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

Page 20 text:

GEORGE B. FLYNN George Flynn is one of the charter members of the Class of 1939; im- mediately after entering Kingswood he gave evidence of a vigorous interest in athletics. He won his first Wyvern in the seventh grade for playing on the York football team and the fol- lowing year became a substitute end for the intermediates. When he became a third former, he changed from football to soccer and played this lat- ter sport with his customary drive and energy. The Kingswood News claimed that he got a letter in soccer in his fourth form year, but he never saw it. Fie did, however, receive an award the next year and was justly chosen cap- tain of the 1938 team. A hockey enthusiast, he won his letter in his junior year and this last season was player-manager. His track exploits have been numerous: as a freshman he took third in the half-mile run; he was a member of the fourth form relay team and the same year obtained second place in the high jump; in the spring of 1938, he came in second in the Dod- derers’ Derby”, won a medal for the high jump, and received a silver cup for tying the record in hurdle-running. Besides being an athlete, George has held various other posts. He was president of the class in the sixth grade and two years later was assistant secretary of the York Club. In the senior school he has participated in many extra-curricular activities such as the Debating, Math, Dramatic, and Rifle Clubs, the shop, and the pub- licity board; he has entered the public- speaking contest for six years straight. He also won the Improvement Prize in his sophomore year and this year has served as one of our best and most earnest prefects. George has had to stand a good deal of razzing because of his invet- erate misogynous propensities, but he takes it all with a good-natured smile and shakes his head sagely at his friends’ predictions of an early marriage. lfls! I c S «swnethmjK 16

Page 19 text:

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

Page 21 text:

JOHN S. GILBERTSON, JR. John is one of the few Kingswood boys in the senior class who enrolled in the fifth grade. During that year he was class president, and his activi- ties consisted of the York soccer and track teams. He was on the Honor Roll for the year and won the Dux Prize. During his sixth and seventh grade years John achieved a most outstand- ing athletic record not only by star- ring on the York soccer and track teams and winning his club pin, but also by establishing a junior school track record of 5.6 seconds for the forty yard dash. During these two years he also won the coveted Dux Prize. In the senior school John became a regular member of the second soccer team. At the end of his third form year he was a member of the class relay team. In his fourth form year he was again a member of the second soccer team and also joined the Camera Club where he excelled in photography, winning a prize in the competitive exhibition. In the fifth form he became a member of the first soccer squad and ably captained the first team reserves. At the end of his junior year John was again a member of the class relay team which, incidentally, emerged victorious. Besides his sports, John’s extra-curricular activities consisted of the Camera and Mathematics Clubs. In his senior year John became a regular member of the first soccer team and after a brilliantly played season received his letter. He again won a prize for his excellence in photography. He was a regular mem- ber of the first rifle team and a member of the class book committee, heading the photography division. In everything John undertook with in- terest, he excelled. John intends to go to Williams next year, and we wish him success in all walks of life. 17