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

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THE DRAMATICS CLUB 'L is Front row left to rrght Nlr Vaughan Archbald Wnllnamson Emerson P Keatmg A Drls johnson jennlngs Powell Blmder Shure Second row lxeatlng R Raddrng, Wllshrre J Schwabacher J The proouctron of two plays durmb the last school year by the Dr tmatrcs Club fulfilled the club s objec mes to grve all students expressrng an rnterest some expemence rn theatrrcal work The Came llll!lZ7Zy Court Mama! by Herman Wouk was staged ln December w 1th Headmaster Ogden M11 ler R1Chard Dlls Stephen Raddrng and Peter Emerson performlng brlllrantly rn therr mayor roles The play was a success and as a mark of th1s the club was rm rted Colman Palewonsky jams Scoulle Renner Tobxe Back row Crawford J Smlth P Hall A Helm ones R Zerscl to New Mrlford to pave another presentatron for the Hungarran Rellef Fund Aprrl 76 and 77 were the productron dares of The Harry Hem: by john Patrrck The cast led by Mrs Day Lee Rrchard D1ls and joseph jennmgs, agarn per formed excellently Much of the creclt of havmg many crrtrcs call Tbc Hasty Heart the best play produced rn Gunnery s hrstory goes to the energeuc and enthusras t1c dlrector Mr Clark Vaughan pf

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THE CURRENT AFFAIRS CLUB Front row left to rlght Crawford C Turnbull Palevnonsky Marsted Wxllxamson Zersel Fnelds CPres1dentD Hart R Blmder Perry Scovnlle Oberwelser Omen B Back row Lrpetz Cohen jams Archbald Raddmg I-lerzxg Penner Greenwood lxeatlnlg, A Lackey Schuabacher Rxchman Spiro Donahoe Bradley Mr Bahney The Current AEHIIS Club under the able SUPCIVISIOD Frelds enjoyed a profitable year dxscussmg and analyz mg world and nanonal events D1ck Hart held the of lice of Vlce Presrdent whxle Tom Zensel served as the club s Secretary In October the club sponsored a Mock Nanonal Presxdennal Electron complete wxth an officral vonng machxne borrowed from the Washlngton Townshnp Wrth members of the club actmg rn officlal capac1t1es as reglstrars and checkers the electron was run off 112 smoothly 96 f of the schools elxgrble votersf those on elecnon day Results showed that 125 voted for Presldent ElSCIlll0WC1' whrle Mr Stevenson comprled 29 votes Durlng the year varlous IOPICS of nanonal and world wrde lmportance were d1scussed at the Tuesday nrght meetmbs Among them were questxons related to the Suez crlsls segregatlon statehood for Hawau and Alaska and Rock n Rolls effects on Amerxca whlch strmulated many rewardmg drscussrons , A , -, A , , , r V , ' , , : 1 , , n v u 1 l y ' 'v -v ' lv H l w l y S V , . . . , , , . v - 1' of Mr. Bahney and management of its President, Fred who had previously registeredj turned out at the polls 1 ' 1 I - . . , . . ' ' 7 7 , , .

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THE DEBATING SOCIETY W 'ii' 'Gd-. Front row left to rlght Wrllramson Raddmg Herzrl, Shure Bark rom Mr Bahney jams Blmder Frelds QPres1dentQ Rlchman Owen B Crawford C Under the gu1dance and coathmg of Mr Bahney the members of the Debatrng Souety expounded the1r w ry to a successful yed of wmnmb debrtes md bene Heral e per1ences Fred Frelds vms elected to the posr tron of Presldenr vshue Charles Cravs ford and Bob Bllnder held the OFFICES of VICC Presxdent and Pulra mentarlan respectrvely After out talkmg 1ts opponents 1n 1ntr1 school con tests the Gunnery team of Fred Fields Ian Williamson 114 ohn HCfZ1g and Sreve Raddrng went on to defeat Canterbury on the questxon of Capltal Pun1shment Westover w1s the next school to go down on the same subject urder the vuthermg arguments of Frelds Wrl lrtrmson Herzrg and H Wrlham Shure The members of the Socxety unammously agreed that the experlences guned rn pmrtrcrpatmg rn the de bates durmg the year were well worth the trme and effort expended in reserrch and prepnmtion.