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

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David Bcizer Dave Dave enteral Kingswood in the Second Form after attending Morlcy and Plant Junior High. He chose football, basketball and baseball as his sports and became a menace to all York opponents. Dave made the Honor Roll during all four quarters. In his Third Form year, Dave again was a hard-running halfback for the Red Rose of Lancaster. In the winter he switched to wrestling and spring saw him a member of the golf squad. He again attained honor grades and also won the Lower School Math Prize. During this year Dave be- came noted for his ability to arrive at Mr. Swan's classroom at precisely 8.24 every morning. As quarterback lor the J. V. football team in his sophomore year, Dave won his class numerals. In the winter he returned to the Black Hole, and switched to tennis in the spring. Testing his dramatic skills, Dave received a part in julius Caesar. Again he was an honor student. His Fifth Form year found Dave a member of the varsity football squad. After taking skiing in the winter, he played number live man on the tennis team and won a major “K . At the end of the year he was elected a member of the Dance Committee, and received honor grades. That summer “Bush was a counselor at Kingswood Day Camp. During the fall of his senior year Dave saw a lot of action at guard for the football team. He was named a Prefect, and became Circulation Manager of the Netus. Dave also served as a Student Council member and as an Associate Editor of the Btarl( and Crimson. We arc sure that Dave will lx a success at whatever he may undertake in the future and wish him the best of luck. 12

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James Francis Bent Jeff- On a bright September morning, JefT arrived at Kingswood. Me came to us from Farmington. At first he felt ill at ease in such new and different surround- ings, but as all new boys do, he quickly adapted himself to Kingswood life. He began to enjoy his first year at Kingswood by becoming a member of Mr. Kane's notorious Fourth Form Eng- lish class, in which all the participants thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Among his other hilarious classroom adventures was the unforgctablc time when the ancient history class locked Mr. Hanson out of the room. This delighted the class to no extent, although it resulted in two hours for everyone. Sportswisc Jeff proved himself a skillful soccer player, and in his first year became a member of Mr. Jones’ hooters, or the jayvee soccer squad. He played in the forward line and helped the team to an undefeated season. As the soccer season went on he became better and better, and finally was good enough to win his letter in his Fourth Form year. During the next two years he played on Chick’s Varsity, switching from forward position to fullback. In the spring his ability and liking for baseball found him a position on the jayvee baseball team. He continued baseball throughout his Junior and Senior years. In the latter part of his Fifth Form year, he began writing for the Wyvern. He continued his writing again during his Sixth Form year, and became a member of the Wyvern Board. Jeff has been a cooperative and well-liked member of his class. His quiet, but friendly manner has won him many friends in the school, and his antics throughout the years have given us all many laughs. His ability in Spanish might lead us to believe that we’ll be seeing Jeff in Mexico someday. The class sincerely hopes and knows that JefT will lx a success in whatever he under- takes. 1J

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Worthen Brigham “Hugh” In the autumn of 1953, there materi- alized out of the hinterlands of Granby a new member of the Third Form with a blond crew-cut and a winning smile. Hugh Brigham had entered the notorious Class of ’56 and was soon on his way to becoming one of its most popular mem- bers. Elected vice-president of his class that first year (the only one from Mr. Swan’s room to reach the exalted position of Student Council representative, much to the joy of his room-mates, who had feared complete control by the other half of the form), Hugh performed his duties faithfully and well. Hugh was a football man in the fall, but he was in his glory when he appeared in Ed Knapp’s Black Hole as a member of the infamous crew of lowcr-school wrestlers. The next autumn, he went out for upper-school football as a center. But the wrestling team was to see him no more. Hugh joined that crowd of pseudo-skiers who run cross- country over the snowless fields all winter and pray for snow, and he has been with them ever since. (He was seen that winter driving pins into a wax image of the weatherman, but to no avail.) That spring, he took lacrosse, the game invented by some bloodthirsty Indian in one of his nastiest moments, and he actually lasted through the season without breaking anything. Oh, yes, that year he also joined the choir, and his clear tones have been heard reverberating from the gallery over since (sometimes when the music isn’t even playing). At the end of the school year, Hugh was appointed a member of the Dance Committee. Hugh's junior year is memorable for two events. The first occurred when he broke his finger half-way through the football season, thus rendering himself the envy of the entire team. (He will be remembered forever as “the one who escaped”.) The second momentous event was his portrayal of a servant in the Dramatic Club's presentation of The Admirable Crichton. Hugh, along with such aspiring Thespians as Shaun Marinan and John Budds. stole the show without having to say a word. (P. S.: He couldn’t say a word; he had no lines.) This year, Hugh has been very busy. He was an invaluable backstage assistant to the Dramatic Club, as well as doing a wonderful job on the Business and Editorial boards of the Classbook. He captained the lacrosse team this year and did his best to take his quota of scalps. We all wish Hugh a very successful future, although wc know we do not need to do so, lor his friendly and cheerful spirit will be an invaluable aid to him wherever he goes. 13