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

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Lee Davies Bellmer Entering Kingswood from Sedgwick Junior High in the fourth form, Lee started an honor-laden career. He made the varsity football team, played class basketball, and caught for the intermediate diamond group. Winning his Kay button and class numerals during his fifth form year, Lee continued work as a member of the class committee and dining hall monitor. After playing varsity football and baseball, Lee won the great honor of appointment as a Prefect. Senior year highlighted Lee’s stay at Kingswood. Playing football as fullback, Davies” gained his second varsity letter and won a gold football in honor of the undefeated and untied season. Elected secretary of the class for life, Lee thus became a member of the class committee and the Student Council. Under his supervision and guidance, the first Kay Council in Kingswood’s history was formed, Lee becoming the first president. Together with Shepard he managed to gather all the scandal of Kingswood to constitute the material for the We Heard ..column of the News. After serving on the decorations committee of the Dance Committee, Lee still found time to receive a letter for managing to varsity basketball team and to play baseball. Upon graduation Lee plans to go to college, including Annapolis, Princeton, and Bowdoin among his first choices. Wherever he goes, however, we know he’ll be a great success! A man that fortune’s buffets and rewards has ta’en with equal thanks.—SHAKESPEARE. 9

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Charles Frederick Bartlett Charlie entered Kingswood in the fourth form under the alias of Charles Berg. That fall he went out for the intermediate football team. Enlisting in J.E.G.’s calisthenics course that winter he found it so easy he worked off his excess energy commanding the eraser fights in the classroom, and the faculty was pleased when next spring Charlie devoted more of his time to intermediate baseball. In his junior year Charlie received a letter for his efforts on the varsity soccer team. After another course on the body beautiful” he was again found on the baseball diamond, this time under the guidance of Joe Gargan. When in the spring Charlie’s last name was changed from Berg to Bartlett, many confused souls com- promised on Berglett (rather inaccurate but clever.—Ed.). During his sixth form year Charlie played a rugged game at center half-back during a long and difficult season, earning another major K. Throughout the winter he played basketball every morning, became a stalwart member of the 3:30 Cub, and spent his afternoons working on the selling end of the CLASSBOOK, as he was one-half of the circulation department. On many winter Satuidays Charlie went north with the Outing Club, to set several downhill skiing records. Next year Charlie hopes to enter Williams or Yale and we all sincerely wish him the best of luck! Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.—Emerson. 8

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Gerald Walter Brady Gerry added his name to the roll of the second form in 1941. Turning out an excellent season on Lancaster's football team, he also earned large Wyverns in basketball and baseball. Showing his ability in scholarship and citizenship, he became one of the first members of the Kay organization. In the third form Gerry won a well-deserved intermediate football letter and played center field on the intermediate baseball team, both times coached by Mr. Macdonald. He attained special distinction in scholarship by winning a place on the Honor Roll for that year. In the fourth form Gerry was one of the few class members to play on all varsity squads. He also managed to make the Honor Roll several times through- out the year. Rejoining the varsity football squad, in his junior year Gerry became first string center, and his playing easily merited him his major letter. He played varsity basketball and captured another major K as right fielder on the varsity diamond. At the close of the year he was chosen to be a member of the Prefect body for the following year. During the following football season in his position of line backer-up, he led the team in pass interceptions, despite a broken wrist suffered earlier, and again won a major letter. Gerry plans to continue his education at Brown or Trinity, and we agree that he will establish a fine record and make a host of new friends in this world! Variety's the very spice of life.—Cowper. 10