Beaver Country Day School - Senior Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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Chairman..................................................Jean Briggs Secretary..............................................Joan Olmstead Let row. Rosen, Cohn, O’Neil, Mrs. Pope, Olmstead, McCarthy, Howes. 2nd row. Wechsler, Mbacham, Swain, Rees, Feldman, Baker, B., Siioet, Houghton K. Sul row. Townsend, Cordingley, Falvey, Wyner, Thayer, Harris, Fernandez, Fitzgerald, Absent Briggs. This year because so much interest was expressed in poetry, the Log Board sponsored the establishment of a Poetry Group for both faculty and students. We read and—more or less— discuss the works of various poets—including ourselves! Mr. Hodgman started us off with a ■’boom”, reading Vachcl Lindsay's The Congo . Later we had a very interesting meeting with Miss Blair and Dr Heidcr reading Emily Dickinson. Miss Blair told us some of the difficulties of reading her poetry; then Dr. Heider gave an account of how he happened to find out about Emily Dickinson and read us a poem he had written about her. Miss Knight contributed some photographs and a photostatic copy of an original manuscript from her collection of Dickinsonalia. One of our best meetings was the one at which Miss Clcndenin read Negro poetry. We all loved it so much that we rushed right home after the meeting to read the books of Negro poetry with which Mrs. Pope had decorated the table. We also went, one memorable day, to hear Robert Frost read at Harvard. We hope to have many more opportunities of this sort, and to enlarge our program, listening to records of poets reading their work, and perhaps having poets come and read to us. The Log Board looks forward to an ever-growing Poetry Group! [60] Poetry Group

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K:'x Luncheon Club Kingsley Houghton Janet Gutterson Nancy Stkoi-ast Jane Woll, Chairman Ann O’Day Sally Browne Lucy Baker [59]

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 = c c v-' - iOxcxC uAnol oi ilMi oJ%xcSao C U «vZL X OU. ( uajuulc -WKJ a- . fo..vjf oA tWou- o O Soal WY ‘ The Library Club 7j7 r M . Cohn, Rhus, O’Neil, Nichols, Miss Pratt, Lketk, Pres., Kenny, Gray, Shoht 2nd row. Stickney M., Smith B., Duncan, Wing, Feldman, Baker B., Daijney, Cahouet, Backer L., Paine M. 3rd row. Townsend, Hall, Browne, Benjamin, Houghton, P., Cauhape', Wyatt, Cole, Mohun, Wogan, Hubbard 4th row. Wechsler, Rosen, Paine I., Wood B., Willis, Underhill, Woods, Houghton, K., Remick. This year the Library Club has reached the status of a full club; that means that we have a certain Friday afternoon a month for our meetings. In the past the Library Club was nothing more than a committee to help the Librarian when she had extra work to do and to help the students in finding material in the Library. Now we still continue this work, but we have a more interesting program. Much of the time is spent discussing books. One of the meetings this year was dcvotecl to discussing Classics and what makes a Classic. At that meeting Miss Churchyard spoke and led a discussion on Gone With The Wind” and Valley of Decision”, as to whether they would eventually become Classics. In the Spring we have planned a book exhibit and tea for the members. It is the club's purpose to acquainc the girls with classics as well as with modern books and to instill in them through our discussions an appreciation of books. [61J