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

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’40 ROBERT EWING When “Bob” entered the Second Form in 1935, he became one of the members of the Class of ’40 to continue until gradua- tion. In the Junior School he was a mem- ber of the Lancaster Club, a steady player on the baseball and tennis teams, and showed great interest in rifle, which grew in his second year to such an extent that he gained the title of Second-class Sharp- shooter, having obtained his.seventh bar. Since Bob didn’t compete very much in athletics in the Third Form, he sought an- other interest and wrote for the News. Throughout the Senior School Bob has attended the dances regularly and his in- terest in swing may be shown by the large record collection he has acquired. Every fall from the Fourth Form on up. Bob has managed the soccer team, and in his senior year he was awarded a Minor “K” for this, lie took up Inter- mediate baseball in the Fourth Form and also became an active member of the Dramatic and Chess Clubs. During the Fifth Form Bob showed a liking for photography and joined the Camera Club. For his writing for the Publicity Board and his continual work in the Dramatic Club, as well as for his other activities, he was awarded his class numerals. Bob’s constant goodwill and companionship made him a popular member of the class during his senior year. The climax of his achievements was reached when he received prefectship last March. He was co-responsible for “The Spot- fight” in the News, and he played a prominent part in the Dramatic Club’s production, “Taming of the Shrew.” In the Glee Club he sang second bass. If Bob has been late for school a little too often, it has been due to his half-inter- est in a “model A” Ford. He and “Chick- en” Bertolette acquired it at the beginning of their senior year, and it has afforded them lots of fun and trouble. Bob origi- nally came from the South, and he’s plan- ning to enter Washington and Lee. In view of the good, steady record he has made in Kingswood, his future looks promising. 14

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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

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NOR BERT BRADY FLYNN '40 Versatile in abilities, amiable in mood, and ever in search of new horizons to reach, “i orb” should go far in main- taining the dependability of the Kings- wood Alumni. It would take many pages to enumerate the many accomplishments of this well-balanced individual who is the third Flynn to graduate from Kings wood. Teasing girls and running from bul- lies started Norb on bis way in the Upper Prep seven years ago. Since this time he lias been a perennial member of the Honor Roll and has won the Dux Prize for the past four years. Despite such many youthful indiscre- tions Norb has built for himself an envi- able reputation among his classmates. His wit and droll remarks, the feature of many a bull session, have made him one of the most popular members of the Sixth Form. He is one of those rare persons whose mental potentialities are matched only by his desire to learn. Although gifted in many ways, his capabilities are not limited to his mind alone, for he stays up with the best of them in almost any sport. He was a three letter star for the Yorks, and on entering the Senior School he became a three letter man for the Intermediates. In the Fifth Form he captained the highly successful Inter Basketball Team. Beginning with his sophomore year he spent his autumns as fodder for the grist mill of the Varsity eleven. Outside of the fact that he was a member of the Dramatic Club, Math Club, Glee Club, Choir, and a prefect, his greatest contribution to school life came as a result of his unusual literary ability. Joining the News in the Second Form, he so distinguished himself that he was made an assistant editor while a soph- omore. At Commencement a year ago, Norb won tin Davis Prize for his service to the News and this year he was elected to the position of Editor of the Classbook. Norbert represents the best in a Kings- wood boy and at Yale he should distin- guish himself nobly in preparing for his chosen profession, an actuary. 15