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

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In September 1954, Mort Dunning joined us as a transfer from Westminster. His athletic achieve- ments and back woods humor have blended to make him very popular with his classmates. As a Fourth Former, Mort played Junior Varsity Soccer, Junior Varsity Basketball and Varsity Tennis. In the Fifth Form, he was a member of the varsity teams in soccer, basketball, and tennis. As a hoopster he was on the starting six , being instrumental in Kingswood's winning the New England Class B Prep-School Cham- pionship in the Boston Garden. His untiring efforts were rewarded as he was elected co-captain of soccer and basketball, and captain of the tennis team. In the opening basketball game of his Sixth Form year, Mort broke the Kingswood individual scoring record by scoring 35 points in a 64-34 win over Taft. There are many things we'll remember about Mort. He was captain of three sports although he's prob- ably never mentioned it and was outstanding in his contributions. He always had trouble with English, remembering names, and getting to school on time. This is partly explainable by the fact that he jour- neyed in from Granby each morning in his cream-colored Ford, which incidentally, has often squired some of West Hartford's or Simsbury's Loveliest . His Dunningisms ( Mr. O'Donald gave me an ex- cuse and Does Murphy really have his broken nose in a cast? ) and his antics in Mr. O'Brien's Span- ish Class have always been a source of hilarity to the class. Lots of luck at Miami, Mort. 23

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Dick started Kingswood in the fall of 1951, thus becoming one of the original members of the class. Football, basketball and baseball dominated his sports life from the beginning, and he became president of Lancaster in his Third Form year. As a sophomore, he played on J.V. squads, winning his numerals in each, and in the baseball season of his fifth form year, he won his letter. Academically, in his freshman year, Dick was presented with the Old Boys' Scholarship which he continued to earn every year, and was named co-winner of the Anthony Prize at Commencement the following year, which is given to the out- standing member of the sophomore class. In his senior year, he was elected a prefect. Dick's other activities consisted of the Choir, Dance Committee, Student Council, and the Kingswood News, of which he was editor his senior year. He was a member of the Honor Roll in his first four years and kept better than average marks in the following two. Sportswise, Dick had an outstanding senior year. In the fall, he quarterbacked the football team to a successful season, and was the team’s leading scorer. In the winter he was a guard on the basketball team and although out for a while with a foot injury, he still received his letter. In the spring he was the baseball team's leading pitcher. Two of Dick’s outside interests arc writing eight page letters to a certain someone in the mountains and the family Pontiac. A great guy with a fine personality, Dick is headed for Amherst (and Smith) next fall. Best wishes. 22

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On a bleak day late in October, 1951, Jerry wandered into the First Form, a month late, and imme- diately made the Honor Roll, on which he stayed for five years. It was during this year that he was dubbed Elbow” by the amiable Doc Crawford. In the Second Form, election year, one of the memor- able events was Jerry's violent campaigning for Stevenson, but alas, it was to no avail (Jerry lost more than Adlai did). He played halfback on the York soccer team, but gave up a budding soccer career to manage the varsity football team in the Fourth and Fifth Forms. In his junior year, Jerry was one of the charter members of both the ill-fated TAFS and the ill-reputed 3:30 club. However he wasn't seen driving much—the result of an accident. In this year he joined the Press Board and the Dramatic- Club, taking a part in Macbeth. He was instrumental in winning for the school an atlas, in the spring on WKNB-TV's World Quiz , along with Cowper and Wilson. Vying for the position of class politi- cian, Jerry spent the fall of his senior year again campaigning for Stevenson, and again lost heavily. It was in this year that he was elected chairman of the Press Board and Foreign Policy Association, and also won acclaim as John Apley in the Dramat's production of The Late George Apley. He was an outstanding member of the intramural basketball group, becoming the first casualty, sidelined with a broken thumb. Jerry is going to enter Yale in the fall—a great guy, take care there, Jer. (Ouch). 24