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

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'42 ROBERT BLAKE COOLIDGE, JR. Boh first blessed Kingswood with bis presence in the seventh grade, and after considering several offers, be signed with the Lancaster Club. Bob immediately took an active interest in all school activities, an interest which has continued through- out his school career and will be stopped only by the close of Kingswood’s doors in June. By that time, I think, no school club or organization will have been without Bob’s services at one time or another. The close of school this spring will mark the end of Bob’s fifth year with the Kingswood News, where he has served as a sort of jack of all trades. In addition to this, he has served time in the Dramatic Club, the Choir (one often hears his sil- very notes floating from the last row of the choir loft), on the first football squad (where he and Ralph spent a very exciting season acting as technical advisors to JoeG.), in the Common Room as a monitor, and as a bustling mem- her of the lacrosse squad. This year Bob made a very successful business venture: that of managing the Tuck Shop. Besides the pleasure of handing out candy to the youngsters, this job had its pecuniary aspects as well, both of which enticed the “I’ll try anything once” spirit of our hero. “Coolie” has been an executive of some note during his school career. The opening of the winter season has always brought Blake into his own as he assistant managed and managed many a basketball team to fame. His great task ended this year when he managed the first team. Having a great sense of humor. Bob has gone from class to class with jokes, pranks and witticisms. For some he has received applause and for some, the paddle. Bob plans to enter West Point where his waist will become waspish, his phy- sique like Atlas’s, his knowledge unlim- ited and his fame reaching to tin far ends of the world. In fact Robert will undoubt- edly become an institution. 13

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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

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 212 RICHARD FISK DIMOCK I' ■ ■' • ■ - I- I ' ' ' i- ••:!■ ■•••: K !!.;•- '■■■•■■ ' . : 1 . '■ ■ •■■■' -■••■■■■■ ■■ ' ! i 1 • :: ■-. ::■■■: ■ 'i . 1 •: distinguished himself by becoming club president in his eighth grade year. Accord 1 •: ■ school constituted the height of his career i• i • • team, and captained it to victory in his last ' :“-'k'-‘VV ; Vip-• ;•“'■;vv winning the school music prize in the sev- « uth gradr. flHHHIHHHHHHHK Upon entering the Third Form Spud became the school cheerleader and has had the hoys yelling their heads off ever since. Spud has occasionally become blue in the face trying to squeeze cheers from the stands, but as a rule he man- aged to keep the student body in a continual uproar. The Club Committee awarded him his class numerals for his meritorious work in the lower school. In his Fifth Form year. Spud once again rose to the limelight by winning the improvement prize for graduating second in the class and followed through by being made a Prefect this year. For athletics Spud has played intermediate football, and this year he played first team soccer. Spud’s interests are far-flung as well as varied. Although his specialty is horses, he manages to find time for the fairer sex, shooting galleries, flying, fast driving, horse-racing, and above all he holds a charter membership in the Unholy Three. This organization has long been the scourge of West Hartford, but further details must he censored because of the war. Spud rates as one of Doctor Craw- ford’s “colic kids’’ and although he has so far managed to escape the long arm of the law, he has never been able to evade the Doctor’s eagle eye. Spud plans to attend the University of Arizona, where he hopes to join the R. 0. T. C. and thus obtain a commission before the draft catches up with him. We all wish him luck. 14