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

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The fall faded, and the school was graced by the addition of the Universal Gym weight machine, where students could build up their bodies without really trying. The wrestling team got an official mat and wrestling area and became an interscholastic varsity sport; er mor has it that soon they were even winning matches. The basketball season passed with several victories, and pep was reborn as the Sophomore Class turned out in force at most games to Eead wild cheering with all varieties of noise devices. The Pep Club turned potential pep into frenetic enthusiasm, as students obtained passports and rode in busses and the Tobasco Limited to away games iFar, far away gamesi. The Student Council organized several post-game open houses and discovered what red ink was. The soccer team, led by a fantastic exchange student, saved C.D.'s athletic face, as it went unscored-upon in a perfect season. The other guys never knew what hit 'em. By miduyear the new faculty members had become firmly en- trenched in tor againsn Country Day, Mr, Hal! distinguished himself as a director, running the Laughing Mask's Upper School play, Arms and the Man. Mr. May became known for his pointer stick, which Zed Layson once used in high school. Mr. Hebert was famous for his knowledge of the Middle East, the an of smoking a water pipe,

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Summer ended te'o early, as usual, for Country my boys; and the: mefry bandI dragged itself back to the haIIOWed halls for ahpther f year. The wine,- women, and song cf the summer months IquickIy dis-: appeared and were replaced by? the 'fWork, onrry, IancII sweati'I pf education. The campus was much the same, aIthough there was now an urifi . ished and unfurnIshed science wihg to pIay. m, and. the 'aLIdIforium, had. begun to appear inadequate for the growing student body In - add, oh, aI new face was; seen -- Mr. Patrick Beardman; Sent by thk I ImeSSIbIe Missions Force, disguised as an rdinary 'teach'er, Ihetwa'ys I in i-eality spending one year as a headmastei sIvaIpprenticIe; nexIt-yeaIr I- heWiIItake the helm at Goun'try Day. II I II I Athletic? were soon underwayx CrOSEI Cohntr'y .was Introduced a5 a varsity sport, as we as an inframUI'IalI aetfvity, eplaeihg .toLIch. fdbta ' -ball The hackers spent their: a'fierhoph's seeing who- was the slow est on the obIsta'cIe ceuII-se, thIe the varaity ran up hi and down .I . IcIaIe, losing meets wIIIthI ISeIIveraI'I schools Im the raciass. The Iteam' did I, wished izo attend although Unfortunately many df the institutions of-- I higher Iearnmg hadI othIeIr- Ideas The Iannual struggle for seifqdentlty : - to make. a senior. lounge 'and a I ro'ohi-II, andI bubllcatIons room The . I d pla ef The s nio'rs, I'o'ce'ecIe play more cards, dII-InIk more coffee,I

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Hll!!!t and irrefutable opinions on almost anything. Mr. Pengilly's forte was supervising the Sport of Pigs, intramural soccer. t Okay, gimme back my whistlel'U Extra-curricular activities had to be termed unique. The Math Club died on the spot when it added up all its members and got zero. The Chess Club president was elected with only one vote's being cast - hist But eventually things rolledt The Chess Club paraded around, whipping other schools right, left, and rural. The Film Club made its debut and began showing controversial Charlie Chaplin movies. The reorganized Science Club kicked off with that world-lamous film, H- Bombs over the U5. Gamboliers were heard breaking windows in Room 14. No one was really sure what the Middle School Car Club was, but it started, too. Bake sales raised money for everything; they were held almost daily for various organizations. Word was going around that a Bake Sale Club was in the making, but it never materialized. The school publications went through a good year. The Scribe contributed to Stage IV, an inter-prep school literary publication. The Scroll got out its quota of issues; this year it was distinguished by its unique and usually slanderous Senior Portraits. A joint issue with Hillsdale was even put out, although C.D.ls faculty advisor felt that we got the shaft. The Archive again followed tradition by missing deadlines, but a hard-working staff kept the ball rolling. l Hon cow, Tuck! You want me to write the Year in Reviewtonightll 12