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

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fOREUIORD The true value of this, our classhook, will not he fully realized by us until we chance, in some future year, to turn over these pages; then the memories of the Kingswood we knew will come hack to us; then will we really appreciate how much we are indebted to this school and to the Faculty which guided us patiently through it.

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THE FACULTY Front row, left to right: J. A. McGuinn, H. W. Gleason. G. S. Crawford, W. 0. Williams, G. R. H. Nicholson, Headmaster. S. R. Waterman, W. H. Cresscy, W. A. Greene. J. E. Gargan. Second row, left to right: J. A. Goodwin, M. W. Jacobus, R. W. Elliott, Jr„ S. C. Birney, A. II. Werner, N. I . Karquhar, T. S. Mendenhall, W. R. MacDonald, Jr., R. I. McKee.

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'40 JOLLY deBRACEY BACKER Jolly joined our ranks in 1937 when he entered the Fourth Form. He immedi- ately took up football and went out for the varsity, where he has remained as a firm bulwark in the line. This year he aided tremendously in giving the team a suc- cessful year, and he was rewarded by be- ing named as alternate all-state guard. For three years Jolly has been the humorous mainstay of the Dramatic Club. In his first year he was a chorus girl in a Christmas revelry, and this year he played the part of a little boy in a similar farce. By far his greatest role was that of Grumio, the clown, in Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew,” which was given this year with Oxford. Being athletically minded, “Jol” went out for varsity hockey and baseball, in the Fourth Form, and he became a first-class softball player the last two years. Although Kingswood has no regular wrestling program. Jolly was a well-known figure on the mat in his Fifth and Sixth Form years. His ability was rarely surpassed by any one. In his first two years Jolly was often to be seen in the rifle range, and as another extra-curricular activity he became circulation manager of the Netvs. In the Fifth Form he gave the services of his baritone voice to the choir, thereby improving its volume and value. This year Jol was transferred from the News board to the Wyvern board, where he successfully became their first circulation manager. He was also appointed a monitor of the Common Room. Jolly has well lived up to his name by possessing a very keen sense of humor and a catching chuckle. His dispo- sition was always agreeable and was rarely changed by any adversity. His aca- demic standing has always been good; his name has appeared on the Honor Roll many times. On the athletic field his un- yielding spirit spurred his mates on to victory on innumerable occasions. Jol intends to go to either Dartmouth or the University of Virginia next fall, and we feel that he will make a sound place in either’s society. 6