Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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AWVV .,,.' The new auditorium. donned the hickories for the first skiers. Rus Wing and Bill Weber made the basketball team, while Beardy, Mac Hicks, Dave Clapp, Sherb Merrill, and Bob Reed made the seconds. Alf, Johnny Holmes, Mick McClure, Tuck Hicks, Otto Schmitt, Bart Bates and Put King played on Chick Downes' second pucksters. John Hei- ser and Al Peters were on the second wrestling squad. The winter of that year will be remembered as the time that two sixth formers, Bah and Ol- lie, took off. It was tough seeing Bah go, for he was basketball's top scorer. The most successful sport that winter was hockey, which put to- gether a nine and four record. At the end-of-the- season sports banquets, two of our guys Charles Brainard and Charlie Appleton, were elected captain of skiing and hockey. The Middle Dorm ' kg .,... .,, ...... w,Fm:f:1:,-sw.v-fm'-' .:Q1e,.ff:ffff'1ffHr-- The spring of that year brought crew, ten- nis, baseball, and a new sport, swimming. Car- ried on in somewhat secretive way, this swim- ming took place in the rapids above Mr. Arm- strong's house. Led by Fat Jack and Tucker, we spent many a hot afternoon in the cooling waters of the Hoosie. This term also witnessed many raids between the North Dorm and the Dining Hall. The North Dorm group headed by Brillo, Fat Jack, and Tuffy, met with buckets of water the attempted assaults from Club Dining led by Busty, Beardy, Honeybear, Dahoe, and Veeds. The fact that this all happened after lights makes it more interesting. Another incident that can't be left out was the trip made by Heiso and Rusty to Bennett Jr. As is quite often the case, they HH!! A visitor from the sky. were caught. A final incident worthy of note shall be called: the outhouse affairf' It seems that Hawk, Bobby, Swampy and Windy saw fit to move the old outhouse onto the road. Well, Scotty and Wimpy came along, and decided to knock it over. They all remained at school two extra days at the end of the term for their la- bors. ln spite of the penalty, the six of them plus everyone else got a laugh out of the whole affair. This all took place, by the way, during our form picnic in Macedonia. That picnic was a lot of fun. That spring the various sports did fairly well, and we had men on quite a few teams. The Hicks boys and Bobby Reed made the baseball team, Dev made the tennis team, and Leigh

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one name was none other than the incomparable 0tto's. On June 10th we left for three months at home, not really thinking of Prefects or council members. - In the history of almost any Form there is usually one year that is a little slow from the point of view of class achievement. Fourth Form year was such a year for us. Fr. Patterson had explained to us that many previous Fourth Forms had been do nothing forms. He asked us to try to avoid this, if possible. But we were just a little too cocky, and a little too smug to drink in his wise warning. It wasnit until spring term that we finally settled down, and we finished the year in pretty good shape. Fall term of that year found most of us with five subjects fhorrible thoughtlj. Also, most of us had Mr. Gilliam for Modern History. It was an experience that we won't soon forget. Per- haps the Phi Betta Kappa row of the sixth period section will remember it just a bit more vividly than others. Others of our class had the humorous Bear, Mr. Brown, for Latin. As Bear often said to Foster Devereux after a copy of one of the Latin department's soon-to-be-given tests was found to be missing: Ah yes, one missing. We had four new members added to our class that year. Tex Houston, Salty Al Peters, Mac Lukens, and, at mid years, Scotty Wake- field, all joined our ranks. We were glad to have ,em aboard. Early in the Fall we elected Jerry Bunker as our president. The Football team was good that year. The Blue and Gray marched easily through their first five games. Jack Detwiler played first string guard, and Charlie Appleton and John Heiser were on the team. The final game of the season was a heartbreaker. Billy Starke, the Q.B. was out with an injured back. In the first two plays of the game Skip Ulrich and Bill J ones, halfback and guard, were also knocked out. The final score was 20-6, in favor of Taft. We were sad, S.E.W. tries to quell the rabble. but we know that our team has done its best. It was also that Fall that 15 of us attended our first dance: as waiters. Charlie A.. was our head waiter, and we had a, great time, either trying to move in on Fifth Form dates, or sim- ply sitting on the sidelines smoking. The latter was a great privilege for us. The term ended with the Hawkins, Wing, Clark and Harris group still having their names show up on the scroll, Speaking of Jeff Clark must remind every- body of the first south hallway that year. It seems that J eff, Ted Dartford, Max Borland, Bob McCracken and some others had a sort of radio club going. It was a sad day when they all had to take the machines down to Hughes' room to be turned in. Oh well, rules will be rules! Thanksgiving vacation found the Hicks boys, Mick McClure and Alf staying at Kent out of sheer devotion for the school. What's all this about midnight rides in someone's Plymouth, men? We really arrived, as an athletic form, dur- ing winter term of that year. Charlie Appleton made first line hockey, and Brillo Brainard again We even tumed out to cheer soccer. U su...

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R am Faldi coxed the second crew. We also had a lot of men on second teams. The class of '55 came into responsibility at last, and we took over leadership in study halls. ,55's prefects were Bill Ince, Jack Maresca, Bill Howard and Tarry Putnam. It really seemed funny, having those guys who were just a class ahead of us tapped prefects. It all made us rea- lize that in just a year some of us would be in the same position. In the meantime, we decided that we would try to do a good job of handling the rowdy rabble in study halls. In the last week Busty Wing, Charlie Brain- ard and George Beard were re-elected council members. Then as a class we elected Dick Baiter our president for the coming year. Oh, by the The Hatch. way, Serg Berezowsky was still on the honor roll. Thus ends fourth form year, but before going on to fifth form year weld like to express our thanks to someone. This someone is Mr. Bill Armstrong. Up to the end of fourth form year, a Kent boy is an under former. Mr. Armstrong makes the three under forms his personal responsibility. He teaches them to study, he guides them, and he punishes them fwhen they need it, which is quite oftcnj. Our form was no exception. Mr. Armstrong yelled at us, belittled us, and work- ed us hard when we had hours. But he did it all for our own good, and we never will forget it. Thanks a lot, Sir! Fifth form year found our form slightly From Chapel Hill. smaller. Squeek Meyers, McGowan and Wharton fthe busj Green were missing. Also gone was the incomparable Bobey, Morgy', for whatever else he was calledj McCracken, the New Canaan Flash. Fr. Patterson told us that fifth form year was an important one from the point of view of getting into college, so we settled down to work. It was a bad year for football, but the grid- ders showed promise for the years to come. Tuck, Mac, Bobby, Jack and occasionally Scotty, all played first string. In the leagues, the senior Massies romped. Tuffy Stowe and George Beard were backfield stars. How about the Stowe-to- Clapp pass plays, when Fong would run out, cut back again, and Tuffy would throw the pass where Fong had just been, and the Chinaman would have to reverse again in order to catch it. A bit confusing but it worked. That was club football for you! In soccer. Brillo, Neddy Hat- field and Faldihi starred for the Blue and Grey. The booters also showed promise. The end of-the-season banquets came, and Jack Detwiler and Charlie Brainard were elected as captains of the football and soccer teams for the next year. The big flood hit Kent to