Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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USE SEATING PLAN A. . Last year we heard and felt the blastings at the far end of the quad- rangleg as the red bricks slowly took shape, we finally recognized our new Assembly Building. Mr. Tate greeted the First Form as the first class to spend all its Tuesday mornings at Fieldston in seats that were shaped to fit a human back. Those seats were fastened earthward, but our eyes were fastened stageward. In a world living through hard lp times, with its peoples confused, its problems international, l Q Q cu . . 5 T the Internal Arrangements Committee attempted to give us some understanding of pertinent issues. Bobbsey might have A had some difficulty with her French accent in introducing M Auberjanor , but that gentleman had no trouble teaching us about the functions of the Voice of America Forty minutes rs too short a time for any thorough discussion and Julian was a little agitated when Mr McClosky realrzrng this fact talked rnformatlvely about Israel through most of second armament stimulating many discussions on the subject Mrs Sergenran en lightened Us about Chinese social conditions Students and faculty Joined forces to present their observations culled from summer experiences, on education and living conditions in various European countries First period Tuesday had come to be the time when we could supplement our daily cur rrculum with a study of the world todas and its effect on us 6. -we W if N014 v ' S . - 4 mf, , l . -1 k A ii . 'In .S 4 . . u 4 l ' 4 ' ix' l A' W. , 4 .1 A K- A . 1 . 4 . I L' ' ', I . - 4 , 1 . ' 1 . 4 J -I 1 K. ps period. Mr. Oresman presented his views on German production and re- : ' ' ' 5 '- ' , Q ' ' -

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Center-all seem to forget the fifty-hour goal and are surprised to find them- selves way over that number by June. In addition to the discipline of work, we find that life can be fun, as we enjoy gay parties and field days, well-buried in an avalanche of crepe paper, posters, Pepsi Cola, music, costumes, balloons, and brooms. Staying for games, cheering for our teams, victorious or not, obliterates all thought of tomorrow's test. After two weeks of fun, hard work. canvas, paint, needles, net, and Tommie, the final glittering glamor of producing a Festival always brings the Form closer together. In the fall and spring, the tops of lockers are adorned with the suit- cases, jeans, and guitars of the Field Trippers. Hard beds, cold nights, marshmallows, dancing, work, and long bus rides make up exhausting but wonderful weekends. Hudson Guild, Wiashington, Medical Center, Felicia, and Penn- sylvania coal mines all spread the welcome mat for Fieldstonites with the Wanderlust, and everyone is always amazed by the xi' rate at which time flies during an excursion. The year is full. the days are it 2 if long and busy. and as Monday ends. the whole school empties K out slowly. and each Fieldstonite staggers home under the load of text books. homework, and the prospect of another eventful school week.

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...Tl-IE CCDURSE IS PLANNED' In the Kelly Lab we started our pilgrimage through the realms of sci- ence down what seemed a path of destruction. ln Second Form while we were confined to the Bunsen burner, Mr. Bassett was armed with a pump ex- pressly used for the purpose of showering us, in order to prove the incom- pressihility of water. We advanced to Fourth Form and Bio, where we re- ceived our scalpels, with which considerable damage could be done to the interiors of frogs. But Mr. Kotlar retaliated by attacking us with long, in- comprehensible words, and Hontogenyis recapitulation of phylogenyw drove us back to squirrting at pretzel-shaped germs until it was time for Physics. There we recovered the use of the Bunsen burner and added the dry cell to f NfQQ all H XANK Una, the list but although we could burn out our ammeters they did not come as cheaply as frogs Mr Klock blandly assured us during demonstrations that excepting those in the first row we had an excellent chance of survival We also suspected Ray of being in league with the devil when he would drsap on' In Chem all was changed By simple arithmetic we students could make more poison gas than Mardle Some of us also had visions of fortunes in silver while others dreamed of running drstrllerre Lab coats were painted hair was lnged and fingers appeared acid stained But as we peered through the maze of detail and smoke we realized that the scientific method had arrived and so had the core of our education 1 , V Q-A I 7 l , f ' fl ' . Q , , ' - . . . . . , , , , ' ' . . . , K' ' Y, Y r 4 1 1 ' . pear' for a moment, then reappear and announce dynamically, The juice is ,, . . . 1 1 4 n K' , 1 ' '