Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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S' N 70 XC ww BETSY GRA? Q' Wllton Conn If you happen to walk tnto Daycroft School and thtnlc you hear a Model T Ford startrnq up tn the dtmnq room dont worry Its only Betsy Graf who was born on November 5 l927 After a whtle Betsy dectded to attend the Cours lanne 1n Le Vesmet Through much concentrated effort she managed to sktp f1rst qrade When war struck at France Betsy p1loted her small brother to Amerlca Of course she had a most commonplace trrp hav1nq merely been stopped by a submartne on the way l thlnk the submarlne must have left some effect on her for she certatnly under m1nes the Sentor class Upon examtntnq her ass1qnment notebook I am startled to see IH cap1tal letters the word SOLID' Ha' l must 1nvest1qate further Chemrstry Algebra and Enqlrsh are mlnor subxects now Oh' Wa1t a m1nut maybe Chemlstry 1sn t so unrmportant srnce Betsy s amb1t1on IS to blow up the lab ln the process of bleachmq her hatr Well Betsy we ll have to leave you ktckmq balls out of the hockey qoal and readmq murder storles behlnd the dlsqulse of Tressler whrch latter ts really much more lnterestlnq 1 xl ts- C . ylazlrl I . I V, kgz., X x '-3 vfn J t , 3105! k 'hx t S Xffc 3

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ULLIAN FQRD endale New York 1v'V-I VU! Mflfff lf you ever happen to see a s mor openrnq her mouth and nothrnq comma out youll know rt s Lrllran Ford who rs the qurete t member of our class Too bad she cant tnsprre us all rn that drre tronl The loudest moment ot her lrfe was when she let out her hrst saueal or luly 27 l926 She was rather a auret baby but would xnsrst on berna put to bed under the blasted l mean blastrnq radro Exen at th1s early aqe her lavorrte programme was the Qurz Krds She always knew th answers' At the aae of SIX she entered 3 S ll3 rn Queens and from there transferred to Rrchmond Hrll Hrah School Gettrnq rather trred of rt she d crded to enter Daycrott rn her rumor year How she passed her last summer rs not to be questroned but she came back wrth a sllqhtly louder vorce whrch must have Leen due to all the persuasron she used on her Hrstory teach r' Thrs year she rs takrnq four subrects Latrn Enqlrsh Chemrstry and Unrted States Hrstory and IS dornq a lrne Job Srnce her ambrtron rn hte IS to graduate I sppose thats why she rs workrnq so hard My krnqdom tor a drploma' We wrsh her the best of success rn everythlnq she does 12 if 5 or . A, . A , L- ' f' ' Q ' ff lf 'J ,,r,Lyl' - ,A .u , i' V bkykfyh J r Q lf ! S IXYLUL . Y J WL If fx! P fl' 'V E , , , A l V I

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P 'r .1 MICHAEL MANN Darlen Conn 1 f 4-45 nf' A lt you ever hear a gale of laughter or a chorus ot groans commg trorn Mr Ktnsman s classroom you wrll know that Mrchael has 1ust made another of hrs corny puns The ttrst trme he made anyone laugh was on lanuary 20 1929 when he cracked hrs trrst sm1le rn the sleepy Englrsh town of Rxchmond Surrey Untrl he was hve he lrved a regular rntant s hte At that eventful age he entered Troebel lnstrtute-a practtce school tor students from a nearby teachers college When he was nxne h1s famrly moved to Stonehouse Gloucestershlre where he attended Ryetord Hall a prep school tor Wycl1tt College unt1l194O That summer he carne to the Unxted States w1th hrs two S1Sl6fS H entered Daycroft rn the fall and has been attendrng ever srnce Durlng hls years at school he has been a Student Councrl member a member of the Model Rallroad Club and a class presldent He IS now preparmg to enter Prrnceton next Ianuary MIT and a masters degree rn ClV1l Engrneermg are hrs goals after that We wrsh Mrchael success for the future and know that as long as he has hrs ready wrt on hand to help htrn he wrll be sure to succeed 14 r 'ff ,- y gf 1 A V! , . Q . K J' ,Q-I' w I' , Ll. I Q.. ifbn ' 5 '.t:' Q ,. 4 ,V tv itil ,H 1 ,Az A ' ivy.: . 1 ' 4 .1 bandit.. . , , , ' ' ' ' . e