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

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%2 JAMES FRANCIS LYNCH, JR. The man with the fancy pants (on his car, you understand) entered this noble institution in the Third Form. That fall, believe it or not, Jimmy took up soccer under Mr. Willie’s supervision. The general belief is that he gave up in despair because of the lack of spirit of the rooters. He had been so used to the public limelight that this lack of enthu- siasm on the part of the spectators simply appalled him. Maybe this was the year when the gallery which has always fol- lowed the intermediate soccer team was watching football or golf. Well, anyway it all goes to show what can make a school lose a fine athlete. The next year this mysterious Don Juan became a meml er of the Camera Club, and as far as we can find out, he spent most of the year in the darkroom. Oh, yes, this year marked the close of his athletic career. At this point James, as “Doc” calls him, joined our class and he spent most of his time becoming acquainted with us and our peculiarities. Then came the junior year when our elusive friend disappeared entirely for at that time he became assistant business manager of the News. He gal- loped from pillar to post pleading and groveling for ads to fill up the spaces in the News. We have heard a rumor that that year the News was made up of three pages of advertisements and a page of news. We have been unable to discover whether it was this year or not that the one and only “two o’clock jump” came into being. Whatever year it really was, this characteristic has been the envy of many, but no one else seemed to understand the involved for- mula that Jim used to achieve success. For a slight sum the wizard might be per- suaded to divulge the info necessary to make an immediate get-away soon after lunch. Lo, the man of the saying, “Here today gone tomorrow,” became a senior and also became the head boss of Bis. Managing the News. We have seen him several times this year, and we wish to report that he was looking very well and had a fine tan. 23

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 212 CHARLES CORNELIUS LYNCH In the fall of 1937 the portals of Kingswood were thrown open to Charlie Lynch, a smiling, happy-go-lucky-fellow, who was destined to become one of the most popular and versatile members of the class of ’42. Charlie immediately joined the Lancaster Club and distin- guished himself by winning his Wyvern in football. In the winter he turned his attention to the sport of skiing and spent many an enjoyable afternoon on the snowy slopes under the leadership of Mr. Goodwin. In the Third Form Charlie played intermediate football and everyone re- members a certain game with Deerfield in which early in the first quarter he was told to warm up preparatory to replacing some one in the starting line up. At the conclusion of the game Charlie was still warming up. This subject has always been a sore point with him. In his Fourth Form year Charlie forsook the more rugged side of football for the position of manager of the Intermediate team. In this capacity he gained his letter and in the winter term he retired to a “white collar” job and spent the winter as chief cook and bottle washer in the Physical Education Department. During the Spring he divided his talents between softball under Mr. Mendenhall and the tennis court. During the Fifth Form year Charlie really blossomed out and became assistant manager of the first football team, a very thankless position which calls for more work than most people would be willing to undertake. In the winter he continued his managerial activi- ties as co-manager of the hockey team for which he gained a minor K. He joined the News and Publicity Boards and his sterling efforts on the News won him the position of editor-in-chief. This year Charlie was one of the origi- nal Prefects as well as manager of the football team, News Editor and a main- stay of the Publicity Board. Charlie will enter Rutgers, where he plans to take a course in journalism to prepare himself for the life of a novelist. 22

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%2 FRED M ACC A BE, JR. Fred joined the class of ’42 in the sixth grade, and immediately started out on his soccer career by playing for York that year. Young Maccabe also took a rifle in his hands for the first time and tried to fill that illusive black circle with lead fired from a none too steady gun. Not being one who discourages easily, he has continued his rifle and has, throughout the years, col- lected eight bars and a government medal for marksmanship. Fred’s life in the junior school was, for the most part, quite uneventful so I will go on to the Third Form where his membership in the Camera Club brought him an honorable mention in one of the school contests. This year also saw Maccabe charging down the soccer field for the Inter- mediates and displaying the skill and stamina which enabled him to become such a valuable member of the first team in his junior and senior years. In his Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Form years Fred, aside from the activities already mentioned, found himself a member of Mr. Goodwin’s ski group, and lately he has been seen about school looking through a transit at someone hold- ing an elongated ruler and shouting “mark” at nobody in particular. He has also joined the ranks of the first-aiders and is now the proud pos- sessor of a diploma which entitles him to give artificial respiration to anyone at any time. Fred has attended most of the social functions about Kingswood, and of late he has been observed practicing the Turkey Trot and the Virginia Reel about school in preparation for his week- ends which are largely spent in ham dancing. Since tire rationing has gone into effect Fred has been riding about town on a bicycle which is loaded down with all the comforts of home, except a heater and a cigarette lighter, and Fred says that these will be delivered any day now. Next year Fred will enter the Univer- sity of Virginia where he will take a B.A. course. 24