Casady School - Twister Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Board of Trustees Front row, left to right: Mr. Horace K. Calvert, Mr. Joseph F. Connolly, Mr. Edward H. Miller, Mr. William P. Mor- rison, Jr., Dr. D. H. O'Donoghue. Bock row: Mr. Boston W. Smith, The Rt. Rev. Chilton Powell, Mr. Howard W. Taber, assistant headmaster, Mr. Shaun Kelly, J r., headmaster. Not pictured: Mr. John J. Coates, Mr. Clifford L. Frates, Mr. Frank Johnson Hightower, Dr. John H. Lamb. Since the middle of the l954-55 academic year the Board of Trustees of Casady School has undergone an ex- tensive personnel change. As a result, with one exception, the present Board is composed of members who have served not longer than one year. lt is not easy to lose men of the caliber of Griffing, Lytle, Judge Cochran, Vernon Cook and others, Your present Board is attempting to match with its enthusiasm what it lacks in experience. For the past year the primary consideration of the Board, of course, has been the building drive. lt has occupied not only most of the Board meeting period but a large portion of each individual member's time away from the Board. The material results of this drive are well known and need not be reviewed. What may not be quite so apparent is the tremendous amount of public relations engendered by the drive. Most of the people of Oklahoma City, together with a large number of state residents and not a few on the national level, have now heard of Casady School. A very large number of these have heard so much about it that they have been able to form conclusions in their minds as to what they want out of the School and how they feel about its present operation. We think the decisions made by these people have all been in favor of Casady. We feel that in the future these people will contribute gen- erously of their time and money toward improving Casady. While heavily involved in the drive, the Board has never- theless found time to discuss fully, and then approve, the commencement of an elementary school in September of l956. While this will require considerable effort we be- lieve it will broaden the base of interest in Casady and answer one of the most serious needs of the community. The Board is presently concerned with the inclusion in our system of a dormitory school on a limited scale. We intend to make inquiries through the Diocese in an effort 4 to ascertain how successful such a school would be. From the information obtained in the drive, however, we know many non-residents are ready to support this phase of our development. One of the larger problems which the Board has facing it at the present time involves what we might call fringe benefits for the faculty. We need a good retirement pro- gram, a plan of Sabbatical Leaves, we should enlarge our annual salary increase program, and possibly find a way to furnish summer employment in working for the School to those teachers who need it. A second part of this problem, although not connected with it other than in the method of solution, is that of enlarging our scholarship program. Assuming vacancies, any boy or girl who has the ability and desire should be able to attend Casady ir- respective of his or her financial ability to meet the tuition. l believe it is the unanimous opinion of those connected with the School that the stronger the scholarship program the stronger the school. We believe an endowment fund program is the only answer to these problems. This will take a great deal of thought and work not to mention the generosity of patrons of the School. There are few schools in the country, and none of the caliber of Casady, which can operate without supplemental money. We hope in the near future to pre- sent plans for the beginning of this fund and we know the response will be enthusiastic. l cannot finish this without telling the faculty and the students of the pride which the Board takes in their accom- plishments, l know that l speak for every member of the Board in expressing our unlimited confidence in Mr. Kelly and the faculty, We think of Casady as Oklahoma City's scholastic jewel which will increase in brilliance through the years.

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10- , , , , , . ln Memoriam On Saturday, the sixteenth of April, Judge A. D. Cochran passed away at his home in Okmulgee at the age of seventy-two. He was not known personally by many of the students, but his untiring work in Casady's behalf will long be remembered. He became the first chairman of the Board of Trustees soon after the school's founding. Cochran Hall honors him. He was bam in Edgewood, Iowa. ln his youth he moved to Okmulgee where he became a respected lawyer. Judge Cochran was President of Central National Bank, Vice-President of Penmar Oil Company, and partner in Vierson-Cochran Oil Company. During his life he was active in the Episcopal Church and held the positions of Chancellor of the Diocese of Oklahoma and Vice-President of the Bishop and Council, which is the Executive Committee of the Church. He participated in many civic activities, including Boy Scouts, Com- munity Chest, and Rotary Club. In all the paths of his lite, Judge Cochran gave a part of himself to his work. He was not a glory seeker, and as with all such men, his ceaseless work was his reward. His contributions have greatly aided the school's work, In his will he left fifty thousand dollarslto the welfare of the school, a gift equaled by few. He gave not only his wealth but his very valuable time to Casady School. He lived a full and prosperous life. He was a leader in his com- munity, in the Church, and in our school. Casady and the Judge's innumer- able friends suffered a great loss in his death.

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Casady School has only one reason for being -its students. All education aims at the development of native competence, to increase economic, social, political, and physical ability. This is our purpose at Casady. Yet at the same time, more is offered. We also want to develop those inner insights that produce goodness in man, and spring from goodness in man. Competence, plus moral direction and inspiration makes men and women civilized. Intellectual power, plus an equal amount of conscience, heart, and spirit, complete our formula for life at Casady School. All these qualities are rooted ultimately in a religious spirit, a spirit binding person to per- son, and each to all, and all to God. ln this broad, yet vital sense Casady is a Church School, and draws from the Christian Faith a mature way of life for campus, home and community now-and, in time, for College, and adult life in the world. CHILTON POWELL, Bishop of Oklahoma The Right Reverend Thomas Casady, D.D., S.T.D., for whom Casady School is named, was consecrated Third Missionary Bishop of the Missionary District of Oklahoma on Octo- ber 2, l927. ln i937 Oklahoma became a Diocese. For twenty-six years until his retire- ment on June 6, l953, Bishop Casady led the Episcopal Church in Oklahoma and left it strong and vital in the Faith. In i946 Bishop Casady conceived the idea of a church school, presenting the spiritual and cultural ideals and standards of the Epis- copal Church. As an original member of the Board of Trustees from i947 until l954, when he became Trustee Emeritus, Bishop Casady was directly responsible for the founding and establishing of Casady School in Oklahoma City. From l952 until the spring of i954 he also served the school as Chaplain, coming each morning for the 8:30 A.M. Chapel ser- vice. His Chapel talks, his simple, straight- forward exposition of the Scriptures, and his leadership in Morning Prayer were a source of strength and inspiration to us all. Only severe- ly failing sight compelled him finally to end his service to the school, We shall always be deeply grateful to Bishop Casady for his leadership and for his steadfast example, wisdom, and concern for us. We are proud of his extraordinary contribution to the Church in Oklahoma, and especially proud to bear his name. We wish him joy in his well-earned retirement.