Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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EDWARD A. WILLIAMS B.A., Princeton MRS. WILLIAM I. SHAPIRO A.B., Mills 14 AUSTIN MCC. FOX, Chairman B.A., Union: M.A., Harvard 11 JOSEPH C. MANCUSO B.A., BuHaIo

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There is question in some circles, I understand, as to why thereis need for science in the Junior School now that we have Batman and Lost in Space. I rejected the question, but I get the point, and as a schoolmaster I am concemed. Aside from some little differences about reality and accuracy of detail, there is the matter of degree of difficulty, or rather of easiness. I am concerned about the present tendency to feel that the easiest way is alway the best way, but even more I am concerned about how frequently we are offered the illusion of a trip to the moon in six easy lessons. There is so much excitement in the air in so many facets of life, and as such well- trained spectators, it is almost literally dithcult for us to keep our feet on the ground. The small, steady day-to-day disciplines are less appealing than ever before. In such an atmosphere it is difficult for students to muster and retain the patience necessary to do a thorough scholarly job on their academic courses. It is to the credit of this current generation of students that many of them are doing splendid work. Nothing could be more important for them. To the rest of them who are lost in space I would say, Get your feet on the ground and go to work before it is too late. Pliny H. Hayes, III PLINY H. HAYES, III 13 ASSOCIATE HEADMASTER

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ENGLISH HOWARD L. PENNY EDWIN H. ANDERSON, JR. HENRY D, WATERS B.S., Stare Universily of New York Teachers B.A., M.Ed., Buffalo College W. RICHARD OHLER, JR. B.A., Yale The readiness is all, says Hamlet in his con- versation with Horatio after Hamlet's miraculous rescue from certain death in England and his re- turn to Denmark. This is as good a basis as any for the philosophy of the English department: readiness in being able to read quickly and in depth, to write in smooth, idiomatic English, and, hopefully, to speak clearly, readiness for a richer and more challenging expe- rience in college, readiness for the deeper emo- tional problems of life. 15