The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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THE GUNN ASSOCIATION 'ga' Front rovv left to rlght Hart C Perknns Smyth CPres1dentD Hrnes Hagyard Back row Kenna Emerson P jennlngs Chaplann Moore Sheffield McKernon The Gunn ASSOCIHIIOH Executrve Commlttee com posed of DCE of the student body, has alded Chapltun John Warner Moore ln Conductrng the dally chapel servlces and Vespers Thls has cons1sted matnly of taklng charge of and offerlng durlng meetxngs con strucnve cr1t1c1sm about these vltal aspects of school lrfe The Rellglous Conference held at The Gunnery on Aprll 7 was planned and organlzed by the members of th1s assocxatlon They have also taken a great rnterest and played a major role ln the varlous conferences held at other schools durrng the year These lncluded the Northfleld Conference from November 30 to De cember 7, the Cheshtre Conference on Aprxl 13, and a plannmg sessron at the Oxford School Lnder the gutdance of Prestdent Wllllam Smyth, the Gunn Assoctanon has also been helpful ln welcom mg new students to The Gunnery Th1s has done much to preserve The Gunnery s reputatlon of frrendshlp 5 A 4 . 5 C 5' xv t 'f Q t by -if is 'ap .C w f ,Y A ' lf. f .? 'Q 41.5. A x tr V 1 ll f V , v it r fy ,.g X Q ' 'S , .G X 4, 102

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THE STUDENT COUNCIL Front row left to rrght Protage Gebhardt Hart C Smyth Smrth P CPres1dentJ Hrnes I-lagyard Crawford C Perkrns Back row Kenna Herrup Munson Lrndsay Brown jennmgs McKernon Maxwell Smrth C Stoessel The Student Councrl thxs year headed by Peter Smrth 15 the basrs of the student government as well as the student bodys representatrve vorce rn school trves who make up the councrl do more than merely represent therr classmates They ard the faculty rn supervrsron of dorms meet as a regular br weekly grouprng commrttee and generally act as a lrnk be tween the faculty and the students Thrs year s councxl by enactrng student suggestrons sought to make a closer contact between rtself and the student body A serres of open meetrngs was held and a decrsron reached whereupon a secretary was to be elected from the five prefects to keep the mrnutes of see By openrng rts meetmgs the councrl co ordrnated rtself wrth the functrons of the student body thus fur thermg rts prrme purpose rn the school The councrl IS strll seekrng further methods of reach mg a closer contact wrth the student body rather than berng consrdeted merely a drscrplrnary factron , ., . 1 , , , , , , , 7 ' J 5 affairs. The Prefects, Monitors, and Class Representa- each meeting which were then to be posted for all to - , ' . . , ' , - . . . . . - s 7 Y ' 101

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THE GUNNERY NEWS Front row left to rrght Turnbull Protage Crawford C Marsted Hart C 4Copy Edrtorb Smyth CAssoc1ateEd1torJ Smrth P tEd1tor1n chrefj Hall G QSportsEd1torJ Shure 4Bus1ness Managerj Perry Fxelds Blmder Stoessel W Back row jams Archbald Cohen Raddxng Wrlllamson Hrllman Mrlton Jennmgs Keatmg R Schwabacher Lackey Pershrng Brumng Sprro McCollom Lrfschltz Mr Bahney Last year The Near under the leadership of Edrtor Peter Smrth and gurdance of Faculty Supervrsor Mr Bahney mamtarned 1ts usual hrgh quahry of yournal rsm and because of th1s was avr arded a second place certrficate rn the annual poll of prep school newspapers made by the Columbra School Paper Assocrauon Throughout the year the News staff drd an effircrent job rn recordmg and reportmg the news of school func t1ons and athlerrc exents In addrtron to reportmg strarghr school news the paper also spotlrghted Semor personalrtnes throughout the xssues Some humorous facets of school lrfe were also featured rn Edrtorxal spot lrghts One rmportanr and rnfiuentral porrron of the News rs that of Letters to the Edrtor rn whrch stu dents are given the opportunrty to express thelr sentr ments and offer constructrve cr1t1c1sm of the school lrfe W1th such addrtrons to the regular makeup The Gun nery INeuJ has been an rnformatrve rnterestrng and valuable conrrrbutron to the school Addrng much to thls school publrcatron wrth therr efforts were Assoc1ate Edrtor W1ll1am Smyth Sports Edrtor Gordon Hall Copy Edrtor Chrrstopher Hart Photography Edrtor jack Perry and Busmess Manager H Wrllram Shure y 5 1 1 , -, , , - , r v - ' ' 1 1 - a y , , y y - 3 , r , , , v y s x -1 x s s x v , v , . - - - - .. - H - - y , h - . . Y Y . . . . v 1 ' , . . . . V T Y . . . . a 1 - 1 1 Y ' , ' ' 1 s , , . .