Greenwich Country Day School - Spire Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Seated: Knowles, Chisholm, Conze, Greene. Standing: Hornblower, Blair, Malozemoff, Knapp, Fisher, Hinton, Bunnell. Representatives take additional responsibilities in stride For its third year in existence, the ninth grade student representative program has run very smoothly and effectively. Each term, the repre- sentatives, two girls and two boys, are elected by the entire class and hold this position for one term, when elections are held again. The purpose of this program is to give the stu- dent body a chance to take an active part in gov- erning the activities of the school through these representatives. This system not only develops leadership qualities in a ninth grader, but it also frees the faculty members from many administra- tive duties which might otherwise clutter their already busy schedules. Each week the student representativesassign special duties to students of the ninth grade on a daily basis. These duties include the supervision of the entrance into both dining room and as- sembly hall, saying the grace and the announce- ments at lunch, running study hall in the absence of teachers, and sometimes the dismissal of a home room when its teacher can not be present. This year's representatives were Cin order of termsj: Irene Malozemoff, Ray Hornblower, Taffy Fisher, and John Knowles, Fred Green, Eliza Conze, Whit Knapp, and Sheila Blair, Gina Greene, Miggie Chisholm, Walter Hinton and Ned Bunnell. The student representative government has run very well this year and we hope it may con- tinue to do so for many years.

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Christmas Play a Study in Excellence For the second consecutive year the eighth graders had the honor of presenting the Christ- mas play, and after a few exciting weeks of hard work and practice, the members of the cast staged the familiar Dickens play, A Christmas Carol . In the short space of time set aside for the prep- aration of the play, parts had to be picked and learned, scenery improvised, lighting decided up- on and costumes fitted. Under the enthusiastic direction of Mr. Hoff- man, Mr. Efinger, Mr. Field and Mr. Trask, the whole class contributed to the success of the pro- duction, whether they were working as a stage hand, singing a lively carol, or actually taking a part. Much credit must also be given the costume committee, under Miss Bel1's experienced super- vision, for diligently dressing every actor. After every part of the play had been thorough- ly polished up, a dress rehearsal was put on for the benefit of the Lower School, and on the fol- lowing day the final production was presented in front of the entire Upper School. The principal characters were portrayed by Baxter Holland, Paul Seldon, and Ozzie Erickson as Scrooge, Jerry Platt as Marleyg Barrie Weeks, Gretchen Weisel, and Betsy Beecher as the ghostsg Dave Smith as Bob Cratchitg and Wade Hampton as Tiny Tim. Cratchit takes a beating. Ghost of Christmas Present Scrooge feels Christmas spirit. appears to Scrooge.

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Students Give To Community And Nation Greenwich Country Day believes in cultivating the interest of its students in taking an active part in community services. During the school year itself we take part in Red Cross and clothing drives for the needy, and on Hallowe'en the en- tire school participates in a door-to-door appeal for UNICEF. In the few years in which we have, as a unit, participated in this drive, we have been continually rewarded by increasing interest. From a small beginning this project has taken on enormous proportions. We attacked the drive this year with an enthusiasm which surprised even Mr. Webster. Having set our goal at one thousand dollars, we set out and squeezed every possible penny from our generous townfolk, but finding ourselves twelve dollars short, we emptied Unicef Committee counts contributions. 71 Irene Malozemoff does her part. the pockets of our beloved teachers and overshot our goal by forty-three cents. During the summer and in later years, Country Day students carry on this tradition. Many girls donate part of their precious summer vacation to the hospital, working as Candy Stripersg to the library, as aides, or to the Junior Red Cross. Boys and girls, alumni of the school, have taken jobs working to better slum conditions, and have joined such organizations as the International Field Service, or the International Experiment. We hope that this will be expanded in the years to come and that our students will continue to uphold the fine example shown to us in the past. We hope that they will go on and give to the com- munity and nation those gifts which they have gained here.