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

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Seated Cleft to r1ghtJ T Browne Lewrs Wrre Arrd Law Taylor Attrtde jackson Second Row flefr to rnghtb R jones Such Ascherfbach Rowern Rozxnsky Wal' E Brooxs Gallo Herzfeld Guy Lawrence HISTORY CLUB Thls past year agam found the H1story Club to be a very successful orgamzatron Wxth a small but actrve membershlp of twenty one students rt progressed raprdly Under the gu1dance of Mr R1chard K Loveland and the ofhcers Geoffrey Law presldent John Alrd v1ce treasurer the Hrstory Club took leadmg roles 1n the act1v1t1es of the Forelgn Pol1cy ASSOCIHIIOU and the Secondary School Soctety for Internanonal Coopera non The club also obta1ned movxes on many 1nterest xng twenneth century h1stor1cal events wh1ch were en joyed not only by the members but also by the school 1n general Pak1stan was the focus of attentton thxs year The club represented that country at a Model Bandung Conference whnch was held under the ausplces of the SSSIC and also at a Model Unlted Natlons held at Hxllyer College m Hartford Sam jackson one of the members dxstlngulshed htmself by presndlng over the Model UN In addxtnon to havmg a successful year 1n xts external alfarrs the Hxstory Club also remamed actrve m nts mternal work As m prevlous years many lntramural solved Segregatxon lS good for the average southern communrty Resolved Nato IS no longer a potent force 1n guardmg the West Informal dlscusstons were held at meetlngs subjects ranged from communlsm to luvenxle dehnquency The Hnstory Club at Avon Old Farms has helped to g1ve the school a better name by 1ts mterest m forengn afTa1rs and current events The successful debates dns cussrons and xnterscholastlc act1v1t1es have created a tradmon whrch rt IS hoped wnll contmue to grow m succeedlng years ' 2 - , ' , ' , ' , , , ' , Q ' ' 9 M 1 I ! ! Y A1 ' ! I ' 3 ' Y 3 . 1 ' 9 s ' ' 1 I presxdentg Ph1l1p Wlre, secretaryg Thomas Taylor, debates were staged. Two of the topxcs were: Re- , 1 h - , 3 . . , ' ' . . . , ' 7 7 5 111

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Seated Cleft to rrghtb Wrre Law Gallo Dr Mxtchell Hawley Van De Water Attrrde J Robmson Antolrnx Second Row Cleft to rlghtb Lewns Rosenthal Emnch Proctor W N Gordon Van Wrnkle S Barr C Robmson Seidel THE GOLD KEY Thrs year as rn the past the Gold Key has more than lrved up to the standard as set forth nn IIS very porgnant motto To make what lS gorng well at Avon go better Under the leadershrp of Presrdent Cole Van De Water Vrce Presrdent Roy Attrrde and Secretary Fred Haw ley the many teas and other school social functlons were well organrzed and brought off w1th a mrnrmum of dtfficulty Thrs rs not to say that the club had an easy trme of rt for most certarnly nt drd not but rather that nt fulhlled tts dunes admnrably The year started early for the members of the Gold Key as the very frrst day of school found them hard at workrng attendmg to the tea that was grven the rncom :ng new boys and therr famnlres From that first day rrght up unt1l graduanon they worked hard and long tn a never ceasmg effort to make every school functron a perfect one Commencement IS seemrngly always a dark txme for the organrzanon as such as graduatmg senrors most always leave a great many places to be hlled among rts ranks Thrs year proved no exceptron as eleven d1l1 gent young men left for college Dr Mrtchell the club s faculty advrsor feels confident that the clubs remarn mg members wxll serve as a model to those wrshxng to yom the Gold Key s select ranks The club whrch has always been very selectrve has a three month trral perlod whetern prospectnve mem bers are grven a chance to demonstrate therr respectxve capabrlrtxes At the end of the trral perrod the old members vote on the candrdates and the results are made publrc shortly thereafter Made up of conscren nous and hard workrng members the mdustrrous per sonnel deserve no small amount of credrt I 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 f , , , 1 - - 1 1 ' ' - 1 1 1 1 .. . . ,, . 1 , 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' . . . . , ' 1 ' ' ' 1 . . . , . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . , . ' 1 ' 1 '

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Frrst Row Cleft to rrghtj Taylor Schravettr Emrnch Mr Sharp Toogood Ross Proctor Plepla Second Row Cleft to trghtl Skemp Arrd jackson Strllgebauer Danrel S Barr T Browne Van Wrnkle DINING ROOM COMMITTEE Thrs year the seventeen boys who comprlsed the Drnmg Room Commrttee were confronted wrth many problems and justrfiably so Havrng assumed the re sponsrbrlrtles of seerng to the proper functronrng of the refectory rn rts every aspect therr tasks were many Frrst the seven young men on the drnrng room srde saw to the takrng of attendance at darly and weekend meals as well as makrng sure that a count slrp the total number of meals served on any partrtular day was submrrted to the powers that be rn the Busrness Ofhce Second the after drnner coffees were also at tended by members of the DC Under the drrect supervrsron of Porter Danrel Co charrman and hrm self an rndustrrous sort the boys on the drnmg room sxde deserve no small amount of credlt Unnotrced for the most part the tray carrrers of the rnlirmary srde doubtless deserve much prarse Therr partrcular duty was to see that a tray of food was de lrvered to the rnfirmary every day wrthout fall It was seldom rndeed that the patxents went hungry thanks to the unfarlrng efforts of Co charrman john Srrllge bauer Mr Sharp the groups faculty supervrsor was al ways on hand rn case unforeseen drfhcultres should arrse Havrng nothrng but prarse for hrs hard workers rt rs hrs hope that future members wrll lxve up to the rradrtron that has arrsen and that thrs years members have contrnued - v n x - s 1 n 1 - 1 a n a Q - - ' x , . , - , . ' . 1 ' 1 ' 3 1 1 5 ' - v . 1 ' 1 s ' v - s ' ' ' x 4. H - - ' ' - - . . . . . . . . . , v ' y ' a , .