Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1932 volume:

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' 77' :N i-13 uv W. m W I DRUS Class of 11932, Oakwwwd Schmml fi Qllyc EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - ASSISTANT EDITORS ART EDITOR - BUSINESS MANAGER LITERARY ADVISOR BUSINESS ADVISOR TYPISTS - 'Ehiiurial Staff - - Roy Brooks '33 Helen Clark '32 Vincent Cochrane '32 - - Robert Wood George Kuclrler '32 VJ. WO7'Il1 Mackie - - Paul 'Taylor Lindley Reagan '34 Thomas jones '34 illnretnuth -QT IS our sincere wish that these pages may, in some fa-r-off day enable you to visualize again the charms of the Oakwood you will have left behind on the Road of Life. william Reagan Eehitaiinn gil some future year we will pause and think back across the times to an individual who has meant to us all that Oakwood represents, Sincerity, Friendship, Reverence. We will think of his personal concern and love for us, of the sacrifices he made for us, and with what discern- ing, sympathetic, insight he guided us toward the highest goals. There is no expressing fully all that Willikzm Reagan means to us, but it is with unbounded appreciation that we dedicate to him this volume of DRUS. 1932 -- DRUS -1 1932 Y S 1932 l DRUS -1932 The Zliarultg History - Latin - English - Math! Certainly a dispiriting group of abstractions from real life! This attitude has gripped all of us at various stages of our school career. Yet is it not strange that we no longer hold that infantile viewpoint? We recognize the value of these abstractions and appreciate their utility. How or by whom has this transformation been wrought? The answer lies in our faculty. It is they who have made real, living interests out of dead, petrified subjects. Not only by their sympathetic interpretation of these interests but by practical application in their own lives of the lessons taught in the classroom, the teachers here at Oakwood have helped us into a more appreciative conception of the courses in the school curriculum. However, courses are only a fraction of school life: one of the largest fractions, but not the whole. Many lessons are taught in Oak- wood that have never been satisfactorily formulated in words. It is these lessons that we are more likely to remember: they are tied up too closely with our emotions to allow us to forget them. What are they? They are courage, faith in human nature, humility, sportsman- ship, kindliness and similar virtues. These indelible impressions of the right mode of living have not been made by words, but by example. Lessons taught in words are, as is well known, much less effective than those taught in action. Each significant event of our school life at Oakwood has taught its lesson and the most Valuable of these are to be learned from the conduct of various members of the teaching staff in that situation. We could never fully depict all the good that our faculty has done us. Again, actions are more important than words. If we live up to the best that these friends have shown us, forgetting their occasional failures, we will have indeed shown that we have done the assignment. Svrwz s I ? Svvninra 1932 t DRUSy-- 1932 The class of '32 expresses its sincerest appreciation to one who has willingly helped it throughout the year, to one whose ability and sacrifice of much needed hours made Outward Bound a success, to one who, through her at- tachment to us, will ever re- tain a place in our hearts Miss Esson. 2 I IAMES REAGAN A firm and trite 'LOalQ', if ever there were one. President of Class '32g Sec- retary of Class ,305 Class Play '29, '30, '32g Football Team '31g Football Captain '32g Baseball Team '32g Basketball Team '32. CLASS OFFICERS PRESIDENT - VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY - CLASS AIJVISOR JAMES REAG.kN HELEN CLARK FRIEDA HAM HESTER ESSON 1932 -- DRUS -- 1932 DOROTHY ALLEY Wiiisomeriess and gaiety in their most attractive form. Girls' Gouncil ,31, 732. Russell Sage. CARRIE BRYAN Her presence brings witli it the quietucle of a summer evening. Girls' Council ,325 Maiiager Girls Basketball '32g Glass Play '31, HOPE BULKLEY Gapricious wlien not meditative slie takes us in either mood. Class Play '30, '3I. 1 Flushing Hospital. l 1 Ten 7 1932 T DRUS Q 1932 HELEN M. CLARK A joyous rnadrigal that says life is quite worth while the living. Secretary of Class '31,' Vice-Pres- ident of Class '32g Secretary of Girls' Council 732g President of Forensic '3f?,' Class Play '30, l31, '32,' Glee Club '3Og Assistant Editor DRUS. VINCENT COCHRANE The wise and the foolish and all, all seek him out with questionings. Assistant Editor DRUS, '32g Soc- cer Tearn '32g Class Play '32g Pres- ident of Forensic '32. Colunilyia. FRANK DICKERSON Wl1er'e would the world be with- out its good-natured folk? Elcwiz 1932 -- DRUS ?- 1932 A NELSON GRIGGS Such an enthusiastic enigma. Football team ,325 Class Play '32g Clee Club 332. Oberlin fConseifvatoYy of Musicj FRIEDA 1. HAM Witli hei' sunny countenance she has won all our hearts. Secretary of Class 729, 7325 Girls' Council '29, '32g Class Play ,29, '30, 1 32. Womeii. WALTER HAMMOND The wincl that laughs in March! Earlham. Tfwelt 'e New fevsey State College for 1932 t DRUS t 1932 GEORGE K UGHLER Environment molds some, some mold environment. Vice President of Glass '31g Glass Play '31, '32, Football Team '32, Manager Basketball '32, Business Manager DRUS '32, BEATRIGE MERRITT Surely it is modesty tliat liides some virtues from us. Girls' Basketball 'Team '32. w DANELLA M URRAT A facile pen, slie writes her own story. President of Student Body '32, President of Girls' Council '31,' President of Athletic Association '30, Girls' Basketball Team '30, '31, '32, Glass Play 31, so. Pratt Institute. Tlzirfeen 1932 -' DRUS -- 1932 LEONARD PADCHAM His inextinguishable smile is most conducive to the happiness of others. Class Play ,325 Clee Club '32g Orchestra '32, Oberlin. RUTH SCALES W'hat a charm is sweet reserve! Earlham. ST ANLEY SHAW Here is an able one who does not talk about himself. President Forensic '32g President Boys, Council '32g Vice President Student Board '32g Boys' Council ,315 Captain of Basketball Team '32g Soccer Team '30, '31g Midget Basket' ball '31, QCaptainj. Cornell. Iiozzrfemii 1932 - DRUS' -1 1932 VIRGINIA TAYLOR Is there rnore than kindness, integrity, and resolution in nobility? Student Board '32g Girls' Council ,29, ,305 President of Class '3I,' Girls' Basketball Team '31, '32,' Class Play y29, '30, 31, '32, Mt. Holyoke. BARTON VAN VLIET His serene faith in life will always be envied by his associates. l Fifteen T 1932 -- DRUS - 1932 Qllaurfs Zhisturg OUR years ago! ln our Freshman year, the high school course seemed to fill an eternity of time. But now that it is over, it seems like no time at all. We look back with pleasure tinged with regret to the carefree days of our first year at Oakwood. We did not DO much, the outstanding formal event was the presentation of the class play, Don't Judge by Appearances . Yet in that year we learned probably more than in any other. Everything was new, most of it was enjoyable. Our attitude all through the past four years has been to a great extent determined by the events of our Freshman year. ive grew in those ten months, unconsciously but none the less certainly. Then the Sophomore year. The forming of new friendships and the re-cementing of old. Activities were more varied and more ap- preciated. The class play, The Perplexing Situation was one of those activities. Parties, games, socials were also included here. It was in our Sophomore year that we began to look ahead to college and, perhaps, to life after college. Plans were made, in many cases careers were chosen in that year. And still we grewg not so much as in the Freshman year, but surely a good deal. During the next year, l930-3l, we juniors began to shape our lives more definitely toward some future goal. However, do not get the idea that we spent all our time working for graduation. The process of preparation was mainly unconscious. We still had good times. Who can forget that Junior-Senior ring fight, and the subsequent banquet? The parties, the hikes, and all the manifold events of last year ? It is impossible for us to describe our Senior year. It is too new to us, we lack perspective. All we can say is that it is in this year that we came to realize that meaning of life at Oakwood. And this realiza- tion did not detract from our enjoymentg it added immeasurably to it. The play Outward Bound is symbolic in a way of the whole year. It is serious, yet abounds in humor. lt has a lesson to teach, but preaches not at all. It took a great deal of work, yet repaid us a thousandfold. And so with the other phases of school life as Seniors. We fear that the traditional Senior dignity this year was more hypothetical than actual, but, after all, dignity is an empty pretense. The final test of anything is the lasting satisfaction it gives: according to this, the year of l93l-32 has been an unqualified success. A class history is not a calendar of events, it is a living, vital record of the lives of a group of people. It is, therefore, absolutely impossible to put down on paper a real class history. We only state the facts and leave the sympathetic reader to infer their real meanings. Sl.1'fl i'Il l9g32 - DRUS - 1932 lass ilgrrrphermg Scene I Scene-A room in the Girls' Dorm. Beatrice Merritt, Hope Bulkley, Dot Alley, Carrie Bryan, Ruth Scales and Helen Clark reclining on beds, etc. Ginnie Taylor on floor with tea kettle and electric stove. Ginnie-l wonder where Frieda and Danie are-this water's boiling. fPours teaj. A knock and Danella Murray and Frieda l'lan1 enter. Dot-Here they are. fGeneral confusion as they settle themselves, Frieda-You all look sort of glum-what's wrong ? Helen-Not glum-just that commencement is almost here-it made us feel a little strange. Carrie-Have some cookies-Dot made them, they're good. fsilence while everyone drinks tea, eats cookies and looks as tho they were thinking. Dot-A penny for your thoughts, Ginnie. Ginnie-O nothing-l was just thinking. Ten years from now, twenty years from now-where will we all be? We have such hopes and dreams now-they are so idealistic and so high. We will probably be far apart, maybe we will not even remember some of our friends here. fsilencel. Danie-And we know so little about each other's dreams. We only know the surface things-we are afraid to tell the deepest things in our lives-it's silly, isn't it ? Helen-Well letis start right now-what are our dreams and ambitions? Ginnie looks very sophisticated there on the floor. That tin teapot might turn to silver-Ginnie at a tea table in a large draw- ing room full of distinguished people. But seriously Ginnie, what are your real ideals ? Ginnie-Well, at Holyoke next year l'm going to major in French. Probably in plain ordinary life l shall be a French teacher. But l also want to find some means of self-expression by which I may make other people see and feel my emotions-and also express them to myself. I want to study dramatics and interpretive dancing-maybe not to do anything with them other than amuse myself. Carrie-These cookies speak for Dot-how about it? Dot-Yes, cookies come in it, l suppose, cookies and food in general. I'll be taking a Home Ee. course at Russell Sage next year. l know Sz'1'e11fcr11 1932 -- DRUS -- 1932 it may sound sort of common place-but I feel that there is something very worthwhile in helping people understand the im- portance of right food and clothing. I would like to specialize in dietetics. Frieda-I want to take up Home Ee., too. I feel that learning and teaching other people to run a home efficiently and neatly is one of the biggest things one can do for society. Happy people come from happy, comfortable homes. I think that I would be happier in this line than studying abstract things or working in a business office. I-Iope1The things that Dot said appeals to me greatly in nursing. It seems that helping people keep well and strong and caring for them when they are sick is one of the greatest services one can do for the world. It is rather like-well-being a helper of God. Carrie-I want to be a nurse too-but altho I feel somewhat as Hope does-something else has a stronger pull for me. It seems to me that a nurse has one of the greatest opportunities for an understand- ing of character-of human hearts and desires. Thru this under- standing there is so much help, mental as well as physical, that can come from a nurse. Bee-Ruth, what are you going to do ? Ruth-Oh, I think I should like to study psychology and criminology. I should like to work with prisoners and mental deficients and help them to adjust themselves to society. Dr. Liepman inter- ested me a great deal when she was here. I should like to do somewhat the same sort of thing she is doing. Danie-I'm afraid you'll all laugh when I tell you what I want to be- but the height of my ambition is to be a dress buyer in Lord and Tayl0r's or Bonwit-Teller. To study designing and styles both here and in Paris. It will mean working up from a sales girl- but I think I can do it. Bee-we haven't heard from you. Bee-Well-I think I'll take a secretarial course for a year and go into that field for awhile, but after that I want to go back to school and study something in the line of bacteriology. A scien- tist working with those tiny microscopic bits of life which mean so much to animal and plant life, and most of all to mang it is an ideal I hope I can reach. Ginnie-Helen takes it all in from the corner-come on-what's your ideal ? Helen-I don't know exactly what I want to be. I want to take up literary work, languages, and psychology. It doesn't make much difference to me what I do as long as I find something I am inter- Eiylztvvlz 1932 T DRUS l1932 ested in. I like just living. The thing I want more than anything else is to find something which gives me a deep satisfaction which failures and disappointments cannot harm. We all want that, I suppose-so I have yet to find my life work. Ginnie-Well I guess we'll all be far apart twenty years from now, but it's so fascinating it seems hard to wait. But then, life is very full after all: looking back in twenty years to this commencement will probably seem very short. fEnd of first scenel Scene II Scene: room in Boys' Barracks. Time: june IS, I932. As the curtain rises, we discover Jim Reagan, George Kuchler, Walter Ham- mond, Nelson Griggs, Shrimp Shaw, Len Paclgham, Frank Dickerson, Vincent Cochrane, Barton VanVliet and Harold Brown. Nelson: Hot Dog! Get a load of this letter from Oberlin I fReads letterl. Your applicatidn for admission has been considered and accepted. Vincent: What are you going to take up there ? Nelson: Music. Some day I want to conduct an orchestra or even com- pose - but that's a long way off. Anyway, I do want to get enough of a musical education to be able to direct a real orchestra. Len: I think I'll 'leave my music for recreation and go into a more practical field. Take banking for instance. One could do a lot of good helping people with their financial affairs. After all money is rather importantg the lack of it certainly is - George: I like the fight of the business world. The feeling of control- ling hundreds or thousands of other people and working to raise their standards of living. What I really want to do is to try to bridge the gap between capital and labor. Jim: I don't believe that you can bridge class gaps that way-by changing material things. I want to help really close those gaps by educating the members of the various classes so that a fuller understanding may be reached. You don't usually expect the son of a teacher to want to be one, but I guess I'm an exception. Vincent: I don't think that it is possible 'to erase inequalities by any means-not even eugenics. I want to try some phase of psychol- ogy. I don't know how l'll use it, but it looks like an appropriate field. Harold: I'm going to take up psychology too. I think that I'll try teach- ing it. I think that I can be most useful there. Nilzcfvrlz 1932 -'- DRUS - 1932 Barton: Well, all you teachers, psychologists, musicians, and business men will have to eat and that will be my work to help provide you with food. People sort of look clown on farmers, but I think that if l can be a good farmer l will have satisfied myself. Shrimp : Yes, that's my idea. l want to do something creative, and engineering seems to me to satisfy that. l have chosen the elec- trical side of it, but any field of engineering would do, really. I am just more interested in electricity. Walter: I know you fellows will laugh at my ambition, but l do want to be an aviator, Not one of these stunt flyers, but a regular air-mail pilot. l hope to get my training at one of the Army fields and then try for my transport license. Flying's not being creative, I guess, but it is a great service. fVoice heard in halll: Was that the quarter of ? fSecond Voicel: No, the last. General exit. Shrimp and Harold left alone in room. Harold: 'Goshl All those different careersl l wonder how many of them will get where they want to. It would be fun to look into the future and see what really does become of us. Q End of Second Scenel Scene III Scene: Small restaurant in Rome, N. Y. Time, I952. Characters: Nelson Griggs, Beatrice Merritt, Virginia Taylor, Vincent Cochrane. Characters are seated around a small table with coffee cups in front of them. Nelson: Well, Ginnie, the last thing l thought you would be was a farmer's wife-and lVlickey's at that l Ginnie: You should talk-running a steam piano for Barnum and Bailey! l suppose you compose symphonies as a side line? Bee, are you still in the circus ton? Bee: Yes, but live changed my job. l'm walking the tight rope now. Ginnie: What did you do before? Bee: l was the fat lady but I lost so much weight after I got married to Nelson that l had to quit it. Nelson: What gets me is Mickey being a farmer. K Vincent: Well, l never thought l'd be one, but it's a good life. Ginnie: Remember that last year at Oakwood? Twenty years seemed like a long time then but now that we look back, it's not long at all. I-Iow's the old place getting along now? Twcnfy 1932 1 DRUS i 1932 Vincent: When I was down to Yearly Meeting l heard that everything was fine. They have several new buildings including a Dining Hall and a new Girls' dorm. The enrollment is between 150 and 175. lts rating as a boarding school is going up towards the top. Ginnie: Oh yes-l hear that they have large dances every month, too. Ginnie: Some change since we were there-do you remember Dannie Murray? Nelson: Gosh, I hadn't thought of her in agesl Where is she? Ginnie: Didn't you hear? Sheis at Oakwood, teaching-don't laugh- Psychologyl Didn't you see her? Vincent: Yes, I saw her when l was down there. Whereis Dot Alley ? Ginnie: Dot? Oh, she's a professional aviatrix. Sheis down at Roose- velt Field doing stunt flying. Nelson: Reminds me of Waco. Vincent: What's he doing? Nelson: Don't you remember? About eight years ago he tried to reach the moon in a rocket. He got there all right, but since his car knocked a chip off one of the mountains, there wasn't much hope. Bee: Well, he's better off than some of our Seniors. Len Padgham's in jail for embezzlement and Frank Dickerson's one of Chicago's most successful bootleggers. Vincent: Say, there aren't any more criminals in our class, are there ? Bee: No, or at least not yet. Where is jim Reagan? He was going to teach. Ginnie: He was the lucky man. Went to South Africa to sell insurance to the Zulus and found one of the richest diamond mines in the world. Now he's living on the proceeds. Nelson: Barton is our real plutocrat. He is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and one of the most influential of Wall Street brokers. Ginnie: Carrie Bryan has us all in the shade. She's a Dutchess, no less. Married the Duke of Middlebury, in England. Scales wrote me from Paris-she's studying at the Sorbonne-to tell me about it. Bee: Frieda Ham is running for Governor of Kansas on the Socialist ticket. Vincent: Talk about Kansas-and Prohibition. Guess what Helen Clark isl She's a temperance lecturer. Who would have imagined that twenty years ago? T'ZUi'IlfY-0110 1932 - DRUS - 1932 K Nelson: Funnier things have happened. Shrimp Shaw is a motorman on a trolley car in New York, and George Kuchler is a Hoorwall-:er in Woolworth's. Ginnie: We have two members of the class in clramatics. Hope Bulkley has an important part in a new musical comecly, The Encl of it All and Harold Brown is on the vaudeville stage, doing juggling and weight lifting. fClock strikes two, Nelson: Well, Bee ancl l have got to go. Show starts at three. l don't suppose we'll be seeing you again, so good-bye. Q General farewellsj CURTAIN GL4... 05.35 Twmzfy-Two 1932 T DRUS T- 1932 lass ill We, the Class of l932 of Oakwood School, upon retirement from active service of said school, being in a generous though healthy state of mind, in this our last will and testament, bequeath our following attributes to such members of school life listed below who will be in active service for the coming year of l933. To William Reagan, Principal, George Kuchler bequeaths his abundance of coal black ringlets. Danella Murray leaves her moving picture camera and equipment to Royal - ty. To Emily Clement and Dorothy Martin, Stanley Shaw bequeaths his unshakeable poise and willingness to talk only when necessary. Barton VanVliet leaves his coaxing way with cows and Fords to Al Makas, hoping that the latter has the steadiness of temper necessary to make them useful. To John Taylor, his namesake Virginia leaves her wrist watch, as he always seems to be looking for his. Frank Dickerson leaves his imposing proportions to Ladd Ran- dolph, in hopes that he will not fritter them away. Jim Reagan bequeaths to Grover Calhoun his willingness to enter the presence of members of the other sex with his hair uncombed. To Miss Ruth Craig, Vincent Cochrane leaves his store of feeble puns, as her supply seems to need renewal. Nelson Griggs leaves, with a superior smile, his safety pins and his patches to Robert Wood. Carrie Bryan leaves her grown-up ways and quiet poise to Alice McCreery. Beatrice Merritt leaves to Joan Bridge her constant good humor. To Irene Gillen, Dorothy Alley leaves her wavy hair and luck- bringing four-leaf clovers. Hope Bulkley bequeaths her ability as a waitress and her small feet to Gladys Staiger, trusting that she will handle with care . To Robin Ware, Leonard Padgham leaves his predilection for making breaks in public. Walter Hammond donates his grace on the basketball floor to David Glueck, hoping that with it David may make the varsity. Helen Clark bequeaths her slender waist to Annabelle Smith, hoping that the diet will be' continued. Tzwlzly-Tl11'cc 1932 T DRUS 11932 7 firewall frum eninrs For four years, some or all of them at Oakwood, we have been preparing for Commencement. Now it is upon us and we are bewildered. We did not realize what we were doing in those four years: school, in common with the rest of life, was taken for granted. Now we face the fact that we must leave Oakwood and start life, in a sense, all over again. lt's hard to think of leaving our dearest friends. But we feel con- fident that the preparation of these years among them has fitted us for the coming battle with reality. And we feel within us an inexpressible gratitude to those friends, both classmates and teachers, who have done so much for us. We leave you now, to enter the other realms of life. but with the assurance that we will never be separated in spirit. Every time one cf us faces and overcomes a difficulty, it will be with weapons whose use you have taught us. Your care and your love will live forever in whatever we may do. Tzwlzty-fain' 011215555 fi-ii Drk , IKM? 'HBQZM-.' ' ' ' ' -iblililinb- 'tliffl 1932 1' DRUS T 1932 171-11111 mf-Iv, lvfl In Vljlllfl Ifrzxiicis Hart. Il'4.'I'lU liillcn. Mary Plzu1terotl1. Betty Pitou, Naflya 'I'5cl1z1ikr,m'sky, Kathari11e Mckirccry, A1111 MQUS. St'L'I7lIlf 1'11Iv: Roy Bimnmlqs, Duvirl l,ll11cck, Pres., 4ii1'z1111l XYIIMSIIII. Miss Ruth Craig iI7au11ity Arlvismh. A1111 Parker. Stucktfm XYcm1l1'11ff, ,linux Bridge, Ruhert Nxrllllfl. 7711111 zwzu: Rubin XYarc, Ruhcrt Nichols. Iic1I11ctl1 Callister, i,,?UiKi1'l1Hl1 Raiulnlph, Gruvcr fall11r1111. Ullass mffirers DAVID GLUECK ---- President JOAN BRIDGE Vice-P1'eside11t ROBIN WIARE 1- Secretary RUTH E. CRAIG Faculty Advisor Tivm ly-.S'1'.1' 1932 -L DRUS T 1932 The 0115155 nf 1933 At dawn, we started as Freshmen without a care in the world. We were glad and eager to start, for altho we knew it would be an upward journey, the day would be beautiful and dusk would be cool and worthwhile. There had been other travelers ahead of us, and when the way became dimcult they reached out to us with helping hands. The morning was beautiful and passed all too quickly. At noon, as Sophomores, the sun was high and we walked more slowly, but always triumphantly. Soon, as Juniors, we started gayly on into the afternoon. The road was rougher in places, but we were climbing and the beauty of the hills was around us. We did not mind the roughness. Now, we are looking up the last stretch of the road-to the summit where will be a glorious sunset awaiting us Seniors 1 beyond a distant hill. Twmzty-Sc'z'vu 1932 --- DRUS 1- 1932 lirmzf rrlw, lrff fn Vliflflff Alice Mcffreery, Betty Mcfreery, Dorothy Martin, Emily Clement, Mary Page, Katharine XVQ-nd, Florence Lovell. Second rozuz Eleanor Ya11Yliet. Emily Gerow, Arabella Ripking, Lindley Reagan, Carolyn Vanflewater, Blanche Benson, Royal Firman, Leslie Shaw jack Dedrick, Jack Halstead. 7'11z'ra' rnzv: Mr. Mackie Cliaculty Aclvisorl, Raphael Salisian, President, Thomas Jones, Louis Schroeder, Charles Nichols. Glass Ghffirers RAPHAEL SALISIAN - President DOROTHY MARTIN - Vice-President ROYAL FIRMAN - - - Secretary W. WORTH MACKIE - - Faculty Advisor Twenty-Eiglzf 1932 m DRUS -1 1932 The Lllass uf 1934 I believe that l may rightly speak for the whole of the Sophomore class in declaring that this, our second year in high-school, has been a year most beneficial and enjoyable for all. We are now well on our way towards our various careers , Every year which we leave behind has a definite relationship to the years ahead of us. What we do now will influence our future deeds. Therefore, it is essential that we make the most of life as it comes to us, that we take advantage of all our opportunities and that we keep a watchful eye to avoid its many side attractions. To the best of our ability, we have done this. Next year we shall be juniors fwe hope U. May that year be as helpful and as happy as our Sophomore year has been, and may it contain in abundance the things that have made this past year so satis- factory. It is hard to write about the Freshman Class. People are inclined to disimss us as those Fresh . Yet, all the Seniors, all the Juniors, and all the Sophomores were once Freshmen. So we do not let their contempt trouble us or interfere with our purposes. Twcrzfy-Nine 1932 - DRUS - 1932 Frou! row, Ivff tn Vljjllfl Ruth Cilueek, Irvin Crosby, Beth Elinore Fisher, Joseph Firman, Pres., Robin XYl1ite, Gladys Staigef, Priscilla Mellor. Sn'L'0llLl 1-mu: Roger Miner, Austin Grifhn, George Ryan, Selma Badgely, Nancy NVz1re, Shirley VunXVag:,'ner, Carol Fish, Helen Hilli Molly Ryan? Louise Cochrane. Ella Cochrane, Marshall Sutton, Elizabeth Harcourt. Charles Schroederx, Kincaid Smith Cspeciall, George Bogert. Third rmv: Franklin Geist, XVoorlr0w Sitzer, Mr. Henry Nace fFaculty Advisorj, Burton Slee, Frederick Holbrook. Eigl1!h Gl'lllIL'!'S Qlla-as Umfirers JOSEPH FIRMAN - - - President BETH ELINORE FISHER - - Vice-President NANCY NVARE ---- Secretary HENRY NACE Faculty Advisor Tlzirfj' 1932 - DRUS -1 1932 The Qllass uf 1935 The Freshman Class is notorious for its general disturbing effect on school life. We are not model students. According to the diction- ary, a model is a small imitation of the real thingng we don't want to be that. Enough about our mischief. We have had a great good time being Freshmen this year. We expect to have a good time when we come back next year as Sophomores, hoping that we do not develop Sopho- more's head , fdistension of the skulll. Friendships have been made this year that will not easily be broken. Many things have been learned, most of them not out of books. It is this constant learning that has made the past year so rich. Almost all of us are new to life in a school like Oakwood and have had to change our ideas and ways of living almost completely. We are not used to this life even yet, but we feel much better prepared for it than we were back in September. Tlzirty-One I I I f ' rn Eiga 1932 i DRUS 1 1932 illnrsgilgia You, living gold, have a radiance That does out vie the Sun's ln truth, the Sun's is everlasting, But inconsistency such as you possess Contains in quantity a spice Unlike any manufactured by the Sun ls that why, then, When l behold your gleam, My very soul does reach Its weakening arms To grasp your freshness And to hold it close Until its tumultuous warmth Does penetrate the chill? ln need of light Unconsciously unbars Its cramped, imprisoned thoughts That they may be Refreshed, renewed By your breathless inspiration, And return at last with Illuminating cheer Surely tl'1ere's a deeper reason With immortal origin That makes my life Take on new meaning And brings God lnfinitely near. Nay, Forsythia, lmpart to me not Your secret, let me stay ln ignorant, sweet bliss, Knowing only subtle Fascination-your counter part. Never realizing you. Dorothy Mart Thirty- Tlzrec' in 1932 -1 DRUS --1932 Hlluuh Gray dawn, dull moon Black night, And work and work and work. Metal tower, dark street, Decayecl rock. And work and work and work. Sad eyes, weary mouth, Stooped back. And weep and weep and weep. Foot steps, a cold itouch, And death. joan Bridge lieiertirm l sat alone and a Voice came to me and said, Col and preach the Word of Life as thou seest it. And the voice was exceeding loud and clear. And l said, l have no power to preach. Then the Voice said, C-ol and the power shall be given thee. But methought that the Voice was not so strong. And again l spake and said, l do not see the Word of Life clearly. And the Voice replied, Col and thou shalt receive the vision. Then was l sure that the Voice was less strong. And yet again l said, Men will mock me, a poor dreamer, and heed not my words. And the Voice responded, Col They will heed some day. By this time the Voice was not so clear as my own. And still another time l spake, There are others who could do this better than l. And the voice said, very faintly, Col Thou art best fitted. Then l demanded, Shall l secure happiness thereby? And the Voice replied, Thou shalt. By then the Voice was no more than a whisper. l sat in meditation for a space and then l said, l am comfortable hereg to do as thou sayest would entail discomfort in great measure. And I waited. But the Voice did not answer. So l sit alone. Vincent Cochrane. Tlzirly-Four 1932 T DRUS -- 1932 Ighilnsnplpg Come, drain the cup to its very dregs, l..ife's short, we'll make it sweeterg We won't have Time on leaden legs, The hours must go yet fleeter. One hour we live, the next we die And in our coflins molderg So let not any pleasure by, Before we grow yet older. Anonymous he mnnen Rfxinhnw High on the lofty pinnacle of the Present l stood alone. It was night and a great wind beat hard against me and l was lost in its big- ness. l had long been climbing that narrow, crooked trail: now l paused to rest. Suddenly a great light shone all around me there in the darkness, and stretched out on my trail behind me. And lo - the little trail was an arching rainbow of colored light, woven into a beau- tiful changing pattern. The Past was vivid and brilliant and living. l exulted in its color and beauty, but l could not go back. l looked at my small footholdg the Present is very narrow. l could not stay long. So I turned and gazed out at the Future. l saw a vast, rolling sea of dim clouds without form or size or shape. lt was not Darkness, it was not Light - only an absence of Darkness and Light. Could l take my foot from its safety and place it in that vague, unknown sea? Ah, no, l was afraid. But l turned and took that rainbow of light shining far into the Past and shone it out on those gray clouds of the Future. And behold -a stormy mounting arch of unwoven ribbons of colored light stretched higher and higher and out of sight. The dim objects took size and form. ln the blue light was truth and purityg in the green was jealousy, greed and Viceg in the yellow, work and activity. All through, lending a soft glow shone the rosy light of beauty and friendship. All those ribbons only awaited me to weave them into a perfect living pattern. l put my foot out once, and then again. The ground was firm- the light was gone, but l remembered the vision. The rainbow would be behind me. Helen Clark. Tl1ir'ty-Fifr' 1932 1- DRUS -- 1932 Huang Munn lncorrigible moon l l think you plan to sin Again to-night, so soon Comes your capricious grin. Perhaps a cloud you'll woo? Or from the lips of Night A kiss you'll steal, or two P Or cheat the stars of light? No doubt you'll race and play, And laugh at all you've fooled. But at the break of day Your ardor will have cooled. And you, poor Moon, quite pale And worn of sheer delight, Must rest to start again - Oh yes, you'll sin alright l Anonymous. meat!! The sun sinks lower toward the ocean's breast, lts large red ball of fire lights the sky: It seems to be so far and yet be nigh While slowly gliding toward its nightly rest. lts golden colors, of all shades the best, ln restful bars of pristine beauty lieg Once seen, from paltry pigments turns the eye To seek once more this marvel in the West. So would l pass, at eve, when work is doneg When all my vigor's spent, let Beauty stay And light the sky at setting of my sun With all the glory of the dying day. So that the race of man may turn from me And that much better and more happy be. Anonymous Thirty-Six 1932 T DRUS -- 1932 Age nf gfttl 1 Up from the bowels of Mother Earth The steel-clad legions comeg Rank upon rank with clanking roar- They see mto come from l'lell's own door- These monsters with no death nor birth. What has our world become? ll The rumble of wheels shakes all the ground An awful symphony I These man-made creatures rule our race. We've turned our backs on Gocl's own face With chains of steel we're firmly bound And steel is all we see. III In ages past, when all was new, And Man was ruled by mind, We dreamed a dream and called it Love, lt seemed to come from l'leav'n above, Was sent for Gentile, Greek, and Jew, Was sent for all mankind. IV But that fair dream has faded now, We left it long agog And man has taken another track, Has pushed himself long ages back, And now we all to Mammon bow, Dutifully low. V Where will all this furore end ? Who of us can say ? ls Man to bow to a self-made doom And make with his hands his iron tomb ? We know not what the Fates intend- We only hope 'tis nay . Vincent Cochrane T11li'fj'-SCTVFPI 1932 -T DRUS -- 1932 A tree is a musician, And its upthrown boughs Are hands that bend And play upon the organ of the windg And its roots are fingers that Press against the softness of the soil And strike a soundless note That makes a stirring in my soul. Roy Brooks Niggaz: 6111.151 in EI Iqisiim: Don' waste no time moping here Dere's nothing wuth the while Youre like all de rest, Ah fear: just fuss aroun' and nebber smile- And drop you eyes and hang hou head As makes a body think almost Dat I-lE'S alive and YO is dead! All too soon yo'll be a ghost. Dat's why Ah says to scram, Don' waste no time in dis ole place. When you rots to what Ah am, Yo'll wish you had yo human face. But den you chanct is gone, An' when yo've been here most a year Yo knows it ain' no song. Take Mah word: Don' mope, but cheer ! Anonymous Tliirty-Eight 1932 -1 DRUS -1 1932 Qlnnquereh Cover me, Oh nightl Hide your moon, each star Light no lamp, but hide the light! And all the heavens bar. Oh let me hide and never see ' Your dawn that brings the sun, Cloud me with your mystery Day conquered me, Life won. Anonymous lflrquesi Time, give me poise That l may see the years As joyful days Knowing even tears Are kind - And finding every one A Wayfarer with me Down the long street Unto the sea. Emily Gerow Ziterniig Night brings eternal resistless peace, Day brings more Darkness in her light. Dawn brings beauties just to cease, And eve, the night. Joan Bridge Tlz irfy-Nirze 1932 -- DRUS -1 1932 iiviifmh Alack! Alas! and heavy the sighs For under the weeping willow there lies The Ed. and his staff in sad repose Who tried to learn what nobody knows. Double the toil of Atlas they found In what they had thought an easy DRUS: But now they rest within the ground, And ample's their time to mourn and muse, Anonymous. Forfvv Svtuhrni illifv 1932 L DRUS -- 1932 Stuhent C5une1:nment The Student Board The most important of the three student administration bodies is the Student Board. It is composed of seven members, a President, a Secretary, a representative from each class, and one member elected at large from the student body. It is the purpose of the Student Board to help the management get the most efficient and most satisfactory running order in school life. ln addition to considering suggestions from any student concerning school life and aiding the faculty in consideration of questions of dis- cipline, the Board has charge of camp suppers, hikes, and special functions such as the Thanksgiving Day Program. The Student Board has made an unqualified success. It performs the difficult task of mediating between students and faculty without creating antagonisms and yet without sacrificing school regulations. Students and faculty concur in approving it and there is little doubt but that it will always be the keystone of student government. Due to two resignations, the Student Board at time of writing has only five members. They are: President, Danella Murrayg Vice President, Stanley Shaw, Secretary, Roy Brooksg Virginia Taylorg joseph Firman. The Boys' Council The Boys' Council consists of five members, elected for one year. The President is chosen from the boys at large and each of the four halls has a representative. The duties of this group are to regulate and execute to a degree the rules for students living in the Boys' Dormitory, to assist the Dean in problems concerning the boys, and to suggest to the Faculty its opinion on student grouping each period. The Council does not function as much in a supervisory as in a representative capacityg it acts on behalf of the boys. Since it was first started, the Council has proved its practicability from year to year. This school year the members of the Council were: President, Stanley Shawg Secretary, Roy Brooks fl..ower North Halllg Thomas Jones fl..0wer South Halllg Robin Ware fUpper North Halljg George Ryan fUpper South Halll. Forty-Our 1932 --- DRUS -- 1932 The Girls' Council On a Monday night, a little after 9:30, we may tiptoe to a window of the Girls' Parlor and catch a glimpse of that well-known body, the Girls' Council, in session. This meeting consists of seven girls: the President, lrene Gilleng the Secretary, Helen Clarkg the Assistant Dean of Girls, Joan Bridgeg a representative from the dining hall, Nancy Wareg one from the main dormitory, Danella Murray: two girls elected at large, Dorothy Alley and Carrie Bryan. These seven usually meet to discuss any problems, needs, or diffi- culties of the girls in school. ln grouping, the opinion of the girls' Council is equivalent to that of one faculty member. The group also has the right to bring any question before the Dean or the faculty for consideration. Thus the principal function of the Council is to act as spokesman of the girls before the Faculty. Sfnrinties The Forensic Literary Society This society is the most prominent in the school including as it does the entire faculty and student body. Each Saturday night during the school year it convenes in the assembly hall. The society is organized principally for the Saturday evening en- tertainment which it affords. It sponsors lectures, plays, musicals, and other features. Motion pictures of school life have provided particular enjoyment. Each class presents a playg this year a three-act Play was given by the Seniors, two one-act plays by the Junior Class, a three-act comedy by the Sophomores, and a two-act comedy by the Freshmen. Besides the plays, there are the Boy's Program and the Girls' Program. From outside, we have had several noted lecturers and entertainers as our guests. A secondary function of Forensic is to impart to the members some knowledge of parliamentary law. Business meetings are held each week and give an opportunity for such practise. Every six weeks an election is held in which seven students and one faculty member are given offices. Since there have been five administrations this year a large part of the group has held some Forensic office. The presidents for this year have been Robin Ware, Helen Clark, Stanley Shaw, Vincent Cochrane, and Mary Planteroth. Forly-Two 19,32 - DRUS 1 1932 The French Club Though not outstanding, the French Club which had its origin last fall, has provided a helpful and enjoyable pastime for the French students. Until Christmas vacation it proved to be an active weekly occurrence, but it was necessary to abandon it during the winter season because Basketball games were usually scheduled for the same evening that the French Club held its regular meeting. Madamoiselle Wheelock, head of the French Department usually conducted the meetings at which the members participated in singing French songs and playing French games, which gave another view to the French language besides that of the regular study of the French grammar. One of the interesting achievements of the French Club of the year i932 was the presentation of a French play entitled lVlaitre Pathelinu, or more commonly recognized as The Lawyer , which was conducted by lVllle. Wheelock and seemed to meet with great success and favor among the students. We hope the French Club of l932-33 will meet with even greater renown than that of the present time. The Nature Club Situated as Oakwood is, in the midst of a region full of natural beauties, nothing seems more appropriate than the formation at school of a group of students interested in natural history. This group has been termed the Nature Club and was organized at the first of the year. An initiation party in the basement of the Reagan home was the first official function of the club. From then on, during the fall, meet- ings were regular and well-attended. Lectures were given by some of the members, notably those on astronomical topics and one by Miss Craig on shells. This last was illustrated by the fine collection of shells presented to the school by Mrs. Williams. An early morning bird walk was sponsored by the Club and the biology class early in May, and proved very enjoyable and profitable. With the spring activities and the class plays, the Club has been somewhat neglected, but it is hoped that there will be a revival of in- terest that will make possible the establishment of a more permanent Nature Club next fall. Fnrly-T1z1'vc 1932 -1 DRUS -i 1932 .Hingis l'llS past year has seen in Oakwood quite an eventful musical career. Mrs. Paul Taylor has given us pleasant concerts, in cooperation with several of the more talented of our students, with which to start or end the day. Violin, clarinet, and piano solos and different ensemble arrangements have been offered. Mrs. Taylor teaches reg- ularly both private students and a theory class. Mr. Nelson Sprackling, of Brooklyn, has worked our glee club up to an exceptionally fitting commencement program, and has led us in Sunday evening hymn-sings. His personal concerts have been a positive joy and inspiration to a large number of our group. A student orchestra, directed by one of the girls, gave us a full evening of enjoyable popular pieces with no outside help at all. This group deserves much credit for their work. Wle have been exceedingly fortunate to enjoy a concert at the school by the'l'lampton lnstitute quartet. This group, without instru- mental accompaniment, rendered, in true negro style, a vivid program of spirituals which was talked about for weeks afterward. We were also entertained by the Fiske jubilee singers, who gave the same kind of a program and were enthusiastically received. A series of concerts by prominent artists was given at very reason- able rates at the High School in town. A large number of appreciative students attended this series, which is offered every year. Our music program has on the whole been greatly superior to that of last year, despite the fact that we did not attempt an operetta, or other large formal presentation, because of our rather extensive dramatic program. The student body appreciates Oakwood Music, and we look forward to another year of greater musical achievement. ' 'af J' N Forty-Four 1932 T DRUS 11932 4 ramatirs The Senior Play N JANUARY 23, l932, the Senior class presented to the school and a large group of old students, the play, Outward Bound , by Sutton Vane. Three months of rehearsal under the direction of Miss Esson resulted in a success on performance night. The action takes place on board a ship that is sailing to an un- known destination. Gradually it dawns on the characters, and then the audience, that all on the ship are dead, and that it is bound for- both Hell and Heaven. The suspense and terror of the situation con- tributed greatly to the atmosphere of the play. The characters represent types, yet each stands out as a distinct entity. We see the high-browed and small-souled society lady, the pompous, conceited business man, the young lovers, the ignorant scrub- woman, and the young and dissolute ugentlemann. The most inter- esting part of the play to many, is the portrayal of the reactions of the various characters on discovering their destination. The business man, Lingley, tries to form an executive committee to deal with the situation. Mrs. Cliveden-Banks, the society woman, tries to ignore it and concentrate on light and warmth and cards . The lovers, Ann and Henry, are most oppressed of all by the awfulness of the affair, they can only draw yet closer to each other and resolve that, come what may, they will not be separated. Tom Prior, the young ex- drunkard, and his mother, Mrs. Midget, the uncultured charwoman. are the only ones besides the steward to really face up to the problem, again, their reactions portray their respective characters. As the curtain falls on the last scene, Scrubby, the steward, is left alone waiting for a new set of passengers. All the characters except Ann, Henry, and the steward have been assigned places in the new world, which they find very much like the old. Ann and Henry, who have committed suicide to escape life, go back to start it anew, and the play ends. The class wishes to express its appreciation to Miss Esson for her able coaching, and to Mr. Reagan for his assistance. 1 ,Ml Forty-Fim' 1932 T DRUS 11932 Tm-1 SENIOR CLASS PLM' Lcff In rigflzl: Vincent Cochrane. James Reagzni, Helen Llark Frieda Ham, Virginia Taylor, Leonard Parlgliain, NYillian1 J. Reagan George Kucliler, Nelson Griggs. Scrubby - Ann - Henry - - Tom Prior The Cast lVlrs. Clivedan-Banks - Mr. Duke - Mrs. Midget Mr. Lingley - The Examiner Forty-Si.1' - James Reagan Virginia Taylor Leonard Padgham - Nelson Griggs - Helen Clark George Kuchler - Frieda Ham Vincent Cochrane - Mr. Reagan 1932 1 DRUS T 1932 The Junior Plays THIS year the junior Class presented two one-act plays, the first an allegory, The Slave with Two Faces , by Mary Carolyn Davies, and the second a drama, The Bishop's Candlesticks , adapted from Victor Hugos novel, Les Miserables . Miss Craig with Mr. Reagan, coached the plays for presentation on April 9. The allegory typified in the persons of two maidens the two pos- sible 'attitudes toward Life, the Slave with Two Faces. One of the maidens commanded Life, never permitted him to suspect that she had any fear of him, and tried to teach the second girl how to meet and rule him. The latter was successful in dominating Life while her com- rade was present, but as soon as the first maiden left her, she weakened. Then the Slave revealed his other face, became her master, and finally killed her. But the other girl retained her command of Life by showing no fear of him and made the Master a Slave again. Life is the master of those who fear it, the slave of those who face it unafraid. While less colorful, The Bishop's Candlesticks was even more effective than the first play. The story is of a kind old Bishop who lives humbly and modestly in a village near Paris. His dearest possession is a pair of silver candlesticks left him by his mother. One night an escaped convict breaks in upon the Bishop in his cottage and savagely demands food. All that he asks the Bishop gives him willingly, urging him only to rest there that night. But the convict steals the precious candlesticks after the Bishop has retired and flees out into the night. Soon, however, he is brought back by the police. To the surprise of the thief, the Bishop orders his release, stating to the officers that their prisoner is his friend. Then the convict is forgiven, and the Bishop, along with his blessing, gives him the valuable candle- sticks, which he hopes may help him get a new start in life. The Cast in the Allegory Life, the Slave - - - David Glueck First Girl - - - Irene Gillen Second Girl - - - ,Ioan Bridge A Woman - - Mary Planteroth A Man - - Stockton Woodruff A Workman - - - Grover Calhoun The Cast in the Drama Servant Girl - - Nadya Tschaikowsky His Sister - - - Frances Hart The Bishop ---- Robert Wood The Convict ---- Robin Ware Officers - - Giraud Whitson, Robert Nichols F0l'fj'-SFTTII 1932 -- DRUS il 1932 The 4 Sophomore Play On May 7, l932, the Forensic Society was entertained by a pre- sentation of Hands Up , a three-act comedy written by A. K. Stafford. Helen Alden, a rich society girl, becomes interested in social reform and engages as her secretary Mac, who represents himself to be a utoughn. Mac falls in love with his beautiful employer and she with him, but her mother will not consent to marriage. The climax of the play comes when the two gunmen, Andy and Bick, start to rob the Alden home. Everyone thinks that these two are doing' it for them, since all have an interest in a fake robbery. The robbery is real, but Mac does not find it out until he has disarmed the burgulars and gotten thereby into Mrs. Alden's good graces. The play ends with the latter reconciled to her husband, whom she had suspected of infidelity, and also reconciled to the marriage of Helen and Mac, who turns out to be, not a tough, but a college man who was out for a lark when he applied for the position. The play was directed by Miss Wheelock and the class is grateful to her for the time she spent on it. The cast in order of their appearance on the stage was as follows: Helen Alden - - - Florence Lovell Sarah Alden - - Alice lVlcCreery Mrs. Alden - - - Mary Page Mr. Henry Alden - - Lindley Reagan Rose - - - - Emily Gerow Percival Spencer - - Kiril Kalinin Mac ----- Raphael Salisian Mrs. Semberton-Mort - Dorothy Martin Andy ----- Thomas Jones Bick - - - - Eric Swarthe l701'Iy-Eiylzf 1932 i DRUS i1932 The Freshman Play On May 2 l, l932, the Freshman Class presented a two-act comedy to the Forensic Society. The name of the play was The Two Dicks , by Bessie Springer. The action hinges on mistaken identity. The twin Jerome brothers, Dick and Dixon, are taken for each other by their sweethearts and friends. Quarrels occur, engagements are broken, but the confusion is finally cleared up and the play ends wtih the certainty of wedding bells in the near future. The play was ably coached by Miss Hartsuck, assisted by Mr. Nace and Mr. Reagan. The art manager was George Ryan. The cast was as follows: Dick Jerome Dixon Jerome Miles Lambert Betty Lambert Alice Sinclair Marie Brooks Anna - - - Franklin Geist - Harry Smith - - Joseph Firman Louisa Hubbard - Ruth Clueck - Louise Cochrane - Shirley Vanwagner Forty-Nim' 1932 DRUS l 1932 i ln iiiwigg' lil! lm 'F 'P -. i it 1 .M,,,,, W-- . .M 9 ml, ff MMWW' - :, . -. '- 5' ' .,., V ...AQ V M U 9 WL fifty 1932 1 DRUS --- 1932 M, L - ,1 . ug, Bl. , V ' ' . 'ff 'if 'Q ,Q - W A ii E i V f sf mw V .-1-'N Fifty-Olzf' I 5 I BIB' 'WI ' I 2-Xthlviira gv Q. .HH . Nea. Jw, Tx ' L .-+A 5 , 5,5 V - - A . 5'f Q, '. 1 14' L, ,. 1 Nz, ' Q A M .ag 1932 -1 DRUS -1- 1932 'S+- lfrmzl 1'n'zu, Inf! fo Viglif: Nelson Griggs, l.. lf: Austin lirifnn, Q. B.g Rox Brooks.L. H.: James Reagan, R. H.: Raphael Salisian. lf. B.: ,lack Halstead, R F Svmild wmv: liric Swartlic, Royal Firman. Robin lYare, l.. T.: Stanley Shaw Davicl Glueclc, L. 4.2.3 lil'UVCt' tiallmuu, R. T.: Kiril Kalinin, lienrge Kuclllcr, if. Tlzird rwzv: Robert Nichols, Louis Sclirocclcr, Ciiraurl Xxrllltbklll, R, G4 Tlimuas jmws. Robcrt XYriorl. Walter llaminrmcl. Buck wmv: Nr. Paul Taylor, Coach: Keiuwtli Callister, Manager: Mr. Henri Nace, Asbistant Coach. Oakwood in .- Won l 3 Mohegan 0 0 Newburgh Z6 0 Walden l 3 25 Cold Spring 6 20 Yorktown 0 l 3 Walden l 2 71 5 7 Lost-2 liiff-V-l'inl11' 1932 1 DRUS -1932 7 .nnthall S SOON as the school's daily program had gotten under way, about twenty-five of the boys responded to the call of football and the grass that had sprung up on the gridiron was ruined. When our first opponents, the Mohegan eleven, came up, it was with a great deal of trepiclation that we went on the field to meet them. Could our team, trained from a rather green squad, defeat that of another school? The first quarter was extremely tense, both teams playing hard. ln the second quarter we gained two touchdowns and one extra point. Throughout the rest of the game we kept them from scoring, but were unable to add to our own score. A week later the team went to Newburgh Academy, a little too confident, and was defeated by its second team. Perhaps it was not until after this game that we realized Cap was right when he said that, if we were to get anywhere during the season, we would have to do some real work. But we were defeated in the next game, this time by Walden. However, we did not feel beaten, because the breaks were in their favor, and, feeling certain that we could make a successful come-back, we scheduled another game with Walden for the end of the season. The next week we had a scrimmage game with Poughkeepsie High which ended 2-0 our favor and gave us part of the assurance which en- abled us to vanquish Cold Springs on home field the following Saturday. When we went down to Yorktown we had in mind that it was the only team which had defeated Oakwood the previous year. Feeling that we had to win, we played as hard as we could-and won. Everyone was looking forward to the return game with Walden, which was to close the season. Soon after the kick-off we carried the ball deep into their territory, and shortly made a touch- down, failing, however, to make the extra point. Before the half was over, Walden succeeded in placing the pigskin over the line, but we pre- vented them from making the extra point. ln the third quarter we raised our score with another touchdown on an end run, and this time got the extra point. Walden also scored, carrying the ball, after the whistle had blown. Here our linemen frustrated their try for the addi- tional point. From then until the end of the game Oakwood continually threatened their goal, hut the score remained I3-I2. The game all around was the most satisfactory of any and so, with the last echoes of the traditional Al-le-ga-roon, the season came to a jubilant close. Fifty-Fii'c' P1932 - DRUS - 1932 Lvff fo right, front rmu: lYz1lter Hammond, Rubin lYar0, Kiril Ixalnnn Stanlu Shaw, Giraucl XYl1lfS0l1. Svmizd l'0'ZUZ Coach Paul Taylor, Raphael Salisian, Austin Griffin. Ixoxal lfirmin Kenneth Callister, jack Hzllstc-ad, Manager George liuchlcr. Thin! row: Grover Cfalliniin, David lihicck, Roy Brooks, lunar K o Robert Nichols. Oakwood n. -v 742' Staatsburg l I Rogers 34 Millbrook 59 Staatsburg 5 Mohegan 4I Haldane l 2 Stamforclville l 0 Mohegan 36 Millbrook C. E. 9 Arlington 25 Beacon 3 l Marlboro I 5 Beacon 3 l Wappingers 20 Stanforclville 7 Torsone 2 3 Wappingers 2 5 394 zffffy-.sn 1932 m .DRUS 1 1932 Bugs' cfgaslxetlrall ATE. IN November, Cap Taylor issued the call for basketball practise, and about thirty boys turned out the first day. The squad was gradually decreased by elimination to the number of twenty. Expectations of a good season were few. No letter-men had returned from last year's team and only two men who had ever played before were back. Experience in sport counts heavily, and the sky was dark, but nevertheless we went at it, determined to put all we had into the task. Comparing this year's record of 77 per cent winning games, with that of last year's 25727, our season was a success. But on the other hand, if note is taken of the greater number of smaller teams played this year, another conclusion is reached. Then, again, last yearis team contained experienced material, and we this year were extremely green. Since this see-sawing of facts might be extended indefinitely, we ll carry the matter no further. w A peculiar trait of ours this season was to finish the first half of a game decidedly behind in points, and then in the second half, make an admirable come-back. Those who saw the first game with Wappin- gers Falls will remember how our last quarter spurt prevented a defeat, and finished the game six points to the good. The Torsone game was another example. With three regulars out, we were thirteen points in arrears at the close of the first half. Fortunately, habit could not be overcome and in the next half we piled up fourteen points to our opponents' six. Because the game was not long enough we were still behind in points at the finish. The forward positions were played at various times by Stanley Shaw fcaptainl, Jim Reagan, jack Halstead, Kenneth Callister and Walter Hammond. Robin Ware played center the greater part of the time. The guard positions were ably held by Giraud Whitson, high scorer fwith Halstead a close secondl, and Kiril Kalinin. Raphael Salisian, Robert Nichols and Royal Firman played substitute guards. With the exception of Shaw, Reagan and Hamond, the whole squad will return next year. And, as might easily be surmised, our hopes are high ! Fifty-Sewn 1932 -1- DRUS - 1932 wif Luft to riglif, front mtv: Mary Page, Joan Bridge, Danella Murraw .S'i'm:m' 1-nw: Hope Bullcley, Alice McCrcery, Naclya Tscliuilxoxxslw Durothv Allu Tlziru' row: Beatrice Merritt, Carrie Bryan, Virginia Taylor Oakwood Girls' Basketball Scores 3 3 Millbrook 49 3 5 Staatsburg 0 48 Staatsburg l 0 36 Stanforclville l l 3 7 Yankee Six 2 4 60 Millbrook C. E. 9 29 Arlington 42 2 7 Marlboro l l 39 Wappingers 3 7 l 3 Wappingers l 7 3 5 7 2 09 Won- 7 Lost-3 Fifty-E1'g11t 1932 L DRUS -- 1932 Qfairls' fliasksthall HERE are two ways of measuring the success of a basketball season - the scores of the games and, more important, the en- joyment and sportsmanship of the players. ln both of these respects we may say that the l93l-32 team has been unusually successful Out of ten outside games played, we won seven, losing to Millbrook, Wappingers, and Arlington. However, many of the other teams we played did not give very strong competition, for we were not in the league and had to play weaker teams. So, the spirit of the team was the real success of the season. There was no outstanding playerg rather, all of the girls had about equal training and ability, which resulted in unusual teamwork under the direction of the coach, Miss Shepard. Several of the girls have expressed the feeling that they have really enjoyed playing more this year than before, and we are sure that the school has enjoyed it with them. The girls who usually played in the games and who were considered the varsity were: Alice McCreery, centerg Beatrice Merritt, side-center, Danella Murray and Mary Page, forwardsg Virginia Taylor and ,loan Bridge, guards. The indications point to a good team next year, since all of the girls except Beatrice Merritt and Virginia Taylor will probably return. Fifiy-Nim' L9532 - DRUS - 1932 Lcff to righl, front row: Coach Paul Taylor. Giraud W'hitson, Kenenth Callister, Austin Griffin, Robert Nichols, Raphael Salisian, Stanley Shaw, Assistant Coach Henry Nace. Secmzd raw: NVa1tcr Hammond, Kiril Kalinin, Thomas jones, Robin NVare, Louis Schroeder, James Reagan, Jack Halstead. Tlzird row: Manager Stockton VVoodruFf, Nelson Griggs, David Glueck, Grover Calhoun. Sixty 1932 1 DRUS -- 1932 Hatsiig Easehall Baseball was revived at Oakwood this spring after a year's lapse. The resurrection was largely due to the loyal support of many fellows, new at the game, although we did have some veterans. The games have been marked by the excellent work of the Whitson- Griffin battery. The former has won a reputation as a pitcher, striking out eleven men in one game. ln the Held, Nichols, Sutton, Ware, Glueck and Calhoun have done yeoman service. Halstead at first, Callister at second falso relief pitcherj and Salisian at third, alternating with Griggs, accounted for many an ambitious batter. Reagan at shortstop has also done very creditable work. The team does not seem to bat very well as a whole, although there are several good hitters. Thus far the season has been a good one. We have beaten Wapp- ingers twice, Mohonk twice, Mohegan once and Hope Farm onceg Poughkeepsie Continuation School trampled us in the first defeat of the season. Wtih a record of one lost and six won, we are optimistic. o 444 M Q J 'A 1 - r- -1 Q r- .4LL,,?4A '. Si.rty-One 1932 -- DRUS -- 1932 Hlihget ,Surfer I HE SOCCER season this year, as expressed in games, is not one to which we point with very much pride. Due to the infantile paralysis epidemic, very few schools in Poughkeepsie played soccer. The team played three games. The first was played against Corn- wall High, a school which does not play football, but only soccer. ln spite of the fact that it was a defeat for Oakwood 13-IJ it was the best game of the year. Playing much larger boys the score at the half was I-0, our favor. Putting in substitutes, of which we had few and used none, Cornwall scored three goals in as many minutes. Then Oakwood tightened, but was unable to change the score. The other two games were played against Public School No. 7 in Poughkeepsie. Both resulted in I-0 victories for Oakwood. ln another sense the season was a success. Eighteen or nineteen boys reported faithfully for practise during the entire fall, many of them knowing that they could not make the team, all of them knowing the difficulties involved. lt is to this splendid spirit that we can and do point with pride, not to the actual scores of the few games. The line-up: Brunner, G.: Sitzer, l... F.g C. Schroeder, R. F., Coch- rane, R. H.: Sutton C. H.: L. Shaw, L. H., Bogert, R. O., Miner, L. O.g Bromage, R. l.g L. Reagan fcaptj, L. l.g C. Nichols fMgr.Q, C. Nichols fMgr.J, C. Bllihget 'fgmsketlmll This year's Midget Basketball team played five games. The first four were with town teams and were all defeats. The last was with the new Millbrook school and was a victory. That is about all that can be said for the scoring part of the season. The Midgets practised from the beginning of December to the beginning of March. Part of the time Soup Campbell, '3l, coached them, but for a larger fraction of the season, the squad ran itself . The fact that most of the practise was at night made attendance a little irregular, but the boys were as faithful as five o'clock would permit. The five that played regularly were: Harold Brown as center, Leslie Shaw and Charles Nichols as forwards, and Joseph Firman and Charles Schroeder as guards. Marshal Sutton and George Bogert had several tries at the position of forward. Harold Brown was captain and Jack Dedrick manager. .S'f.l'fj'- TWU 1932 - DRUS -- 1932 4 ihget 232152112111 The Midget baseball team was more fortunate than the Midget basketball team in that they had a coach for the entire season. Because of this, practise was constant and regular. Mr. Mackie was a great help to the team not only as a coach but also in providing transportation and equipment for boys. The Midgets started off the season with three straight wins against Millbrook ftherel, Vassar Ctherej, Millbrook fherej. Although the team was not in the town league it was included in the league schedule for practise games. The first three games in this schedule were defeats for Oakwood, but the fourth one was victory. With one more victory than defeat, and with prospects for several more victories, the midget baseball season might easily be called a success. The regular line-up was as follows: Firman, catcher, R. Reagan, Sitzer, pitchersg C. Schroeder, first baseg G. Bogert, second base: l... Shaw, short stopg F. Holbrook, third baseg George Ryan, right field: F. Giest, center field: C. Nichols, left field. Sutton, Slee, Geist and Shaw also did fine work as members of the pitching staff. W. Worth Mackie, dean of boys, served the team as coach while H, Brown acted as Manager. Qgtlger s paris Besides soccer, football, basketball, and baseball, many minor sports furnish exercise for both faculty and students. ln the fall the girls play hockey. This year there were no outside games, but the girls enjoyed it a great deal. This spring they were introduced to some new sports. Soccer, baseball, and volleyball proved very popular. Nor did the girls neglect the tennis courts. A few times a week they have the opportunity to swim in the Y pool. Many entirely unorganized recreations have been possible this year. Hiking, both social and solitary, is well-liked, as is the weekly roller- skating. Croquet also is played, although much more by the faculty than by the students. Week-end witness a great deal of spontaneous play on the lawns and in the gymnasium. This spring the suggestion of a tennis team bore promising fruit. About six boys play together at an assigned period every day. There are prospects of our playing outside teams. Next year we hope that popular support will effect further development of a school team. 5l1..l'fj'- T11 rm' -1932 -- DRUS - 1932 I 2 lumni nies Catharine Bryan-Savage School of Physical Education, New York City. William Carpenter-Making a good record at Rennsalear Polytechnical Institute. Elizabeth Johnson-Earlham. lrving Lane-Colgate University. James Breed-Also at Colgate. Elmeta Goodwin-Horne Economics Course at North Central College, Maperville, Ill. Minna Baldauf-Cornell. Helen Marshall-Sargent School, Boston. Charlotte Marshall, Judith Coe, Vivian Donaldson-Russell Sage. Constance Brown-At Washington Irving High School in New York, finishing her work for a diploma. William Lovell'-Andover Academy, preparing for Yale. Adeline Russell-At home in Vermont. William Pray-At home in LaCnrangeville, N. Y. Kenneth Bromage-Spent first term taking P. G. Course at Oakwood and now has entered Northeastern University. Dorothy Dallas-Vassar Hospital. Oscar Burkowske-At home in Clinton Corners. Donald Campbell-Working with his father in Poughkeepsie. Elizabeth Wilson-Simmons College, Boston. Sidney Tabor--At home in Milton. N. Y. Joyce Day-Taking a P. C-. course at Gasport High School where she is assistant coach of girls' basketball. Helen Burrowes-Grove City College and living at home. Helen Castell1Working in New York City. Graham lVlcClure-Entered school in Mexico. Now in Poughkeepsie. Mary Potter-Taking a P. G. course and living with relatives in Garden City, I... I. John Robinson-Springfield Y. M. C. A. College. Ann Louise Poling-At home in New York City. Si.t'fj'-I 0IH' 1932 1 DRUS - 1932 QI at I 2 IT h ax r SEPTEMBER I4. A macl rush of greetings, introductions, and everybody trying to tell about their vacation when you want to tell about yours. I5. Meet Mr. Sprackling-the singing and glee club teacher for the year. IS. Girls' camp supper at the river-boys at Dickersons'-just to get acquainted. I9. Reception-Grand March, Company Manners and learn- ing to match names with faces. 22. Student Board Elections- Last chance to vote . 25 Dr. Clyde Fisher tells us about Wild Flowers and Animals in Forensic. OCTOBER 9. Girls sleep under the stars and pines. I0 Played first football game of the season with Mohegan and won. Seniors and Juniors turn to Bowery Bums fpartyj. I5. Put on your thinking caps-intelligence tests. I 7. Newburgh football game there. I8. Mrs. Rushmore Patterson gives her view of Prohibition thru the eyes of the South and a son in Yale. I9 Carolina Wood-The Manchurian Situation. Promises to tell us more upon her return from the East. 24. Football game-Walden, there. 3I. Football-Cold Spring. l'lallowe'en Party: Gay costumes, electric shocks, a ghost story-and kisses fcanclyj. NOVEMBER 7. Yorktown football game-there-Soccer game here. I6. lra Lambrith-Prohibition. DECEMBER 5. Miss Kenyon-illustrated talk on the Southwest. 8. Mrs. Kelly on Anti-Prohibition. Dr. Clara Liebman, Psy- chologist. IZ. Basketball at Millbrook-boys and girls. IS. Christmas Vacation- See you all next year Szlrly-Fit 'e 1932 -- DRUS -- 1932 JANUARY 4. Ben Greet players give Macbeth at Poughkeepsie High School. Two extemporaneous plays by the 3rd year English class. I6. Basketball game with Mohegan. 2I. Basketball with Cold Spring. 23. Senior Play- Outward Bound . 25-29-Mid-year examinations. FEBRUARY 6. Mock trial by American History classes. 9. Capper-Johnson from Syracuse University. I2. Hampton Institute Quartet-spirituals. Basketball game at Beacon. I3. Miss McFee from Vassar gives us a recital. Valentine party. I4. Miss Mary Lane talks about Sleighton Farm. I5. Basketball game with the postmen-we lost-but what fun! I9. Basketball with Marlboro. 20. Boys' Open House. 2I. Dr. I-lodgkin1Address. 25. Mr. Gilbert Lovell- Animadversions''. Basketball game at Beacon. 26. Y. M. C. A. Conference at Buckhill Falls. 27. john Miller explains airplanes, autogiros, and Why study at Cakwoodf' MARCH I. Mrs. Crystal Bird Fosset visits a few days. 5. Mrs. Doris Canfield entertains with a program of Rhythmic Dancing. II. Erd Harris talks about young people's problem. I2 A West Virginia miner tells about conditions in fthe coal mines. I3. Miss Ross from Vassar--a collection of songs. I9. Moving pictures about Telephones . Girls open house. 20. Mr. Spencer talks about japan. APRIL 8 Spring Vacation over - the last 'til June. 9. Spring Board Meeting. The Junior Plays, The Slave with Two Faces and The Bishop's Candlesticks . I6. Boys' Program. Dr. Liepman. 23 Dr. Fisher gives illustrated talk about the southwest. 24 Mr. and Mrs. Talbot-Friends from England. 29 Baseball with Wappingers. 30 A program of music by Dot Martin's orchestra. Sixty-Si.1' 1932 L DRUS 11932 MAY 7. Sophomore play Hands Up . Baseball game with Mohonk. 8. Carolina Wood tells from experience about Manchuria. I I. Mohegan baseball game - here. I2. Dr. Fisher tells us about John Burroughs. I3. Trip to Slabsides with Dr. Fisher. I5. Baseball game -- Hope Farm School - here. 20. Trojan Women given at Bennett School. 2I. Juniors and Seniors fight for rings. Baseball game with Cold- spring-thereg Junior-Senior Banquet-the beginning of the end. 22. Mrs. Gilbert Roe visits us. 28. Old Scholars' Day-Yearly Meeting. Concert by Fiske. jubilee Singers. JUNE. 4. Faculty-Senior Excursion. IB. Baccalaureate Sunday. 20-24. Regents Week. 24. Commencement exercises sw' 'Es 5w S sf' ' 11' 'eg' Fl 3EQgx5?ls'55,'3!. L:!m 'iv 0 Sir! v-.Sivtwz Ehanks C50 those members of the student body who so willingly contributed to these pages, we extend our gratitude, Ioan Bridge, Harold Brown, Emily Clement, joseph Fir-man, Emily Gerow, Irene Gillen, Nelson Griggs, Florence Lovell, Dorothy Martin, Danella Murray, james Reagan, Robin Ware. The MQHICAN MARKET . 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We are sure you will find that joy rewards ser- vices well rendered, in the future as well as now. 22 BARCLAY STREET POIUGHKEEPSIE E., V, GRANT WALLPAPER, PAINT AND LINOLEUM ESTIMATES 'FURNISHED GALEE 517 MAIN STREET POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. PCUGHKEEPSIES Established 1927 NEW Wood-Purinton H0191 Seoretorzbl School Campbell E Q DAY AND NIGHT CLASSES 12-Mo11th Session JL, 52 M S The Only Fiveproof Hotel ARKET TREET POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. in the City PHONE 922 Colllingwwod S, Seaman, W WE TREAT QUR COAL AT THE YARD AND MAKE IT DUSTLESS Customers are Pleased with our Dustless Coal PHONE 2330 35 MARKET STREET Standard Brands, Inc. Chase Ee? Sanborn dated Coffee and Tea M: Royal Baking Powder Gelatin and Ana' so, 1932 Gnza'uates! AND SOME OF You will travel far from Ponghlqeepsie, but if you occasionally think back to those happy days at Oakwood and all the pleasant business Te- lations which you had with Lnclqeyls, om' business has been a success. For, after all, business is not merely buying and selling, bar sewing you and pleasing yon. dd' Pu mg Luokey, Platt Local Branch 849 Main St. X CO. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Compliments of Conirtneyls Laundry A Serfwke fn' Every Purse nQ,y'Q3g:C'3T1 w.3u THE LAUNDRY DOES IT BEST 26 - 28 Catharine Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. MARSHALDS Gift Shop GLS PICTURE FRAMING DEVELOPING PRINTING KODAKS ENLARGING 341 MAIN STREET Windsor Hotel Bldg. D. L. Heaton E99 Son Retailers of .Quality Footwear Since 1875 351 Main Street Poughkeepsie, N. T. Say It With Flowers he gfrlifurh ZF 1 uw e If Simi Telephone 538 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. '30 Member: Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association Around the Corner On the Corner AMBLER - MATTESON Stationery, Greeting Cards Gifts, Books, Fountain Pens Academy at Cannon Street Alf it can be done, we can do it.' GLENDON BATES CO. Book and Magazine Binding Office Equipment EQ? Supplies Royal Typewriters, Standard and Portable 27-31 New Market Street- Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Conzjilivzetits of UNITED CLEANERS and Dyers ESTABLISHED 1904 INCORPORATIZI MAIN OFFICE Sz FACTORY 114 SMITH STREET POCCHKEEPSIE, N. Y. TELEPHONE 2607 Brauflz Oflil-FFS Poughkeepsie, 6 Liberty Street Phones 761 - 762 Newburgh, 56 Colden Street Pleasantville. 81 Manville Road Schenectady, 723 State Street Albany, 221 Central Avenue 154 State Street Troy, 53 Congress Street Beacon, 180 Main Street Ossining, 115 Main Street Peelcskill, 132 N. Division Street Tarrytown, 53 Main Street Hudson, 439 VVarren Street Hastings, 3 Main Street oompiimems of T h e B a 11 k s o f Poughkeepsie Fallkill National Bank and Trust Company Farmers and Manufacturers National Bank First National Bank Merchants National Bank and Trust Company Poughkeepsie Savings Bank Poughkeepsie Trust Company CALDWELL 8: FLAGLER 45 HIGH STREET POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Telephones 2553 Et? 2554 Sole distributors Ieddo Highland Coal and Fuel Oil ROBERTS-BOICE PAPER CO.. INC. 34 Cottage Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Phone 220 Tool chests Velocipedes Dolls Gaines Books 7 rv qv , jlnlgn 4 . mxggers Established 1866 SPORTING GOODS AND TOYS Fishing 'Tackle Skates and Shoes Camp Tents and Ontyits Slqiis and Snowshoes Ammuniiion Athletic Footwear 433 Main Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. EST 35 YEARS ATES d K dAd L M HERMANCE ZBZMAIN STREET ph sho N HOTU - ENGRAVING Exe Q Pl. ma e or Printing on Cards, Circulars, Catalogues, Labels, 3 gf Newspapers, Etc. lrem Drawings or Photographs. We malta Pictures V v: - And Drawings lor lllustratc vutising. E f . . X Tele one 1937 Pou lcez sie FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE MILK CO., Inc. XYliolesale and Retail Distributors MLLK, CREAM, CHEESE, BL'TTl-IR LQLSTEIQDUIW CER'r1if1ED EIILK AC1uoI.PIIIt.L's P1zom'C'1's IVC van .fff'Z'l' .Sit'I'T'lt'I' in any diy in the HIlf1.Y0ll l'a!Iz'y Primm 1336 731 Main Street Poughkeepsie Compliments of DR. WALTER W. STEVENS Yes, we cat and trim Childrens Hair Mathern E99 Henry Sanitary Barbers A Smooth Shave - A New Man 'Yoifre next Phone 5649 21 Academy Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. BARATTA AND R O C K E F E L L E R 9 Academy Street fliiahty Shoe Repairing Cork Soles EG? Shoes made to order E. Gt, Hubbard ilnei. sk 4 O V3 : Milf I A Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 9 Compliments of FLEMING'S BOYS' SHOP Phone 3681 L'Cradle to College Liberty and Cannon Sts. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. RIALTO BARBER SHOP and Beauty Parlor Ladies, anal Cliilolrenys Hairbobbing Manicuring Phone 5158-W 8 Cannon Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. J. E. ANDREWS HARDWARE CO.. INC. HARDWARE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Carpenters, and Mecliariics' Tools, Blacksinitlis' Materials Galvanized Wire Fencing Poultry Netting and Screen Wire. 279 Main Srreet Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Telephone 335 6 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER Copying and Enlarging from your old Photographs Colorings and Oil Painting PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER DEVELOPING AND EN LARGING FOR AMATEURS Arax Studios 388 and 229 Main Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Phone 786-W WE,RE ALWAYS LEARNING how to improve the QUALITY AND SERVICE that sportsmen and athletes expect to receive from our Sporting Goods. mga... T uf-I 2 , QL .ir Let us Prove it. Von der Lindt-mls POUGHKEEPSIE 631119711 TBS? f.1:h'L'Il- -592?QQFJ.1 vJ mlfmfa'u?:: 43l1iQ'L!b,f'F.9wL1 Vi -nv ' K. ,'-.'wJu51'-fN.'-Mmm.. ,- -gg ,V lg'-QifwZi'Illl-SVMEAJ.. 4 1 Qvi' N 'L R-1-K mlfff'-Q'!p h V .-,... lf- , ,, -rin we 3 ,-,g. .Q . , wp: xv. . .1 , -MM' ix' Rf N ..f1'l.'1' H :E-4 .4 'L f ' 1 . -. ' . ,X my . r. , x WA, ,L. . 27',1s.-Nix? -.:., 'Ig 51 4 1 ,V , 4 gyjvqf 1 M v -, Uv: . pf!- . 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