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

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'42 ROBERT EVERETT CARROLL, JR. As the Class of ’42 began its glorious Fourth Form year, there was a stranger in its midst, a fellow named Boh Carroll. It did not take long for Boh to become one of the gang, and he soon entered whole- heartedly into its various activities. To start the hall rolling, he secured the left end position on the Intermediate football team and thus obtained a letter. In the Dramatic Club, Bob l egan his thespian activities as a chorus girl in that memorable tragedy. Little Red Riding Hood. By this time Little Robert was a member in good standing of “Doc” Craw- ford’s “colic club,” a position he has man- aged to retain ever since by virtue of his cadaverous Monday morning appearance. During the winter he hibernated as an obscure member of the hockey squad, but in the spring he awoke as a member of the new ly formed lacrosse group. In his junior year. Bob continued his previous program of sports, having nowr advanced to the first squads, while in the spring, in appreciation of his lacrosse prowess, he was elected captain of the team. He became a member of the class “Board of Directors” and won his class numerals. To his activities in the Dramatic Club he added those of the Math Club and second rifle team. For his work on the News board, he was elected assistant editor and in this capacity edited the second page. In June, he was chosen to be a Prefect for the year to come. Bob received some bad luck next football season for he fractured a verte- bra in practice and thus was benched for the season. Hockey time found him rarin’ to go again and he was awarded a letter for playing right wing. In his spare time Bob shot well on the first rifle team, and in the spring continued his duties as lacrosse captain for the second year. As proof of their faith in Bob’s ability the class chose him to edit this classbook. Bob was on hand at all the social events and very rarely was he unaccom- panied. Bob plans to enter Yale this summer where along with his regular course of study he will prepare for a possible career in the Navy. 10

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CARL MICHAEL BENGS '42 When school opened at the beginning of the freshman year, the class had a new member in the person of Carl Michael Bengs who, entering in one of our more notorious years, proceeded to hold his own in a scholastic way with little trouble. In the fall of this year Mike played tennis as one of two who chose this sport. That first year, and, for that matter, each year since then he has gone out for skiing in the winter term. Unfortunately this skiing has consisted mostly of running the mile because of the rather consistent lack of snow. The sophomore year found “Mike” a little more interested in extra-curricular activities. The Rifle Club attracted him to its membership and he promptly won his first seven bars. Mike’s athletics this year followed the same pattern as the previous year. In his junior year he changed his athletic program violently by entering football, also violently. The end of the year found Mike a member of the Wyvern board to which he contributed from time to time. In the spring term he was listed as a member of the softball team, but he passed the season without showing up to a single session. After 1940 had slipped into the past and this year was upon us, “Car- michael” was again to be found on the football field, but this was soon changed to a blanket excuse from exercise. He widened the scope of his extra-curricular activity by enrolling as a member of the Choir and Choral Club to which he has lent his support throughout the year. His contributions to the Wyvern con- tinued, and he was elevated to the post of Exchange Editor. This spring Michael again was among the members of the softball team. This year, however, he exercised faithfully. His main hobby is his music. Unlike most of his classmates he tends to keep pretty strictly to the classics of which he is the class master. Though uncertain about his choice of college he expects to follow a pre-medical line. 9

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%2 EDWARD BALDWIN CHAMBERLIN Round and chubby, Ed, the future Ed Diablo of the class of 42, first set foot on Kings wood’s grounds in the sixth grade. He soon became well adjusted and as he was well advanced for his years, he proved to lie a mainstay in the York club, mainly due to his outstanding participation in all major sports. Things went well for Ned in the sev- enth grade, and his year was highlighted by the famous trip to the shore with Doc Crawford and his strong-arm gang. For the next three years Ed played In- termediate football, skiing in the winter. By the end of his Fifth Form year Ed was well up in the top rank of his class. He had received his letter as a guard on the first football team and was elected next year’s captain. His versatile athletic- ability was also shown on the hockey rink and the lacrosse field, for which sports he won his “K”. His activities did not stop with sports, for because of his endless labors for the Kingswood News, he was elected Assistant Editor, and also a class member of the Student Council. In his last year as a mighty senior, Ed did a fine job as a Prefect, and although he was put out of commission in the first game of the season, he made a good football captain and kept up the spirit of the team. In winter sports Ed has also been outstanding. His playing this year on the ice was most notable and it served to put him in good shape for lacrosse. But alas, his appendix acted up and out it came so that he couldn’t play lacrosse and had to l e content to spend his exercise periods getting a tan. Perhaps with more interest in living than learning, Ned has lived up to the standards of a Kingswood 42cr. He is to be seen at all the big social functions, either with his own girl or somebody else’s, and his car’s to be seen nearly every afternoon somewhere near Prospect Avenue. Ed plans to go to Bowdoin, and if he keeps up the good work, he should have no trouble in Incoming a successful doctor. 11