Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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ally hudreds of people. Those tents in the north field contained kegs of that strange beverage called beer. Also, down in Macedonia Valley, there was a huge outdoor altar to be used for chapel on Sunday morning of the weekend. As was expected, hundreds of Kenf alumni and friends showed up. The idea of the weekend was to celebrate Kent's fiftieth anniversary. The guests enjoyed everything from a Fifty Year Picture Exhibitv in the Common Room to a dance in the Sports Building on Saturday night. The school had to hire nearby camps to house all the visitors. The weekend was a great success and when it was over, we knew that the fiftieth year had begun. Before we knew it, Mother's Weekend was on us. The football team hadn't lost a game yet, Picnic on Chapel Hill. and the soccer team was sporting the best record in the history of that sport. The gridders' vic- tims over that weekend were the Green of Berk- shire. I guess we won't forget how rainy that weekend was. We thought that a flood proximat- ing in size the one that had struck Kent that summer might be about to begin. Our Fall dance was quite successful. The football team beat Williston, and the girls seemed to have a good time dancing in the Bere- zowsky-decorated gymn. E V e r y t h i n g went smoothly, thanks to Mr. Howard and Bob Casey Have a glass of water, fellas! fdance chairmanj. Oh, by the way, the weather was even good. fScotty and Fong, however, thought that nothing was goodl. The team kept on rolling, and so did the football team. After six straight victories, the team had only one game left with Loomis. All week long before that game the entire school, led by cheerleader Leigh Faldi, worked itself in- to a state of enthusiasm and frenzy. Rallies took place on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday found the school keyed up to a fever pitch. On Satur- day morning it was evident that there was going , to be a huge crowd on hand for the game. People were nervous right up to the moment of the opening kickoff, but from that moment on, no one worried. We walked all over Loomis. The latter played hard, but we werejust too much for them. The 'final score: Kent 47, Loomis 0. The coveted Loomis spoonn was ours. Where's that waiter?

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Ah A week later we elected George Beard our sixth form council member. Dick Alford was picked to edit our yearbook. Jack Detwiler and Terry Johnson were appointed kitchen heads. Frank Bates and Ned Hatfield were to be co-op store heads. The new Cauldron editor was to be Bill Weber. Foster Devereux was to handle the new job of Sports Building Head. L Now we knew all our officers, and we had confidence in them. We also had ideals that we were going to try to live up to as sixth formers. We knew that we had a tradition to uphold, and we knew that to succeed as a senior class, we must follow the principle that had been set by Fr. Sill. At last we were sixth formers. The year actually started for us on Sept. 9th in New York City. We had our form party that night. First we ate dinner at the Columbia Club, then we all went to see the show Damn Yankees . Follow- ing the show we returned to the Columbia Club for a meeting. The party then ended fofficlallyj, but many stalwarts of '56 continued the gaiety into the wee hours funofficiallyj. The Tiger says no! Sandy and B. J. - but where's Fos- ter and Rusty? 22 The next morning we returned to Kent to help indoctrinate the new boys. As each new boy would arrive, his sixth form sponsor would greet him and his parents, show them around the school, and answer any questions the boy or par- ents had. Early week also was the first chance that Mr. .lake McCandless, new football coach, had at the first team candidates. After one day under Jake, everyone knew that the term sack,,' when applied to football, was out of place at Kent. Fall term started quite smoothly. We all seemed to have the same things on our minds: studying and winning football and soccer games. Shortly after school began, we welcomed two new members to our form. They were Dave Jones, the English exchange student, and Tors- ten Nykopp, son of the Finnish ambassador. We soon found out that the Lime and Nick F inn were great guys. When the first indicator grades came out, we were shocked to find that our form had the lowest form average in school. Bert Waters was our top man, while Clark, Harris, Waring fmath- ematician extraordinairej and others were up there. Mention should be made of the fact that the new auditorium and library were finished. Both buildings were made possible by the Fiftieth An- niversary Thanksgiving Fund. They were needed additions to our school. Of equal importance was Ki, weekend which took place in early September. The set- up was something like this: In the valley fields and in the north fields, tents were set up. The one in the valley was large enough to seat liter-

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Of course, enough credit simply can't be given to Coach Jake McCandless, who took a foundation team and turned it into an undefeated single wing team. Jake was backed up by Chet Brown, who kept the linemen hustling, and by Benny Mattoon, who kept the ends busy and op- timistic by means of his famous saying nothing's definite yet. Also deserving of credit are the guys who played on the team. I ack Detwiler, the captain, was backed up by lightning Bobby Reed and the amazing Sullivan brothers in the backfield. Tuffy Stowe and Mac Hicks played the ends, while Bert Waters and Bob Adamson played tackle. Scotty Wakefield flater named all- prep, and Tuck Hicks covered the guard slots. Over the ball it was Bart Bates. Mike Tooman and Horkey Hegeler both started on defense, while Baiter, Borland, Schoel, Appleton, Marsh and Alford saw a lot of action. The rest of the squad worked hard all season long, and got to play in the majority of the games. The soccer team also closed with a great record. Charlie Brainard's boys fcoached by Mr. deVillafrancaJ posted a 4-2-2-record, the best in the history of Kent soccer. Ned Hatfield got the Winlaw Trophy. Thus, with the rumors of Bobby, Swampy and Bennett Jr. flying, the events of the fall term came to a close. We enjoyed the longer Thanksgiving vacation on record because the now famed Kent Seminar on the Christian Idea of Education was being carried on at school. Some of the most famed educators and theolo- gians of the world were in attendance. 6 ball in the corner. ....,, s 'f mv' I don't go out with girls anymore. . . Winter term, as usual, had much in store for us. Our guys had key positions on all sports teams. Appleton, Alford and Bates started on the hockey team, while Schmitt, Holmes, Stowe, Brainard, Wakefield and Tyson were also on the squad. Mac Hicks, Zooch', Devereux, and Rusty Wing started on the basketball team. Chuck Mills started most of the games, while J ack Det- wiler saw a lot of action. Bill Weber, Dave Clapp and George Beard rounded out our contributions to the team. Neddy Hatfield and Bob Adamson wrestled first team, while Ross Williams led the seconds. Stories will go on forever about that winter term. Some of them will undoubtedly be true. At any rate, rumors of missing trucks and the like are still flying. The weather was bad enough that term to make the form pretty restless. The hockey and wrestling teams were the ones to watch. Wrestling went undefeated, actu- ally trampling all their opponents. The teams only wish was that they could have wrestled the Williams Frosh fa match with them was cancel- led.J The hockey team also did well. After losing a couple of heartbreakers at the Lawrenceville Tournament, the team went on to post an im- pressive 14--2-1 record. One of the best records in a long time. Winter term brought a very welcome visitor to Kent. He was Mr. Alan Paton, the noted author. Mr. Paton became a friend of each sixth former, and in fact, of every Kent student.