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

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Richmond G. Fisher Rich has been a student at Kingswood for quite a while, hav- ing entered in the eighth grade. He was a member of last year’s grad- uating class, and is taking a post- graduate course this year in prepar- ation for Dartmouth next fall “Dinty” started his athletic career on the second football team, but his good spirit and drive finally won him a position at center on the varsity. Although he was one of the lightest of the line, he has been its mainstay for the past two seasons. In the winter he plays hockey, but last winter didn't bring enough cold weather so the team only played one game. He was a member of the Sixth Form winning team in the interclass series, and originated Kingswood’s first burlesque basketball game. In the spring he takes track and catches up on lost week-end sleep. Besides being athletically inclined “Fish likes to stretch his vocal cords for the Glee Club and Choir. He also managed to show up at Math. Club a few times in its initial year. The Neius woke up the first of October to find “Dinty in its midst and doing the dirt-digging for the Spotlight column, and in spite of the censoring which the editors felt compelled to do. he has shown that he is a real scandal monger, an object seldom appreciated by the Neius board. He is still the class cut-up and manages to derive his share of the day’s fun. Although he misses his companions in the FiWiCo Holding Co., which was composed of Fisher. Wilde, and Coe, he has found good companions in Farrell. Shepard, and Cotton. He plans to room with Earl at Dartmouth next year. All eyes should watch these two and the combination of Shepard and Turner at Colgate, to see which lasts the longest. 13

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James T. Farrell In the fall of 1935 the class found in its midst one Shorty Farrell. He soon made many friends and took a try at football, imme- diately becoming a star. He was the outstanding backfield man of the team and at the end of the season was honored by being chosen for an All-State eleven by the Hartford Courant. Winter found Shorty as the captain of a fine basketball combination, which turned in one of the best basketball records of the school's history. In the spring. Jigger tried his hand at baseball, where he was equally successful. This year Shorty has kept up athletic interest by starring on the undefeated football team with his passes, kicks, and long runs. He formed the nucleus of the back- field of one of the strongest teams ever seen on Kingswood's gridiron. Again during the winter months he captained the basketball team. This spring he earned his sixth major “K” in two years by taking his turn on the mound and playing in the outfield for the baseball team. Last fall in the class elections Shorty proved his ever-increasing popularity when he was chosen Class President by an overwhelming vote. He has exercised the duties of this office as well as those of a Prefect and a member of the Student Council throughout the year. Shorty’s many athletics took him away from the outside clubs, etc., but he has a great yearning for night life in the company of Shepard and Fisher. The State Theater and Dutchlands are his favorite hang-outs. His pet hate is to make a public speech, at which he is really very good. Shorty plans to go to Williams next fall and room with Bill Page. We certainly wish him all the success in the world and more power to him in any field that he may choose to work in. 17

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Arthur W. Frank, Ir. V Art began his career at Kings- wood in the seventh grade and immediately entered into the school life in a big way. In the junior school he won his quota of Wyverns and honor grades and played on the York soccer team. He also gained many awards for track in which he starred consistently. In the senior school he distinguished him- self by winning his “K' s in soccer (he was outstanding, especially on this year’s eleven, which rounded out an impressive record) and fenc- ing and by his general all-around leadership, both in scholastic and athletic enterprises. His senior year proved his best in many ways. A member of the Neivs board since 1932. Art finally gained the coveted position of assistant editor and proved himself to be a great newspaper man. He also won a place on the rifle team and helped considerably in making up this Class Book. In spite of these many and difficult positions, he maintained a fine scholastic record and is among the leaders of the class in studies. In the middle of his senior year he was appointed a Prefect because of his fine record of manliness and scholarship. This is an honor shared only by three other members of the school, two of them being classmates. His duties as a Perfect were per- formed with great ability. Art is an ardent fisherman, the mere mention of a trout being enough to make him dreamy-eyed. He also numbers woodworking among his hobbies and has turned out some beautiful work in the shop. His good humor and varied interests have made him a host of friends both among the faculty and the student body. He is headed for Princeton next year and is expected to make a name for himself there, as he has at Kingswood for the past six years. 19