Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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AB., it for tomorrow. lint the Deacon also said. .Xh. yes. we like Saturday, because the next day's Sunday, so we got along famously. W'ith poor El Senor Volmore. things were different. Mr. Volmore held out as long as he could, and UAF then was forced to resort to guerilla warfare against Shaffer and Little. supreme exponents of classroom undertone. ln the field of organization, extra-curricular, we had the dramatic club. the private empire of Fish Warren. and the Glee Vlub, whose members Gardner and Vollier, warhlefl uneeasingly. W'ith the coming of fall term exams, we looked forward to a long winter vacation. However, due to the heating situation, we soon found that this extra-long vacation, which was again extended, made us want to get back to Kent all the more. All of us. that is, except the residents of the frigid Norge Dorm. which even Fharley. the demon night-watchman, was afraid to enter. W'hen we came back to Kent for four months of solid study. we found that our numbers had been decimated. Mouse fntler, Ed Dewey, and llame Harris had gone to college and cram school. Donkey Dickson was in the Naval Air Vorps. As this is written, Tom W'allis has been called to active duty in the Naval .Xir Vorps. The prefects have moved up, and .Xns Gardner has been appointed sub-prefect. .X casual reader might well suppose that the gradual dissolution of the form. the flux in which we constantly find ourselves, would lead on our part to impatience and confusion. and dissatisfaction with Kent. For us who remain, we are thankful that this is not the case. The peculiar quality of this class has been its individuality. its dislike of regi- mented action. Our personal consciences have always been our guide, as opposed to any mass feeling. Father Vhalmers, in this present crisis, compared with which those crises of other years seem infinitesimal, has been of the greatest help to us, in steadying us down, aiding and guiding ns, and telling us to rely on the dictates of our heart. W'e are proud of fellows like Tom Wiallis and Bob Dickson. and we are proud, too. that we are still here. to finish our job. W'hen our job at Kent is finished. we will go out to help finish the job in the world. Simplicity of l.ifc, Self-Reliance. Directncss of Purpose are all important in this war. and they will be important when this war is won. lfut most of all. when this war is won. there will be needed the principles of Uur Lord Jesus C'hrist. W'e have learned these principles here at Kent, in fhapel. and from Father Sill and Father Vhalmers. W'e have been cynical about them in the past. but now, in the face of Fora Al-'l'l 1lt Tllli l'ilYti hate and terror. we realize their meaning, and we are grateful to Kent, for our years here, and for having shown us the way of right. .Ks boys we 'Q were shown that way: as men we will follow it as best we can. Q .. 'X Lvnm

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