North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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Bottom Row — Dr. Landau, Miss Griffin, Miss Radcliffe, Mrs. Gleason, Miss Leslie, Miss Fullerton, Miss Harvey, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Hancock, Mrs. Childs. Middle Row — Mr. Wilcock, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. French, Mr. Corkran, Mr. Millett, Mr. Duff, Mr. Harritt, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Taylor. Top Row — Mr. Massman, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Morningstar.

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MR. SMITH: I am sure that I express the sentiments of the entire Faculty in wishing God-speed to all our friends in the Class of 1941. You are entering a world torn with turmoil, doubts, and terror. Most of the old landmarks seem to be gone; you will have nothing to guide you but your own courage and judgement. But it is in the midst of such change and rapid evolution that young people of character often have their greatest opportunities, so we do not commiserate you but rather congratu- late you on your good fortune and wish you God-speed. A shipwrecked sailor stranded on this shore Bids you set sail! Full many a vessel when we struck and sank Weathered the gale! MR. CORKRAN : The school year has witnessed a steady growth in the morale of the senior class. The boys had to undergo the disappointment of being unable to lead the school to a duplica- tion of last year ' s record in football, but they rallied well to make a strong finish which coupled with the fine field hockey record achieved by the drive of the senior girls, made the autumn season one of our most successful. The impetus of the fall achievement led to successes in the Senior Play and the opera. So it has come about that under the stimulus of responsibility a group of rugged in- dividualists have come into a vigorous sense of cooperative action. The traditions of the school are handed on unimpaired and even augmented by the sturdy class of 1941. MRS. CHILDS: The growth of North Shore in 1940-41 has been like that of the sturdy trees around Knollslea and Dunlap-roots reaching ever more deeply into the earth, branches spreading ever more widely toward the outer world. The common interests between parents, faculty and students, in varied joint committees and projects, have deepened and strengthened. These three groups have joined again and again in discussions on our responsibilities to parts of the world that once seemed too far away to concern us.

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Qt £3. THE FACULTY The Class of 1941, Past the adolescent age, Perspicacious and tenacious, Exits from the stage. Now Dunlap ' s halls are only walls And are no longer well patrolled Where once was Mr. Corkran ' s realm And patient pedants strolled. We plagued them and committed acts That they condoned hut with disgust. The faculty, its faculties Will have to re-adjust. The empty fields in silence lie And current heros (some) have gone; Where Doc incited boys to fight And spirit carried on. And Mr. Duff with anger pent, No longer with sardonic stare, With placid mien in change of scene Is getting back his hair. So to the reverend faculty All former wrongs we disavow. With recognition to erudition We leave the setting now.