Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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There are e1ghteen acres, elght bu1ld1ngs w1th the roone numbers runmna south and e1qht forty m1nute oenods to tl1e day We have lona Vacahons a b1q ay1nnas1urr1 ared a 1 1, ae' ated football record for tl e year Every oeptem p r e re o lc to schoo wt1 l ar oteooolcs and a ona about May c1 our freshma year son eone always stops wonder waat the quad anqle and the vars1t1es nav to do YVlll'l abstracts ltlqe de nocrc y and why 1t IS that alumnt fron1 years oaclc sttll v1s t dunnq t1e1r L,1r1st'nas vacanons By May of our s nrcr y a wrnna to tmdersta e Vearb ocs ke to a swer th auestto s cw lao a l71e d ston as a sy ool or freedom or reflect1Vethou51 bu n loolcma for a new label to use we d1scoVered that 1-teldston could n1ean as many tlnnqs as there ar oeople to tlnnk of oem For 1ust as a person shows drfferent as ects of lns o r ent and even OI'WlllCl1TQ 111 aqes and 1dQGS But th faculty tae of1ys1cal envtronrnent and t1e freedo 1 of our school are not the essence of F1eldston but rather her ootent1al1t1es potent1al1t1es wh1cl1 must b fulf1lled accordma to the needs and msl es of the 1nd1v1dual And 1t IS t1e flext D1 tty the s ooe ana the V ry aual1ty of these oot 1ta1t1 s as well as our respons to TIQIT that make F1 ldston a QISOW al1ty 1n 1ts own naht 'Whether or not we as students succeed 1n fulf1ll1nq these ooportun1t1es that are offered us 13 another auesnon Qurs IS a problem of balance a searc for a mean between t'1e ex trernes of study ana extra curr1cular act1v1ty Wnen w lose our oerspectwe such problems as poor att ndance at football games and n mbersl11p tn the l S C ar1se And wnle we often f1nd cr1t1c1sm eas1er man oart1c1pat1on we also tend tg oe mtolerant of those who would rather ao to a dance than attend a comnnttee rneetma and ot those Vtf 1O would rather study than ao to a da ce For 1t IS tne acrnevement or lack of tt of eac'1 1na1v1dual that makes l:1eldstor1 as a whol f1na11v ach1eve llS own balance lt s th purpose of th1s boolc to show the potent1al1t1es of our school and some of the ways IH wmch they have been fulftlled We as studertts ar t e prodfts o tl11s ful 1llment and n record na the events or our school year we dope o snow the nd1v1dual parts that complete me wnole of F eldston . 1 A K . . , V L, ws ' ' ' 1 N L I 11 15' Lo X, 1.o . U V ' ' 1 - - 1 ll 1 1 1 1 e w cor 1, ac - . .1 c e .1 rr , 1 ' c. n c 1 1 c A to ' 1 1 r c 1 e 1 l v fr- l I lx ' I 1 .c , . 1 1 1 1 - 1 N1 1 A 1 X L. .. . . A -- ee ear we re be 1. 1 ' nu. .c o 1 .1 c 1 fl 1 ese n A erm cl - e rn 1 c. t 1 1 1 1 Y 1 1-. A 1 , V A, A 1 Q 1 U 4 f. ' ,A ' 3 1. .1 A p A c Y sona.1ty to dmerent people, F1eldston can Slqlilly' mariy d1f'ferA rw 4 V l 7 l c 1 1 c c c . . 1 1 . ' l U-. ' 1 1 t 9 , 1 A 1 , . 1 o .. V 1 c o 1 ' 1 e ' ' ' 1 ' ' .l '- l 11, cA,11 e A ' 1 ec A 9lll'l9, 1 e l c o 'e 1 cc 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , W n c c to c - 1 1 1 1 1 Q 1 . Q A 1 1 A o 11e ' ' ' ' I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 c 1. c no 1 . c . . .1 1 N 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 . 1 c , 2 1 . . ., A 1 1 9 A 1 1 1 e n 1 c I I .. 1 1 'Q -. ' ' . . 1 . c V , . o 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 . .... A 1 A A . c, l .

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We come back to school ID September shoutmg D1d you have a n1ce summer? to frrends and teachers W9 VS bered where warns almost forgotten over the vacat1on as we take places m the gym Dave welcomes us and Mr Tate us not to run w1ld 1n the new as There IS no seatmg plan to be remem Y sembl lat1on aga1n hall W1th exc1tement and specu the M1ddle Schoolers run to see who IS IH the1r home room classes wh1le M1ss Murphy QIVGS 1mpl1c1t 1nstruc t1ons tell1ng the Th1rd and Fourth Formers what to do and how to conduct them selves Forms FIVS and SIX follow Mr Brown to the soc1al hall and hurry to f1ll out hve CODIGS of the1r new programs In the afternoon as we each add another key to our key cha1n we real1z that the school year 1949 1950 has really begun Wllh the last breath of summer VIQOI even home work seems fun for the f1rst week or so but soon we stop fmd1ng our selves 1n last year s locker a1sle and we beg1n to settle down to e1ght months of subway travell1ng student government talk some good fun and lots of hard work Before we know 1t the f1rst surpr1se test has been sprung and we are QIVHIQ re ports 1n our language courses 1n h1story or m our home room We have F1eld Day football games and a form party between comm1ttee rneetmgs and Enghsh pa pers and 1t s already Thanksgwmg 1 a few weeks there 15 a feshval orese'1ta t1on of A M1dsummer N1ghts Dream some carol1ng through the halls ana 1t seems as 1f half of the year were over even though 1t 1S only Chnstmas 1950 has arr1ved and we return Mon day a httle t1red out from our e1ghteen day of rest Tl1e Fourth Fornoers offer heartfelt condolences to the m1d year WOITIGTS and wonder 1f 1t s really DOSSI ble to S11 down and wr1te for three hours about Enghsh February w1tn the colds and the vacat1on serves to dlVId9 the year of'f1c1a1ly and to prepare us all for March wh1ch comes 1n w1th a fur1ous roar College Boards have humbled the Slxth Form and as they walk doc1le as lambs out of the Qym on the llth the month beg1ns to ga1n 1ts true oroport1ons lt s about th1s t1me that the year comes to a chmax Mrs W1ll1amson leads a dance rec1tal on the staqe of the new aud1tor1um 1D celebrat1on of the newly 1n stalled seats wh1le the F1fth Pormers thmk about student government pos1t1ons and Mr Bassett starts arrangmg the M1ddle School e1ect1ons The sen1ors QIVG the1r play and 11S sprmg W1th the forsyth1a comes Founders Day and the old order changes off1c1ally as Chff leads the pro cess1ona1 the year IS almost over Buffet soon becomes the place to congratulate SQDIOTS as college acceptances arr1ve and on May twelfth we smg Schuberts f1rst mass The quadrangle 1S always crowd ed after lunch but only a few k1ds go on the grass Sometlmes we have classes outs1de somet1mes we don t have classes After all there s only one week left We are gett1ng butterfhes m our stomachs now and we rememb r vaguely the Sep tember morn not so long ago when we came to school w1th the same feel1ng The work the fun and new fr1endsh1ps were ahead of us then for as we each added another key to our key cha1ns the school year 1949 1950 had Just begun . . 11 . - 1 1 ' . 11 . - ' ' . 1 1 . 1 , , 1 . . , . . . . ' 1 1 1 , . - 1 - A 11 ' 1 . . 11 , . 1 . . 1 , 1 , , . 1 . Q 1 v - 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' . 1 . 1 . 1 - Q . 1 1 -f 1 , . 1 , . 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , , .1 . , 1 . H 1 1 L - 1 1 . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 .. Q , S . 1 1 1 1 , .1 - . 1 1 , . .1 . , I 1 1 1