Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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llsc Tall Annsml HARRIS WHITTEMORE ADAMS TFT Msddlebury Conn ss ff Alplsz A A Wh T arrsved aT TaTT Tresh Trom Andover To begsn hss TaTT career wsTh The acceleraTed sensors aT The begsnnsng oT The summer sessson l-lss lsvely personalsTy enabled hsm To TsT sn wsTh The TaTT way oT lsTe and To make many Trsends very eassly UnTsI Trasnsng sTarTed Tor TooTball he unscaslsngly made hss dasly vsssT To The Sensor l-louse oT whsch he was apposnTed To The commsTTee He ss known abouT school Tor hss qenerossTy and may always be seen expresssng hss vews sn The msdsT ol any dsscussson on Topscs oT nHT onal snTeresT l'ls broad vsew soosnT wsll enable hsm To be a qreaT success when he sTarTs To maxe hss way sn lsTe Pals Dance CommsTTee 44 Sensor Hou e CommsTTee 44 CurrenT Evens Club 44 VarssTy l:ooTball Squad 44 Army Club 44 I-AROLD ARMSTRONG ALLEN J TJ, ou e In Bo 2 SouTh Tacoma Wash Hz L A!f1!7J Stazzfmd From ouT oT The wsld and woolly WesT Two years ago There came To TaTT a Trsendy buT somewhaT gullsble Telow carrysng wsTh hsm no Talosc memorses OT Colver Parlc Hsgh School T-Tal has been acTsve a heTscs especsally s Trnws d occ ln Tseld oT exTra currscular acTsxsTses he na long been a member OT The Camera Club and hss ouT OT Tocus pscTures have won hsm C3 eaT Tame ln de ba sng he has been prom nenT malcsnq The VarssTv Team Thss year We all lcnow ThaT hss capTsvaTsng personalsTy wsll ad hsm greaTIy sn The many bsg deas whsch he wll puT over sn The real esTaTe bussness And so we bsd Tarewel To TaTT s Wsldeve lcnowsnq ThaT he wsll long be remembered a a gooo fellow by hss classmaTes Camera Club 43 44 Army Club 44 Upper School Debahng Club 44 VarssTy DebaTsng Team 44 1944 . 5 R I I I -Q l lf, I Yan' ,l U. S . . C. . - Vi . 1 . . . ti . I I . - ,V . . . 7 ' S ' ' : ' 7 I , s , r. s l R T x,, VL , , , fl 2 Yfmgs' .. - s in T ' , ' . ls C, s'3 an 2 , er. The I - - r 'sill . , s T S I y P - l sl l' . - T' , l . ' g , . I . . . . . I . . - lu ' I ' s . . S X I - s

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194-4 The Taft Annual

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Trrft Jlrrnrrrrl PETER RANDOLPH BETTS TJ, VVaTer own Conn 74 In -l 611 Al ilu D II flllflllffi PeTe came To us Trom WaTerTown Tour years ago as The lowesT Torm oT lrTe aT school a lower mrd dle newboy dayboy Sr ce ThaT Tme he has rrsen sTeadrly Trnally aTTarnrng hrs goal a posrTron on The VarsrTy Hockey Team Hrs home has arways b en a drversron Trom Therr rouTrr'e Tor e 'laTT boys durrng The r Tree aTTernoons There was always Tood eTc Tor everybody and PeTe wel comed all He can oTTen be Tound rn The lrbrary or The upper school sTudy hall durrng nrs Tree perrods Talkrng over hrs TavorrTe subrecTs WaTer bury grrls BuT serrously PeTe rs a hard wor er and hrs conTrnual Trrendlrness has Tound hrm a greaT many Trrends here aT TaTT We wrll all mrss Thrs Tarrnarred son oT ConnecTrcuT buT we Teer sure ThaT DarTmouTh wrll proTrT by our loss Lower School Baseball 4l VarsrTy Hockey 43 44 VarsrTy Baseball 44 ALBERT RAYMOND BETTS Ill TFT 2376 Maorson Road CrncrnnaTr Ohro Re C15 Te Alibi 1 Tae Comrng To TaTT as a lvlrddler Thrs red head Trom CrrrcrnnaTr has succeeded rn esTablrshrng a real place Tor hrmselT rn The esTeem oT hrs classmaTes Though qureT and unassumrng Ray h had h hand rr many oT The school s acTrvrTres ArT Cur renT EvenTs and DebaTrng comprrsrng The bulk oT hrs rnTeresTs NoT To be overlooked rs hrs sub+le wrT so well drsplayed by hrs work as edrTor oT The Oracle Come Sprrng Ray can be seen swrngrng The clubs on The VarsrTy GoT squad and Thrs Fall he gave hrs all rncludrng Two uppers Tor The Alpha A eleven BeneaTh hrs mrld exTerror dwells a wealTh OT gerrerosrTy and a sprrrT oT cooperaTron whrch has won a greaT number oT lasTrng Trrend shrps Tor hrm Ray cannoT help buT succeed rn hrs nexT venTure Yale or The Navy DebaTrng Club 43 PresrdenT 44 Camera Club 42 43 Co PresrdenT 44 War STamp CommrTTee 44 CurrerrT EvenTs Club PresrdenT 44 Oracle 42 43 EdrTor 44 1044 l ll I HTC l l 'T r . 1 A f Y , ir' yr - - . 'n I . X . g, , e ' ' ' ' 'r Th I . T . . I In . . r . . . I- 'Q . . 1 d, lr 3 ' mir' 1. 'l ' ' , as is . I I . II II I V ' ' I' , . , , r . r , , . . l . . . r 1 . . . . - f