Hoosac School - Owl Yearbook (Hoosick, NY)

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SIXTH FORM

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A Sixth Form year is possibly the most important year in a Hoosac boy’s early life. The training and education that has gone on without surcease has now come to a climax and the sought for stamp of approval is not far off. Many things happen to Sixth Formers, which they do not expect. Suddenly, they find themselves on top. They are the ones who are being pressed to do things of a quite different nature than before. They are ex- pected to be leaders. The realization takes hold that they are free because being a Sixth Former has its rewards, among which is a wider latitude in which to work. But freedom, the domain of the free, is not made up of one way streets. Once it has been gained, it has to be protected by a demonstration of worthiness. Hence, the Sixth Former has attained something after years of waiting, only to find that there are strings attached. On the threshold of mature life, of higher education, he sees that what he now has, demands much more of him than all he has put in to earning it. Hoosac boys should have learned this lesson well. If they have, they will go out prepared to give time and energy to the even more demanding responsibilities which their freedom has imposed on them.

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Row One, L to R: Weaver, Parsons, Hendrickson, Grochowski. Row Two: Bohn, Broom, Maddux, Hogg, Areson. Row Three: Moriarta, Regan, Stolting, M., Cole. Row Four: Reeder, Lapham, Palmer, Olmsted. Row Five: Thieringer, Yerburgh. The Sixth Form This year’s Sixth Form is composed of many types of individuals, but they are all quite similar in that they are young men of character. Hoosac has always striven to maintain the highest standards of ment- al development, and Dr. Cooley and his administration have certainly succeeded in this aspect. The graduating class car- ries with them a feeling of assurance which Father Wood and his predecessors have al- ways striven to instill in them. John Maddux, this years senior prefect, is an able leader who provides a model character for the other students to try to emulate. Junior prefect, Clay Hogg, has done a fine job in assisting John through- out the year. Clay is also the president of his class and Jack Broom is the vice-presi- dent. Representatives to the newly-formed student council are Bill Areson and Norm Bohn. These men have helped to show the importance of a student government. The school athletic program has drawn many participants from the sixth form. Prefects Maddux and Hogg are among the seniors who have taken an active part in soccer and basketball. In addition to this, there are several seniors on the hockey, tennis, and baseball teams. It can easily be seen that the Sixth Form has succeeded athletically as well as scholastically. Their talents, thus nurtured, they will enter college life with a solid background. Because of this, they should be confident that success, through effort, will be theirs.