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

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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

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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

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RUSSELL J. HALL Before coming to Kingswood, Russ went to Bristol High School. While there he starred for three years in football, basketball, and track. Dur- ing this period he occupied himself in his leisure time with dramatics and foreign languages. “Egg-noggle”, as he is known to his intimate friends (strangely enough, no one calls him ‘’Lefty”), has continued his athletic activities at Kingswood. Last fall he was an outstanding backfield man for the football team, and his brilliant play this winter on the basketball court thrilled the spectators. Russ has not allowed all his time to be taken up by sports, however, and has devoted a great deal of serious effort to his school work. After 3:15 on almost any afternoon he can be found in his “private study”, the tutoring room in the sixth form building. The closest friends Russ has at Kingswood are the members of the clique known as the “Quintet” — Kinncry, Ruby, Prochaska, and Maguire; he is almost constantly in their company. Outside of school, feminine admirers are drawn to him by his handsome features like so many flies to molasses. The Quintet gleefully whisper choice stories about Egg-noggle’s escapades — about the gay trip to Boston and his falling asleep while talking to a girl he had dated — about the tire-changing scene near Bristol in the wee small hours of the morning after the Feb- ruary dance. When questioned concerning these troubles and misfortunes, however, Russ only stares modestly at the floor and turns a vivid scarlet; but his inherent good nature keeps him from losing his temper. We hope that his perseverance, his friendliness, and his all-around good fellowship will bring him success and happiness at the University of Pennsyl- vania next year. 18