Rutland High School - Talisman Yearbook (Rutland, VT)

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Ufaai Basgefgaff ROON1 703 CHAMPIONS juniors Daud Melen Donald NItFarren Mason Mehl Robert Perkin Frederxclt Richmond aclx Sew ard SENIORS Robert Beauchamp ohn Baldwm Rrchard C1lgOId Matthew Burlce Wxllram Fxslce Paul Fredette john Edgerton SOPHCJMORES 'MH Lharle Dunlclee Fred Cvalarneau Wlllldm Goldman ohn Dolan Wxlllam Frappler Donald Howland Robert Crawford FRESHNHLN Russell Shappy Donald Smlth Trvmg to dlscover some good mmers and also to give the bows some entertalnment Head Mmer Keefe ran 011 a home room basketball tourney agam thls year Competltlon was st1Ff and keen but room 705 managed to outdo 113 1n the finals to become camp champ1ons True to hls theory Coach Keefe unearthed some valuable nuggets whlch he added to hrs Varsity and ay Vee teams The home rooms ID each class vled for the class champlonshlp then the class champlons competed for the school tltle Refereemg was supphed bv Varsity Club members who earned thelr letters ln basketball The cham lons were Fres men Room 1 Sophomores Room 1un1ors Room SCHIOIS Room 101 , ' .. v V I ' ' I R s- , ' ' , Kenneth Smlth, Davld Qu1nn.joel Sherburne -Iohn Stetson, l J V J' . 3 1 13 J 205

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'ass man Basgaf cz P I Garmng experlence 1n hopes of avVee and Varsrty berths next year the Freshman boys tramed falthfully and came through a successful basketball season The prospects of a team looked drm at the beglnnmg of the season for although a squad had been selected at the close of the Interfmural basketball tournament a coach was nowhere to be found Mr Mlller a teacher at Meldon solved thus problem and drllllng got under way Under the tutelege of Coach Mlller the Frosh topcpled Mlddletown Sprmgs Varslty and also v1ct1m1zed the West Rutland squa Coach Keefe then took over the Jumor Ralders for the tournament spon sored by the Varslty Club ln the hrst game the freshman qulntet went through Black Rrver Academy of Ludlow They then set back the Wallrngford Fave 1n the semr finals However M S J s frosh proved too much for them and they fell ln the final round of tournament play Many freshmen looked PIOmlSIng and we shall probably be hearmg more of them m the next three years H R fi 'R f A ' Front rau Wllliam Farwell, james jeflords. Nelson Baldwln, George Cady, Joseph Roberts, Sanford Guynu , George Hansen. Ron' tuo' Malcolm Culld. Russell Shappy. Earl Perklns, Mar rn Welch, Bernard Rome.

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Q? ei Umm lt Ilmes Ausrm Domld Hoxxlxnd George Peck 4 Peter 'xead Donrld l 1Br1lx Wlllllm Battles Lmdlq Squlres Xl Root C rl Although the unusurl sroxx condltlons throughout the xxmter had an ellett on 1ts schedule the Ruder Slcl team had one of the most successful sersons m 1ts hlstorx The season opened xx1th a meet xxrth Blxclx Rlxer Hlgh School xx hlch Rutland xx on lox a score of 797 to 731 George Peclx and Peter Nlead paced the xx mners The state champlonshlp meet 1 txxo dax engagement vxas next for the Ruders Thex shoxx ed a marked lmproxement as thex sxxept doxx nh1ll and xx ere second 1n the slalom p1Cli1l1g up a suhstantlal lead hx the end of the hrst dxx Thex malntuned thelr leld through the cross countrx hut Lxndon adx tnced to hrst posltlon after the lllmplflg and Rutland hnlshed as runner up Clptam Georve Peck xx on the four exent champlonshlp Cn the follovxmg xx eelc end ln the Nexx England meet the team hnlshed 1n sexenth place Lack of snoxx suspended the schedule for 1 tlme but the Rutlanders sponsored In 1nx1t1t1oml meet xxlth Burr md Burton Mlddleburx and Sprmgheld Don l.1Bralxe led the Renders to xlctorx vxrth Mlddlehurx talxmg second place Burr and Burton thlrd and Sprmgheld last Qteadx lmproxement xxas the lcexnote of the season and xxlth onlx George Peck graduatlng next xear s edltlon xxlll he out to axenge thelr set haclx hx Lxndon thelr onlx Vermont defeat ron! ron . ' . , . ' . . ' Y ' . I , 7 - , I ' . R91 tue ' . , . ,. . e, . , .. r. , ,o..1. . , S A . v l , , 4 , , C ,- . , V. , . Y , . , . , . C , C . . , , L ' , , . . Q - v ' 7 . v v v 7 I A, . , , J . , , , 4 , , I Q 7- v I C e I v J ' 4. . , ' . L f Y I , - D . ' ,' V L , ' , ,V ,V L V L c . V 1 7 ' Q 1 X u . k Y L V , ' 7 e 1 , , , 1 , , . . - V x s - 1 - y Y . , , . .