Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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The Taft Annual T MARIO BELLI Chappaqua New York One Year in. School june Graduate Yale Beta This amiable young senior from colorful and Turbu- lenT CenTral America came To Taff This fall To quickly become a well known and well liked member of his class. Mario is Truly a man of The world, buf in a modesf way. WhaT he does is done quiefly and efficienTly, and his accompiishmenTs in his year aT school have been various. Perhaps his greaTesT abiliTy lies in his arTisTic skill wrhich is clearly evidenT in his many excellenf painTings and skefches. This Tall Mario made a name for himself on The soccer field, winning his leTTer as a high-scoring forward. Mario wanTs To sTudy archiTecTure aT Yale and we can be sure ThaT The fuTure holds greaT success in sfore for our Nicaraguan friend. VarsiTy Soccer '46, LOUIS GARNER BISSELL, JR. ZI4 Easf 72nd STreeT New York Cify . One Year in School Februrzry Grrulurile Princeton Lou, Biss,' Gamma Lou, one of The lasT To enTer The class of '46, was also one of The firsT To leave. He came To TafT in The Tall and graduafed wiTh The acceleraTed Febru- ary classg yeT in ThaT shorT Time he made a hosT of friends who will noT soon forgef The genial, friend- ly. and very, very wiTTy New Yorker. Cerfainly one of The class's ouTsTanding sophisTicaTes, Lou walked away wiTh Been Around MosT in The Senior Poll, and his sTories of gay nighT life in The Big Cify were The feafure of many a bull session. A crack soccer player lhe was Three years on The Exefer varsifyl, Lou gave promise of being The finesf lefT inside TafT had seen in many years, buf an un- forTunaTe ankle iniury in The season's firsT game kepT him ouT of acTion. l-lis desTinaTion afTer gradu- aTion was Princefon, buT The Army may have Tabbed him firsT. Wherever he goes Lou has The hearTiesT -lgopd wishes of his classmafes in his shorT sTay aT ' a T. Varsify Soccer '46: Currenf Evenfs Club '46. 1911! J

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Thi THU Jhnuud GEORGE MILTON ALLERTON, JR. GuernseyTown Rd. WaTerTown, ConnecTicuT Four Years in Sfllrml Georgetown Tony, Milt, T Bela june Grrulzmle ln his Tour years here aT TaTT Tony has made a very impressive record Tor a day boy. IT Took him only a shorT while To disTinguish himselT as an ouTsTand- ing golTer, Tor he received The school leTTer in ThaT sporT his middle year. His successes as a consisTenT winner Tor The Team were climaxed This year when he was elecTed To The capTaincy. His aThleTic abiliTy, however, was noT limiTed only To The spring Term, Tor he proved himselT To be an able hockey player, and none oT us will TorgeT his sTellar performance againsT The WesT PoinT Plebes. Tony has done well, and he has made innumerable Triends here aT TaTT. IT is indeed wiTh greaT reluc- Tance ThaT we parT wiTh This likeable son oT WaTer- Town. GOIT Team '44, '45, '46, CapTain '46q Hockey Squad 45 Team 46 Gun Club 43 '44, '45, '46, SecreTary '467 Biology Club '46, WARREN HUSSEY BEAN, JR. Box 43, Roanoke Rd. Mercer Island, Wash. fJ7lf? Yrur ui Srlzrml fillllf Crrlrllmtw Slzniforrl Beanie Iifta From The cow-counTry of Walla-Walla came WashingTon's giTT To The sacred halls oT TaTT, War- ren Beanie Bean. This leisure-loving Teilow Trom The wesT has made himselT one oT The mosT popular new boys aT school. Beanie, during his one year here has proven himselT To be a valuable asseT To The VarsiTy soccer and baseball Teams, and his amazing one-handed shoT in baskeTball placed him among The leading scorers in The sTaTe. His am- iable personaliTy and sTrong characTer have won him many Triends who wish him all The success in TuTure years which we know he will gain. VarsiTy Soccer '46: VarsiTy BaskeTball 46 Va rsiTy Baseball 46 1946

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fHw ThH.AnnwH DALLAM EDDY BLANDY, JR. I9 Coffage Sfreef Greenwich, N. Y. Four Yemxs' in Srlzool FI'lJTIlfI7'y ffflllllllllf? lf. P. I. Dal, Skull Alpha Skull's four years af Taff have shown him fo be a favorife wif, smokesfack, and Senior House Oraforf' His oufsfanding feam spirif in varsify soccer as wfell as his friendly and iovial sense of humor have given fo fhe class a morale builder which no one will soon forgef. As long as his good nafure, school spirif, and fighf hold ouf, a long fime we are sure, Skull will be on fhe fop. Dal, by his affendance af school acfivifies such as rough houses, feeds, or bull sessions has esfablished a name for himself: and his never ending energy fo work has considerably aided The class. As we bid a fond farewell fo Dal, we are assured of his success and wish him fhe besf of luck eifher af R. P. I. or wifh Uncle Sam. Cheerleader '46: Senior House Commiffee '4l6g Chemisfry Club '46g Alpha Club Play '45g Soccer Squad '45g Ski Club '45, '467 Varsify Soffball Team '46, RICHARD BOESEL, JR. 66 lvlilfon Road Rye, New York Two Years in Srllool -lllllff flfllllllllll' Brown Dirk, Eyes, Bose Alpha Two years ago fhe cify of Rye relucfanfly gave up one of ifs mosf promising youfhs and furned him over fo fhe Taff School. During his sfay af Taff, Dick earned for himself a place of honor in fhe class. He may always be relied upon as an inex- hausfible source of jokes and bull-slinging. While af college Bose plans fo fake a pre-med course in order fo prepare himself for a career in med- icine, which we feel fhal' he is cerfainly qualified fo underfake. Alfhough mosf of his achievemenfs are nof of a scholasfic nafure, he is neverlheless fhoroughly compefenf fo fulfill fhe requiremenfs of fhe school. His originalify was shown af ifs besf during fhe campaign of fhaf mysferious characfer RANDOLPH. Wifh his abilify fo gef along wifh ofher people and his grand personalify, we add our besf wishes for his success af college and affervwards. Jigger Shop Commiffee '45: Glee Club '45, Currenf Evenfs Club 45: Fafhers Day Commiffee '45, l946