Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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AUSTIN MCC. FOX, Chairman B.A., Uniong M.A., Harvard WILLIAM L. MORRIS B.A., University of Pennsyivaniag M.F.A., University of Iowa K rf I if S .XXS ,, til ,A -2, . SNA HOWARD L. PENNY B.S., State University of New York College at Buffalo 22 EDWARD A. WILLIAMS B.A., Princeton fa.

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. ASSOCIATE HEADMASTER When l was in school, the latest word in educational circles was to teach for the present and not the past. Now we sohoolmasters are told on all sides that we must educate for the future, not the present. Educationally, the present is out of date. Continuous and ever-accelerating change is the pattern of life we must count on and plan for: thus, it would be a serious mistake to vegetate contentedly in the false security of past success and to teach for what was the present or even the future a few years ago. Our teaching must not only keep pace in all areas of knowledge, but try to set the pace whenever possible. However, in this world of change, some values do remain constant and we must not lose sight of these. We must continue to instill the love of learning, to develop vigorous intellects with insatiable curiosity, and to promote the ability to think clearly and to question. Finally, we must foster the development of those resources of mind and heart that will enable us to use best our leisure time, for we are promised more leisure than ever before. It will give us a greater chance to discover ourselves, and also to discover other people who may be quite different. We shall have a greater chance to enjoy our world, and to make it a better place. We should teach that one does not come without the other. Pliny H. Hayes, III PLINY H. HAYES, lll B.A., Yale 21

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-v'?:f4 x ENGLISH DEPARTMENT W. RICHARD OHLER, JR. B.A., Yale MRS. WILLIAM I. SCHAPIRO A.B., Mills 5 9 '14 vw N ' EDWIN H. ANDERSON B.A., M.Ed., Buffalo HENRY D. WATERS B.A., Dartmouth 23 The aims of the English Department are probably not much different from what they were twenty years ago. They were then, and are now, to teach boys to think clearly, and to read, write, and speak well. One difference today, however, is that we require term papers, and hence, we teach techniques of organization and bibliography as preparation for these papers as well as for the long papers students will be required to do in college. Another difference is that we read more difficult literature and more criticism than we used to, and we deal with different kinds of criticism too. Austin MCC. Fox