He played on varrous thrrd teams throughout the sea sons, but Soccer was hrs forte Wotkrng best under the pressure of dealrng wrth the problem of havrng two dates for the Senror House Party, Screwy managed to rack up hrs two hrghest averages rn hrs Gunnery career Far from hrs rsland home rn Mystrc, Connectrcut, Loures exuberance wrll undoubtedly wrn hrm a warm spot rn Yales freshman class WILLIAM NEWMAN SMYTH Crossrng over from Roslyn Long Island Brll entered The Gunnery rn hrs Sophomore year and worked hrs way up the ladder of success to hrs apporntment as a Senror Prefect One who belreved rn the value of extra currrcular actrvrtres as a facet of educatron Brll man three years at school Brll sang rn the Vesper Chorr and the Glee Club was a member of the Dramatrcs Club and of the Second Century Commrttee In hrs Senror year he drvrded hrs trme between preparrng dance lrsts and producrng the back page of the News As Presrdent of the Gunn Assocratron Brll took an rm portant part wrth Chaplarn Moore rn the plannrng of The Gunnerys Relrgrous Conference In the freld of athletrcs whrch Brll hardly rgnored he starred for two years on the Varsrty Football Hockey and Base ball squads In hrs Senror year Brll was elected Captarn of the Hockey Squad and durrng the Sprrng played fifth man on the Varsrty Tennrs Squad ill, Q-9' 4 in Lfflh: 1 ' ' ' . ' I 2: 1' . .' , . . . ,Y V ?'.v , - 1 aged to involve himself in a good number during hrs . Q l . , . b , S . 9 , . . , V . . . , 9 9 ' . rx ' 9 . . ' . . . 7 -an - 5 I 7 3 In t Y . ' UQ 26

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WILLIAM COTTON DAMON II One of the few five year members of the Sen1or Class Cott crme to The Gunnery from Norwich Con necticut Lining in Hurlburt for his Senior year Cott kept his roommate pacihed by giving him free render ings of such things as Over the H1115 and Far Away Im Walk1ng and also an ar1a from Pucc1n1 some times known as You Butterfly W1th a serious love for music of any k1nd Cott vyas the mainstay of any musical organization he joined He was a member of the MUSIC Club for three years the Vespcr Choir for four years and the Glee Club for four years becoming its Business Manager 1n his final year Calso in connec tion with the Glee Club Cott was a member of the Ten Tones as well as the unior and Semor uartetsl Mrs Mercer regretted losing Cott who had distinguished himself as one of the schools keenest and most en thusiastic musicians Cott played two years on the Varsity Soccer and Hockey squ1ds His vrlue in the second bo rt vyas more thin once made apparent Wife hope that Cotts enthusiasm for all that he does will carry him through four very happy and successful years at College CHARLES ACRLR MAN CRAWFORD A resident of Wfxlton Ncxx X ork Chrrlie came to The Gunnery in his Junior year and immediately his pleasrnt character md modesty cnyelopcd him 1n 1 close circle of fr1ends Witla a yery fine bass Charlie was a mainstly of both the Vesper Choir and the Glee Club becoming Prcsrdent of the litter in his Senior year Anothcr of Ch 1rl1es officcs 111 thc cxtra curri cular field vs as the Vice Presidency of the Debating Club Besides SCI'Nl1'lg on the Library Committee Charlie also xoiced his opinions at the Current Affairs Club where he was a strong member of the II1sen hower Republican group In his second year after his 1n1t1at1on into Football Charl1e yoined the J V Soccer Squ 1d During the Winter he vyound skin and bones around anyone light enough to oppose him on the wrestling m its yyhilc throughout thc Spring he donned his white shorts to pl ty on the V Tennis squad In Br1nsmade Next Fall Clnrlre is going South of the Mason Dixon Line to attend college He IS enrolled in the Class of 1961 rt the Unix ersity of Florida fin .I w ww--' 1 ' s 2 Q . V 7 7 ' Q ' A V.. 1' I I ' 1 K i I, 1 I , 1 X 1 . z ' ' ' I ' ' 1 ,xy 'W c L I 1 I c a Q 7 X I - A ,Z - , , , N, , K , . , it r -' . . l 'Y . ' K 1 - 1 . Y 1 . I 'Y y I I Y 2 y I h A KV 1 - Y his Senior year Charlie was appointed a Monitor in . L h H L . . Y . - Y ,L 1 I 4.. 7 . , L ' , - 1 I - , . ,, . ,,, G i W K f . . 1 74 , I . A , I . xx M 1 3 ' I Y 'L I I . - I L I 2 ' t a . ' Q ' L A L L t 1 . , , 28