Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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Erses Eray Foreign Exchange Student ,yeas Ever since his sister came to the United States several years ago as an exchange student, Erses Eray knew that he would come to this country, too. Now, through the arrangements of Mr. Putnam and the Board of Trustees with the American Field Service, Erses is a member of the Class of '62 at the Academy. Erses is a friendly, clever, cosmopolitan boy with an understanding far beyond his years of the world and the people in it. One of his favorite pastimes is read- ing. In school he has proved himself quite capable of handling the learning of subjects in a foreign tongue, surpassing many of his American classmates. He has been an invaluable member of the soccer team. Erses has traveled throughout much of the world. From his home in Ankara, Turkey, he has passed through parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. He loves to travelg to be on the move at all times. After the Academy Erses hopes to attend Oxford and study international law there. Ers-baby at three. ,e 5 -'a Q5 ,Q-v .u ivrr

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Bruce Draudt epitomizes the balance between ath- letics and scholarship. He has been an honor roll student throughout the Upper School and is undoubt- edly one of the finest athletes the Academy has ever seen. In his junior year he won the state 100-yard dash for the second time and the 220-yard dash also. Academy,s track team, organized only last year, placed third in the state as a result of Draudt,s effoits. Co-Captain of the very successful l96l football team, he was elected to the All-County football team for the Bruce lVl Class Officer Caravel Student Council Varsity A Baseball Basketball Football Track Draudt 1, 3, 4- CPresidentJ 4. 1, 3,4 1, 2, 3, 4 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3, 4 CCaptainJ l, 2, 3, 44 fCo-Captainj 2, 3, 4 fCo-Captainj third straight year. Bruce was also Captain of the basketball team and Co-Captain of the track team The Class has such confidence in Bruce that it elected him as its President. Bruce is a reserved boy, always agreeable and never demanding. A regular at Senior parties and gatherings, he is one of the most likeable as well as one of the most outstanding members of the Senior Class. My hero!

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ttii v One of the most quiet yet most interesting of the Seniors is Mike Gertner. To the majority of the Upper School his name calls to mind the diligent, gifted stu- dent who consistently achieves the highest grades in the class. Primarily, he is an avid scholar of lan- guages. At the Academy he has proved his aptitude for linguistics by standing far above the rest of the stu- dents in his Latin, French, and Spanish classes. On his own he has studied Hebrew and Greek, and he is well versed in German. Besides his interest in lan- guages, he is Copy Editor for both the Academy Life Michael l-l. Gertner Academy Life 2, 3 Caravel Forum French Club Glee Club and the Caravel. One of his favorite pastimes 1S read ing, especially in the fields of philology, liteiature religion, and world civilizations. His two greatest non scholastic interests, traveling and the theater, are com bined when he often visits New York to catch up on all the latest plays and musicals. Mike plans to attend Columbia University, where he will continue his language studies with certain success. and if the cable breaks, then what!