Black Foxe Military Institute - Adjutant Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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ln military he has gone from private to corporal to sergeant and sports two co nduct medals. rested in ln athletics Bob always was very inte swimming and worked each day to make the team. When he finally did he put in some very spirited performances and was never known once to give up. He has two J.V. letters which is of no small matter since swimming is B-F's maior sport and the hardest to make the team on. Bob plans on attending U.S.C. or Santa Monica C.C. and maioring in business administration. in our disunited ba RoBERT KNOUREK I, As mentfoned before we have two trumpeters nd and Robert Edwin Knourek is the other one. Born in l.os Angeles on Decem- ber 2, 1937, Bob stands at five feet ten and a half inches and weighs 170 pounds. He is a lover of lightsided remarks and iokes and will gladly go out of his way to relate a funny story to an interested listener. For hobbies Bob includes records, swimming, and music. Here at school he likes algebra, chem- istry, and English literature. Coming to Black-Foxe in 1951, he now dwells at 3993 Bronson Ave. in LA, He has won a couple of trophies for his trum- pet playing while a member of a large band.

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ALLEN KANE Captain Alan Frank Kane drives around in his '55 Chevy with his head floating in the clouds. Born December IO, l937, in Providence, Rhode- Island, this cracker of well worn iokes is a fam- iliar figure around the campus. Standing six foot even and weighing l55 pounds Al has records in sports, the Los Angeles Angels, and the Boston Red Sox as his hobbies. On campus he well appreciates public speaking and lunch? ltraitorl Every morning at 8:14 he can be seen running around madly at lO9 McCadden Place trying to find the car or car keys so he can get to school no later than 8:15. iv 38 Coming to B-F in I946 Al has risen to the highest captain and has obtained one good con- duct medal. He has three varsity baseball and basketball letters plus two J.V. basketball and J.M.L. letters in baseball and basketball. Al has won the Talent Tourney twice and has three honorable mentions plus one first in the Current Affairs contest. He has five bronze and two gold Headmaster's medals lthe class brainl and is this year's Co-Editor of the Kay-Det and the Adiutant and, believe it or not, the former president of the chess club lan organization of the more astute pupils. Planning on either Stanford or Yale Al will take up law for his profession.

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NELSON Driving everyday to campus in his clean but conservative custom '52 Merc Nelson always has a I h ' aug and a smile for everybody. His sense of humor is always there when needed even in the d . . ark moments of louralism and there are many. ln the band Nelson plays the all important sax and ' ' is now the drum malor. He has received a medal in music for the most improved player. ln the m corporal in the band. ilitary he has risen from private to He has three one varsity tennis letter plus a J.V. letter at N .Y.M.A. for basketball. J.M.L. letters in basketball and Nelson is planning on Loyola University to take up business administration. On June l7, 1934, in Hong Kong Chin , a, one Nelson Holmes Loke entered this world. A few years later when the Japanese invasion came Nel- son loafed for four years thus putting him behind in school work. Nelso n stands five feet eight inches a d n weighs one hundred and thirty-two pounds. Since about the seventh grade N I eson has been here on and off with a soiourn at New York Military Academy. Now livi ng at i645 N. Vista Ave., in Los An- geles, he considers music, sports, and collecting records as his main hobbies ln school Nelson put English and iournalism as his most liked subiects. LOKE in