Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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64 .5 L, Q-1, , .. if ,,-,S im,- DAVlD ALLEN FELDMAN Born: June 2, 7937 Entered: September, 7952 When Dave entered Nichols in the fourth form, he brought with him a distinct sense of humor and a propensity for argument, which he employs to good ad- vantage in the impromptu forums that frequently develop in economics class. A good student, Dave especially excels in math, his favorite subject. His athletic career was unfortunately cut short by a leg injury this year, however, in his junior year, he won a major letter in track, the shotput being his forte. ln the winter, Dave lends his acting talents to the Dramatics Club. Judging by his ability with hgures and his practical outlook on life, Dave is sure to go far in the field of professional accounting which he chooses to make his life-long career. Track team '54, '55, Dramatics Club '55. RICHARD SAMUEL FISCHER Born: July 37, 7937 Entered, September, 7947 Since the fifth grade, Dick Fischer has scored constantly in all the activities of school life-scholastic, athletic, and extracurricular. Scholastically he has made a most creditable record: honors or highest honors for eight years straight! Athletically, Fish has utilized his natural coordination, his scoring punch, and his desire for victory to become a nine-letterman. High scorer on the hockey team as a junior, Fish won this Year's captaincy, along with the most valuable player trophy. Moreover, Dick is a familiar figure on All-Interstate League soccer and baseball teams. ln addition to these scholastic and athletic achievements, Dick's rnultitudinous extracurricular activities show a truly remarkable versatility. Lucky the college which gains this tricky puckster! Highest Honors '48, '49, Honors '5O, '57 '52, 53, 54, Brown University Trophy '54, Soccer team '52, '53, '54, Hockey team '53, 54, Captain '55, Baseball team '53, '54, '55, Athletic Council '54, 55, News staFf '52, '53, '54, VERDIAN stal7 '53, '54, '55, Charities Committee '54, Dance Committee '52, '53, Freshman Orientation Committee Chairman '55, Cheerleader 52 Study Hall Proctor '55, 78 ,Q

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THOMAS HARDEN EIGHMY Born: .lune 22, 1937 ' Entered, September, 7951 To scan multitudinous themes and choose unerringly the most appealing for our literary journal is a task to tax the most critical of minds. Tom's appoint- ment to the coveted Gleaner Editorship and his success in that post stem from a superb verbal aptitude and writing ability, the prime assets of an English scholar-par excellence. Tom generously shares his talents with the News as its Alumni Editor. As a freshman, Tom surprised the school by winning the General Information Test, an unprecedented feat for a third former. Not only a scholar, Tom is an indefatigable representative of the Charities Committee. With his im- aginative mind, subtle humor, and solid scholastic ability, Tom will become an educated engineer at the college of his choice. Soccer squad '54, Track squad '54, team '55, News staff '54, Alumni Editor '55, Gleaner Editor '55, Charities Committee '53, '55, Glee Club '53, '54, '55, Forum '55. GEORGE RAYMOND EMPSON, III Born: August 2l, 7937 Entered: September, 7952 Fifteen, ten, five-he's over for his third T. D. today! booms the loudspeaker with gratifying regularity. The eighty yard kick-off return, the quick drive for the basket, and a deer-like 220 won for this nine-letter man the captaincy of the track team and both the Jack James Football Trophy and the Lehigh Track Trophy. But many are unaware of Ray's achievements off the field. A superior student, he frequently achieves honors, a popular leader, he is on the Student Council and ably heads the Dance Committee, and as a sophomore Ray won the Yale Award for outstanding character and scholastic performance. Along with a certain poet, we too can say to all the world, 'This was a man'! Honors '52, '53, Yale Award '53, Lehigh Trophy '54, .lack James Trophy '54, Student Council '55, Football team '52, '53, '54, Basketball team '53, '54, '55, Track team '53, '54, Captain '55, Athletic Council '55, News staff '53, '54, Sports Editor '55, Charities Committee '52, Dance Committee '54, Chairman '55, Glee Club '54, '55, 17 fr? 3 3.1 t . TL . 4i LM, 44 ., , .mf A '57, 1 A I I?

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ROBERT JOHN GORSKI Born, August 5, 7937 Entered: September, 7957 l want all you boys to support your team! Where is your school spirit? Thus ends another of Bob's postprandial forensic displays. Such untiring enthusi- asm as this has made Bob an extraordinary team manager-able to build spirit for and within the team. His apparent aversion to the study hall has caused some comment-but we know that he sacrifices, without hesitation, his valuable free periods either to correcting football polls or to typing the myriad articles of the News. Neither snow, sleet, nor tons of homework have kept him from fulfilling his appointed tasks. Bob's eager and complete cooperation, so cheerfully given, has made him a great asset both to Nichols School and the Class of '55. Football squad '54, Basketball Manager '55, News staff '53, '54, '55. JOHN RICHARD HAMLETT Born: July 74, 7937 Entered: September, 7950 ln 7950, quietly, almost unnoticed, John Richard Hamlett began his stay at Nichols. Throughout the years that have followed, Dick has remained calrn and self-possessed-the boisterous, the angry, the frenzied seem foreign to his nature. This fall, determination and spirit earned Ham a berth in the Wharton line. After a winter in the rugged atmosphere of Ward's Gym, Hammy moved into the fresh air and sunshine to run middle distance for the track team. OH the athletic Held, Dick aids the Dance and Charities Committee and uses his mellow baritone to harmonize with the Glee Club, We have it straight from Dick that next year at college he plans to continue spending his week-ends discussing world affairs with his classmates. Football squad '53, team '54, Track squad '53, Charities Committees '52, Dance Com- mittee '53, '54, '55, Dramatics Club '55, Glee Club '53, '54, '55 79