King School - Kingsmen Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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ASS The freshman class in September of 1948 was a proud little aggregation of seven All exceptmg Rogers Schools product Don Price were Kung vet erans Some of us had even seen service for eight years Overbrook s pride Doug and Ralph commuted to school daily on their bikes Dougs was a green monstroslty amply hung with accessories and provld :ng a sagging illusion un the middle from who knows what Mechanucally minded Royce was interested in souped up bukes at this time We were well repre sented on the athletic field with Doug Moff and Percy starring on the JV baseball mne and the above three plus Thtrsty on the football squad Percy is a nickname that we rapidly affixed to Don and which is now better known than his given name Mr Kapalorucs solemn expressions kept our Latin class In hysterlcs for the first few months Mr Laurie was another new faculty member and nn this case It was we who frequently broke hum up through to graduation day We were really moving up in the world as we started our sophomore year Our commotion out put was vastly Increased as the class was supplement ed by Little Zuck a Burdick import Mr Ray re ported for his first term of duty Half of us marched as his ancient hnstory scholars along the path of expanding cnvnluzatuon from Babylon to Rome whale somewhere in between Doug found time to pioneer a railroad through Arabia on the large map Our nearness to the motoring era was felt as Zuck b tanned his drivers license shortly before commence ment Eight hale and hearty lunnors showed up an 50 Now we were finally reaching the superior heights Moff rolled into the parking area in his classy Pon trac One by one we were falling into this category and then our fears realized as Doug turned up In Gwendy The grapevine had It that here was a dangerous character so we kept our distance as he roamed down Strawberry Hull with abandon Willie lonned us In the midst of the football season and swelled our number on the Varsity to six This year we were again innocent vncttms of a three exams a year poltcy so pre Christmas Easter and commence ment days were spent nn thus unpleasant atmosphere We enloyed the proceedings at the first Father and Son Dtnner and also the Senior Dance Then came sprung baseball aching muscles and eventually a H ISTO team Cof four nnneths Iunnor composntnonl which capped the league title The final Chronicle issue reverted to the lumors control and Zuck s and Eds edltorshtp a sux page edition at that Dwight won a French award along with other honors at the graduation exercnses The Class of 52 mellowed with age ha moved wtthun the confining walls ready to assume their seniority Baldy came to Kung from Fanrfield Prep and Walt accelerated to make us eleven We were exposed to physics and Mr Dwelle to us which nearly resulted an the splitting of an atom or something Our mechanized outfit was unique to say the least It an cluded a bouncing Austin a darggtng Mercury and a red and green dump truck The football season was a success as far as we were concerned Nine seniors led the squad to a victory and a tue The wm was celebrated at Baldys Hugh Rndge grotto For good measure another party took place at Bunces fer the Brunswick tilt The season left Willie hobbled for a spell Christmas saw various enter prlses undertaken such as Xmas tree sellnng and a number of other store 'obs Basketball brought out victory Then came those days at the Dartmouth Wm ter Carnival' The Father and Son Dinner moved on to the horizon and we began to prepare our song Two enloyable nights were spent at Zuck's ' rehears mg to the tune of There s Nothung Luke a Dame One of the evenings was given over to commemorate Wullle s birthday Our struggles to publtsh the year book were interrupted by the College Boards After rackung our brains we emerged exhausted at noon though two of us stuck it out until sux and finally crawled forth from the Hugh School at thus hour A week before the dance there was a surprise party at Riders for four of our number to celebrate their esghteenth birthdays A last minute rush secured enough ads for the Kungsmen The Senior Dance was a rousing success as was the trip to New York whlch lasted until 4 We contributed of our talent to form the backbone of a solid lrttle baseball team The seniors were also involved in the cooking on Field Day and generally supervised distribution of refreshments As commencement crept up the Class of 52 was well situated for next fall and we prepared to head ID our respective directions , . . - - 1 11 1 11 1 - - I I - , . . . . 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THE JUNIOR CLASS I h W CLASS OF 1953 MAURICE DICKSON BENNETT JR MELVIN HOLMES LEONARD HOWARD JULIAN BROD JR STEPHEN BARRY LEVINE JOHN CALDWELL BROOKS ERIC THOMAS LEXOW JOHN ELLIOT BUNCE RODNEY WARREN MUTCH WINSLOW HARRISON CASE JR ROBERT STEWART RIDER JOHN RUSSELL GRADY JR ROBERT RILEY SEARLES WILLIAM FRANCIS KEESHAN JR JAMES HAGUE SQUIRES MALCOLM HOWARD WECHSLER 24 Back Row, leff Io Righ : John Brooks, Rodney Mufc , WiIIiam Keeshan, Melvin Leonard, Howard Brod, I Case, Rober! Searles, Eric Lexow, and James Squires, Front Row: John Grady, Robert Rider, Sfephen L Maurice Bennett, John Bunce, and Malcolm Wechsler. I ' I , . , . , . , .