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

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To The horror of The sTud-enT, The language departmenT iniTiaTed The idea of speaking only French during French classes. Helping To calm The sTudenTs was The annual Thanksgiving ParTy for all of Mr. Brush's sTudenTs. The fesTiviTies include The usual Turkey decorations and The hiT rock and roll song, Plymouth Rock sung by Michaei Menard, Jack Miller and Dal Levick. In order To widen The scope of The studenTs, The schedule was rearranged so as To ingiude a Wednesday morning assembly period for guesT speakers. These men were part of a semi- nar on differenT occupaTions wiTh each speaker explaining his own profession. The Senior privileges were revived This year wiTh a serene efforT by Mr, Deane and The resT of The faculty To establish a Senior Tradifion. From a long lisT of privileges proposed by The Seniors, only a few were chosen To be saTis- TacTory by The faculTy. Though of dubious value, The seniors could now drink coffee during lunch, have Their own lunch Tables, and have Their own class Tie, which was designed by The arTisTic Bill Messer. The old sTage subsTiTUTed for a real senior shack buT was losT when The bleach- ers had To be erected for The baskeTball season. Probably The mosT imporTanT and popular privi- lege was The senior parking IoT exTending To The fourTh Tulip Tree. ConstrucTion had its ups and downs. DedicaTion of Irwin Field

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Pu! me down The resulTs from The NaTional Merit TesTs re- vealed ThaT Dave Rice and Rick Hinkle reached The semi-Tinvalist sTage. LeTTers of commendaTion were awarded To Piper Andrews, Roddy Knoop, Dale Levick, Phil LuchT, Michael Menard, Rich Rosen, and Thorne Wiggers. ArisTicalIy, The annual TphoTography conTesT was overexposed This year despiTe someone's valianT efforT To overcome it; In The Middle S:hoo!, Carl Steiner and Danny Sbvensan wan TirsT prize in The biack and whiTe color categories respecTivelyT Roddy Kn-oop's and Bill Messer's were iUdged The besT in The Upper School. The drama interested sTUdenTs had already sTarTed by November planning The spring play The final decision was Inherit The Wind , To be presented on March 11 and 12, The symphony played To The Tune of 50 cents a meal

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This Open House drew more than 500 X-squad Though rather skeptical of their newly ac- quired privileges, the seniors proved more re- ceptive to their added responsibiiities. The seniors decided on originating a big brother program whereby Middle Schoolers and new students were assigned to seniors who advised them in their problems and helped them improve their studies. Another important step was the tutoring program, organized to aid seventh graders at Lyons Junior High School in their studies. All these Lyons boys were students at the special camp last summer at the Day School and had shown an interest to continue their sessions. Most seniors volunteered to tutor in either the morning or afternoon during the week or on Saturdays. Another shift in the changing responsibilities of the senior class was the DAM program, Daily Aid in Mathematics. in this, certain seniors with above average aptitude in math gave their time to aid younger students in their math difficulties. The annual candy monopoly was once again operated by the senior class with 15m profits often eaten up by non-paying seniors, The class stiil managed to fill the treasury with a tidy profit. The only nest the seniors could find!