Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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W V ROBERT M. DAVIS Knowing a man is Very different from being able to characterize him. One may be thoroughly ac- quainted with his hobbies, his tastes, his reactions under any set of circumstances, yet still not be able to make others feel the things he himself knows. To describe personality and temperament and all the varied qualities which make any man an individual is always difficult. ln the case of Robert Davis it is well-nigh impossible. For Bob is different. Not queer, or misanthropic, or eccentric, but different-healthily individualistic and unusual. His abilities and likes and dislikes differ from those of other men, in many ways they are more mature, in others more serious and thought- IIBONBII ful. Some ordinary pursuits appeal to him, but many which are not ordinary, poetry, and writing short stories, and building radios, and music, and electronics. For Bob is a romanticist, pure and simple, he possesses a highly imaginative mind, yet a highly curious and scientific one. Those things he undertakes he accomplishes brilliantly. Those things which interest him lie undertakes. Things which are out of the ordinary fascinate him. Those which are common- place he endures. To acquaintances he seems aloof. To close friends he is a true comrade. He is a philosopher. a scientist, an individualist. Thus may his character be summarized. Of such stuff is greatness often fashioned. ,1- x?g Q Tennis-3 Caravel-4 College preference, M. I. T. Q 7 t '. A X ii I ?'ul5F'i5li P i 1 Ambition, Radio Engineer 24

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T'j Wi 2 'f '2'f'w'et:e'. .:1r:jet , , WARD C. CASE You have probably all read stories of how Mickey Sims won the big game against Middleton by his sensational playing, or by his last-minute basket, or by his ninth-inning home rung you are also familiar with the Mickey Sims at boarding school -the admiration of the faculty, the champion of the younger students. The Academy is indeed proud of Ward C. Case, its Mickey Sims. It is not a fair tribute to him to speak of Butch Case as an Academy Senior in the class Mickey Sims. It is not a fair tribute to him to speak of him as Ward Case, the man, the individual in whom those rare qualities of application, sincerity, courage, and truthfulness are so intermingled as to BUTCH produce one at Whom the world, pointing with pride, might Well say: There indeed stands a Man. In his six years at the Academy K'Butch,' Case's record has been brilliant: Regular on three varsity teams since his sophomore year, winner of the coveted Athlete of the Year cup in his Junior yearg victor in the Junior Speaking Contest of last year , President of his class, Academy's representative in a recent Columbus Town Meeting. With his graduation this June the Academy will not lose 'KButch Case completely, nor will his classmates, for he has left all those who have known him some cherished thing that time will not tarnish and separation will not dim. l 1 JT - I' , 1 Athletic Association 4 4' ro Q Basketball 2, 3, 4. Captain 4 G Football 2, 3, 4 X v Track 2, 3 Student Council 2, 3, 4 ' X Class Officer 2, 3, 4, President of Class Glee Club 4 Caravel 2, 3, 4 Q P Academy Life 2, 3, 4 f Junior Oratorical Contest College preference, Haverford Ambition, Medicine N 23

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.ICHN H. FULFORD, JR. For a boy to enter the Columbus Academy in his senior year and immediately negotiate the curriculum with success is a task of no little difficulty. He must be capable 'of adapting himself quickly to a new environment. Yet this is exactly what ,lack Fulford has done. For a first-year boy he has ably adapted himself to his new surroundings, a fact to which his excellent record is clear testimony. But to attribute jackys success to his studies alone would be giving a wrong impression. He has per- sonality. No one denies this. It is his fortune to be gifted with a manner so affable and congenial that he is the friend of all and the enemy of none. Per- haps it is his witty mode of speech. Perhaps it is his pleasant expression, or perhaps it is the way in which IIJACKSXONII he conducts himself. Most likely it is a combina- tion of the three. Yet whatever this trait is, it is undeniable that Iack's personality is captivating, and that his spirit of congeniality has become our spirit of congeniality. Today Jack graduates. His high school education is completed. As he commences upon an- other journey into education memories of this one still linger vividly. just as the Academy has made a lasting impression upon him, so has he left a permanent memento with it, for his spirit of affability remains, deeply imbedded in the hearts of his classmates. . carat , up J M i Football 4 ,f L' Golf 4 Academy Life 4 Cwlee Club 4 YV! 5, Caravel 4 8 'I ' V College preference, Amherst Y, fa ,Af Ambition, Professor if f K' 25