Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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THAYER BALDWIN Xae Tue Yerrs at Taft Alpha In the surf m not talkrntc, xx hlle the flaxor lists 'lcd RC'lLly Teddy Blldy Marchmg, Brad 51 S5 Concert Bmd S Press Club 55 56 Copy Fdxtor 57 Vxcc Prun clLl'lI SQ C YSIHIIS Chou Sl SS Cheerleldcrs SQ VZYSIIY DCDIIIHKL, 57 58 Lpper School Debxtxngc 57 Vlce Pres1dentSecret11y Lower School Debltlng 5l 55 56 Masque and D13,g,crNoc1cty 55 if 57 58 Receptlon CITIIIIIIIIICL 57 59 Current Ex ents Club SQ Mathemxtlcs Club W Chemxstry Club S8 V Soccer 56 57 Vars1ty Soccer I 57 Sunday DISLLISSIOD Group 57 58 ust by graduatmg from Taft Ted Baldwxn wlll earn hlmself a great d1St1I1CtlOI'l Ted IS one of the five remammg members of the orxgmal class of S8 Others have dropped by the waysxde, but Ted IS stlll w1th us and ln a falrly pos1t1ve sense, too He has brought acclalm to l1llTlSIf ln v1rtually every Held of endeavor Durlng thls soccer season, he was an outstandmg member of the schools best team ln years At the same tlme he was a cheerleader whenever he was free of soccer oblrgatlons To make h1s record even more 1mpress1ve he also took part ln the Fathers Day play and took lead posxtlon on the negltnve team 1n the December Yale Debate Ted IS a member of the Masque amz' Dagger Society and has been smce hls Lower Mld year He became the first member of our class to make Varslty Debatmg and IS now Vrce Presldent In addltlon, he has been a valuable member of the Press Club and IS V1ce Presrdent of that orgamzatlon, also Llke all of us thls symbol of mdustrrous youth has h1s weaknesses The foremost among these IS MISS Sherrle Platt, who has been hns date at every Taft dance as long as any one of us can remember Smce everyone IS golng to be successful and wealthy and thus, of course, happy, to say Ted w1ll be successful does not say much about hlm Let us say, rather, he wlll enjoy l1fe he always manages to 75 Alterton Ave Hull Massachusetts 27 ,JR 'l .,. ' . ..I, .V -.Y U D' 4 'l A ll hi? af' ,' z'. r 4 L-V, -. . 1 1.7, Q . -:A g '58 a '5.' .' '. ' a 'f ' fm' .' ' I I I 'l .ls ,, k.' 'Q 1 ' '- , . . . . . . . S . . . . . . , ,. , . , .. . . s 2 . . . , . . ,

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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

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HALSEY LAWRENCE BEEMER JR Wfashrngton 8. Lee 'Ihree Years at 'laft Gamma 17 Prospect Drne Anyone got anythmg., to ut' Hal Beems Admrral Glee Club Sf 57 58 Lovxer Qchool Dtbatmg, 56 Masque and Dagger ioucty 57 Dante Commxttct 57 58 Chess Clrb 57 Bxologv Club 57 Camera Club SC Opera Club 58 J V Track sr 57 Varslty Skung 56 Even at the tlme of h1s arr1val at Taft ln 1955 Halsey was d1st1nct1ve, for he had already been to elght dlfferent schools rn the U S Chma, Hawau, and Japan H1s descrrptlons of experlences m the Orlent qu1ckly made hrm the center of bull sesslons, and he has mamtamed th1s posxtlon of honor ever srnce where, a fate which he has b en quxte wrllrng to encourage He has had h1s fiery moments, but unless connected wrth h1s other great passlon, sports cars, these have always burned away to a laughlng truce In the field of extra currlcular actrvrtles, Halsey has achleved h1s mam d1st1nct1on behmd the curtams of the Audrtorrum, where he has kept an eye o J A Vespers, and all the productlons of the Masque and Dagger Soczetg As Stage Manager he has exercrsed h1mself phys1cally and mentally, as Mr Candlers classrc sett1ngs have been created On the mght of a play he was everywhere backstage, labor1ng, coordlnatmg h1s departments, and marshallmg srlencmg, and encouraglng h1s actors Halsey ga1ned many thmgs from the Soclety, just as the Socxety ga1ned lmmeasureably from h1s devotron, skrll, and sweat Halsey has probably had one of the more ,ocular natures 1n the class, and yet he has also been one of the more thoughtful members Hrs understand mg of phrlosophxcal problems mdlcates a maturlty born of h1s world wrde educatlon We hope not to lose touch wlth him m another drstant home P G Box 3013 c o Standard Vacuum Oll Co VllLDJI1lld Hou e Orchard Road Smgzpore Colony of Sung lpox t 8 -Nw , . , L . ' , V K - . K ' 7 ' H . 4f'56.' Q58 . CCY A 1 I 3 . . l 1, I . ., This is probably because Halsey is a person who has unusual experiences any- ? . . . . . n . ., ' ' '. , . . . 1 r 1 ' 1 1 S , 2 . , l Q 2