Detroit Country Day School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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T0 ether The fifteen members of the class of nineteen fifty eight make up an interesting group with widely differing per- sonalities and varied interests and ambitions. They are endowed with a school and class spirit which has carried them successfully through many projects and activities. Three of our number, Robert Sandler, Ronald Gurd- jian, and James Johnston have been privileged to attend Country Day since kindergarten, which, at that time was under the direction of the well loved Mrs. Stinson. Gradually, through the upper school years, our fel- low classmates joined us one by one to comprise a well rounded group of students, athletes, debators, and mus- icians. In the ninth grade we lost one of the favorites of our class, James Hauser. Though he was taken from us suddenly by death, we will always feel Jimmy's presence here among us. Clark Montgomery, George Edwards, and many others have moved away, but we like to think of them still, as a part of the Senior Class of Country Day. The Senior Class has taken an active part in all school athletic activities, with this years football team being co-captained by Sheil Salasnek and Ron Gurdjian, and this years basketball team having Dave Derleth as one of its co-captains. Among the other football and basketball players in the Senior Class are Robert Sandler, Frank Trippensee, Joseph Golden, Craig Smith, and Robert Nathanson. We are also proud of our golfers, Jon Kingsepp, Thomas Garner, and James Johnston. We end the school year with America's favorite pastime, baseball. The Seniors have many participating in this sport: Charles Kovan, Paul Bringard, and Stephen Raimi. In the non-athletic activities we are justly proud of the first man on the debating team, Robert Sachs, who not only won a scholarship last year, but also participated in the debate for the State championship. Six of us are members of the Glee Club, five hold positions of the Yellowjacket staff, and Sheil Salasnek represents us very well in the field of dramatics. The Senior Class is nobly Twenty-six e Stand represented on the Honor Society and they also have a fine representation in the D Club. The activities of the Seniors since the ninth grade have been many and varied. Two years ago we introduced a series of work days , a successful money making project which included everything from car washing to cleaning attics. The showing of a number of full length motion pic- tures during the school year is another of the Senior firsts. In the elevnth grade we sponsored our very successful and well patronized dance at Arthur Murrays. To start off our first year in the new building we held a Get- Acquainted dance with our popular next door neighbors, the girls from the Bloomfield Country Day School. We all agree that above all else we are most proud of the fact that the class of fifty eight is privileged to be the first to graduate from the new school. Although memories of our years in the old school on Seven Mile Road will always be fondly held, we are extremely proud of our fine new building and of those, who, through sacrifce and hard work have made it all possible. We feel that our greatest class achievement is this yearbook into which we have poured so many of our hopes and have gladly devoted so much time to. When we first started plans for this book, it seemed an almost insurmountable task and a far too ambitious accomplish- ment, monitarily, for one class to undertake. But, as the funds in our treasury accumulated, slowly increasing year by year, our dreams began to materialize and the book you are about to read came into being. We, the Senior Class of nineteen fifty eight sincerely hope that the impressions we have left with the school, our headmaster the teachers and our fellow student are favorable cines. When our footsteps no longer rea sound through the halls and classrooms and we have gone out into the world, our sincere wish is that all those who have contributed to our education will never have their hopes shattered, and that their faith in us will always be more than justified.

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Paul Brin ar Activities Baseball 1,2,3,4 Basketball 3 Glee Club 3,4 D Club 3,4 Blue and Gold 4 When Paul enrolls next fall at Wheaton College, it is hoped that he will hold strongly in his mind the associations which he has made here at Country Day. For we, the Senior Class, know that it will be a good long time before we ever forget about him. His high standards and high ideals have set a pattern which the rest of us have followed. His outstanding knowledge of the Bible and his interest in the Ministry have added to this class a certain religious tone, which is so necessary in holding a group together, be they young or old. And so, as Paul leaves Country Day, we can look back upon his athletic prowess, his strong contribution to the yearbook, and above all, his determination to get what he feels is right. Everyone wishes Paul good luck, but maybe Paul already has that special kind of luck. Twenty-seven