Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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HARVEY BUSWELL HARRISON Born: September 2, 1922 - Entered: September 1936 N B ' ' ' ews oard 40, Assemblies Committee '40, Dramatic Club '39, Tennis squad '38, Honor Roll '37. Entering Nichols in the third form, Harvey readily caught the spirit of the school and began, without ostentation, to stack up a reassuring collection of honors . While all of his subjects are above average, an ever-increasing pile of A's will Verril1fy the fact that English is his forte. His aid in publishing the Gleaner was greatly appreciated, and the News also owes him a debt of gratitude. Harvey has undertaken this year to fill the difficult but important position of Alumni Editor on the News staff and has, in his oliicial capacity, met with great success, exhibiting marked ability and ambition. While he cannot be classified as an athlete, Harvey, like his good friend, Jim Hurley, enjoys squash and tennis, and will challenge anyone to a good game of golf. If we may believe the senior ballot, Harvey is one of our seniors who enjoys a Nichols dance to the utmost, and, as becomes a man-about-town, gives the impression of being just a little high-hat . Harvey is not yet definitely decided as to his choice of colleges, but either Williams or Wesleyan will win the honor of preparin him t b ' ' g 0 6 8 CO!I11T1C1'Clal aYtlSt- ALLEN THOMPSON HILL Born: December 30, 1921 - E Football squad '39, Basketball ntered: September 1938 squad '39, Tennis team '39. Allen is one of those boys who, when it comes to doing senior write-ups, make editors tear their hair and stay home on Saturday nights. To call Allen reticent and reserved would be a masterpiece of understatement. Few see him come to school' few see him lea b ' , ve, ut we know he is here since his name does not appear with any regularity on the absence report. This is true during the greater part of the year, but in the spring Allen is very noticeable due to unusual ability in his swift and enervating game of tennis. Turning out for the tennis team two years ago, he immediately found a place for himself, a place in which he has prominently distinguished himself, since he was a vital player on the championship tennis team of 1939. Unfortunately, Allen was unable to attain the varsity foot- ball team last season. This was not d ' ' ' ue to a lack of energy or ambition, of which he has an abundance. but to his diminutive size. At whatever school he matriculates, we hope Al's aspirations for the freshman team do not fall short.

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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.

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GEORGE ERNST HOUCK Bom: April 15, 1922 - Entered: September 1935 Soccer, Manager, '39. George might well be called one of the pillars of the Class of 1940, for without him the class would be lacking in modernism. His suave manner and his loquacity in English class fespecially when a joke has just been launchedj often make Mr. Verrill raise his eyebrows and look askance at the perpetrator of that deprecating chuckle and that long drawn out yes-s-s-s . In fact, in the classroom George's loquacity extends to that one derisive word, yes-s-s-s . But once out of the classroom his geniality becomes very pronounced. After dutifully performing all the arduous and never-ending tasks which an assistant soccer manager must, he rightfully fell heir to the post of manager on the '39 team. As soon as the last bell rang his troubles began. Shoelaces, shoes, towels, and other such athletic paraphemalia were simultaneously demanded from every nook and cranny of the locker room, within a fraction of the usual time the ubiquitous George had satis- factorily filled the behests of the howling players. George eventually intends to become an insurance salesman: it is superfluous to add that he will be a high- pressure salesman. JAMES GREGORY HURLEY Born: January 3, 1922 - Entered: March 1930 News Board '39, '40, Verdian Board '39, Gleaner Board '38, '39, '40, Honor Roll '36, '37, '39. jim is without doubt one of the most brilliant members of this year's graduating class. During his five years at Nichols, he has consistently earned honors and has established himself as a student of highest scholastic ability. An indication of his high rating is the fact that jim polled among the first as most conscientious and biggest grind in the Senior Class ballot. While he has concentrated most of his efforts on scholastic endeavor, J im has not missed out on the important and broadening effects of extra-curricular activities. Although he has never gained a position on a major varsity team, Jim plays an excellent game of squash and has for two years practiced with the varsity tennis squad. Work par excellence in the literary field has earned for him the assistant editorships of both the News and the Gleaner -equally well-deserved positions. Argumentative by nature, and possessed of an apt mind and retentive memory, Jim is well Fitted to the life work which he has chosen-law. He will attend Princeton next year.