Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 260 of the 1940 volume:

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ARTHUR CHAR1 F9 THOMAS B A Lalnz WN j.,l 'l1lLll1C'Ql from Mlddlcbury College ln 1917 At Middlebury he belonged to the Deltl Upsxlon Frzternrtw After leunng, college he tlught for one yexr If Boy s I 1t1n Qchool Blltnmore Ml md vx li 1 Student nn the Mnddlebury Summcr School nn 1913 C11UCflbTlfIlD 191-1 IOHN T RFARDON BA MA Hmmm WIS 5,r1du1ted from Dlrtmouth ln 1911 N 1.lK.Ll1ClI7f1l11 C11 Pln md prultlnnt of me Ph: Betl Klppl gf1Ll1CLl If 'I llc nn 915 md y umnnnr., Prix 111 Ro be unc 1 felloxx ll the Umverslty of Rune C me to Txft 191 HARLIN ALBERT SEYTON BA Malhemafu 1 Grldurlte-Ll from Hlrvl d 111 1911 bezng, pxteher on thc blseblll tclm In 1217 ln 1911 l3LCl1'11C dlrgctor or ll'l1lC't1C9 If thc Spr1n5.,held TLCl111lLll lrlngeh Qclrool ulmerc he colched the blseblll blslqtblll trlck 1nd Sonar tc1mS Durlng 1911 md 1918 wxs dlrector of Publlr RCC1'6.l1lU11 for the Cnty of Sprmglleld Mui func to Tlft In 1912 SIDNFY F HADIFX P118 Pl1D Cjcllllvlly md IM111 Was gradulted from the Shetlleld Sclentxflc Sthool sxnth the Hnglmut Gcncrll Honor In 1911 Wlmxle there he vars 1 member of 5151111 Yu 1nd Alpln Chl Sxgma After Speclalnzlng ln Chemlstry nn Grlduite School of Xale UHINCYHIIQ recelved PhD degree ln 1916 lnmtructor of Clumxatry an the Dcplrtment lt Chemxstry 'ind Medlcxl Sehool of Ylle Umm wlty untnl 1971 Performul ruurclm work an Ga9 Warfare Deplrtment durnng the xx xr c1016 to Tlft nn 1971 I9 TAF .11 , . . at 7 1 i 4 c 7 ' -. I 'Y 1 A V. ' 1 1 'f. 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 .1' 1 , 1 A , 1.,1 '1. 1, ' ' ' ' 1' ,. 1 ' 1 ' f. l 1' 4 1. Y. 1' 1 ' 1. '. -' 'L , ll' ',1 ' tl ' ' 1 1 1. 1 L 4 1 '1 ' A 1 , 1 hr lj ' mc, AC1 -1 ' 1 ' 1 -. il ' 1 in '. 1 , , . 1 1 221' ' , V ' A' 'Lf'L '1, 4 -- 1913 2llfL'I'1xlf.'Ll Springfield College and played on the baseball and basketball teams. 1 .L . ' . ' 1 ' 5 1 , ' ,' .- 'fl ' v N ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1. 1, 1 , 1 ,1 . ' A1 .. Aj 7 1 if ' 4' -1' f 'jk . 1 n 1 A K ' 1 .. -1,, . ., . . 'I In 1 ' ,V I 2 I . . :N Y, .y In 5 ' . 4 ' '1 1 A 7 1 1 ' 1 1 ' lv . K ' ' ' 1' 'R s .S 'I . 'mx-'-' ' l . , ' KV - . '- 1 ' . .1 . ,' ' 1 '1 1 ' A -rf ' A - . ' A1 ' ' ' ' z ' ' 1 ' ' '1 . Q1 1 ' - . SHERIVIAN CAWLEY SB Eflgllfh Was graduated Cum Laude from Harsard rn 1911 Member of P1 l:t1 Club Fn5.,ag.,ed IH newspaper work rn Boston rn 1911 1917 md rn settlement work rn lXew York Crty rn 1917 1915 Vilas Instructor rn Engchsh at Thatcher School Ojal Cahf rn 19141915 Taubht Enghsh and Mathematrcs at Country Day School Ioulsvnlle K5 from 1915 to 1917 from 191 to 1977 was head of the Enghsh department at the St Paul Academy St Paul Mmn Clme to Taft rn 1922 CHARLLS HOWELL SHONS BA 411-flair Dneafor Prepared for college at thc Law rencevnlle School Graduated rn 1917 from Wrlhams XX'h1le there he was presldent of the Semor Class member of the Alpha Delta Ph: Fratermty and Gxrgoyle Socrcty Glee Club and baseball team Taught at Lawrenceville School and Ashvrlle School In 1917 he yorned the RO I C at a captams commrssnon Now Mayor Freld Artrllery Reserve Corps Returned rn 1919 and after workmg for two years rn the bond busrness rn Sprmgrield Mass taught at Stadium Hugh School Tacoma Washrnvton Came to Taft rn 1922 Taught French for three yelrs and then assumed head of athletrc department coachmg, soccer GEORGE H MORGAN MusB Muflr Prepared for College at Morrrson R Warte Hrgh School Toledo Ohno entermg Columbra rn 1919 where he studred for two years and was a member of the Delta Upsrlon Fraternrty He attended the Instrtute of Muslcal Art rn New York Cnty durrng the years of 1919 to 1922 In 1972 he taught at the lnstrtute of Musical Art and at Horace Mann School In 1990 he recerved the degree of Mus B from Yale University Came to Taft rn 1973 ROLAND WINTHROP TYLFR PhB BIA EVTQIIIZ7 and Public Speablng Prepared for college at Beverly Hlgh School Beverly Mass At the Untverslty of New Hampshrre he edrted the YMCA handbook the weekly newspaper and the year book Was on the Debatrng team the Dramatrc Club and a member of Delta Phr Epsxlon Fraternnty Was gr duated from Yale rn 1975 wrth honors and a Ph B degree In 1979 gamed a master of arts degree at Boston Unrversnty I-Ie came to Taft rn 1925 and has charge of Pubhc Speakmg and the Debatmg work AFT ' . l . 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DUANE LLROY ROBINSON BA INIA Frenrla Prepared for college at Txconderoga Hlgh School Tlconderoga N Y Graduated from Mrddlebury College rn 1903 Class V1led1ctor1an Member of Delta Kappa Epsllon and Phu Beta Kappa Pnncnpal rn 1Northf1eld Vermont Hrgh School 1901 1906 Instructor and professor Mxcldlebury College 1906 1928 Student of French Language and Literature Unrverslty of Lausanne Swltzerland 1909 McG1ll Um versnty Montreal 1910 Unnversxty of Grenoble France 1912 Came to Taft 1n 1928 HOWARD C FARWELL BS MA HENRY PUTNAM S'l YARN BA MA History Prepared for college at Choate, School Graduated from Yale rn 1922 whcre he was a member of Zeta Psx and dehvered the Ivy Oratlon Taught Latrn at the Choate School IH the followrng year and taught at the Westmxnster School 1923 1926 where he was head of the Hlstory Department and faculty advrsor of the publlcatrons Studrecl at the Harvard Graduate School and recerved the degree of St Louxs MISSOUII 1927 19 8 Came to Taft 1n 1928 Hutmj Prepared for college at Provndence Techmcal Hlgh School Graduated from Mrddlebury ln 1913 wnth B S degree Headmaster of Lrncoln Hrgh School Lmcoln New Hampshrre from 1914 1917 In 1918 he was gnen hrs MA at Brown I 1918 he was 1n the Unxted States Sxgnal Corps and he was wrth the War Camp Communlty Servrce from 1918 1919 Head of the Hrstory Department at St Paul Academy St Paul Mrnn 19701928 Came to Taft rn 1928 German ALBI:RT T FUSONIIA BA Prepared for college at Boston Latm School Boston M rss Was grldulted from Dartmouth m 1928 where he was a member of Phr Sngma Kappa and the Sphrnx a senxor soc1ety was class orator and was awarded the Morrlll Allan Gallagher Prlze Whxle there played three years on the varslty football hockey and baseball teams and was a member of the Dartmouth 1925 Natronal Champronshlp Football team Dtd graduate work xn Germany at the Un1vers1t1es of Berlm and Jena 1n the summer seasons of 1979 1930 and 1932 Came to Taft rn 1928 TAF ' I , . ., . . . . 1 . . . , . ,- ' 'z S, . ., . . 7 ' r ' . 1 4' I -, ' . . . Y I . C . . r . . Y M.A. in History in 1927. Head of History Department at john Burroughs School, . ' , I A, -.- 2 . ' . . , . ., . . ' , - . ' . . , n , . , ., - ' . . . ' ' z .. ' 1 1 . , . . . ' . . , , 7 FDWIN CHIJRLH DOUGLAS AB AM ROB!-RT CARR ADAMS JR BA H1 mfr Prepared for college at Newton Hrg,'r School Newton Mrss Wrs lL,1lLlL11fC'Ll from Bowdoin Colle,r.,e rn 1929 whcre he w rs 1 member of thc Phi Beta Krppa Zetl Psi Student Council and lbrs While there he wrs thru yurs on the football team md four years on the track term Came to Tift rn 1979 and has become head coach of track and assistant coach rn football Pl me Gewzzenj Prepared for collengc at Boys High School Brooklyn New York Was graduated from Hamilton College rn 1979 While there he was a member of Phr Beta Kappa, Delta Srgmr Rho Tau Krppr lpsrlon and rnterfraternrty Council and on the cross country and track tc rms 1 mcmbcr of the basketball squad and Captain of lntercolle,r.,rate Debate Was llrlru Root Fellow at Hrrvard Assistant Swrmmrnr., Coach and Director of Swimming, for thc Summer Session 1931 Received AM rn department of mathcmrtrcs 1931 Came to Taft rn 1931 JAMES PAYNTER LOGAN B S Mechanical Dmumg Pbrrzrv After attending th Brooklyn Tech High School was graduated from Bucknell University Wlrrle there was a member of the varsity soccer and basketball teams Fpsrlon 1 mathematical honor society Was rlso a member of the American Society of Crvrl Engineers and was President of hrs class rn hrs junior year After doing mortg.,age work rn 1937 33 came to Taft rn the fall of 1933 Spent thc school year 1938 1939 studying at the Yale Graduate School upon being, awarded a scholarship DANIFI H FFNTON BA MA PhD Lnnn Prepared for collqcc at Public 1-lrr.,lr School Holyoke Mass In 1909 he reccrxcd 1 B A at Yale While there he had Highest Honors Phrlosophrcrl Orrtron Specr rl Honors rn Classics w rs lvy Poet md a member of Phr Betr Kappr The following., year he recerved hrs M A degree and rn 1916 hrs Ph D From 1910 to 1917 he w rs rn instructor rn Qlrssrcs at Prrnceton and from 1117 to 1917 hc served rn the same Capacity at Yrlc Durrnlr., thc World War he serred as lst Lieutenant Heny Artillery and Acting., Clptarn of Blttery C 45th CAC Entered business rn 1919 and untrl 1933 was Vrce President of the Frsk Rubber Complny and President of the Frsk Trre Export Complny ln 1933 he retired from business md entered Yale Graduate School durrnr., the period from 1933 193-1 Came to Taft rrr 1934 and has become head of the Greek and Latin Departments AFT 11. , 4 ' ' -'r , ' , 1. 1 1. 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'-, . 1 .-' ' 1 . ,, ' f J 1 ' 1 ROBFRT TAFT OLMSTEAD BA Bmlogp Preprred for college rt Newton Hrg.,h School Newton Mass Wrs gradurted from Bovrdorn College rn 19 77 vshere he wrs a member of the Masque rnd Gown and Ze-tr Psr Wlrrle there he wrs on the debrtrne team and was three yerrs on the footbrll term In 1977 md 1998 he taught at Phrllrps Andover Acrdemy rn 1928 rnd 1979 rt the Brovsnrng., School New York from 1929 trll 1957 rt Short Hrlls School rn New York rnrl from 1937 trll 1231 at the Cambrrdge School rn Boston M ss He crme to 'I rtt rn 1931 LINDLFY NX ELSH TIERS A B MA WILLIAM EDWARD SULLIVAN BA Englnb Was graduated wrth Hrglr Honors from Yale rn 1956 recervrng, the degree of B A vsrth Specral Honors rn Englrsh He was a member of Trumbull College act mg as Athletrc Secretary hrs junror Year rnd Lrbrarran hrs Senror Yerr Was on the Swrmmrng Team rn hrs Freshman Yerr Orgrnrzed the Student Tutorrng Servrce rn hrs Sophomore Year and served as Charrman for three years Recerved Hugh appornted Krngsley Scholar rn junror and Senror Years He rs a member of the Elrzabethan Club and the Yale Club of New York Came to Taft rn 1936 F: encb Preprred for colleg.,e rt Kent School Kent Conn where he played on football hockey rnd tennrs terms He spent one yerr at Radley Iollege rn Frrelrnd rt vshrch he wrs on the rugby term In 1934 he was graduated wrth Hreh Honors from Prrnceton Before hrs errduatron he w rs a member of both the hockey and tcnnrs teams After spendrne r year dorng, grrduate work he was awarded hrs MA The followrng, two yerrs before cornrng to Taft he drd further graduate work rnd wrs rssrstrnt corch of hockey at hrs Almr Mater JOHN FRISBY MORSE BA Izngllrb and Pulzln Speuinzg Prepared at Kent for Yale from vrhrch he graduated rn 196 Whrle at Yale he was 'r member of Calhoun College and Alpha Chr Rho and durrng hrs Senror yerr was a member of the Unrversrty Golf Team He trught for two yerrs at Romford School before comrng to Taft rn l9wf TAF . , . . 1 1-1 A' , , 1 ' 1 ' ' -f ' -, ' 11 ' ' 1 1 ' 1. '17 1 ' ' '. -1: 1 -1 . - 1 Q ' ' ' ' '. 1 ,A 1 .. 1 ' ' 4 ' .1 , , ' 7-1 ' I I ' . - ,1 ,- ' V- ' ' ' ' ' ' . 111. ' 1 ' 41' 4 1 1 . . A . Y , , . 7 I . . I' It I A . I 7 , I ' . .A . , Q 1 2 . yt . , , Ora-tions Appointment in junior Year, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. W1rs 6 1 1 ' 1 , . ., . . -1 ., 1 . , , U , . , V ,1 1 S 1 1 ' I ' 1 '1 , 1 ' 1. A - ' 1 . , ' Y' ' I 3 ' ' . ' '. 11 ' 15' - - Q H 1 ' J ' ' 1 ' ' Y 1 , ' 1' ' . I I D ' , 1 25' ' V . ' ,f , ' 1 if 1 ' 1 ' . , . . , , . ' ' . 1 ' '1 ' , - 1- Funclv Cm 1 m 93 IIONARD bARGl'NT A B Gem: rl Science After prcpfarmg., for college nt Gunnery School nn XVashmg.,ton Conn he attended Princeton I HINLISIIQ where hc mljorcd nn 5.,eolog,y Whllc there he vms 1 member of thc Umwcrsxty Cottlec Club Also he played on thc 150lb footbxll tmm JOSIPH INSKFIP CLNNIXGHAM BA NA Prcplrcd for college lt Mucersburg., Acldemy XX IS ,grldultcd from Prnnccton Lmwersxty ln 19-la vuth Hlj,l1 Honor IU Modern L1ng,u1g,es Rcccwed ID MA from Hlrs 1rd Lnnersnty sn the same held rn 19m Studied dummy, the summcr sesslons it the Sorbonne ID 19W and at Grenoble Ill 1936 'I lught French and Germ ln If the korthvsood School lake Pl zcld News Xorlx 19a1 W Came to Taft clmc to 'I lft nn mc o w RICHARD W Pl THI RBRIDGF A B LAWRENCE M GILL AB MusB M1 fic Attended Lakewood Ohio Hlgh School and was graduated from Oberlm College ln 1937 He was m the Glee Club Conserxatory Orchestra Dramatlc ASSKDCIBYIOH College Cholr and he was also leader of the College Dance Orchestra For three years he was a Freshman Counc1llo1 m the college Whlle vsorkmg on hrs masters LlCj.,1C'C he was dlrector of musrc ln Oberlm Hngh School He came to Taft ln the fall of 1938 Hlslml Wfls 5,1 ulu xtcd from rhc H uldon Fxeld Hlgll bchool Hlddon Fxcld lNevl ersey H1 1931 hc xx ns not only on the hon mr roll throughout hrs college yelrs xt 'cs lcyan but zlso lctxxc nn 1Lll4L,lUUS lctxutnes hung., on thc Stmdlrd Comm1ttec of Collcgc Church md P1181 lent of the Cl'l1'lSlllll Assocxatxon He was .1 member of Phn Nu 'lhctl Clpt 1111 of lootblll on the XX restlmg, Telm and in Ohn bcholu ln hls scmor yclr he recclxed thc Honor of DISflI'lCt10I'l ln Government Hc clme to Tift ln the fall of 1998 AFT WALTFR ROTAN 11 Was graduated from thc Bfflryland Instrtute of Frne and Applied Arts rn 1979 Attended the Pennsylvrml Actdemy of Fxne Arts 1950 1955 Hrs awards were the Thru Tultron Schollrshnp from the Pennsylvantt Academy of Frne Arts the Emlon Cresson European Frtvellrng., Scholrrshnp rn 1955 the first prize rn sculpture Rrnglnng Art School Fxhxhttnon rn 195' thc Helen Foster Barnett Prize by the Nrtroml Academy of Dcsrcn rn 1956 md the Tiffany Foundatron Scholtrshnp rn 1958 Hc cxhrbltcd rt thc Amerrcln W rter Color Society the Chrclgo Art lnstrtute thc Corcoran Grllcrys rn XXf1shxng.,ton the Pennsylvanna Acldemy Fxhnhlts the Crncmnatr Museum of Art md thc Arden Glllcrys rn New York He rs rlso rep rcscntcd m thc PLl111lI1LlII collcctnon of the Brool13,recn Glrdens Museum md rs rn ISSUCIIIL mcmhr of thc Nrttonrl Sculpture Socrety H clmf. to Ftft rn thc of 11 CHARLIAS ARINIISTFAD COIT F A Lalm md French After preprrrnp., for college at the Gnlmftn School ln Baltrmort mtl thc 'I rft Stlrool he entered Yale Unrverstty ln the fxll of 1955 j.,1'lLlUlflI1j., rn the cllss of 1951 he elrncd 1 scholrrshxp at a French Unlversrty but WIS unahlc to ttltc xt l7CLlL1SL of unsettled condttrons abroad Clme to Ttft tn the frll of 1959 JAMFS DFNNIS FWING AB Lafm After grlduattng from the Hotchkiss School nn 1954 he attended Prmceton Unrver stty from whrch hc grld rated Cum Llude rn 1958 Whrle at college he was 1 member of the Crp and Gown Club After leavrng Prrnceton he went to the Htrx rrd Liv- School xxherc he xx ts 1 member of the Lrncolns Inn Socrety He ctme to Taft ID 1959 Mathew 1111 s JFSSE ANGELL HAIL BA After preparrng for college at the Romtord School he attended Xalc Unlvcrstty graduatrng., rn 1956 Whrle at college he pllyed on the Freshman Blseblll Tc 1m 1nd was a trember ot the Freshman Councrl In hrs senror year he was ftthletrc secretlry tt Davenport College After leavmg Ylle he spent one yclr mrnrng, rn Idlho followed by two years at the School of Mrnes of the UHIVCYSIIQ of Arrzont Crme to Taft rn the fall of 1959 WII I IAINI HFDLFY GARTHWAITE SIXIITH AB Ellgfl fa md Public SDKDLIIIQ Prepared for collcg.,c ll the Phrllrps Exeter Academy Exeter We-w Hlmpshrrc graduating, IH 1955 He lttended Princeton Unrversrty Ind was graduated Curr' Laude rn 1959 While tt colleg.,e he played on the 150 pound footbftll term 1nd wts 1 member of the Cliftlgt Club In hrs Sennor year he acted IS MIDJQCY of baseball Ctme to Trft rn 1959 25 TAF A. Y ' ' 4 1 . A A A A - 1 1 . - . . 1 A1 1 ' . I - 1 ' I 1 I ' ' A1 , . 1 1 ' ' 1 . 1 - . , , . Y, 7 . .. 1 I I . X A A - 1 A-V , . . 1 AAA 1 1 ' ' A , 1 ' 1 1 . I I . . ' . l . 'Q 1 ' Q lk 5 ' ' ' 1 1 J Y , 1 1 ., 1 , 1 - 1 1 - 1. . 5 1 5 ' - 1.1. . . .- X . 1 1 ' 1, . 2 5 h . L N- 1 1' ' L ' 1 1 At ' A A . e 1 A1 ' fzlll 2.58. 1 1 3 , J. . . A 4 ' 1A ' A 1 A A ' A 'z ' A1 1A' . - ' A A A 1 ,, '1 1A 'A - fl. Wlwile at college he played intra-mural hockey and baseball. In his senior year I 4 1 Q 1 1 A ' A '1.' ' ' 1 1 I AA , 1 1 . 1 1 A 1 , . 1 1 1 . , . . 1 A ' A , A A - , A ' 1 L 1 I A . A 1 2 I I , , 1 '1 1 ' , ' '1 1 A A . 1 ' A , . L ' A Y ' A. 1 7 1 A A ' , . 1 A Y A , . A Y' 1 ' 1 1 11 1 ' 1 A A. A . A ' .1 1 A . 1 ' 1 . 1 A 1 ' , 1 A A Y A A 1 , 4 ,Q , S . B, Y .- Q- 1 A 1 A' . . 1 1 A , . . ' K' A1 1 A 1 A I .y. L . ' ' k - L . , Y 1 2 5 ' ,v ' A ' A , . 1 A A A 1 f' ' . A , . A - 1 ' ' - 1 1 , 1 R, K 111 ' A' L A v 2 2' A 1 y A. A . I A i A , . AFT T xxx H50 strive, I0 sack, to jimi, and not lo yi l .'.' 'Sn SENIORS TAF 1940 1940 AFT Momtors Peter Guernsey Head Manila: Edu in Boggs Roy Cheney fimcs Hedges Iostcr Lincoln ohnson Fdmund Kelley ames Klceman Waldo Van Mldgley Charles Nickemg ohh Renwick Robert Sweet Lloyd Taft ames Taylor III Charles Willis john White ' 7 lf- J A l lf Richard Davis David Steele JK , 7 : , ' J . j , J s I A ' ' l94U ROBERT LOUIS ALTREUTER 31 Greenvrew Way Montclarr New ersey Chrclt rs the possessor of the trtle of tallest fellow rn school Although thrs fact alone makes hrm an outstandrnb member of the class of 1940 Chrcks srze rs by no means hrs only clarm to fame In the Held of athletrcs he has starred rn three sports soccer basketball and track In the frrst of these Chrcken has earned hrs letter for thrce seasons He has followed a polrcy of larssez farre rn hrs lessons and mth consrderable success srnce for some reason or other hrs marks are always above aver ge l'or relaxatron Chrck prefers brrdge above everythrng else havrng been voted the best playcr rn hrs class So serrously drd he take thrs honor that he has been known to keep hrs roommate awake for hours brddrng lrttle slams rn hrs sleep after a long sessron at hrs fasorrte pastrme However yokrng asrde hrs excellent record here at Taft both scholastrcally and athletrcally shovss that he has put cvery rnch of hrs seven feet four rnto all hrs actrwrtres I' our Years rn School PRINCETON C hzfk B em Common Room Commrttee 40 Class Day Com mrttee 40 Lower School Debatrng 37 38 Soc cer Squad 38 Team 39 40 Basketball Squad 38 Team 39 40 Track Team 39 40 German Club 40 Geometry Prrze 38 1 1 I . , . . ,, . ,, . . . . , . . Y 1 -1 1 1 - . ,, . . ,, . . 1 ' 1 V. . . r 1 G , . . . . . 1. , , . . , , . ' 1 1 1 4 rr ' 11 . , . Y . - 1 . - 1 1 . 1 - 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 D 1 1 l - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 I A 1 , . l94U EDWARD ALLISON ATWOOD J 591 Last 79th Street Paterson N Of Buds many grand qualrtres the most outstandlng rs hrs persewerance Hrs determrmtron to be 1 top ranlter rn hrs class mly be seen my evening as Bud frequently works rnto the wee hours of the mornrng over an earthworms supra esophageal ganglron or somethrng equally perplexrng Thrs same determrnatron rs ewrdent rn everything he undertakes Not satrshed wrth top notch work of hrs own he often helps those who have a tough time vwrth therr studres Bud rs new er too busy to help someone He has another srde whrch appears rn odd places I-Irs sense of humor and loxe for amusing pranks assert themselves ln many different ways If you smell 1 peculrar odor rn your closet or are not able t get your feet between the eovers Bud probably had somethrng to do with rt Florrdr h lb IH understandrng of human nlture 1 love of beauty and a desire to help the unfortunlte qullrtres whreh should serve hum well rn hrs chosen professron of medrcrne Into vnhreh he goes mth our best wrshes Three Years rn School YALE Bm! Floudfz Alpha Track Squad 38 Brology Club 40 1 e , r. 4 .. , ' ' ' . . . ' ' ' . ' I. I . Y C . L . . ' . 5 2 2 , . . , . 1 L A I . Y - v- 1 r . - , I , , . K. , , 4 . K , , ' ' '4 . ' ' 4 ' 4 0 . .. - . - , ., . It A f 'Y f W , Q , ' f A f . 1 4 L 4 7 4 , L c , 4 , - 1 U I ' . 1 . vs D V1 ' l ' . , . e . -' ' ' ' v '- v r . ' . . , . . .. rr rv rr 4 ,' , . , . - , , . 1940 DUDLEY WARD RHODES BAHLMAN 3649 Vineyard Place Crncrnnatx Ohio Two years ago amid hurrncane and falllng trees Bahls wended hrs tortuous way from that remote and much mallgned clty of Crnclnnatl Slnce then he has estabhshed hlmself firmly 1n the esteem of his classmates havxng contrrbuted liberally to many school actnltles After long years of practice he has shown himself to be a speaker of no mean forensic abllrty and has spent much trme and effort rn stage work earnrng hrs Masque and Dagger Key some time ago In all smcerlty Dudley IS one of the best natured fellows rn any school and has a sense of humor equaled by few Dud and Mr Fenton are evenly matched xn their abllrty to say wnth expresslon Aw w w Conrad The entire school fought with Dud ln has battle agamst encephalltns and were overloyed by his quick recovery We say au revoxr to 1 grand frnend Two Years ln School YALE Dud Beta Masque and Dagger Socnety 39 40 Stage Crew 59 40 Debating Club 39 40 l'all Dance Com mxttee 40 Fathers Day Commrttee 40 Current Events Club 40 7 1 ' ' ' 11 sv 1 ' . 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' ' rf . 7 7 4 a , 1940 SPENCER HART BAKER 18 Clark Road Hrngham Mass One of Spence s former achrevements was to wreld a wrcked oar on a crew How ever as the pond rs a trrfle too small for thrs sport he has centered hrs attentron on other actrvrtres most rmportant of whrch are musrc and soccer Last fall he won hrs letter on the best Taft soccer team ever to krck mud at Choate and Spence was famous for hrs powerful krcks Known for hrs equanrmrty Red rs endowed wrth a drsposrtron whrch has garned hrm numerous frrends rn hrs one year rn school He has been keenly rnterested rn almost everythrng that had a Hrs bass vorce has been a marnstay of the srngrng organrzatrons Spence plans to study archrtecture and we feel that rt wrll take a mrghty brg storm to tear down any of hrs brrdges One Year rn School HARVARD Spenfe Red Alpha Concert Orchestra 40 Dance Orchestra 40 Glee Club 40 Chorr 40 Orrocos 40 Soccer Team 10 Fencrng Team 40 Track Team 40 musical note attached to it, including the Orchestra, the Glee Club, and the Octet. If 'Y ff JJ I 1940 RUSSELL LOUIS BALTZ 532 Lafayette Street Grand Haven Mrch Cuttlng a path through the Mrddle Western wrlderness Russ arrlved at Taft last fall and proceeded to demonstrate a few of the liner pornts of football He showed hls true competltne Splflf when he was called from the bench at a crxtlcal moment rn thc Kent game to tle the score wxth an unerrlng place luck However football was only a slde l1ne for Russ Wrth qulet and deadly efficiency he held down a forward berth on Taft s Trl State League Champ1onsh1p basketball team Yet hls extra curricular actrvltles were not llmlted to brawn alone Hrs golden tenor vorce carrled the back row quartet during the early days of the Glee Club and the kmgs of smug would fear for thexr thrones rf they could hear his hot trombone Not scholarly but shrewd not profound but quick wntted subtle nn humor frank rn statement Russ has packed much unto one year 'tt Taft After college Russ IS headed toward medlcrnc or buslncss but Wl11Cl1CXCI' hrs chonce may bc hrs friends know thcrc vnll bc a pl Ice for hxm One Year rn School YALE Ruff Gamma Football Squad 40 Basketball Team 40 Dance Orchestra 40 Chcmlstry Club 40 Tennis Squad 4 -V s , . a V . . . . I . . - . - a , . . . v - -. n ' ,, . V. ,, . . y ' 1 a s ' 1 r , ' 4 , , ' ' 4 . . K Y . . A . I 8, . V . ' . '- ' V . . V' . 1 ' , . ' 1 . 4 If II ' . , ' . a ' a 1 . A - y A - 1 a 1 40. l940 JOHN KLEIN BATTEY 218 Middlesex Road Buffalo N Y You can always find Dapper ohn asking Have you got any food? Besides being something of a tastemaster in the culinary arts this man of men about Taft is also successful xn affairs ot the heart as the pink and blue letters which fill hrs drawers bear accurate witness In addition ohn is something of a Beau Brummel in regard to his clothes but dont think that he leads merely the life of 1 gentleman of leisure A good athlete ohn was a member of the second football elevcn last fall later playing on the all club soccer team Springtime he tells us is roughhousmg An all around fellow with a lot of push John pltns to enter Yale next fall where we are sure he will continue his enviable school record Two Years in School YALE Big 01111 Bat Alpha Football Squad 39 40 Track Squad 39 40 Outing Club 39 40 Camera Club 39 40 Masque and Dagger Society 40 7 , . . . . . J . ' , ' ' . . . . , . C 7 . , J 7 y C 1 - . f 1 . , A , c ' . finds Big john a member of the second track team, but his favorite sport, or so I 1 ' I y a L 4 A , ' L ic s . If ' I ff' ff V! I I 7 1 7 l Y 5 5 S I l 4 l940 I l HERBERT WILSON BELL Dorchester Road Darien Conn Uttermg stentornn war cries this young man from the wilds of Darien entered Taft just two years ago Since that time he has made 1 deep impression on many of his fellow students vtho haxe suffered at his hands during the many rough houses that rocked the third floor last year During his morc serious moments when he is not half nelsoning his class mates he does a little vsork and manages to keep on thc honor roll a great deal of the trme When not engaged in either of these two awocations he is probably airing his tonsils under the tutelage of Mr Morgan as he is a member of both the Choir and the Glee Club At Williams geniality and an ability to work hard Tvso Xears in School XVILLIAMS He: H y Be ai Hel ble Gdllllllzl Wrestling Squad 59 Team 40 Track Squad 39 40 Glee Club 39 40 Oriocos 40 Octet 40 Choir 40 Camera Club 39 40 5 , . . W Y V . . h . ' I , F - , I v r v , x Q . . - I next year he will go far, since he combines two qualities rarely found together, K l r . r 7 1 . rr H rr d I 7 , U rr , ' 'Y I I . , , , 3 , K , ' 4 ' ,' Q - L , S , 5 , , . 1 CHARLES CONSTANT ADOLPH BIENFAIT jr Dogwood Lane Rye N Y Comrng to Taft way back rn the fall of 1936 Charley swelled the already large number of the sons of Westchester who make Watertown therr domrcrle durrng the school year Ever srnce then Charley has been very promrnent rn school lrfe lor the past few years Adolph has helped many 1 Masque and Dagger productron by hrs able work as a sound effects and property man on the stage crew In athletrcs Charleys play on the football field and on the hockey rrnk has arded the Alpha club to many a banquet He was a member of last falls undefeated football team and was on the frrst lrne of thc wrnnrng club hockey team two years rn a row well as playrng second team baseball Though not a consrstent honor roll man he has attarned that coreted posrtron more than once Hrs next stop rs Yale and xxrth hrs keen sense of humor hrs good nature and excellent record at Taft he xrrll become a welcomed addrtron to that seat of learnrng Iour Years rn School YALE Char ley Fartbzen Adolph Alpha Masque and Dagger Socrety 38 39 40 Stage Crew 38 39 40 Second Baseball Term 3K Second Hockey Team 39 40 All Club Football Squad 40 Tennrs Squad 40 TAF ,5- ' 3 2,0 , 'L 'Q A rg . ag ,sr x L? 'QP' .r -1 5 Q A Af t f fl . . . , . 7 , . . 1 . Y Q 4 K 4 . . Y . l r . 1 4 I l , as ' . . , c A . 7 3 I' ! I V C . : . 4 'F I fi ff ' ' Il ff 'P ' ! I - , , W I r 1 , , . , , , , , f 9, r ' , . 1 1 ' a , ' . , , . 1940 S JOHN TAYLOR BIGBIE 8 Sylvan Lane Old Greenvnch Conn Lynchburg vxe have had vuth us thns year a southerner vxho his made thls town notorlous at Taft Hc IS the sunny South personified If you should catch sight of an apparltron garbed IH blue pants a red shirt a green coat and a yellow tle you would lmmedlatcly say There goes Tavlor the best dressed man 1n the South Ht IS wery congenial and to mentlon all hrs friends would take 1 xolume He reccnvcs so many letters that the Post Office contemplated grvmg hum a larger mall box We all msh vxe could accomphsh such prodlgrous results w1th the falr scx' As for hls studies fmaybe Mr Fenton vsonders why he had such a good Senior Latin class this yearj exery mornrng during the third perlod the whole Vnrgxl and Oud 'lhls man has latent talents He IS an 21LCOfI'1Pl1bl1CLl pranlst and his 21!'gL1H1CDflflXC abxhty has made hum 1 potent member of the Debating C lub Cood luck 'I lylor and oh for an accent hlte yours' One Year m School PRINCETON B1 7 ay 101 T Lffrnzf Gamma Glee Club 40 Ornocos 40 Choxr 40 French Club 40 Dcbatmg Club 0 , rl , ' .. . . 7 . 7 D 7 7 v 4 9 - A A: K class assembled in his room to take notes on Taylor's excellent translations of . 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' 1 ' ' 4 ' V L ' ' Q 1 '4 . 1940 WILLIAM WESTON BLELOCK jr Luchfield Connect1cut The class of 1940 takes 1ts co11ect1ve hat off to one B111 Blelock who had the moral fort1tude to scale hlS way out of the depths of the M1ddle West to Taft the home of the 1ntel11gents1a Here h1s 1ndom1tab1e sm1le overcame the poss1ble dlsadvantmge of com1ng from the w1ld and woolly West QWe say w1ld desp1te the fact that there has been no 1nd1an upr1s1ng for several months On the football team he pohtely knocked down the oppos1ng tackle and p1cked h1m up wlth a sm1le That IS the way B111 does th1ngs always workmg h1s hardest but 1n such a way as to make countless frlends B111 has taken qulte an lnterest ln extra curr1cu1ar act1v1t1es among these are 1end1ng h1s s1lver toned volce to the Glee Club and settlng off exp1os1ons for the Chem1st1y Club W1th h1s character lSflC perseverance and h1s grand personallty B111 should go far and he has h1s classs best W1ShCS for h1s journey One Year 10 School WESLEYAN B1 Gamma Football Team -10 Track Team 40 Annual Board 40 Glee Club 40 Masque and Dagger 0 Chemlstry Club 40 , . - I C 3 . . . 9 . 7 ff 'llll ,,- , , . . 7 l , , , . J 7 ff . ' 1 -1 , . l94U JAMES HORACE BOGGESS 5020 Swlss Avenue Dallas Texas Although Texs stampmg grounds are rn the Lone Star State and though he clalms to be a true southerner yet we feel that at least half of him 15 yankee fhxs langund drawl belongs to the other halfj He IS just too peppy and happy go lucky to be a real Drue lander There IS not a person 1n the class who has not felt many t1mes that beaming smxle and ready laugh An ardent budge player he has long been a follower of the rule of trumplng hrs partners ace He IS famous for his stones of grapefruxt as large as baslxetballs and lemons the slze of footballs and we are all anxnous to vrsxt one of those 'Iexas ranches rms md Jstry wxll carry hrm far and he rs off to Texas U wrth our loudest au revonr One Year ID School TI:XAS UNIVERSITY Bogey Tex n Gamma Track Squad 40 Chemlstry Club 40 7 D 1' ! lv ' ' 7 ' A , . . J 1 ' ' If Y! F' 11' ff ' ll , , fn , . l94U EDWIN PALMER BOGGS II 6 Grbbes Street Charleston S C In hrs three years at Taft Ted has firmly establrshed hrmself as one of the out standrng members of hrs class Hrs contrnued popularrty rs clearly proven by hrs electron to hrs mrddle and upper mrddle class commrttees and by hrs electron to a monrtorshrp thrs year Popularrty however rsnt Teds only strong pornt The Squrre has also been very successful rn athletrcs havrng won hrs letter rn foot ball and baseball for two seasons whrle durrng the wrnter term he took care of hrs share of the managerral dutres of the hockey team Other actrvrtres that h has eagerly rndulged rn are slrngrn the bull smokrng rn Mr Cunnrnghams apartment and tryrng to make hrs classmates realrze the many advantages and beautres of hrs beloved Charleston Wrth hrs many and varrous rdeas and Interests and hrs knack for carryrng on a conversatron Ted was one of the most entertarnrng and rnterestrng fellows rn the senror class Wrth every promrse for later success Ted leaves us wrth our best hopes and wrshes Three Years rn School CORNELL Ted Te dy B gg e Bela Monrtor 40 Upper Mrddle Commrttee 39 Mrd dle Class Commrttee 38 Vrce Presrdent of Beta Club 40 Secretary of TA A 40 Football Squad 58 Football Team 39 40 Baseball Team 38 39 40 Co Manager Hockey 40 Current Events Club 40 Treasurer of Current Events Club 40 Communrty Chest Commrttee 40 Masque and Dagger 40 Debatrng Club Inter Club Councrl 2 a , . . . . . . . , , . . , , . ,, . ,, . . . . . , . - 1 ' 4 . e Q . . ,, . . , ,, . . . , , . 1 4 . s fr H rr d 11 fr ' vu , , 0 .fl . , I . . , l . 1 9 ' . , ' . . y . ' . ' . , . . . , 1 n r . r 1 1 a 1 v , I n 7 1 ' 4 7 I 1 a r . , , I r n , - . 1 , ' . l94U r r RICHARD ENGSTROM BOND 13 Pelham Road Lexington Mass In hrs three years at school Moxre our Romeo from Lexington has become the friend of practrcally eweryone rn hrs class Even though hrs necktres are loud that you have to look at them through dark glasses and even though he ll nexer admit usrng perfumed harr tonrc vshrch we realrze at a goodly distance everybody admires hrm for hrs grand sense of humor and frrendlrness Nobody really knows where he wrll spend the next four years of hrs lrfe but one thrng vre are surc of no matter where he rs hrs college career wrll be a success He trart alone can Carry hrm to success and happiness Three Years rn School HARVARD Maker Dirk Gamma Camera Club 39 40 Chemrstry Club 40 Senror House Committee 40 Club Winning Camma Hockey Team 39 Club Winning Gamma Tennis Team 39 Soccer Squad 38 52 Soccer Team 40 Glee Club 40 7 , . . Q . , . , .3 . Y . . u . . so , , . . . , . , . , , . will always be remembered for helping others in any way at any time, and this If If ff ' 2' I , 7 , Q . . Z - , Q - I . Q - 1 I 1 r K Y 7 7 , . 1940 FRANCIS PHRANER BOWLES 120 Hobart Avenue Summrt N A brography cannot express our feelrng toward Frank one of the swellest fellows ever to approach the shores of Taft fthat pond must break rnto the Annual rn some wayj Hardworkrng and popular I' rank rs everyones frrend and rs never too busy to do someone a favor Frank ably led the wrestlrng team thrs year and frnrshed the season wrth one of the best records rn the hrstory of the Taft grapplers Hrs performances on the hrll rn the sprrng have been equally rmpressrve Frank possesses an abundance of energy and determrnatron whrch have brought hrm many frrends He rs conscrentrous rn every sense of the word rn hrs work rn hrs relatrons vwrth hrs classmates on the mat and rn crossrng the bar fwrth apologres to Tennyson Yet desprte hrs many attrrbutes he rs modesty personrfied a trart emphatrcally brought out by the senror votrng Frank s success at Wesleyan and rn lrfe rs assured we are wrth you Frank Frve Years rn School WESLEYAN F mnkze Frank Alpha Wrestlrng Squad 36 37 Wrestlrng Team 38 39 40 Captarn 40 Track uad 36 37 Track Team 38 39 40 Annual Board 39 40 Q , . J. I - .. ,, ' 1 . . , 9 4 1 1 1 5, , . f , . rr ' 11 fr i 11 I 7 7 I , , - . . , . , , , Sq , , Q 3 1 7 ' 1940 CFORGI' WASHBURN BRADLFY 91 lflrst Street Bolivar N Y George came to us tvxo years ago and lmmedrately dlstxngunshed hxmself on the football squad a career whrch he terminated th1s year by recelvmg the Coaches Trophy donated to the player on the second team vxho contrlbuted the most to the squad nn sportsmanshrp clean play and splnt Besndes hls prowess on the playlng field he IS a smger for Mr Morgans varxous muslcal organizations More famllnarly known as Rabblt George can be seen exery mght at 9 55 hopp1ng up and down stairs ln h1s deep blue pajamas Good natured consclentxous and smeere George lS extremely vsell liked by hls classmates and has what It takes to be successful We all wrsh hlm the best of lucl-. after leavmg Taft 'Iwo X ears m School CORNI LL Rabbi! Al fm Second Football Team 39 40 Coaches Cup 40 Glee Club 39 40 Octet 59 40 AFT l94U WILLIAM DODD BREWER Rrdgeheld Conn Durrng hrs three years at Taft thrs Ridgefield flash has contributed to the school rn many ways Ever rovral he has always succeeded rn keeping hrs classmates laughing with hrs wrtty remarks In the realm of sport Brll found soccer hrs forte rn the fall wrnnrng 1 letter this year whrle rn the wrnter he lent hrs support to the successful Alpha hockey team A letterman rn track Brll has been seen many a spring day wendrng hrs way twrce around the oval Actrve rn extra curricular work Wrll has been a member of the PAPYRUS board for three years as well 'rs a staunch supporter of the debating club Always a hard worker Brll at Wrllrams next fall we feel sure that rt wrll be the begrnnrng of a frne record at college Three Years rn School WILLIAMS B1 Bren V1 Al ha Papyrus News Board 38 39 40 Track Squad 38 Track Team 39 40 Masque and Dagger Socrety 38 Debating Club 39 40 Soccer Squad 39 Soccer Team 40 Second Hockey 'Ieam 40 Current Events Club 40 , . c S. ' i -4 , I , L , . . ' 1 . 7 I Y . . . , has constantly maintained a good scholastic record. When he starts his four years r . rr 'Ili' fr . r, ffl 'llrv P , , , , , 2 '. 4 ' , ' 9 l S l , 1 Q , 5 ' ' Q ' . 1940 LATHAM LOOMIS BRUNDRED jr 6655 Vensman Road Pnttsburgh Pa Whenever you see an open door you can bet that you are probably following the path of Larry Brundrtd The Pnttsburgh boys sense of humor and love of practical joking are unequalled at Taft Larrys actlvntrcs are not all on the llght sldc Hes a dlllgent worker both scholastlcally and athletlcally It will be easy for hum to get into Cal Tec wxth Hymg colors lf he continues to earn the marks that he has been reccnvmig here Larry fought hard on a losmg Beta A football team for two years and rn spite of an mjury was a star on the all club team Since Pxttsburgh does not enjoy manv snowy hulls IH the vnnter tlme Larry had not learned to slu before commg to Taft However ln one short wmter he has accomplished 1 lot and ns rapldly beeomlng a master at the art Qthough one little spill was rather dlsastrous xt was charged to experxencej Life should hold a lot for you Larry Good lurk Fwo Years 10 School CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE of TECHNOI OGY La: fy Bn 11110 Beta All Club Football 40 Choxr 40 Glee Club 40 Chemlstry Club 40 Medal Wrestling 40 , . s , . v - u 7 . I . , . . 1 I ' 7 ' . . I , . -V ' v - s . ' 4 ' . ' ., I . , . . f . 4 ff H rf , -4 T ' . ' ' . If . 1 s 1 ' vff . - I , ' , , 1940 ANTHONY DONALD BULLOCK J 2245 Grandm Road Cmclnnatl Ohlo When Don entered Taft three years ago few suspected hlm to be a musxcal gemus and maybe he isnt but he IS plenty good He has been one of the mamstays of the Classical Orchestra and of the Glce Club Outslde the realm of muslc he can be scen It the House at almost my tlme playlng budge wlth the best and addmg hrs mdomltable wrt and humor to the conversatnon Although deflmtely not a dull boy from too much study Don has managed to keep well aboxe the class awcrage xn hns school work In athletics he bemg an able mnner wnll continue the fine shomng he has made here at Taft when he enters old E11 next fall Three Years ln bchool YALE D011 Bull I my Beta Track Squad 38 39 40 Choir 38 52 Glee Club 58 59 -10 Classical Orchestra 58 31 40 Soccer Squad 40 , r. 7 7 1 V V 4 a - . 1 - T I ' . H 2 4 2 . , L . . . . . , c ' c, 4 c 7 h I ' '. s . .Q , V , has been a credit to the Track field for three years, We all feel sure that Don . . N I' K 1 rf vv rr H rr ' 7 I I , ,, y, Q , . .V y,x1,,ViOS ' 1 ' 'f' . .U ' - s x v ' ' 7 , K , . , 5 7 ' 1940 HARRY JACOB BUNCKE 'I 39 Franklrn Street Rumford Marne lrom the rmpenetrable depths of the Marne tundra mushed thus rugged eprtome of the pioneer sprrrt wrth a two years supply of pemmrcan and Danrel Boone stones Although he has mamfested an amazing versatrlxty by blossoming out rn the full bloom of sophrstrcatron srnce hrs frrst appearance hrs heart we feel con fident strll belongs to Marne To be more basic beneath the Marne aura are qualltles of srmpllclty srncerrty and genumeness all too rare these days It rs refreshrng to have known some one so natural and unassummg someone so dnrect and strarghtforward These characterrstncs have chrseled hrm an nmpressrve nlchc rn Taft annals and insure hrm of a promrslng future henceforth Of course vse do not know whether these trarts emanate from Rumford but rf thrs rs Marne Ah Wxlderness Two Years rn School YALE Bud Bunk Gamma Glee Club 38 39 40 Chorr 38 39 40 Gun Club 39 40 Skr Team 39 Second Baseball Squad 39 40 Chemistry Club 58 39 1 f- 1 1 : . , , . . . . . , . . 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1. . 11 , . rf U rl vi 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1940 EDGAR MARION BUTTENHEIM 404 North Broadway Yonkers N Y There are few people who ut as much rnto whatever they do as does Ed Every where there appears thrs etermrnatron and earnestness whether rt be on the PAPYRUS the ANNUAL the tennrs team or at the brrdge table Ed s work on the PAPYRUS was nothrng short of mrraculous and any margrn above the red lrne rn the Paps frnances rs largely the result of hrs conscrentrous labors Hrs tennrs rs beautrful to watch and to make the varsrty rn hrs mrddle year was an accomplrshment rn rtself We have strll left unmentroned one of hrs outstandrng abrlrtres one whrch few of us possess the abrlrty to earn a place on the honor roll for three long years Over hrs scholastrc achrevements shrne those lovely lrttle Latrn words whrch rmply so much Cum Laude Ed rs one of the hrgh pornt wrnners who helped the Alpha Club to vrctory He has done a grand job and Goes happrly on hrs way to Prrnceton wrth our best wrshes Three Years rn School PRINCETON Cun Laude 40 Papyrus Busrness Board 38 39 40 Advertrsrng Manager 40 Annual Board 39 40 Assrstant Busrness Manager 40 Oracle Busrness Board 40 Busrness Assocrate 40 Tennrs Team 38 39 40 Runner Up Fall Tennrs Tour nament 40 All Club Basketball Team 38 39 40 Mathematrcs Club 38 Current Events Club 40 2nd Scholastrc Prrze 39 S S S I C 40 1 , . . 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A , , , . . . . . . l94U Cl ORCI LEWIS CHASF Orchard Road West Hartford Conn Eyen as an obscure M1ddler hrs good looks and rnlmltable good taste m clothes garned I-lazy a reputatnon among his classmates and ey en among the upper class men the nomenclature of Gorgeous Georgeus Regardless of George s dxshlee for his rather dublous nrclename the quahtles for NNl'llLl1 rt stands namely those of being attraetne neat ln appearance and gentlemanly at all times are attrrbutes to be envied by us all Hrs extra eurrlcular Interests both athletlc and othervnse haye coyered a xxrde yarxety of actn 1t1es and vxxthout hrm rt IS yerv doubtful whether the soceer team vsould haye remained undefeated as long as lt dld Needless to say hls countless friends or rather those who haye been able to escape New I-Iayen s clutches Will mrss hrs famllnar figure but lt IS for hrs closer frnends thlt there will be SOINC.llllflf,, laeknng when next year they lttempt to sxt rn on a B sesslon unflayored by Hazys peerless good nature and eyer present sense of humor 'Ihree XCIYS rn behool YALI' 1 G em 114 1111111 boceerSqu1d 39 Tenn 39 10 Manager of Bas lsetball 40 Wllater md Sprung Dlnee Commlttees I0 Oracle Borrd 39 40 G1ftCommrttee 40 Cl1ClTllilI'y C lub 40 Camera C lub 51 X . 11 71 ' , 1 L 5 . , . .. , 7 A ' YI '- L . 4 4 - A A 1 , - , 1 v '- ' - Y y - 4 s - 1 1' ', ' ' , ' 4 4 ff '2 . . , - .. , , - - , s, , , , V , . K V y . , v 4 s ' 'A Y v I ' 1 ' A I . 1 . V I' 4 ' 1 7 Y 1 s r -1 '- s 1 1. '- f r l h' ' .1 If . ., .. 4 , . . S 2 ' S ' Y ' '. ' Q S ' .,..' V ' ,.- , 1 .v., - 1 Q. . .. ' . . .. ' .. 71 1 ' '- r, .. .. ,, 1 . Hwy. ef Gr r: . ' 4 ,L, 1 , , - , . . s.- -f g '1 1 1 '- , . Y! ' 1 1 l 'f - ' Q . ' . 5 1 t K - 9 7 ' 7 . . ,, , . ' K . , , L , , . 1940 ROBERT WILLARD CHASE 31 Coburn Roid Wellcsley I-Illls Mxss In thus short spue there. lsnt enough room to stlrt to tell about Bob There 1re many fields rn which Goon I5 Interested but hc rs most promrnent rn the Held of dmmatrcs I-Ie Ind 1 m11or put rn Room berucc md had the lead rn the Gamm1 Club pl1y Wrntlng for thc ORALLI 'and LlCb'ltlHg hue occupled 1 great part of hrs trme Hrs Lnterests frre not all rntellcctuil for every diy 11st fall we would see hrm brefmlung hrs neck on the footbwll Held for the Gammws When Bob enters M I T next ye1r hrs absence wrll bc fclt by everyone but especially by Mr Fusonre who wall feel free to move rn the dlrk 1g11n vvrthout the fe1r of luung a mouse trrp smp on hrs flngcr One Yewr rn School IX I T Bob Chakej Cqrilllllll Mflsque 1nd Dwgger 40' Debltini., Club f ' Chemistry Club -IO. TAF 1940 ROY ALEXANDER CHENFY Orienta Apartments Mamaroneck N Y Although he has not been among Tafts first string athletes Roy has done a a great deal more for Taft than most of us His chairmanship of the PAP and his consistent standing among the top three in his class in scholarship vxell prove his exceptional ability However never let it be said that hes all brain and no brawn Those of us who have played football against him or roughhoused with him know the power behind that frame Moreover dont forget that those inimitable Alphas were undefeated in A Leagme football Above and ond who are as regular as Roy are few these days and Taft will certainly miss him Four Years in School YALE 0 Alpha Monitor 40 Class Committee 58 39 Cum Laude 40 Papyrus News Board 58 Managing Editor 39 Chairman -10 Debating Club 40 German Club 40 Current Events Club 40 Fall Winter and Spring Dance Committees 40 S S I C I V 'A , . ,sh- 'A 1 all this his monitorship shows that his classmates admire and respect him. 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'39. f-Xin, RUSSELL ADAMS CLAPP Ill Sturgis Hill Road Westport Conn Russell less formally known as Bud has been with us only a short time He has accomplished many things however Popularity membership in the Glee Club and winning a place on the football squad are among his achievements The Glee Club suggests a musician which Bud is not He will not talk symphony much less opera but just mention swing' Football suggests a great athlete Some athletes are better than Bud but xt s hard to find anyone who enjoys sports as much as he In the fall he was shoved around m the dirt on the hill with the rest of the second team but enjoyed it and did his best During the winter he fought for the Betas on the hardwood In the sprmg tennis draws his attention Bud has gained the friendship of many boys through a wmnmg person allty that some day will put him on top Wllereas Taft will lose a good man s ne Yale will gain a gentleman and a scholar in this man Clap One Year in School YALE Bnd. R115J ' Bela Football Squad '-40g Glee Club '4Og Christmas Choir '-405 Oriocos '40g Father's Day Committee '4Og Debating Club '40. TAF 1940 MARSHALL CLARK 61 Soundvxew Avenue Whrte Plains N Y There have been few boys who have brought as much enjoyment to thelr class mates as thrs product of White Plains Smce comrng to Taft three years ago he has left behrnd hum a path of glory and destructxon Hrs actnon ln B league hockey has been offset only by hrs vuzardry as a member of the debatmg team whxle hrs work on the boards of the varrous publrcatlons and rn the dance orchestra has been a monument to human endeavor As an artist he IS excelled only by Rembrandt as a student he should go a long vsay tovsard hrs goal ln the held of medncme Thus faworrte son goes to Dartmouth next year and we hope that hc may have all the luck rn the world rn malung the Hanoverrans as happy as a long day before vxe can forget hxm Three Years ln School DARTMOUT H Ma: fb Alpha President Prcss Club 39 40 Scnlor Housc Com mrttee 40 Wlntcr and Sprmg Dance Commit tees 40 Soccer Second Team 40 Annual Board 40 Dance Orchestra 38 39 40 Debatlng Team 40 Charrman Cap and Gown Committee 40 Presldcnt Current Events Club 40 Chem rstry Club 40 l he has us. His departure will leave a decided gap in the school, and it will be many rr , 'v I ' 1 i 3 L 7 f . l' 1940 THEODORE BRIGHAM CONKLIN jr Indlan Harbor Greenwnch Conn To put down 10 any amount of space a reasonably accurate account of Ted s l1fe at Taft durlng the past three years would re u1re the brographncal gemus of a Boswell and the mob1le tongue of Ted hrmsel He has led a thoroughly actrve though as far as studnes are concerned precarrous career leavmg rn hrs wake a confused mass of bewrldered nerve wracked masters and a prle of comparatnvely unruilled school books The only l1v1ng example of perpetual motron Ted stands unchallenged as Ivy orator of the second floor There ns however another side to Ted s character one which xs not fully appreciated by all of the student body the efficlent hard workmg fellow who ns uce charrman of both the Press Club and the ANNUAL chanrman of the Semor House Commnttee an outstandlng member of the second lme of the hockey team and a prllar of strength on the Beta football team Hrs whole personalxty IS dominated by a natural generoslty and an lndefatlgable good humor Hrs graduating w1ll leave a marked gap IH Three Years ln School BOWDOIN 'led Cone Beta Chalrman of the Sennor House Commrttee 40 Hockey Squad 39 Team 40 Annual Board 39 Vnce Chalrman 40 Press Club Board 38 39 V1ceCha1rman 40 Prctornal Board 37 38 Glce Club 39 40 Choir 39 40 Octet 40 Fathers Day Commlttee 40 Semor Gift Committee 40 Head Cheer Leader 39 40 Track Squad 38 Camera Club 37 38 , . 7 , . .. 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C . the student body-one which, unfortunately, will be hard to fill. ff ' fl ff 'Y I ' 3 , 1 , Q 4 1 , ' 5' - 1 a , h 9 ,U Q 5 - 9 , , , , f , , , , . 1940 l 1 BARNABY CONRAD J 1049 San Raymundo Road Burlxngame Callforma Among any group of people there are usually one or two who vnll stand out Barney will alvs ays be one of those There IS no one lgnorant of Barn s sense of humor literary and artlstlc skull and abrlrty to entertaln anyone and everyone To be able to talk to anyone on any subject rs a trant we all admrre and few possess yet behnnd thns outvs ard attractrveness there IS a deeper sxde whnch only those vsho really know Barney can apprecrate There IS a deep earnestness a de sire to help the underdog a love of true beauty 1n people and a sense of value of the hrgher thrngs m lrfe ln hlm vshxch mark Barney as a true person and a real frrcnd Barn has never belleved rn rulcs but nelther dxd Shelley One glorious creature Betty whose physrognomy we shall long remember holds the dominant place IH hrs otherw1se ever changmg heart If Barn ln hrs chosen vo catron advertlsmg can sell articles as well as he can sell himself to other people hrs success IS certain Three Years rn School NORTH CAROLINA 111116, Ba: I1 ar B Bling hte: em Iall Dance Commrttee 40 Papyrus Board 39 40 Sports Edxtor 40 Annual Board 38 39 40 Art Edrtor 38 31 40 Oracle Board 38 31 40 Chanrman 40 Glee Club 38 39 Masque and Dagger Soclety 38 40 Track Squad 39 Soccer Squad 39 40 Gun Club 38 39 40 Team 38 39 40 Presldent 40 Essay Prlze 38 Art Prrze 38 39 Class Prophecy 40 Current Events Club 40 Llbrary Commxttee 39 Charrman 39 1. , f. 1 1 1' 4 1 . . . , 1 1 1 ' . . I . . . . 1 1 1 - l , . 1 1 . . .... V . y A . ' , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- A V11 rr , 'I rr ,H ff ff rf ' , B f, , B , , 1, B I - 1 I 1 1 1 1 - 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, - 1 1 Q 1 D V 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 - 1 . 1 1 D 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 g 1 1 1 l 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 , - 1 1 l 1 U 1 1 1 1 1 l - - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 'C 1940 WILLIAM HOWARD COX 11 Annwood Lane C1nc1nnat1 Oh1o If you should 1n pass1ng through one of the many caverns of Taft hear some melod1ous strams emanatmg unmxstakably from an accordlon the chances are that lt would be B111 Cox for B111 IS an ardent squeeze boxer fa pug1l1st of the co arctatmg typej Photography also holds the rnterest of th1s son of Taft who has at the t1p of hrs tongue all the e1ght syllable words concerned w1th th1s hobby A member of the Chem1stry Club Debatmg Club and Camera Club B111 st1ll has enough tlme to cultrvate a rather env1able set of marks Although B111 appears at first to be qu1et and reserved a better acquamtance clearly shows the mrstake of such an 1mpress1on We who know h1m smrle wrth prty upon the poor decerved ones who voted h1m most na1ve IH the sen1or poll To B111 we glVC our most smcere wlshes for hrs contmued success and happmess 1n all hrs future undertakmgs Two Years 1n School YALE Wzl y Br!! Foxy Gamma Chem1stry Club 40 Debatmg Club 40 Camera Club 39 40 TAF A ! 7 7 7 7 , . . ' U s y 1 1 . .. . ,, . . . . rl 1' rr ' I1 If JI U 1 1 J . , I . , I 3 7 , 1 , . 1940 ROBERT HENRY CROWELL jr 2345 Euclld Helghts Boulevard Cleveland Ohlo Thus gentleman has many Interests Among them are gox ernment affalrs debatlng horseback rldlng good frlends beaut1ful vxomen and photography He greatly admires and reads books about one of hrs fax orlte men Woodroxx Wilson Bob enjoys books on people poetry and the storles of the Wagnerlan Operas Numbered among his dlslxkes are swmg IHUSIC and smokmg He IS of certain strong opmlons can bc resolute yet trustworthy and bclleves IH falr play and hLlfC.llSC1pllIlC He vxas xoted by the senior class the most gentlcmanly boy nn rts ranks and Bob well pcrsomfies that eplthct Hrs future vxork IS uncertaln but whatever rt lb Bob will give rt hrs best Three Years in School B0 Bel 1 Secretary of Lower School Debating Club 37 58 Camera Club 37 38 AFT , . - a Q 1 ' ' 4 ', , . ' 7 1 7 v a a - . ' . Y . V . , . r s ' A . . ., ,, . ,, . . . . 1 s K h . . . V Q V . 7 i . . V I . . 1 . Y , . . a ' s . ' - y , . . rf bu 4 - y - a , I v , a 1 - 1940 ALAN BRADSHAW CURTISS Nova Scotia H111 Road Watedown Conn Alan has for five years been adding hrs actlve brt to Taft lrfe Though a denlzen of our own Watertown and a day student he has partrclpated 1n many school actrutres He has received two letters for track domg some potent broad jumpmg on the hrll was on the second basketball team and recelved a letter rn football holdrng down an end berth Alan IS qulte 1 srnger as he has progressed from the second Glee Club h1s Upper Middle rank to the first Glee Club now He lakes to eolleet corns being no mean numrsmatlst and wrltes a good many stones or to Union Lots of luck Al and maybe one of these days we ll see 1 destroyer sul by with Captaln Curtrss on the brxdge Ilve Years rn School ANNAPOLIS or UNION I rm fm! Gmzmm Footblll Squad 39 Team 40 Track Squad 38 Term 52 40 Basketball Squad 59 Glee Club , , . K .... . I . 4 4 , l l U 4 . , Y I 7 K 7 . . y . Y 6 L . L . . K . 2, K . , ' ' f, - . for rather many a good storyj. Next year he hopes to go either to Annapolis ' . ' ', , . ' . ' 1 . . Al, if , J ' 1 ' ' , ' 9 ' ' ' , 2 ' 1 , 'J 3 A - I ' L , 310. T A F l94U DONALD STEPHANS DAMTOPT 56 Chalmers Avenue Bridgeport Conn Don is one of Bridgeports f1xor1te sons and is rather touchy about derogatory remarks concerning that fair city ffair not goodj Being very musical he has been a member of all of the xarious musical organizations and these have taken much valu1ble time and effort His clarion tenor voice has pulled the first tenors through m1ny 1 sque1lty situation and his long legs have been xaluable to the track squ1d During this past winter Don h1s taken up skiing and has become quite an enthusiist His life work is to be medicine and his natural humor and 1 ple1s1nt friendliness qualities essential to 1 good doctor It is with sincere best wishes th1t me send him off to that xomtion Three Years in School UNION COLLFGL D Dun am Alpha Glee Club 38 39 40 Orchestra 39 40 Band 39 Track Squad 38 40 Chemistry Club 40 Outing Club 38 . ', , . 4 1 I Y - A I . 7 ' I ' 7 ' 4 1 4 ' I , I 7 'YC ' V ability in this field should prove very beneficial. Don has a marvelous sense of I K 'L . i I jxj, U U i- . K . . . .QI 4. lv 1 K il .N ' . Y xl ' . fr 'H rr ,H HD A ' Q ' , ' 1 - ' 9 l94U THOMAS HUBBARD DAVENPORT 33 Oak Street Thomaston Conn Tom the superman has earned thrs name by hrs 'astounding abrlrty to keep hrs shoulders off the mat rn the grunt and groin matches Although Tom rs a novrce at wrestlrng many a fellow has trred to prn hrm 1nd few have succeeded Toms courage 'rnd determrnatron are outstandrng Besrdes hrs athletrc abrlrtres he possesses the personal mrrgnetrsm that has won hrm many frrends rn hrs much too short stay 1t Tift He rs one of the chosen few who hlve the prrvrlege of drrvers snow banks md New York drivers Newt yefrr Brown wrll bc brrghtened by hrs good mture for he rntcnds to complete hrs studres thcre Mfry success be yours Tom' Onc Ycfrr rn School BROWN om Dar Daz ly Alphz Football Squad 40 Wrestlrng Tcrrm 40 Tmck Squad 40 Chemistry Club 40 , , . ' ' it L ll . ' driving to school, and he can tell numerous stories of his contacts with bus ' , . T, 1 ' ' . . . ' ' ' i c , I ' .N . i .1 ' . r . 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' . , ' 'f , . 1940 RICHARD WARREN DAVIS 575 Park Avenue New York N Y It rs not hard to see why Drck rs as popular as he rs Hrs wonderful drsposrtron hrs sense of humor and hrs reluctance to crrtrcrze anyone are attrrbutes whrch would make hrm outstandrng even wrthout hrs many accomplrshments Wrth unusual versatrlrty Drck has been successful rn athletrcs as well as rn the class room Although he becomes embarrassed at the slrghtest provocatron ffor rn stance the famous crvrcs class rncrdent hrs good looks and personalrty have carrred hrm far wrth the farr sex He was one of the most dependable men on the varsrty soccer team and greatly arded the Beta A League basketball team last wrnter not to lefne unmentroned hrs work rn the jumprng prt Hrs rmagrnatron rs unlrmrted and he can drscuss the latest mox re almost as well as he can talk about medraexal armor and plurned knrghts Drcks gentlcmanly qualrtres and hrs modesty haxc earned hrm many frrends rn school and wrll wrn hrm many more m Prrnccton Three Years rn School PRINCETON Sfdllklll Dirk Rodgm Beta TOIf6llIJ01l er Monrtor 40 Glee Club 38 39 Chorr 38 39 Soccer Squad 38 39 Team 40 Track Squad 38 39 40 Gun Club 38 Team 39 40 Cam era Club 39 40 Class Day Commrttee 40 Club Play 38 Common Room Commrttee 40 Sprrng Dance Commrttee 39 Charrman Fall Dance Com mrttee 40 1 1 r - 1 , . . 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' v 1 ' 9 9 a 9 1 1 n a b 9 3 s , y , I , , n ' 1 s 7 9 1 r ' 1 n l - 1 . s a 9 r I ' 1 , - a 1 . , . , . - y l94ll SIDNEY HERBERT DOGGETT Mount Kemble Lake Mornstown N J Lo' The ponderous chords of Beethovens Nmth smlte the anr Sngrsmund Doggett premler concertmerster and erstwhile conductor rs IH hrs element as wlth arms wlde Hung he draws the deepest note of expresslon from a Vlc Thls versatlle lmpressarlo IS ln turn a duke an Ind1an chref and a bon vrvant wreldmg a deadly cngarette holder rn the common room Sud has a pecullar attraction for languages and consequently he has cast a speculatmg eye on the dlplOmHflC servlce Berng 1 clear thxnker and one of definlte views this gentle man w1ll do himself justrce ln any field except posslbly ln the tymg of necktxes rn whnch act he wxll some day surely hang himself Whrle here at Taft our enterprrslng acquaintance has founded the French Club of whrch he IS presldent has attacked a Greek course wlth gusto and was presldent of our concert orchestra Memorres of thus departed scholar wnll recall .1 colorful and trusty frlend of whose complete success at Princeton and IH later llfe we are assured Frater ave atque vale Two Years nn School PRINCETON Sid Dodjcl Beta Cum Laude 40 Glee Club 40 Presldent French Club 40 ClasslcalOrChestr1 39 Presxdent -10 Fencing Team 59 40 Library Committee 4 1 , . . , . . . . . 1 1 1 - - - 11 - 11 1 1 ' 1 . 4 ' , ' 1 - 1 1 1 , . 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' ' 'X . 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1X 1 , 0- 1940 ROBERT GORDON DONALDSON 507 Esplanade Pelham Manor N Y A week after Doc entered Taft live years ago the school reallzed It had its hands full and yet wrthout thrs overabundance of vltallty and mlschrevousness the school would have been a far duller place In sprte of the trme he has spent getting mto trouble hrs accomplishments here have been many and varred Doc has developed hrmself qurte a reputatron as a photographer a.nd has been elected to the boards of most of the schools publrcatrons Hrs affabrlrty and good nature are the envy and despanr of hrs fellow classmates He truly exempllhes that type of xndlvrdual all of us would lrke to have as a frrend This characterlstrc alone makes hmm a person to be looked up to The school vull mrss Doc next year as he has grown to be practrcally a tradrtron Wrllrams rs the lucky college Although t may be a brt nolsy up there for the next four years and though they may have drfiiculty rn keeping xt rn reparr the college wrll be a happler place because of Doc s presence Frve Years ln School WILLIAMS Doc Alpha Papyrus Board 37 38 39 40 Photographnc Edxtor 32 40 Annual Board 39 40 Photo graphrc Editor 40 Oracle Board 39 40 Cam era Club 39 Boller Room Committee 39 Scn lor House Commnttee 40 Chemrstry Club 40 Chairman Senior Crft Commlttcc 40 - . 1 , . . v . . 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' ' ' . x a ' . . , P . , . a 1 . . . . ll , I . l94U JOSEPH PETERSON DUMESNIL 2437 Longest Avenue Louxsvrlle Ky In the fall of 37 from the Blue Grass of Kentucky Doom jomed the ranks of Taft School Smce that trme he has rrsen to the top ln the estrmatnon of hrs comrades In the held of brrdge he rs unexcelled and can always be found behlnd a mnt of cards strengthenmg has hold on the txtle of Gentleman of Lensure At these tnmes he may be seen perusmg the papers for the latest tlps from the local track However joe has a deeper and more serrous srde He worked long and hard as the manager of th1s year s successful football team and was a spark plug rn the Beta Bs attempt to gann basketball supremacy On the academxc side he IS qulte actlve bemg VICC president of the Chemlstry Club and figurmg prommently ln the Current Events Club With these successful days at Taft behind hlm Doom IS sure to excel when he yoms the Purple of Wnlllamstown next year Wrth hlm go the classs best wlshes and the hope of 1 gilded future Three Years rn School WILLIAMS Doom Bela Manager of Football 40 Chemrstry Club 40 V1cePres1dent 40 Current Events Club 40 , 7 , . . , . - , , . . c 7 . rf U ff !' foe, - 7 7 . y l l94U RANDOLPH EIDE 2761 Sherbrooke Avenue Shaker Hexghts Ohlo Smce Randy came to Taft two years ago from that thrlvxng metropolis Clew eland he has made many frrends rn school Though he IS not at the top of the class rn hns studnes no one can deny that Randy IS mdeed a consc1ent1ous worker Because of a knee mjury recelved 1n football Randy was compelled to go out for the soccer team th1s fall In the games ln whrch he played Randy exerted hnmself to the utmost and consequently won h1s letter Thrs wmter he was a member of the hockey squad Randy plans to enter Cornell Unrverslty next year where he vull assuredly continue hrs hne work and make as many friends as he has made here at Taft Tvso Years ln School CORNELL Randy I: ed B ela Iootball Squad 39 Hockey Squad 39 40 Soc ccr 'leam 40 Chemlstry Club 39 Track Squad L f I A . . it V . t 1 rs at 1 S 1 . . . . Y l 7 9 7 ' ' 7 - , 7. . . . r . rr rr ' ! I , I V , . . - 7 - 1 7 - , ' 'X . ' ' . . ' 1 ' - a v 4 . , 39, -10. l94U FARNSWORTH ELLIOT 39 Woodland Avenue Bronxvxlle N Y Smce Brud has been at Taft he has made an unusually fine record He IS one of the elrte rn the Senror class who earn a week end every quarter for scholastrc abrlrty Although Brud rs no professlonal athlete he played second team soccer basketball and was the mainstay of the Gamma A tennns squad Srnce he entered the school two years ago Brud has been a member of the Debatmg Club and the Glee Club He 15 very much mterested rn Swlng as a matter of fact rf anyone wrshes to know anythmg about any band all he has to do rs ask Brud rs managing the publlclty for hrs old pal Harry james Good luck Brud Two Years rn School YALE Bud Brud Gamma Soccer Squad 39 40 Debatmg Club 39 40 Glee Club 39 40 Chemrstry Club 40 Com munxty Chest 40 Cum Laude 40 Elliot. Don't be surprised if, in the near future, you hear that Farnsworth Elliot ff IJ If 'J i 1940 ROBERT THOMAS IARRELL Shore Road Old Greenvx 1ch Conn If you hawe eser heard on one of the Taft School corrldors a volce sayxng nn a sarcastlc tone I dont belxeve lt' you vsould undoubtedly be near the abode of Ruc Farrell Truly though for three years at Taft we have all been amused by Rucs humor and charmed by hrs good naturedness It seems that nothmg can exer get hxm dovsn and such a tralt should prove very useful m later llfe Hrs abllnty to make frxcnds and his calm nature have been a true addxtlon to our school llfe and he has been greatly lnterested nn various extra curricular actlvntles throughout the school We feel sure that at Yale and rn the future Bob wlll be successful and happy We wrsh hlm the best of luck In all his enterprises Thrce Years 1n School YALE Riff R11 e Bob Gammz Track Squad 38 39 40 Glee Club 40 De batmg Club 40 Camera Club '19 40 Plctorral Board 40 Fall Dance Commrttec 40 Annual Board 40 w r I v 7. , . v V ' ' ' ' - -1 , - - U v s - s - a a , . . 4 ' . 1 ' 1 ' v ' , . v 4 ' rf r' 's rr , , L , ' l ' . 'f . w ff a w A 1 ' . y , , q , , . . . ' ' x - a v . - , . , , . 1 1 v 1 1940 WILLIAM HENRY FELLOWS 65 Cherry Hrll Springfield Vt From the Republrcan wastes of Vermont frve years ago rmmrgrated what wc thought then to be the last of the G O P Although he refused to show hrs passport he was allowed to remarn and has since become almost the oldest rnhabrtant from the standpoint of service And hrs servrce has been consrderablc He plays football rn the fall and wrestles rn the wrnter but rn the spring we regret to say like hrs compatriot Calvrn Coolidge he does not choose to run and so he manages Hrs unassumrng laconic manner rs characterrstrc of Vermont He has accomplished a great deal here because of them and he rs sure to do lrkewrse at R P I Frye Years rn School P Bzll Wzllze Alpha Chemistry Club 40 Camera Club 36 37 38 Radro Club 37 38 Stage Crew 37 38 Foot ball Squad 39 40 Wrestling Squad JJ Team 40 Track Squad 38 39 Manager 40 l 7 , . 7 , . '. A 7 1 7 3 7 ' 7 I 7 but his industry and conscientious perseverance are characteristic of Bill himself. 7 R. . I. ff ' U H ' ' '7 I . , 5 , , , , , 2 1 1 3 ' , , . - ,,L 3 7 I 5 , , ' . l94U HENRY JOHN FITZELL jr 49 Cassrlrs Avenue Bronxvrlle N Y Those so unfortunate as to room rn Heaven fknovwn as Paradrse to us horpollorj or wrthrn reasonable hearrng drstance of Surte 359 New Burldrng are often drsturbed by uproarrous laughter and lqrtzellran guffaws as thrs cheerful rndrvrdual goes through anythrng from a Wagnerran opera to the Wrtches scene from Macbeth ack among other thrngs has the reputatron of berng a connorsseur of line clothes corffures fas hrs curly locks revealj Turkrsh tobacco waltzes wrne women and song Desprte hrs many drversrons thrs tawny harred Cyrano champron of days gone by and of ancrent chrvalry rs essentrally an rntellectual takrng pleasure rn hrs extensrve outsrde readrng and rn hrs specral Greek class Language rs hrs forte and hrs drverse tales told rn forergn accents have enhanced many a bull scssron Although born two hundred years too late ack wrth hrs abundant wrt and genralrty wrll be a success rn Prrnceton and rn the world We wrsh hrm luck' Three Years rn School PRINCETON ppe Alpha Varrety Show 37 Lower School Debatrng Club 38 Fcncrng Tcam 38 32 40 Concert O chestra 38 Track Squad 32 Manager Concert Orchestra 39 Glec Club 40 Cercle lrfrncars 40 , . 5 , . . , . a . , . .. 7 1 . -J , , , , , , 3 Y ' 7 , , , .2 . ,J rf ',,, rf ,uv Fzlf.. Da I . , , L ,. h - x 1 V 1 a ' r , . ,Qs g . , ., . . . . . , , , . . 1940 LEONARD HENRY FREIBERG jr 968 Burton Avenue Cll'1Clf1l'lZlf1 Ohio Although Mickey has been 1t T1ft only one year he h1s IU'1LlC 1 distinct pl1ce for himself in the class by his quiet re1d1ness to help the other fellow He has not been here long enough to achieve great prominence in 1ny one held but there are few boys who lead such a well bal1nced school life 1nd who st1nd so high in all their undert1k1ngs Though not a grind Mickey h1s 1 schol1st1c record to be envied In extr1furr1cul1r activities he h1s been an able 1nd enthusiastic have gained him a plflce on the wrestling squ1d 1nd made him a tennis player with 1 possible future He is often to be found bullmg in some room on the corridor but whenew er there s a call to su eep the pond or to help out in some w1y he s 'lmong the first to volunteer We feel sure th1t his perseverance friendliness 1nd ibility will m1ke him x1lu1ble to any college group One Year in School YALE Mlrleey Alpha Debating Club 40 Chemistry Club 40 Outing Club 40 Wrestling Squad 40 A h 4 l , 7 l , - 4. 4 L 1 l member of both the Chemistry and Debating Clubs, while his athletic efforts er ' H AFT 1940 GRAHAM GARDNER 108 Montclarr Avenue Montclarr N Graham came to Taft four years ago as a Lower Mrddler and from the very start he set out to make hrs mark on the Class of 1940 An example can be seen rn hrs record as one of Tafts outstandrng athletes hasrng played two years on the baseball football and hockey varsrtres Hrs achrewements on the frelds of sport have not hovx ever led hrm to excuse hrmself from other actrvrtres and hrs movre column for the PAPYRUS and hrs rllustratrons for THE ORACLE have been ex tremely vrell recened Grahams many frrends at school are proof enough that he hasnt allowed any expansron of hrs cranrum to set rn And whrle on the subject of frrends vse must not omrt the femrnrne varrety When the boys savs the first grrl Graham brought to a Taft dance they swore that none prettrer would exer come to Watertown But lo C raham surpassed hrmself at the next dance In short Graham has everythrng bravsn brarns and personalrty He hardly needs our good vsrshes as he leaxcs for college but hc most certarnly has them lour Years rn School CORNELL G1 aj Alpha Football Squad 38 Team 39 40 Baseball Squad 37 Team 58 39 Hockey Squad 38 39 40 Fencrng Team 37 Papyrus News Board 39 40 Sprrng Dance Commrttee 40 l94U JOHN HAMILTON GARNFR 4315 Glenwood Avenue Dallas Texas Durmg hrs four years at Taft ohn has seldom failed to accomplish what hc has sought for fexceptnon glee club, However even though he cant carry 1 tunc he has left behmd htm record whnch ns hard to beat He has been an honor student contlnually and rs particularly noted for his abrlrty m French As ohn rs well mformed and has traveled a great deal he can carry on an mtellngent conversatnon wlth anyone We all lrke and admrre ohn for hrs unassuming manner and hrs sense of humor Whrle at Taft he moved from the flats of New ersey and Meadowbrook to the rollmg plalns of the Texas 011 flelds Maybe IH years to come he wrll be an 011 king and we wrll llnk the Gamers wlth the Rockefellers However all joking asrde there lS no doubt that with hrs keen mmd and determmatron he vull be a great success rn years to come Four Years IH School PRINCETON ohn Beta Masque and Dagger boclety 40 Papyrus 38 Heacllnne Edltor 39 Fathers Day Commlttee 40 Class Day Commlttee 40 Gnft Chest Committee 39 40 Upper 'School Debatmg Club 39 Cam era Club 38 Current Events Club 40 Press Club-Secretary 40 Fall Dance Commxttee 39 Common Room Commlttee 40 TAF 1 , r J . 1 A .. . , h . i . , 1 I 1 1 . 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' . 1 x - 1 ' ' 1 A 1 a - 1 l94U BRADLFY GRLI N Shellbarks Greenwrch Conn Greenwrch was truly represented when Brad Green congenlal good naturcd and jocose entered mto hrs Lovser Mnddle year at school Since then he has formed an lntlmate group of frlends who consrder hrm a true gentleman and hold hrm rn hugh esteem Bchmd hrs yovlallty lres a serrous and scholarly aspect and aptitude as evrnced by hrs persistence ln malung the Honor Roll and by hrs abrlrty for lappmg up Greek Iall and spring find Brad enthusiastically playmg tennrs and IH wrnter he IS a prominent member of the Gamma hockey squad As far as extra currxcular work goes Brad has extended hrs field of actrvrtxes to include the Circulation Managcrshrp of the PAPYRL s and he IS a sxncere vsorlter for two other publxcatrons the ANNUAI and thc PlcToR1AL Wrtlm such xersatrlc assets as these Brad lb assured of future success Iour Years nn School WILLIAMS Brad Gamma: Irench Club 40 Papyrus Busnness Board 40 Prctorral Board 40 Fathers Day Commrttee 39 Camera Club 38 39 40 a , . 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' rr , -- - v - , , . . .. , . a - a - - , D Q , - v D v 1 v , , a da ' l94U WILLIAM GRIFFIN GRIBBEL 401 West Mermald Lane Chestnut Hlll Ph1ladelph1a Pa Although not a Rhodes scholar W1lly has always been drlngent and hard workxng Two of his favorxte drversrons 1n whlch he lndulges wlth gusto are roughhousmg and hrs more beloved feeds The Outlng Club whlch Bull has effectively mam tamed owes much of nts success to hlm Today the club ns an essentxal umt m school llfe and the new cabm IS gomg to be a lovely rendezvous for the lovers of the great outdoors Brll s populanty and leadershxp are shown by hrs leadmg of the Gamma A s ID football last fall Blll has been glvmg his gruntmg but to the mat for the last three years The corrndor wlll certainly not seem the same wlthout the resoundlng nolse of Bllls blg stomping feet and Yale will be a better place for his havlng been there Four Years ln School YALE Boogie Wop B111 Grzb Wzllze Gamma Wrestllng Squad 38 39 40 Wrestllng Medal 39 Outmg Club 38 39 40 Presldent 40 Track Squad 38 39 Captann Gamma A League Football 40 Manager of Art Exhnbntnons 40 1 1 1 ' , ' . 1 1 . , ' , . 1 . , . . . . , . l . . . . . . 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If ' ' IJ - 1 1 1 . - 1 1 1 1 l ' 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 , . . . . , , . l94U PETER EATON GUERNSEY Sunset Lane Rye N Y To lxst hcre all of Peters accomplrshments at Taft would be almost lmpossnble and so we must try to touch on the most outstandlng H15 personalxty and loyalty have won hum the admrratnon of hrs many friends and the promment posltlon whxch he holds as Head Mon1tor of the School He ns one of the few of whom rt can bc truthfully sand He ns always a gentleman He was elected president of the Alpha Club and of the TA A Councnl Hrs sportsmanshxp and athletxc abnlnty vton hum 1 notable place xn three mayor sports and the captamcy of two of these hockey and track It would be unfalr to gnve the nmpressnon that Pete s abrlntles are llmlted to sports Although hrs studnes were overshadowed by the brrlhantc of hrs other accomplishments they were conslstently good and he was 1 mcmbcr of both THI O1 AKLI and Press Club boards If we predlct the future by what h IS happcned nn the past we can come to only one conclusnon that succeed IH years to come Ilve Years ln School YALE Gzfef I1 Pele DUYIIIIIIQIIB Alpha Head Monntor 40 Class Committee 35 37 38 39 Prcsldent of T A A 40 Presldent of Alpha Club 40 2nd Team Football 38 lt Team Football 39 40 Hockey Squad 36 Hock ey Team 37 38 39 40 Captaln 40 Track Squad 36 Track Team 37 38 39 40 Captaln 40 Sports Edltor of Oracle 38 39 40 Spring Dance Commlttcc 40 9 , . . A , . A . . y ' ' ll ' . Yl ' , . . - V . ' .l - l . I . . ., , 1 . A - 3 t 3 2 . I 2 I . 7 . 1 ' v as the semor class has voted, Peter will be one of its members most likely to .1 - . 1 . If , 'Y ff ll ff ' ' 71 7 I ,, 9 ,D L ,- , s - Z ' ' - - Z ,, , 4 , , , , 5 x I - a ' y , . , f Z 5 ' 3 ' 3 7 5 , A 4 , . , , 1940 EARLII WILLIAM I-IARTLIIY Pierpont Heights Waterbury Conn Always in complete control of any situation Earle has an easy going happy disposition and a flexibility of nature that almost immediately puts him in the center of the fun larom attempting to schuss a diliicult hill on unwaxed skis to shaving twice in one day he has displayed that enjoyable noismess for which he is famous All sports have an ardent rooter in Earle especially hockey in not too enthusiastic about studies this attitude was exactly reversed outside of class a any one will verify who has seen him moaning down the highway in his convertible Larles ready smile grand personality and interest in everything and everyone are traits which should carry him far One Year in School WESLEYAN O1 Dor S4 111111 Gmmmz Camera Club 40 which he excels. He was kept from the varsity team only by an injury. While fl' 'I 'F ff 'V ff , Y! 1940 PRENTICE HARTSBURG 678 Ely Avenue Pelham Manor N Y Hrs real name ns Prentnce but to those who know hmm hrs name IS Ben He came here tvso years ago wnth h1s tenms racquet under one arm and has glrl s plcture under the other In no tlme he became one of the cogs nn the lnfe of the Annex wxth has rough housmg and bull sesslons He qulckly became a feather nn Mr Morgan s cap wxth the envxable record of being a member of the Clee Club for two years and the reorgamzed Orlocos His mld season turnout for track last year brought good results and we re lookmg forward to havmg htm race the boys agam this year Ben when not studymg or wrltmg that letter can to school life through his active membership 1n the Outmg Club Chemistry Club 1nd Masque and Dagger Soclety We who have had the pleasure of accompanying hxm on his usually vcry eventful Sunday afternoon walks will never forget the fun shared wlth hum It IS needless to say that we wnsh him the best of luck at Yale Two Years nn School YALE Ben Hart! Alpha Glee Club 59 40 Outmg Club 39 40 Masque and Dagger 39 40 Track Squad 39 40 Chemlstry Club 40 Ornocos 40 Cholr 40 Radio Club 39 40 7 , . . , . . U , . . . 1 A 1 . ' r . . 7 ' Q . . 1 ' . j 4 K . , . . - , be found workmg over a short-wave rad1o or a new amplifier. He has contrlbuted 7 3 K I Y - S I . . . ff fl If , 71 , . , , , Z - ,Q , , 3 5 I s a . .7 a S S S , . 1940 MERRILL GEORGE HASTINGS 10 Long Meadow Road Wellesley M1ss In hls two years at school Merrlll has attamed 1 well rounded positron ln the Senxor Class In his Upper Mlddle year he gillflftl 1 pl1ce on both the track squad and the skr team Working the same w1y he dld on the Hlll he h1s captured the esteemed posxtxon of captam of the skx team which under h1s guldlng hand has become 1 typ1c1l Taft team Merry h1s led a rather erratic llfe as far as the falr sex IS concerned He now lnsxsts th1t 1ll thls IS the bunk xs settlmg down and adoptmg another 1'llCli n1me Peg T1k1r1g part ln school hfe around h1m Mlfflll has g11ned membershlp ln the M1SqUC 1nd D1gger When he IS not at a biology class 1 movle or teachlng Sunday School you may be sure that Tafts knowledge of the finer arts IS benng 1ncre1sed elther by 1 Hastlngs bull session or by h1s playmg the latest pvc at the House We wlsh nn looking back that he could hwe been with us morc th1n two ye1rs and as he leaves we wxsh hmm the grmtest success ln later lnfe Two Years ln School YALE Mer 1 y Beta Biology Club 40 Camera Club 40 Outmg Club 39 40 M1squc and Dagger Soclcty 39 Debating Club 40 Track Squad 39 Tcam 40 Sk1Te1m 39 40 Captaln 40 1 , 4 . 4 . 4 4 ' . 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A . a 1 4 - s 101 - v f . v I , ' r a 1 ,- 4 1 - 1 4 , , . l94U wuvta RICHARD MILON HAWIIY Stepney Conn In September of 1935 there came to Taft this llght hearted young man Despite the fa t that he does come from Stepney Connect1cut Dick was quick in adjusting himself to the lrfe at Taft and gn making many friendships Mnlelevs s figure has become a familiar sight at all school games and at the Senlor House tHe vson the title of Biggest Chimney 1n the Senior votmgj The school has found ehirleterlstics will be noticed very early wherever he goes I-Ie vms 1 mrunstiy on the forward hne of the Beta soccer and hockey teams md was well known for his skill In these games Wherewer next year finds Dnek me ire sure th lt he xx ill keep up the good record that he has made here and will be 1 real success 1n hte lxve Years in School BOO'lH and BALISS BUSINESS SCHOOL Dm? Mzldeu Beta Tmek Squad 38 Radio Club 36 3 c'1IT1Cf1 Club 35 '17 S Q 'Q' , 7,2 V ,wffik , . C S w I s I I Y l V - I 'S i him to be hard-working and conscientious, and there is no doubt that these , ' le h ' ' 4 ' ' e f 1 'af ' ' ' -A ' I-. y Q v Ae- r L . 2 . 'I ' 7 A 'e ll 1 ' S 'lift .IZ ff' ' VJ ff ' I5 17 V -v ' . l ' 7 -1. B . l94U NORMAN HEAVEN 292 Bunker Hrll Avenue Waterbury Conn A congenial friend of all the school with a ready sense of humor and a very contaglous laugh thats Heaven' Norm IS a boy wxth an extremely II'1dlV1LlL1'll walk It IS dlllicult to describe hrs swagger but lmagme a rockmg horse trymg to trfuel srdewrse and you can get a slrght ndea of the beauty of Mr Heaven s stride After brulsmg hrs elbows and knuckles on the wrestling mat trymg to learn the fundamentals of the manly sport he could do less rn more trme than my of hrs fellow grapplers But note his performance m the classroom he could slnp hrs tweezers mto the mner regions of a pickled frog grve 1 deft pull and lo before you appeared the xery muscle you desrred Next year he intends to spreld hlmself among the boys at U P where we may expect great thlngs from hum One Year rn Qchool UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA N or m Gam ma Iootball Squad 40 Wrestllng Squad 40 7 , . . . I . I 4 7 . , . . . . . 1 . - I ' ' ' n., . . . . , L . 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' ' , . l94U JAMES HEDGES Summrt Avenue Rye N Y To the reader of blographres rt IS most rnterestmg to learn about the accomplrsh ments of the vrctrm to be revnevx ed but everyone knows that rmmy has played and starred three years on the varslty hockey team two years on the soccer team and two years on the baseball dlamond However few reallze the kmd of sprrrt he creates ln whatever he does The best example vue can find rs what he as captaln contrxbuted to the soccer team last fall No matter what happened there was always an encouragnng word from 1m and when heads began to swell wrth vrsrons of the future rm was there to keep hrs team smack on the ground These are Just a few reasons vshy rm durrng hrs four years at Taft has been an u.n disputed leader It rs for these qualrtres of frrendshrp srncerlty earnestness and leadership that he was elected the presrdent of hrs club and gained one of the greatest honors monrtorslnp Your Years nn School BOWDOIN 1 1 1711711.11 Hej 11127 C ule Gamma Monrtor 40 Class Commrttee 37 38 39 Ad vcrtlsrng Manager of Oracle 38 President of Gamma Club 40 Charrman Common Room Com mittee 40 Cheer Leader 40 Soccer Squad 37 Soccer Team 38 39 Captarn 40 Hockey Squad 37 Hockcy Team 38 39 40 Baseball Squad 37 38 Baseball Team 39 40 1 , . . 1 ' 1 1 .l 1 1 ' 1 Y . 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A . 1 , . , . - 1 l 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 G , 1 1 1 1 rj 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' l94U LOUIS PRESTON HOLLANDER J 410 East 57th Street New York N Y Pres our French Casanova rn hrs three years at school has grven us all moments of fun many of whrch were the result of hrs storres for whrch he rs famous Even on the far famed krtchen corrrdor three years ago Pres showed hrmself to be an embryonrc Baron Munchausen Today he stands at the head of hrs pro fessron Scholastrcally Pres holds hrs place wrth the better half and photograph rcally the man rs a wrzard berng one of the gurdrng lrghts frn the dark days when such lrghts were neededj of the PICTORIM Much of the rmprovement of the aforementroned competrtor of Lrfe Look and the Polrce Gazette can be traced to that gurdrng hand Hrs helprng words accompanred by sound phonetrcal Qno pun rntendedj reasonrng have meant much solace to feverrsh French students Press happy go lucky nature and hrs abrlrty to see the sunny srde of any srtuatron should go far rn helprng hrm attarn happrness at Prrnceton and rn later lrfc PRINCETON Three Years In School fer Lucky L Ba 111 y Camfzm Camera Club 38 39 Vrce Presrdent 40 Prctorral Board 39 Vrce Charrman 40 Soccer Squad 39 French Club 40 Outrng Club 38 Publrcatrons Board 40 Debatrng Club 40 Annual Board f , f. s , . . 1 41 1 1 ' ' r . . 4 ' . 4 , ' c , c ' - rr ' rr -1 rn rr ' yr 1 1 4 4 . , 4 ' . . . 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' 1 ' 1 '40. l94U ROBERT PRINCL HOPIIXWLLL 315 Waverley Avcnue Nevwton Mass The door slovt ly opens and a request of So long Isc got to study greets the would be entrant Bob IS as usual carefully going over and memorizing each vnord of the next days assignment But studying doesnt play the only part in Bobs activities for one can quite often find him in one of the bull sessions that take place on the third floor nightly He vnas baptized into the school as a member of the Annex aggregation of 1939 It is hard to find a fellow in school that loves the outdoors more than Hopey Although he isnt athletically minded ology Clubs During the summer months of relaxation Bob has travelled about thc country quite a bit and is proud and justly so of the pictures that he has snapped vxrth his candid camcra Hrs d strnatlon is Harxard and we all expect great things from him thcre HARVARD Tvno Years In School Bob Hopelefr Ho ze Gxlllllllrl Biology Club 40 Camera Club 39 40 Outing Clu 39 f0 A 7 V , . Y 5 r h . . . . ' 7 Y 7 . . 7 . . he is active in many school activities, being a member of the Camera and the Bi- ' f ' . e ' f' , Y f . X . A ff PP If ' 'V . . . p . b ' , 'Ai . 1940 JAMES REMFRY HUDSON The Heath Close Uttoxeter Staffs England Although an Englrshman through and through jrm stands out from hrs country men rn that he has an Amerrcan sense of humor a love for any krnd of swrng musrc and a decrdecl enthusrasm for the farrer sex He won early recognrtron through hrs powerful play on the soccer team berng an outstandrng performer throughout the season The rosy cheeked youth from Brrtarn went to Repton rn Derbyshrre an Englrsh publrc school on whrch the movre Goodbye Mr Chrps was based and rm prrdes hrmself rn hrs magnrhcent performance as a crrcket player rn the film Hrs abrlrty to adapt hrmself to a drfferent envrronment and hrs engagrng personalrty have won hrm many frrends many more rn fact than are usually made rn the short space of one year rm says hrs future rs uncertarn but whatever he does or wherever he goes everybody rs confrdent of hrs success and we wrsh hrm all the luck rn the world One Year rn School WAR OR BUSINESS ll Lzmey Stmkey Alpha Soccer Team 40 Glee Club 40 Chorr 40 Orr ocos 40 Current Events Club 40 Camera Club 40 Brology Club 40 Masque and Dagger Socrety . 7 7 1 , . , , . 7 - , , . r J ' 7 7 7 . J , es 7 ff' !' ff 'V If ff ' F! 111, , Q 1 ! - , . , . , , 7 l , 40. l94ll PFTIR KNAPP HUNT IR 71 Cooper Roful Scetrsdale N Y Cnnnle came to Taft as a rugged lrttle Lovxer Mld and vtas full of zeal for healthful rough housing He has always been 1 good sport and 1 determined hehter ln ex ery lLllXlfy rn wlueh he his partrelplteel He hrs xx on the respect and 1LlII1lI'lflOl'1 of us lll Belng 1 passionate loxer of brnellge and meotlne he has be come llmost 1 perm ment fixture of the bemor House lt rs 1 well estlbllshed flet th lt eorrxdor lnfe vslll be much eluller 'lfter Pop hls left these lmlls There wxll be fewer mtrt room feuels feeels and other suelm LHCFLLYIC ptstrmes nmmedlately before Lnel lny time After the ten o eloele Cheek up lt IS eertunly xxnth 1 ping., of regret that vue sly eooel bye to Pete 'mel xuslm him the best of luele IH his petroleum eourse mel IH thlt orly busmess later on lour Xeflrs nn Sehool UNIVFRSITY OF TULSA Pele P0 Bel: Trlele Squlel W 39 CJL1flDgCll1b w8 32 0 AFT l94U ROBERT ALEXANDER HUNTER 916 West State Street Trenton New ersey In three short years the Professor has left an unmlstakable mark upon the school and those of us who have come to know hrm wcll wnll not easlly forget hrs clever and unxque sense of humor or the hterary works of his venerable pen In thls ardent admlrer of thc one and only XVxll1am Saroyan we have perhaps an embryonxc gemus of the world of letters at any rate hc s got somethmg When Bob has not been entertammg us wlth hrs nlmblc wut or wandermg about ln hrs own slightly hazy little world he has been active on thc second football team and the track team We must mentlon his txreless but thankless efforts nn that little read column ln the Pap The Gorgon s Head As Bob heads for Yale Taft rs losing one of lts most dlstmctlve and lntcrestlng pcrsonalltnes a fellow of lnhmte jest and one who ought to go far rn has chosen field of letters and In cidentally one of the few good things that has ever come out of Trenton. YALE The Prr1fe.f,mr B0 Bela Football Squad 38 39' Track Squad 38 39 40' Glee Club 37 38' Papyrus Board 39 40' Ora- cle Board 38 Co-chairman 39. TAF l94U GEORGE SKINNLR IVES 174 North Broad Street Norvuch New York Far dovxn the corridor a sort of croonmg sound breaks the ether and comes nearer and nearer and when the door bursts open George Dapper Ines 15 sure to appear He is the only representative to Taft of that big little city up in New York called Norwich ffamous for its Unguentine and other well known pro ducts George has established a record of vshich his tovin may well be proud With only one short year behind him here at Taft he has quickly adapted hrm self to his studies and to the school life Numerous extra curricular activities such as the Dcbating Club the Photography Club and the Outing Club have taken up Bcta Soccer tcam Iquipped with an cxcellent political background George is aiming for thc diplomatic serucc or some other closely allied political position With his special abilities George s succcss in this linc is assured One Year in School DARTMOUTH Geri ge Su ede Beta Debating Club 40 Outing Club 40 Camera Club 40 Biology Club 40 l' -s 2, 5 Y. 7 ' 7 . . A U . , I . ' I I 7 7 I his spare time. In the fall he showed his athletic prowess as a goalie for the . . J . I .N y. A lhq- . . . . . ., A .. ,, l .. I K 4 , - g ' ' ' . 1940 FRANK MCLEAN JACOBS 1705 North 72nd Street Wauwatosa Wisconsin Frank h1t Taft for the first time this fall with his two hundred pounds of line bucking force His achievements in the world of sports have not been handi capped by his wasting away to a mere one hundred and ninety pound shadow for it goes without saying that he vtell earned his football letter and would have gone far in basketball if it hadn t been for an injury ake s disposition is the source of his widespread fame Ever humorous and ready with a song or a story he has shown himself to be one of the best natured fellows in the class He takes his classic nick voted the biggest beaver in the class vshich doesnt mean that he goes around cut ting down trees with his teeth Frank appreciates the finer things in life for he is seldom missing at the Senior House Wherever he goes Frank will be surc to be welcome and may his be a happy successful life One Year in School YALE umm ake Cdllllllcl Football Team 40 Chemistry Club 40 Gun Club X i i l 1 7 7 - - . I - 7 1 .J , . . . . . I . L I , . ' 7 . L . I . 1 l . ' name, junior, with a grain of salt. This nickname fits in perfectly with his being l c - 4 r, V i l c ' ' , L 4 if c c , H . U '. . ff ' H rr H 4, '. I I ' 1 1 ' Q ' ' 4 '40, l94U FOSTER LINCOLN JOHNSON 12 Boody Street Brunswick Maine lour years ago a. boy stepped silently but surely into Taft destined to mal-.e him self known for his amazing ability This year he became a member of the Aurclian Honor Society an avsard granted to one boy in the Senior Class who is most outstanding in the qualities ot scholarship leadership and character A hard vxorker Linc has also proved himself an ewccellent athlete He vias on this years soccer team a feat all the more outstanding because this vsas his hrst year at thc sport Besides playing left ming on the hockey team for two years Linc has risen from the captaincy of Mr Fusonies Little Giant baseball team to captain the xarsity One of the most xersatile of boys Linc is noted for his good nature popularity vsit modesty and his extraordinary ability to get ilong mth boys and masters alike Without a doubt Linc vsill be successful at Princeton and in later life The boys masters and the school will miss no mem ber of thc graduating class more than him Tour Years in School PRINCETON Lzm Haysttd S1117 y Alpha Monitor 40 Class Committee 38 39 Aurelian Society Avxard 40' Baseball Team 39 40 Cal- tain 40' Hockey Team 39 40' Vice-President Alpha Club -03 Nice-President T. A. A. 403 Chairman Spring Dance Committee 40' Soccer Team 40' Glee Club 39' President German Club 40' Choir 39. AFT l94U WILLIAM AKIN KAYNOR H 168 Buckingham Street Waterbury Conn Bill has accomplished 1 great deal in his four years He has maintained an honor roll average throughout this tlme and upon entering his room one most always finds him engrossed ln classic literature or somethlng equally con structive The sun seldom shines on the day that does not find Brll in the dark room for through his good work in photography he has become the president of both the Camera Club and the Plc Then too we have heard of the fabu lous sums which Bill has squeezed out of the seniors for their college entrance pictures Although Bill has a low opinion of womanlemd in general he man ages to der1ve pleasure from our dances However he is somewhat romantic 1 rs shown by his love for poetry He rs no pansy though and enters with wont soon forget the bombing of London We are sure that 1n the future he will do a good job at Yale Four Years in School YALE Mrmrc B1 Alpha Radio Club 37 CameraClub 37 38 39 President 40 Pictorial Board 39 Chairman 40 Debating Club -10 Chemistry Club -40 Med1lWrestlmg Q0 Papyrus Business Board 39 40 Track Squad 39 40 Outmg Club 39 40 Publicatron Board 40 7 5 , . E I . . y . . al- L . , Ls x I - ' L I .. , l , .5 . . 1 , vim and vigor into almost every sport. Bill has a vivid imagination, and Taft , V ., - I I I . rr 1 ' ff 'UH F i 3 4 1 f 3 '! . ' '! . ' 9 7 K ff . ' ' ' . . ' v 4 - 1 y 4 , ' Q , ' S 1 , A l94U ROBFRT RIDGELY KEATING 6 Carteret Place Garden Clty Long Island N Y Now thus IS the way I loole at rt summarizes phxlosophncal Bob Keatmg the great 'trgmer and elear thlnleer of the class ot 40 this class voted hxm a radlcal bCSlLlCS, Hxs art of persuasxon IS so pronounced that none would be surprised to find Bob ID future years a great leader of something tame wnll tell Keats was 1 fullback on thus years famous soccer team and ln the winter he IS oes r1ght hand man ID the P and D class Sprxng Ends Bob drawrng honors and points on the track team with hrs achievements and skull rn the pole vault He IS dlstrnguxshed ln the soual world by knowmg everyone from everywhere and by hrs 1b1l1ty at that dellghtful game of brldge In hns arguments and ph1losophy he IS 1 champion of the underdog Bob IS off to Yale next year and we may rest assured he wlll succeed wlth hls moral and physical attributes baclelng hlm Two Years rn School YALE rn I R lx Rzdgely Bel: Soccer Team 39 Tracle Team 39 40 Current lxcnts Club 40 s a , . . .. . . . ,, . . . . 1 1 , , 4 - 1 f - , - ' . 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' EDMUND RICHARDS TWEEDY KFLLEY 8 Lrst 92nd Street New York N Y Throughout hrs years at Trft Ned has 'rchreved what exery boy works for sue cess popularrty leadershrp and rthletre abrlrty Although perhaps small rn physrque he has never lacked the sprrrt and 'rggressrveness to overcome any obstacles whrch hue obstructed hrs way All fall one could see Ned enhrncrng the soccer team s excellent record wrth hrs hne sportsmrrnshrp and brrllrant play Always wrllrng to partrcrpate rn anythrng amusrng rnd at the same trme rnterest rng Ned never seems to have 1 dull moment Berng a monrtor as well as 1 letter man rn both soccer and hockey hasnt changed Ned who rs modest to the nth de gree nor has rt changed hrs consrderatron for all of hrs fellow classmates He has been an outstandrng member of hrs class durrng hrs stay at Taft and we feel sure that hrs good natured personalrty and leadershrp wrll be two rmportant f1ctors rn brrngrng hrm future hrpprness 'rnd success Iour Years rn School PRINCETON Ned 'Iueedj Llltle .fllmr Ncddy Alplvz Monrtor 40 Soccer Team 38 39 Hockey Squad 39 Team 40 Golf Squad 38 Baseball Squad 39 Team 40 Class Commrttee 37 Sprrng Dance Commrttee 40 Medal Wrestlrng 37 38 40 Alphr Secretary 40 TAF 1940 RICHARD FRANKLIN KIIRR 110 Wfoodward Street New ton Highlands Mass Although he has been here only one year Dick has entered into many school actnities and has made many friends at Taft He is well liked for hrs cheery good disposition and when he rs not working hard he can be found in the midst of 1 bull session A diligent member of the Alpha club Drck has grwen strong support to the clubs A league hockey team and the undefeated A league football team Dick being musically minded has found time to be in the Glee Club and Choir and to play both classical and hot piano for the concert and dance or chestras respectnely Carrying his musical career further he plans to form a this idea he spends long hours working on new numbers in jam sessions beneath the stage The fact that Dick has a quick mind and the ability to make firm friends in addition to hrs other natural talents makes him 1 well rounded person f whom his future alma mater may well be proud One Year in School AMHERST It If Ixn J Alpha Glee Club -40 Concert Orchestra 40 Dance Or chestra 40 Choir 40 Chemistry Club 40 l l , , . Y Y ' 7 -1' 7 7 . . , - '- 7 - f . . . . s N ' 7 l V .L ' an , swing band this summer with several other Taft boys, and in endeavoring to perfect ' . ' ' ' ' ' . ' - ' , o UD-Ak.-' rfK',f,I, ' e' fgp V , 'f . 'J . - ,, I - , I - ,, , 7 - l94U JAMES ALLEN KLEFMAN 1905 Crescent Drnve Sprnngfield Ohlo It doesnt seem th It so mlny things could be done efhclently by one person yet lm somehow his found trme and pfltlence to be the best rn whatever job he un dertoolx His unfallmg good dlsposxtnon 1nd ever present deslre to help snyone with snythlng have won hlm 1 host of friends ln every class even though th1t cheery smile does rsther depress one on Mondxy mornmg Becluse he h1s mamtsuned one of the highest Lvemges 1n the sehools history and becmse hls willingness to do other people s work wls LllSLOVC.I'CLl soon flfter he came here lm hns hld to put up wnth ID endless stre 1m of fellows flowmg In 'md out of hns room md nt ns 1 wonder th lt he exer gets time to feed hls lfxboratory rlts Slcco md Vmzettn I-lls most lmportmt extrl currleullr letlvlty IS wrltmg to the Bug mms personlllty persexermee gentlemlnly LlUlllflCS sense of humor 1nd understindmg of humln mture should mslee hum 1 slenlleel md symplthetlc doc tor mto which held he IS gomg wlth the confidence 1nd best wishes of has frlends Three Xeflrs IU School YALE 1 1111111 A lph 1 rnltor to C m I nude to S S 59 10 5pe1kmg.,Pr11e v9 10 C1unClub sf Telm sf 11 l'1Il Dlnce Committee- to Schollstlc Pree 8 Lum Trmslltxon Prize 59 Vlce Presldent of Flstern lnterschollstzc Golf Assocnltlon 10 Se-cretlry of Debatmg, 10 bolt bquld 38 Nume-rlls -18 Team S9 10 Clptam 10 Pxpyrus Busmess Bolrd S8 Assnstlnt Business Mgr 39 Busmess Mgr 1 Oracle Contest 79 Annu1lBo1rd 38 J Churmm 10 Lower School Debltlnp., '18 DLL5lfll1j,TLlIT1 39 10 Blsketblll Squid s9 l lthers Dry Commlttee s9 Biology Club 10 Chemistry Club to Presxdent to Current Fvents Club to Fall Golf ourney to Orlcle Bolrt to Business lxllfllglf to Glee Club to French Club to Sprung, Dmce Committee it V le orxm to Pu llcltmns Borrd 10 In brlry Commnttee Cl lJ.lI'Il1ll'1 10 Wlnter Dxnce Cl1I'l'llT'llffCL 10 Johnston Debltlng, C 1 TAF . . . 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' - 3 , 1 ' ' ' f Q 1 1 , , Sf, up A 0. 1940 RICHARD BRFWFR KNIGHT 79 Stoney Srde Drrxe Larchmont N Y Drck the man who secs the world through dark glasses rs perhaps the member of hrs cl1ss best xersed rn a polrshed procedure for borrng from wrthrn Hc mam tarns and vshats more he can prove that vrhoexer sard Tempus fugrt was er roncous rn hrs calculatrons If an Amerrcan Gestapo cw cr ew olves he rs sure to bc at least a cog When better revolutrons are burlt he wrll burld them Howcver rn all hrs rynrcrsm there rs .1 latent good humor whrch belres the outward melan choly Hc from ns vnrth hrs tongue rn hrs check Although he has rrscn to herghts of mrrtyrdom 1 sacrrhce to thc rncredulrty of the faculty Duck rs almost frrght cnrni, rn hrs conscrentrousness No one rs morc persuerrng rn hrs applrcatron or morc dcterrnrncd rn hrs endcuor He possesscs 1 candour and rndrvrdualrty f thought somctrmes as smrtlrnf, as rt rs refreshrntfb One thrng rs ccrtam Drck wrll nexcr bc propagandrzed Hrs oprnrons are rmmox 'able Thrs Rock of Crbrfrl t1r rs bound to luxe hrs mark at Yalc YALE Two Years rn School Pele Dui Alpha Glee Club 40 lootball Squad 38 Tr1cL Tcam 59 Annual Board 40 E 4 . . 7 - . , . . . 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'c ' ' '. ,, ., H -1 ,. , - , . . . , , 7 - 7 L , U , , , c ' . l94U THOMAS SAMUEL KUHN Watch Hnll Road Peekskrll New York In the two years he has been at Taft Tom has wholeheartedly entered xnto the school llfe Hrs drverslfled interests have greatly contrlbuted to the school and hrs learnnng IS the source of enllghtenment for many of the less fortunate T takes an actrve nnterest rn athletrcs even extendrng rt so far as roughhousmg Tom halls from Peeksklll which he frequently vrsrls ln tryrng to use up an endless sup ply of Frnday weekends and despite the enormous amount of work he turns out he IS never averse to a good old bull sessnon Tom has an earnestness conscrent rousness and appreclatlon for beauty whrch marks h1m as an outstanding person Hrs drlxgence can be seen rn hrs determmatron to be tops rn debatrng to whxch herghts he has steadlly cllmbed That he xs well rnformed on Current affalrs as well as on the glorrous past IS ev1dent IH hrs wmnlng the T1me Current Events test prlze Tom goes to Harvard to continue hls sclentxfic work H15 future wnll be great and wc wxsh hmm the best of everythrng Two Years rn School HARVARD Tom Beta Glee Club 39 Chorr 39 Masque and Dagger 39 Camera Club 39 Debating Club 59 D batmg Team 40 German Club 40 Senror Cur rent Events Club 40 Chemlstry Club 40 Cum Laude. 40 Track Squad 40 -4 1 1 r . , c . . . . ,, ,, 4 . , . 7 . 7 ' 1 . , ' , . 1 , . r' U rr 'JJ , Y 1 U - 1 . s s 1 . 1 l - 1 . 1 x 1 e' . , . , . . s v ' ' ' . ' ' . a x 1 ' , 1 , . l94U I BERNARD VOLGER LAWSHE 38 MeDomld Avenue Waterbury Conn L1st year Bernie sms gmdmted from Crosby Hxgh School IH Witerbury his home town Hoping to '1X0lLl entering college too elrly he seclrched for 1 good prep school 'md finally decided on our Alum Mater Though here onlv one yesr he h1s quite drstnngulshed himself for rf me come upon 1 sm1ll group of seniors vxe may find hum rn the center lllustratlng vuth Clyl13ID1C and dramfitxc gestures some tall tall story Lflwsh of course has Ll1bflI1gLIlSllC'd himself m a number workrng most zealously and mclustrlously bound by a sllent fascination for h1S vsorle His Chemlstry Club has been qulte explosne He h1s the mtrlgbulng hobby of collecting coms whlch he eonscnentlously leeeps up In the sports world hls preferences 'are sknne, Slxltllif, bovxlnne, and SWIINITIIDE., Next f1ll Bernle hopes to enter Lehigh We he zrtlly hope he continues rn eolletge md ln life 'ls he has uere One Year rn School LEHIGH Bef 1110 Lau flv Alpl L1 Chemistry Club 40 S . Q 4 , Q , I . I .. . ., It 7 t K A I S . . 1 , .x ' 4 l ' a V . 7 ' J e , of activities, Over there across the street in the machine shop we can rind Bernie 7 '. I ' l . - X. ' . e U l 7 D Q . , . W .Q . . e , cl . - . I -B ' ' .' . . Y, Q 'L ' Y, Y, . ' ' '. A . ' A - Y I 4 12 I . ' AL' I ' 7 , K Q I A S A l . .. . V y p, 1940 .IAVIER LUNA CASARETTO ICLFSIAS H1c1end1 Cues 1 M1gd1len1 V1q1 L1m1 Peru If 1ll thc stornes we he1r 1bout Peru from Poot 1re truc 'lflkl lf all thc gurls 1re 15 berutlful TS Flssle lt must be Cod s country In hls two yr 1rs It T1ft he hls le1rncd to spe1lx English 1nd h1s ITl'1LlC mmy frlends He 1s seldom setn durmg hns free. tlme domg 1nyth1ng except pl1y1ng bridge md smol-.mg It the Senior Housc two Amer1c1n educ1t1on1l lntercsts he h1s 1tt1cl1ed mth gusto Besndcs these 1Ct1v1t1cs Poot w1s on the fencmg squld 1nd w1s no mc ln h1nd wrth tenms r1cquet Hls tholce of L S U 1s hrs college w1s l3CC1Ll5C of thelr extensxvc courses ln sug1r une farmmg or so he s1ys Nu ertheless we hue 1 sne1l11ng sus pruon th lt thc to edut1t1on1l system coupled xxlth the tlxmatt h1d 1 great de1l to do wrth xt Hrs 1pp1rcnt lndltferenfe to things 1t1dcm1c VN ts rc1lly 1 m1sk for X ITl1Il'lf'llDCQl 1 steady 1veragc during has stxy 1t Tlft Aldtd by 1 chrlrmxng m1nner 1nd 1 ood knowledge of Lnghsh we lre lll sure thlt hc. wull do grelt thmgs 1t L 5 U Two Ye1rs rn Sthool LOUISIANA STATF UNIVERSITY 61111619 fm! Czmmz Chemistry Club I0 Ienclng Sklllikl 10 TAF l94ll WILLIAM jAMEb MCDONALD 155 Rrdgevxay Road Rl D No 1 Wellesley Massachusetts In the fall of 1937 there appeared on the campus 1 short genlal Bostonian by the name of IIU McDonald During the next three years he applied hns abllltles to N'lI'lOLlS aetnxtxes and Taft has not lost 1n the process It I5 doubtful whether the Glec Club would haxe been able to get along without h1m for he has managed that organization xery efhelently besides lendmg his bass xoxce to the chorus has gaxned many friends by his sense of humor xntelllgence and amlabllnty On the thlrd Hoor he has earned a reputation as a demon roughhouser and between these bravxls he takes tlme out to tantallze hls female acquarntances vnth charming lucky Three Years rn behool YALI' fl df 1 Glee Club 40 Manager of Glee Club 40 All Club Football 38 39 Mlsque and Dagger 58 C hemlstry Club 40 Camera C lub '19 40 Out mg Club 39 40 Track Squad 40 L1 rlry Committee IU XVrestl1ng Squad 0 W A r I f , , . - . . , . Y , . 1 , ' 'a I alllfl l, U A ..'. l' 14 T 7 7 A Y- . , 1 L 1 Y ' ' ' , ' C ' ' ' . ' ' ' jim . 7 A 3 ' Q . ' , v f . ' .L F 7' . letters. jim has decided that New Haven will be his next field of studyg Yale is jim, l at 'f A 'ff . ll 7 A 1 , ' . ', , , Q EI ' . 1 1' ', g f f v 4 -1 t v v ' . Y ,b , H Q , 1 3 b i Q '- g A ' Y ' . 'vi . 1940 DANIEL MCGRAW 49 North Mountain Avenue Montclarr New ersey Dangerous Dan 15 a veritable Dr ekyl and Mr Hyde To the casual observer he sports a quiet unassummg drgnlty whrch IS as rmpressrve as lt rs sincere How ever were one to ghmpse rnto the sanctum sanctorum of Mr Graworum he would be struck by nts slmllarlty to a gymnaslum Dan has herem manifested a genius for evolvmg bigger and better games wrth the domestic tenn1s ball To return to hrs most characterlstlc attrrbutes Dan has been durlng his three years at Taft and undoubtedly wrll be at Prmceton respected admrred and hked by classmates and faculty ahke for the very traits of leadershlp sportsmanshxp and good sense which made hlm captain of the tenn1s team Generous and genuine to a fault he has left an mdellble lmpressron here and cannot help augment hxs success at Prmceton 'Ihree Years rn School PRINCETON Dan 1 gg t Gamm 1 Glee Club 39 40 Soccer Squad 38 39 Soccer Team 40 Tennls Squad 38 Tennls Team 39 40 Captaxn 40 Winner Fall Tennis Tourna ment 40 - X , .. 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V. . . 1 . 7 7 1 7 7 a 1 ' 7 ff 'V If U , , Md 0 r . , D , V v 7 7 7 - 7 , . - 1 - Y 7 3 3 , . , . . . 7 A Y ' , l94U FLMORE MeNEILL McKEE J 709 East 16th Street New York City N Y Mac ns 1 gentleman but more than that he lb 1 wonderful fellow to know because knovnng hmm IS to knovx exerythnne th it ls manhood learnme and gentleness Hrs IS 1 qlllLf dignity lexel hexdedness ombmed with 1 keen sense of humor Always ffur LlC.'lllI15 he 1sks no quarter but rlther and mth that famous half sullen h1lf humorous spark of determrmtlon goes about his bus1ness and sees each yob through to a finish There- IS an mner nre nn M IL which flashed out whenexer he pltted his meager 145 pounds agunst some of the bugger boys on the hull and time and agam hrs brlllmnt mctmg has gripped us all He has a keen msrght vshnch was newer more clearly reflected than mn has pohshed lrtlcle nn the PAPYRUS In hrs four years at school he has made the best of every opportunlty and has earned the respect of each and exery boy and master That IS to say he has left hrs mark Iour Years 1n School YALE at Rel er end lIcGoo Bela Iootball Squad 39 40 Traek Squad 37 38 Plpyrus Board 38 39 40 Masque and Dagger 38 39 40 Vree Presldent 39 Presrdent 40 Current fwents Club 40 Glee flub 39 Com mumty Chest C ommrttee 38 39 40 Chanrman l . . , , r. - v Y ' , . . . 1 ' 1 , 4 L , ' l 1 ' ' 4 ' ' . 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' ' 4 v A . w , . , , , , , - , . . . 40. 1940 DAVID I MCNAIR 309 Park Avenue Cleoquet Minn Dave joined the ranks two years 'lgo as an upper middler journeylng from dis tant Minnesota In those two years he has stood out among the personalitles of his class for he was genial exceedingly good natured generous ambitious and kind towards everyone He was often seen wearing his fflvorite red plaid shirt the famous McNair plzud so he claims We see ls proof of his lmbition good sportsmanship and cooperative spirit that Dave has participated ln and cor era Club the Glee Club fthough he seldom vaunts his voice in our collective face he has a good onej md the Chemistry Club Do not think Dave hasnt athletic inclinations for he has been an able and hard fighting Alpha in club football and club basl-.etball And with these versatile admirlble qualities and capabilities 'ind the 8.fI1bltlOLlSf1CbS Ind conscientiousness that is so truly his Dwe is assured of success in Yale next year and in the life to come Two Years in School YALE Dm e Mar Al fm All Club Baseball 39 Chemistry Club 40 Cam ri Club 40 Glee Club 40 l , , . L ' r- K. 'L . I I . .X hx, j.,j , -I A, .. yt tributed to many extra-curricular departments, chief among them being the Cam- : , I . I . h S , 6 .Q . . 1 . , I t 6 7 . Y A . C A . I l K . rr , rr - ' 4 ' 9 - e . ' g ' . T A F l94U WALTER ROY MANNY Larchmont Manor New York Coming to us from St Paul s Roy has fitted in perfectly with the life at Taft In the fall he was an energetic member of the football squad and started his career as a chief soloist of the Glee Club What drag' But seriously Roy has a fine soice and he should go far with it The winter term has proved him to be in valuable to the hockey team and the ease with which he glides over the ice has made many an onlooker jealous In his spare time he was usually improving his skill at cards in some corner of the Common Room and reprimanding someone of the Senior class for a successful and enjoyable career One Year in School YALE I 111713 Roy S111 eftone Alpha laootball Team 40 Hockey Team 40 Glee Club 40 Choir 40 Oriocos 40 7 for a mistake. Next year he is going to Yale, and takes with him the best wishes nj J-v fr vu rr ' 1 A ff 1940 THOMAS LEES MARSHALL Tryon North C1rol1n1 Two yelrs 'lgo there c1me to Tlft 1 qulet conscrentnous boy from Wnnnetkl Illmols Smce tlmt diy he has gone f1r nn lus stuclxes ln mllclng friends 1nd m chmgmg hrs then ch1r1cter1st1c quxetness Sometlmes room S19 loolcs lnlce m Clgllt een hole golf course the holes being ln the wmdov s md mlrrors md oeclsnonllly lxlce 1 room ln the Tift School Desplte the VNll'lLl smd md st 1rs of the rough Honor Roll Tom strll hls enough tlme 1nd energy for CKfl'l currxcullr 1LtlNltlCS md for Cflglglllg In mmy 1 physncll comb1t mth some unfortumtc trnend There 1 lnttle need of mshmg Tom good lucl-c IS hc leues us for Ylle for vuth lus conscientious personlllty md 1b1l1ty he clnnot help but succeed Two X e1rs ln School YALF I 0121 Tom 111 J B em Soccer Squld 39 40 lencmg SClll'lLl 39 Tenn 40 Deb1t1ng Club 40 C1mer1 Club I0 A nu1l Boird 40 , . . 'z . K ' 1 2 . ' , ' 5 l 'z, U I . A 'A c c .1 ' c l lc l A f, l 2 '. I W, 2 . ' - Y ' S ', ' ' ' e ' J: 2 ' 2 'ez 2 ez ' ' 4 . ,Sz ,1 if '- houses Tom's studies come first. Though he remains and has remained on the , 2. - ' L - .af 1 L '.' 1 1' ' . Q 'z . J 1 . -- 'S A ' f' ' ' if 1 z I Q , e ' 3, I 1' ,L . N 2 S . f 7 L if ' . .. ,, 2 ' , ' g 7 ' . ', , . 'X 9 1 ' ' 4 1 '1 ' 'ff 1 H- L L lf , T A F l94U CHARLES YOUNG MEAD 5 Walxvorth Avenue Scarsdale N Y Although Charles has changed considerably in his three years at Taft there is one outstanding quality which has not only remained unchanged but which has gained for him a grcat many friends We refer to his undying cheerfulness and good fellowship The numerous feeds and bull sessions which dominate the lcisure hours have made his room a popular rendezvous There is however a serious side to Charlie and it is this that has maintained for him a constant ex ccllency in Math and Science courses Of the extra curricular activities Charlie has had a hand in several It is not his interest in any one of these but the great track star and an asset to the soccer squad The possessor of a likeable personality ind a great deal of common scnse he will go far Three Years in School YALE Cl Il Ile .S 11 eelze Dzmpler GdIIIl7ld Track Squad 39 40 Soccer Squad 39 40 Class Numerals 40 Chemistry Club 40 Outing Club 38 39 Camera Club 38 39 40 Gun Clu 38 39 0 Y . 1 . . . variety of them which is remarkable. In the Helds of sport Charlie is a potential ew 1 7' A ' 'J rr S V ' U rr ' 8' f I b ' , ' , '4 . 1940 DONALD HOXIE MIDDLETON Calhoun Drrxe Greenwrch Conn Every afternoon the Duele rs one of the earhest lrrrx rls rt the House Becruse of thrs he his become one of our best brrdge plryers Don rs one of the few brrzghtres 'tround school who gets hrs good mrrks the msy w ry Thrs doesnt mem he rsnt 1 hrrd worker but he does find trme to do the thrngs he enroys Don hrs been xery successful rn hrs faxorrte sport sulrng., rnd rs eonstmtlv porrntg, oxer one of hrs ydehtrne, migrzrnes untrl the wee hours of the nrght when he re trres I9 oeloelej Another of hrs lceomplrshments rs photography Don r 1 member of the Plc TORIAI Board and wrrs one of the most prolrhe contrrbutors to rts rssues After four long yeirs here 'rt T1ft he wrll be mrssed next yefrr by both th boys md the misters Cornell wrll gun 1 good student cmd 1 fine fellow when Don rrrrwes There rs lrttle doubt rn our mrnds th rt he wrll be 1 are rt success there 'md rn lrter yewrs Iour Years rn School CORNELL D011 Dm ff Be lu Glee Club 58 39 -10 Camerl Club 59 Pretorr1lBo1rd 59 40 Cum Lfrude 0 TAF 1940 XVALDO VAN SCHOONHOVEN MIDGLEY Cragswold Apartments Scarsdalc N Y Vln ns a combxnatlon that many people admrrc and strlve to attain There are not many boys that hare a high scholastlc standrnf and proficrency rn athlctrcs at thc same trme It was thls comblnatlon moreover that cnabled hrm to gurde the football team as nts quarter back and blocker superb Waldo has somchow found unc for numcrous outsrde 21CflYltlCS He has been on the ORACLI staff for scveral ycars the Glec Club Octct Current Exents Club and many others and was acted most musncal by hls classmates Van tried out for the Bcta club play last full of vxhrch club he IS secretary and sky rocketed rnto a large part In the vuntcr llay Van has been a leader among hrs classmates as IS readrly shown by yur holds the honored positron of a Monrtor Au revolr et bon voyage bon amr Three Years rn School YALE .111 ll aide Pmorrlazo Bela Monitor 40 Class Commrttee 39 Cum Laudc 40 Secretary of Beta Club 40 lootball Squad 38 Icam 31 40 Track Squad 38 39 Hockey Squad 39 Glee Club 38 39 Octet 32 Debatmg Club 40 lall Dance Commlttec 4 Current Fxcnts Club 40 Biology Club 40 Oracle Board 38 39 -10 Masque and Daggcr 40 I 4 Y .7 . . 8 L . . A . I SK A ' ly l I I 3 3 Q L K 6- -S - 7 r 1 - A 7 l 1 7 ' 1 -a A 1 v H ' Y ' L I Y I . . 4 , . ,C ,I , hrs record. Last year he was a member of the Upper Mxddle Committee and thus ,li 1 k. ' ' ' - ' Y , '. HV .. ., ,, .. ,, . . .. - ' ' 1 ' Y 4 ' 'f - 'X - I H C 7 , , 1 H Q , , 40a I , , Q , , D ' , g ' 1 40g 4 ,, - ' . ' ' . ' - v A a ' 5 3 1 J ' 1940 PERCY MONTAGUE III 3 Putnam Road Scarsdale N Y Srnce comrng to Taft two years ago Perc has become well known and well lrked rn that short trme He may be seen rn the House on a free afternoon ponderrng over hrs brrdge hand and then leadrng away from a krng Truly though he rs a hard worker and often stays up trll all hours at hrs desk laborrng over the next day s classes Perhaps thrs rs because he wrrtes a letter practrcally every nrght to a certarn someone and then does hrs vsork In sprte of thrs preoccupatron hrs work has rmproved untrl now he can take those hard earned week ends Perc rs actrve rn sports havrng taken part rn skr ng track and football He clrmaxed hrs athletrc career by leadrng the A league Alpha football team through an undefeated and untred season Hrs chorce of occupatron or college rs slrghtly rndefrnrte but no matter what U'1lX ersrty he decrdes to attend he wrll undoubtedly be a success there Taft loses one of rts best rn Perc hrs genralrty and humor wrll long be re membered here Two Years rn School TRINITY Perf Alpha Track Squad 39 Outrng Club 39 40 Camera Club 40 Wrnter and Sprrng Dance Commrttees pf 3' 7 , , . 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' 3 4 - rr , 'J 7 '40 l94U JAMES BUELL MUMMA 8 Hawthorne Road Bronxville N Y Although jim appears to bc a quiet boy in reality he is not He is almost invari ably seen dashing up and down the corridor every night after nine 0 clock looking for this or that He has made quite a record for himself on the debating team and in the concert orchestra he makes himself heard on the drums lm s favorite sport is tennis in vxhich he is becoming more and more proficient Ewcry day he at the fall dance and hc is not too often disappointed jim attacks each and every problem with a determination and eagerness which usually brings him suc cess im should like Yale and Yale will definitely like m One Year in School YA LE Gamma Debating Team 40 Classical Orchestra 40 Dance Band 40 Tennis Squad 40 AFT ' 7 frantically searches his mail box for a letter from his one and only, whom he met jim 1940 WILLIS GRAFTON NEALLY J 121 DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn N Y Coming to Taft at the beglnnrng of this year Bill qulckly adjusted hlmself to school lrfe Fall found hum out on the soccer held shfrrlng bumps on the knees with hrs fellow Gammu ln the sprung he brought forth hrs fflXOI'lfC weapon his trusty tennis racket Though hrs thoughts were more on boats and cars than on tennis he dld wleld the mrsshapen snow shoe mth a menaemg eye Blll worked hlrder them many of us nn hrs studles being 1 SP6Ll'lllSf ln hrs two hrstorres American 'md Modern European H1lllDg from out Brooklyn w1y he speaks In 1 mther laconlc tone but hrs genul smrle md plelsnng personality caught us off guard When Bill concentrates hrs abundant energy upon 1ny partlcular job the result can be only success Thls summer Bull wrll 151111 be a runner on Wall Street and maybe one of these dlys we shall be speaking of hlm rn the same breath wlth the Morglns One Year ln School BROWN B1 Bela Debating Club 10 Cimera Club 10 Soc er Squid 40 ' , r. , ' , . . .Q I 215 . 4 1 . 7 . cv . AL , .N l Q ' . 7 he ' ' ' 1 1 ' , ' ' - A s - K 1. v' 'I 7 ' ' r f. 2 6 ki . up . v A. Q 1.1 .b . .A .i . S, . 1 G . cl ' , I 7 .W X ,e ' z 4 ' ' , Y 'z W ' 2 15' Y ' ' 7 7 I . ' -r I .Lf 'f . y C 4 ' ' , . . ' Q ' an' ' , ' 5 z ' 4 ' , 1 'I ' ' 1 - ' 72 . lr ff 'lllf . Y . - g 1 - - g c , . . T A F 1940 HERMAN ARMOUR NICHOLS Jr Forest Avenue Rye New York The strain of lovely muslc permeates the axr waves dad we say lovely? We meant Waterboy the very mentron of the aquatic lad suggests Nrck Nrck has been rn school for frve years and has added much color to our class Though rt rs customary to comment on a person s scholastrc ablhty when the boy rs day rn and day out a stud1ous person there rs httle to be sard concernmg thrs srde of hrs llfe for lt IS lust taken for granted that Omkle drd hrs darly work well enough to pass by the eycs of hrs teachers Llfe for Nrck was full and varled He was head of the Glee Club on the Pap board and on the Sennor House and Dance Commxt tees Hrs remammg trme was spent wrltmg letters that somehow ncvcr quite reached thc proper addresses Nxck s years here were not wasted He accomplished much and was an asset to his class Hrs humor IS a memory his Waterboy a Fne Years rn School YALE Hoym Nzrk Oznkze Alpha Soccer Squad 40 Hockey Squad 39 40 Base ball Squad 39 Glee Club 38 39 40 Presr dent 40 Octet 38 39 40 Orlocos 38 39 Chorr 38 39 40 Semor House Commrttee -40 Fall Dance Commrttee 40 Cap and Gown Commlttee 40 Papyrus 38 39 40 Clrculatlon Manager 40 Camera Club 40 Cheer Leader 40 , . 7 , , 7 , . ffHdlflOHfWR1 a- a- tuh--- bo--y, Yale IS callmg-Good luck. ff ' 'F ff ' V, ff ' ' ff' 7 I ' Z l y l Q ' 2 7 x 1 ' . 3 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 . , 4 I X 1 4- Q . . Z , , , Q S ' 1940 CHARLES FRANCIS NICKENIG 133 Bondfreld Road Bronxvrlle N Y After resrdrng four years at Watertown Nrck has left a deep and pleasant rmpress ron at the Taft School Hrs posrtrons on the class commrttees and as a monrtor are proof of hrs abrlrty rn leadershrp and of the esteem rn whrch hrs classmates hold hrm As an actor supreme Nrck serrously threatens Lronel Barrymores prestrge The loss to the Masque and Dagger Socrety of hrs strrrrng perform ances wrll be rrreparable In athletrcs the supreme ruler of the second floor of the old burldrnv has proved hrmself very able rn track baseball and football Charles rs supervrsrng Grlls Boys but we wonder rf the numerous busrness trrps to Waterbury rn the capacrty of busrness manager could possrbly rnfluence hrs musrcal enthusrasm However he has done a lot to burld up the band to rts present hrgh educatron we are sure that he wrll contrnue to be as successful as he was at Taft Four Years rn School WILLIAMS Nick Lzonel Galoppnz Glam! Beta Track Squad 37 38 Team 39 40 Mask and Dagger Socrety 39 40 Debatrng Club 40 Man ager of Dance Band 38 39 40 Basketball Squad 37 38 Team 39 40 Football Squad 37 38 Fall Dance Commrttee 39 Wrnter Dance Commrttee 40 Monrtor 40 Class Com mrttee 38 39 , , . . . , . . U .. P , I . . ' ' , ' . , level. When Charlre leaves us thrs year to try hrs hand rn the hrgher branches of , . ff ' U ff ' If ff ' V7 I Y 7 3 D 7 ' 1 Y . ' ' . . 7 Y Y v 7 1 ! Y F 7 . Q I Y . 7 . , Z . . , S S S ' 7 - ' l94ll JOHN MARSHALL NOSWORTHY 75 Orlole Axcnuc Bronxulle N Y Nos has been here at school for four years and durmg that tnme has been known as one of the hardest workers ln hrs class Hrs greatest achlevements how ever have been rn thc athletlc Held He has vxon hls soccer and basketball letters for two years and hc earned anothcr letter as the manager of the tennls team Nos played fullback hrs upper middle year and then goalre rn his senlor year on the soccer team whlch had almost a perfect season He was captaln of the basket ball team and led them through a very successful season to the Trl State League Champnonshnp He has been actrve rn the musical organrzatrons of the school for hc has lent hrs golden tenor voice to the Glee Club for three years the cholr for the same length and the octet for two ohn rs planning to go to Amherst next year whcre undoubtedly he will bc welcome Iour Years ln School AMHERST IX or olvmzy Gamma Glcc Club 37 38 39 40 Octet 39 40 Cholr 38 39 40 Basketball Squad 37 38 Team 39 Captun 40 Soccer Team 39 40 Mamgcr of Tennis 40 Common Room Commlttcc 0 Boller Room Committee 39 - 1 V. , . . 1. 11 ' ' . , ' ' 1 ' 1 - 1 ' , . , . , 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 , . 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' 'Af . , , , 4 , . . , l94U JAMES VIBBIIRTS PARSONS 204 Lrncoln Strect New Britain Conn Although J has borne the brunt of many a wxse crack he has proven his abnllty to talxc It and to cllsh It out as well lrom thc tlme hc gcts up untll the tlme he retrrcs Parse wears a perpetual smlle md has a checrful hello for cvcry one It malccs one reallzc that the world nsnt half as bad as sometimes we thlnlc xt IS He has shown hrs athlctlc abllxty ln Ilttle Grant and All Club football A league hoclcey and on the second soccer squad this year untll he was forced to gne up hrs posrtron because of lllness Becausc of his hard work as asslstant man ager last year rm was elected to manage the baseball team thus season Smce rm entered school ln September 1937 he has mamtamed a good scholastic aver age because of hrs dxhgent work even when the golng was the toughest carrres wlth hum the best vnshcs of the class for contlnucd succcss at the college of hrs chonce Wnlluams Three Years IH School WILLIAMS Pedro zlldfhldl ellz I onellfz ef Manager of Baseball 40 Soccer Squad fo lrench Club 510 Camera Club 38 40 TAF , . . , , , , lm .. . . 3 . , J L I 'I G . 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I , , , . . , . 19411 WILLIAM THOMAS PATTON 19 Rosa Park New Orleans La In B111 Patton we haxe one of the most studrous boys nn the class Howexer B111 has many more assets than unrelenting perslstency ln hrs studlcs one of hrs mam attributes bemg hrs cheerful frlendly nature Although he IS rather reserved ID dls cusslng the falrer sex we strongly suspect the New Orleans Hash of bemg a southern Don uan Besldes bemg extremely popular among his classmates Pat IS an excellent musrclan havmg played rn both school orchestras and havrng sung ln the Glee Club for the last three years He IS an ardent member of the Chem nstry and Debatrng clubs and participates ln several other extra currrcular actlvltxes Surrendermg Blll to the enfoldxng arms of Tulane wlll be a great loss to Taft and we all wrsh hxm luck and success m later years Three Years ln School TULANE a Bill Bwgze C0 one! Al fm Second Team Basketball 39 All Club Football 40 Camera Club 38 Classrcal Orchestra 38 39 40 Dance Orchestra 38 39 40 Football Band 40 Debatmg Club 40 Glee Club 40 Chemlstry Club 40 Outmg Club 39 Second Tennls Team 39 I I M Y V , . . Y . . Y . ' 7 , 1 ' ' . . Y . , . J 4 1 9 , A ' . ' s H ,U H ' U H ' J! If Pz, , f , I p. ' . , . ! 7 3 Y 7 7 7 7 l 3 5 3 7 - , l94U ARTHUR JAMES PEGLER 10 Gramatan Avenue Tuckahoe N Y Durrng the four years Bud has been wnth us he has shown hrmself to be one of the foremost members of h1s class Bud has clalmed prommence as a conversatlon alrst par excellence and how he can handle a shovel' He has do-ne exceptlonally well on the athletic flelds He was a strong member of the football squad one of the rron defense on the hockey team and a very valuable catcher on the baseball team When Bud leaves us to go to college h1s place rn the athletlcs here at Taft wlll be greatly mrssed Bud s work has been that of a consclentlous person H has worked exceptronally hard at everythrng whlch he has undertaken and h1s fight and sprnt are known to all the school Wrth these thrngs to hrs credlt we are all sure that Bud w1ll go far ln h1s future undertakmgs Four Years 1n School DARTMOUTH Bud Alpha Football Squad 36 37 38 39 Baseball Squad 37 Team 38 39 40 Hockey Squad 38 Team 39 40 Fathers Day Commlttee 38 1 , . . , 7 ' ' 1 x - 1 . . , . . . . C Q er rf , 1 1 v I 9 1 y x , l 1 n , y J 1 y 1 : , l . v - 1 1 v ' l94U MURRAY ETHAN PLNDLIQTON 65 Fern Circle W1terbury Conneetlcut It IS dnfffieult to sum up the 5,re1t number of thmgs tl11t Murr1y 111s 1eeompl1sl1 ed durmlgp l11s four ye1rs 1t T1ft Comme, 'among us first 1s 1 d1y boy l1e 1115 kept 1 Cons1stentlyl11el1 11er15,,e1nl11s studxes Murr1y1s no book worm hovsexer Well endowed vnth 1 full supply of good humor 1nd lllbll spmts l1e l11s entered vsl1olel1e1rtedly Into tl1e soeml '1I1Ll 1tl1let1e llfe of tl1e SLllOOl Tl11s yew Murrly l11s t1ken up Cl1em1stry 19 1n 11oc1t1on HIS room I9 the meet1n1,pl1ee for the tl11rd floor el1em1e1l flend elub Often exploslons 1re l1e1rd from tl11t region Murrlys mam e1etraeurr1Cul1r 1et111ty h1s been pl1otog,r1pl1y 1nd he l11s done some very fine work ID tl11t held Althouigh he l11s t1ke11 just 1bout 1ll tl1e eourses IH tl1e sel1ool exeept blology l1e has recently mformed us tl11t l1e IS some to be 1 doetorl HlfX1fel vull be i.,I'lCCel by l1ls presenee during, tl1e next four yelrs lour Xe1rs ID SCl100l HARVARD llznz 13 Pemfj 11 Bela P1ctor11lBo1rd 32 Buslness MTHWQCF 40 C1111 er1 Club 38 59 Secretftry IO Chemistry Club AFT 1940 JOHN CHARLES PISTELL Rumson Road Rumson New ersey To call ack a man of the world would be a mistake One must use the term gentleman of the world to attain a full degree of accuracy because that phrase sums up one of the most colorful figures of the class Whenever acl-. gets into a tight spot he quotes Shakespeare and gets away with it' One learns on good authority Uack himselfj that he reads one play or novel each week but the great men of letters have not been able to transform him into any brand of book worm He is among the most congenial and fun loving fellows on any senior corridor During his four years at Taft ack has played A League hockey and football and winter He is the founder of the newly formed English Club and an enthusiastic member of Mr Reardons Current Events Club In all ack possesses qualities which will be more than missed in Watertown and welcomed at New Haven lour Years in School YALE ar Bm on C1011 Alpha Track Squad 36 37 Team 39 Fencing Team 37 38 39 40 Captain 40 Boiler Room Com mittee 39 Current Events Club 40 l 7 A , 4 . 4 ' 4 i i . ' 1 4 1 c ', C J ' - 'A 1 L ' 1 . . . - has been on the fencing team for three years, leading the team as its captain this ' D C l . L 1 . fr! L v- rr , H If , ,U 1 i. s i , ir 1 A L l94U HLNRY POLLAK II Marlu Farm West Long Branch N In the fall of 1935 Henry came to Taft and from the xery outset he established a record that few approach and fewer strll excel The school publrcatrons owe Henry a great deal for he rnaugurated and made an essentral part of the PAPYRUS the leature Edrtorshrp It rs through hrs untrrrng efforts as Vrce Charrman of the ORM LII that thrs lrterary publrcmtron has become one of the finest of rts krnd among the eastern prep schools Scholastrcally he easrly marntarns marks ten pornts above the school ax erage and by all those who haxe rnstructed hrm he rs consrdered an apt and conscientious student Hrs contrrbutron to xarsrty sports at Taft consrst of three years as a leadrng member of the Pencrng Team and rn thrs hrs iinal year he took over the dutres of managrng thrs organrzatron Henry wrll leave behrnd hrm memories of hrs genial personalrty hrs exceptronal good nature hrs host of frrends and the mdelrble mark of hrs numerous accomplrshments He wrll contrnue these at Yale Irxe Years rn School YALE Hen Henry Gamma Papyrus Board 38 39 Feature Ildrtor 40 Oracle Board 39 Vrce Charrman 40 Fencrng Squad 37 Team 38 39 40 Manager 40 Current Events Club 40 Boller Room Commrttee 39 Lovxer School Debatrng Club 37 3 Upper School Debatrng Club 39 40 Annual Board 40 -'hui to , Ye 1 v , .J. V . a a : . . . . . . . - . f ' 4 ' V V . . . , , , a 1 , . . A Y - . 7 Q r, , 1 ,. jj. H IV.. 1 , - 1 . . - Q s s v - - 1 O - v ' ' 1 v y v , 1 . , 9 a 1 y 1 1 ' - 1 , . . v 1 - r 1 , . , 3, - - f , D , 7 1 - l94U PHILIP HOPKINS QUINN 307 Washington Street Winchester Mass When Phil came in sight of school last fall his face bore 1 look of amazement It was not long though before he plunged into the work and the school lifc which he did without hesitation He has now made a place for himself that un not be overrated Though he often lndulges in the lengthy discussions fcom monly called bull sessions, for which the mezzanine IS noted and in frequent desire to work conquers tnose more natural passions and he meets all situations In the biology lab Phil s tenderness is shown in feeding and caring for the white rats which refuse to lose weight fSome0ne feeds them extra food Who could it be9j As a sincere and honest friend Phil truly fits the spot and with that characteristic cheery happiness and ever cheery humor we wish him the continued good luck that is assured by these One Year in School AMHERST Phil A'I0ll.l'6y Bela Biology Club 40 Outing Club 40 . . I , l 1 4 1 , . 1 a i 4 I i In physical combats Qknown as roughhouses-ask Philj in times of necessity Phil's . ,, . . . 1 , . . ff ' ,lf ff 'I I 5 ' ' . 1940 Wine, JOHN PHILIP RENWICK Bedford Vrllage New York Throughout the thrce years that ohnny has been at Taft hc has made a name for hrmself by hrs outstandrng record rn school actnrtres and athletrcs As an upper mrddler hc was a three letter man recervrng letters rn soccer hockey and track and a reputatron by hrs Hne sprrrt and hard frghtrng whrch he has always drs complrsh thrs rn one s upper mrddle year rs outstandrng In addrtron Teddy Bear sang rn the Glee Club and rn the Chorr and was a cheer leader Durrng hrs upper mrddle year hc was elected to hrs class commrttee and became thrs year a Monitor and Vrce Prcsrdent of the Gamma club Above all hrs accomplrshments Taft vxrll remember hrs undyrng school sprrrt and loyalty the lower classes and hrs classmates can nercr forget their lrttle boy scout or prlgrrm father wrth hrs hearty laughter terrrfyrng xxhrstle and hrs jovral drsposrtron Thrce Years rn School BOWDOIN Ren Teddy Bea: aim Gamm z I-Ioclxcy Team 59 40 Soccer Tram 39 40 Track Team 39 40 Glee Club 40 Chorr 40 Monrtor 40 Vrce Presrdent of Gamma Club 40 Class Commrttee 39 , M. l 5 l I . . - . ., I ' . l 1 , , I n , . played. Being a three-letter man in the senior year is a feat in itself, but to ac- , V . , . . . . . . ' ff -- Pr I , '- fr ' 1 1 I - 4 4 - 5 7 I - 7 3 j D, 4 4 4 g - L 1940 ROBERT JOSEPH ROBERTS 14 Rrdgecrest East Scarsdale N Y Harlrng from Scarsdale Bob has been wrth us for three years Durrng that trme hrs Wrnnrng smrle 'md pleasrng personalrty hare mon hrm many frrends Moes favorrte pastrme rs 1 darly game of brrdge at the Senror House Hrs efforts at the game are rewarded by hrs berng one of the schools better players It rs rumored that he has recerved two hundred and fifty letters thrs year from a certarn grrl rn hrs home town Therc rs no doubt that he holds the school record rn thus Of all the Glenn Mrller fans rn the school Bob rs no doubt the most enthusrastrc Hardly 1 day goes by wrthout hearrng hrm play one of hrs many records on the nearest phonograph No mattcr what he docs next year Bob wrth hrs grand personalrty and gcnral manner wsrll no doubt bc a great success We all wrsh hrm the best of uc Thrce Ycars rn School PENNSYLVANIA 1 xe 0 Alpha Crmera Club 38 52 Outrng Club 58 39 3 7 'L c A ' .1 . . . .IW . .N- C 1. z . 4 ' c ' c , , l . 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A 14 U 'fuf B b , l94U DAN ID JOHN ROCHL 1815 Noble Axenue Brldgeport Conn COmlDg to Taft from Bridgeport four long years ago Dave sometlmes known as the Taft Toy Tank made an early start to the fine record which he leaves be hlnd hum Durmg h1s years at Taft Dave has been an essentlal member of the football team rn the fall for two seasons and a safe bet on the wrestllng team ln thc wlnter whrle 1n the sprlng he throws the welghts for the track team Dave IS different from most boys however as usually the average boy IS good either scho lastlcally or athletlcally but very seldom do you find anyone who excels m both fields Dave IS one of these rare boys as he gets good marks whxch he works hard to attarn Wlth this rn mnnd nt IS easy to see that Dave IS gomg to go far at Yale and ln whatescr busmess or professlon he takes up afterwards Good luck Dave though we doubt lf you will need lt lour Ycars IH School YALF Dm e Gamma Football Squad 38 Team 39 40 Track Squad 39 40 Hockey Squad 39 Wrestllng Team 40 Masque and Dagger 38 1 1 1 r 1 , . 1 1 .. rn - z , ' Y 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 . , , . 1. 4 . , . y l 1 I . l rf , 1 r v , . 1 1 1 1 y - 1 D - 1 . - y v 1 1 1 l94U WALTER CHARLES RYON 38 Sylvan Place Valley Stream Long Island Somewhere on Long Island there IS a place called Valley Stream From here comes that God s gift to the women Walter Ryon The gxrls of Valley Stream really go for hrm Walt makes frrends easlly Last year found Walter rn the bulldlng across the street commonly known as the A,nnex where he added much to the lxfe of that colorful group Thrs year he has helped keep the senlor halls In sports he has had qunte a career upholdmg the Gamma A league for a year and a half ln football and playlng hrs able part on the varsity teams rn basketball and baseball Unfortunately Walt hurt hrs knee thus year durlng a league football game and for a while the rnjury put a crlmp rn hrs athletrc endeavors When we look for the brrdge flends or frlends Walt wlll undoubtedly be among them He has just taken rt up thrs year and seems to be a natural Next year he rs gomg to Wxllnams and we hope he ll have the best of luck Two Years ln School WILLIAMS Wa l Gamma Baseball Team 39 40 Basketball Squad 39 40 German Club 40 1 1 1 H 1 ' 11 ' , . 1 1 1 . . . ,, . ,, . . . , . 1 1 ' . . , , cv . If ll! 1 1 l 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1940 JOHN HGRRIGAN SHEI DON 334 Glen Street Glens Falls N Y Upon his arm al at Taft tvso years ago john soon earned the respect and friend ship of his classmates Distinguishing himself as an athlete ohn won his letter in two sports basketball and baseball tyyo years in succession in the former he xxon a reputation as the mainstay of the team during its rapid fl e to the Tri State Championship His teamvxork and never failing setups though not spectacular h ne often made the difference betvneew yictory and defeat But ohn is equally noted off the field of play A likeable fellovi he has 1 delightful sense of humor ind lox es to indulge in that common room pastime bridge Yet in spite of ohn s ill times 1 hard worker His college years it Yile are sure to be successful both in ithleties 'ind scholarship but eyen more in winning the admiration and affect ion of his class as he h is done here Two Yeirs in behool YALL Bhe Ulm Alplvz Baseball Team 59 40 Basketball Team 59 40 i V . A J V A V. r J .Q V 1 Y, ' , ' L. ' ,Y ' l ' ' J ik. tendency' to relax and have fun, he has not allowed his work to slip by, being at L.. ., by l94U JAMLS SMIILII Old Chester Rold lssev tells New ersey Almost my d ly lt Llmost Lny time you ire sure to find im in the Common Room pitting his wits lgunst the best bridge pllyers in school Ind eoming out on top is mrny times is not Howcser this is not 1 xo ition is it is for some for his marks ire im irubly high enough to get him Qmong the top ten of his eliss 1nd he w is miny IH uening We idmire his lbility to lseep 'rt 1 job his eonscierntiousness is outstanding Qomposure ind atfibility sire seldom found in the slme lerson yet im possesses both of these in lddition to 1n unlssuming niture which expects nothing md fippreeiites the slightest favor It is the feeling of the class of 1940 that wherew er he goes he will be ldmired ind rcspeeted we sly flrewell to 21 true gentleman 1nd 1 sehollr Two Years in Sehool YALE I Be!! Cum Liude Glee Club IO DLblflH2., Club l0 Colf bquld 10 I ' i K 2 1' Q ' 1 1' ' , Y 1.3 ' ' ' 1 jg ' A 1' 1 ' '15 . ' , 1 ' fl A , 11' A .' , 1 ' '1 -1 ' I l ' 1 ' ' ' 153, 1 '1 1' made a member of the Cum Laude Society. jim's piano playing has soothed us 1 1 V . '1 I .fi M 1 1' Q ' ' 1 ' ' Y. i ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' Q2 71 , ' J' ' i 1 ' ' 1 1 I ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1' . ' ' I 1, v s r 1- yn , k I 2 1' 1 74 r S2 2 1 1 4 1 L . fin 1 1 Q 1 11 1 g A 1 ' Y 1 '5 g l Q 1 . T A F l94U STEWART WOODRUFF SMITH 54 Hope Street Stamford Conn Although qulet and reserved Stew has always held high place rn the estlmatron of hrs classmates Stew has many gnfts blonde harr a beautnful burld a grand taste for clothes voted best dressed m hrs classy popularrtv and among other things a lleetness of foot By vlrtue of the last mentloned he has been one of the mamstays of that group of sun bathers known as the track team takmg the hugh hurdles wrth the grace and swrftness of a greyhound Drsprovmg the charge that he has always been a gentleman of lersure he managed the 39 football team wrth remarkable elfrcrency and abrlrty Hrs hurdlmg IS anything but lersurely B cause Stew rs one of the few frve year boys among us he has become a landmark around Taft Stew rs everyones fr1e,nd and no one s enemy It rs certam that the school will feel hrs absence next year and we wlsh hrm the best of luck at Yale and can be sure that hell have It Flve Years rn School YALE Sleu Smeeth Gamma Soccer Squad 37 Manager of Football 38 Track Squad 36 37 Track Team 38 39 40 Gym Team 39 40 Camera Club 38 German Club 40 Boller Room Commrttee 38 7 , . x ' D 7 4 , , , . 3 Q- - H r 7 7 . , . , . . , . , . rr , fr H J I Q Y . v 5 7 , I ' ! I 7 3 3 y r . . l 5 7 l 1 I - - y , . 1940 ALAN SPROUL 20 Oxford Road Scarsdale N Y In one short year at Taft Agile Al has comprled an envrable record He has partlcrpated wholeheartedly rn the schools many actrvrtres Hrs work on the Alpha A League undefeated football team was exceptxonal Fordham may have rts Seven Blocks of Granate but the Alphas had Al He was one of the stal warts that helped to make the team unbeatable Durlng the wmter he gave h1s power to the wrestlmg team and really earned hrs letter Long shall we remem ber the afternoons when he calmly sauntered out mto the center of the mat and pmned his man by sheer strength Al w1ll llkewrse be remembered as one of the old farthfuls of the Senror House Many a long afternoon he had spent loungmg ln the comfortable chalrs of that cheery dwelling Al IS well lrked and popular Hrs good naturedness should stand hxm rn good stead rn the outsrde world hrs humor IS subtle but dynamlc We wlsh hlm the best of luck as he embarks on the threshold of l1fe One Year m School COLGATE Aglle Al Al Buick Moe Slaugblef home Fa! Slug l'alJta Alpha Wrestlnng Team Outnng Club Second Team Baseball , . . .. - H - - - .. Q - H 1 - ' . 1 . . . . Y l . 7 rr ' U er rf er H er 1' rr , 1 1 1 ,' ' rr 4 vf rr 4 H 1 1 7 3 DAVID 'IRUMAN STEELI' 5 Central Drive Plandome L I In the short trmc that Bottle has been at Taft hc has distinguished himself as onc of the most prominent mcmbers of his class not only in size but in accomp lishments When he arrrvcd in the fall of 1938 luzzy immediately took him under hrs far reaching wing rlacing Bottle on the first football team at once fit s amazing the way Al can scnse a good new player hc s almost alviays rrghtj But football was only the beginning of Daxes success Since that time he has entered into all forms of activities both scholastic and athletic such as being sec retary of thc Chemistry Club a member of the Glee Club and hockey manager Even though he has been at Taft just tvno years he has gamed one of the highest honors in the school monrtorshrp Its hard to belreie that Daxc wont be suc cessful in later life regardless of the whoppers he tells about his farm in Mary an Tvio Years in School LEHIGH 'D.z1'e. Bottle Gfzmum Football Team 39 40' Co-Manager of Hockey 40' Track Squad 39 40' Monitor -10' Secretary of the Gamma Club 40' Secretary of the Chem- istry Club 40' Glee Club 39' Octet 59A Choir 39' l'all Dance Committee 39' Spring Dance Committee 40. AFT 1940 BRADLEY CLARENDON STREETER 190 ackson Avenue Bradford P1 When Mr Strcetcr sent hrs lrttle Q6 5 j boy to Taft he did the school 1 grelt servxce No one will ever forget his cheerful LllSFOSlflOl'l or hrs plentlful supply of jokes If anyone ever wanted to borrow anything from '1 sport coat to 1 clglr ettc hc 1lw1ys made for room 475 New Bunldmg uherc Brtd spent hrs time studymg readmg and llStCl'lll'lg to Dougy Fusomes ycllmg Hc xx IS one of the tlblc Hrs bridge IS not sul er but the jokes and conxcrsatron that go wlth lt 1re surely enough to make hrs opponents and partncrs overlook any lack that he mly hue Hrs athlctrc prowess was shown on the Beta football team and tht track telm or rlthcr thc sunbflthers mssocmtron whrch was much better because of hrs ctforts Brad ns headed for Cornell 'md hrs ma'1y frlends at Taft wlsh hrm good uc Three Years ln School CORNELL Bun! Benz Camera Club v7 Track Squad 38 39 heb .. J 1 4 , 4. ' ' ' ' ' . ' . Y 1 Q ' . 4 4 4 - 7 4 4 4 ll 72 ' ', ' 4 4 L 1 - . l , ' ' 1 lf . stundbys of the Senior House and was always among the first to acquire ll card 4 '. ' ' t , ' A ' . '- 1 ' . Y ' ' 2 f ' . ' ' ' 4 4 4 2 K Y Q ' K A A 4 I I A Q N 2 , 2 ' 2 4 ' . 1 ' , ' . ' ' .. 4 I '4 , 4 . v . 4 4 I 7 l k. K ,, l ,. l94U HENRY HOLT STURGES 94 Hudson Terrace Yonkers New York During hrs short one year stay at Taft Holt has participated rn many actrvltres not the least of whrch rs bed makrng a pursurt whrch has helped to finance many a trrp to the jlgger shop for hrm In the field of sports Holt has also made a fine showrng In the fall he not only helped the Alphas to vrctory rn A league foot ball but was chosen for the All Club team Not content wrth thrs honor he went out for wrestlrng rn the wmter and track durrng the sprrng term addrng stlll further to hrs laurels Full of fun descrrbes Holt better than any other phrase Always more than ready to enter rnto any sort of yoke or prank he gave Mr Fusome many an unhappy moment Sturg would do anythrng and exerythmg rn hrs power for you but rs not the type to be found grumblrng or complarnrng It rs the oprn ron of those who know hmm well that they just dont come any better What Taft mll lose Yalc wrll gain One Year rn School YALE S1111 g Holt George Alpha All Club Football 40 Wrestlrng Squad 40 Track Squad 40 Chemrstry Club 40 Glee Club 40 1 1 ' x ' 1 . l y x - 1- H - , . 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' 7 x , l - y D 1 1 7 ' 1940 ROBERT WORKMAN SWEET 163 Glenwood Avenue Yonkers New York These Yonkers boys' It roars through the Latrn classroom and Sweet rccorls After four years of Latm with Mr Fenton Bob still suffers from hxm In the first place Bob manages to be seen rn more places outside of Yonkers than any other mhabrtant of that famed and defamed crty He has a four year scholastrc average of 89 makmg hrm a member of the coveted Cum Laude Society and he has a finger rn almost every extra curricular ple rn school Above all he holds the rc spected posrtron of momtor and has been on every one of hrs class commnttees srnce arrrvmg at Taft Though not outstanclrng ln athletics lt IS not for want of tryrng Hrs oratory on the dance Hoot ranks even hrgher than hrs oratory on the rostrum and fabulous legends are cnrculated about Sweet s lme But Bob IS at heart earnest and smcere where serxous matters are concerned Hrs Splflf and de termmatron are wrthout lrmrt A predlctron may sound tr1te but we are flrmly convmced that Bob wrll go far at college and beyond Four Years ln School YALE B0 Beta Monrtor 40 Cum Laude 40 Lower School De batrng 37 38 Presldent 38 Glee Club 39 40 Class Commrttee 37 38 39 Upper School Debating 39 40 Team 39 40 Presrdent 40 Assrstant Editor of Oracle 40 Assignment Edl tor of Papyrus 40 French Club 40 Football Squad 40 Tall and Spring Dance Committees 40 Cheer Leader 40 Current Events Club 40 1 1 11 11 - 2 - Y . , . 1 , ' 4 7' 1 1 C . 1. 1 1 - 1- 1 - 11 - , . - 1 , . rr bv! - 1 O 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . . , . . . , . 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' . 1 1 , 1 . , - 1 1 1 . 1 l 1 1 1 - l94U LLOYD BOWERS TAI T Drake Road Indnan Hrll Cmcmnatx Ohro In four years at Taft Lloyd has bullt up an exceptlonally well balanced record Hrs soclal actlvltles Include indulgence ln vseels ends delightful SSS I C xsorle and membershlp on the Taft Dance Committee and are equaled by athletic mter ests as he was a member of the soccer squad and the golf team and was manager of the latter These are overshadowed by his consistent scholastic achievements Vtl'lICll have kept hrm on the honor roll during hrs entire four years 'lhat he rs lnleeable and popular rs shown by his electron to monrtorshxp He possesses an ex cusable Interest ln polrtxcs and pays a great deal of attention to some of the schools near Taft contarnxng Clncrnnatl friends 'llllt Middle West background seems to have allled hrs Eastern suaveness wlth a true Western slncerrty Although rt rs dxfhcult to judge a person fairly It ns easy to realnze that Lloyd IS a stxmulatlng lnterestm and true companion possessing among other qualities hugh chara ter and exec lent taste These have earned htm many smcere friends here and mll do so at Yale Four Years 1n School YALE Llaju' Alpha Monltor 40 Cum Laude 40 Lovner School De batmg Club 37 38 Upper School Debating Club 39 40 Team 59 40 Vlce President 40 Papyrus Board v9 Managing Editor v9 Vlce Charrman 40 Glee Club 39 40 lrench Club 40 Senior Current Fxents Club 40 Colf Team 39 40 Manager 40 Soccer Squad 39 40 f 1 , Q 7 . . . .. . . . 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V' ' 4 r . 1 7 4 ,, .v f .1 - f 1 , . 5 7 - - v , . . 3 7 , - X , , - - , 7 9 5 - 7 3 w -., - - ., - L - Y - H - - , - . ,, 1 5 ' 7 ' v S A 7 1 , ' v - ,e . .' , 1 '. , . . . , , v ' a f 4 1 1 , Q - 1940 SETI-I CHASE TAl1 16 Garden Pllcc Cmcinnfrti Ohio Besides being ri grand fellow 'ind 1 sincere friend Scth h1s lcft 1 memorlble rec ord behind him His 1ppe1r1nces on T1ft rostrums h we becn conuncing inc h1vc shown cxceftioml or1tor1c1l lbility which should be of grclt scrucc to um in his choscn profession It the blr Sports h uc been no wexk point lS Scth wts on the footblll squfid this yelr h IS long ucled thc Alph 15 to uctory in A Icigue soccer incl hockey 1nd will be up ne1r thc top ot thc Colf fl1lllLI'13.,C list in the spring Hc h is 1lw1ys been known to bc 1 conscientious workcr in NNll1tC'VLI' hc unclert lkes md his higli mlrks which stlnd nc lr the hc ld of thc cltss proxc this Seth lowcs yuling 1nd 1 fevs other light thinbs not to bc mcntionccl hcrc member of our most glccful club the Ircnch C IIHCFI md Currcnt lxcnts clubs 1nd we could go on indennitcly 'I ift srys lu ruoir to 1 hne nimcsike who vxe'l fulfills whit the nime lmphcs luc YCIFS in School YALE .Selly Al 1 Cum Llude L0 Mlsque 'ind Dlbgkf Society 37 Clftss Committec 37 Community C hest Commit tee 39 -40' All-Club loot '1ll 39 l'oot 1 Squad 40' Upper School Debiting, Club 31 '-i0r Lower School Debating Club 36 ,7 '58 D-A bating Term 40' Annu1l Boflrd 40' C1mer'1 Cu 39 40' Glue Club 59 40' french Cu 40' Colf Squid 39 39 Colf Te'1m -10' Com- mon Room Committee -LO' Second Te'1m Hockey '403 Schol'1stic Prize 36' Senior Current Events Club 910. Secretiry '-'i0' Plwne Geometry Prize '59, TAF l94U IOHN HANCOCK TATTERSALL Rock Rrmmon Road North Stratford Connecticut acl-. Tattersall better known to hrs colleagues as Tat has endovr ed us for these past three years with hrs enlrvenrng sense of humor and hrs contagrous laugh Lrke everyone else jack has hrs decrded tastes rn warrous fields Notable among these rs hrs oservxhelmrng admrratron for a certarn group of musrcrans namely Sautt and hrs Tophatters Any negative comment on thrs subject rmmedrately brings the rage of Tattersall down on the rnnocent offender In addrtron to play unnoticed On days of leisure here at school ack can usually be found lounging out at the Senror House or else rndulgrng rn a few rubbers of bridge Wrth hrs xarred abrlrtres thrs man harlrng from Niagara laalls should have a good deal of success to look forward to both rn hrs years at college and rn busrness We all wrsh hrm the best of luck when he leaves Taft for distant fields Three Years rn School HOBART Ta Baile: ba! I Su t ar B eta Stage Crew 40 Chemistry Club 39 Tennrs Squad 39 l J V , - s, - n . .1 ,,' . . V . . . Y 7 . . . . . . , , Jan ing a good game of tennis, Tat's achievements at the bridge table have not gone ' . l . . J , . ' ff ,Ill ff , ,ll ff ,ll ffl km 1940 ,IAMF9 BLACKSTONE TAYLOR III 770 Park Axenue New York N Y Despnte the fact that jxm s marks are not all nlnctles hls accomplishments at Taft far overshadow any attalnments he mlght have achleved ln scholarship Because of the correlation of natural leadershnp and athlet1c abxllty the cube his dls tlngulshed himself both as a monntor and as captaln of a football team whose suc cess was due largely to hrs rugged power and sterllng example I-Irs prodlglous strength and slull have enabled hum to stand out ln hocl-.ey and rn track as well outside reading famous funnles being hrs favonte lxtcrary work His sunny dlsposxtlon should help this muscle man go places when he departs from Taft Two Years ln School PRINCFTON Cube Alpfu lootball Team 58 Captann 32 Hockey Team 39 40 Track 'Ieam 59 40 Monitor 10 TAF :t c , Y 7 ' ', . . S ll ' r. K C l . , K . , l as to be champ of all the Lower Middle rough-houses. jim is greatly interested in ' . D l l ' c . L 4 . jim, ,f T K 'V , ' 'K L .c ' 7 7 B 5 V ' l94ll HENDRIX Tl:N EYCK 96 Mrlton Road Rye N Y When Hank came to Taft three years ago he was small rn stature and small rn reputatron but durrng hrs stay here he has rncreased rn both these fields Hank rs now known among hrs classmates as a hot swrng connorsseur and as the re crprent of the largest amount of femrnrne marl On the serrous srde of hrs aca demrc lrfe hc has done much He has been stage manager for three years and so earned early hrs Masque and Dagger key Hrs name nes er farled to appear on the quarterly honor roll The skr team was strengthened rn rts 1940 season by hrs enthusrastrc partrcrpatron Hank however drluted thrs seriousness wrth hrs share of roughhouscs and bull sessrons and on free afternoons he was usually rn some master s apartment lrstenrng to hrs records All rn all Hank has earned lurgrcal scholarshrp and now goes wrth the best wrshes of the class of 40 to Yale to take advrntage of that opportunrty Three Years rn School YALE H mile Ten H enze Gamma Stage Manager 58 39 40 Fall Dance Com mrttce 39 bprrng Dance Commrttee 40 Senror House Commrttee 40 Skr Team 40 Brology Club 38 German Club 40 Masque and Dag r 38 39 O Y , . . a V . 1 I 7 , . I 2 .. . ,, . , . . 7 . . A Q 4 - . . - , the respect and frrendshrp of hrs classmates. He recently won a four-year metal- 1 H 5 , , . ' , r ' ' ' ' z ' 1 . ff YP ff ' 'f , . 7 , , , . A 1 . , , . , y Y . , . ' 5 D D Q 2 Z : ' 4 - ge , , , 4 . l94U EBEN WINSHIP TURNURE 33 Barker Avenue White Plains New York Up from the mighty metropolis of White Plains this yur clme this likeable tllk itne chap whom we know 1s just pl1in Bud Immcdmtely hc m1de a n1me for himself by plunging in lI1Ll playing left tackle on the football team Through the winter months he wls one of thc better players on the Bct1 basketball team Bud has gained a reputation 1s 1 r1conteur for mlny is the time that weh1ve 1ll g1thercd At this point he is undecidcd as to the college hc is going to 1ttend but ill wc cm say is that some college is going to bc xery lucky to lind this cheerful c1refree lid And so it is with deep regret th1t Taft bids fircwell to Bud 1nd wishes him 1ll the luck in thc world One Year in School BUCKNELL Bm Lb Beit: lootb1llTe1m 40 Trlck Squid 40 TAF 7 c, ' 1 ' .. ' .' ' i. ' . . . . . t . Y , I V I 7 V' . 2: . . W . I - f ' ' ' ' ' . ' . . , z ' . . n ' around to listen to him tell us about his harrowing experiences back on the farm. . . . . A 7 A .N Y . f K y 2 A .1 -. ' , - .3 ' . ' , , 1 , 1 ' , J , K . . ' ' . ' J L A ' . ' rf I ' rr J ii A ' 1 1 '5 Q Q 1 H . 1940 L GARDNER UNDPRWOOID 106 Crofut Street Pittsfield Massachusetts In 1937 Undle entered Taft and ever since then he has been active nn many extra curricular actlvltles In his first two years here he was a member of the Glee Club but this ye ir he dropped lt out ln preference to his studies In the athletic field he mastered football ln the Gamma A League for two years and finally this year made his spectacular and much belated stagger up to the I-Illl During his first vunter Piglet tried out for the varsity hockey squad but he became dns couraged after being pushed back to the Gamma C League So last year he became termen vthrle durmfj the sprung he contmully throws rt the javelmj All rn all Louis is 1 nice fellow and a true asset to any school He will go a long way rn college If he continues to be Tafts own Piglet Three Years rn School YALE U nd I6 P15 lei Lame Gdflllllcl lootball Squad 40 All Club Iootball 38 32 Wrestling Squad 39 Track Team 58 39 40 Chemistry Club 40 Glee Club 39 40 ' Y . a - I -I I A . 1 ' . S K K A . . I. l I l ' , if .2 . . ' A . ' S ' . ' ' A - . G ' . , ' S r w' 1 ' . ' - ' , . . . I 7 S Y A- . g an understudy for the wrestling squad. This year he is one of the P. and D. let- , l I A ' 4 U I ' A 4 C . . I rr ' H rr ' I H rr ' 'Y ' V J I ' - , 2 ' ' c - ' Y ' 4 ' l '. , '. , ' 4 . J K , S , a . I l94U A s . Dad F311 1940 ERIC VANDERPOEL Litchfield Conn We shslnt mentlon 15110 the number of years that Erle has strolled T1ft s streteh me exmpus Suthee lt to my that he hqs become 1 pflrt of the scenery mo now thfmt he hers aehxexed thls noble pos1t1on he has to leue As the English say h lms done his blt for the school durmg hrs term here 1nd thqt ls a gross under stltement Not exeryone hfns hid the opportunxty of knovtlng him but those who hue know th lt Erxe hls ilwvmys contrlbuted to the good tlmes there were to be hld 1nd thfnt he gene h rppnness to 1ll and ln return reeelved the frnendshxp of dll out these long, vclrs We only hope that he wlll m1lxe 1 target 1nd hut the mule ls unerrlnely IS his flreirm his 1nd lt IS wlth the best wlshes of us 111 md the speeul ones ot his frlends thit vxe send on 1 greit lddntlon to the Tlft brother hood Ine Yeftrs 1n Sehool TRINITY V111 IN eu! Bela Rldlo Club 37 38 Stage Crew 37 Gun Club 323 SD IO V1CePres1dent 59 Teflm 39 O bermln Club 510 Chemlstry Club I0 Outing, Club I0 Tr1eltSqu1d 40 ,Z I 1 ,,-I' . A ff' ' 1' - 1' 4 1' - , , . ' .K e l ' ' e 7el ' U , e ll 1 ' ' I 'z '. ' ' '. I . . I A ,Q ' C I 4.1 I ,, V ' .N 16 C .- 5 I A 'L . f- .S 4 ' Y' ' , 2 ' ' 1 ' 1. . Ye ' A ' ' ' ' 2 . . ' fi 2 ' '. . ' ' h ' . . Erie is an experienced filler and an excellent marksman, as we have seen through- Yllf. ' ' fmt . I 'H Ty I 5 ' - L I. 4 K ' - 7 - 7 - 1 4 ,YM .fy ,J , I- ,D , K .V y .4 1 -4 Q I , 3 - 1 .J 1 . 7 1940 HARRY WEBSTER XWALKER 85 Park Place Brndgeport Conn O Henry has at last met hrs match ln the short story ln one vxho IH addltlon equally adept at the long story to wut O Harry Of all thc famous or mfamous raconteurs from Nimrod to Major Hoople our vote goes to Harry There lb llttlc that lI'lXCf1tlVC genius and rmaglnatxon can produce that he cannot surpass We respect hmm as an ldcallst and admrrc hum as an artist To be more fundamental there arc few of the qualities vshxch purport to wln frrends and Influence people that Harry rs without Hrs gcneroslty and congenlallty have made hrm a prnmc prcrcquxslte of the class and hrs balanced record of achxexement IH SCllOl'lI'Sl1lP 1nd dont take any wooden nlcltels Iour Years nn School YALE H H H Har Alpha Iovlcr School Debating Club 37 38 Upper School Dcbatmg Club 39 40 lootball Squad 38 39 40 Wrestllng Squad 38 39 Manager 40 Camera Club 38 Biology Club 40 Track Squad 37 38 Team 39 40 Press Club 39 40 Glee Club 38 39 40 Gun Club 38 39 40 Choir 38 39 40 Octet 39 40 OYIOCOS +0 Annual Board 39 40 V 7 . , r . ' ' ' . ' f , ' ' ' , is A 7 V 5 ' ' A 7 NS 1 l y l 1 I I U . q . ' ' . . 1- ' ' y ' ' ' ' 1 . ' ' S W, l ' 1 . ' I .K 4 C I and athletics bears witness to his ability and perseverance. Ave atque vale, Harry, ,, I ., dp. ,, v , . , L . . , v Q . , . , 7 S Q Z ' - s 1 , Q , 4 1 Q . , , 2 , , Z V , F , Q y Z 59, ' 9 , - l94U DAVID KFNYON WI BSMIIR 53 Mnlllrd Avenue Uronwexllle New Yorle In the three yexrs that Ken h 1s been here It 'I lft he h lb euned the respect of hrs mrsters ind elissmites vuth hrs LILIIEI md SfllLll0US mlnner He never gets upset over the llttle things that bother most of us Web Ins shown th lt he has in eye for business md does It IH 1 very ethclent xx ly He hfts 1n unusull llklflg for seuhng ses els If you should drop rn hrs room some quiet fnfternoon you vsoulel most lrleely hnd hrm lost nn 21 pile of shaungbs that ire scrips from the boat he rs at present bulldrng He his a st1cleto1t1ve ness md never give up attltude vvhrch he h1s shown 1n has wrestling that will undoubtedly brlng hrm happlness and success 1t Dirtmouth IS xxell 15 rn letter hfe Three Yeflrs ln School DARTMOUTH lxen I ez Alpfvz Second Team Wrestlxng eo TflCIx Squid 39 40 All Club Iootball 40 Germfun Club 40 1 -Q ' I 1. .. 5 w - 1 2' ap ' z' '- z I -Vfz ' ' . f- v V -,ff ,Q yi I' I f - . 1 I A . 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K - ,, , ., ,,I,, I., , .e A 0 v K 4 V a , ' , e - . 1940 ELLWOOD CARL WEISE jr 42 Hrlltop Drlve Nlchols Conn During h1s four years at Taft Ellwood has contributed generously toward the suc cess of our class On the fields of sport Ell has done more than hrs share IU making the Alphas a wlnnlng club Thus year especrally Ellwood has added pomts for Alpha banquets by hrs energetlc football and soccer playmg and by h1s steady dcfensne work w1th the second hockey team ln the sprmg Ell may be found leisurely playlng baseball or tennis Hrs knowledge of radro and electrncxty has earned for hum membership IH the Radio Club as Vlce Presldent ID the Masque and Dagger Society and on all the dance commlttees as an electrlclan Despite his reputatron as a roughhouser supreme he has a serlous srde whlch when not belng brought mto use 1n wrltlng certaln letters IS helping hlm pull down satxsfactory grades Thus nt can be sand without hesitation that Ellwood has become an 1m portant cog m the class of 40 and hrs garety and good fellovs shrp haxe been en joycd hcartlly by all h1s classmates Iour Years m School PRINCETON ll Wfoody unny Weez Alpha Radro Club 39 40 V1cePres1dent 39 40 Masque and Dagger 38 39 40 Camera Club 37 38 Outrng Club 39 Spnng Dance Com mxttee 37 Fall Wlnter Spring Dance: Commlt tee 40 All Club Football 40 Glee Club 39 Second Hockey Team 39 40 3 '-X a . 4 , . 1 , . U H - - J ' Y , ' ' H H ' 1 4 ' , . ' 1 1 1 . , . . . . 1 r 1 . 1 rf rf rr 11 rr U rf U E I I I 1 - 1 1 - - 1 y . 1 1 ' 1 v 1 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 y ' - 1 ' - 1 1 1 ' . , k . . l . l F fx 1 1 ' . ' . ' . 1 1 1 r 1 1 , . l94U JOHN STEVENS WHITE 177 Lorraln Avenue Montclalr New ersey ohn Whlte by urtue of his hlstrlomc capabnlltles lxves fsplrntually we memj where a young mans fancy IS supposed to turn ID sprmgtlme The Masque 1nd Dlggber Society newer had such tllent Who shall forget the second scene of You Can t Take It Wlth You? And he s so masculme too Serlously lt IS seldom th It Taft sees as able a person as acl-t To be elected a se-mor momtor m half a ye lr ns the hlghest of dnstmctxons and there can be no doubt that lt was earned A quiet enthusl 1sm and consummate democracy nn everythnng he does have carved hrs pllce hlgh ln the respect and admlratlon of us all Amherst IS as fortunate ln thur gun IS we are unfortunate Ln our loss One Year m School AMHERST an k Bzg olm Gamma Iootball Team 40 Basketball Team 40 Base ball Team 40 Monitor 40 Masque and Dag get 40 TAF . A Y a l , . , , . . . . . 2 2 Y '- . a . . .. . ' . 4. , . , 1 1 .' t J '. 'z .' 1' , 4 ' . 1 C . . Q 1- 1 ' . I . ,, lk. , A. .. . ff! , H rf ' I 'r I : ' . - . - . , . , 1 1 ' Y ,X . l94ll Pl ATT KISSAM WIGGINS 25 Kilmer Road Larchmont New York Although Platt has been here for only one year he has gained ln that short time manv friends Most of his free time he spends out IH the Senior House where he ean usually be found playing clrds and smoking Platt has become one of the outstanding members of the Taft Dance Orchestra in which he plays a hot Chemistry Club Last fall he was a member of the second soccer squad and in the vunter time starred for the Gamma B League hockey six Wlhile at Taft Platt has earned a very good scholastic average and we are confident that when he enters the Cornell lngmeermg School in the fall he will continue to mamtfun the high standard of work he has displayed during his brief sojourn at Taft Cine Year in School CORNELL g Gam rm: Qoceer Squad I0 Track Squad Chemistry Club 10 Dance Orchestra 4 4 f , 4 sf ' ' Y' . in , ' 4. l . 1 .4 . L . l 8' .' A . 3 I . 1, V 1 O4 , l 1 1 'I 7. 4 A ' A f 1 . 7 ' ' 4 e 'f , . i 4 trumpet. In the line of extra-curricular activities he is greatly interested in the I. . N . . . : I I 1 , A . A 3 y. I . . , . . . L, . , . Muni -v V 1 . g . - . 310g A 1 ' , 'f 5 A A 'fo. l94ll JOHN GIBSON WILLIAMS 26 Wedgemere Avenue Winchester Massachusetts When we flrst saw ohn strolllng through the halls wrth a brxght green coat and 1 yellow tle on wc were qunte overwhelmed wlth the br1ll11nt dxsplay of colors but he IS becomnng very tame ln hrs habxt md the latest reports are that he ns wearlng only 1 prnk shrrt under 1 purple tue Wandermg around the campus one day ohn came across the Senior House and ever smce then he has often been the center of attractlon there ohn certunly fills the requlrements for socml suc times shows a well balanced mrxture of persomllty and gentlemanllness The cold clrmate of Wrnchester doesnt seem to have had much effect on john for he s certalnly one of the frlendlnest fellows ever to have entered our portals We cant help but realize that he IS sure to further the gains whrch he has mlde here when hc leaves us for college One Year ln School WILLIAMS U zllze Llftle One Beta bnology Club 40 Outrng Club 40 SL1 Squad .9 , , , . I 7 . J . ' 1 I . ' ' v . . . 4 . . . , k K A K . L U I I K l . . L , J -1 ' , ' ' f cess, not only because he is a master of the bridge table, but because he at all ' lv S Q . C . , 1 1 , ,N . .. ,A Q . . , S 7. '40, T A F -M-'Z-3 1940 CHARLES WILLIS 7-I Allenwood Road Great Necl-. Long Island In the four ycars that Charlie has been here at Taft hc has won the ldmlratron of all for hc has been a leader ln every sense of the word As an athlete he was seen runnxng kxcklng and passmg on the football field ln the fall pmnlng his op ponents with continual success durmg the wrestling season and gnxng has all on the baseball dramond rn the spring However athletxcs alone did not dlstmgulsh Charhe for he was voted the most versatrle member of hrs class Whacky has constantly been a member of his class committee and was voted a monitor ln his senror year all of vthlch IS proof of hrs popularnty He also made a name for hrmself on the boards of most of the schools publications As a student he has achieved success through consclentlous hard vxork We are all certaln that Charlie will go a long way rn life as he has a fine character and a determlnatlon to do hrs task thoroughly We vush hum the best of everything for the years ahead Four Years in School PRINCETON It lmrky Chaflze Bela Momtor 40 Class Commlttee 37 38 9 Chairman 39 Baseball Team 37 98 39 40 Captarn 39 Wrestllng Team 38 39 40 Foot ball Team 39 40 Sports Editor Oracle 39 40 Papyrus Board 38 Sports Ed1tor 39 40 An nual Board 38 39 Business Manager 40 Glee Club 39 Secretary Lower School Debatmg Club 38 Upper School Debatlng Club 39 Hxgh Polnt Wmner 39 Wrestllng Medal 37 Presr dent Beta Club 40 Asslstant Head Momtor 40 President Inter Club Councnl 40 T A A 40 AFT f , . - 1 1 ,K 1 . 2 1 Y . . Y . 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - - 1. , 11 E , . . y . Y I . ' , . . . 1 . . V . . . 4 1 rf 'I rr , '11 . , , - 1 . - 1 1 13 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 . 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 A - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 q - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 , - . 1 1 1 D . , . J 1 ' ' ' . ' ' . ' 1 1 ' 1 I - - , 1 1 ' - 1 D 1 ' , , . . . 1940 GORDON FOWLER XVOOD 43 West Court Street Cortland N Y In September of 1938 a llttle breeze Qwhrch some claim was a hurrlcanej brought to Taft thus light haxred and llght hearted young gentleman Although he harled from Cortland New York he soon overcame this obstacle by the fearless darrng whrch he exhrbxted on the freld of play Autumn found hmm excellxng ln club football and soccer but lt was on the gym floor that Woody really outdrd hrmself For two years he has been the erghth wonder of the Beta basketball team But rf Gordon showed true spnrxt and enthusrasrn rn sports he soon demonstrated to the school hrs great adeptness at thc gentlemanly game of bridge Yet thrs drversron has not always held hrs attentron In hrs two years Gordon has shown an ablhty to work hard Th1s asset coupled with hrs genral personalrty cannot fall to make him 1 great success at college He takes with him our smccrc wishes for good luck and a gre rt career Two Years rn School AMHERST ll' andy Gmdy Bela TflClx Squad 52 40 s , . . a 9 . c , . 1 . 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H A .. r I ' 1 Q , 4 , , . l94U RICHARD O WOOD 145 Clrnton St Waterbury Conn Although Drclx has been vrrth us only one year he has taken a larger prrt rn the school actrvrtres than you mrght expect rf you drdnt know what sort of 1 fcllovs he rs Besrdc hrs other outsrde rntcrcsts Drck has taken part rn the Camera Club 'md the Plc TQRIAL jobs vrhrch hc has filled vxrth hrs customary frbrlrty and energy Durrng the vxrnter Drck s prrncrpal actrvrty rs skrrng a sport to whrch he has con trrbuted not only rn sprrrt but rn results In the sprrng he may bc seen out on the golf course srnlxrng putts or gettrng that new approach down pat Whether delv mg rnto the realms of chemrstry or practrsrng gelandcsprunfjs rn hrs room Drclt rs always ready wrth 1 cheerful gm and a vrord of welcome Sympathctrc to the troubles of others 1nd endowed wrth a great sense of humor Drclt h as gsarncd the 'rdmrratron and frrcndshrp of hrs classmates and rs sure to do the same rn hrs ymrs at collcgje One Year rn Qchool CORNELL 1114 Rn f le Bel: Chemrstry C lub I0 Debfrtrng Club 40 bk lerm IU Camera Club 40 Prctorral Board -A0 C lec Club -10 Cjun Club 40 AFT l940 RICHARD YOUNG Belvidere Drive Yonkers N Y Adept 'it preparing three 1nd a h1lf subjects between seven thirty and eight A M 'md still maintaining a schohstic five-nge which mnlts with the highest the Yonkers dcleglte h1s been 1 welcome and entertaining member of mftny 1 nightly bull session In spite of his mgcrness for convermtion however he h1s found timc to contribute much to student publimtions 1nd dmmwtics In fact his efforts in the litter held were so ftpprecntcd by his clrtssmltcs tlmt it wrts a deld helt be tween Dick and Hedy Lflmarr in the senior xote for ffmvorite actress Scholftrly 1dv1nt1geous to both himself and his friends his wit h ning enlivened mmy 1 dull hour Wc cm see nothing but success cmd popuhrrty for Dick while in X 1le 1nd flfterxx irds Two Years in School YALE Dzrk Benny Bela Dcb1t1ngClub 40 Or1clcBo1rd 39 40 Annu 1lBo1rd I0 Soccer Squfrd 39 B1sltctb1ll Squ1d 59 40 M1sque1nd Daggcr Society I0 Com munity Chest I0 'Ir1ckSqu1d I0 Boiler Room Committee 39 TAF I , . . 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N4 I A , but a grind in no possible sense of the word, he has made his two years at Taft , ' W ' ' V ' s A 7 L L 'L . . rr ' f' rr 'v , A 4 , C L V , , ' ' ' . , -' 'f . - 3 A W L 4 F 3 - 1940 JOHN ALDEN ZINKE 207 Fifth Street Geneva Ill Here is one who missed his era vsho should have lived with Robin Hood when being Little ohn was a negotiable asset But ohn Zinke has done very well in deed without the merry men Although inconsistent as the moon he waxed and wa,ned in phases of complete oblivion and intense terrible energy and his scho lastic record bears witness to a very earnest perseverance Athletically john has osity One year is a very short time in which to leave as individualistic an im prcssion as he We feel sure that Brown will be just as impressionable for him One Year in School BROWN olw Zmle Alpha Debating Club 40 Glee Club 40 AFT l spread his remarkable speed and facility over three seasons with no little gener- ff! A V!!! ff ' Ex Members of Class of 1940 Kym Blmelurel Eelwarel Blagler Robert Broelre Robert Bus Rlssells Brown FII omts I C ltlxe lrt Georee I rmexs C onley I Br15,5sD1lLell I.eIw1rel johnson Druo C Lorme, I lrrtntl Eugene lorker Wrllirel CIFXIH I elwtrel Clxens Cooelspeeel olm Gmhxm ll ohn Welton M ICILIIIB lfelw lrel Me M lhon I loyel M tson jolm Perry Russell Petterlelll Leontrel Rxphlel ohn Welsey Rluber I lrle Hermm Rotlney I-Itrlm Sexton Robert Seox rll Aekley bhoxe r Robert Stoekton Stkes I e w lre bmxtlm ll Ieuenworth Sperry erome Stevens Donllel bweeney Wllllllll C rlswol I I umbrl lee Wllllllll Wtltller r C lurles Woote rs ll Wrlson Xerger r Robert Youngs r Arelsley Pirk Irxlneton New York 9 ll Plrk A enue New York New Xork Wtterttmxxn C onneetneut 11 llske Street Wtterbtxry Cormeetleut S67 Wfest C hureh Street Corry Penmylx lllll I lurel Belell Mlllortl Cormeetleut XV1tertown C onneetneut 'wil C lrroll btreet Iirooklxn New X ork Wlslmxneton D C u B15 Ax enue Ilrehmont New X ork W1 Ptrk Avenue New Xork Cnty New Xork I'IlgllllIXLl Axenue Wttertoxxxu Coxmeetleut I urtlel I Cormeetneut Htmpton H1 lmlmels Mune Se trstl 1le New X ork w lngleslele Rolel Montelur New erwey xterbury Hosplttl WllCIbLlf, COI'lDLLllCLll l lielleelur Pllee Montelul New erxey lit l lst tiwtlm Street New X ork New Xork u llbrltltee Rolel New IITIIIIII Conneetneut Roellexter New X ork New Roeltelle New Xork Wtte rtown C ODIXCCIICLII S l lst 7 nel btreet New Xork New Xork Nortll Street Vlfltertown Conneetleut liulfllo New Xorl H Bunk btreet St Allvms Vermont 1 Iiuekmelum Street WllLfbllfy Conneetntut Hlllslele Roul C reenwlelm Conneetleut I I5 lieeeltmont Drxxe New Roellelle New X ork luekllloe Nlew X ork ll Mountun Roltl rltllllly New ersey Albee Court l lrellmont New X ork 7 l llluow l1r1e Mount Am Pennsylx tml Rlxerslele lme IIFICIIL New ersey IITXLS Crlbbel HIITTIICOU Rolte TAF f Q -1 X- , K ,, v' , , v . v ' ' 1 I . r .V , , v 7 - Y V K v. , 4 v 7 K , ,Q A ,. . ee IKM. ..w L. ,N I .bb ik':1L' ' x,' Y ' 11, 1 vi 1 k'v vt Y 1 if 1. .4 'L .Jr. .4 A 'Q ' , , J -' 7 ft ' 1 , . v R .-'- I I ' f 'I ' 1 R . . 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Qliiils s l l a ,I 11.11 u ll 1 s 1-rl!! 1-g g 1-lk -H Wifi- AQ7f'7? l I' llllllll ninja :ist I s DDLE CLASS M THE -ez we V 'wq'-,,'g- n-.My rf' -. 1 5 ,S 'f 'fall' w A L ' ..1 O' E l 'T ' rp' V P. ,' 'Q v I 'pf V: 2 -1 :-- 1,4 A '- 'Q E1 -2: K' 1-, , D ND u - . 2 1 Q 'ff 9-2 15 - lj: z A ' , I f ' 1 ' 7-Z'- f ..- I , K a i in-I M co V -3 i -I 'l'I I l94U Lower M1cldle Comm1ttee Clvanmmz Charles P Iuckey Henry Connors amcs Seaxerns Horace D Taft John Gabrrel Edward T Shean Olner WIIIIHCY Rlchard Ashworth ohn M Becker Eldrldge Bll'ITllHgI121ITl Audley Brntton Alfred P Burroughs Everltt Clark Henry Connors Roger Day ohn Durfec Stockett Izdmonds ames H Emlson AFT Henry W Taft II The Lower M1cldle Class 186 Woodmd Avcnuc Watertown Connectxcut York York York D Box 577 Chappaqua New Plne Island Rye New 76 Wfxllmm btreet New York New Terrenos dcl Country Club Mcxlco -429 Roehampton Road San Mateo Calxforma 440 East Walntlt Road Lake Iorest IIIIIIOIS Port au Prmce Ham 17 Inst Axcnuc Waterbury Connecncut 1050 Ixfth Axenuc Ncw York Nrw York P O Box 35 Scarborough New York , 1 1 I . . , , jr. . 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'Iieyg Jr. 4 ' ' I4 5 I , ,I 4 4 4, ' ' ' 1 A I ' . jr. 4 ' 'Q -, 4 , 4 .'.' 4 ' 3 J 4 50 4 . 5, ' , 4 S4 , ' 'I ' ' I ' ' Lf 'I ' 4 , 4 A , I ' I' I I. ' I 4 4 ' I , 4 ' ' , I I' ' I Lf , Jr. ' 4 , S , ' J 4 A I4 I, ' A I I , 4 , , I' Horatio Newhull, jr. 37 Pleasant Street, I1'r41mingh41m Center, INIJSSIICIILISCIIS ' ' I 19-I B ' A, I 3 I ', f 34 , ' ' .- S ' - I ' 4 , f , I' Lf A Il ' Il' I A ' , 1 ' I , S I I I . . 1 ,je 3 1 1 -, 4 -, 1 4- 'P JL .I '. ' ' I , I I ' 4 , .4 ' ' I , I 1241 '. 4 .Il '41 1 ' 4 , I ,'.' A, 1 I4 , ' ' ' C ' . I4 I , I '4 , Y .' 4 , ' ' ' C. .I4I 4 4, A4 I, II 'I 4I, I D.1'Itl Ilylor 4 ' '- A, - ' ' ', e ' ' . . 'A 'L 'IiI'l 1 - A I '4 ', I 4 12If.' ' 5 -, - 'J ' ' ' . J . . , . . , 4 I Y, 3' Q 4 Ig L . . ,w y A. '. SPORTS fhb TAF TAA Pvefzdent Peter E Guernsey Senelmy Edwm P Boggs TAF Vire-Prefidmf -------- Foster Lincoln Johnson AFT CAPTAIN TAX LOR 1940 l94U C a plain Manage: C oath ef Taylor J Blgler Blelock Boggs Curtlss A Gardner Guernsey Jacobs F Caesar Duls Football LETTERMEN Tarkle En End Bark E mf Bark Bark Bark Manny Mxdgley Rncketson Roche Steele Turnure White WllllS james Taylor oseph Dumesml Mr Fusonxe Mr Adams Center Bark C enfei G ua: d Tank! e Tackle Caard Bark SQUAD Fownes Thayer Stock TAF . l Q 4 - H WX . -----.---- J ' Blanchard ---- Guard Pierce ---- Bark . , , Football REVIEW At the beglnnlng of the season the prospects for 1 good team seemed bright There were seven or eight returning lettermen and some gooel prospects from the second squad In the opening game against Prerson Colleoe of Yale Taft won 14 to 0 Then eame the Loomls game and although the offensne yardage was greatly IH our faxor the usrtors left vnth a mn of 60 In that game our players were lethargnc and the choice of plays poor On the folloxxmg Saturday vve traveled to Ialeevllle to be defeated 7 to 0 To lose that game was 1 erlme because our team shovned gre It OH-LRSIXC power 1nd outshlned the opponents 500 thns as you lenovs h 15 caused many md rn my oprnron the only one their 200 pound ends The score we had tvxo good ehmees to score The redeeming feature of the yll'LlS to 100 Hovsexer we had fumbleltls and 1 good team to lose Then eame the Deerneld game xxe desersed to lose because vse were outplayed by xx IS 7 to 0 from a safety Txen though outplayed md fuled to malee use of elther opportunity season was the nevt game Kent was the opponent and thus term vx 18 undefeated and unscored upon In thus encounter played before all the f1thers It vvns I lthers Day at the school the Tift team played one of the greatest gunes Ixe exer seen pllyed rn preplrltory school eompetrtron The hml seore of 77 to 20 rn favor of our team harelly descrlbes the thrlller rt wrs The hnal game vsas against Berleshlre and was a uctory at 76 to 7 In this game the team continued lts hugh standard of play bf ORE5 a t Prcrson College Taft Loomls T1 t Hotchluss Ta t Deerfield T a t Kent 'I a t Berleshure AFT 7' 'rl . 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' ' ' 2 - . 1 1 Tff - - lvl 7' ' ' ' - - - - 0 .' - - 0 '- ------ 6 af - - 0 ------ 7 ff - - 0 ------ 2 'f- - - 26 ------- 20 'ff - - 27 I 'Q ' ------ 6 1940 Football REVIEW Second Team Again the Junnor Varslty had an excellent season wlnmng four tylng one and losing to the unlor Republlc The same system of having the team practise as part of the varsity squad was followed and the results were excellent The season opened agannst the Hrllhouse Hlgh School J V s and we downed them handrly The second game was vuth Kent and a strong second half enabled us to wipe out a 6 0 dehclt and go on to wm 13 6 We continued IU the wmmng column by defeating Loomis despite some sloppy football The junior Republic had us 9 O at the half but ln the second half the team outplayed their opponents but falled to score Whnle we beat Choate 11 0 the score does not tell the entire story We blocked slx of their klcks durrng the game and two of them went out of the end zonc for safetles Three days later the reserves on the squad held Bcrltshlre to a 7 7 tre All the members of the squad saw servlce IH ewery game Some of the group saw SCFVICC rn some varsity games One of the pleasant memorxes of this season was that of Russell Baltz trottrng out and krckmg the pomt to make the score ln the Kent game on Fathers Day 14 14 It would be lmpossnble to mentnon ansy one player or group of players who excelled We were a team 1n every sense of the word At the end of the season the Coaches Cup au arded to a Senror member of the umor Varslty for best exemplxfylng the rdeals of football at Taft was glven to George Bradley TAF 7 1 7 . . . , v ' r' 1 ' a 1 , T , . , . ' ' v , . , , . . . Am 4 . 1 -Q 1 vw - 7 - 1 J , 1940 AFT CAPTAIN GUERNSEY l94U C 4 plum Manager C oarl 61 Altreuter Bassett Be Bowles Brewer Curtlss Guernsey Hunter Knrght Leveloh Mxdgley Nlckenxg Plerce Renvx 1Cl-. Smxth Taylor Tuttle Baker Damtoft Davenport W Hart Track Peter Guernsey Wllllam Fellows Mr Douglas Mr Adams TEAM Hugh Hurdles Low Hurdles 440 Yard Dash Hlgh jump Hammer Hugh jump 880 Yard Run Shot Put Dxscus 100 Yard Dash Relay avelm High ump Broad ump Pole Vault 100 Yard Dash Relay Pole Vault 440 Yard Dash Mlle Run DISCUS 100 Yard Dash Relay avehn Low Hurdles Hxgh Hurdles Pole Vault Hrgh Hurdles Low Hurdles Hammer 100 Yard Dash Relay SQUAD Hastmgs Mead Rxcketson Kaynor Mldgley Rockwell Lezotte Painter W Snyder Thayer TAF J --------- . , . ' 11 . j . B I f f 1 Q 1 1 I Q - , , I ' , ' J , J , Keating ------------ , Track REVIEW The trlels outloole lt thus time IS not esleeltlly bfllljllf 'lhe te1m lost nts opemnlg, meet lgimst Cheshire 61 KV md less th1n 1 weels l1ter NK 1s lJL1lLl1 by 1 strong lJlNNlll1K2,, squid 83 H We stlll l1 ne the 'lfllI1gUllI' Meet 111th Cholte 1nd Hotehlelss before us Unfort1m1tely the flrst seheduled me t of the season 11 1th the XVCSlLy1D lreshmen 11 ls e meelled bee111se the VKCltl1Lf LOIMllflOD5 m1de lt Xlflklllly lITlP05SllDlE to hold It The poorest Aprll xxelther m 5e1rs l11s held b1el1 the dexelopment of the tum serlously but l hellewe the te 1111 v11ll nmproxe md st 1I1llS 1 good ehmee of wmnmg ll le1st txxo meets n 11t1m Jeter Guemsy the lC.lI'lI l11s 1 C111 e IDL IHSWITIH e11er ete both of these mules before the se1son IS ox er X'3Ue l1el outstmdmg st1rs IH oth r exents hut xxlll mnss 1111111 of our senior members next ,CIF meludmg bllilfll Altreuter Renxxlele Bleloele l15lor Curtnss Roche Boxxles lDLllvlQlxCl1l3 SCORFS C llLSl1lI'k s P111 Img 1o1te I oomls Berkshire -I ' Hotehlelss 1 AFT -AW l Chia' l ' '. gig '4l.l1l'g llflmglnle. holds the school record both in pole 1'.111lt and broad jump and may improve either or 'rm , . 6: 1 A A -,---- r-1 'mx , - els . W' ...--, ss 'lun . . aa eil 1 - so A - ,is A ' ll M T Tm . - my A H ---'- fs 3 , Taft - - 7513 1 -.,-- 51113 ' ' I 1940 Track RCVICW Second Team The Second Track Teftm stwrted the season by losing a close meet to Hotchklss 44 42 The squad has several mcets thus year 1nd It I5 hoped that the underclassmen on the team wlll be aHorded the much needed experxcnce to develop them mto future varslty stars Practlcally every member of the group wlll be gxven a chance to compete IH some event durlng the season We should have close meets wlth Hopkins and Loomns when they come to Watertown The mterest has been h1gh and the competn tlon for posltlons has been keen Several dlscoverxes have already been uncovered TAF 4 4 c 1 ' 1 K N . . ,4 ' . .. ,. . . ,, . . v AFT CAPTAIN JOHNSON 1940 I lf-140 Caplam Manage: C oath ef Ryon Pegler johnson Kelley Hedges Thomas Boggs Stock Baseball TEAM SQUAD Belfit Vermllye Grout Wlser Lmcoln johnson James Parsons usome Mr Morse Pztclaer Catrher Second Bafe Shortflop Third Bafe Left Field Center Fzeld Rzgbt Field Engh TAF - - - - - - - - - Mr. F ' , . Willis ------------ Firft Bae Baseball RCVICW The final outcome of the baseball season wrll depend on the brand of prtchmg nn the future games In the early games agamst Gunnery and Loomis the dcfcnsrve play was not bid but unfortunately the hlttrng was weak especially rn the Ioomrs garm Then the team finllly started to hrt Ind to play 'llfflgllf baseball In the span of a week Hotehluss w as defeated 10 to 3 and a strong Kent team 1 to The remarnrnf, frvt ymes hawe yet to be played but the outlook for a good season rs brighter than at any tame durrntgj the last three years Ryon and Ingh as pntchers con Captaxn ohnson as a fine ball player and hrs standard of play should be IUSPIIIHYL to all has teammates SC ORI S Ta t Tat Ta t Tat Tat Tat Tat Taft 'I aft T1 t Ta t Tat AFT Gunnery Loomxs Saybrook Umx ersrty School Hotchknss Kent Choate Westmnnste r Hopluns Pomf ret Canterbury Berleshxrc l 9 4 U 2 ' ' 'Y 1 I ' - . 1 z ' . 2 '1 QW .5 1. It . . f 1 .'-1 yi 12 . K - 1 it f , , ' ' , . ,Z K , , , V 5.15 WJ '- 'v . . tinue to show improvement and the batting is much better. , f , - 1 - . f - - 0 1 - - - f - - 9 ' - - T f - - 0 ' ' ' .f - - 10 4' - - f . - .4 - - . f - - 3 A - - - 'L - - l i - - af - - 2 - - - f - - 12 . - - - f - - 1 2 ' - - - 1940 Baseball RCVICW Second Team Smce the purpose of the second team rs to tram young players an the fundamentals of the game and to have them learn through expernence the rmportance of percentage won and lost IS subordinated to these alms Nevertheless such tralnnng has proved worth whnle more often than not rn the past Inasmuch as the 1940 season ns but slxty per cent complete as this revlew rs being wrltten lt rs drflicult to present an accurate prcture of the second team s future Of the sux games played so far Eve have been on the wrong slde of the ledger for Taft wrth but a vrctory over Hotchkrss to brrghten an otherwlse gloomy record Losses to unror Republlc Kent Loomis Romford and Hope Farm were the results of temporary lapses afield and the mablllty to hut w1th runners on base However w1th four games yet to be played there rs the arrthmetlcal chance of closmg the season wrth a 500 average a POSSlblllfy which mrght easrly b come a reality as the players have shown gradual but deflnlte rmprovement If the near future holds victory nn store for the Taft Seconds then rndeed can the 1940 season be considered a success as lt 15 from the strong flmsh which one derrves the greatest satrsfactlon The Taft Seconds conslsted of the followrng players I-I Roberts J Cassrdy J Danforth D Whltney T Mallon O McKee J Varley H Buncke L Lrpscomb Pitcher Pitcher Pncher Pitcher Calche: C alchef F11 rt Barre Fzrrt Bare Second Baie J Coxhead P Cassldy N Currre D Sheldon J Cassrdy R Coons D Vought R Bacon Second BaJe Third Bare Third Bare Shox mop Shortftop Outfielder Outfelder Out Helder TA F vaH1w--a-M 1940 C1 Dram Manage: 5 C oarlvef Guernsey fCapt J Hedges Hclmbach ohnson L Kelley Manny Plerce Pegler Renwick Taylor Bellit Bubbms Cassldy J AFT Hockey LETTERMEN SQUAD Cassidy P Llde Nlchols Peter Guernsey Edvun Boggs Dax 1d Steele Mr Fusonne Mr Tlers Cenlef Wzfzg mg 1 C0411 De eme Wfuzg De eme Wzng De erzfe Stone Wnser WLISC C L L r,s,,..f i L , E r Ashg 'N B , A Conklin - . - Center J- i f i Q Q i i Q Q i f i W,- J . , . ------,,--- Wfng , --ee-+-ee'-e f, , e--e--ee---e f, , J. ------4----, f Mayor vrctorles were guned oxer Hockey RCVIBVV Thls years hockey team was one of the best that has ever represented seven vrctorles and one schedule and one defeat agannst the Yale Cougars the school There were defeat In the regular rn an exhlbltlon game The only loss was ln a game agarnst the strong Yale Freshman team It was a great game and was nip and tuck to the very end In the last period the Taft team com pletely outplayed the vlsltors but great goal tend mg by a former St Paul s School player prevented what looked like sure goals The final score was Ztol Pawlmg U31 South Kent 160 Kent 3 Oj and Choate Q3 lj Thus last vxctory was especially desired becau e Choate was the only preparatory school to defeat Taft rn 1939 Captain Guernsey was a great leader and player who ever guxded us to victory Ta t T1 t Ta t Taft Ta t Ta t Ta t Taft SCORES South Kent Westminster Kent Cheshrre Gunnery Choate N ale Cougars Yale 3 TAF 6. . .I H. f . A 7' 1 J, C - v Taft ------ 4 Pawling ----- 3 .f .....- 6 ....- 1 af ------ 8 ' ' . ---- 1 f ---'-- 3 ---- - - - 0 . ------ 1 . ' ----- 0 f ------ 3 - ----- 1 f --4-4- 3 . ----- 1 f -..... 1 '. Y. , --.- 2 - - - - - - 1 A '4, - - - - - 2 1940 C :plain H Illdgcl C 01117 NOMX Orthy Altreuter Bouton Baltz C urrlc bhcldon Wlultc AFT Basketball Ohn Nosvx Orthy Ccorgc Chase I l'ITERMl N C lpt SQUAD Bates Blgler Nxckenllg R5 on Mr Iogm Fewer Cuilu 0111 and r 1 Il I G11 nd GIILZILJ A - 6 - - fl ' ......., , , , J - , 1 1 K' ' '--' 1 Y . 1 . ,Q A K, ----'-- -'--. I 4 vi - ' ' ' f if --'-- - - - 1:UI'll'J71fv - ' - - - - - - - - . . 'Q 1 - f ..... ..A-, , , - 1: . . . i I '- ----' - - - IUV1 1 1 ' ---. ..,,,A-- ' 1 . . . 7 . Y Y Basketball RQVICW Wnth five returnmg lettermen as a nucleus re enforced by some players of second team expert ence and a few promlsmg new boys the squad had every reason to look forward to achlevnng the goal Its predecessors had fallen short of the Trl State League Championship This was to be the bug year and as events proved rt was yust that A glance at the years record w1ll bear out this statement Taft suffered only one loss 1n the schedule of games and that by only two polnts to a team later beaten by twelve an accomplrshment which brought the much coveted league trophy to Taft for the first tlme srnce her entry nnto the League It rs doubtful that any prevrous Taft basketball team ever came closer to enjoylng a perfect record Space does not permlt any lengthy eulogles of the players Suffice rt to say that each man contrlbuted hrs full measure to the success of the team Captam John Nos worthy s leadershlp and agressnve play offensxvely and defenslvely Chxck Altreuter s under the basket and scormg tactics ohnny Sheldons all around floor play and ball handlmg ohn Whltes steadyxng mfluence and abllnty to score at most opportune moments Russ Baltz s speed and aggressrveness Bud Bouton s dependabnllty and talent for remamrng unrufiled when the goxng got tough and last but by no means least Captam elect Nell Currnes set shots and abrllty to score under pressure when pornts were most needed These are the lettermen of 1940 the men who proved themselves worthy representatlves of Taft and to whom the coaches are mdebted for a thrrllmg and topnotch basketball season SCORES Taft Canterbury Ta t Gunnery Ta t Loomrs Ta t Pawllng Ta t Kent Ta t Berkshlre Ta t Choate Ta t Ixent Ta t Berkshire Ta t Hopkms Grammar Ta t Gunnery Ta t Pawlrng TAF - - - . ' ' 4 J ' . - - 56 - 34 f - - 40 - 31 f - - 43 ' - 34 f - - 24 ' - 26 f - - 30 - - 20 f - - 47 ' - 16 f - - 42 - 25 f - - 32 ' - - 26 f - - 34 ' - 17 f - - 35 ' 21 f - - 26 - 15 f - - 38 ' - 26 e l94ll f 315: sk, . Q v , - - Wrestllng Caplalri 1lll!1HdgCI C oafb LETTERMEN Bova les QCaptj Moore J Caesar Bc Mason Roche l ellovn s Dax enport Sproul SQUAD Ely W Blanchard Dax IS Taylor R AFT I rancls Bowles Harrv Walker Mr Petherbrldge 121lb 128lb 136 lb 155 lb 155 lb 165 lb 175 lb Unlxmlted Unlxmltecl Sturges Heaven Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Willis - - '--- ------ 1 45 lb. Class all ------------ . , J- , - Wrestl1ng REVIEW The Wrestllng Team von three and tled one of nts slx matches The season started wlth erclt promlse when the grlpplers from New I-Iucn Hrgh and Loomis were defeated on successive Sat urdays by 1 38 O score A dead lock vxnth 1 strong, Kent team was followed by defeats at the h lnds of Choate and the Yale Freshmen Both of these contests were very close with Taft leldrng until Iv the nnal bout The last m1tch of the season pro duced a decrslve vlctory over the Wesleyan I resh men A scheduled meetmg wlth Hotchlerss was postponed several tlmes and finally cancelled Charlle Wxllrs Blll Mason and Captaln elect IITI Moore were undefeated nn regu lar compet1t1on and Captain Frank Bowles lost only one match his first defeat ln three seasons of wrestling for Taft Other lettermen were George Caesar Herb Bell Dave Roche Bnll Fellows Al Sproul and Tom Davenport Wolcott Ely parncrpated rn several matches and was awarded numerals Seven of the ten who earned letters wall be lost through graduatlon A summary of the record for the setson tolloxxs Tat Tat Tit Tat Tat Tat f 2 SCORES New Haxen Loomns Kent Cholte Yale 43 Wesleyan Hlgh 2 TAF l 940 T I ' 1 '. z. . ' Y 'Q Mr K A , . ix, , C 7 5 L . , 4' Y .f v - 38 ' ' 0 Af - - sa ' - - 0 The zf - - 12 - .12 A .f - - 1-IV . 2 - -15V , ff A - 14 - -16 75g .f - - 21 '43 - 13 fl , I Loma 1940 C a ptam Manager C oath Heyman Pollak Marshall l' ltzcll Doggett Blommcrs Plstell J C Baker Lovell AFT Fencmg LETTERMEN john Plstell Henry Pollalc Mr Bush 0 0 0 e ee e ee e ee Jabra mbfe .rabre . . - . - - - - - - - - f il Lipscomb ----------- foil ,. ----------.- P - - - - - - - - - - - - P - - - - - - - - - - - - P ' , . Q .J ---------- - Fenclng Rev1eW Though it can not be said that this year s fenc ing team had a good season its members were able to overcome a bad start and show consider able improvement towards the end of the selson If the scores do not seem to bear this out it is because Taft s toughest opponents also came dur mg the late se lson the strongest of which were the undefeated Commercial Hugh State Champ ions The first blow to Tafts outlook came when Dave Heyman last year s unbeaten Folls Champion fuled to return from his Christmas Vacation because of an epidemic in his home tovsn During the four weeks of his absence respectfully in the foils With Heyman back this lllXl5l0l'l of the team finished up better than ever Captain ack Pistell led the salveurs as well as the team and with Spencer Baker and Bob Lovell in that order gave and took many a red welt as evidence of their en counters Captain Pistell though failing to come up to his third place league ranking of last year maintained a good record in harder competition In the epee division veterans john Fitzell and Syd Doggett were reinforced by the addition of Bart Blommers to the team These three rounded out a xarsity which while not spectacular in its accompllshments leaves behind it four lettermen including captain elect Heyman to try for the State Championship so narrowly missed tvso years 3.0 Taft Taft Ta t Ta t Ta t Taft SCORES Loomis Cheshire Choate Yale 42 Commercial High Hopkins Grammar TAF , 3 A I , v S A.g .ky ' I - 1 ii A ' Henry Pollak, Lucky Louis Lipscomb, and Tom Marshall held the 1, 2, 3 positions g . - - 7 ' - - 10 - - 11 ' - - 6 f - - 7 - - 10 f - - 12 ' - - 15 f - - 4 ' ' - 13 - - 10 f' - 7 1940 Captain Mazinger Coaflv Hedges Altreuter F-iker Brevscr W Clnsc DAVIS R Hudson ohmon L Kmtmg McGraw Nosworthy Renw1clx Rockwell Sexton Kelley AFT Soccer LETTERMEN SQUAD Ames Hedves Mnrrltt Barker Mr Shons Cenfef Foruaxd Cenlef Hal back Right Illflde Le t Imzde Rzglft Izzfzde Right Halflmfk Le f Inllbaak Left Halfbarli Rlglvl Illlfbdfk Rzglal Ontfzde Goa Lefl Oulfzde Rzglvt Fllllbdff Goal Le I Infzde Bond Nlchols Conmd T1 t L 1 I - ' ' ' ' A o L --------- - i f . AJ v ' '--b--.- 't f . .i ', G. ------'----4 , Eide L ' i j 1 i L i ....- Rffqkf Halfbm .Q ...---,--,- f 1 Q J a ' '--'-- ' 2 I ' ' 1 f L L L 1 L f f L I . . 1 , ,,--,--,,,,, f ' Soccer RCVICW The record of the 1939 Soccer team ns one of the three or four hlghest marks that have b en set by Taft teams rn thc fourteen years of our soccer hrstory In fact lt may farrly be called the very best outcome to date for the undefeated team of 1929 played through a shorter less exact mg schedule wxth one tre game The traditional opener with Litchfield Hrgh was too easy so much so that the usual return game wlth them at Litchfield was turned over to the second team and the Wesleyan junxor Varsrty secured to grve thc school team the needed chastenlng of a defeat before the Loomis game This plan mlscarrred rather humorously for the Collegrans went down flVC goals to two and Taft started worrymg about gettmg over confident Possibly thrs worrymg served the purpose Loomrs one of our Brg Three soccer opponents fell before the Red and Blue booters rn an ex crtmg 3 to 2 encounter on October 18th after whrch Taft admrnlstered crushmg defeats to Hotchknss Berkshire and Cheshrre rn qurck successron The Choate game at Wallnng ford then provcd the plnnacle of the season Taft scored three goals to therr oldest soccer rnals one but rt was a drng dong battle from start to fmlsh rn doubt untxl the struggle whether there was too much undefeated nervousness or whether the Ehs were lust that one goal too good for us I cannot say maybe nt was a but of all thre but at any rate the last contest on November 11th was a dlsappomtment not too bitter a dlsappolntmcnt I hope for lt could not subtract one Iota from the gratrfymg record already established a record as I have sand that makes real socccr hrstory at Taft the hrgh water mark thus far SCORES Ta t Lrtchheld Hrgh Ta t Loomns Ta t Trlnrty 43 Ta t Hotchkiss Ta t Berkshire Ta t Cheshire Ta t Choate Ta t Yale 43 TAF l 9 4 U . 7 . last five minutes., Whether the game with Yale '43 came too soon on the heels of this Y , - e- f - - 9 ' ' - 2 f - - 3 ' - - 2 f - - 2 ' ' , ' - O f - - 7 '. - 1 f - - 6 ' - - 0 f - - 5 ' - - 0 f - - 5 - - 1 f - - 1 , ' - - 2 l94U Golf C afztam ames Kleemrm Manage: Lloyd Taft Coach A F T amcs Klcemfm Iloyd Tift Cuy B1tcs Albert W1ycott Robert Maxfield Daud Haynes Hugh Quln Rrclmrd Middleton SECOND TEAM Drzn Wird Scth Tift 'itrm Bubbms W1lter Rusmger Russell Hart Chevcs Smythc Spyros Slxouras Frederick Smre Mr Stearns J ' -----'-,-, J . . FIRST TEAM 1 -. A . . . Golf RCVICW Because of the Annuals early press date ns rmposslble to glve an adequate revlew of the season Prolonged eold weather forced the post ponement of several matehes and made the start of the season dlthcult smce the Watertown greens could not be used untll the day before our match mth Lawreneevllle ln vnexx of thus flet the team dxd well to hold the mateh to a close seore whxeh was not settled untxl the 18th hole XV1th only two lettermen available there was a lrvely hght for posntnons on the team and several promnsmg new players made posltrons on the squad Captam Kleeman played outstandmg golf and also showed unusually fine Lll121lltlCS of leadershxp W shall long remember has favorite expresslon Come on we can beat them nf everyone wall really try hard That expression so typleal of nm might well be consrdered the teams motto Although we have had teams of more skillful golfers none has ever equalled this one rn sp1r1t and determmatnon Lloyd Taft Guy Bates Al Wayeott and Dan Ward made up the bulk of the team and a llvely competntron for srxth place was waged by beth Taft Stan Bubblns Walt Relsmger and Bob Maxfield The second team contained several voung players of promxse on vshom we can count nn comrng seasons SCORES Ta t Lawrencevrlle Taft Loomls 'laft Berkeley College Ta t Choate T B' T1 t Yale Freshmen Taft Cheshire Ta t 2 Wesleyan 2 Taft 2 Hotchklss 2 T A F elk vu . 4 if c U ' 'H It ' ' l' c 1 V 4 e .ll ' ' . .' . 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' o I f W - - - . ry sy - - - ' sy ' 1940 Captam C0411 h McGraw Buttenhum A ohnson AFT Tenms FIRST TEAM Caulkxm Baltz Reade 'I Robmson Blenfalt Caesar Dan McGraw Mr Tlers Afamzger ---------'- John Nosworthy SUMMARY OF TENNIS MEETS Tennls RCVICW Early rn the spring term thc prospects for the 1940 tcnnxs team seemed to be farrly brrght We had lost two excellent players from the prevrous year s team but had four lettermen returning and some new talent was revealed rn the fall tenms tournament In our optrmrsm we reckoned wrth out the element whrch has subsequently proved to be our most rmplacable foe namely the weather Our practrce has been held up to such an extent that even at the present trme the makeup of the team ns not fully determmed Captam McGraw and Edgar Buttenheum have been most relrable players rn the numbers one and two posltrons and George Caesar and Al ohnson who had a shaky start have retamed therr pos1t1ons held last year Other posltlons have been more than adequately filled by jam Robrnson Russ Bftltz Charlre Brenfart and Bob Reade These latter have varrously played srngles and doubles rn most of the matches thus far therr relatrve abrlrtres rn slngles not yet being deflmtely ascertained Add one other name to complete the full roster of the team nmmely a lower mrddler ack Caulkrns who brds fair to be one of the best doubles players on the squad For our flrst match we journeyed to Loomrs wrth only a smgle day s practlce behrnd us Our opponents had fared but lnttle better and we were successful by the comfortable margrn of 7 2 a very credrble performance In the Wesleyan Freshman match we had won three smgles matches and three remarned rn doubt when ram rendered further play rmpossxble The Yale Freshmen match after one postponement was played rn a very hrgh wrnd and we were defeated under these condrtrons trymg for both teams by 6M to 212 Buttenhenm and Caesar were our part wrnners and Caesar and McGraw were leadrng rn a doubles match wh1ch had to be called Cheshrre drd not prove to be very strong and we won handrly Thrs match however drd mark the first appearance of Caulklns on the first team and teammg wrth Buttenhelm he showed up well rn the number one doubles match At Pawlrng we won a 7 2 match but the score does not rndrcate the actual closeness of the encounter We lost two srngles matches several others gorng to the full lrmrt but rallred to wm all the doubles Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat Tat SECOND 12 12 Loomrs Wesleyan Yale 43 Cheshrre Pawlmg Kent Hopkms Westmrnster Hotchk1ss TEAM MEETS Loomrs Cflt Gunnery Berkshrre 2 2 TAF f - 7 ' - - - 2 f - 3 '43 - 0 f - 25 ' - - 6M f - 6 ' - - 0 f - 7 ' - - 2 f - 4 ---- 5 f - 7 1 ' - - - 0 f - S ' - 1 f - 1 ' - - 6 f - 8 ' - - - 1 f - Zf K --.- ey f - 5 - - - 2 f - Sf ' - - 3V In mfen! Cfllllm Brush Rrehlrd l',1I'lSl1 THE GUN CLUB Wlllllnu Gilbert B 1rr1 lby Conrxd H lrry Wllker Rreh 1rd Du ns Hugh Quin lmes Kleemm Alden Punter john Vogt Rrehard Wooel Frre V lnderpoel Cheses Smythe ohn Blommem Peter Roberts Harry Bunclee Charles Mead Franl-e Rxcleetbon Stephen Rey nolds Elrle Hartley lrmle acobe CHEER LEADERS He :J Theodore Conlelrn Robert Sweet lmes Hedges Herman N1eh0ls ohn Renmele Roy Cheney AFT I 'lf' ------- A ---- L g , 4 r ' D JL ' L 1' ' L. 1 Damel WlllttClSCy' john Nrcholson Fuhrman Nettles Wrllrrlm Nealley N4 TAF N ,I ff ' A, K 1 f , - .' V i 1 ' J I ,A S.. L fi -1 J 1940 P1 811116711 P: endent Vzre P1 efzdenf Sen efaf y P: effdent Vzre P1 efldefzt Sen elm y Pfefzderzl Vzre P1 erzdefzt Sen era: y AFT The Inter Club COUHCII ALPHA CLUB BETA CLUB GAMMA CLUB Charles P WllllS Peter Guernsey Lmcoln ohnson Edmund Kellcy Charles Willis Ifdvlm Boggs Waldo Van Mldgley ames Hedges ohn Renvuck David Steele . - I . I l , - . - i - - - . J . 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Hollander C Ivan man Vu e C lun man Afflftafzl Bzuznerf A 1 I Ed 1101 Manage: I rancxs Bowles Marshall Clark Robert Donaldson Richard Young AFT The Annual BOARD FACULTY ADVISOR Mr Stearns ames Kleeman Theodore Conklm Edgar Buttenhelm Barnaby Conrad Robert larrell L Preston Hollander Harry Walker Sherburne Rockwell . --------'-- 1 Bmineff Manager ----'---- Charles Willis 1940 C han 1111111 V11 e C han 1111111 C11 1 1111111011 Ed 11111 Spmtf Ldztm Sporty Elllf0l The Oracle Assocmrxa EDITORS Barnaby Conrad Henry Pollak George Chase Peter Guernsey Charles Wlllls Van Mldgley Robert Sweet Rxchard Young BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Edgar Buttenhelm Robert Donaldson FACULTY ADVISOR Mr Sull1van TAF B11.fi11e.r.r ludlldgel' --------- James Kleeman . 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I I 4 Q ' I 'L ' I -I 1 . 1 I 1 , , I SI I The P1ctor1al Claanmafz Wllllam Kaynor Vfre Cluzzmzau L Preston Hollander Make up Ldflw Robert Farrell Lulmgefflefzl ldzlw Donald Mlddleton BOARD Rnchard Wood Horatlo Newhall Davld Taylor IALULTY ADVISOR Mr Cont AFT Bfffiflerr Manager -------- Murray Pendleton The Press Club Chan man M1rsh1ll Chrk Vue Fla znmazz Theodore Conklm Seueizry john Cirner BOARD Peter Guernsey Rlrhfnrd Garretson Ramsay Wilson Stmley Brown IACULTY ADVISOR Mr Adams TAF 1940 1940 Debatmg ReV1eW 'Ihe 195919-10 telms luxe one ot the best reeorels mule by my elebltlng telm Ill the hlstory of the sehool It IS true th xt thls yelr there xx ts one elefett lnel th1t ln the plst there hixe been some unelelexteel grouy s but nex er before h 18 there been sueh 1 ltrtee seheelule of contests hlhere xxere txxo elebttes xxlth lxent txxo xxlth Deerhelel one xx1tl1 Cholte mel one xxlth Hotehlelss Also txxo elebxtes xxere lfI'1f1LLLl xx 1th Loomls 1Htl txxo xxlth Westoxer but these I1 tel to be elneelleel beeluse of lllness 'I lft lfglllflig, both lll'lI'ITlltlXC intl l'lL2.,lllXL sleles ID ex ery eontest xx ls the xletor Ill xll meetlngs vxlth the exeeptlon of the lfllflgllllf elebltes Here the Tltt neeltlxe sperlxers elefelteel Hotehlelss 5 0 but the 'I lft xthrmltlxe lost 1 xery elose 7 1 eleelslon to Cholte the only elefelt of the yelr Thus reeorel plrillels thlt ol llst yelr vxhen only one eontest xxrs lost the debwte lt Deerhelel Gf1LlL11llOH vxlll ttlxe from 'I lft 1ll slxe spellxers on the txxo xlrslty telms Three of them lloyd Tift lxleemln mel bxx eet h lxe been In the sehool s elebltlng orginlzr tions tor three yelrs stlrtlng ID the lovxer Sehool elub Sxxeet xxho his serxetl xery ettlelently mel sueeesstully 18 the yxresnelent of the Lpyer behool ortelnlzltlon xx 18 rlso the y reslelent of the loxxer elub txxo yelrs 1350 beth Tltt M lrshlll C llrlx mel lxuhn h 1xe been on the x lrslty te rms tor one yelr IS h lxe the txxo llternltes Robert Ttylor lnel lXlL1ITllTl1 Tly lor lb the only member of the squid xxho xxlll return next yetr It IN ellrheult to seleet the OL1fSf1f1LllUg spetleer of the yetr slnee sexerll eleblters uxe for three years contributed so mueh to the sueeess of our texms md orvmnzitxon After eireful eonslderatlon the ohnston Cup vxts xxx treleel to lmes Kle m1n Vxlfll honorable mentlon gomg to Robert bxxeet AFT ' , - f. , ' . 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P1 EIICJEIII' Vlre Pr efzdefzl Sen elm y Dudley Bahlman Taylor Brgble ohn Blommers Wllllam Brewer Orton Camp Roy Cheney Russell Cla Marshall Clark Charles Cole Roger Converse Robert Coons Wlllnm Cox A n mam e james Kleeman Marshall Clark Lloyd Taft Alier nale Robert Taylor The Debatmg Club Farnsworth Elliot Robert Farrell Leonard Frelberg Merrlll Hastlngs Preston Hollrndcr Wrlllam Kaynor ames Kleeman Thomas Kuhn Thomas Marshall Van Mrdgley james Mumma Wrllmm Nealley Herman Nrchols Robert Sweet Lloyd Taft Jlmes Kleeman Charles Nlckenlg Henry Pollak Robert Sweet Lloyd Taft Seth Taft Robert Taylor Harry Walker Ramsay Wrlson Rrchard Wood Richard Young john Zlnke Negallze Thomas Kuhn Seth Taft Robert Sweet Allemate ames Mumma TAF l 94 U J . D u A . '. 1 james Smillie RP J A l L 1 A . JA . l94U 'IHL OCTET Conlslm T Hunes Brldley Manny Nnehols Bell Baker Walker H Glee Club Revxew 'lhe Glee Club s smson thus yur lneluded more eoneerts th1n ex er before They hue been gnen wth I-Iotchlnss Rosemxry H111 and St Nhrgarets before the Waterbury Qeeond Church lorum Us nth the Crmnd Duehess Marne IS spe llxtfb 1nd with the four other member schools nn the Iestn ll m Hlrtford IH April 'lvso progrlms remun to be sung eoneerts mth Ithel Wlllters behool 1nd mth the sehool orehestrl at Commeneement 'lhe stlndlrd of performmee h1s been consistently high 'md the sprrlt m rehe1rs1l md eoneert h1s rndnexted elrnestness ot ipproaeh md ple lsure IH the doxng As nn lzst ye1r s group the llrge number of good tenor and baritone YOICCS made for flne quihty nn the upper puts but our b1l1nee lgun suffered from an Inadequate number of blsses This seemed to be the only LlISlLlX lntfage Qffeetlng 1940s ranlelng wrth the best clubs of Taft musle ll hlstory To the slngers ot 1910 go our best vushes for eontnnued p1rt1e1pat1on IH the joys of p1rt Slllgllig AFT 1 ' . l ' l 4 ' L l ' x T ' ,W 4 V A . 1 ' ' - 'A 3 ' 1 ' L , . A . . - , ' The Orioeos broadcasted most successfully during Music Week, ' ' .'z Q ' 1 ' lf ' ' ' . . ' ' , ' 1, ji L ' ' , aj ' A L ' 2 - . ' 2 A2 ' ' ' ' Y. I ' 2 ,C 'L- 2 A ' V '- ks ' , K '. ' . ', r 1 ' 1 L' ' ' f ' ' . l gg ' 5 I - 'Sz 'L 4 L ' ' f ' ' ' . fl 'L If . . . sf ' f sk- f'- sk - ' . K ' -' ' ' ' 1940A Merrrtt B1rleer Tflylor Brgbre Wrllrim Blelock Edwird Brrdgmm George C1es1r George Brulley Derek Brlneleerhoff Russell Cllpp Henry Irownes lek Leelthers Herbert Bell Bry Benpmrn Roger Converse Srdney Doggett Wllbllr Dubois john Frtzell Drlvrd Huntington Spencer Baker Donald Bullock Orton Camp FIRST TENORS Theodore Conklrn Dormld Damtoft Wolcott Ely Fred loster D1ll1s Harnes hmes Hudson SECOND TENORS Duld MeN11r Roy Msrnn Dwight Palmer ohn Slrgent Llrry Scofield Robert Sweet BARITONE Charles Keller Rrch1rd Kerr Dan McGrm Donfrld Mrddleton Herman Nichols Wrll11m Prltton BASS Prentrce H1rtsburg RlCll'lI'Ll Ixnrght jfrmes Kleemwn Russell Melville ohn Nosworthy Alden Pilnter Samuel Pruyn I loyel T1ft Seth SI rft 'll1OITllS XV1ser Arthur Zerbey ohn Zlnlee Wllllfkl Peck Peter Roberts Durd SllCl-Lllllx imes Smrllre Mrchle-I Stone Robert Trlylor Limbeth W1lker lmes McDomld Seldon Thomxs Hlrry Walker TAF The Glee Club 4 . I L ' ' ' - 4 .' L C . . 9 -qi - . .g J S 4 K . K . I K. an . rf ' - 1 . ' Q Lf' ' 1' . . - ' 1 y 'z ' , J 2 ,. . , Ja' . z J ' '- A A A 2 . r g .1 . D 4 A . L. 2 ' . -' ' . ' J. ' ' , - ' 1 A . I he C C 4 D . 1 e ' ' ' . Jr . . ' ' ' ' . ,. . .. . 2 ' pl efzdent The French Club Sidney Doggett Iarlzlry Ada ue: AFT lltzell Hgg s L Taft Green B lommers Kleeman Bngble S Taft Sw eet Hollander Parsons 1940 l940 Masque and Dagger Soc1ety P1 emlezzr Elmore McKee Th1s fall thc Masque and Dagger presented a three act play Room SCFVICC for Fathers Day This was an lnterestlng mnovatlon because the Dramatlc Assoc1atxon usually presents only one three act play dur1ng the year It proved to be a highly suc cessful experlment Outstandlng among the actors were Berent Frlele Charles Nxckenlg Elmore McKee Robert Chase Barnaby Conrad Phlllp Smlth Sumner Powell Van Cartmell and Tlm Mallon The quallty of the club plays was except1onally flne thus year The Gamma play The Wedding dlrected by Mr Morse won the contest while the Beta play N Not the Russlans dnrected by Mr Sullrvan and the Alpha play Drums of Oude drrected by Mr and Mrs Hall were close seconds Mr Sulllvan s very generous and adequate IGVIGW ln the PAPYRUS of the major pro duct1on of the year You Can t Take It Wlth You would make any further comment on the play superfluous However at the rlsk of repetltlon It was one of the finest plays ever given at Taft All of the credlt rs due to 1 supcrb cast whxch lncluded Richard Young Arthur Zerbey Hugh Quln Van M1dgley ohn Mallon Phlllp Smlth Henry Fownes Elmore McKee Sumner Povxell Robert Chase John Whlte Robert Plstell Barnaby Conrad Van Cartmell Dan Ward Kennard Underwood Ted Boggs and Robert Taylor When You Cant Take It With You IS presented agann at commencement the curtam w1ll rxng down on one of the most successful dramatlc years at Taft TAF . - I 11 ' 11 ' 1 1 ' c . - . . 4 . . . - 1 1 .. . Y 1 1 4 1 1 1 , c . - 1 11 - 11 - N ' - 11 1 ' 1 1 1 01 - Q 11 - - 11 n 1 - 1 1 1 1 . , . . . - 11 1 , - 11 4 1 1 ' - 1 1 . 4 ' 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 11 1 - 1, - - ' 1 1940 The Current Events Clubs Yer vera: y 111 C hm ge Edgar Buttenhenm Wllllam Brewer P1 erzdeni I Il C ha: ge Dudley Bahlman Barnaby Conrad ohn Garner AFT Seth Taft Mr Reardon james Kleeman Henry Pollak Thomas Kuhn Robert Sweet Marshall Clark Mr Stearns Ro Cheney Joseph Dumesml Elmore McKee Robert Keatmg Lmcoln ohnson Edvs In Boggs james Hudson Van Midgley Lloyd Taft Y . J ' J f Pr exzdenl V11 e P1 emlezzt Sen elm y Rrchard Bond james B gg s Thomas Davenport Robert Donaldson Frank acobs Thomas Kuhn David MCN1lf Charles Mead Holt Sturges Platt Wrggrns Rrchard Wmd Mflrshall Clark Donald Damtoft Farnsworth Elllot Wrllram Fellows Leonard Frerberg Prentrce Hartsburg Richard Kerr Bernard Lawshe avrer Luna Wrllrmn Patton Davrd Steele James Kleeman Joseph Dumesnrl 'rmes Kleeman Russell Baltz Larry Brundred Wrllram Cox Peter Hunter Vlrllxam Kaynor John Logan James McDonald Rrchard Mrddleton Errc Vanderpoel Wrllram Blelock TAF l 9 4 U The Chemistry Club I- I - David Steele . 6 JG C 4 I J . ' . . c JK . .' . The German Club Pfefzdent Lmcoln Johnson Ten Eyck Ryon Kuhn Cheney Webster S Smnth Altreuter Vanderpoel Leveloh AFT Faculty Advixer ---------- - Mr. Fusonie adv Pferldenf Wrllram Kaynor V114 P1 erzdeul Preston Hollander Senefazy Murray Pendleton TIEIIJIHFI Robert Farrell Clement Amory Herbert Bell Bry Bcnlamrn Krm Blanchard ohn Blommers Rxchard Bond Charles Cole Robert Coons ames Cowdery Wrllram Cox jack Durfee Heman Grlford Wrlllam Grlbert Bradley Green Wrllnam Grrbbel Robert Hopewell ames Hudson George Ives Stuart acobs Robert Lee Rrchard Lezotte Ired Loehmann ames McDonald Davrd MCNa1r Thomas Marshall Robert Maxheld Charles Mead Donald Mrddleton Samuel Muller Wrllram Nealley Fuhrman Nettlcs Horatlo Newhall Herman Nrchols ames Parsons ames Pearsall Wrllard Peck Sumner Powell Hugh Quln Frank Rrcketson Harrrson Ryder Robert Snyder Wrllram Snyder Wllllam Somers Seth Taft Daud Taylor Robert Taylor Rrchard Wood TAF l 940 The Camera Club 1 Jr! - - - - - -Q D -' ' L J . J ' I J J. Q :. . V . J. . E u' lm ' ' The Dance Orchestra 1 ffl' Imrmcc C xll N1 Clllrlns Nulmnlcg, AFT I Rnh lrnl lxcrr Kim Bhmh ml lxcnnard Umlcrxxood I su I ux rencu Cnll 1111111111 I Oln er MLKGC bpcncer Baker Platt WlgglnS IX A lolm nl h Iyar C ordon rllllyil' cromc Login C nfl 11 Robnrt bnydcr I wzzzfn IIC Russell Bfiltz ,thx ----- ------ ,ll.1 ,qu ---- .-.,.. 'mm S. . ff, IYJVIINU XX!ilIi.1m Patton ' . ' 1 Q ' 2 ,, , J' A 3.1.3 -k ' ' V ll rl ' , .I 6 I ' Y A ' , - M' 1 1 2 ' ' 5 . ' 1940 The Concert Orchestra lu 1114 ff Sydnq Doggett 1 o n lltzcll lf III! 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V N lfrc 111 H111 . ,, Q xlx YA S 5 :Il A YK , f ' . 2 -4 .11 1 P1 . . Y ' 4 ' 4 z 1' ' 4 A t A . . f performance of its members is well indicated by the .xppcnrurice of nearly .Ill of them L .'.'. . L '. ' 2 L. ' L '. . ' 'Q . 'L I ' h S 21 ' I' The B1ology Club Hastings ves Melville Qumn P Hopewell Kleeman Mxdgley Vanderpoel William AFT Atwood Hudson Walker, H. Niles . I . . , 1 1940 The Combmed Dance Comm1ttees THF IALL DANCE COMMITTPE Chznm 111 Dine R C11 ll! 111 zu Blhlmln Cheney C onrlel llrrell R CIFHLY Chrse G Cheney C larle M Gardner C hase' G Cheney Clark M Gardner Guernsey ohnson L Kleemm Mldgley Nxehols Nncleeme Tl-ll WINTIR DANCI' COMMITTFI' Guernsey Kelley Kleeman Montague Steele 'II-Il: SPRING DANCE COMMVITII Kelley Kleeman Montague Steele Steele Sweet Tift L Ten Iyele Wclse l Ol Su eet Ten Lyele Welse I Wlllls Sweet Ten Eyclfe Thayer J Welse Wrllns TAF J.: I' L ------- ---- A I 1 4 J 1 1 ' , . 1 I C x 'll 72 . 5 Z Yi ' ' ' 'Y Z. Cl1!jl'N1.Ill - - - - - --.. . 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M ' - x L ' , ,XII t f ' 4 1 ' W 4- A , Lf M , Qi f 1 -:-LQ , 5 , X f K-pl N41 1. 2' V 1 KL E' wi' 1 A-f -I I 1 Xu f 1' l5 '- Vs' ' LS' lj n L Xi ,xvf 6351 ' -., fxj V 'GUM g y,qQ,vfJ' X . , E E E W' ge1Eff1 ai Eff X! 1 Spc' .1 Cl I 's. d Ancss rx Q9 :,1,, flyl' cnv..4w.1f.,. TG' 'L M' '. . . C cgc IHIW . A I J Q . 5 ' . . ,i N l ,il X 0 , T, 1 ' H. ' ' S, nz N . . I N2 . . . -7 f A- W' N. -. ' . l ,! I - O T as Q ' U Q f L , 4' y - x xA '- . , , HARRY HARD Photographer 135 West Marn Street WATLIKISUIKX CONNLLTILUT W E PIERPONT INC ILwELERs AND Q1ToMFTR1sTs u lxty I W I y Fm W teh Genum Ston Rmg, WATLH RE1A1R1NG 150 B nk Str et Wat rl ury Conn C:O771pll7T1C71lfS o Warren Webster and Co Dallas Flower Store, Inc 119 Grand Street Waterbury Conn Flowers for All Occaswns Complnnents 0 T E Conklm Brass Ei Copper Co, Inc 60 Lafayette Street New York Clty 3 7 7 T ' 7 . . , . 1 - 7 , 4 :S ' f Qu' Ae er 'e ares 'ef e 'fs W 1 I . Li fe :ew , . . . , . , ., QEW HAV5 Gentlemen s Tallovs NEW R and F 1,wmshe1's TAFT men for forty hve years have found our estabhshments at New Haven Prxnceton Carnhndge and New York the headquarters for custom made clothmg lrnported furn1sh1ngs and hats of genuxne good taste and staunch quallty NEW HAVEN NEW YORK 262 York St X41 MldlSOD Axe 1t 44th CAMBRIDGE PR1NCEToN 82 Mt Auburn St q VM 45 Palmer Sq W Let S IIJVC MOTB Comphments of Good Tlmes Together M A G R E E N 9 Q sf ewelers cmd Szlversmzths u Ll tv Sm e V399 H 4-4 117 Bank Street Waterbury HQLX' Hol11s D Segur, Inc Q6 C INSURANCE Always Dehcloub WATERBURY ooNNEoT1ouT V 'Vw 7 . QQ' 43 G 1' 2 5 0. We - Y0 1 , D 3 . 7 I 5 K I . , . . . , . I . l c, a , , . V I .' J: 0 . ejtgn I . .X H j im .I . 'x ,Q 1 i ' C Q 4 4 - ' , - ' 44, 1? -- . 1 -' 'n Tr s ll QM is X . A xc- X A 0 9. . 9 . I O I '! 9 Compliments of FRQJQY mwfwffid f ICE CREAM H6 WATIRTOXVN AVI XILJI XXATIRBURX CONN We 're proud o them SHIRTS by Van Heusen TIES by Wembly SOCKS by Holeproof UNDERWEAR by Nfunsmguear All at the WATERTQWN SHOP The M1ller E99 Peck Co Hampson MIHKIC E99 Abbott INK RI RATED Furmture f.Qual1ty 91 99 West Marn Street Waterbury Connectxcut NI X K lx WH ffwrdrfyff frunffria Z IIR1- JIYIL ILAII AND MAI il RNIKE LIICFR JTXPE Il XII CORRIKTIONS 'T YAIGICK , CN ' K ', ff wx 'E' 3 L fa g cn K jkfCHARAoTh.R 7 T K., xli- lllfl lll X ll IIU fllflf Slll lx'I Il'f llJ1l I I IR IIII'lx' I I ISSORIIS Ill SI! XIII I A IINLHLFY REPRFSLNJTATIH XISITS YOLR kollL1NlTY AT AR NTI R -XL DURIWQ THE SLHOOL HEAR WRITE FOR D-XTLS NJ J VNS D l.HlC Only Sm M1les Away lewelers Over wO Years 1n Waterbury WATEIKBURY CONNECTICUT Com ortable ALCO7H7HOLldflO7lS Good Food Ideal to contr1bute IH pleasant vmtb to Cleaners and Dygfs We SOl1C1f your patronage and hope Taft School O CLYDE IENNIXIQQ, Mgr XVATERBURY, CONN !,f.-Tqqiibl X F Jmx' ip. , ll Q X - . f ' ' -4 Y-f Jaf5r,i.l:L? 1 ' 46' ' 'V ' , I 2 To C0 , . I 2' . 4. ', ' Q 1.X'Ii lI'I.' 'Q , ', :S ' Q .'I'.I,X'lD . . llfli TII 1,X'Cl'.'l,l.1:'.Yl.'I'.', CII. . ' Q l .IND l.YIJIl'IlIl'.ll,II'l' lI'IIIC,'II .I I I'4I'f C' I' C I. O ll li S ,- .Y IJ QICC if I. ' a . .YD EX I'fC.' lf TED H l' I l.Yf,'II 1. If ll 'NNN RMB UL Il E S l K ef T X .1 Q 1 in g C- 52 l .1 Z. Q f ' u. HPVW .LENLE NEX RK -L CN BL. T LO T 7 O Compl1ments 0 Dr MARTIN Purebred Ayrshlre Cattle Fmest Found mon Stock for Sale from our Show Rmg W1nners Bxcked by I-hgh Butterflt md He my Produetlon Youll INs1 FLTION ls IWVITFD TALISMAN FARMS Brldgew lter Conneeueut z i Loren MUfCh1SOD E99 Co , Inc Amemca s Fmest School euelevs Ofhcul Jewelers for Class of 1040 CLASS RINCS CLASS PINS MEDALS .md TRCPHIES 828 Park Square Bulldlng BOSTON, MASS Represented by FRANK A FOWLER Comphments o THE RUBERCID CCMPANY MILLIS MASSACHUSETTS , f '1 f A A 1 1 ' ' 0 0 Supplyvng the Taft School wnth C?6'7fljTL'Ai'p1lSfCllTl u M1113 . Q . J , 1 0 N 1 W 5 T J MacDERMOTT COMPANY Spec1al1z1ng m MANACEMENT cmd PURCHASINL for FOOD DEPARTMENTS of COLLECES and SCHOOLS 351 Frfth Avenue New York YTLHLA CT L lLl I L! 4 J IZ'lll ll L Telephone 3 7072 The amesj Galhgan Co Inc: rpm :ted UPHOLSTERERS Ill DECORATORS 337 West IVL1111 Street Waterbury CODHECt1CUt It s Always WISC to Shop at HOWLAND HUGHES W lccrburv s Fm: dlv Dep Ln ne 1t Store B Smlrt Al out Clothes md Mon y I ' N I I . 'I M 'po J! ' C J ' I' r - g J rl G. . J L , ff,-ffm Q , ra liz. , , , T r LTL . o S H 1 ' f1lAllllfyltlA,HTz'T.1 Url , T . v J. I t Xofnl ZSM Al mul! -ff JJ u ' ' ' :Qi 'C' ' O CQUT P L!ClIlL'.5 Alllttl Ivll.ill',llll.Ull.1 L J Tl 1 L 1 7 e .' 1 H 1 e O lfO9V.J14C'Q.1.V.l:.3Lk fYQ 6J0zf6Jlcd 76730 HUURMETS BAZAAH fQ if X N QQOQCQQQCCCCCOQCQOQQGOGQCDOQO QQQ CCCQCOQQCQCOQQOQQOQ QQ fx ,J aff? 5 !. lEf QQ Deuces found useful forTable GWIHC Cellar Cook Books 6 CCQC 066630003 OCQOQQ QQQQCOQ N . 3 3. Q a 'D a startllng assortment of Food SPCCl8lllCS all chosen wxth care Q 'Nr mtalnqufs on Nqurvt 191 MMXW ffw WKW I QQQQ QQOQQQQ QOOCOCQQQO Safety Sewzce Courtesy Spec1a1 Motor Coaches Chartcrud from The Conuecucut Rallway and Llghflllg Co an D E P E N D A B L E CUMFQRTPXBLE md SAFE J Daly Es? Sons INLOMORATLD Estalnllslwd by Nl I Dalx 1887 JOBBERS M111 Stu 1111 1DLlPlL1m151I1g Supphes H mug., N ntll mm, 111 1 Poxur 113111 l'11 T1 mor oi Huxg. 111 1 l.11,11t Mull XVor11 U11 Burn rs 1111 ary Plumlmg, 'Mztomau Sprmlxlurs Bcnlurs an 1 Tank brnokp Stauk L 15 and Ele tr1 VJe1 hng S41 S75 BANK STREET WATERBURY, CONN 1 4 mm me t.1lLlllIV um Lornctmss 0 ww clothes vou must bc CEYILIHI of the 'feputatlon 0 nom tmlor THE 16 Elst 52nd St 1014 Ch1pL1St Nun York Nun 1-hun Abt and LCWIS, Inc W ok 11 Dgllnfs 111 QUALITY SEA FQOD 626 ?OHw11cx P1.1uu Nux York, N Y ,-A-,WN-,KN-A,mNV,Af,,Vm 1 DCCCCCOCJQQCJOJOOGCQOQJSG FU Q r .,..,., ..,.. -, , t. ,,,v,, 1 FJLHJ M, - 'f . 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A F R 1 E N D OUTFITTERS TO UNIVERSITY MEN Z' ,LTA SCHOOL ANNUALS PRINTED ADVERTISING HOUSE ORGANS LITERARY PUBLICATIONS HEMINWAY PRESS 155 SOUTH LEONIARD ST WATERBURH Covx I i fu ' cf Next Time Try .... unningham Bros., ne. S19 571 West 16th Street New York Clty MEATS POULTRY PROVISIONS HOTELS SCHOOLS HOSPITALS FLUBS md INSTITUTIONS Wt Pletlst Wlmt Otlurs Prmmst Langrmck C ENTLEIVIEN S EI RNISHERS FLOIHIERS Stores YALE HARVARIT I IRINIC ITON H I T E BROWNI I ININ WILLIAMS Iwxx H xxlx Foxx ANDOVI R EXETER ml IT NEW YORK STORE I f IINI QLIALIT lO'7OCl11pel Stvttt Langrock F1719 Clothes l' I Smart N614 At tmm 9 Dziplavetl Euth Slim ltm If Tlu meer Slmg C Y R S 250 JI t 1 Hf-XRRY C OLLINIS R pr nzzr WATLRTOWIN Nlxx Hum I RINLIITON Y - V O a s ' for . , 4 , , 4 L Q L L O Lg 7 '7 7'7 7' 7-N , . 'I A 1 , , . . l K 2 . . . I-It O O Q , , 7 I fl O A I N. 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