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

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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

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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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A rough, tough interior lineman, and a muscular whale on the track team. Wrestling and weight lifting also absorb JIM PEARCE. Best known for. a hacking cough and that Long John Silver look, Jim has made life much more bearable for his classmates with his onastage and off-stage humor. His other activities have included his positions as ARCHIVE busi- ness manager, J.V. basketball man, and B.O,A. fraternity member. Jim is also involved in church acolyte and youth groups outside school. For the first time in recent memory, Jim has been on the Honor Roll this year, an improvement perhaps caused by his visits last summer to ten colleges in the East. The title of any sketch on BOB PECK should be GUNS, for no matter how a person tries to shape it, he necessarily encounters a fanatical interest in military firearms. Old Trusty Reloading Robert's arrival at Country Day in the third grade triggered nine successful years which he logically hepes to continue at West Point. During his tenure here sports have comprised a large part of his extravcurricular activities. For three years as a mile runner he won the varsity letter in track, and has also played first string soccer. Aside from athleticsU however, there has been a rather passive interest in B.O.A. and the vice-presidency of a short lived gun club. Although there are those who have dubbed him the class cynic, Bob served as secretary and later vice-president of the stu- dent council. Nevertheless, the real Bob Peck is at home working with, reading about, and studying guns. As the old man of the class, JOHN PERRY occupies a. position unique in scholastic annals, as probably the only student ever will- ing or able to repeat the senior year. He will also have the dis- tinction of appearing in two successive ARCHIVES. John's forced ineligibility for major sports has relegated him to coaching jobs, which, nevertheless, he has handled well. He still collaborated on Nuff Said articles for the SCROLL, and retains a vital interest in dramatics. After living with his uncle for six months, John returned to us a soberecl scholar. His schoolwork has shown a steady upward trend, and his presence exertsa stabiliu'ng influenceon his more frivolous classmates. 23