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

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When Greg Southgate returned to Beechwood High School two years ago, TOM RUSK evidently decided it was time to depart for Country Day, even if it meant he would have to commute every day from Fort Mitchell. While here, he has interestedhimself wholly in sports. Running is his favorite, with cross country in the fall and track in the spring. Swimming and golf are included in his spams interests. Aside from fraternity tTom's a Delta-Beta officer this yeariand the church, Tom has some intriguing out-of- school interests. Making air conditioners7 flying airplanes, and manufacturing explosives at home are but a few of the activities of this seemingly mild-mannered young man. It was perhaps un- fair to say that Tom is interested only in sports, for he is, of 1 course, concerned with his education. During his junior year he visited several colleges, 3. process guaranteed to impress the im- portance of high school. I If there were any money in the treasuries of student organizations, ELY RYDER would be in Charge. Obviously impressed by Ely's level-headfdness in financial matters, both the senior class and the student council elected him SecretarvareasureI this year. Just in the past two years has our boy blossomed out into an ex- tracmicular rose. As a junior, Ely first attempted football ifirst team defensei, and Writing for the SCROLL,- of course, he has al- ways enjoyed soccer and track. Outside school, Ely's interests are diverse-uhis church youth group tpresidenti, computer program, B.O.A. fraternity, and Jim Pearce's automobile and conversation society. Until this year, Ely was spending his summers at a very interesting job--performing wine analyses in his father's medical lab. TOM SCHMIDT is one of those rare people who can easily win the respect and friendship of anyone he knows,but more important, he unhesitatingly gives the same consideration to anyone he meets. It is not surprisingthen that Tom has beenthe president of his claSS five times and in his 56:15.0: yea: served as vice-president of the Student Council. Aside from maintaining a high average, he was elected co-captain of the football team, was twice an Iron Man and last year earned the PrincetonHTate award for most valuable player. For three years he has been on the starting basketball and baseball teams as center and catcher respectively. Outside of school Tom is interested in 13.0 .A., self-articulation, and playing the piano. The fact that he spent Sunday mornings leading the Indian Hill acolytes and spent most of last summer doing volunteer work in a hospitalis seldom mentioned, That does not mean Tom gave them less than everything he had. 25

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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-

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Radio is to GERRY SNYDER as guns are to Bob Peck, for Gerry looks, thinks, and acts like the HAM he is. A member of the American Relay Radio League nad of the Ohio-Kentucky- Indiana Very High Frequency Amateur Radio Club, Gerry can easily be tuned in on any channel. He has left history and English to anyone who might be unwittingly interested in them, while choosing math and science for himself. Four years a member of the Mathaletics Team, Gerry has also earned phenomenal grades in physics to the delight of Mr. Wright. This flower of the scientific world has admittedly been a weed on the athletic field. Every spring Gerry can be seen trying out for tennis only to be relegated to track where he says everyone not good enough for tennis or baseball winds up, like it or not. Although he has been the class scholar every year since the seventh grade, PAUL THOMPSONis the antithesis of the scholastic egghead so often seen on top of a school's Honor Roll. He has consistently earned A effort ratings in all his courses, but that is only half the story. The same effort goes into every sport Paul goes out for, and it is indicative that Coach Wright referred to him as one of the school's really great backs at the fall sports dinner. In that he is quiet and often allows his scholastic achieve- ments to identify him, it is sometimes hatdto realize that from his sophomore year he has been a letterman on the football, soccer and track teams. He is at once an Iron Man and amember 0f Cum Laude, but he finally yielded to social pressures and joined BOA. Whether he regards it as the cherished institution that his brothers do is doubtful however. Some people say that HULBERT T. TYTUS has contributed more to our school than any other senior. Hully protests vigorously his innocence of any such thing. He feels that a list of what he has not done would make interesting reading. After a brief flirtation with Choate, Bully arrived in 1961, and ever since he has devoted his energies to cross-country running, playing the guitar, studying, and other forms of relaxation. Intellectually, Hully finds his best outlet in philosophical argu- ments with his teachers about the value of regimented education. Few of his colleagues would vehemently disagree with his view- point. N01: to say that Hully can escape schoolwork-Findeed, he attributes his academic average to the consistent quality of his effort. 26