Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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STAFF 19541955 PHILIP M B BOOCOCK PLINY H HAYES III Rutgers BA YALE BA Headmaster Asststant Headmaster ADRIAN W SMITH Busrness Manager MRS MARGARET E WILCOX Assistant to the Treasurer FRANCES M MATHIAS Executive Secretary MRS RUSSELL SCHURR Dretrcran MILDRED J STICKNEY Assistant to the Secretary MRS CHARLES H STEWART Lrbrarran JOAN C IRLBACHER Assrstant to the Secretary GEORGE C BRADY M D JAMES R SULLIVAN MD Consulting Physrcrans BOARD OF TRUSTEES 19541955 EUGENE F MCCARTHY Presrdent NEL SON T MONTGOMERY Secretary THOMAS W MITCHELL VIcePres1dent JOSEPH L HUDSON Treasurer Term Exprrrng June 1955 JESSE C DANN HAROLD M HECHT JOSEPH L HUDSON THEODORE G KENEFICK EUGENE F MCCARTHY CARL N REED DR WILLIAMF LIPP Term Exprrrng June 7956 Term Explrrng June I957 HENRY W COMSTOCK CHESTER O GALE DUDLEY M IRWIN HUBERT L PERRY LARS S POTTER RT REV LAURISTONL HAMILTON H WENDE IO SCAIFE WILLIAM C BAIRD DR WINFIELDL BUTSCH ROBERT E DILLON HOWARD KELLOGG JR THOMAS W MITCHELL NELSON T MONTGOMERY DAVID A THOMPSON . . , I , . . , . . . , . . , - 1 f 1 . , . . , - 1 . , . . . , . . . , , I ' 1 ' - 1 I 1 1 V . , ,

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Unable to attaIn an easy success the Class of l955 has compen ThIs class has produced IIS share of outstandlng students and THE SENIOR CLASS I shall always remember the class of T955 for theIr warm frlendltness and good Splfll They have had a dlfftcult posItIon In the order of classes as they have marched through the years for they followed the class that mrght be known as the great Innovator The present class found the Innovatlons to theIr llklng but faced the somewhat more dIffIcult task of establlshlng and Slfenglhenlng these new developments so that they mIght grow Into true NIchols tradItIons They have had a unIty of Splfll and purpose that has left IIS effect on the whole school They have glven us excellent teams IH football soccer and hockey although It IS unfortunate that the competttlon they faced In two of these sports prevented them from fully tastlng the frurt of VICIOFY Academically theIr record has not been an outstandIng one but wIth the exceptIon ofa few they have been an Industrlous and serrous group They have made a contrIbutIon to NIchols that has been sIncere and as the SenIor Class of the school they have provrded the leadershIp that IS so essentlal for the welfare of the student body PHILIP M B BOOCOCK sated by an admlrable dogged perslstence In pursuIt of Its goal of growth toward Intellectual maturIty I flnd It a great pleasure to work Wllh students of such rare QUOIITICS of sweet reasonableness and even temper A class That Fortunes buFfets and rewards Hast ta en wIth equal thanks RAY M VERRILL Wuthout a doubt the spIrIt of the Class of 55 has changed In theIr last few years at NIchols One sees thIs GVOIUIIOD ID theIr acceptance of the VerrIll Doctrlne In theIr growIng Interest In the Intangtble and In theIr responslble OllIlUd6 toward Nlchols To achleve fully thIs attItude of Intellectual maturIty the Class of 55 of HSCSSSIIY has had to overcome a mocktng attItude and a spIrIt of petty lealousy learned from some of our predecessors at NIchols For theIr un faIlIng and sympathetIc gutdance IH helpIng us achreve thIs changed attItude we shall long be grateful to the headmaster and all the members of the faculty .IOHN WADSWORTH athletes as have Its predecessors The characterIstIc of the Class of 55 that has Impressed me IS Its WIIIIDQHESS and cooperatxveness Thus class has made for a happy congenIal atmosphere In and out of the classroom It has conscIentIousIy performed Its tasks Gentlemen It has been a pleasure MILLARD SESSIONS Even last year the two fold lob of the Class of l955 was mapped out It concerned personal Intellectual growth and better school admlnlstratton One can count at least a score of Indtvlduals who In the last year have developed a startllngly mature Intellectual curI osIty and a thIrst for knowledge Instead of merely a d6SIf6 to memorlze for a test The foundatlons for a llberal educahon have been laId ThIs class has also supplIed the sIncere Interest and cooperatlon necessary to carry on and Improve such baslc Innovatlons In school polIcy as the student proctored study halls and new approach to the problem of dIscIplIne JAMES HOWARD , . 1 1 1 ' I 1 1 r ' 1 , .1 . . , . 1 . .. , - . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 I .