Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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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

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The six were: O. H. Schmitt, Dave Clapp and Rusty Wing, all in Otto's faithful plym',, and Tuffy Stowe, Dick Alford and Dick Baiter, all in D. B's green Merc fsometimes referred to as the dying beetlewj. The six returned with thou- sands of tales about Delray, Lauderdale and the conquests enjoyed at those places. Early April and some members of the form a little more nervous than usual. Why? Well, it seems that tapping wasn't far off, and hard as it was to believe, it was members of our form that were to be tapped this year. The sprints were on, bets were being taken. At last some of our guys were on the crews. Leigh Faldi coxed the first boat, while Chuck Masters are human too. Mills, Tuffy Stowe, Bert Waters, Bart Bates, John Marsh and Put King rowed on the seconds. Oh, Terry Johnson fTall Terrl coxed the latter crew. In the meanwhile, Dev was firmly establishing himself as our form's tennis ace. Rusty and Alf were also up there. In baseball Tuck and Mac Hicks, Jack Detwiler, Bobby Reed and Dick Bai- ter were all regulars on the Coach Nadal team. Scotty and Wimp both saw lots of action during the season. Bobby sent the unit flying. Crew and tennis faired pretty well that sea- son, while baseball had a sketchy time of it. As the various seasons terminated, Leigh Faldi was elected captain of crew, Foster Devereux of ten- nis, and Redding Frazier Hicks of baseball. It was almost impossible to believe that members of our form now were captains or were captains- elect of every sport at Kent. As usual, spring term meant more hacking. Of everlasting memory is the night that the great Pete Magee, famed for his wit and versatility, took the jeep and cracked into a fence post. Luckily Dick Harriss, Lilly Lonsdale and some others ran to the rescue. If it wasn't one thing, it was another with Mage. lay, Nick, Russian, Art and Limey. . .1..,f:.,,.,,ftaaafhg--15: f--f 1 -ffm-. 1- '1 'Q W it