Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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.V I .Y E 7' IL' E .Y T ll I lf 7' T' - S I .Y JAMES RUDY BUTLER Jim is one oT The Tew boys who has spenT his enTire Twelve years aT The Academy. AlThough Jim is a quieT boy, he is always ready To help some one do a Trig problem or balance a chemisTry equaTion. As Jim has been handicaped by a small sTaTure, he has noT been very aThleTically inclined. lnsTead OT spending his Time on sporTs he has busied himse-IT in The acTiviTies OT The school. For The pasT Three years Jim has cheerTuily conTribuTed his slsill wiTh a camera To Taking The picTures Tor The Caravel, Thereby saving iT a qreaT deal oT money by eliminaTing The need oT a commercial phoTographer. He has noT, however, limiTed his worlc To Taking picTures buT has also been an associaTe ediTor of The Academy LiTe and co-ediTor oT The Caravel. Jim has been a member oT The STudenT Council Tor several years. In addiTion To These acTiviTies Jim has had an imporTanT parT in boTh The Glee Club and The OrchesTra, Jim has noT, however, neglecTed his school work. He is one oT The Tew boys who have had senior privileges ThroughouT The year and rarely does an improvemenlr lisT appear wiThouT his name on iT. l-le also received Two days and a halT OTT aT spring vacaTion Tor more Than Ten honor cards. Wifh his many Tine qualiTies Jim will cerTainly be successful aT l-larvard, which he plans To enTer This Tall. PAGE THIRTEEN

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T H E C .4 If A T ' E L HOWARD BRISCOE Despife fhe difficulfy and hardships which a new boy faces on enfering fhe Academy in fhe senior class, Howard has complefely won fhe friendship of everyone. His personalify and unassuming ways have esfablished in one shorf year a place for him in a group of boys who have been fogefher eighf of fen years and who are all firm friends. Coming fo America for fhe firsf fime lasf summer from France, where he had previously received his educafion, he underfook an enfirely differenf 'lype of sfudy in our American counfry day school. ' Lasf fall Howard showed admirable spirif in Turning ouf for fhe foofball feam. Due fo his lack of experience and because he had never seen a football before, he failed fo make fhe firsf feam, buf he sfayed wifh fhe squad and proved himself a 'lrue devofee of good sporf. This winfer he fook an acfive parf in fhe Tea-fime League in baskefball as a member of fhe winning feam. ln addifion fo playing foofball and baskefball Howard played fennis and became an excellenf player. As a member of fhe Glee Club, under fhe able direcforship of Mr. and Mrs. Evans, he sang bass. Scholasfically Howard did honor work in Lafin and English. Alfhough he is nof nofed as a brillianf sfudenf, he is a dependable, hard-working boy. Handicapped greafly in fhe difference befween fhe schools of fwo so differenl' counfries as fhe Unifed Sfafes and France, he has indeed accomplished wonders and acquired fhe respecf of all in his work. Alfhough Howard is probably nol' aware of The facf, he shows possibilifies of becoming a nofeworfhy speaker, for fhis year for fhe firsf fime in his life he was assigned fo give a speech in Chapel. His calm manner and well-chosen fopic held fhe inferesf of his whole audience. Nexf year Howard plans fo go fo Princefon or Darfmoufh. Buf wherever he goes fhe reward of many friends and confacfs will be his due fo his excepfionally affable nafure. PAGE TWELVE - I

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T H E C A R A V E L DANIEL A. CARMICHAEL, JR. Ever since his enTrance inTo The Lower School eighT years ago Danny. as he is popularly called, has always held The highesT esTeem OT his Tellow classmaTes. WiTh The excepTion of one shorT year, when he was away Trom us, his ready, aTTable wiT and his pleasing personaliTy have consTanTly aided in breaking The monoTony of class- es and in making The days more enioyable. These TraiTs, however, have noT hin- dered him in scholarly pursuiTs, Tor alThough his marks have noT been ouTsTanding, he has always helped To mainTain The crediTable average oT his class. Also Dan's earnesT eFTorTs and True perseverence meriT much crediT considering The many addiTional acTiviTies in which he has Taken a parT. l-lis ToremosT accomplishmenTs, however, have been in The realm oT aThleTics where his achievemenTs have been second To none. Since his enTrance inTo The Upper School Three years ago, he has ever been prominenT in The Tield oT sporT and Tor The pasT Three years has Taken parT in all Three oT The maior sporTs. l-lis name has been presenT on every Academy TooTball line-up OT The pasT several seasons, and during ThaT Time, he has developed Trom a good line-man inTo one of The mosT capable ends ThaT an Academy Team has ever had. BaskeTball is also one oT Dan's TavoriTe games and in iT he excels. ln view oT his excellenT abiliTy and leadership Tor The pasT Two years he was elecTed capTain of This year's Team and in ThaT posiTion played superbly. l-le was wiThouT doubT one of The greaTesT conTribuTors To The Team's Tine showing and was consisTenTly high-poinT man. T-lis excellenT piTching and Timely hiTTing were greaT aids To The baseball Team oT which he was one oT The leading players. ln addiTion To parTicipaTing in The Three major sporTs Dan was a member of The golf Team and could always be counTed upon Tor crediTable perTormance. Dan is planning To enTer PrinceTon nexT Tall where we are sure he will enioy con- Tinued success in all he underTakes. PAGE FOU RTEEN