Kingswood Oxford High School - Retrospect Yearbook (West Hartford, CT)

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William R. Birge Bill is the scholar of our form: not just in the sense that he has assimilated a lot of knowledge, but that he understands what the prin- ciples are that underlie the facts. He came to Kings wood in the Fourth Form from Turkey, of all places. He took quite a bit of punishment for that. Apparently one should not come from Turkey if one is to pass unnoticed. At the end of his first year, he won the improvement prize. Last year, after a hard year’s work, he was awarded the Terwilliger Prize for an English essay he wrote. Just recently this year, to top off a suc- cessful career, he was awarded the much-coveted Korper Scholarship. Bill's favorite diversion is comparing grades in all his exams and tests with other members of his class. He and Molumphy stage a race every month to see who can get the highest grade in English. Every time Mr. Gleason hands back marked papers there is a tense moment as the issue is decided. But all this is just in the line of duty for Bill. He has played an important part in the extra curricular activities of the school, lending his support to The Wyvern, the Dramatic Club, and the Chess Club. Perhaps you don’t see Bill’s name on the Chess Championship plaque, but just take him on some time if you don’t think he’s good. What is the saying about mens sana in corpore sano? Well, appar- ently that’s Bill. Because for his first two years he led the soccer team and in his last year won his letter and gold football on Mr. Gargan’s undefeated eleven. In addition to this, he has consistently been among the first three on the highly success- ful tennis team. Next year Bill is going to try his luck at Princeton, where he will surely keep up his brilliant record. 11

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Regnar E. Bird “Tweet entered the school in the fifth grade and was soon known for his quick mind and vivacious personality. Having lived in Switz- erland for some years, he at first knew French better than English, but it did not take him long to enter into the life and spirit of our group. Besides distinguishing himself by his brilliant French. Regnar has been a very good student in all his subjects. He won the Dux Prize when he was in the eighth grade, and maintained a respectable stand- ard of scholarship in the third, fourth, and sixth forms. Regnar decided to graduate in three years, as he felt that he was a little older than the average in his class and was able to do this without any difficulty. “Tweet won the tennis championship in the junior school and captained the school team in his fourth form year, proving himself a valuable asset to the squad. This year he again represented the school in this sport and his playing has been consistently good. In the fall “Birdie took up soccer under the coaching of Mr. Greene and proved to be one of the finest goalies the team has had in recent years. His spectacular dives and stops will always be remembered by those who saw the home games and also by the members of the team. During the winter months he plays hockey. There is no doubt that he vies with other hockey greats for being the most out- standing player to ever represent the school. In spare time he likes to ski. Public speaking events have al- ways received Regnar’s loyal sup- port. He won the public speaking prize in the eighth grade and was given Honorable Mention in the third and fourth forms. “Tweet also has shown keen interest in publications and edited the Wyvern and the Senior Class Book in his final year. 10

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Earl H. Cotton Earl entered Kingswood in the fall of 1928. He is now a veteran Kingswoodite. having passed a grand total of nine years behind Russell Gate. He was an asset to the Lancaster club teams in the three major sports. But football was his best subject. In the eighth grade, he was promoted to the intermediate football team and the following year to the varsity squad. In his collection of awards for athletics, he has two major K’s for football and two for basketball. Earl is to be congratulated and well deserves to be proud of the fact that he was captain of the undefeated 1936 foot- ball team. He is never seen these days without the gold football presented him for this achievement. Outside of athletics. Earl has been active in various other pas- times. The Dramatic Club had a prospect in him until he was seen in the famous ’Lockjaw Octet” of the Third Form. After that he signed on as the business manager of that firm. Earl’s finest achievement was his leadership as Editor-in-Chief of the Kingswood Neics. He worked on the business board of the paper before he was elected head man of the organization. During this past winter term, the Club basketball team found out that Earl wasn’t such a bad coach. His tutelage allowed the team to enjoy its afternoons at the game and successfully complete a hard season. Earl is a post-graduate this year, and is the only member of the school who is authorized to play golf any afternoon he may choose to do so. He is the envy of several boys, who would very much like to accompany him. if they had the chance. Beers are on Earl these days since he has been accepted into Dartmouth. Congratulations. Earl, on being accepted by one of our better colleges, and the best of luck for the coming year. 12