Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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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-

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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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HESPUNSIBILITY FULFILLED Our school IS a commumfy and like all commumhes If IS an un'rnca're s+ruc'l'ure depencleni' on many small chores Wu+h fhe guve and fake Idea an mmd we fhe sfudenfs go ahead collechng affendance ralung leaves shovelmg coal and performing +he many varued iaslcs +ha+ make us proudly 'feel +ha1' we are fruly a useful parl' of fhe school life , ' r . . . . . . . . . u - n e Ill . . . . . I I l . - . I . . ,lux , ! , , ni: P' ., . , 1 . . I. vi- .7 .