Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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HENRY MELLEN KENT Assemblies Committee '41 5 News Board '4Ig VERDIAN Board '41, Each Monday morning last winter, Henry's ever-present humor quickly dispelled the gloom, as he entertained us with the gory details of his schiissing mishaps over the week-end. Henry is a habitual skier, and the slopes surrounding Buffalo receive his very special attention outside of school. Filling out his winter sports schedule is his defense position on the J. V. Hockey Team. Taking part liberally in extra-curricular activities, Henry is a member of good standing of the Assemblies Committee and the VERDIAN and News Boards. So far as we know, Henry's plans to perfect his mind and skiing, will develop at Dartmouth. ROBERT ALFRED KIRCHHOFER Soccer Team '40g Charities Committee '40g Assemblies Committee '41, News Board '39, '40, '4l: VERDIAN Board '41, Gleaner Boarfl '38, '39, '40, '41, Editor-in-Chief '41g Dramatic Club '41g Operetta '37, '38g Student Council '38, '39g Class Qgicer '38: Honors '36, '39, '40, Highest Honors '3 7, '33. Al alone holds the enviable record of Nichols' annual honor man. His English themes consistently range above A, so he promises to be an outstanding author. This year he edited our literary publication, The Cleaner, as well as lending his talents to the VERDIAN and the Nichols 1Vews. But Al devotes his time to other duties than studies. He is deeply interested in music, and a devout sport enthusiast, Hlling a position on the Varsity Soccer team last fall. Scoring iirst place in five classifications of the Senior Poll, Al received such coveted titles as Most likely to Succeed and Most Conscien- tions. Nichols' loss, Yale's gain. Born: January 11, l923 Entered: September 1936 Born: August 30, 1923 Entered: September 1935

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Born: June 9, 1923 Entered: October 1939 Bom: August 2, 1923 Entered: September 1937 JOHN MORGAN HEUSSLER Soccer Team '40g Basketball Team '40, '41, Captain 'fllg Track Squad '40g Dramatic Club ,415 News Board '41g VERDIAN Board '41. llailing from East Aurora High in 1939, Morg has distinguished him- self in many varied activities. Through constant and persistent efforts, he earned varsity letters in both soccer and basketball. As captain of the 1940-41 Basketball Team, he led his team through an extremely difficult season. Outside of school. Morg's chief interests are golf, swimming, and cer- tain women--mostly certain women. Morg has worked diligently at Nichols, and hopes next year to he sojourning on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, where he will follow the steps of his father in the field of insurance. PHILLIP ROBLIN JACOBS Football Squad '38g Soccer Squad '39, V105 Baseball Squad '38g Tennis Squad '40g Dramatic Club 740, '4lg VERDIAN Board '41g News Board '37g Operetta '38. Phill cracked his first joke at Nichols 'way back in the Third Form, and ever since, his scintillating wit has been a welcome relief from the hard work of school life. In fact the only time when Phill doesn't wear a broad smile is in that land of the living dead commonly known as Dr. Walshis Latin class. Any day last fall you might have seen Phill industriously chasing a soccer ball or less induslriously doing push-ups. But after a year on the Soccer Squad, Phill crashed through and made the team this year. We know that Phill's chuckle will become as famous at Brown next year as it has here, and we wish him the best of luck.

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Born: January 3, l924 Entered: September 1937 Bom: November 25, 1922 Entered: September l937 ED WARD LEROY KLOPFER Soccer Squad 739g Soccer Team '40: Dance Committee '40, '4lg News Board '40, '41g VERDIAN Board '41. Heh! heh! hehln Does that strike a familiar note? It is the somewhat raucous laugh of Ed Klopfer, who occupies a rather unique position in the senior class. Although he does not excel in either athletics or studies, everyone is definitely aware of his presence. Ed entered Nichols in the Third Form, and since then the number of his friends has increased many fold, until upon reaching the Sixth Form he attained that position typically his. Perhaps his popularity is due to his straightforwardness, perhaps it is his fine sense of humor, but whatever may be his secret, Kloppy', will always find himself a well-liked member of any group. Ed is undecided as yet whether to satisfy his matriculatory inclina- tions at Rutgers or Lehigh. ROBERT JOSEPH KOVARIK Bob: We have, then, Consciousness, and in it three basic aspects: Receptivity, or Timeg Conductivity, or Spaceg and Frequency, or Mo- tion. These are the co-existents of Being. Mr. Pierce: Yes, very good thought. Now we'll go on to Stovrofff' Indeed, most pedagogues are struck mute when confronted by Bob's verbosity. His frequent quotations from Plato, Aristotle, and Sophocles and use of words not contained in the Standard Dictionary confound and befuddle the minds of even the more astute of his colleagues. Nor are his laurels solely in lexicographie fieldsg we have it on good authority he has killed no less than six Q65 poor fellows who were not nimble enough to evade the lightning slashes of his squash racket. Saint ,lohn's professors had better sharpen up on the classics.