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

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Alumni Bulletin keeps in touch with graduates All publications have their problems. The most prevalent problem of the Alumni Bulletin was to procure a staff, for, at the start of the year, there was but one member, Mr. Witherbee. As it turned out, Mr. Witherbee, beginning the season alone, set himself to the tedious task of contacting the Alumni, and keeping in touch wth them. This being accomplished, the board showed a gradual increase in members. As usual, the school was infested by ambitious Bulletin,, photographers snapping photos of the newest aspects of the school to indicate to the Alumni that their school was forever changing and improving. When all the replies were finally received from the class secretaries, the task was to rewrite and assemble them in a fashion interesting to the Alumni. Although the actual printing of the Bul- letin was done by Mr. Fricke, there were letters to be signed and envelopes to be printed and ad- dressed by the staff. The last few weeks of activity included assembling the many copies of the mag- azine, stapling them, and finally mailing them to our Alumni scattered all over the country. Cer- tainly, for the work they accomplished, congratu- lations are in order for the board, but, for his diligent work on its behalf, the Board of the Alumni Bulletin wishes Mr. Witherbee to accept its sincere appreciation. Bartlett, Park, Bunnell. Mr. Witherbee, Martin, Fish.

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ROW 1: Plowden, Watson, Fairchild, Greene, Symmers, Malozemoff, Hansell. ROW 2: Knapp, Searls, Stevenson, Murphy, Adams, Mr. Merriss. ROW 3: Warner, Green,Shean, Towe. Rogers. Ex Multis board chooses best of the best At three o'clock Monday afternoon, everyone in the ninth grade drops his diligent work and scrambles to his publication meeting. A few have other commitments, but the best of the rest come, jocularly perambulating into Mr. Merriss's room, where he is doodling aimlessly. The well-known and perhaps dilapidated folders bearing the names accepted,', rejected , may- be , and 'ffor considerationn are pulled out of the file and are thrown upon the desk. After the staff shuffles around, slams the door, yaks a bit, and finally quiets down, Mr. Merriss proceeds to read the first composition taken from the thick pile which had been collected on the previous Friday. During the first meeting we cleared the usual fuzzy details, procedures were outlined, work divisions established, and responsibilities allotted. We decided not to elect the editors until the end of the year, so that elections could be based on how much work the staff as a whole felt that each individual had accomplished. We found that this plan provided a goal for us to strive for. The whole board worked in one big bubbling group. We organized the comp-collecting system, and Mr. Merriss advised some gentle nagging to spur those teachers on,'. At first our opinions about the compositions wavered, but these past months have mellowed our tastes, and our accepted pile is becoming pleasantly plumpl' with choice, selected master- pieces. New ideas for the oh-how cute theme, and illustrations by our more artistic members were constantly popping up. We found reading comps of several hundred different styles most enjoyable. Monday afternoons passed quickly by, with Mr. Merrissis voice droning on and on, inter- spersed with laughs, tears, nudges, and groans. We were certainly all very content sitting peace- fully in our easy chairs while that hectic Spire board was running in circles with activity.

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Dancing Class a Pleasure for A11 As in years past, dancing class at Country Day was an integral part of the extra-curricular pro- gram. Dancing is, indeed, an important social grace, and it is certainly not slighted at GCDS. Each Friday afternoon, boys and girls of the fifth and sixth grades met with Mrs. Halliwell to try to absorb some of their competent tutor's dancing technique and the social graces. The seventh grade, having added the cha-cha and several fast dances, advanced to the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meeker, on a bi-weekly basis, meeting every other Saturday evening. Un- der the watchful eye of the Meekers, they became skillful in the cha-cha, the samba, and even the waltz. The eighth and ninth graders also met on Sat- urday evenings, but their lessons were primarily for pleasure, having already attained a reasonable proficiency in the most popular of the contem- porary dances. Attending dancing class is certainly a pleasur- able experience for the pupils, especially with small classes. 8th 8a 9th Twist for Christmas 6th graders really shine!