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

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DONALD W. HESELTINE Hezzy”, our curly-haired Cana- dian goldilocks, entered Kingswood in the third form five years ago, coming to us from the West Middle School. Last year he graduated the youngest member of his class, too young to be admitted to M. I. T. Therefore he chose to remain with us another year and take a post-graduate course. Except for his first year here, Hezzy has regularly gone out for soccer in the fall; he was a substitute halfback in the fourth form, won his letter in the fifth and sixth, and this year was one of the team’s most bril- liant players. During the winter terms Don has fought valiantly for Kings- wood on the ice and last year obtained his minor K” as a forward on the hockey team. Tennis has been his spring sport — in his junior year he was the team’s assistant manager and since then has ably borne the double responsibilities of player and manager. More than an athlete, however, Don has been a superior student, often attaining a position on the Honor Roll. In the fifth form he received honorable mention in mathematics and mechanical drawing and also the Harvard Prize as the member of the class most likely to succeed. Last year he graduated second in his class, taking the Mathematics, Science, and Rensselaer Prizes and again winning honorable mention in mechanical drawing. Don has held the revered position of prefect for two years and has done credit to himself and to Kings- wood; he is also a member of the Math and Photo Clubs and has shot with the rifle team for three years. Both this year and last he has worked diligently on the class books of the respective classes. After graduating a second time from Kingswood, Don expects to attend Trinity for sonic time before going to Tech to specialize in electrical engineering. 19

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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

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THOMAS G. HUDSON Tom” joined the class in the fall of 1937, coming to us from the William Hall High School. Joe Gargan immediately had his eye on him, for he looked every inch a foot- ball player. He went out for the first football team and was doing a good job at end. Lady Luck wasn’t with him, though; one day he suffered a knee injury which kept him on the sidelines for the rest of his stay at Kingswood. Since then his athletics have been pretty much in the back- ground. He was required to rest his leg the rest of his junior year, but in his senior year he managed to do a little running. In the spring term he took up golf, which sport he likes very much. In the winter of ’37, our tall, good-looking friend was to be a chorus girl in one of iMr. Crawford’s plays. But the thought of revealing his beautiful legs was too much for him. He became sick at the last moment and didn’t show up for the performance. Tom has been a member of the publicity board during his two years here at Kingswood. He has written up most of the football games, and these articles could be seen in both of our Hartford newspapers. If some one asked Tommie about girls, he would say that he has nothing to do with any female. It sounds fishy to us, though, because any fellow who says he doesn’t like girls and then turns around and works for three years at a girls camp is contradicting himself. We heard something about a girl in New Hampshire. At least Tom was pretty dreamy for a week or so after the Christmas vacation. Tom expects to carry on his studies at Yale next fall. We wish him all the success in the world, both at Yale and out in the business world. 20