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

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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

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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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JAMES A. McPHERSON R.F.D. if:3, River, New Jersey Mac's year aT Wilbraham has been a Tull and proTiT- able one. He showed a loT OT promise on The VarsiTy soccer Team and on The spring Track Team under The direcTion oT Coach Shaw. During The winTer Term, he was oul' oT commission wiTh an iniury received in The Eall. WiThouT his work as elec- Trician, carpenTer, and sTage-manager, The DramaTic Club could hardly have exisTed ThroughouT The year. Mac con- TribuTed his musical TalenTs To boTh The band and The Glee Club, and his liTerary TalenTs To The ATIas. This Tall he wanTs To go To Springifield College. RICHARD MERRY 307 Ridgewood Rd., WesT HarTTord, Conn. EnTering Wibraham as a iunior, Dick parTicipaTed in J. V. TooTball and BearcaT baskeTball his TirsT year, he was also manager oT The VarsiTy Baseball Team ThaT year. During The pasT year, he ioined The Glee Club and played VarsiTy Soccer, as well as conTinuing his membership on The Tennis squad and CondiTioning Club. Dick was a very good arTisT and had several oT his own works on The walls oT his room. Because oT his wonderTul personaliTy Dick was liked by everyone and his populariTy should be equally as greaT aT his college, The UniversiTy oT ConnecTicuT. LEONARD R. MEYERS I9 GorTon ST., Providence, Rhode island Beginning his liTe aT Wilbraham in his iunior year, Lenny soon became a leader in boTh academic and exlra-curricular acTiviTies, BoTh his iunior and senior years Tound him on The VarsiTy TooTball squad in The Tall, Track Team in The winTer ,and Track Team in The spring. LasT year he was a conTribuTor To boTh The Del Todo and The ATlas. On Top oT his being Senior Gambling Advisor, he again conTribuTed To The ATlas, and sang second bass in The Glee Club. Lenny's capabiliTies were noT limiTed To ouTside acTiviTies, however, Tor he mainTained a place on The Honor Roll Tor Two years. UniversiTy oT Pennsyl- vania is his TirsT choice. WALTER ALAN MORRISSEY 735 STony Hill Rd.. Wilbraham, Mass. WalT Morrissey has been acTive aT Wilbraham since his enrollmenT as a Treshman. By way oT aThleTics WalT has Tor Tour years been a member of The BearcaT Soccer Group. Dur- ing his sophomore year he was engaged in BearcaT Baskefball. Also an enThusiasTic member oT various clubs, WalT ioined boTh The Fishing and Rifle Clubs Tor his Treshman and sophomore years. The CondiTioning Club has wiTnessed his presence Tor Three years and The Tennis Club has seen him a member in his senior year. In The Tall oT nineTeen hundred and TiTTy Two WalT expecTs To aTTend Babson lnsTiTuTe. 21