Cincinnati Country Day School - Archive Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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aim is to develop high scholastic goals, which he finds easier to achieve at a school like Country Day where there is a singleness of purpose, But each person must go about this in his own way. As anyone who has taken one of Mr. Btush's couxses knows, there is a real em- phasis on conflict in literature. Mr. Brush parallels this with a feeling that people do not know themselves or others except through conflict. Consequently, he is apt to suggest what is right but leave the final choice be- tween right and wrong or to the individual. Similarly, Mr. Pattison tries to get his students sufficiently in- volved to workwith a given set of facts, to teach them not what to think but how to think. He stroneg believes that character and success go hand in hand; that is to Language Underwood 17 . xuvn m mum Mr. N. Cross, B.A., Latin say that no one of essentially bad character is a good student. Mr. Irwin is more concise. In hoping that he might bring students to appreciate why and what they are studying, he also hopes to instill a desire to do one's best. For one reason or another many teachers have left Country Day for other jobs, but it is indicative that they return to visit periodically. Perhaps MI. Wright best explained why; At CountIy Day there are good boys, good spirit, good atmosphere and an interest in improvement. There is a purpose; there is a feeling of the school belonging to the faculty with each one chipping in to do his part; there is all this along with the feeling that if any person does not like the system, he can change it. PL IV Mr. T. Eberhard, B.A. History, English, 7 8: 8

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There is only one person in the school who can play chess in physics class and get away with it. This is DAVID ADAMSON. Perhaps he manages this because a teacher cannot help liking him, although it is more probable that anything he might pick up from Mr. Wright would be superfluous. To say this is saying noth- ing against the physics department; it only means that Dave has long since absorbed more math and physics than Country Day seems to be able to offer. For the past two years he has won the Ohio State Math Contest and has maintained a high honors average in all courses. He has sent Mr. Deane to Harvard, not to mention his other school activities. For four years he has been a member of the chess club, the soccer team, and the tennis team. Outside of school he is a member of the Teenage Republican Club, what- ever that is. No wonder Harvard wants him. Poised. Easygoing; Mysterious. WILLIE CLARK has been at Country Day for fourteen years which have been spent perfecting a measure of social aplomb which is unequaled by any other sen- ior. However, this attribute is generally useful only on weekends, and so Monday through Friday Willie grinds away at his studies and his school interests. These include four years in the dxamatic club, SCROLL, and Gamboliers. He was a member of the rifle club in grades ten and eleven and has played soccer throughout his upper school career. Although he is hesitant to admit it, Willie has earned a solid Aaverage while tactfully avoiding the chemistry and math which do not seem to interest him. There is a chance that his diversified outside activities account for the mysterious side of his personality. He has done volunteer hospital work, studies conchology and art--Precisely French Renaissance and Modern Orienta1--and he has attended a summer session in equitation at Culver. The specter of the soccer field, KENT COFER 'is primarily inter- ested in athletics and the great outeof-doots. A three-sport man at New York's Hackiey Prep School, he has continued in soccer, and btiefly expen'mented with football in his last two years at Country Day. A spring sport also, Kent journeys often to the fair- ways, where one can find him obviously angry at the small white ball. Kent is very quiet, probably because he only speaks when something needs to be said. iIt's too bad more seniors can't be that wayq But his remarks are cogent. In his two shortyears here, Kent has gained a secure, if unobtrusive, niche in the senior class. As such, he writes for the SCROLL, and is interesting himself in dramatics. Academically, Kent has shown good effort and solid improvement in the tough subj ects of English, History, French, and Math. 19