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

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l; l 1- L 11mm: 9 Emmy ??? Very much in the foreground of discussion for The days and months berfore November 3 was The presidential election. Mr, Deane; Mr. Yeiser, and countless brave siudents fough? and wooed for support of rheir candidate. A few young poIificians displayed complete collecTions of Johnson or Goldwater butTon-s on their coa'rs, while a few die herds still proudly displayed Nixon buffons. A poll was sponsored by the Mid- dle School Journal which gave a large minorify to the Democratic candidate. Probably no oTher poll iaken could have better foretold 1he over- whelming vidory of President Johnson Than fhis poll. Also of a current events nature was alumnus Jay Shefferly's return to CODE 10 give several Talks and a wecfure on his work for civil Irighfs in Mississippi. A large amount of thoughtful discussion was generated and vague sTories in news publicafions look on more significant mean- ing for many students, The usual assembly period chess game.

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The Student Councii was called info service very soon in the year as Country Day students enTered upon creativity. After several diction- aries were ruined by boys who were filing flies in rhe dictionaries under fly, the Council 519p- ped in and was qu-iT-e eHedive in solving the problem. Another problem had been careless- ness with books. So one morning Mike Maun- drell, Council President, rose to inform The STU- dent body fhaT from Then on, all books found loose in The halls or study halls were to be sold to the owner for a dime. In deference To The principle of no ex post hecto, however, Those books already confiscated were able To be re- covered wifhout paying. WiTh The proceeds from IosT books and concession stands, the Studenf Council headed for fin'anciai solvency,

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Country Day's acreage was greatly enlarged with the addition of 15 acres from the Semple Estate. Mr. Brush moved his X-squaders to the newly acquired land. Attempting to make the touch football program equal to the splendor of new land, Mr. Brush inaugurated the use of Royal Canadian exercises. Everyone of the play- ers was greatly inspired to physical fitness as Messrs. Brush, Layson, Machen, and Spiekel erXe ed muscles and shouted orders. As touch tootbail' improved, Varsity football went downhill. Great effort was made, but a varsity team with lust three seniors is bound to be under par. General support for the football team was unbelievably spotty. The crowd at the Indian Hill game, the highlight of the football season, looked more like a group waiting at a bus stop. Results from National Merit were finally re- vealed with John Dale, Rob Shetterly, and Dave Runyan reaching the semi-finaiist stage. Letters of commendation were awarded to Roger Lee, Mike Maundrell, and Hank Shick. The Service Club came back under the enthu- siastic leadership of Steve Deupree. The club once again had a limited membership attained by tak- ing an exam. Twenty-tour boys were picked and service at Allen House, CondoniSchooi, and var- ious hospitaJ-s was begun. This year an executive committee was selected to write a constitution in the attempt to penpetuate the club and its work. Once again the Country Day School soccer players were out in full force, br-avely facing any weather conditions which Mother Nature provided In past years, the all-star players of the six-team league were chosen by Messrs. Brush, Pattison, and Mechen near the end of the socccr season to compete in the team's annual encounter with Louisville Country Day School. However, this year, Mr. Machen chose a ver- sity team of twenty-two players at the beginning of the season, The rest of the soccer players were divided into four intra-mural teams under the direction of Mr. Brush and Mrt Pattison. The faculty listens to the plan for the ensuing day in the morning assembly.