Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Casstay had nothmg on anyone here elther And so t1me and t1de bemg what they are the days passed the athlettc fteld made way for the gym balcony and the swtmmmg pool and the cheerleaders kept rtght on meetlng tmmedtately at'f lunch Sptrtt seemed drtferent m the wt t terttme The games were vartefl but the aud1ences were more or less stattc and tt you went to the gym balcony on a Tue day or Frtday afternoon you could have wasnt only the lack of one malor school event but the whole teellng of the season Afternoons were given up to homework and the much dtscussecl problem of school sptrtt was almost tgnored But for those part1c1pat1ng snowballmg wasnt the on y wtnter sport and stratns of Roar L1la roar score Ltla score' could have eve rwalled You ll never see Maggte alone Wetnstem and company could be counted on to glve the cheerleaders some Sllfl com petttton and between them and the une? QTL the cold season was kept well above treezmg As for sp1r1t tt rose wtth the thermometer and by the t1me sprtng her alded ln the baseball season the ball as well as the blrd was on the w1ng Students sprmg fever and all were ready to Chee the vars1t1es on For desplte any temp: rary or even more or less permaneut lapse tn sp1r1t and desptte the somettmes d1scourag1ng attendance at games we all ot us came from Fteldston and we couldn t be prouder , W - 1 C-xx - Q' 'U tl 1 - 4 - .- 'li A .Ji ' I ' 15. ' . M f I ro' 1 . . cj , A , C1 ,L D- placed a sate bet on whom you'd find. lt pected entrance ot a female into the pool, ' ' - ' ' 1. - , , . , -. 1 , ' , 11 f 1 ,,

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We come from Fleldston and We couldnt be prouder Clf you cant hear us now we ll shout a llttle louder D Fall started wrth Fteld day whtch IH turn started wrthout a hrtch The New York Yankees may have had the pennant but the Freldston S nators had Mr Brown and anyway what other baseball teams could run potato races DlClY CGDHITG WG flCIQ and eat Good I-lumors all m mne 1nnmgs7 Afterwards there was a student faculty baseball game rn place of the customarv flesh was a lxttle off beat The next day dawned cold enough for the hock y team to wear gloves and earmuffs The fest1v1 tres were prefaced by the ever present talk about our not so present school sp1r1t for desprte the posters and l1ttle clocks we wondered why more people hadn t shown up at the games Those who d1d come must have succeeded at shoutmg a httle louaer though for the football and soccer xars1tes were vfctorfous and the M A A P S chamoronshfp was once agam ours The hockey team w1ll1ngly rf not eff1c1ently served turkey and mashed pc faculty hunt and wrth Clarry p1tchmg 1 toes to the boys and though t seemec some tudent batters could have used a , O be G msn S World the weaker Sex Camb place to htde But at supper there was cream and everyone cooled off f cheermg contest Cexcept of cours I Publ1c1ty Commtttee who were mg or the dance and some 'aspm 1 cheerleaders who descended 1 rom faculty common room to rate r1 rs m enterta1nmentD But Freld Day soon gave ay to rglnt returned to normal The day go faster after thfs and the q g1v n mass of wmter coats was n re t proportron to the dxsappearance of warm Weather Fathers Day came at last and wrt the somewhat embarrassed answers 1 4 soctal studres and rn math classes Clga dd c1rculated m our hallways and coffee was served rn the dmmg room After lunch we had to decxde between football and soccer and along about then our weary father began to wonder 1f school was really as relaxmg as they had remembered Though Mayor ODwyer was v1ctor1ous at the polls the Fleldston football team had to be sat1sf1ed wrth tymg Barnard but we CAME FROM FIELDSTCN AND WE COULDN T BE PROUDER And by Wood mere day we had determ1ned to wm The Woodmere rally was on a Frl day and the after lunch speeches or coaches Mrller Iayson and Katzenstelh were followed by a conga lme of sorts 1n whrch the Splfll was w1ll1ng even rf the mt then own at the dance that followed But as days have a tendency to do thls one ended and wrth ft went th football and so er seasons We got ready to drg rn fr wmter fortlfymg ourselves wtth ts of basketball ahead and cele t Q r recent vrctorres Just past t and Daughters mght came alo gf televrsron came mto 1ts own he o, F1 dston The aerlals on each t no complamts from the land ere were no ghosts to mar l c o ludy Greenlulls monologue b 'rjhuch laughter the barb rshov Gt Jbeautrctan s quartets drdnt have to mvtforry about Petrrllo and Mr Goodmans cymbolrsm broke a record rn popularrty as well as the mrcrophone Hoppalong Cassldy had nothmg on us Not to be outdone lanuary saw the annual Pops and Sons meetmg N women allowed was the byword and even 'lommy Brown when asked about h1s grrl frrends refused to talk Televlsron mrght have been O K for fathers and daughters but here the movre held 1ts own and prctures of the football team 1r actron ran on the same brll as a magrcran act Clt 1S debatable whrch was the more popular the magrc rmgs of the mag1c1a'1 or the magrc touchdowns of our grrdrrons 1 There were speeches by the coaches as well as by Mr Tate and Dr Ballou games for all and televlslon or no Hoppalong I , , e Q' ' 9 , ' , ,t .A . ' ' 1 'l ' ' . . . . Ll I I V I S H ' . he I' E J , ,A X . , I l I 2 ' ' ' , fd ce t- , U A ., . , . . J ' l , V - t W , , . . fl KZ-9 ' ' I' v t I Y N L5 QQ br f - ' ' . ' . x. , T . . I l and by Tuesday morning ad A A . , .X X t X , I . A ' ' X. ul ffl ' .f a A ., ,, ' lo a , I l,' tt . - I 4 f l , . I . , . . . I 'Q - V Q ' ' . o I I - I 1 I- .... I I A A l ' . r ' ' ' 'N

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To get working papers, you have to be fourteen, but anyone can go to Hudson Gulld Sewmg Jumpers for lads rn Europe though IS strlctly a Frrst Form prlvllege and wh1le the button hole may be a httle crooked the thought be hrnd them IS anythrng but Cornrnunttv SGFVICG as such comes rnto focus by Form Four and after Mrss Kay and Mardxe Munzer have addressed the upper forms warnmg us that worlcmg m a hosprtal IS not necessanly glamorous some of us hurry down to Medrcal Center on Monday afternoon and fmd to our surprlse that they were rrght But we dtdn t really conte for th glamour and tts a n1ce feellng to know that our Job of sortrng suoplles and feed1ng patxents IS really helomg At Un versxty Settlement and MGd1SOH House we take care of chtldren asktng ourselve from ttrne to ttrne rf we too had been such brats CBut remembermg that eraser W threw rn math we decrded the lads were comparatrvely well behaved D wr? fnxltllf-if Qf' effgfg I 'Sri Y'-3 X, J' we ffif ff sx X -5X n-ffrffl' 2,- !5, Af,' i -D def -7 Na- A.,-.1-'27, Here at Fleldston Communrty SGIVICS takes on a dlfferent aspect Mr MCG1HlYS work squad may reau1re more brawn than some of us can muster but collectmg at tendance IS always safe Cpro vrdrng of course you know your way around the corrrdors and are wxlhng to keep out of the green amtb Some of us work rn the l1brary and 1ts embarrasslng to fmd that the overdue sl1p you re yourself We delrver cook1es and mrlk to classes rn the Lower School Cno buffet problem herel help Mrss Marcus and nonchala rtly 1n hale Cl1lOF1T19 gas as we frll rea gent bottles rn the chem ab F1eld tr1ps corne around and we pack our harmonlcas and work gloves rn preparatron for two days of sun sweat and a good t1me Theres always Fel1c1a and Dr Heymans rend1t1on of Oh Su zanna and though the pea soup nay not be Mrss Brocks ldea of a balanced mam drsh you ll eat anythmg when you get hungry enough . . f t S Q I . , . . . ' e - ' , N I ' - ,. 'xx NX V X X 'V I ' - . 'f -. 4' N x t , ' 'A ijt! ' ' , , r 9 1, 2- W ' , . Q ,VQKYGKF7 1 f. I 4 4 .Ig f f Y 1 L 'H 1 I l -at s H :-glflxxt. 'l ,jlq 1 ,' ' fkf 2.1, H , , Q A-:K-QS,-gg . ' .J ' -.F J, 1 t-1 ' 1 -li. . V , ',ZQK x 'x -t ! I ft K filling out is to none other than J ' 1 rl X 4 4 'A f 7 - f' 1511 . ' ' 'l xx :ji ,-ix. , nk K ., N, I 1 A A 1 1 1-'fx , 115 I if . ' P - mt. ,, 1 19, , y s ' ,, f '-few! ' J ' 1 l, 4, My N ! I V , 4 1,- K r , ,.--.-' ' ,' ' . A ' -A , '-' , ' X X , ,. ',, A 4 x ju- Lf V. - . X 1- 1 c P 'K ff s ,, ' -E' ,, u Q ' I In N ' eff X2 X. t f y y 'ij JD - 7 it ,LL A I ' . , 'i Y Y x , j P1 . rm -f K 'L 9 'fe 'Ll .' -,if-A '-, - ,- 2 1 I , - 4 -- t Q, '