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

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THEODORE A. GUEST “Ted” joined our ranks in the Third Form, coming to us from East Hart' ford. He joined the Rille Club the first year and has been shooting ever since, although never quite well enough to gain a position on the Rifle Squad. Ted likes to make puns, and for four years he has been outstanding for his extremely “witty remarks. Ted’s athletic achievements include tennis in the spring and fall, and Club Basketball in the winter during his first two years. In his junior year he became a member of the Second Soccer Team, and through this experience he obtained a position on the Reserve Squad of die First Soccer Team this year. The Wyvern was lucky enough to secure Guestie as one of its literary editors while in his third year at Kingswood. The next year Ted was unanimously elected EditoHn-Chief of the literary magazine, and be' cause of his excellent work, the Wyvern obtained a second place in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest during the winter. Ted was also one of the editors of this year's Senior Class Book. Although Ted is not a man for society and the members of the fairer sex, he does enjoy companionship with the fellow'members of his class. His pet diversion is cars, and the slightest mention of “pick-up is sufficient to start him going. Ted has maintained a fairly consistent place on the Honor Roll, and because of his unusual literary abilities, has been outstanding as a writer of stories, editorials, and what-not. He was a representative of Kingswood’s Vergil class at the state Latin contest held recently at New Haven. Ted has been busy this spring try- ing to improve his golf game by losing balls in gopher holes in the lower meadow. He will continue his studies next year at Princeton. 19

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ANTHONY F. GOBBIE Joining the class of 1938 in the Third Form, “Tony Gobbie soon es' tablished himself firmly in the school and won many friends. At the out' start, “Gup secured for himself a place on the Honor Roll for the year. In the spring of 1935 “Tony joined the staff of the school newspaper. Here his services became of such value that he was elected an assistant editor at the conclusion of his junior year and has served in that position faithfully throughout the past year. He is espe' dally proficient at writing sports events. In the line of athletics, “Gup be' came a member of the Intermediate Baseball Team in his freshman year, and in the following year (Fourth Form) played all three major sports with the Intermediate group under Mr. MacDonald. He also took rifle, but, although a good shot, failed to make the school team. Gobbie reported to Coach Joe Gargan to try out for the First Football Team in the fall of 1936. Basketball was his winter activity and running the track five times (??) a day took much of his time during the spring. Scholastically Tony maintained a high average throughout his Fifth Form year and was among the class “topnotchers”. Tony was appointed one of the original Prefects by the Headmaster this fall and has secured his major “K” in football and basketball. As a mem' ber of the Dramatic Club, he has appeared in two productions. Tony is one of the most stalwart members of the New York Club of the class of '38 which has made many excursions to the big city in the last few years. On a recent trip to the Metropolis “Gup and a couple of bosom pals (mentioned elsewhere in this biograph' ical section) dropped in on the “Pari' disc Club and were taken for a royal ride. Tony is headed for Harvard next fall.

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CHARLES S. HASTINGS “Red entered the sch x)l in the fall of '34, and ever since has been dis' tinguished by his beaming smile and “sunny disposition. Throughout his four years at Kingswood his “brilliant questions have astounded the members of the Faculty as well as his class' mates. In the fall of his freshman year “Red” went out for soccer, and after playing on the Second Team for the first year, he was recognized as good material for the following year. The Winter Term brought good ice and the “Carrot Top was to be found every afternoon on the hockey rink. When the baseballs were flying fast and far, “Spence was right in the midst of the Intermediate Squad. The Fourth Form year found “Red with regular positions on the Wyvern Board and the First Soccer Team. In the Winter he was again drawn to hockey, and he continued with Second Team baseball in the spring. “Red's most outstanding achievement in his Fifth Form year was his work on the “Comments of the Wyvern. Another of his claims was his ability to dribble a soccer ball round his teammates. On account of lack of ice that winter, Red had to “do his stuff on the meadows playing touch ftxitball with the downcast hockey squad. In his Senior year Spence captained the Soccer Team through one of the most successful seasons that the school has ever had. He was one of the assistant editors of the Wyvern and a letterman on the Hockey Team. He also joined the Choir in his last year. Besides being interested in golf. Red is reputed to be the only fisherman in the school who uses worms and catches fish at the same time. This fall Red is going to enter Yale, and the school will be sorry to see him go. More power to you, Red. 20