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

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 Thomas Joseph Burkinshaw Burkie r Tom, as he is known to his classmates, left St. Thomas in the Spring of 1945, and in the following September was admitted to the Second Form. Tom immediately became an ardent Lancaster supporter and did much to improve the “club”. Throughout the years “Burkie” has been keenly interested in sports. He has won letters in football, skiing, and golf. Tom has also been an ardent member of the Outing Club, participating in many hikes, fishing trips, and various other expeditions. In the Summer of 1947 he spent several weeks in the Adirondacks with a group of ten Kingswood boys. Tom joined the editorial board of the News in the Spring of 1949, during his junior year. He has done much to bolster the paper and has written many articles, which have been of great interest to the school. Tom is one of the best-liked boys in the Senior Class, and is noted for the uncanny way in which he manages to slip into most bull sessions”. Aside from being able to take a joke, he is a natural “wit”, and although he doesn’t tell a story or a joke often, when he docs, it’s bound to be good. “Burkie” is one of the most socially active boys in the class, and his presence at every party has been as regular as the coming of robins in spring. Scholastically, Tom is an average student and has maintained a good record throughout his years at Kingswood. He has never been at ends with a master, and has never been in trouble with the school. “Burkie plans to become a dentist as soon as he is done with college and dentistry school. We of the Senior Class wish Tom all the success in the world. 8

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THE SENIOR CLASS 1950 James Joseph Furlong, President Louis Joseph Metzner, Vice-President Lewis Paul James, Jr., Secretary FOREWORD To you, the Class of 1950, go my congratulations and my appreciation: congratulations for having successfully prepared yourselves to meet the demands and accept the responsibilities of college life in all its aspects; appreciation for the imagination, under- standing, and cooperation you have shown your new Headmaster under the extraordinary and un- foreseen circumstances of his first year at Kingswood. Merritt A. Hewett, Headmaster.

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Robert Clinton Delaney Moose Bob came from Sedgwick Junior High School in the ninth grade and immediately joined Mr. MacDonald’s highly successful intermediate foot- ball team. Bob, most popular with his classmates, was dubbed the “class clown”. At the end of his Third Form year he was pleased to discover that he was being allowed to return for the following year. In his Fourth Form year “Moose” as he was now commonly called, journeyed with the varsity football team to that infamous football camp of Paul Smith’s in New York. During the winter and spring “Moose deserted athletics and became a member of the Three-Thirty Club. Throughout the summer Bob labored on the streets of West Hartford as an employee of the town. As a Fifth Former, “dc la ney”, now accompanied by his side-kick Gordie Hurlbcrt, and a brand new, streamlined, hot-rod, “Sexless Sal (37 Dodge), was ready for a riotous year. “Moose” gained one of the tackle positions on Coach Morris’ varsity football team. During the winter he was appointed vice-president of the Three-Thirty Club. In the spring Bob joined Mr. Goodwin’s lacrosse team and ended the season at the goalie position. By this time a notorious group of nondescript characters, referred to as “Moose’s mob”, was soon well known about the campus for its wild living. During the fall of his senior year “Moose distinguished himself on the gridiron as one of the district’s leading tackles. He was allowed to crunch over for a touchdown in the hnal contest of the year. Moose” played on the “rough and ready” second basketball team during the winter, and finished out his senior year by performing on the lacrosse squad. His good naturedness and willingness to help anyone have earned him the respect of all his classmates. We shall never forget his notorious card games, durable “Dodge”, and cheerful manner, all of which have made him an out- standing member of this class of ’50. 9