Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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OFFICERS 1964-1965 John N. Walsh, Jr., President Karr Parker, Jr., Vice-President E. W. Dann Stevens, Secretary Ralph E. Henrich, Treasurer Term Expiring 1965 Henry W. Comstock Ralph E. Henrich Hubert L. Perry Robert E. Rich Rt. Rev. L. L. Scaife Robert S. Scheu Charles W. Tracy Term Expiring 1966 Russell A. Anderson William C. Baird Dr. Winfield L. Butsch George B. Kellogg James W. Oppenheimer Karr Parker, Jr. John N. Walsh, Jr. Term Expiring 1967 Charles H. Coley, Ill David J. Laub H. Ernest Montgomery, Il Richard E. Moot E. W. Dann Stevens Harlan J. Swift John A. Williams JOHN N. WALSH, JR. BOARD OF TR STEES The Board of Trustees is composed of twenty-one men drawn from the business and professional com- munity. Seven members of the Board are elected each year for a term of three years. While there is no set tenure of service or rotation, it is customary to elect one or two new members each year. It is interesting to note that while about half of the Board are graduates of Nichols School, the other half are not. While the Board of Trustees is specifically charged with determining the overall policies of the school, its financial administration and its future planning, it dele- gates to the Headmaster the daily operation of the school. The work of the Board is accomplished, for the most part, through its nine standing committees. Each Trustee is assigned specific committee responsibility in the field where his specific talents can best be em- ployed. In this manner all Trustees become active members of the Board, and it is their active interest and participation which have, in a large measure, as- sured the success of Nichols School in past years. The current Board of Trustees is probably the youngest one in the history of the school, yet its record this year indicates that it is also one of the most vigor- ous. John N. Walsh, Jr. Nichols welcomes oldest living alumnus. Messrs. Walsh, Boocock, and Kurtzmann

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ASSOCIATE HEADMASTER In the curriculum of the Junior School increas- ing importance is being given to the development of original thinking and also self-expression. The new direction in the mathematics and science courses emphasizes reasoning rather than memo- rization. In science, experiments now play a pri- mary role and no longer serve merely to illustrate principles already studied. The work in English, history, and geography depends more and more on analysis, comparison, and the search for a point of view that can be documented and de- fended. The exciting new art department and the debating society are also important facets of the emphasis upon expression. We want our boys to be knowledgeable, but also alert and articulate. Pliny H. Hayes III 6 TgfZk,7,.,47

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Former Nichol Pas! views Present s football captains Undoubtedly the most important function of the Nichols School Alumni Association is to create among the alumni a greater awareness of the school, its aims, its activities, and, of course, its achievements. There- fore, we have sponsored many activities to stimulate and solidify interest in the school and thereby to in- crease alumni support of the school's programs and its varied and urgent needs. To bring about this new and greater alumni-school relationship, we have planned highly successful and en- joyable family skating nights, annual golf outings at which we have honored George Stevens, Bob Gillespie, Pliny Hayes and this year Donald L. Waterman, Homecoming Day and the Scholarship Ball. Not the least of alumni activities is the George Nichols Scholarship program. This is one of our most rewarding undertakings. Through our contacts in area schools a deserving boy is selected to receive a full- tuition scholarship. Since its inception in 1952 nine boys have received George Nichols Scholarships and have gone on to college. To aid the school in its material needs, the Alumni Board each year calls on the loyal alumni body to share, through the Annual Giving program, in the support of Nichols, a school we can all justifiably point to with great affection and pride. Richard 0. Hopkins AL M IASSGCIATIO OFFICERS 1965-1966 Richard 0. Hopkins, President Charles J. Hahn, Secretary Term Expiring 1965 John Brady Charles J. Hahn Thomas B. Healy, Jr. David C. Laub Alan McCarthy Michael J. Montesano, Jr. William S. Wright Term Expiring 1966 Hazard K. Campbell William R. Dann James M. Dillon Richard O. Hopkins E. Dennis McCarthy Howard T. Saperston, Jr. Robert F. Spitzmiller, Jr. Term Expiring 1967 Daniel Cole Peter F. Hochreiter Julian L. Kahle, Jr. Charles P. Rogers Edward F. Walsh Raymond Ph. Weil C. Penn Wettlaufer RICHARD O. HOPKINS Hazard K. Campbell, Vice-President Michael J. Montesano, Jr., Treasurer David Fernow, Executive Secretary