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

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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

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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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One of the aborigines of the class of ’57, Bill came to Kingswood in the First Form from Beach Park School, the third Foote to attend Kingswood. In his Fourth Form year he made the Honor Roll, a posi- tion which he has maintained ever since. When the Fifth Form year rolled around. Bill could be found on the soccer field, a member of the notorious Werner’s Warriors . This year Bill began to show him- self admirably as a poet. His poems could be found in every Wyvern and Bill won the Gleason Medal for poetry in June. As a senior, Bill was on the editorial staff of the Wyvern and became assistant editor of the Classbook. In his very first year he joined the Dramatic Club, in which he has continually played an active part. He was prop man for Lady Precious Stream in the Third Form, but in the Fourth, Bill, prominently cast, was stricken with pneumonia about a week before the performance of The Admirable Crichton. He was prompter in last year’s Years Ago and took the role of Banquo in Macbeth. This year Bill was elected president of the Dramatic Club and took part in the K-O production of The Late George Apley. Bill is also an excellent artist. However he finds little time at home to draw, so he does most of it during classes. Another of his notable features is his hair—we doubt that it has ever been combed. The class of ’57 wishes a swell guy the very best of luck as he follows the paths of his ancestors into Yale. 25