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

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RAYMOND CUNNINGHAM, JR. Ray” entered the school in the fifth grade and distinguished himself by obtaining the first distinction card of the Class of ’39. Always well up in his studies, he played on several of the Lancaster teams, winning Wyverns in football and basketball while he was in the seventh and eighth grades. He also won several rifle medals on the range and was elected assistant secre- tary of the Lancaster Club. Entering the senior school, Ray joined the Dramatic Club and has done some fine acting in all of the school plays since then. He played inter- mediate football and basketball during his freshman and sophomore years; he was a member of the varsity football squad in his fifth form year and the varsity soccer squad in the sixth form. His other athletic achievements include living through the club basketball season and being a member of the softball squad for the past two years. In 1937 Ray won the Drawing Prize with an excellent sketch of an airplane, and the following year he won the Music Prize and was awarded honorable mention in the essay contest. In his senior year Ray was given the honor of being made a prefect. He was editor of the class book and a member of the Wyvcrn board and the Debating Club. Next year Ray intends to major in either English or philosophy at Trinity and expects to take a post graduate course in England if possible. He has taken up the study of piano and is a lover of classical music. While smoking his pipe after lunch, lie enjoys telling his classmates how terrible swing music is. In regard to the fairer sex, Ray always has his eyes open, and at present prefers an English brunette. We feel sure that his good nature will carry him far in whatever he docs. 14

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THOMAS H. CRITCHFIELD Critch” is another of the select group which has been with the class since its beginning in September, 1931; throughout his years in the junior school he fought for the red rose. Every autumn he has been a member of some soccer squad, and in the eighth grade he won his Wyvern in this sport. For the past three seasons he has held a position on the first soccer squad and this last year earned his letter as a halfback. Hockey has been Tom’s winter sport, and he early proved himself an able player; as in soccer, he has played on the first squad for three consecu- tive years. Critch has given us many a fine performance on the tennis court — during his sophomore, junior, and senior years he has competed on the school team He also shone as a track star when he received a medal for contributing his share to the victory of the class relay team in the fifth form. Target shooting has always been one of Tom’s greatest interests, and therefore he has been one of Colonel Wainwright’s steadiest customers at the rifle range. An expert marksman, he won the junior school championship and has shot with team for four seasons straight. He was rewarded with the captaincy in his sixth form year. One of Critch’s favorite hobbies is horseback riding, and as proof of his equestrian ability he proudly displays ''fifteen or twenty cups” awarded him in various shows. He also enjoys tinkering with automobiles and has rolled many a rattling good mile in the model A” and Jessie” with Norm”, Pete”, and Went”. This year Tom has also participated in the Math Club and has served as a highly efficient common room monitor. Next year he plans to go to Williams College, and we wish him all sorts of success. 13

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RICHARD B. CURTIS Dick” entered Kingswood in the fifth grade, but left in the sixth to come back in the eighth. He played soccer in his first year and was an end on the Lancaster football team when he rejoined us. He was captain of the Lancaster hockey team and served as catcher on the baseball team. He won the Junior Manual Training Prize for building a clipper ship; the model had masts four feet high and displayed a cannon that fired buckshot. As a member of the senior school Dick played end on the intermediate football team for two years, was on the first squad for two autumns, and won his letter this season. In the fifth form he played center on the hockey team, receiving a letter; and this last semester showed his superb leadership and sportsmanship in captain- ing the hockey team through a successful season. He played baseball on the intermediate squad as a freshman and as a sophomore, but since then has spent his spring terms with the invincible sprinters in galloping around the track. Doc” has been a member of the rifle club for three years and honored the math club with his presence for two consecutive seasons. Dick is an out-and-out hick”—he has, at one time or another, raised vegetables, had a chicken farm, and (his latest venture) managed a rabbit farm. The only peculiarity about these experiments was that he usually ended up in the red”. Dick plays the trumpet and at present is engaged in organizing an orchestra composed of members of the class. An ardent swing” fan, he sees a good per- centage of the nationally famous bands that come to Hartford. Next year Dick plans to enter Cornell Veterinary School, and with his background of many years of farm- ing he is sure to make a successful veterinarian. 15