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

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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

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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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DONALD M SNOW JR I63 l5oresT Park Ave., S ringTield, Mass. EDWARD S. SCHWERDTLE R.F.D. if: I, STepney DepoT, Conn. Since Teddy came To Wilbraham, as a Treshman, he has been one oT The mosT inTluenTial leaders oT our class. l-le was elecTed presidenT oT his Treshman and sophomore classes, and in his iunior and senior years he was elecTed To The STuclenT Council. Teddy proved To be a Tine back on The TooTball Team during his senior year: whaT's more, he excelled in Track and won Third prize in The Bunion Derby. This year he was chairman oT The Dance CommiTTee. Teddy, a conTribuTor To The ATlas and Del Todo won TirsT prize in The Junior DeclamaTions. This Tall Ted plans To enTer Middlebury. JON Sl-TAKOUR 507 Lake Ave., WorcesTer, Mass. Jon came To Wilbraham way back in I94-6. During his sophomore and iunior years he was a member oT The DramaTic Club. ln Jon's senior year he was honored by being elecTed The presidenT oT The smoking club. The Olee Club and ATlas will boTh miss his services nexT year. Excelling in aThleTics, also, he was on The VarsiTy Soccer and J. V. Baseball Teams. l-lis besT and TavoriTe sporT, however, was hockey. We wish him The besT oT luck aT TuTTs College, nexT year, where he will sTudy To be a docTor. Coming all The way ouT To Wilbraham Rom SpringTield, Don ioined The ranks oT The Class oT I952 in his iunior year. BoTh years Tound him conTribuTing wholehearTedly lwiTh an occasional urge Trom Mr. TuTTlel To The success oT The Junior VarsiTy soccer Team. During his iunior year, Duke ToughT valianTly Tor The wresTling Team, buT he decided To change To loearcaT baskeTball This winTer. l-lis spring sporTs were also subiecT To change: soTTball gave way To Tennis and an occa- sional Trip To The upper res Tor an aTTernoon oT Tishing. Don's TirsT college choice is The UniversiTy oT MassachuseTTs. WILLIAM E. STACEY 6 Colonial Rd., Wilbraham, Mass. STace joined The Tiny Class oT l952 in The eighTh grade. Remaining on The inTra-mural Teams Tor a couple oT years, he laTer Took up J. V. soccer during his iunior year and J. V. TooTball as a senior. ln The winTer, Bill's TavoriTe sporT has been hockey, buT he has occasionally been on The bearcaT baskeT- ball Team. Playing Junior VarsiTy baseball as a junior, Bill showed a greaT deal oT improvement and he subsequenTly moved To varsiTy This spring. Each spring has also Tound him a member oT The more leisurely Tishing club. Bill hopes To enTer The UniversiTy oT MassachuseTTs. 24