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

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Strangely enough, the first thing that comes to mind when JACK LASSOFF is mentioned is girls. And also strangely enough, the first thing that usually comes to J ack's mind is girls. But though the femme fatale has occupied much of his time over the years, Jack has found time for over fifteen hobbies, several out of school clubs and a number of in school activities. After one year on X- squad, he screwed up the courage to go out for varsity football and was a letterwinner by his junior year, He has also been on the starting soccer team and has been a jumper in track since the ninth grade. At the same time Jack has worked as a hard-hitting member of the stage crew. By all odds Delta Beta's most loyal member, Jack has served as Sec.-Treasurer of his fraternity. His many hobbies include skin-diving, motorcycles, nature, bikes, and a notorious blue and white Impala. FREDERIC C. LYNCH is most noted for his interest in things mili- tary. He is a squad sergeant in the lOlst Range: Unit of the Civil Air Patrol. Last summer at the C.A.P.'s encampment at Wright- Patterson base Fred was an expert marksman with an Ml rifle. No wonder he was two years president of the now defunct C.C. title club. A three year stint as a. SCROLL mogul, four years of dramatics, and three terms on the Dance Committee round out Fred's field of school endeavor. Cross country running was Fred's sport in the fall of '62, but he was previously on the football squad. Soccer, in which he was varsity twice, and track have been winter and spring constants. Fred also adds a 1962-63 office in Delta Beta fraternity to his list of accomplishments. Fred is Irish the won't let anyone forget thatiuwhich is something to his credit,bu.t he spoils the effect by being an Orangeman from County Down. The watusi never quite reached all the way from Indian Hill to Country Day, but if there was ever going to be a place for it to catch hold, RALPH NELSON would have provided it. Unquestion- ably the most versatile dancer in the class, he has been the bridge of social understanding between Indian Hill and Country Day for the past two years. This has been accomplished through his presidency of BOA and a consistent appearance at the Arm- strong openhouses. Had Rock remained on the football team last fall, this beautiful link might have been destroyed during the Indian Hill game. However, football's casual intruder, Fate stepped in, and Rock stepped out. Although he is inclined towards a somewhat relaxed Monday, Ralph has given much of his time to Country Day activities. For several years he has been an important member of the Gamboliers and one of the SCROLL'S better writers. And deciding against giving up soccer for smoking, he has been the team's goalie for the past two years. 21

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It is possible that this year has been somewhat anti-climactic for CHARLEY GAY in that his driver's license and his car both came before it started. Nevertheless, he has met with some success in other facets of Day School existence. Charley now holds the dubious distinction of being president of Delta Beta. Despite this he has many friends in the upper school, B.O.A. and otherwise. Hence he has become a well known member of the senior class in and out of school. For three years he has been the head manager of the varsity football team and has been on the starting soccer team. A wide and active range of interests has kept Charley busy, but not with the usual loudly touted organizations. Rather he has pounded away noisily on the stage crew and played violent chess for the last three years. Out of school Charley insists on working on his already tired, over- worked Karmen Ghia. CRAIG HAUSER is a boy who, believe it or not,is sometimes con- fused by calculus. Generally, though, he is not discouraged my math, indeed, he likes it so well that he took the I.B.M. computer course last summer. He's not so sure about Physics, but takes it anyway, Football has been his abiding sports interest and he earned a var- sity letter this past fall. Then, after the frozen wastes of soccer, he turns to either track or tennis in the spring. Outside school, Craig appends B.O.A. after his name. He also likes to trip Cotillion's brand of the light fantastic. Craig has a bright future in his chosen field of engineering. Probably best known as the caustic Mr. Observer of SCROLL fame, nice, old, jist folks POLK LAFFOON IV has many other ac- complishments to his credit. He wrote half of these senior sketches. His work on the last three school plays has been note- worthy. Elected to the Spring Dance Committee as a freshman, Polk has been stuck with it ever since. Afield, Polk has deftly sidestepped the football grind by devoting his sports time to lower-school coaching, but he does run through soccer and track in season. Polk professes his undying interest in the states of Oklahoma and Michigan, where he spends his summers. His teachers concur that his mind often seems to be miles away. Last but not least, Polk has shown a fine academic record-- especially as a senior. His most recent marks have been honors caliber.

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Chickey-boom means BILL O'NEAL is on his way. With this re- sounding cry he invaded C.D.'s ivy walls three years ago, and he has not stopped bouncing since, Dramatics have been his first love--with roles as a Chinese mayor and a Midwesternhalfback to his credit. Bill has played football and basketball, but his real talent lies in Abner Doubleday's game although he is a southpaw. What is surprising about Bill'sstudies is that he finds the necessary time to devote to them, so many and varied are his out- of-school activities. Scouting, fraternity, church, dancing and the Nat'l Audubon Society variously absorb him. Bill's greatest experience to date was his '62 summer of shoveling shrimp in San Francisco. We wish him luck if this is his chosen profession. ED OVERTREE came to Country Day expecting to find a lot of scholars adorned with homed-rimmed glasses and brief cases. Disillusioned once, Ed is going to Princeton next fall with much the same idea. Although his social attitudes may be jilted, he is quite ready for anything else that awaits him. At his would-be alma mater, Indian Hill High School, Ed dabbled in anything from Latin National Honor Society to the all-school variety show. Characteristically modest, Ed feels both he and the school gleaned a modicum of benefit from his efforts, but he has preferred to drop many of them in favor of studies how at Country Day. He is probably most reknowned for an impassive mug which ac- companies a wellwwrirten sports report in every Saturday Post and Times Star. In addition to a constant honors average, Ed worked on the SCROLL, the ARCHIVE, and Gamboliers. Shawnee-haircutted DAVE PALMER'S aptitude and interest both tend toward mathematicsi The mathletics team is his major extra- curricular interest, and courses in calculus and computer pro- gramming academically entice him both summer and winter. Although Dave played varsity football until this year, soccer re- mains his favorite sport, and he is recognized as one of the better goalies of the winter league. Indoors constructing sets for the play and shooting for the rifle team occupy him. Like so many of his friends,Dave apparently spends a. great deal of his spare time at his church. Besides the usual youth group and acolyting, he is a member of De Moiay, a well-known intema- tional fraternal organization. His other personal hobbies include numismatism and boat building. 22