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

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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

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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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William Gills, Jr. Bill is a familiar figure around Kingswood, having entered the school in the eighth grade. Because of his size, which even then was great, he played on the second foot- ball team. In the spring he turned his attention to tennis. He quickly gained prominence and much undesirable publicity when, in his Third Form year, he got stuck in a clothes chute on his way down and had to be extricated by the fire department. That same year Bill also served as Student Mail Carrier, and in spite of fair weather or foul the mail went through. For the next two years he con- tinued to play second team football. In the Fifth Form he was a member of the second basketball team and last fall Bill was an important cog in the Gargan-coachcd Juggernaut, winning his “K” at guard and a gold nugget as the result of an undefeated season. He also was a strong point of the Sixth Form’s victorious quintet in the class basketball series in the capacity of a guard. Since he was tennis coach at Camp Namakkis last summer. Bill is a strong aspi- rant for this year's tennis team. Bill occasionally bats in the week-end league ( no connection with the Junior League ) and has received a license entitling him to drive with one hand. He is also very adept at tripping the light fantastic, having graduated magna cum laude from Miss Godfrey’s dancing school. Bill is rather a quiet fel- low. but his manner is deceptive, for he often startles his classmates with entertaining witticisms. His pet dislikes are people who act foolish and the game of softball. Bill is one of the many who have a longing for “spensy” cars, especially convertible jobs. Next year Bill will be receiving his mail at the University of Virginia where he hopes to complete four years of hard work. 20