Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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Final exams came, and our first year at Kent ended. We had been a pretty good form. Berezowsky had led the bunch academically. Bill Weber and Bert Waters had been our two form presidents. Did good jobs too. We were all eager to get back to our families for summer vacation, but most of us knew that Kent was going to be our real home for the next four years. At this point, the saddest occurrence of our Kent careers took place. Father Sill, known to us as Pater, passed away. Father Sill was the founder of Kent School, and although we had only been at Kent for a short time, we realized the great importance and significance that his life had held. We regretted not having known Pater better, and we were very sorry at his pass- ing away. Third Form Year! We were positive that there just cou1dn't have ever been a bigger bunch of wheels than us. We looked down on the new rabble fthe class of ,571 with disdain. One of the first things we noticed was the fact that our form was twice as large as it had been in the spring. We were outraged! Invaders, we shout- ed! Later that night Jack Detwiler, who had been back a week for First Football practice, told us just exactly who the good guys were. Well, we soon discovered that they were all good guys, and that they were as much a part of the form as we were. One of the first things we did that Fall was elect officers. The results show- ed that Reed, Waters and Schmitt were the peoples' choice. The football and soccer seasons started, and our form was again active in both sports. Jack Detwiler and John Heiser made Jim Draper's First Football squad, while new boy Charlie Brainard made First Soccer. Other new athletes Moments to remember. ' T T lr if The coaching staff - Messrs Partridge, Reed and Nadal. Mallee and that Doylestown girl. f showed up all over the form. Charlie Appleton looked good in football fsenior Massiesl, and Ned Hatfield was a definite comer in soccer. The Mas- sies won senior football. and almost went unde- feated. ln the Junior League, the Hoosies went undefeated and unscored-on. Tuck Hicks scored as phenomenal number of T.D's., and his brother Mac, Bob Reed, Dick Baiter and Dick Alford were also stars. The First Football team had its problems. Captained by Lloyd Davis, the squad won only two, while losing four. But we rooted hard any- way.

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'56 work holiday project before. . . . . .and after. Naturally, snow ball fights occupied about half our time. We feared no one for so we thoughtlll Our courage waned after our initial encounter with Bud Rockefeller, Bill Spall, Dave Gallup, Howie Teter, and their forces. Many a gallant member of '56 fell for ran, that fateful day. Before we knew it, we were in the midst of a terrible period called Exam Week. We stud- ied like fiends, and took each exam as if we were being whipped. We feared the results, and al- though we really didn't do too badly, we were still quite relieved when the exams were over. The long cold term died in March, and we all headed home for three weeks. We were all sort of optimistic at this time, because everyone had told us that spring term was great. Turns out that it was, too. For one thing, a lot of us got our first shot at an incredible sport called crew. We couldn't get it through our heads that some day some of us would probably be rowing on that first crew, the crew made up of mountains of muscle like Van Rensselaer, Hink- ley and Brown. Yet some of our boys did nota- bly well in crew that spring. Leigh Faldi fthe 90-lb Italian wonderj coxed the first and second Massies! They both won, too. Meanwhile, Jack Detwiler qup to 202, though still only 13j, Mac and Tuck Hicks fno one could tell them apart yetl, and Bobby Reed did remarkably well in club baseball. Dick Alford showed potential on the tennis courts the beat the Senior Prefect once or twicej. Hacks marked that first spring term. Who can forget the rainy day that this big Rikki Van Rensselaer, Chuck Mignon, and company threw around, clobbered, and literally buried Detwiler, Faldi, Clapp and Mac Hicks in the two-feet mud of the bogv. Or the day that Gallup, McHugh, and Mcllyer C52 alll carried on a water fight with second formers Qus, by gumlj Weber, Schmitt, Clapp, Detwiler and Damour. The weather got warmer, and the day for the tapping of the Prefects for the class of 1953 arrived. Bob Ward was the new Senior Pre- fect. Charlie Tighe, Howie Patterson, and Art Hodges were picked as the other three leaders. We thought the choices were good, but were all forced to listen to Lily Lonsdale describe how he knew who the Prefects would be all the time. Oh well, maybe he did know. Now who's on second?

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I deVille, Benny, Humpo and Chick. One thing that Fall term did prove was the fact that we had acquired many new brains Hawkins, Wing and Harris constantly made the hallowed scroll, while Van Buskirk, a loafer turned prodigy, suddenly came up with an 87 average. Of worthy note is the fact that Bere- zowsky was still on the Honor Roll, and Charlie Appleton made the grade with a 80.00 average. fNo, he never made it againj. Thanksgiving came at last, and after this annual five-day break, we were back at school to start winter sports. New stars were unfurled. Rusty Wing, George Beard and Bill Weber made the Second Basketball team, while Charlie Ap- pleton and Charlie Brainard made the second hockey and ski teams respectively. Winter term and fneed we say itj more snow and snowballs. That Rockefeller guy was still around, and he was backed by Pawnshop Crane. They were relentless! The First Basketball team was great that year. At midyears they had only lost one game Ito Gunneryj. We all hoped they could snag the league title. Speaking of midyears, who can forget the Navy Corsair that buzzed the auditorium during the General Science exam? Rumor had it that the pilot was Nibby Anderson fsome might re- call his abrupt departure in '52j. It was fun pre- tending it was Nibby, even if it wasn't. As usual, we came out of exams in pretty good shape, and as usual, we were worried stiff over the results. Bight after exams we elected new officers. They were Rusty Wing, Charlie Brainard and George Beard. All three were new bo-ys that year. We veterans sat back and nodded solemn ap- proval. Living up to our greatest expectations, the First Basketball Team took the League title. In the last game of the season, the great Ronnie Tooman, aided by Morris, Topham and Voigt, pulled out one of the most exciting athletic con- tests in the history of Kent. Gunnery was the victim. The whole school went wild, and the team got champagne at their banquet. lt was a great day at Kent. Winter turned to spring, and the crew took to the river. '56 began to make a showing in spring sports. Iszard, McCracken, Holmes, and Faldi made good showings in crew, while Mac and Tuck Hicks, Charlie Appleton, Dick Baiter, Bob Reed and Jack Detwiler made the second baseball team. Foster Devereux f Lazooch j played on Mr. Grant's second tennis team. The First crew was good that year. In fact, they were good enough to go to Henley. We were proud of those guys, and they made a darned good showing in England. But all remember the time during that spring, when a chant for Mike Poler fthe cox of the crewj went up in job as- sembly How much do you weigh Mike? and the inimitable, sky '56, stood was sad when later. And that the unique, Mike Schereschew- up and said proudly: 168.,' It Mike left forever a few weeks was all for 1953. They were a good class. The new senior prefect was to be Ed- die Hughes. The school then voted for new council members. Wing, Brainard and Beard again made good. Of course there was the inci- dent that occurred when it was time to nominate men for council members that spring. It seems that the form suggested seven names. Out of these, only six could be offered to the school for the final vote. One name had to be left out. That Rusty, B. J., Tuff. . .and Linda.