Dwight School - Scroll Yearbook (New York, NY)

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FRANCIS S. CHISDES As Mr. Chisdes has so recently joined the faculty of Dwight, we can only say, 'Welcome! Mr. Chisdes has had a most interesting and varied career. His travels have taken him to Korea, Japan, and Italy. At present he is an associate editor of The Classical World . He holds de- grees from Dartmouth and Columbia. He has also attended the American Academy in Rome, Italy. HENRY L. CREHAN Mr. Crehan came to Dwight in 1923. For many years he was at the head of our English department. After a sojourn in the wilds of Peekskill and its military academy, he returned to us as Master of French, Now he wields his plenipo- tentiary influence on our 'late and absent slips. We all admire his infecti- ous joie de vivre . Our administrative assistant studied at Harvard. -7-

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-6. JEAN-JACQUES ARLING No one personifies dedication better than our beloved adviser. In dedicating himself to teaching, he has provided us with thorough academic. training in foreign languagesg and he has taught all of us, academic or unacademic, the value of a good story. Mr. Arling joined the Dwight faculty in 1944 and every year since has endeared himself to the student body. His colleges are New York Uni- versity, the University of Paris, and the University of Chicago. IRVING S. ASCH Imbued with the esprit de corps that makes student counselors the most help- ful of Nestors, Mr. Asch has been our constant acropolis and fortress of under- standing. He teaches English and Social Studies. His colleges are the University of Minnesota and the University of South- ern California. He came to Dwight from California in 1956.

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GREGORY T. CURRY The pauciloquent member of our teach- ing staff is Mr. Curry. With the excep- tion of one year, he has been on the staff since 1942. He guides us through the intricacies of mathematics. His alma mater is St. John's University. OTIS B. HURRY Ever since 1937 Mr. Hurry has been the buoyant, enthusiastic member of the math department. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to attend his classes in solid geometry and academy math have learned to 'share his. f'ni1 desperandumn. Syracuse University claims him as one of its alumni.