Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SAMUEL ELIOT EBY Born: May 17, 1921 -Entered: October 1939 Football squad '39. A smiling face, topped by a thriving head of curly, yellow hair, frequently likened to a haystack in a high wind, identities Williamsville's gift to Nichols. Although this was Sam's first year here, he would easily be recognized from this description, since almost daily he gives his indefinite answer to the question When are you going to get a hair-cut? In his comparatively few months at Nichols, Sam has made a host of new friends, due undoubtedly to his winning smile and optimistic viewpoint. Hard work on the varsity football squad at right end position has not only won for Sam a football award, but has greatly aided him in acclimating himself. Sam's work has also been above par in the classroom, Where, on the slightest provocation, he will argue a disputed point to the sometimes bitter end. After a thorough training at Harvard Law School, Sam will be quite fit to interpret the Constitution of the United States without fear of contradiction from the members of Mr. Pierce's American History class. ROBERT CLARK FERGUSON Born: January ll, 1920 -- Entered: October 1939 Football team '39, Charities Committee '40. Bob is another of those amiable, good-natured youths who entered Nichols last fall, adapted themselves quickly, and will leave at the end of this their senior year. It is with a sigh of regret that we see Bob leave, for already he has become a popular, well-known figure on the campus, and we feel sure that more years would see Bob a student leader at Nichols. Not wishing to remain inactive, Bob spent time in aiding the all important Charities Committee. Bob would indeed have been an excellent addition to our football team had he not received a severely sprained wrist early in the campaign which never completely healed despite Mr. Boococlds claim that vegetables are a cure-all for such ailments. Regardless of his painful injury, he participated in almost every game as a sub- stitute, and his versatility enabled him to play every position on the line with the single exception of center. Bob's future quest for knowledge will lead him to the University of Kentucky, where he may major in journalism.

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SAMUEL MORTON COOLEY, JR. Born: September 13, 1921 - Entered: September 1934 Football squad '38, Football team '39, Track squad, '38, Dramatic Club '39, Dance Committee '40, News Board '40, Verdian Board '40. Mort is one of the few individuals who has been fortunate enough to secure a full high school education at Nichols. Not one of the oldest members of the Class of 1940, but nevertheless, a very early arrival, Mort has established himself securely as an integral part of the Senior Class. In the fall of '39 he, along with a score or so of aspirants, donned his uniform and prepared to defend the honor of Nichols upon the gridiron. And of .this hard working squad, he was the only person who, in fair weather or foul, did not miss a single day of practice. Quite naturally, such application as this did not go unrequited, for he received his Varsity Letter at the close of the season. Although a member of that select clique of milers and half-milers, the school lmows Beak better as one of the editors of the News' Glimpsetorial Column. Due to the fact that he is invariably teeming with anecdotes, good and otherwise, his position on this board was uncontested. If conscientious effort and drive is sufficient, Mort, like his father, will become a Princeton Alumnus. RICHARD HARRISON DAVEY Bern: March 11, 1921 - Entered: January 1939 Football team '39, Basketball team '39, '40, Baseball team '39. In his two years at Nichols, Dick, the popular lad from Kenmore, has demonstrated much praiseworthy athletic ability. On the football Field, Dick's place-kicking was the envy of many a player, and he well deserved his varsity N . When the winter sports season arrived, he proved himself to be equally proficient on the basketball court as he had been upon the gridiron, Time and time again, when the Green and White needed those two deciding points, Dick could always be relied upon to come through for his team. As third baseman his fast playing and clean hitting stood him in good stead on last year's baseball team: this spring his position on the team will be even more secure. With this preeminence in athletics, one would hazard a guess and say that Dick is a boisterous, bold sort of fellow. The individual hazarding that guess would be one hundred percent inaccurate, however, for very few members of the Senior Class are as quiet and non-captious as he. At dances Dick must be quite a popular fellow, because his fellow classmates voted him the Senior Class' Best Dancer . With attributes such as these, Dick will, without a doubt, be royally received at Michigan State.

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GEORGE WILLIAM GOETZ Born: November 2, 1922 -'Entered: September 1938 Soccer squad '38, '39, News Board '39, Editor-in-Chief '40, Verdian Board '40, Gleaner Board, Editor-in-Chief, '40, Student Council, President, '40. Say, I have something for you. Come here. As you unwittingly fall into this neat trap, George pulls out a small typewritten sheet of paper and hands it to you. 'These articles are your responsibility, be sure to have them in on the specified dates, and write plenty on them. This is the manner of handing out assignments for which George Goetz, editor of the Nichols News, has become notorious. Despite his having attended Nichols for only two years, the good-natured G2 has become, most probably, the real leader in the Senior Class. Probably the most influential, and certainly the most energetic of the News Room Aristocracy as well as of the Senior Class, George has been editor-in-chief of the News and Gleaner, assistant editor of the Verdian during his senior year, having been introduced into the publication in the fifth form as associate editor of the News. We feel sure that throughout succeeding years, the Voice of the Ghost of Goetz will still be heard saying, Say, Bretschger, when are you going to get that Gerhard Lang ad again. What do you expect me to fill the back page with-Glimpsetorials? The most conscientious of his class, George should be well equipped to study Law at Harvard next year. HOWARD BARCLAY GRAVES Bom: August 17, 1921 - Entered: September 1938 Soccer squad '38, Hockey squad '39. '40. Upon his arrival from Peddie in '38, Bud quietly and methodically busied himself with his studies, occasion- ally intermingled a dash of athletics. No doubt his predilection for silence is due to the fact that he possesses the admirable quality of minding no one else's business but his own. A member of the soccer squad for two years, he just narrowly missed making the team. This, however, was not because he lacked the will. The winter sports, however, were more to his liking, for he was an ambitious member of Mr. Thornton's varsity hockey squad Ca sport to which he had previously become addicted at Pedcliej. The end of the hockey season terminated Bud's active participation in athletics, perhaps because in spring a young man's fancy turns to things he has been thinking about all winter. Even though Bud placed only third on the senior ballot as the handsomest, we venture to guess that had the voters been of the feminine gender, he would have been First. Still doubtful as to his college, Bud does not know where he will take his pre-med course.