Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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PUBLICATICDNS The wheels turn. the ink runs smoothly. and thi- reeord ol' a yearis work if preseryed in hlaelx and white. Points seored and poetry. festixals and free- dom ofthe press. these are the parts that make up the whole. fused hy our ereatiy e powers. We are praetieal people as well as dreamers. For the unfortunate mm-mhers of the Lil .llug Board. Sunday is no longer a day of rest. Aspiring authors experienee their first literary pangs of joy oi sorrow. depending on the dem-ision of the almighty erities. hut getting up early is often repaid hy the tliw- eoyery of an unusual story or true poetit' talent. Fielzlgfrlss eomes hut onee a year, hut leading up to the date of puhlieation is the most complex jolt ol' organization and planning that eonfronts the staff ol' any puhlieation. Meetings take place on Tuesday nights. and roast heel' sandwiehes are forgotten in the midst of layouts. photographs. and seramhled copy, while the deadline dates loom darkly oyer the hori- zon. Spring draws near. and the final jolt of pasting up is completed hy ha rried editors. The end result-A a thin volume with aetiyities and emotions appearing as words on a page: hut they are words whivh have the power to make us rememher and recapture the excite- ment and pulselreat of a year that if now history. In the printshop. pieees of lead and type have to he assemhled and coordinated hefore a single idea eau appear on a printed page. There are noise and confusion. hut out of ehaos eomes a finished product. The Fielflslon .'Yf It'S eomes out on time. for news is only as good as it is fresh. and the deadline is all- important. Again we have rlltlwll that the pen is mightier than the sword. for the pen van deserihe the sword. and the minds of men can ereate heauty and power even out of the unproduetiye horror of war. For. with typewriter and printing press. we replaee eannon and hattleship. and the thoughts of free men. forged in hlaek and white. van pieree more deeply than a steel hullet.

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DIG FOR TI-IE CDYSTER c ghtcr s s x Social Lomnnttee ucceedecl nr lnrngrn togcther lot ol people rt mrny gn lunetron wherc they ci tneecl, Vngnna reeled played garncs tnd rte their way through rn enjoyable er enrng The long and short of I'lClLlsl.0ll met on Orient rtron Day hefore school hegan rn an attempt to weleonre the new Fir t Form Experienced SIXHI Fornrers pointed out the length of the trip from the lVl1ddle bchool Corridor to the Lrhrary a they explained that Lounerl, Forum and Lornmrttees meet Wednesday 8th perlod Field Day followed rn qurelc succession wrtlr an afternoon of varrous sportb rneludrng the tfddl trorral fac ulty hunt, a upper of franlcfurtere, and an evening of dancing The First Form could be seen merrily performing doe er doee to lVlr Baseetts call while Seeond Fornrere hlrthely exeeuted the eomplrcated step learned at Friday evening darrcrng class Aetounded onlookere wondered rf we all hadnt progressed to seeond childhood when we Lame to an early Chrrstma party dreseed rn our lcrndervarten best Wrth teachers ae nurbemard Helen through Sixth Formers cavorted rn anything from dlapers and nrghtgowrrs to ekrrtb five lIlCllCS above the knee The Third Form turned from Barn Dance to Crrcu from hlue Jeaned square dancers to elownnrg acrohate to complete their soc 1 rl season while the ophonrores rgrrorrrrg the laclc of snow rn liner dale created their own bkr lodge ts haclcground for an exciting evening After Hrlewon s Open House the Prfth Fornrers gne up ophrstrcatron for relrxrtron donning jeans rnd plrrd shrrt for their second succeesful rarty and the senior enjovecl the clrshrng duels of Cyrano lrefore retiring to Connie s :lor supper and oc 1 rllzrn The all school Open House at La ter time the Frrewell Party ln June rounded out 1 yerr of socr rl events that can onlv he remembered as wonderful fun xx NEB sf ,qsyr '5 it ff' rf ew ANQMV 'L' '15 ' ' I . Th 1 li x ' side of life is always enlivenecl hy purtieg. and this year' thc- .' fa ' ' s 'r , ' ' g Y' ' s ' z z ' la u' i V S, ' z ' ,7 - 1- +.',z 1, .. 7 v I ii V I , I 7 I I . A x, s 1. A: I Q. i . , Q s I L,-5 , Q . , , , 5 1 I QS ' 't . .' . ' -. 7 . 5 . ' . N t' w K- --K-' 7 1' . . . ' ks L- - -, ' . ' 4 '- . A . 3 A S vt ' w 4 I . ' . - vs i s v ' v l - s.- v A sw ,hs T' 5, ' ' ' ' ' f ' ' 5 s , 1 1 , . . s - - 1- : - ks s ' l -OA L- . I 1 A' q 1 11 A . and Jules as lVlr. and Mrs. Santa and candied a les for refreshments Third 1 a . K. . . , ', D . , 3 , , 3 ' - . 5, -' . if . . kv . - ' V . . . V s -,,-he ' , ag ' 'A ,: 1 ' . , H u ,, .. N W Q .1 . . z Q , . , . gr s . :- a ai , ' sz 2' g s ' ' gr 5 1 .a a ,z. 5 , . , . . -Q . . . .Y 1 1 ' Q 2 sw g. ,z -A w, ' , 2 ' ' z ' ' ' 1 z Q fa ' 5 ' 4, 'Y 1 A cw .l U' W 1 .- X1 ' I .g Q , 4 . ,N ' - R 4, 1 f 4 i X l. B A 4 U -. V, Y Q . V 5 A In xx I ' , ' 4 , N - ' D llf' 2 -A -1 F I' , 4 , I . P- 4 ,W 1 ljfz' I ' . , Y 9 1 X Q ,' , . I I1 - I Y x 1 I '

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FESTIVALS The First and Second Form Festival started off with a bang. as balloons burst and one hundred Mid- dle-Schoolers poured out of the side doors into the au- dience. It was a Fieldston .llucy's Day Parade. Big people and little ran up and down the aisles, dressed as anything from sugarplum fairies to painted horses. Everyone got the chance to display his talentsg the dancing. singing. and scenery were blended together into a first-rate Tonmsone production. A scene from Little Women came first, followed by the Robin Hoof! skit, in which the boys obviously enjoyed shooting their imaginary arrows as much as listening to the applause their efforts drew from the audience. Father Time, looking very fetching in his top hat. chased the diapered New Year through the Calendar Scene. It was the last day before Christmas vacation, and, al- though the First and Second Formers were a little sorry it was all over. everyone left the Assembly Hall in the perfect mood for two weeks of celebration. All through February, people were puzzled about the Fourth Form Festival. 'flfirlzclg what's that?', hltls Einstein's equation, dope. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. Girls ran from the auditorium in abbreviated costumes. Strange noises were heard from the Physics Lab. Then there were the usual festival signs: people talking of classes they had skipped, a perpetual state of frenzy in the Art Building. and general excitement in the Fourth Form corridor. The acting was goodg the lighting and scenery were spectacular. The first bomb dropped on Hiro- shima spread over the earth the ominous shadow of man's powers of destruction. The story of Atom her- self. with the vital problem of controlling her newly liberated energy. was portrayed in dramatically terse scenes. Perhaps some of the creatively imaginative effects usually associated with festivals were lost in the presence of a world shaking subject. but we all did gain a clearer sense of the importance of this thought-provoking theme.