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

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3.3; Jinm : ., AS SENIORS, WE STAND AT THE FORK OF THE ROAD. WE CAN, LIKE KEROUAC'S CHARACTERS, LIVE FOR THE MOMENT AND PRAISE SELF-INDULGENCE. WE REFER TO YANG CHU, A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER OF 400 B.C.: THE MEN OF OLD KNEW THAT LIFE COMES WITHOUT WARNING AND AS SUDDENLY GOES. THEY DENIED NONE OF THEIR NATURAL INCLINATIONS, AND RE- PRESSED NONE OF THEIR BODILY DESIRES. THEY NEVER FELT THE SPUR OF FAME. THEY SAUNTERED THROUGH LIFE GATHERING ITS PLEASURES AS THE IMPULSE MOVED THEM. AND AGAIN AS RECENTLY AS A SCHLITZ BEER COMMER- CIAL: YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE IN LIFE, 50 GRAB ALL THE GUSTO YOU CAN! BETTER STILL, THOUGH, WE CAN LEARN FROM KEROUAC'S MISTAKES. DEAN MORIARTY, THE CENTRAL HERO OF ON THE ROAD, RAN ABOUT LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN IN HIS SEARCH FOR MEANING. REGRETABLY IT BECAME NOTHING MORE THAN A SEARCH FOR KICKS. PERHAPS THE ANSWER IS BEST EXPRESSED BY GARVEN DALGLISH, COUNTRY DAY SENIOR ENGLISH TEACHER, WHO SAYS, IT IS YOUR ENRICHMENT OF LIFE, NOT LIFE'S ENRICH- MENT OF YOU - IN A SENSE . . . MAN LIVES THROUGH CREATIVITY NOT CONSUMPTION. THE 'WORKER,' THE CREATOR LIVES. THE IDLER, THE CONSUMER SLOWLY ATROPHIES AND DIES. HENCE, RATHER THAN SEARCH FOR OUR OWN MEAN- ING IN OLD FORMS, WE'MUST CREATE THIS MEANING OUR- SELVES, AND LET IT MANIFEST ITSELF IN NEW FORMS. ONLY THEN CAN THE NEW DREAM BE REALIZED. AS WE STAND ON THE THRESHHOLD 0F GRADUATION READ FREEDOM'Q, IT IS LIKE SEEING LIGHT AT THE END OF A LONG, TWISTING TUNNEL. EXHAUSTED BY ROUTINES AND DISCIPLINES WHICH NOW SEEM TO HAVE BECOME ENDS IN THEMSELVES, WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE ARE READY TO ASSUME THE DREAM'S BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY.

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George Lewis Ballou, ll Thomas Harold Bergman Since coming to Country Day, George Ballou has altered both his attitude and his hair style. Having expressed a desire to leave after the Eighth Grade, he has become an active straight manH and Country Day advocate. At heart Stumper will always remain a greaser, and he makse no effort to conceal it. A terror on the highways and soccer fields, George has also pio- neered and mastered The Bake Sale. While Jeff Heinichen may own Fr'isch's, George seems destined to hustle their waitresses. Tom Bergman's sleepy appearance is deceptive. His disheveled hair and drooping eyelids hide an imagination that is second to few. When Country Day failed to provide sufficient outlets, he created his own. As a founder of the Film Club and co-founder of the All Purpose Circus, his presence will be felt long after he is gone. An ardent admirerer of J. D. Salinger and Wildman Fisher, Tom has been instrumental in several C.D. theatrical productions. Indeed, it Santa Claus is black, then George of the Jungle is certainly Jewish. How the hell are you going to recognize a legitimate holy man when you don't even know a consecrated bowl of chicken soup when it's right in front of your nose. J. D. Salinger Franny and Zooey