Wilbraham and Monson Academy - Hill Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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FREDERICK W. JACK 3I SpringTield ST., Wilbraham, Mass. For six years Fred Jaclcs TeaTs on varsiTy aThleTic Tields have assured many a Wilbraham vicTory. EnTering as a sevenTh grader, Fred's populariTy and good sporlsmanship broughT him The honor oT being elecTed SecreTary oT his Freshman Class and Treasurer oT The Senior Class. Four years oT VarsiTy Soccer and Two oT boTh Junior VarsiTy and VarsiTy BaslceTball have added To his achievemenTs. Fred is besT Icnown, however, as an exceIlenT souThpaw, Toiling brillianTly on The varsiTy mound Tor The IasT Three years. To wind up an amazing record he placed in The Bunion Derby during his senior year. Dulce UniversiTy is Fred's TirsT choice. RICHARDSON M. JOHNSON I5 Thomas Ave., SciTuaTe, Mass. AlThough This is DicIc's TirsT year aT Wilbraham, he has become Icnown as one oT The besT-naTured and mosT popular members oT The Class oT I952. He had raTher bad luclc on The varsiTy soccer Team: in his TirsT game as goalie, he was puT ouT oT commission Tor The resT oT The season. However, he was back in condiTion in Time To enTer The Bunion Derby. Since his TavoriTe sporT, hoclcey, was noT on This year's sporT schedule. Diclc joined The riTle club. This spring he conTribuTed his services To The VarsiTy baseball Team. ST. Lawrence is Diclc's TirsT choice Tor college. NORITSUG KABAYAMA Oiso Konagawa-Ken, Japan 'I'sugu is The second generalion oT his Tamily To come To Wilbraham. Hearing oT The diTTicuITies which his grand- TaTher, The Tormer Wilbraham sTudenT, had concurred in aT- TennpTing To averT The IasT war, The sTudenT council, IasT year, sponsored a proiecT To raise money To bring 'I'sugu here. By his inTeresT in sporTs and his conTribuTions To The A+Ias, he has proved To us ThaT we chose well. In The Tall he Took up soccer Tor The TirsT Time. ATTer running in The Bunion Derby, he decided upon shorT dashes Tor winTer Track, buT probably his gre-aTesT conTrilouTion was To The Tennis Team. If all goes well, Tsugu wishes To enTer PrinceTon. JOSEPH KOCHANOWICZ 303 SpringTieId ST.. Springifield, Mass. Joe enTered Wilbraham as a sophomore, during which year, he was a member oT The J. V. TooTball Team, The Tishing club and The CondiTioning Club. Joe sTayed in The IaTTer righT on Through his senior year. During These same Three years, he was one oT The hardesT worlcing men on The sTage crew oT The DramaTic Club. As a iunior and senior he was a Tine deifensive Taclcle on The VarsiTy FooTball Team, and an avid angler in The springTime. We Teel sure ThaT Joe will be iusl as acTive aT The college oT his choice, New Yorlc MariTime College.

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HOWARD HANDY 40 Revere Sl., Springlield, lvlass. Howie will be remembered al Wilbraham lor his pleasanl smile and his willy iokes. When he enlered Wilbraham as a senior, he plunged righl inlo exlra-curricular aclivilies by ioin- ing lhe Varsily Foolball squad, and lighling long and hard lor lhe wreslling leam. Howie was lhe lype ol person who would lislen lo anybody's lroubles and be very sympalhelic loward lhal person. As a consequence, Howie was ollen soughl aller when somebody wished lo gel somelhing oll his chesl. Having rounded up his spring aclivilies by being on lhe lrack leam, Howie now plans lo enler Babson lnslilule. LAWRIE HIBBARD 5 Greenock Ave., lvlonlpelier, Vermonl ll was in his iunior year lhal Hayseed look lhe weekly slage lrom lvlonlpelier lo ioin Wilbraham's Class ol l952. Be- ing used lo lhe lasl and busy lile ol Vermonl, il was only na- lural lhal he should delve so deeply inlo aclivilies here. He played bearcal soccer as a iunior and Junior Varsily as a senior. ln lhe Bunion Derby he became a Russian Slave Driver. This love lor lhe mililary led him lo join lhe rille leam as bolh marksman and manager. Supplemenling lhis, he allended lhe daily meel- ings ol lhe condilioning group. As lurlher lraining lor Russian service, Lawrie plans lo allend R. P. l. DAVlD B. HINTZE 383 Mounlain Rd., Wilbraham, lvlass. A Wilbraham sludenl lor six years Hinlz has acquired bolh physical and menlal slalure plus a record lo be proud ol. Dave has played lwo years ol Junior Varsily Soccer and lwo as a valuable lell wing on lhe Varsily Team. On lhe baskelball courl Dave became a Bearcal as a lreshman and linally made lhe Junior Varsily in his senior year. Playing lwo oul ol lhree baseball seasons wilh lhe varsily Dave showed himsell lo be a line moundsman. The Fishing, Tennis, and Rille Clubs have all been included in Dave's curriculum. The Universily ol Massa- chusells has accepled Hinlz lor nexl lall. NICHOLAS l., HOLT 47 Douglas Rd., Delmar, New York One ol lhe lew who were able lo live on lhe lourlh lloor and slay oul ol lrouble was our new class-male, Nick Holl. As well as playing on lhe J. V. soccer leam lhis lall, played his clarinel al lhe Salurday allernoon loolball games. During lhe winler, Nick was a member ol lhe rille club, and he linally proved himsell lo be good enough lor lhe leam. This spring he look up lennis and showed some ol us sullerers ol Spring Fever how lo work. Now lhal Nick has gradualed lrom Wil- loraham, he hopes lo allend Anlioch. I 8

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THADDEUS LeFORT PomTreT CenTer. Conn. Thad enTered Wilbraham as a senior. His many clever re- marks brighTened up many a classroom, and he will always be remembered as an easy Tellow To geT along wiTh. Thad played deTense on The VarsiTy l:ooTball Team, and kepT many an op- ponenT Trom making a TirsT down. When Thad Tackled you, you knew you were Tackled. Thad parTicipaTed in The Bunion Derby and was a member oT The BearcaT baskeTball Team. He was also a sTalwarT on The baseball Team. His characTer and personaliTy are good enough assurance To us ThaT he will have a successTul year aT TuTTs. RONALD LERNER 5 Niles Park, HarTTord, Conn. Since Ronnie's Treshman year, he has shown ThaT he knows how To have a good Time, and how To keep on The Honor Roll. During The sophomore and iunior years, he was on The DramaTic Club, and he produced and clirecTed a varieTy show. Ronnie received Third prize in The Junior DeclamaTion ConTesT. He has been a member oT The wresTling Team Tor The pasT Three years, and was The cenTer on The VarsiTy FooTball Team during his senior year. Ronnie, The chairman oT The Bunion Derby Com- miTTee and assisTanT ediTor oT The Del Toclo, is aiming Tor Harvard. LAURENCE LYNCH 28 Rencelau ST., SpringTield, Mass. To look aT Larry's record, since his arrival here as a Treshman, one would imagine ThaT he liked managing. ATTer one year oT playing J. V. TooTball, Larry became manager oT ThaT Team Tor The Tollowing Three years. During These same years he held The managership oT all oT The winTer and spring Track Teams. As a iunior and senior he was an assisTanT sTage- manager Tor The plays puT on by The DramaTic Club. He even managed To geT inTo SpringTield a Tew Times lasT Tall To geT ads Tor The sTudenT publicaTions. Larry enTers BosTon Univer- siTy This Tall. WILLIAM R, lvlcAFEE 48 Brookby Rd., Scarsdale, New York Bill TirsT came To Wilbraham in The Tall oT I948 as a Tresh- man. ThaT .year he Took up bearcaT soccer, riTle, condiTioning group, Tishing club, and was on The varsiTy Tennis Team, We ThoughT ThaT we had losT Bill in The sophomore year, buT he reTurned a year laTer as a iunior. To make up Tor his losT Time, he Took up mosT oT The acTiviTies ThaT he had done as a Tresh- man, as well as ioining The VarsiTy soccer squad, conTribuTing To The ATIas, becoming a member oT The riTle Team, and run- ning in The Bunion Derby. This year he hopes To aTTend Wesleyan. 20