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

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lT ' l AI enTers PrinceTon This Tall. JOHN E. WINTERS 33 Genesee ST., SpringTield, Mass. Wilbraham has had a valuable aThleTe and a very capable young man during The pasT year in John WinTers commonly known as Gus. EnTering Wilbraham as a senior in The Tall oT nineTeen hundred and TiTTy one, Gus boasTs Three varsiTy leTTers. As an inside righT oT The VarsiTy Soccer Team, The spiriTed Gus did his share To keep The ball rolling againsT one opponenT aTTer anoTher. His valuable services were gladly Taken by The VarsiTy BaskeTbalI Team, and in VarsiTy Baseball Too he sparked The club. Gus has decided on TriniTy College upon graduaTion Trom Wilbraham. CLASS OFFICERS CHASE DAVIES EISKE JACK REYNOLDS Prefidezzl Vice Pfef. Serrelary Trefzrnru M If fb 11 26 ALLEN PITTS WIEGAND 224 Lovell ST WorcesTer Mass There can be no denial ThaT Wieg has been a leader oT our class ever since his Treshman year His sporTs IisT has been headed in inTeresT by TooTball he was on The Iayvee squad Tor Three years, and This year he Took up VarsiTy This came To a raTher sad climax, however when Al disIocaTed his arm on The lasT day oT pracTice For Two years he Took up goIT, and Then he changed To spring Track lasT year This year his iniury has made iT impossible Tor him To parTicipaTe in aThleTics. In his Treshman and sophomore years Wieg was - vice-presidenT oT The class, and as a Iunior he was presidenT R. WARREN WILLIAMS BabbiT Rd BedTord Hills New York Willie didn'T seem To do much more Than play bearcaT baskeTball and go Tishing in his TirsT year aT Wlbraham The Tollowing year, when he was a iunior however he really sTarTed rolling. He played TooTball Tor The Junior VarsiTy Team ThaT year, he ioined The Glee Club he played J V baseball Tor a while and Then changed To Track and he sTill made an occasion al Trip To The res To go Tishing This year he was on The VarsiTy TooTball Team, winTer and spring Track Teams sang in The Glee Club, and ran in The Bunion Derby For college This Tall Warren hopes To go all The wav To Iowa STaTe

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LEONARD SYDNEY II63 Beacon ST., BosTon, Mass. Sid is one oT The Tew boys who ioined The class OT i952 in The Sophomore year. His sporTs ThaT year consisTed oT Junior Va'rsiTy soccer, riTle, Tennis, and swimming in The upper reservoir. Again in his iunior year, he played on The iayvee soccer squad and Took up iayvee baseball. This year he was on The VarsiTy soccer Team, The iayvee baskeTball squad, The riTle club, The Tennis club, sang Tor The Glee Club, and conTri- buTed To The ATlas. Having recenTly made his home in Bos- Ton, Sid in now our represenTaTive To The arisTocracy. STEPHEN H. TYLER 20 Ruggles ST., WesTboro, Mass. To Those who have known STeve, since his iunior year, he is a mosT amusing and popular classmaTe. From his advice To The love-lorn To checking The runners OT The Bunion Derby, he has included numerous acTiviI'ies To his record. Reversing The usual procedure, he wenT Trom J. V. soccer To bearcaT soccer in his iunior and senior years, respecTively. In his iunior year he played bearcaT baskeTball, ioined The riTle club, and worked ouT in spring Track. His senior year included member- ship on The business sTaTT oT The sTudenT publicaTions, as well as The dance commiTTee and condiTioning group. STeve plans To enTer The UniversiTy oT Pennsylvania. 'Wu-5, RICHARD PAUL von HOORN l92 HillTop Dr.. Trumbull, Conn. Dick's acTiviTies have been quiTe varied, since he came To Wilbraham as a iunior. On The soccer Teams he advanced Trom iayvee goalie in his TirsT year To varsiTy as a senior. LasT Tall he was one oT The represenTaTives in The Bunion Derby Trom The vicTorious FourTh Floor, For winTer sporTs he was a member oT The riTle Team Tor Two years, and he played Junior VarsiTy baskeTball. Hornie's musical TalenTs were divided among The sTring ensemble, The band, and The Glee Club. Ten- nis was anoTher sporT ThaT he was inTeresTed in and Took up Tor Two years. He hopes To enTer Middlebury This Tall. RAYMOND WALKE I644 Allen ST., SpringTield, Mass. Coming To Wilbraham as a Junior, Ray became a mem- ber oT The Track Team, The Tumbling Team, and The J. V. EooT- ball Team. During his senior year, Ray played VarsiTy FooTball, and he was elecTed To The STudenT Council. He won The Physics Prize and was elecTed secreTary oT The class in his iunior year. Being a member oT The ATlas Board in his iunior year, he worked very sTrongly Tor The beTTermenT oT The school paper, and he was subsequenTly appoinTed co-ediTor oT The ATlas This year.Ray's scholasTic and aThleTic abiliTies will make him very successTul aT Cornell This Tall. 25

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PRESlDENT'S ADDRESS We OT The one hundred and ThirTy-TiTTh graduaTing class OT Wilbraham Academy have, each one OT us, consummaTed a disTincT parT OT our lives Today. We have reached The age, when behind us lie The careTree, unburdened years OT adolescence, and beTore us lies The unknown and uncerTain TuTure. We are on The Threshold OT a world Tilled wiTh chaos, a world we musT make secure To The besT OT our abiliTy and in which we musT build our TuTure wiTh our uTmosT proTiciency. BeTOre each OT us sTreTches a long green paTh, marked by obsTacles, deTOurs, and sideTracks ThaT will TempT us and Try To deTer us Trom our chosen goals. These de- TracTory impedimenTs, haTe, doubT, Tear, disTrusT, envy, greed, and immoraIiTy are whaT we musT recognize Tor Their own ominous selves, so ThaT we will noT be led asTray. buT will successTully reach and surpass our own individual desTinaTions. There will be Those OT us who will meeT The mosT diTTiculT OT hardships, and There will be Those OT us who will be more TorTunaTe. There may be some OT us whose Tu- Ture will be wriTTen in The carnage and desTrucTion OT war and will be losT in The clouds OT baTTle. BuT we leave Wilbraham Academy Today, noT concerned by such ThoughTs Tor The TuTure, buT raTher wiTh dreams OT achieving all ThaT lies wiThin our gras . pWe, The Senior Class, are meeTing here Tor The Tinal Time as a compIeTe group. We will be leaving The inTimaTe conTacTs oT many Triends, noT iusT among ourselves, buT The underclassmen and TaculTy. Indeed, none oT us will TorgeT The innumerable and delighTTul hours spenT aT Uncle Charlie's Rendez-vous. Each week we have meT To enioy The hospiTaliTy OT our amiable headmasTer, Mr. STevens. Now we say goodbye To The many experiences we have had, The lessons we have learned, and The acTiviTies in which we have parTicipaTed. These Things, which we shall never again relive in acTualiTy, we shall live over and over in memory. IT is wiTh genuine sorrow ThaT we leave Wilbraham Academy, buT iT is wiTh pride and honor ThaT we Take our place as graduaTes OT our Alma MaTer. IVY ORATION You There, yes, you. You whom we Tear, whose very shadow Tills our Trembling bodies wiTh dread, you are going TO Turn The sand again. Yes, we see The IasT grain slip Through our Tingers, we The class OT nineTeen hundred and TiTTy-Two. Four years have slipped pasTg we cling To The IasT Tew momenTs as drowning men. We are proud: we have Tilled our minds wiTh sundry TacTs, we have hardened our bodies, and we have peeked inTo our souls, buT now aT your Tigure we quake. We see a vision OT new sand. InsTead OT The whiTe appears a myriad OT colours: gray, black, red, and gold. Oh, wha+ mean These hues? Are our lives To be gray? Are we To be alone? Will There be no gayness Tor our generaTion? And black. No, we will never Tall To blackness, and yeT we know every social group has iTs own Gehenna. BuT This sand sTained red causes us To cry ouT, Woe is mel Does This mean ThaT some will Tall, Torn asunder on ground, soured in blood? God Torbidl Ah, buT is There hope, The gold we see reTined in sacriTice and service. So we have realized our debT To The groping masses, ThaT seek vicTory as They Trudge o'er TlaTs as desolaTe as limbo's gulT. We would noT drop gold inTo our coTTers, smiling To see our worldly Treasures wax in magniTude. We sTumble as one blinded, Tor The lighT Trom Heaven sTreams down upon This painTed deserT. The cloak OT yOuTh is sTripped Trom OTT our bodies and we sTand a man. lOh evil world To sTrip us OT The cloak OT youTh and make us sTand a man.l We Tall prosTraTe beTore The lighT, Tor iT shows us in our Trailness, Tor we are proud. As The lighT and hues dance upon our bodies and burn our eyes, we Tind ourselves accounT- able, indeed only us accOunTable Tor our acTions, save Tor Those who Teach us wrong. Many Talse propheTs shall we meeT, who will endeavour To Turn us aside Trom The paTh. There will be The easy ride, The painTed girl: The hall OT drowned sorrows. There will be many snares OT The Devil awaiTing us, Tor The Devil marks well This way. These snares we can: we musT surmounT, Tor on The oTher side awaiTs our l:aTher, and iT is in I-lis house ThaT we would dwell. Gggplgg j, Fallon 27 Wkzrren Tlmmax Clmxe, fr.