Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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Front Row Qleft to right? W Robinson Hawley Seidel Van De Water Seated Cleft to rightj Ramsey McShane Beatson Sumner P Erskine L Brown D Davis Hutchinson Third Row Cleft to rightj W N Gordon J Robinson Gallo Law Hampton Attride Fourth Row tleft to rightj Gans Proctor Rosenthal Phillips Van Wmkle Dr Mitchell Wire Chew THE GOLD KEY Ever since its inaugration at Avon the Gold Key has been noted for its efficiency and fine service to the school One of the oldest campus organizations it was of the school This fact may be more clearly seen in the clubs motto To make what goes on at Avon go better The events that the Gold Key handles completely by itself are the Sunday teas at the home of Mr and Mrs Pierpont as well as those at the home of Dr and Mrs Kinkade In additton the Gold Key sees to the smooth running of the sports teas and other special events such as Parents Week End and Commencement Exercises It is quite apparent that a club with such respon sibilitres must be especially selective in its members Those students who seek admission to this exclusive or 108 ganization are put through a rigorous trial period dur ing the fall They are assigned to various club activities and under the supervision of a veteran the prospective made to conform to the traditional lines of correct be havior Immediately after the mid year examinations a meeting is held of all standing members and a vote is taken on the new candidates All those who are turned down during the winter elections may go on a trial period during the spring term and possibly gain ad mittance at the end of the year The faculty advisor Dr john Arthur Mitchell is to be commended for this superb supervision It was his task to maintain the club s schedule with the able assistance of Peter Erskine President and Stephen Sumner Secretary , . . . . . . . I ' , ' ! I Y organized for the purpose of handling the social needs members are observed in their working habits and 3 Y ' ' - 7 . . , - ! ' 7 . , .

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Back Row Cleft to rrghtj Howe Arrd Law Davenport Lawrence Phlllrps j Robrnson Gallo Wxre Sage R jones Seatedf left to rrghtb P Erskrne Frnlayson Dawes Gardner Lee Grossman Mr Loveland Front Row Cleft to rrghtj T Pettrngrll Rozmsky Whrtman A Pettmgrll HI TORY CLUB The Hrstory Club was founded at Avon Old Farms for the purpose of acquarntlng rnterested students wrth forengn polxcy and world affarrs Srnce 1ts conceptron early rn the school s hrstory rt has grown and expanded untrl xt IS now one of the most selectrve organrzatrons rn school restrrctrng rts membership to the most rn formed and mtellectually Currous A new and drfferent program greeted the old and new members of the Hrstory Club as they convened for the first nme under the new admmrstratron Presrdent Rrchard Lee arranged an enlarged program rncludrng d1scuss1ons debates an specral lectures Morton plc tures were shown from trme to trme and members of the club were able to hear the lectures grven before the Forergn Polrcy Assocratlon of Hartford Among the many frrsts rntroduced by thrs year s club were money rn the bank partrclpatron rn the an nual Stamford Instrtute on Internatronal Affanrs the holdrng of the semr annual conventron of the Secondary School Socrety for Internatronal Cooperatron here m Aprrl These coupled wnth the general hxgh caliber of the meetrngs helped to make 1959 the clubs most actrve year One of the major events of the year was the an nual Model Unrted Natrons Assembly at Hrllyer College rn Hartford sponsored by the Forexgn Polrcy Assocratlon Representrng Avon were Lee Gardner Grossman Dawes Fmlayson Law Al Pettrngrll and Whrtman In preparatron for the event these dele gates met rn New York Crty wrth the delegates from the countrxes whnch they were to represent The Forergn Polrcy Assocraron also sponsored mon thly meetrngs for members of local secondary schools At these meetmgs toprcs of current rnterest were dxs cussed and a noted speaker lectured on a specrfic prob lem of forergn polrcy The Secondary School Socrety for Internatronal Co operatnon held rts conventron at Avon on Aprrl 19 Thrrteen schools rncludrng Avon are rncluded rn thrs orgamzatnon whrch rs dedrcated to brrngrng about a fuller understandrng of forergn affarrs Th1s year the toprc drscussed was The New Natronallsm In the mormng mdrvrdual groups met to drscuss the toprc and to handle the affarrs of busrness and Wrllram Avrrett of the Carnegre Endowment for Internatronal Peace was called upon to speak rn the afternoon Much of the Hrstory Club s success can be attrrbuted to the rmmense effort put forward by the four olflcers elected rn May 1958 Presndent Rrchard Lee Vrce pres :dent Lanny Gardner Secretary Andrew Grossman and Treasurer Beman Dawes provrded the sound organrza tronal abrlrty and leadershrp that helped make the meet mgs run so smoothly Mr Loveland was always on hand as faculty advrsor and hrs smrlrng crrtrcrsm was always welcome w l I 9 1 v 1 r u - a x x , . 5 - 3 , , v y 1 - 5 A , y y A 9 a s x . . . . - - -1 . , ' ,, . . . . , . . ' 1 . . . . , - . . . . . . , 9 x s 1 d ' ' , . ' - - .V - - H ' a -1 H . . . . . . . 1 . , ' , . . . . . , . ' Y s - 9 ' ' ' v . 3 1 1 , . ' 1 1 -