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

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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

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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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 %2 the Board he actively participated SEWARI) RUSH COFFIN Rush Coffin entered the class at the beginning of our First Form year. His athletic program in the junior school was filled by participation in football, skiing, and baseball in all of which he contrib- uted greatly to the York Club. The freshman and sophomore years found Rush engaging more in school life. He entered into extra-curricular activities of all types, in the meanwhile adhering pretty well to his former athletic program. He became a regular contributor to the Wyvern and earned a position in the Dramatic Club by a very good perform- ance in The Taming of the Shrew. Rush’s junior year began with foot- ball in the fall months. As a member of in writing of the Wyvern. Again a princi- pal member of the Dramatic Club Rush starred this year in Sunset Becomes Rhythm. He was again to be seen on Monvay’s Hill with the other members of the skiing squad. This spring Rush decided to take a year off from baseball and so he tried his hand at tennis. Always one of our more outstanding students, he has held his place in the class this year with ease, at the same time extending the scope of his extra-curricular activities. As co-editor of the Wyvern he has worked hard to make this year one of the best in the history of its publication. This fall Rush was a member of the first football team and at the end of the season was awarded a major K in the sport. President of the Dramatic Club, he acted the part of the main character in A Night at the Inn. This spring Rush is again to be found on the baseball field as a member of the first team. As an officer of the newly formed Junior Club he was influential in having it accepted by the student body and has served it well since its formation. Rush’s latest contribution to the class is his acceptance of the posi- tion of a Classbook editor. Rush plans to enter Wesleyan next fall, where we feel sure he will add great- ly to its program. 12