Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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192 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. fCannonj Potts and a brother of Charles E. Potts, Ir., who gradu- ated from Sheff in 1931. Phil, Whose preparation for col- lege Was received at the West Ha- ven High School, was a scholar of the second rank in his Freshman year at Yale, he has taken the course in industrial administration. He lived at home all four years. He is planning to enter the Held of air conditioning upon the com- pletion of his undergraduate course. His permanent mailing address is 69 Church Street, West Haven, Conn. EDWARD SCHUYLER POWELL, 6'Sky, Was born at Glen Ridge, N. I., on March 18, 1913, his parents being Maurice Stanley and Anna Elizabeth QReederj Powell. Sky has one brother. His preparation for college was received at the Glen Ridge High School, and he spent the year 1931-32 at Lehigh University, where he was on the Freshman Track Team. He joined our Class at the beginning of Sophomore year, taking the course in industrial ad- ministration and engineering. Sky, who is a member of Berkeley College, was on its Touch Foot- ball Team in Senior year. He is a member of the Glee Club and be- longs to the Outing Club and The Sachem Club. He roomed with I. N. and W. E. Sherley in Sophomore year and with R. H. Sperry in Iunior year, while as a Senior he lived alone. He expects to enter some manu- facturing industry after he gradu- ates from Yale. His permanent mailing address is 46 High Street, L Glen Ridge, N. I.

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BIOGRAPHIES 191 and on the University Wrestling Team for the next three years, winning numerals and a minor HY. Bob is a non-resident member of Trumbull College and belongs to Tau Beta Pi and to Franklin Hall and Theta Xi. He roomed alone in Freshman year, with R. T. Ross, ,34 Ph.D., the next year, with Cressy as a Iunior, and with Cressy and Bronson in Senior year. After a period of graduate work in metallurgy at Yale, Bob plans to become engaged in metallurgical research. His permanent ad- dress is 40 Catalpa Street, Santa Cruz, Calif. MARTIN ALLEN POND, Ducky, was born in Ansonia, Conn., on October 17, 1912, the son of C1iHord Allen and Anna Louise QHafnerj Pond. For the past five years he has lived in New Haven ef and Hamden, Conn. Ducky prepared for college at the Ansonia and New Haven High schools and at The Loomis School. He has taken the course in civil engineering at Yale, and he is a member of the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In Freshman year he heeled the Record and was on the Swimming Squad and the Class Swimming Team, and in Iunior year he was on the Wright Swimming Team and the University Crew Squad. Ducky lived at home until his Senior year, when he roomed alone in Berkeley College, of which he is a member. He is planning to become an engineer after he completes his un- dergraduate course. His permanent address is 94 Ardmore Street, Hamden, Conn. PHILIP WALTER POTTS, Phil, was born in New Haven on February 17, 1912, but since 1925 his home has been in VVest Ha- ven, Conn. He is the son of Charles Edward and Lucy Elizabeth

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BIOGRAPHIES 193 ARTHUR MURRAY PRES- TON, whose parents are Ord and Carolyn Merritt CMurrayj Pres- ton, was born in Washington, D. C., on November 1, 1913, his father graduated from Yale in 1899. Murray has a brother and two sisters. He received his preparation for college at Andover and has taken the course in applied economic science. He heeled the News as a Freshman and in Sophomore year . went out for the crew manager- 1 ship. He belonged to The Clois- ' A ter and is a member of The Book and Snake Society, the Yale Political Union, and of Berkeley Col- lege. In Freshman year Murray roomed with W. C. Shull, 2d, '35, in Sophomore year with Hotchkiss, and for the next two years with Craig. Upon the completion of his course at Yale, he intends to go into banking. His permanent mailing address is 1822 R Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. STERETT RIDGELY PREVOST, IR., Beef,U who was born Ianuary 29, 1914, in Elizabeth, N. I., is the son of Sterett Ridgely and Margaret Stearns Qlidwardsj Prevost. He has one sister. Entering Yale from the Pingry School, he took the course in ap- plied economic science. In Fresh- man year he was elected to the business board of the Lit and was on the Swimming and Crew squads, and as a Sophomore he entered the boxing managerial competition. Beef is a member of York Hall and Chi Phi. In Sopho- more year he roomed with H. W. French, ,36 S., and Longley, the