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

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DAVID JOEL NIRENSTEIN 2 WashingTon Rd.. JOEL G. NIPER Box IO3, CIinTon, Conn. Joe arrived aT Wilbraham in nineTeen hundred and TorTy eighT To esTabIish a record which speaks Tor iTseIT. A varsiTy soccer player Tor Three years, Joe's services have proved ex- Tremely valuable To The Team's weITare. As a Trackman Joe has run WinTer and Spring Track during boTh his sophomore and senior years. Running The Bunion Derby in his freshman and senior years besides playing one season oT Junior VarsiTy Baseball compleTes his well covered aThIeTic program. In oTher phases oT school IiTe Joe joined The RiTIe, DramaTic and Fishing Clubs Tor one year each. He will conTinue his educaTion aT Rensselaer PoIyTechnicaI InsTiTuTe. LOUIS S. NIPER Box IO3, CIinTon, Conn. In The Tall oT nineTeen hundred and TorTy eighT one Louie Niper appeared new To The Trials and TribuIaTions oTTered by Wilbraham Academy. Lou launched himseIT wiTh vim, however, inTo The acTiviTies and graduaTes in nineTeen hundred and TiTTy Two aTTer numerous achievemenTs. A Tour year member oT The Fishing Club, his iniTiaI Two years wiTh The RiTIe and Tennis Clubs, and one year in dramaTics consTiTuTe Lou's inTeresTs oTT The aThleTic Tields. I-le has been The Manager oT WinTer and Spring Track during his iunior and senior years while having played one season wiTh The Junior VarsiTy Soccer Team. SpringTieId, Mass. Tinys parTicipaTion in exTra-curricular acTiviTies, since his arrival aT Wilbraham as a iunior, can be equalled by Tew. I-Iis TirsT year he played Junior VarsiTy TooTbaII and bearcaT baskeTbaII, managed The Tennis Team, became a member oT The DramaTic Club, and sang in The Glee Club, This year he con- Tinued in The Olee Club, advanced To VarsiTy TooTbaII, con- TribuTed arTicIes To The ATIas, ioined The newly Tormed band, and puT The shoT Tor The winTer and spring Track Teams. As well as parTicipaTing in a Tew games, Dave was head cheer- leader aT The Friday nighT TooTbaII rallies. NorThwesTern UniversiTy is Dave's TirsT choice Tor college. DAVID OLSEN I5 I-Iazard Ave., Thompsonville, Conn. Since his Treshman year, OIie has risen a long way in his conTribuTions To Wilbraham acTiviTies. STarTing on The Jun- ior VarsiTy soccer Team in his Treshman and sophomore years, OIie rose To The varsiTy as a iunior, and Tor The IasT Two years he has played TirsT sTring on ThaT Team. During his IasT Three years, he has been one oT The swiTTesT men on our winTer and spring Track Teams. As a iunior and senior he played on The semi-exisTenT hockey Team. This year he was a member oT The Glee Club, a conTribuTor To The Del Todo, and he placed TiTTh in The Bunion Derby. I-Iis college choice is Wesleyan, 22

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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

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LESLIE REYNOLDS BriTTany Rd., Valley View HeighTs. SouTl1 Hadley, Mass. ln Les' TirsT year aT Wilbraham, as a junior, he parTicipaTed in The Bunion Derby and was a member oT The RiTle, Tumbling, and Track Teams. As a senior he was a valuable member oT The Glee Club. Les has a hobby oT collecTing pisTols, and he can Tell you many a sTory concerning Them. During his senior year, he was a member oT The VarsiTy Soccer Team and The Wres+ling Team. Les' personaliTy has earned him The respecT oT all his class-maTes. He is going To BosTon UniversiTy nexT Tall, and we know ThaT ThaT insTiTuTion will proTiT by him. DONALD ROY 297 SpringTield ST., Springifield, Mass. STarTing Wilbraham in l946, Don was The original mem- ber oT The class oT l952. He was a member oT The Olee Club during his junior and senior years. Don was always willing To go ouT oT his way To help someone. He was elecTed SecreTary oT his Ereshman Class, and he was a member oT The VarsiTy Soccer squad during his senior year. He also parTicipaTed in Tennis and Track. Don was phoTography ediTor and cover-arTisT Tor The Del Todo, and he drew a greaT many of The posTers Tor special evenTs oT The season. Don is going To sTudy engineering aT Renssalaer nexT Tall. STEPHEN SACK llol EarmingTon Ave., WesT HarTTord, Conn. lT's saTe To say ThaT, since STeve has been aT Wilbraham, he has had a well rounded educaTion, ln soccer his improvemenT was remarkable. STarTing on The bearcaT Team in his Treshman year, he advanced To Jayvee as a sophomore, varsiTy as a junior, and by The Time he was a senior he played TirsT sTring Tull-back. For Three years he was a member oT The condilioning group, and This year he puT The shoT in winTer Track. Having Tried Track lasT spring, he decided To reTurn This year To his regular spring sporT, Tennis. This Tall STeve hopes To enTer The UniversiTy oT Pennsylvania, ROBERT W. SANDS I9 Bradliord Rd., CransTon, Rhode Island Regardless oT The TacT ThaT This is Bobls TirsT and only year aT Wilbraham, he has become a very acTive and well-known member oT The class. His speed and agiliTy made him a good man To have on The varsiTy soccer squad. Like rnosT oT The Team, he was Tried in a good many posiTions by Coach Shaw, buT he proved his worTh as a halT-back. ln boTh winTer and spring Track his besT evenTs were The relay, hurdles, and shorT dashes. ATTer he graduaTes Trorn Wilbraham, Bob plans To enTer Brown UniversiTy. 23