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

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p; m 4,; one, the singing of the Safari Men completed the back-to-the-iungl'e atmOS-phere. The- seniors' previous attempt to bolster their funds was a sale of candy at a 1500A profit. This was smash- ed by the dauntless Eliot Ness Hopple. The annual winter carnivai was postponed until spring, as good a time as any to hold a winter carnival. Winter is depressing anyway without trying to sugar coat it. The sudden assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963, solbered and stunned the student body looking forward to the joys of a weekend. I don't believe it! and Is it true? were echoed throughout the stillness of the- halfs. The school, in deference to the President who had so much appeal to the youth of this country, decided not to open its doors on Monday. Steve Mendelsohn, Jeffrey Rosen, Eric Sitt- Horsemeat today, honey. her, and Rick Vogel were honored with Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Schol- arship Society. Late tall degenerated into a typical winter of ears flopped against WKRC to hear the always welcome news of school being closed. Doug Riiey stepped into the shoes of Dave Adamson and ran the Chess Club to many matches. For the students who were not sick of snow and wearv of winter, Mr, Strauss formed the Ski Club. This organization took several weekend trips to local slopes. The Scroll, deciding to improve its artistic quality, devised a test for the aspiring iournalist, who had to take it to get a writing position upon this superior publication. John's always snowed under.

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Preparations for the tall sports banquet. Mr. Davison leads assembly. The Literary Magazine has a 13mipestuous editorial meeting Sugar Daddies are oh so good! The Service Club was continued from last year, This year its already large membership was increased by the addition of new altruists and of those whose college records were em- barrassingly void of extra curricular activities. The club, under the leadership of John Lazarus, imported several speakers and continued to send expeditions to Glass House Rest Home and Allan House Along with the changing leaves of fall came the just as inevitable college admission men. Juniors wisely utilized these visits to escape from assembly period study halls while their senior colleagues sweated through interviews with these same visitors in the battle for the all- mighty A rating. Fell sports officially ended with the annual football banquet. The lunchroom was bedecked with pennants displaying the scores of the many C. C. D. S. victories. However, the decoration committee had deived into the fifth and sixth grade records, and then: even some of the scores were repeats. As a grand finale to the festivi- ties, the football team presented Coach MC- Daniel with a portrait of Ben Franklin, an en- framed $100 bill, with which to buy a whirl- pool bath. The seniors, attempting to enrich the im- poverished glass. treasury, sponsored several sock hops after basketball games. At These hops, which were tremendously successful as oppos- ed to last year, students and their dates did the Dog, Monkey, Cow, Snake, and other such throwbacks to jungie tertiiity rites. At the first

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.. ,.,., ......... -w ., , 7.. rm.- l iusf flunked my college boards! 1 COU NTRY DAY C. D.'s high scoring quiz masters ; Blowing bubbles, in study hall of course! This time period found several Counfry Day students preparing for a date with television. The school was invited To appear on It's Acadey mic, a high school quiz progr'am. After a tryout at 1he Gas and Electric Company, immortalized by John Dale's knowing The national epic of Finland, the team was selected. Mr. McClarey headed the group consisting of John Dale, Jeff Rosen, and Rick Vogei. After innumerable osTen- Tafious public practices, fhe team, supported by first alfernaTe Steve Blair and a contingent of school fans, marched To the WLW sTUdios for the match. They returned with a victory, Great There are certain rules . V .