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

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WILLIAM P. DALLAS “Bill entered our class in the Eighth Grade and immediately joined the York Club. That year he man' aged to keep out of trouble and played on the York Football and Baseball teams. After graduating into the Senior School, Bill continued on his way to becoming the “great athlete he is to day. He was a member of the .soccer squad and a member of Mr. Blake's famous third basketball outfit. Mr. MacDonald was harrassed with Bill's “abilities as an outfielder during the Spring Term. The Fourth Form found Bill “branching out. He continued to give his “all for Mr. Blake, but tcx)k a course in Football under Mr. MacDonald during the Fall Term. Bill's most notable achievement in the Fifth Form year was his out' standing spring exerci.se program. He and “Bob Prentis invented the most “fool'proof system of skipping exercise ever devised by a student at any institution. Their only “slip” was being seen out of school too early one afternoon. That year he also came to the rescue of the T eivs with an excellent job of getting “ads when they were needed most. He managed the First Basketball Team during his senior year in addi' tion to being Assistant Manager of the Football Team. His Spring Term was spent in jogging about the track. (The exercise nearly killed him.) He managed to evade Mr. Goodwin’s clutches to get out of some of this strenuous exercise by teaming up with Bob Prentis to write The Class Prophesy. One of Bill's favorite hobbies is thinking up flashy quips to hurl at Mr. Greene during History Class. His other main hobby is collecting swing records and following the country's leading swing bands around New England. Next year Bill is going to the Uni' versity of Pennsylvania where he has ambitions of making the Masl{ and Wig Club, and although he thinks his pos' sibilities are very slim, we certainly wish him luck. 12

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FRANK J. BRAZEL “Frank entered Kingswood by way of Russell Gate last fall after graduating from Hall High School. Of the four Reds in the senior class, Frank is the reddest , but bears, strange to say, no nickname for it. The Fall term found Frank on the soccer squad. Many a day those who looked down on English Field could see him chasing after a ball to break up carefully planned passwork. Frank also joined the Choir during his first term, and the Publicity Board kept him busy in his spare time. Frank had looked forward to playing in the School Orchestra, but on ac count of the scarcity of musicians in the school this year, there was none. He had played in the Hall Orchestra for three years and had been president of the band in his senior year. During the Winter Term Frank went out for the Club Basketball Team and also continued on the Publicity Board. This spring he cast in his lot with the tennis squad and did a little track work on the side. During the summer Frank's fancy turns to yachting. This sport of sports takes a tremendous amount of skill and experience which he is cap able of showing if you look him up and go with him for a ride some day. This fall our redheaded sailor is planning to enter Trinity. Frank will be missed by all of his classmates next fall when his cheery morning, boys , is no longer heard. Here's wishing you all the luck in the world not just for your college years, but for many years after that, Frank! Frank's greatest interests this past year centered about the Publicity Board. As a new member he had to learn the ropes , but soon became acquainted with his work and those with whom he associated. During the fall he coached soccer games. The Board has afforded Frank great pleasure and has been good experience for him. Besides sports, he has written many accounts of the school's social affairs throughout the year. 11

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JOHN M. DEMING “John” came to us in the Fourth Form, and through his ability and pep sistence has made a fine record both in studies and school activities. Not pap ticularly proficient in athletics, John has diverted his energy into other channels, managing to shoot well enough to join the Rifle Team in his Fourth Form year, and keeping his grades so well as to at' tain Honor Roll rank repeatedly in the past three years. This year John was the Manager of the Rifle Team, Assignment Editor for the :ws, a member of the Choir, where his fine bass voice was invalu' able, and also belonged to the Math' ematics Club. In his spare moments he could be seen tidying up the Sixth Form classroom, for he was a class monitor as well. Although not a member of the Photography Club, Jack is a “candid camera” fan. When not out driving in his “black streak”, he is generally meandering about snapping pictures of Farmington's “spots” of beauty. During the summer he “burns up” the watery “highway” of Long Island Sound in his racing boat, occasionally swamping canoes of the fairer sex, During many of the fine spring afternoons, John might often have been seen corralling ads for the Class Book or slicing golf balls at the Farmington Golf Course. He had exceptional skill at procuring ads. After a busy summer ranging from an automobile trip North to adventure on the high seas, John plans to enter Princeton next fall, where we hope he will be as successful as he has been at Kingswood. so that he can rescue them. 13