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

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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!

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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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Public speaking winners Upper School James Kitendaugh Irene Malozemoff Ninth Grade Louis Magill Martha Ward Eighth Grade Lower School Paul Wilson Patricia Serrell Seventh Grade Thomas Klingenstein, 4-Rg Elizabeth Cobbs, 4-R9 Anna Bull, 5-R5 Emily Fisher, 6-G5 Graham Knox, 5-N. Absent: Peter Thomas, 6-H. 81