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

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FRANCIS J. KEENE Fran” entered Kingswood in the fourth form when he transferred from William Hall High School. He immediately gave Joe Gargan great cause for rejoicing when he went out for the first football team. He was also a stalwart defense man on the iceless” hockey team of 1936-1937, and in the spring he became a terror to softball pitchers while a member of the softball group under Mr. Werner’s expert tutelage. Dead Pan” was well on the road to becoming one of our outstanding athletes when a football knee injury received in his junior year put an end to his career. Since that time he has set his heart on becoming one of the greatest milers of all times. He can be seen on the new board track every afternoon, regardless of weather, pounding around the turns at breathless speed. When spring comes around, he again takes up the beloved game of softball. Every summer he gets a job with plenty of hard work to keep him in top physical condition. Last summer he worked with a road gang for four whole days before the shovel got him down. Up until the end of his junior year Francois” was an ardent woman- hater, but then a little brunette gave him a new outlook on life. It seems to be quite a serious affair, inasmuch as every day he putters past Kings- wood in his little old Ford and spends his early mornings in front of Hall High. He is another one of Mr. Craw- ford’s best colic kids”, and usually spends his Mondays with Mr. Crawford working over him feverishly. After graduation Fran intends to enter Trinity, and we all wish him lots of his traditional Irish luck. 21

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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

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GEORGE T. KINNERY Bud” came to us this year from Bulkeley High School, where he ex- celled both on the athletic field and in the classroom; and although he has been with us only a relatively short time, he has already won himself a place of esteem with both the faculty and the student body. The first bright light of Bud’s career at Kingswood shone forth when he made himself the most prominent member of this year’s football team — he held the record for points scored by a wide margin over any of the other players and was the backbone of the defense. We might mention in passing that he was all-city” guard while at Bulkeley and made the all-state” team this last season. Next Bud showed his athletic ability and versatility by becoming a capable guard on the basketball team, in spite of the fact that he had not played this game before. One of those rare combinations of athlete and student, Bud has proved that his talents arc in no way limited to sports. He has not only played a superior game of basketball and football, but has also made the Honor Roll several times. Bud is by no means backward socially — he belongs to that exclusive (?) group known as the Quintet. His blue eyes, snub nose, and physical build like the boy in the Ironized Yeast ads have endeared him to many members of the fair sex, who flock to Kingswood contests to ogle this year’s star as he goes through his paces. It is understood that, in some cases at least, their feelings arc reciprocated. Next year Bud expects to go to Princeton, where we all feel sure that he will continue the enviable record which he has made during his short stay at Kingswood. S' ] AeAr- a I 22