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

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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

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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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GROVER V. LASSEN, JR. Bud” came to Kingswood in the seventh grade from Sedgwick School and immediately joined the York Club. From that point on, his ingrown-toe- nail” story (really a fact) has been a milestone in the path of excuses from exercise. Bud has taken soccer and tennis for some time and has worked himself up through the various stages to become manager of the tennis team. Although no great scoops have come his way, probably because they arc not a necessity for his job, Bud has been on the News staff as a reporter since his third form year. This debonair gentleman who always seems to turn up with some- thing new every so often (and we do mean often”), rolls around in another sport item; namely, a ’38 convertible Ford coupe with a swell little radio in it that used to make tutoring period pass quite rapidly and pleasantly. Besides being student mail carrier this year and a member of the famous French class, his News position keeps Bud pretty busy; and, as he plans to enter Princeton University from Kingswood, this keeps him concentrating on the more serious line of studies. Bud spends parts of his summers fishing for salmon in New Bruns- wick. His favorite fishing spot is at a grand sport camp, eighteen miles up the little southeast branch of the Mirimichi River. The latter parts of his summers are spent at the famous Strand” at Waterford, Connecticut, which is on Long Island Sound. Many of Bud’s friends arc acquainted with the Strand”, because last June he gave a house-party there; and 1 under- stand that every one enjoyed himself immensely. A main feature of this party was seeing the Yale-Harvard crew race. Incidentally, this sport is one of Bud’s few weaknesses. W V 1 23