Colorado Academy - Telesis Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Robert M. Simms In many ways we on the staff of Telesis feel that Coach Simms has earned this recognition many times over. At the close of the 1961-62 school year, Coach Simms will have devoted fifteen years of service to CA. No one on the faculty has worked harder or more conscientiously than Captain Simms. ln the fall, a week before school begins, we find him on the football field whipping the varsity football team into shape. By the time school has begun, Captain Simms has worked out the details of a perfectly organized athletic schedule. In the winter he coaches basketball, in the spring he coaches track and throughout the year he teaches science and handles the laborious athletic scheduling. For the past twelve years he has run an excellent summer camp. But even more amazing than these many activities is the energy he has left after he has done his teaching, coaching and administrational tasks. This energy is often devoted to outings, activities and camping trips with the students. No wonder he is one of the best liked and most respected men on campus. So to Robert Simms for all these contributions and many others that we haven't had space to mention all we can say is, Thanks Coach! Frances G. Brower Each of us at CA knows Miss Brower and can tell a visitor where to find her busily making things hum in the office. But how many of us are aware that the coming term willl mark Miss Brower's twenty-fifth year of con- tinuous employment with the academy? Miss Brower began work in 1938 as a secretary when the school was known as the Colorado Military Academy. Later she assisted the teachers of grades 1-8 and still later handled the teaching of upper school mathematics. When the school moved to its present location, Miss Brower discontinued her teaching to devote her full at- tention to secretarial duties. Throughout the years she has accumulated an in- credibly detailed knowledge of many varying aspects of the school's function. She has earned the respect and affection of every member of the student and faculty bodies. She has gained the reputation of knowing where to find anything needed by anyone in the school. So valuable has her efficiency and accuracy become that even Mr. Froelicher has said, Without Miss Brower we'd all be confused. 1213 R25 827 ' Ui..

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Telesis Citations In the past the custom of dedicating the yearbook to a single individual has caused the Telesis staff to feel the pangs of conscience: a sense of guilt created by our many sins of omission. Too often have we felt that other worthy souls had been ignored because of the limitations of this method of dedication. This year the staff feels that at least four persons merit the distinction usually reserved for one individual, and We feel that postponing this recognition for additional years would be both un- wise and unfair. With this issue of Telesis a new system of dedication has begun, the Telesis Citations. We will cite as many individuals as we feel appropriate and hope that this method of recognizing achievement will possess increased value and flexibility.

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F. Charles Froelicher How can we summarize the reasons for Mr. Froelicher's citation in so little space? There are so many reasons, so many ways he has aided the academy that to enumerate all of them would require far more space than we have available. Perhaps the best way to begin is by showing through a few simple statistics the growth that has occurred in enrollment since Mr. Froelicher has been head- master. In 1955 when he arrived, the school's total enrollment was 70 students. In 1962 the enrollment is 280 students. An enrollment figure that has quadrupled in only seven years! Not only has growth occurred in the numbers of the student body but growth has also occurred in the quality of the student body. A desire for knowledge and a respect for learning has become native to the campus and seems to increase with the completion of each term. The growth of the academy's physical plant under Mr. Froelicher has been equally impressive. In 1958 the gymnasium .obtained from Buckley Field was completely renovated. In 1960 amodern lower school building, a large dormitory, and four attractive faculty houses were added to the campus. This summer a new addition to the dormitory will be built to house the family ofMr. Esbenshade, the new dormitory senior master. But Mr. Froelicher has provided still more for the academy. These things are less tangible but no less real. Mr. Froelicher has provided a feeling of re- spect for the right of a person to be an individual. He has provided a location where boys with unrealized ability get another opportunity to fulfill their promise. He has provided a sense of values and proportion that recognizes the need for both physical and mental development in young men.And finally, he has provided faith. A faith in young students, a faith in what CA stands for and a faith in the future of Colorado Academy.