Kents Hill School - Yearbook (Kents Hill, ME)

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CLASS HISTORY Someday when you are old and grey, you may tilt back in your rocking chair, draw your grandchildren to your knee, pull out from a row of dusty books a well-worn volume entitled Kents Hill Yearbook, 1953. You turn to the picture which looks back at you with a grin and laughing eyes set in a young face surrounded by an out-of-date hair style. That's Grandpa when he was at Kents Hill, you say. Rocking slowly, you begin to look through the pages, reminiscing as you go. Ican remember when I first went to Kents Hill, you say laughingly, with the first few confusing days of classes, the football games in the crisp fall, the hard-fought field hockey games, the day we trekked across the leaf-covered fields and through the woods for our first glimpse of the Outing Club cabin, the glorious setting of Kents Hill and beau- tiful lakes mirroring the bright colors of the foliage. And so the fall went. Then it was winter -- winter withits Christmas decorations and chimes pealing the familiar carols over the new-fallen snow. Our first mid-years we ap- proached with nervousness mingled with curiosity as to how any teacher could make, or how we could take a test two hours long, and then the ordeal was over. The Winter Carnival came, the ski meets, hockey and basketball games, and the Snow Ball to which we went unsure and nervous. Before we realized it, spring had come. The campus maples were tapped, and the sound of a baseball hitting a mitt could be heard. Softball, baseball, tennis, and track were played. The spring went fast and commencement came. Nancy Nichols and Rachel Fogg were tied for highest aver- age in our class for the whole year. We said 'goodby' to friends we had made and to those who would return next year. We returned as sophomores. We could show around our new classmates, Pat King, skillful in athletics and choir, and Irene Adell, a regular member of the honor rolls and to become co-editor of the KENTS HILL BREEZE and business editor of the yearbook in her senior year. The life this year was familiar. The Winter Carnival was a great success with perfect snowconditions. We were old hands at exams by now. At the Winter Banquet, varsity hockey letters were awarded to Don Gattiand Dave Cadarett, Several of us went to the March Readfield town meeting and saw democracy and our politician storekeeper at work. The days passed swiftly. Kiki Kneeland won the Faculty prize for the neatest room. Marjorie Wight had the highest average for our class this year. The next September found us greeting our old classmates and welcoming the new. Those who joined us were Connie Mitchell, Carol Westervelt, Peggy Reeder, Muriel Eldridge, Bill Cannon, and Brian Moore. This year brought the establishment of School Government. Don Lenfest and Marjorie Wight were elected to the council, Don Gatti and Muriel Eldridge to the supreme court. l can remember that trip to Rockland where we stuffed ourselves with all the clams and lobsters we could eat. Pat King and Muriel Eldridge excelled in lcebound, and Nancy Nichols painted scenery and brought antiques. The choir gave a beautiful Christmas candlelight service and concerts for the Augusta Kiwanis and the Winthrop Rotary. Pat King produced the first carved leather handbag in the craft room. The fall banquet saw Dave Cadarett, Bill Cannon, Don Lenfest, Brian Moore and Pat King get their letters, Kiki Kneeland, her first stripeg Rachel Fogg and Nancy Nichols second stripes. After the inevitable mid-year exams came the Winter Carnival dance with its trading-post decorations and bear rug used to scare unsuspecting victims. And did we have a storm that winter! The day students, those who came, had to tramp to classes on skis or snowshoes, and the rest of us plowed from the dormitory through man-high snow drifts. And the shoveling! We got the parking lot finished just as the state snowplow came in to turn around. lcan remember jumping off the gym roof into a snowbank and getting completely stuck. At the Winter Banquet many of us juniors were awarded prizes: hockey letters went to Dave Cadar- ett and Don Gatti, ski letters to Bill Cannon, pins to Rachel Fogg, Elaine Leighton, and Nancy Nichols. Muriel Eld- ridge received the Allan Nightingale trophy for the most improved skier. Spring in all its beauty was upon us again. Don I.enfest won third place in the state track meet. Peggy Reeder was elected president of the governmentg Don Lenfest and Pat King were house leaders, Bill Cannon, Don Gatti, Carol Westervelt, Muriel Eldridge, and Dave Cadar- ett were council members. Norm Davis's father invited us on a boat trip to Monhegan Island, ten miles off the Maine coast, that spring. It was a stormy day, the boat rocked, and many of us were seasick. The visit to this lovely island was worth it, though. The annual school song-vvriting contest revealed another talent of Nancy Nichols, who won first prize. Then, before we knew it, it was graduation at which Peggy Reeder had the highest average and received the Kreger prize. Then we were seniors! We were occupying the places of those to whom we had looked up, admired, and imitated. What a gang we had! Judy Lincoln with loads of pep and an ability to draw, Dona Macaulay's cheerful grin, Ginny Winslow's humor, and Carol Tasker's shy smile and quiet ways. Many boys joined us, too: Burrows Dolbeare from Florida who was in for quite a change of climate, Fred Buckley with his pitching ability, Arnie Buckley and his fine football playing, Keith Brown who entered the National, the Eastern, and United States Eastern Amateur Ski Associa- tion meets, Dick Berry and his good nature, Ray Dube who won the center hockey trophy for the state of Maine, Doug Hinds who showed up at a formal dance in a butler's costume left over from a recent play, Bill Lynch and his faithful work on the publications and as co-editor of the successful KENTS HILL BREEZE, friendly Dick Pollard, Jack Warren's skill with a comb, Mel Tukey's horn, Nye Benis's cheerful spirit, Norm Schneider 's Capture the flag games, Gene Stone from West Paris, Frank Stone's management of the dinging room, and our authority on diamonds, Mal Stone. The long-awaited ski tow was completed and brightened our winter skiing. Our dramatists starred in a very wonderful January Thaw. ln the October elections Peggy Reeder was re-elected president, Muriel Eldridge and Keith Brown, houseleaders, and Pat King on the council. Keith Brown was king of the Winter Carnival with Bill Lynch, Don Gatti, Ray Dube, Peggy Reeder, and Pat King as seniors on his court. Carole Cooper was editor of the yearbook. The choir again gavea lovely candlelight service and a program to the Winthrop Rotary. The girls had an undefeated basketball team. Judy Lincoln and Brian Moore won foul-shooting contests. Nancy Nichols won the BREEZE essay contest on school life. After spring vacation the year really bolted for us seniors. There were our senior picnic, breakfast, ban- quet, class meetings, and senior prom that led to our own graduation. I can remember that lump in my throat when we marched to Pomp and Circumstance in grey caps and gown--in with the tassles on one side and out with them on the other, for we had graduated! Yes, the time we had waited for so long was finally here. All the good times remain with me even now. Kents Hill will be with me as one of the most pleasant memories of all my days. Muriel Eldridge Nancy Nichols Frances Kneeland Norman Davis Elaine Leighton Donald Lenfest 25

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