Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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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

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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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Captain and the man who led the cheers. Before leaving fall term, mention must be made of our first dance. It was a dinner dance with Dobbs, and most of us had great times. Of course there was the preferred stock list, which helped out Wing, Devereux, Clapp and others considerably. Remember club stub Scotty? We're not really bragging when we say that we started the Kent-Dobbs relationship. Our mouths are shut when we're accused of trying to kill the same relationship. Of course, those who took part remember vividly the shav- ing cream fights and mock job assemblies that took place in Alford's room during, you guessed it, real job assembly. How about Wimpy and Mac? One last mention of fall term. It deals with the Halloweien Carnival which we put on, and which was a howling success. Faldi and Stowe starred as representatives of our form in short skit, and Alf won the costume contest. His cos- tume fcostume?J was a German flag and helmet. What imagination! We really had to work that year. We had to take five subjects again. fThat same terrible thought cropping upl. O. B. Davis was our Lit master. What a guy! Engrained forever in our heads is his lecture on quartering a robber in Elizabethan England and his strange likeness to a character we read about that year. I think that character captained The Pequodf' Fifth form Spanish students had Bish Colmore. Mr. Col- more always managed to combine humor and Spanish well, and his students will never have anything but respect for him. Then, of course, there was Art History. We all took it and we all had Mr. Breasted. Ten years from the time we graduate we're coming back to watch the fun. It seems that the chapel is going to cave in. Well, that's what we were told. Winter term was on us before we knew it. We were well represented on all first teams. Charlie Appleton, the captain, played first line hockey, while Dick Alford and Frank Bates played goalie and defense on the same team. Johnny Holmes played second string to Alf. Mac Hicks and Devereux played first string hoop, while Rusty Wing, Bill Weber, Dave Clapp and George Beard were also on the team. Ned Hat- field emerged from league hockey to make the first grappling team, and faithful Chas Brainard continued to lead the skiers. As usual, our guys filled many second team slots. The snowy term was an eventful one that year, and we were plenty active. In fact, Wyo- ming Mick McClure was so active that he left one night, never to return. The call of the wild! It was during winter term that we put on our second carnival of the year. The winter car- nival was held at the hockey rinks. Dick Baiter and Rusty Wing ran the proceedings, but we all helped in some way. Remember those figure skaters? They were good, and so were the re- freshments. Sports werenit too good that winter, but the majority of the teams sported a lot of men from our class and the class of '57, so prospects were bright for the future. At the end of the term Mac Hicks was chosen captain of basketball, Charlie Appleton was re-elected hockey captain: and Ned Hatfield was picked to head the wrestlers. Neddy also got the award for the most improved wres- tler. Spring vacation saw something new initiated into our form. Six 56,ers fthey considered them- selves true vagabondsj traveled to the sunny clime of Florida. . Al Stowe, Mr. Bates, Mr. Waters, Frank Bates. . .two generations of Kent oarsmen