Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Barn: I-'i-:iuumw 3, 1927 RICHARD THEODORE KRUEGER lg,,n,,,,,l, gm.,-mmm, 1949 ll is not often that an honor student is also an honor athlete, but Dim-k is an exception to this rule. Noi only was he captain and mainstay nfour basketball team. hut he also played varsity football. and ' ' ' ' f ' ll ', l'l .'t was an outstanding distance runner on our track team. Regardless of his outstanding at i eta- a u ui i is matched by his schnlastie ability. for Dick may be constantly found on the honor roll. But wait, you have only heard the beginning. Aside from the minor ai-emuplishments already men- tioned. he was co-editor of the Vantuan, chairman ofthe Assemblies Coiumiuee, president of the Senior Lil ss and a member ofthe News stall' il , . llis tremendous ability and amiable nature have made him the outstanding lneluber of the Senior Class. Dick will. nu doubt, grace the honor rolls at Nl. I. T. next year. Fuollulll Signal IL Tenn: '-12: Baslrellnlll Temn '41, '-12, Captain '-13: Truck Ta-urn 712: Nuns Heard: Vsnnmn oanla .-lax:-nililiex lfununimevq l'n-xinlmt tif Si-uinr Class. , lla : Orzronsa 2-t, 19:10 -IABIES KNIGHT Bloukoxv lfunxwl: Ssvrsutuin l93T The fact most clcsely associated witll .lim this year, has been his lille job as Editor of the Gleaner. He also cupably held down the positions of mana er of the baseball tealn, and Grandstand Cossi 1 Editor of the Neue. Another fuel we associate witliiim is his love of disagreeing with teachers, which nu- douhtedly won him second place as lu Worst with the Faculty. Despite his diminutive size, Jimmy, showing great ituproveiuenl, made a cotnluendablc record on Mr. Pierce s soccer team. Besides these activities. lim hnds time to train two nights a week at the llonu. Guard, and manages to keep his marks in sclloolwork well above average. llis unusual talent in mathematics has lcd Jim to select 1 ale, where he will study engineering next year. Somvr 'learn '41, '-I 18 2: .Yela's Board IS: Hrlilur-ill-Clliijnf Gleurlvr : llmrunlivs ',Il, IZ: Honors '41, 712.

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, Born: Dsctsxtutnt l, 1924 DAVID FERGUSON HOW ARD Entered: Sisrrmtttsu 19-I0 Coming ln us in the fourth fnrnt, the 0nf, as Sclmef fondly refers to Dave, wasted nu tintc in hecnming one of tlte well liketl tnetulxcrs of tlte class. His rnngenial easy-going manner has won hint tt host of friends. Darrin impressive stnturt' has in no way hantlicnppetl him in his relations with the fnirrr sex, ns vvinlenvetl by his eleelinn on the senior hnllol, as Biggest Heartbreaker, Biggest Son-intl Light. t-mtl Best Dnnrt'r. t Although Dave wats nut u nttluntl athlete upon cttlcrinv Nichols. he showed great improvelttvltl in ent-h sum-vessive game. as a result nl' steady hard work. By the end of tlte football and lmskt-tlntll st-asmts this yt-nr, Dave haul het-onto an imlispcnsnlvle regular on lmth teams. Dave is also un able high jumper. tying fur first plat-c in the 1912 Inu-r-State Trnrk Meet. lhwv has no plains for college ns he anticipates living rnllml into the armed forces in July. Fnollnlll Squml 710. 'JL Tvuut '-IZ: Basin-lluill Squad '-ll, '42, Ttwlrlt 513: Truck Squml '-ll, Team '42, mittee, .untl its thc vircnlalion manager nf the chews. nn this subject to the entire school. Ed plans to matricnlule next year nt Hamilton. blies Cnmmillm- '43. 1 7 :te 1. .oat Iv., . Enxmltu c.UsT,tvUs KINKEL, Jlt. ,,,,,,.,, b,,m,,,,,, ,038 This yt-ur Ed enmlflctenl n highly' successful live years at Nichols. Smut utttrm-' ut tho. bn nml l nrm he has proven lnmxw f a hard worltcr hy serving on the Charities Cntnnttlteu. on the Ksxunhln-s loin Although Etl is almve average sclnnlasticxtlly he is lr ' no :nouns unntltlettc Serung in mthe on out of tlte finest, soccer learns this school hats at-en in years. EJ nlluwetl hut four grmli to be Hvnru nlvznnal luut all season. Outside of svlmol he is interested in builtling model airplanes for uit- ln tlte urntul fnrtes tn tutch ing their pilots to identify aircraft. Early in the seltonl yenr, Emhlic nlcln ered an mu-rt sting th:--1 rlatton Soccer Squad '41, T1-mu '-12: Hot-kqv Squad 313: Nmw Board '-IJ: Chnl-ilu v l ummulee 10 11 42 Amin 222'

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I : : s -. 1. RUSSELL BARTON OSBORN lirilliljxl: By n eululninulinn of exeeplinnal alrility with inlluxtriuusness. Russ has won the enviable position of In-ing the brightest lmy in the senior eluss, wlmse name sehlmn if ever misses the highest hnnnr lint. lie has nu aptitunle for languages, esp:-einlly English. and he hns lent his talents, this vc-ar, to hath the Years and the tfleuner. v :ilthnngh snceer in the only sport in whieh Russ has an outstuntling alxilily, he is an ardent sport eullnlximxt. and likes tu watch nr play nhunsl any game. llusn, our higgest woman hater, is xuhnirenl hy many of the class for his iutlnntilnlule rcsistanet- against the npposite sex. and he has sn far prnven to us that his interests lie in worthier Iielals. The splendid work that he has thine here will mnloulitetlly make Russ a welcome ntltlitinn ln llnmilton. where he plum to emuinuc his tumties. Surn-r Team '-H, '-KZ: Buslcellmll Sqnml 713: Nr-wx livunl '-l3: lilmru-r Bmml 713: lliglu-st Hnrmrs'-lI,7l2?, X Horn: NIM' ll, i920 EARLE XVELLS PUGHE Iinlvrerl: Stuvrmlltt-an 1010 Boy, you uin'l just aftalking, buy! With this or some other Kansas City expression, Wells intliealcs his henrtv ap xrnval of must any statement. Since entering Nichols in the fourth form. Wells has proved himself a tlelinite and lo the school lxolh sc-lmlnstienllv and alhletieally. The inet that Wells' name consistently graces the hmmr roll is prnlmlxly responsible for his liein v vntctl the Biggest Grind. As well ns lu-ing the eu :tain ot' tliis yenr's trnek team. and one nt' the lu-st hall'-milers the schonl has seen in nulny n year. Wells won his letter in lmlh footlmll and basketball. Away from iwliool, Nvells uses his talents nt shooting, in which lielml he has won many medals. Ile is also interested in gymnastics, and dm-inf the winter he was a great help um Xlr. lmhans, in this department. We ls plans tn follow in his fnlhcfs footsteps. and take up engineering tu li. P. l. Football Sl mul '41, 'IY'mu '-12: Buskellmll Squad '41, '42, 'I'emn 513: Truck Tenn: A-12. Cuplnin '43: llrulnlllic Club 512: honors '-12. 19