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

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'ik-I-I RICHARD HUSON HART Our only representative from Color rdo Dick soon won m rny new friends through hrs very pleasant per sonrlrty 1 person rlrty thrt mrde him one of the most populrr members of the student body With a keen mrny trips to New Hrxen while brek rt school there vrere ne rrly ilu rys some melodrous tones issuing, forth from hrs room rn Gibson A four ye rr member of the Second Century Committee it has been rumored thrt Drek rs going., to become M rsten Gregory s public relr tions rssrstmt Hrxrnt, r penetrating scientific mind Dick used rt beirttrnigly rt both the unror Philosophy Club and rt the Current Affrrrs Club to such an ex tent that he became Vrce President of the latter club Unfortunately only those rt the Lake saw Dick during, the Spring rprrt from hrs oeelsronal returns to the Rifle Club It w rs with Ere rt pleasure thrt we learned th rt Dick was to crrry on a frmrly tradition by enter ing Yale in the Fall 30 GORDON WESCOTT HALL No ride in the breadwagon was ever complete without the impromptu dramatizations of Gordie and Foof Although he thoubht he could sing hrs talents lay elsewhere He not only reported news as the Sports Editor of the GIl7Z7Z67y Near but also made sports news by playing Varsity Football Basketball and Baseball As fr Senior he was elected Captain of Mr Buxtons Diamond squad and rn many fr game contributed his Fine pitching: ability In hrs capacity as Captain of the term he served on the Athletic Council The Brolopy Club benefitted from hrs secre tarral services as well as from hrs expert knowledge of wood lore displayed 'rs he blazed the trarl on the Club S prcnrc He also held the Club s record for the best tast ing shrska bob cooked over fr candle flame The halls of Gibson wrll never 151111 echo hrs famous laugh as Gordre eontrnues hrs education 'rt Colby College i ,. Y 7 . . 1 I il 1 l. c Ad A l l M r 4 . r r ' ' . ' .L K D l . .' '1 , ' ' l. I 1 ' . C I . A L D . I -1 K l ' I U i e' H 4 r . . . A K U. . K Q I I QL ' K 1 . - 7' v a 7 ' A L . QQ 1 A y r A ' f i V 1 f I I r ,t r r r ear for music, Dick accompanied the Music Club on lp, p L ' , lvl, V 4 L- 1 -- 2 . ,K KX . . V E 'W . u ,Q , . r rr y Q V 41,4 K 1 1 V. I V iw Y , .Q i- nk 'z'1.1 fr ' ', K A ' . . 1 ' l' ' Y l ' ft 2 A' 1' ' ' ' ' s - rl fl y .1 1 , 2 r , 1 ' '. 'z t ' ' A' -

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415 Q RICHARD DONALD GLBHARDT Coming Fist of Eden ind lerxrng behind the siuerkraut the sehnupfen the sehrekerung the schnr bellrng and all but the Gesundhert Drek exme to The Gunnery rn hrs unior yerr Our sole Mrd Westerner he soon made 1 nrme for himself rs one who appre errted some members of the 1 reulty more th in others ind to show hrs enthusr rsm for them he wrote a lrttle eolumn rn the lxltll 4 entitled BNI! By The Hmm Be eruse of hrs ioxrilrty ind ibrlrty to get along with people Drek xx is ehosen to be the President of the Second Century Committee During hrs first Footbrll se rson he xx is seriously injured rn the knee xxhreh mernt th rt he eould not eompete rn eontret sports for some time thus rt xx is xxrth prrtreular pride that he xx is rvx rrded 1V1fSlIy letter for I-loekey A representr trve rt the Northfield Conference Drek was a useful member of the Gunn Assoerxtron where hrs keen rn terest rn the sprrrturl rffurs of the school will be missed A belief rn doing thrt whreh was rrght with little regard for the consequences personal or other xxrse led to hrs eleetron rs r Senior Monitor rn Gunn Having experreneed Nexx llnglrnd Drele rs returning to the Mrd West to attend the Unrxersrty of Wrseon sin rn the Fall FREDERICK SEXTON FIELDS Fred came to The Gunnery from Chatham, New ersey in his unior year and within two years set up 1 record of which any of us could be proud. Of fear- less disposition, Fred enjoyed his prime as 'r debater for no mrtter xxhrt the odds he never gwe up thus he xx as rble to leid the debrtrng team to an undefeated season A xery effective sperlxer Fred tempered hrs pronouncements xxrth re rson thus hrs value as Presr dent of the Current Affurs Club and as a mediator xx rs rnestrmable If he xx is not leidrng rn the Field of extrr eurrrculxr ietrvrtres Fred was out on the soecer field or on the basketbill floor or on the Baseball dir mond playing enthusrlstre rlly As Crptarn of the Vir srty Soecer squad he exemplified excellent Sportsman ship ind led a very rnexperreneed squad to a fine vrc tory xx hrch came it the end of 1 season of defeats A very fine short stop Fred s holrse erres of encourage ment will not soon be forgotten Whether eulogrzrng on the Chatham 60117167 or blby srttrng Fred was a constant source of encouragement to hrs fellow stu dents It was with greit ple xsure that we learned that Fred xxas going to Hrnover next Fall to fulfill hrs acceptance rn the Class of 1961 at Dirtmouth Fred xx is lrst seen lervrng the ermpus with 1 large sun floxx er rn hrs lapel 014 fggxnflm -CS J , 1 . . . 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 44 4 - 4 , 4 4 4 , 4 , 4 4 1 1 'L 4 4 4 4 . 1 , ,- , 4 4 ,' ,. ' '- .E5 -I , x 2 4 4 4 , 4, 4. , ,J 4 4 . 4 4 4- 4 4 , 4 4 1 4 K- , 4 1 4 . 4 4- A L ' L L L ' 4 4 Z ' ' . A 1 la 4 ' - , 4 4 H , . J 4 , K . . 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4, , , 4 -4 , 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 . .4 .4 4 4 .V 44.4, 4, 4 . , 4, 4 4 ,X . 4 4 4 1x,x5x4UJ 4 I , . l I 4 2 ,- 'ln ' t 7 1 9 A 4 A A 4. , - -, 4 4 , 4 F V44 A . 4. , D t L x K 1 4 , , , 1- 4 V 4 4 - 1 4 Sr . . 4 ' ,, 4 l 1 ' 4 ' 4 . I 4 at 1 l 4 I ' 4. -, 4, 44 , . 4 4 4 4 , A 1 ' rf' ' 1 A rx ' A ' V ' in L 41- 4 44 -.I - v I l 4 ' r ' 4 , 4 4 4 4 4 , ' ' 4, 4' 4 '- 4 4 , 4 4 4 4, , 4, , 4 4 4 4 -, ,- 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 'Q , 4 4 4 ' 4 4 , ' 3 , , ' ' ' , , G4' 4 4 4 4 4 . . ' 4 1 K - ,. , - , . . , 4 4 . , 4. 4 - 4 - 4 - . 4 4 1 , 4

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'Wifi Q ROBERT PARKIN JOHNSON A player wearrng the Brrgantrne Yankee Tshrrt was seen hurtlrng clown the rrght wrng to save the day for Gunnery Thus Robert johnson drstrngurshed hrm self on the Soccer freld Bob also drstrngurshed hrmself as the only member of the Class of 1957 to have taken a year off from school durrng whrch he was dorng a spot of messrng about rn boats One of the cleverest scrence brarns rn the school Bob was often heard drs catdrng Boyles Law for the sake of convrncrng hrs roommate and Mrke Parewonsky that rt was not mor ally wrong for the laundry to come back on Saturday when he had put hrs d1rty clothes out on Thursday Bob was one of those boys who drd a great deal rn the background to keep the school workrng smoothly Whrle not many people recognrzed rt hrs work as stage manager rs worthy of specral mentron Though hrs love for Drxreland may have drrven hrs dormrtory mad Bob wrll always be remembered for hrs actrve phrlosophrc and materral ard to the school Many of the senrors have become extremely envrous upon learn rng that rnstead of attendrng college, Bob wrll be aboard the Yankee on rts last round the world trrp Followrng thrs fabulous experrence he plans to enter R PI JOHN ROTEN HERZIG A New Yorker resrdrng rn Grbson John was per haps the most rndrvrdual member of the Senror Class never afrard to state hrs oprnrons no matter what the srtuatron may have been Occasronally wrrtrng a letter to the Edrtor of the Near ohns drverse oprnrons were too often destroyed by the edrtor s tactful ax and as a result they never went beyond the confines of hrs own dormrtory and the Phrlosophy Club I-lavrtrg an rntellrgence quotrent of Consrderable magnrtude ohn confused many an opponent on the debatrng rostrum wrth hrs sharp perceptron and devastatrng rebuttal A fervent Democrat ohn never backed down from hrs belrefs desprte overwhelmrng Republrcan opposrtron Moreover hrs farth rn Democracy was evrdent rn hrs posrtron as a leader of the movement to make the Student Councrl more democratrc A frrst class athlete cer Team and as a defenseman on the Varsrty Basket bal Team As a three year member of the Varsrty Ten nrs Team john turned to hrs adeptly strategrcal attack to drstrngursh hrmself as one of the Hnest tennrs play ers of hrs class rn the East Wrth such a record as thrs rt rs hard to see how john could rncur anythrng except success on the Trrnrty campus 4336 'U 5 2 x r ' ' ' ' - 1 ff ct . , . ' . , I WL. rauy , HJ ', V. .. F , john earned a letter as a full-back on the Varsity Soc- . . . gs. P pk . , ' . . .' A A If 3