Barnard School for Boys - Bric Yearbook (Fieldston, NY)

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.fdfk Lfic Counci The AThleTic Council is composed oT our a+hIe+ic direcTor, The coach, capTain, and manager, oT all sporTs, and The class represenTaTives. Besides awarding The varsiTy leTTer, iT is The duTy oT The Council To run The annual TaTher-son TooTball dinner, To engage oTher schools in aTh- leTic compeTiTion, To mainTain Training and eligibiliTy rules, To regulaTe The purchase oT aTh- leTic emblems lschool sweaTers, iackeTs, eTc.l, To appoinT cheerleaders, Team managers, and hold elecTions Tor Team capTains, To encourage The parTicipaTion of every one in compeTiTive sporT, and To mainTain The high sTandard of Tair play and good sporTsmanship, for which The Barnard Teams and The Barnard leTTermen are iusTly honored and respecTed. For The TirsT Time in several years Traclc has be- come a recognized sporT aT Barnard. ATTer lasT year's raTher spoTTy comeback, The Team under The direcTion of our new coach, Colonel Reid, has well proved iTs worTh. The Council had planned To originaTe an all- sporTs dinner, buT, as iT seems now, ThaT idea will have To be leTT To nexT year's adminisTraTion. InsTead, The Council will devoTe The remaining Time To esTablishing a badly-needed consTiTuTion. ln pasT years, The Council has been seriously handicapped by This lack of regulaTions, and accordingly many unnecessary diTTiculTies have arisen. To correcT This malady, PresidenT Jim WhiTe and Chairman Parnell oT The consTiTuTion commiTTee expecT To presenT The new consTiTu- Tion beTore CommencemenT Day. AnoTher TradiTion To be esTablished aT Bar- nard will be an inTra-mural Traclc meeT. Under The direcTion oT our Track Team capTain, This evenT will do much To promoTe inTeresT in That sporT and. will also prove valuable in bringing ouT laTenT aThleTic abiIiTy in under-classmen. AlThough This years Council has noT realized all oT The Tine ideals ThaT iT has seT up, iT has buiI+ a sTrong ToundaTion upon which a powerful organizaTion can be builT. The AThleTic Council aT Barnard may now look Torward To one OT The mosT promising years in iTs hisTory.

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Shnding, lofi Oo right M.-While, Long, Heeremens. Seeded: J. Whifo, Flinn, Mr. Raymond, Rocher, Cunningham. we .siualenl Counci Tweniy-four years ago 'rhe Sludenl Council was formed lo promoie self-governmenl among ihe sfudenfs of 'rhe school. Under 'lhe capable leadership of president Gary Recker, The Siudenl Council has been eslablished as lhe direciing force in social and disciplinary acfions. Ofher seniors included in the Council are Donald Flinn, Marlin, Cunningham, and James While, who along wiih ihe presidenls ol 'the ofher classes-James Heeremans, Mark While, and Roland Long-have conlribuled much fo fhe furihering of sludenf parficipalion in school acfiviiies. The Council was insfrumenial This year in mal:- ing such acfiviiies as fhe Thanlcsgiving and Fare- well Dances ihe greaf successes which They were. lf also did a commendable iob in coping wifh lhe disciplinary problems which arose from 'rime lo lime and, upon 'rhe recommendafions ol Mr. Raymond and Mr. Sla+fery, if iundioned so as lo keep The general inleresls of lhe sfudenl body in mind. Wilh fhe confinued cooperafion of ihe slu- denls, fhe Sfudenl Council will remain fhe guid- ing power behind all school funcfions.

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Sfqnding, lgff fo righh Hggrgmgng, Prgggr, J, Rucker. Sealed, lofi fo righf, Parnell. B. Berger While, Trower, Angelus, Anapooll, Zlvlello, MT- LYON. Wilson. Birn- gic goarcl We have been unusually blessed +his year wi+h a very ex- ceplional group of highly 'ralenled boys who have given lheir all in order 'ro produce a well balanced and highly coorclinaled Bric -lhe biggesl and lhe besl ever, so fhe lilerary 'ralenl' of +he slalil avers. The boys on 'lhe Board have given 'rheir lime wilhouf complainl, have offered fheir falenl wilhouf limil, and have very efficiently and lhoroughly seen lo il' 'rhal This year's annual is, in fact a lasfing ex- ample of whaf real feam-worlc can accomplish.