SECOND FORM YEAR 'lihe thirteenth of Fepteniher. l95tl. is a date that will long he i't-ineinlwn-al among loxers of the forty-ninth anniversary 1-lass. lfor it was on that day. that forty-one highly bewildered young QI1'Illlf'lllt'll lilst gazed on the spacious Kent campus. To meet these set-ond lormf-rs were forty-one rather tired looking sixth lormers, w ho were to he sponsors. Between their eflorts and ours. no gradually learned to tell the Dining: llall from the Chapel. When elasses 1-om'ent'rl two days later. we found ourselves eonlronted with lour highly interesting masters. Our Latin mentor was tht- lute l'iny Baker, a man of immense size. ln the math loom. we inet g l'iny's opposite. llarry Hoyle. an ext-t-f-sive-ly round man who had come to teach his first class. lfnglish was drills-d into our heads hy our heloved Jim Draper, while lor history we were eonlrontcd by the terrifying hjackw Armstrong. who we soon learned had recently become dis- tinguished hy lvuilding singlehandedly his own comfortable house on the river road. We sr-cond lormers were. we thought. the undisputed masters ol the eonnertingr hallway and the second north of the Lilmrary. and it was on those hallways that most unusual things hap- pened. Une mernorahle ineident occurred shortly after we arrived. Pete Louderhaek marshalled us all into the hall shortly after lights to memorize an inspiring song. which we later learned had the unohtrusive title of the Kent School Football Song. Woe be to the luekless lmoy who didn't know everything that happened when the Blue and Cray team fell in line. Although the nearest we got to partieipating that year was gazing at Captain Davenport livhind the preieetis desk. wc proved enthusiastic supporters. ln the middle of the term. we r-hose Tim Loring. ,lohn De- Witt, and George Wehmeyer as our form ollieers. Along with Mike Ellis. George had recently made the honor roll. One of the most notalile ineidenis of that year nas the mak- ing of the film. The Kent Way. All of us watt-lu-fl. eagerly hoping to take our first steps toward Hollywood. Some of us were seen nohly carrying out the system of self-help. ,lust before Christmas vacation. one memher of our form. Orrin MacLeod proved himself a good deal nearer Hollywood than most of us, while treading the boards in the play, 'LA Night at an Inn. if
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