Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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center half as one of the mainstays of the team. Next year Ed will begin preparing for the study of aeronautics ROBERT STOCKTON SIKES Born: July 3, 1921 - Entered: September 1933 - Re-entered 1938 Football squad '38 '39, Track squad '39, Dramatic Club '39. Time: 8:55 any moming. Scene: Nichols parking lot. Sound Effects: Motor of a 1933 Ford with a broken manifold. Compression whistle shrieking as car lurches around the corner on two wheels at a terrific speed followed by sharp screeching due to the sudden and violent application of brakes. Dramatis Personae: Cln order of appearancej Mr. Robert Stockton Sikes alias Stocky or Stockums . A large group of boys racing in mad haste from the driveway. Thus might start a play based on the action of one Stockton Sikes any morning of the school year. We do not feel, however, that all Stocky can do is drive madly around corners, since he is, at times, a rather con- scientious worker. Another of the famous incoming fifth formers of last year, Stocl-ry immediately became popular due to his extreme good-nature and jovial character. Because of these acquisitions, Stocky has been a necessary addition to the Senior Class. As yet he has not chosen the college in which he will make his preparations for a banking career. EDWARD CARLTON ROTH JR Born: September 24, 1921 -Entered September 1934 in Soccer squad '37, Soccer team '38, '39, Honor Roll '34, 35 Hockey Dance Committee 40 Ed, if the condition of his books is significant, is one of the wildest boys of this Senior Class Good looking with a '34 Ford coupe, Saturday morning classes must affect Ed more than any of his classmates But Ed knows how to work also, as witnessed by the two successive years for which his name adorned the Nichols honor roll. He figured prominently in the elections for both the Most Energetic and Most Pessi mistic member of the Senior Class, a combination which, if his fellow class members have Judged accurately A is unusual indeed. Also, he shared top honors with one other as the Most Argumentative and the same fighting spirit which enabled him to receive this title has proved a great asset both to himself and the Nichols team on the soccer field. He has played varsity soccer for the last two years advancing from a utility man to Ed has also added to the success of the new hockey dances, introduced into the social calendar by the Student Council, by providing a record-playing set-up for their use for this he deserves a vote of thanks

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SIDNEY GEORGE ROBINSON Born: July 15, 1920 - Entered: October 1939 Basketball squad '40, Last fall, an extremely mild and unfratemizing youth slipped into the back row of the senior section of study hall. The name-S. George Robinson. It would easily be imagined that his first initial stood for silent, as he assumed his place in the Senior Class. Truthfully, he had been in school for some time before we dis- covered his identity. His silence and modesty, however, do not signify that he lacks scholastic ability. It is truly disappointing to us to know that George will not be here longer than one year, for once knowing the school, we feel George would within a short time become one of the factors of the school activities. As it happened, George tried for the basketball squad, successfully making the squad the first year. When the school finally discovered George's presence, it was not long before he had a retinue of friends who will always remember his quiet, retiring effort, his willingness to work, and ever-present smile. The splendid work and co-operation which he has shown here will undoubtedly make George a valuable asset to the student body of Hanover College, where he intends to spend the next four years in a Business Administration Course. WADE ROCKWOOD Born: September 12, 1922 - Entered: September 1938 Soccer squad '38, '39, News Board, Business Manager, '40, Verdian Board '40, Charities Committee '40, Wade, one of the four members of the News Room Aristocracy , has had the exasperating and enervating experience of guiding the financial destinies of the Verdian, News, and Gleaner. If any discrepancy was noted in the books, or if the various editors entertained any Sybaritic ideas, it was Rockey's job, as chancellor of the exchequer, to smooth out the situation diplomatically, Cwhich, needless to say, he invariably didj rather than merely successfully. In addition to being the business manager of the publications, Wade accepted an important post on the time-absorbing Charities Committee. Every Friday might see him helping with the candy sales or, at any time, poring over the figures of that most vital committee. Besides maintaining a position as a regular member of the varsity soccer squad for the past two years, he has formed a very enviable scholastic record, decorated frequently by honors. Despite his training in dealing with financial difficulties, Wade plans to study medicine at Harvard.

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EDWARD BALCOM SMITH Born: October 13, 1920 - Entered: September 1938 Football squad '38, Football team '39, Hockey squad '39, Baseball squad '39. Due to the languid and nonchalant manner in which he conducts himself both' in and out of school, Ed is extremely affable with his schoolmates, despite his being voted one of the laziest in the class. He can usually be seen strolling through our halls in apparently no hurry, while at the same time others around him are generating a melee in an effort to meet their next class promptly. Ed has not taken advantage of the extra-curricular activities of the school, but he has more than made up for this on the athletic field. He was a member of several hockey squads as well as the baseball nine. The foot- ball seasons of two years ago saw him through without injury, but during the most recent season, he sustained a fractured jaw and was unable to rejoin the team for the rest of the season. Not only is he assiduous on land but also in the water, where he has shown outstanding ability during various swimming meets. Already a master of sailing, Ed will spend four years in anticipation of a future in marine architecture. CORNELIUS HENRY SULLIVAN Born: February 9, 1923 - Entered: September 1938 Football squad '38, Football team '39, Track team '39, Basketball squad '40, News Board '40, Verdian Board '40, Honor Roll '39. The old adage which states that a person weighing over two hundred pounds is invariably genial. certainly holds true in Sully's case. Vlfhenever you see him walking down the hall or roaming over the campus, it is only a matter of seconds before such stock epithets as Hi, Sully or Hey there, Big Stoop reach your ears. But even though Neal does tip the scales at over two hundred, a high percentage of this weight is tough bone and sinew, which have served him excellently on the football team for the past two years. He also applies his rugged physique to the track and field team, hurling the shot-put a fabulous distance. His numerous sport proclivities quite naturally entitle Sully to the position of sports editor of the Nichols News, and his excellence in writing warranted his being on the editorial board of the Verdiang both tasks he executed with a considerable degree of success, while at the same time his name appeared on the honors list each month. , Neal looks forward to Yale, but vacillates between the career of a chemical engineer and that of a surgeon.