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

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'40 JOHN ANTHONY DANA HER, JR. “Johnnie” entered Kingswood in the Third Form, and he immediately won a Minor “K” for his service on the First Rifle Team. He further proved his ath- letic ability as a member of the Interme- diate Basketball and Baseball squads. In h is second year at school “Danny” again shot on the school rifle team, con- sistently showing high scores. Also in the fall he joined the ranks of the Intermedi- ate Soccer Team, and when winter came, he again showed up on the basketball courts. Spring found him on the diamond, pitching or playing the outfield and in- field for the Intermediate nine; in all these activities he won his letter. His junior year saw John a very val- uable member of the Rifle Team, winning his third letter in this sport. In this year he graduated to the varsity teams in soccer, basketball, and baseball, and was awarded his letter in soccer. Danny in his senior year served as Captain of the Rifle Team, a title which he richly deserved. During the fall he became an excellent half-back, playing regularly on the First Soccer Team and winning another in his list of “K’s.” Once again he played basketball for the first team, displaying unlimited pep and spirit. Aside from all these various diversions in sports, John’s strong bass voice found a prominent place in the Kingswood School Glee Club. We will all remember Danny for his unlimited good humor and unusual faculty for making friends. Though small in stature he did more than his share to help his school and friends about him in success on the field and classroom. The coup d'etat of the year was that he gave his class ring away before any one else in the class had his! Next fall Johnnie will go to George- town University and study to become a doctor. All the luck in the world, Danny, and we all know that once you set your goal, there’s nothing to stop you from succeeding.

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FRANK HENRY BURNS '40 Frank transferred to the Fifth Form here from William Hall High School. In the two years that he has been here, he has established a fine record, both on the athletic field and in the classroom. His athletic career began when he played on the first football squad during his Fifth Form year. That same year he took club basketball in the winter term and represented the victorious Class of ’40 in the inter-class basketball series. He also played number two position on the tennis team in the spring. In his senior year his strong physique and skill on the gridiron secured him the right-end post on Coach Gargan’s first football eleven. That win- ter, instead of club basketball, he played hockey. His activity at right wing on the first line was responsible for many of the goals scored by the Wyverns. When the hockey schedule was completed, he became a regular on the class basketball team. With the coming of spring, he again returned to the tennis court, this year in the number one berth as captain. As one might expect, tennis is one of his two favorite sports; the other is skiing. With regard to the latter, it was only the prospect of a few hours on the ski slopes that could force him to leave his studies on winter afternoons. Likewise, every vacation during the winter would find him headed for the northern states in search of a day or two at this sport. Frank has made a good scholastic showing also; he was on the Honor Roll quite often in the two years at Kingswood. For extra-curricular activities, he earned six or seven bars on the rifle range and participated in the Math Club. Last March Frank was made a prefect, an honor truly deserved. We may be certain that Frank’s strong liking for winter sports in no way influ- enced his choice when he decided to go to Dartmouth next year. Although he has not yet planned a career for himself, without a doubt his friendly smile, and persist- ence will carry him far in any field. 11

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'40 GEORGE HERBERT DAY, JR. “The Messiah,” whose recent dis- courses on “the New Life” have brought him a fame which extends even unto Rus- sell Gate, is a character—the result of eight years of Kingswood training. A philosopher, in principio, George spends his summers tramping the woods of New Hampshire as a counselor at Camp Pasquaney. This outdoor spirit is further exemplified by his exploits on the barrel- hoops, or ski is; and he has been a good addition to the Hockey Team during the past two years as a determined goalie. If this is not a fitting picture of his ex- tra-curricular activities, it should be real- ized that many a woman has fallen before what has been called, in many cases, a line, but what is, in his case, a natural endowment. His excellent work on the Wyvern board, of which publication he is a literary editor, has been shown by his stories during the past year. George, who entered school as the lowest form of prep, a Fifth Grader, was made a York. P'or four years he worked hard to get into the Senior School, and it was during these semesters that the boy George discovered a natural ability to speak in public. Then, almost without noticing it, the boy George became the man George. He was a Third Former! Gallantly he continued to expound his theories from the pulpit, but he added many other activities to this. He has l een a member of the Debating Club for two years, the Dramatic Club for three, Library Monitor for two (for his conscientious work in the Library he was awarded an Honor Card last fall), and he wrote for the Pub- licity Board in his junior year. He does not profess to be an athlete, but he has doggedly ridden the bench in football for two years. His crowning achievement was the receiving of a pre- fectship in his senior year. George expects to go to Yale and fol- low in the footsteps of his father as a law- yer. Here’s hoping that he continues to show the same lively spirit there that he had in Kingswood. 13