Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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ANTONIO ALOMAR GARCIA P Four Yeirs at Taft Beta 'I he LeBlanc s Funny man' Spncler Monkey Sprck jre Papyrus Photog.,t1pher 56 57 58 Press Club Photogrrpher 58 Music Club 58 Current Events Club 58 Gui Club 55 5f Camera Club 55 55 57 58 Secretary Treasurer 58 Chemxstry Club 58 Vusrty Soccel T 58 V Soccer 57 Vars1ty Hockey T 58 j V Hockey 57 Lower School Hockey 56 V.1rs1ty Track 57 H3lllng from that colorful South Amerlcan country Colombla, Tony, better known among h1S fr1ends as Sp1der Monkey flrst set foot 1n these halls four years ago as an lnconsplcuous Lower M1ddler and qulckly became a well l1ked member of h1s class As far as scholast1c achlevement IS concerned Tony has 1mproved 1m mensely When Tony first came to Taft he could speak only a few words of Engllsh As the years elapsed Splder Monkey grasped the Engllsh language 1n such a way that he has become an excellent scholar HIS abllxty to compre hend 1deas qu1ckly has helped Tony not only ln h1s stud1es but also nn athletlcs S1nce Tony llves 1n South Amer1ca, he had never skated untll he came to Taft Therefore, we can say that earmng hlS letter ln hockey was Tonys greatest athletxc accompl1shment, a goal Tony made by h1s eagerness to learn Not content w1th hockey as h1s only letter sport Splcler Monkey has won h1S letter on th Track squad by runn1ng the m1le He also was on the Varslty Soccer team d1st1ngu1sh1ng hlmself as a good forward Another of h1s accom phshments 1S 1n the Held of photography Many have praxsed h1s skxllful plctures, wh1ch are cont1nuously wlnnmg photography contests and wh1ch have helped h1m ga1n a pos1t1on on the Papyrus as a photographer It can be sald w1th confidence that, on the baSlS of h1s fine record at Taft, Tony IS assured of success ln the future Ap Aereo 839 Fernando, Agullo 20 Medellm Colomb1a Barcelona, Spam 25 R. .I. 2. fl , 1 1 1 ' ,' ,' 5 ,Z ' A l .V 7 J. V. Track '56 , ' ' QQ ' ,Y ' 3 , - ' 2 ' ll ' ,S ' ' Y . . . , . . U . ,, . , G . . . . . 9 ' - , Y

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JOHN LEIPER ALLEN JR X ale lour X Lars at Taft Alpha Nutars Tlns tees the hell out of me Corrndor Monitor 551 Dime B.1ndMm1g.er 56 57 58 M1r4h1ng,B1ntl 55 57 58 C0l'ILElfBlflLl 56 57 58 Pap rus 57 554 Glee Club 56 57 Chrlstmas Chmr 55 56 Lpper Qahool Debatmg 58 Masque and Dagger Souety 57 58 Alpha Vue President 58 Inter Club Councxl 58 Dante Commnttee 58 Llbraq Commlttee 58 XX'ade House Comnnttee 58 Chemnstq Club 58 Opera Club 58 I V Hotkey 51 7 arslty Baseball I 57 j V Baseball 56 Four years ago a new type of man entered Taft, a nearly perfect c0mb1nat1on of bralns, brawn, and athletlc ab1l1ty ohn was able to mamtam a good scholastlc average wlthout much trouble although he can hardly be accused of coastmg Often when hrs work was done, he could be seen burmng the m1dn1ght Oll wrltmg a certam lucky young lady from Baltlmore But h1s greatest achlevements were recorded on the athletnc Helds He lettered 1n soccer these past three years and was elected Captam as a Senlor Through h1s forceful leadersh1p, the team enjoyed 1ts finest season ln many a year hlghhghted by lts 3 1 vlctory over the Yale Bull Pups ohn was also a standout on the Varslty Hockey team and spent two years roammg the outfield for the Varslty Baseball team H1s versatllxty doesnt end on the athletlc field John was duly elected VICC presldent of the Alphas He was a member of Masque and Duggfr Soclrfy G ee Club Papyrus, and other 1mportant groups ohn s dlstmctlve humor, although usually cyn1cal or sarcastlc, was rarely offenslve, he was well llked by everyone We are sure ohn wlll fit 1n well at the College of hrs chonce and w1ll make the same outstandmg record that he drd at Taft We wlsh h1m the best of luck and wlll remember h1m always whenever we thunk back to Taft and to the class of S8 Ocean Avenue Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts 24 , . D A D V J. A. 1 ' 4 ' a 'K 5, ' , l l . y , ' '. ' .- r 5 f , 7 ,- Varsity Soccer '56. '57, '58, Captain '58 -. . ' l L '5 V' A L 'UW' , T '58 ff 5, , ' 3 7 ' . ' J . . . , . I - - ' 7 I I - V, , 4 . . . , . . J , . . . . .1 ,

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WILLIAM BURG ANSTINE JR Wfilliams Three Years at Taft Beta Bchmtl the Wlieel Crazy Bill Anst Cool XX'1lly Dinan Bind SQ Marching Bind 56 Context Band 58 Glce Club 58 L pper School Debating, 58 jlggcr bhop Committee 57 Camera Club 58 Varsity Basketball T 58 I V Basketball 56 57 J V Track 57 Automobile Club 58 If you can plcture a boy wearing a red sweater and a blue golf cap, seated at his desk and vigorously manipulating a ski pole, you can picture Anst MG sports car At Hrst, this wild exhibition of sports car enthusiasm may seem to con flict with Bills placid nature, but, on closer 1nSpCCt10r1 of Bills character, one also detects his great enthusiasm and determination in everything he tackles, be it sports cars, basketball, track, music, or scholastic achlevement Willie, who failed in his attempt to make the York Pa Junior High Basketball team, set his sights on the Taft Varsity squad His diligent and enthusiastic practice enabled h m to join the J V squad as a Middler and the Varsity team as a Senior While rummaging through his closet one Saturday afternoon he un covered a dusty snare drum which he thought he had left home Five minutes later th halls were reverberating with wild drum rolls One month later the Concert and Marching bands were blessed with Cool Wlllies drum, and, within half a year, the Taft School Dance Band, the epitome of instrumental skill, accepted Willie and his drum into its folds For reasons that should be fairly obvious by now we are confident that Bill will do more than an adequate job in any walk of life he chooses Farquhar Estates York Pennsylvania 26 2 1 ' ' Q58 . . . . . . ,, ,, in one of his rare moments of ecstasy - practicing speed shifting for his . . . , . . . . , , 'f , . , - , S . . . U ' ' QQ ' ' , ,Y 3