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

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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

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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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f W fit 'Q 'KIUW' MERRILL KIRK DAVID LINDSAY Lrnds harlrrrg from North Branford Connectrcut was one of those boys who drd a great deal for the school whrle remarnrng rn the background Due to hrs excellence rn keeprng accounts organrzed at the Book and Athletrc Stores for Mr Whrttall orgarrrzrng and supervrsrng teas for teams and helprng xxrth numerous odd lobs Daxe was rewarded by berng appornted a Senror Monrtor rn Hurlburt Contrnurng hrs forte for admrnrstratron Dawe was Thrrd Team Baseball Mana get as well as Manager of the Varsrty Soccer and Bas ketball Squads In the academrc field Dave more than once caused Prrnceton to thrnk twrce when he elucr dated some of hrs rnterpretatrons of Dostoyevsky We shall alvsays remember Dare for hrs keen sense of humor for the frrendly way rn whrch he used to tell us that we had no marl and for hrs keen perceptron whrch wrll carry hrm to success on the Yale campus next year ANTHONY LAURANCE KEATING Marntarnrng the cosmopolrtan atmosphere of the In frrmary Tony was the class sole representatrxe from South of the Equator One of the more vocrferous members of the Current Afffrrrs Club Tony was the greatest exponent of caprtalrsm rn the school Whrle rn prrvate he contented hrmself by drscussrng wrth hrs roommate such legal srtuatrons as the rrght of Navy captarns to try murders outsrde U S terrrtorral waters Naturally an avrd member of the Phrlosophy Club Tony also jorned the Musrc Club and was once heard to applaud Brfrrlowskr s art as berng real cool Havrng a robust anatomy Tony played JV Football and Soc cer before turnrng to the Woods Crew Durrng hrs last term Tony went out for Crew and towed rn the fourth boat Hrs frne record at The Gunnery has earned hrm Unrversrty ,PWC If ff-I!! I ,M f I hw C V .fx r ' 1 , 1 I l 1 . C ,, I 3' L K . 7 rg . . . , , . . ' a position in the college of his Hrst choice-Columbia H - un, - ' Y ' -. V V Y . L . . 7 K ,I . V. ' . , I yt . . . . . y Y re 14 g . j a, Y 7 U 7 S' Y 32