Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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THE GHAIN IS N0 STRUNGER Our commiH'ee sys+em is a series of small links forming parl' of a large miH'ee enables us +o realize 'rhe meaning of a living democracy For +ha+ is wha1'+he governmeni' al' Fieldsfon is Through +he commiH'ees we shared responsibulify in fhe 'Funchoning of our school The Social CommiH'ee I -s+uden'r government The smallesl' of lhese links, 1'he individual com-

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Wn+h all our expos+ulahons and dynamuc words on +he freedom fheme we have fauled 'ro show exacily where +he man un ihe corridor gels fhe chance +o sfand up and speak has mmd 'Freely There ns such a place you know Thus haven does noi' lurk ln fhe ldeologlcal clouds of our lmaglna hon on fhe confrary ll' assembles l+sel'F several hmes each monfh Breafhes fhere fhe man m 'rhe lammed Council room who does noi' quake wu+h fear when +he Rlghl' Honorable Represen+ahve from +he Fourfh Form rnses dramahcally +o 1'he floor +o answer fhe polnl' of mformahon 7 To enhance fur+her fhe afmosphere of s+uden+ parhcupahon aboui' fwenly represenfahve Freldsfonlfes work ceaselessly Ih pufhng oul' +he News Each week we look wa+h fhlrsfy eyes for new faculfy OHSPFITIQ s pncfures wha'r happened In fhe chem lab a resume of Council achvlhes and fhe odds on fhe Ruverdale game Thus IS our program and affer all we can + fell +he slars wl+hou+ a program We have besides fwo ofher publlcahons fhe Lu+ Mag and +he Yearbook The former IS fhe seml annual ven+ for aspurmg young aufhors of shor+ s+orles and poefry who deslre an auduence while +I-me laH'er as fhe presenf chronicle In which we alfempl' 'lo capfure +he fruendly 'Feellng here al' Fueldslon WERE HEARD 1

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THAN ANY IIF ITS LINKS gave us some swell parhes Ihe In+ernaI ArrangemenI's CommuI'I'ee drew more sI'uden'Is mI'o Ihe assemblies and Ihe PubIlclI'y CommlH'ee scored hlfs wlI'h many new Ideas In adduhon Io enablmg us +o parhclpafe nn our own school governmenf Ihese small groups awakened us Io our role In I'he oufslde world The Communlfy Service CommlI'I'ee conhnued nfs regular ac'I'lvlI'les and also lnaugurafed a drive 'For books and maferlals Io help revuve schools In I'he Iuberafed counfrles of Europe hon of The Infer School Congress Conceuved and planned by a FleIds+on comml++ee Ihe I S C embraces many schools unferesfed nn sharmg Ihear experiences The purpose of fhns group us +o umfe schools more closely Thus Idea of m+er school cooperahon as an ouI'growI'h of +he mira school cooperahon I'haI' we have found so necessary The real value of each commlffee us as a Imlc un +he cham of ofher commoHees and nn relahon +o siudenf parhclpahon as a whole A sfrong commuffee feeds s+rengI'h Io sI'uden+ governmenf S One of The mosi' imporianr innovafions of fhe year was fhe organiza-