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

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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

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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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Perhaps JOHN PHILLIPS' most significant contribution to school society,and certainly the one most enjoyable to him,has been his four year stint with the Gamboliers. This, John feels, entitles him to a snow job on MI. Brush before each English quiz-alas, unavailingly. At any rate John's strong second tenor supports that section. Among his other activities are Chess Club, SC ROLL, lower school coaching, stage fighting to: is that an L'Ii: and managing var- sity baseball. Outside school, John's interests are primarily religion centered. Four years a member of the Acolyte Guild at two different churches, he also teaches a Sunday School class and sings in the choir. At home John dabbles in such divergent hobbies as grass cutting, music, theater technique and telephoning. PETER ROBERTSON, alias Tweep-er, Tweet-er, Tweak, has only been at Country Day for two years, but in that time he has come pileda noteworthy record. It could be said that he s K. nt his junior year adapting himself and his senior year undoiig3 it. Coming from Asheville, he set about his studies with a band that un- fortunately ended in a mild thud. He holds the record for delay on a junior term paper, but he has redeemed himself in his senior year and has close to a honors average. One of the fastest run- ners in the school, Pete has received letters for both football, as a starting guard, and track. Since Tweak is as friendly and outgoing as anyone in the school, he was rushed by both fraternities. He may have been playing both ends against the middle, but he was sound enough to choose BOA. It's fortunate for everyone that James Dean was a reckless driver. FRED ROTH now has a clear shot at stardom. For acting is this South Fort Mitchell native's passion. His renditions of Captain Fisby and Tommy Turner have been as professional as his back- ground would warrant. Throughout the regular school year, he takes tevery Tuesdayt voice instruction at the College Conservaa tory, and he spent last summer at a six-week pre-college drama course at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. tFred liked Tech so much that he plans to continue therei. However, Fred has one glaring theatrical weakness--he chokes when he has to make love to the heroine. This fault will correct itself naturally. Of course, voice lessons make him a prime candidate for the Gamboliers, and the ARCHIVE has entrapped him with the rest of us. The electronics of sound reproduction fascinate him. 24-