Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1951 volume:

3121951 LZQPCLI J Pbikddilf :J 5 f Jfh PQMZP U Jw? X If there were one word to express all that youth is able to understand as truth and love, to be sought for in this life, we have known its essence in you, William Clark. To you, with unbounded appreciation, we dedi- cate this yearbook. 2 OAKWOOD SCHOOL UND D I7 POUGPKEEPSIE NEW YORK Dear fifty Otters Iwishl could plll on paper how mich it m ans tt me to have the prtvileg fwrtttng this l tt r You will have to read much more between the lines L at in tt t Tnere i a year of memories to vo th re memories of my first year at Otkwood and y mr last Unforgettable flashbacks flicker across my mental screen as Iwrtte and ours s you read many of which could not Cand some of which should notj ne redueed to words Perhapslmtght say that each time we read these words we may tum back past familiar corners and become guests together again at Remembrance Int A wonderful year, and a wonderful elassl You have taught me a lot, and even more important than that, you have enriched my life with new friendships something which always goes with first assoeiattons We have striven together in the htzardous fields of philosophy in pursuit of that elusive, terriblyimportant thing called meaning We have solved problems together both in and outof elass, from the most trivial to the most fundamental In short we have shared life to a remarkanle degree in these short months, and we shall not forget One of the things I hope we shall not forget is the necessity of looking past prejudices to facts, and past facts to underlying causes, when conflicts rise in our LYPLFILIICC Anotteris the way in which the means we use to accomplish anything will shape the result we achieve Butmost significant, to me, ts the realization that people who do violence to others are deeplydisturoed people from whose lives we can remove the conflict only ny the reizondruonmg process of humble helpful love and understanding rather than nv opposition or punishment You leave Oakwood now, carrying with you these or other tdeas Try them out, and see what truly works tr the long run Then come back from time to time and tell us how it goes with you Find out at the same time how itgoes with us ano al ways remember thtt as you have a life share in Oakwood, aO Oak wood has a life share in you 3 VO E 95 ' ' . , ' 1, ' e t '- ' ' e o 'ee-, ' 'f ' . . Ltr' Iten . l ' ' is ' ' U 1, I 'H ' A ' , . ff 5- -1 ' , ' D ' ' Some of them will grow with the years, and all of them will keep that special . x , 3 . , . . . 4 , X Y . ' ' V . 8 ' 1 - s . . ' . I 1 . Y , . . . V . ' 1 Y , . A . . A '. ' ' . ' 2 ' ' ' ' f 1 v f f. - s ' , ' - - - . . , N -I Nr 2 J XV Wilt- I CLC!! Ev RITA ARKY Spanish, English Girls' Athletics ANNA M ATKINSON Dean of Girls Enghsh WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD Dean of Boys Boys Athletics hnglrsh WILLIAM CLARK Prrnctpal Rehgron i , I D s MR IOHNE TAYLOR Busmess Manager IST ROW left to right Frazier A1e11o Jenkins 2ND ROW Knight Burkowske Vrtch RUTH CRAIG Assistant Principal Librarian English ALFRED HENDERSON Mathematics Philley Butterfield Conolly Science ENOLA HENDERSON Home Economics HAROLD FRA ZIER X Mathematics 4 fmt., 1 ly . I C 5 I N ,L t f t b is 5 g Z 1 . ' f X W . . lg . I A r I I . ' I. C A A ' ' ,f 1 g we f A ' N ff!! L xg , 4 L . R O Or ADELBERT MASON Latm French Dlrector of Clee Club 81 Small Chou JOYCE MCKINSTRY Gxrls ALh1et1cs Health ROSEMARY MCNAMARA Joumahsm Dramaucs EUGENIA NEWLIN Laun Ty pxng J CURTIS NEWLIN Duector of Studles Hxstory HENRY PASSMORE Soc1al SIUd1CS REllg1Ol1 Boys Alhleucs I MARY RHODES French Enghsh ROBERT SLAUGHTER Boys Arhleucs Sc1ence YOSHIRO SANBONMATSU Interne ln Mathematlcs Boys Athlencs IDA STOKES Soclal SIUd1CS Enghsh ISABELLA TAYLOR MUSIC Art PAUL TAYLOR Mathemaucs 'N ClCll,kg 2 ' ' ' ' of . fl , 4 X! X j Ah, A v 1 ' . O 1 AQ' xl 1' -1 Q.. M Si v . - I 5 4 A.,. .4 I 3 4 Y 41' fix' . V An 'Off A . . 1 1' - ' fr , . There are no words to express what you have meant to us as a companron and as a frrend What we have done as a class we have done wrth you Henry Passmore You have gurded us rnto a sp1r1t of togetherness that cannot be forgotten Our Sophomore carn1va1 our Junror play our Senror yearbook and countless other thmgs could not have been accomphshed wrthout you Not only rn these achrevements have we apprecrated your help but you have gurded us spmtually beyond measure From Sophomores to Senrors you have shared more than your trme wrth us you have shared yourself -3- Jil? Q56 HENRY ROSENTHAL CAROLINE DAVIS Presrdent Vrce Presrdent Lcem N' ELIZABETH GRIFFEN RICHARD FISCHER Secretary 5 'Fr asur r PAUL AUSENDA Milan Italy Soccer 4 Yearbook Committee 4 Two years ,ga Rhapsodies and ravioli Not only has Benito the unique ability of being where he shouldn t but an unusual aptltude for creating lnter national incidents! Why the knowing grin Benito P Oh that s no good PAUL BELDOCK Brooklyn N Y Soccer 4 Play Committee 3 4 Jr Play 3 Religious Life Group 4 Great Books Group 4 French Club 3 4 Two years Plulosophlzingand phobias Xeneelk is ed ungovltch sdeh taergdeenl Needless to say Paul is one of the outstanding starving Armenians of our times This is curious hmmmmm? MARY BERRY New Orleans La Hockey 4 Basketball 3 4 Softball 3 Typing Club 4 Business8t Art Staff Yearbook 4 Two years Southern accent and stallions Relaxed rangy, reliable rascall Mary has shown great feats in her athletic abilities Dont think there is nothing behind that quietness! Well ah dunno BARBARA BOOTH Jamaica N Y Hockey-3 4 Basketball-3 Social Committee-2 3 4 GleeC1ub-I 2 3 4 Chairman Jr. -Sr. Banquet-Dance-3 Sr, Play Community Chest- 3. Five years. Red hair and records. Boothie is a good organizer, and . . . A spark- ling smile plus a kind word, she's always someone to be heard. And who is out over the roof? Yes, we know, it's Barbara Jeanne Booth! What time is it, huh? 7 l HOWARD COHEN Wingdale N Y EVA BllNfEl tsl H1115 N Hockey 2 3 4 Basketball 3 Play Committee 3 4 Jr Play 3 Clec Glub 1 2 3 4 Qlwlinagcr 2 3 45 Small CilOll' 2 4 Assembly Commrttec 4 Calendar Committee 2 3 Social Cornmittce I Liyont 81 Business Staff Yearbook 4 Religious Life Group 4 Five wars Gullible and good natured Effa our own sweet songstress his done much for our class in the past four years Shc lends a helping hand wherever needed and IS ever cheerful Why cant l get a letter? Football 4 Basketball 4 Baseball 4 Glee Club 4 Spectator 4 One year Q 1 Gus Gus and George Pitching and pretentions Batty for baseball that s Howie from the word Go Shut up Smith! SARAH COLLINS Rhinebeck N. Y. Hockey-2 3 4 fCo-captain-41 B ketball-I 2 3 4 G A A, R p - QTreasurer-23 Head of Girls Dorm-3 4 Social Committee-I 2 3 4 Stu- dent Council-2 3 4 Class Treasurer-l Great Books Group-4 Literary Staff Yearbook-4 Four years, I'll be '1 rssall' 1 ELSA DANENBERG Bridgeport, Conn, Hockey-3,4 Softball-3 Basketball Manager-4 Glee Club-4 Typing Club-4 Social Committee-3 Affiliation Committee-4 Business 8t Art Staff, Yearbook-4 Two years, Hats and humor, Speaking of Elsa -- blind dates, baggy sweaters, empty matchbooks, broken mirrors, and stale gum. Upon being asked to visit the basket she usually replies, But Mrs, Newlin, it isn't gum, it's a life saverl 8 Wit and words, Sally has continued to uphold the Collins tradition both in sports and versatility - but when it comes to Latin - Sally delenda est! Four years Why Idon t know what you mean JANET DAVIS Old Bennington Vt Cheerleading 2 4 Social Committee 4 fChatrmanJ Work Committee 4 Student Council 4 Music Appr Commrttee I Glee Club 2 4 Small Choir 4 French Club 4 Literary staff Yearbook 4 Bennington High School 3 Three years ant personality can never be surpassed Hey Janet do you call that sing mg? I never laughed so hard in my ltfel PETER deCORDOVA Yearbook 4 One year When I went to Andover CHARLES DOSKOW Croton on the Hudson N Y Football 4 J V Baseball 3 French Club 4 Glee Club 3 Great Books Group 4 Two years Flat feet and friendliness Charlie s subversive activities led him in and out of trouble at Oakwood fMost1y1n J Quick wrt and willingness that s Chas! Are you really from Moscow Doskow? N est ce pas kid? 9 Soccer 4 Basketball 4 Student Council 4 Red convertible and raucous laughter Gre Atty Whrte bucks and whiskers Soccer and CAROLINE DAVIS Institute W Va Hockey I 2 3 4 Basketball 2 3 4 Softball 3 Head of Girls Dorm 4 G A A 3 4 fsecretary 3 Vice Pres 45 Social Committee I 2 3 Stu dent Council 4 Affiliation Committee 4 Music Appr Committee I 2 Typing Club 2 French Club 4 Speaking Contest 1 Xmas Pageant I 2 Jr Play 3 Vice Pres of Class 3 4 Literary 81 Layout Staff Yearbook 4 lnturtron and innocence Where ts Dash when the lights go out? In the snack bar studying up Sarcastrc and sophisticated calm and cool furious and fummg Dazzltng is the inexplicable Miss Davxs Poughkeepsie N Y Glee Club 4 Literary Staff y hair and girls Antics and self esteem D , . . - - - ' U - I I l l I . . .' v ' u I ' -' I . - 0 1 - . - , . . . - . . . h ' . - - , - - . . ' D ' . ' l V 1 ' - I I g I I I O I ., ' . . .. . ' . . - I , . - . , - . . . 4 - - - - D Butch and banter. Letters and literature, fun and faux pas , , , This radi- n 9 I - ,SS - ' ' . - . - - - g . e 4 I Q --- I - I ' I vu I - ' ' rl JOHN EARP Santa Fe New MexLco NANCY DUNCAN Poughkeepsre, N. Y. Glee Club 3 4 Spamsh Club 3 4 Junror Play 3 Two years Schemrng and skaung Homework assrgnments neverl Well hardly ever When she s not chanting she s chasrng Wrll we ever forget Nancy rn her role rn the Jumor play! Let s sneak out Soccer 2 4 Glee Club 2 4 Small Chou 4 French Club 2 Two years Stnging and Santa Fe Our western basso came back after a year s absence to graduate wxth us The envy of everybody for his wavy locks and Ipana smrle ANN FASSNACHT Englewood N I SUSAN ECKLES Brookfreld Centre Conn Cheerleadlng 3 4 S0c1a1C0rr1m1ttee 2 3 Calendar Commxttee 4 fCha1rmanJ Student Councrl 4 Iumor Play 3 Xmas Pageant 3 4 Co edrtor of Yearbook 4 Two and one half years Short hatr and sophrstxcauon Decorauve and dangerous determmed and dramatic Puzzled looks pornted puns men and Memory Inn And belreve rt or not Suste snores Oh c mon nowl Cheerleadrng 2 3 4 qCo captam 43 Basketball 1 2 3 4 qCo captaxnzj Softball I 2 3 Soc1alComm1ttee I 2 3 Class Secre tary 1 Glee Club 3 4 Small Chorr 3 4 Spanrsh Club 4 Great Books Group 4 Rumpus Room Commrttee 4 Xmas Pageant I 2 Stage Manager Jr Play 3 Co edrtor of Yearbook 4 Four years Red hatr and. ra1llery We all know that Annre wrll have her fmger 1n every pre V1vac1ous frckle bolsterous comrcal Annrel I feel ltke domg somethlng crazy 10 RICHARD I-'ISCHER Auburn N Y Football 3 4 lCapta1n 41 Basketball 3 4 Baseball 3 4 Track 3 4 Boys Councrl 3 4 Head of Boys Dorm 4 Student Councll 4 Class Treasurer 3 4 Xmas Pageant 3 4 Class Play 3 Two years Burps and blushes Our furxous fxghttng fullback Dlck rs not only spectac ular on the football fteld but has done an excellent Job as head of the boys dorm How some shy lookrng faces can mlslead youl Where s Margte? GEORGIA FRIEND New York N Y Glee Club 3 4 Small Choxr 4 Spamsh Club 4 Typlng Club 4 Affrlra t1on Commlttee 4 Calendar Commlttee 3 Buslness 8a Art Staffs Year book 4 Two years Phumphtng and phone calls Glnger IS our competent typxst and 1nc1dent ally has a fme collectron of hotel keys A future Baltlmoronpj Gmger have you slgned out? Pardon me slr but we re from Oakwood and we would ltke to know lf you d ltke to buy an ad for our yearbook ELIZABETH GRIFFEN Purchase N Y THOMAS GRIFFING Rhlnebeck N Y Glee Club 3 4 Two years Matches and muslc He s a nlce boy a proper boy but one of the rov mg klnd But Jean Glee Club 3 4 Small Chou 3 4 Class Play 3 Afflllatton Commlttee 3 4 French Club 3 4 Llterary Staff Yearbook 4 Two years Drama and dlplomacy Khachaturxan and characterrzattons earrxngs and Engltsh We all envy Betsy for her mld Wmter vacatlon rn Europe Oh my goodness' EMMET HAYES New York Crty N Y Study Comm 2 Mus1cApprec1at1on Comm 4 Jr Play 3 Spamsh Club 3 Typlng Club 2 Relrgrous Llfe Group 4 Two years Debussy and Dostoyevsky Harr and humor QU Roammg and roomrng wrth Beldock We hear they have mght frshmg rn the Hudson Emmet! l sard ktddelres drddle I? CLARA HENDERSON Poughkeepste N Hockey 2 3 4 Basketball l 2 3fCo captarn 2 3, Softball 1 2 G A A 3 4fTreasurer 3 Presrdent 43 Vtce Presrdent of Class I 2 Head of As sembly Commrttee 4 Socral Commrttee I 2 Calendar Committee 4 Glee Club I 2 3 4 Chorr 3 4 Class Play 3 Typrng Club Relrgxous Lrfe Group Four years Athletrcs and Ab1l1ty Effrcrency and effervescence A frtendly smrle and amrable nature rn frequentrng the Henderson household we frnd the closest thlng to home Good luck on your ftrst venture outsrde the walls Clara I. WILLIAM HOMANS Poughkeepsxe N Y Football 3 4 Glee Club 3 4 Class Play 3 Two years Tresses and tumblrng Rhythm and recordrngs W1ll we ever forget Brll and hrs band? But MISS Atkxnson MARY HULLING New York Clty N Y Softball Manager 3 Class Play 3 Dramatrcs Club 3 Chrtstmas Pageant 4 Great Books Group 4 layout and Photography Staffs of Yearbook 4 Two years Slacks and snapshots What a rrot the grrl lrkes to dretl Tumbllng Sam son or Del1lah??? Then there rs Bach, not to mentron Benny Goodman Lots of outsrde readrng reports, Why all those Flashlrght batterres, huh? 12 MICHAEL KAUFMAN Castle Potnt N Y Football 4 Great Books Group 4 Reltgtous Lxfe Group 4 One year FIVC o clock shadow and 'football Bttten by the Beldock bug early 1n the year how could he help but brlng us good cheer? Do you want to become a member of our conttngent? HELEN LOUISE LANDIS Pou hkeepsre b. Y Basketball 3 4 Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Small Chotr 4 French Club 2 Great Books Group 4 Commumty Chest 4 Play Commrtree 4 Student Co xnctl 4 Lrterary Staff Yearbook 4 Four years Fromage and llrrtrng Her eyes twxnkle slyly her dtmples rre cute Our Mrmx a grrl who rs easy to surt I cahn t DANIEL KAPPEL P1nePla1ns N Y Soccer 2 3 4 Work Commrttee 3 4 fChatrman 41 Student Councxl 4 Musrc Appr Club 2 Radto Club 1 Xmas Pageant I 2 3 Class Play 3 Speaktng Contest 2 Ftve years Bagels and bartum sulphate Who knows how many secret meetrngs of Trtg class have been held tn Senior Englrshl Danny ts always wtlltng to use hts keys to get tnto any place he shouldn t Just what lS your telephone number? Qutte a reacttonl JEAN KENERSON New London Conn Hockey 3 4 Basketball 3 Softball 3 Archery 4 Glee Club 2 3 4 French Afftltatron Cqmmtttee 4 Rumpus Room Commtttee 4 Bustness SL Club 4 Lrterary Staffs Yearbook 4 Three years Slrppers and stn And not stgnrng tn! Also Spantsh and anythtng man ntsh Why rs she mad at me? AUDREY MARSH Larchmorlt, N, Y. Hockey-1, 2, 3,41Co-captain-41 Basketball 2, 3 fCo-captain-2j Softball- I, 2 3qCaptain-33 Student Council-4fChairman 6 weeksy Social Commit- tee-2 3 4fC1'1ail'mal'1'4j Work Committee-3 G A A -3 fPresident-31 Spectator Staff-3 Affiliation Committee-3 lfrench Club-4 Great Books Group-4 Religious Life Group-4 Calendar COlTlI'IllIIC6'l Literary Staff of Yearbook-4 Class Play-3 Glee Club-2 3 Choir-3 Christmas Pageant-4 Four years Committees and congemality Aud s continually cutting crepe paper and capers this creative gentus can do more to transform the gym than anyone else And what a contagious laugh That s lrfel fl-le hell KATHRYN MELBY North Ferrrsburg Vt G1r1s Council I 2 3 4 Class Treasurer 2 Work Committee I 2 Social Committee 3 Afftlratton Committee 3 4 fCha1rman 3 41 Class Play 3 Basketball 2 3 Glee Club 2 3 4 Choir 4 Business Staff Yearbook 4 Four years I swear I m going nuts' Door opens, patter of feet ltghts go on 1 s 6 45 Hurry Eva you ll be late Do stop grittrng your teeth at the Rut land R R Kane P T may make an engineer of you yetl Well what can you expect from Princeton men? EILEEN MOORE New York Clty N Y MARY JANE OBRIEN Poughkeepste N Y Christmas Pageant 3 4 Day Student Representative to Girls Council 3 Two years Basketball 3 4 Softball 2 Cheerleading 3 4 G A A 3fV1C6 President 33 Calendar Committee 2 3 Assembly 4 Class Play 3 Glee Club I 2 3 4 Choir 2 3 Literary and Layout Staffs of Yearbook 4 Community Chest 4 Four years Singing and sailors Whenever we hear that inevitable squealing of the crepe soles and pealrng laughter we know it s Mickey on the way to her room wtth some more pennies Just what are all those pennies for Mick? Don t call him Redl Guys and gum We will never forget her as Maryin the-Christmas pageant ,Q Serene long hair knee socks and West Point That s Mikel DONALD RABENDA Poughkeeps1e N Y Football 1 2 3 4 Golf 2 3 4 Track 3 4 Typxng Club 2 Camera Club I 2 Photography Staff of Yearbook 4 Four years RACHEL QUINBY Copake Falls, N. Y. Hockey-4qManager-45 Glee Club-4 Orchestra-3 Typing Club-4 Two years. Horses and Hanover, lf she isn't in Miss Atkinson's office she is doing her trig, If she isn't doing her trig she is in town, As well as an excellent hockey manager she has the makings of a fine extemporaneous speaker, Why the blush, Ray? H o. K. Scarfs and sellrng food Photography and football the frlendly type and X always wtllrng to help Don IS a member of the Just off campus Day Stu dent clan Hello 'vw T' HEINRY ROSENTHAL f SUSAN ROSE Upper Montclarr Hockey 4 Soc1alCommrttee 3 Study Commrttee 4 Glee Club 3 4fNlan ager 3 4D French Club 3 4fPl'6SlClSllI 31 Great Books Group 4 Relrglous Group 4 Lxterary and Layout Staffs of Yearbook 4 Two years Monkeys and mrschref Sparkle and spangles g rns and grades The most xersattle member of our class Is there anythmg you can t do Sus1e2 He s so cute! New York Ctty N Y Soccer 2 3 4 Basketball 3 4 Baseball I 2 3 4fManager IJ Track 3 Student Councrl 3 4fCha1rman slx weeks 45 Work Commtttee 3fCha1r man 33 Calendar Commlttee 4fCha1r11an 45 Boys Councrl 2 Class Presrdent 3 4 Class Secretary 2 Social Commrttee I Class Play 3 Speakmg Contest 2 Photograply Lrterary and Layout Staffs of Yearbook 4 Frve ears Blunt and brlllrant Sadrstxc and sugacrous A methodrcal mathematlcmn and efftcrent head the Grnnn speaks for hrmself Henry where are you gorng xvtth that truck? Goodmght' X P1555 FRANCES ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ Poughkeepsie N Y Hockey 3 Calendar Committee 3 Glee Club 3 4 Modern Dance Club 4 Art Editor of Yearbook 4 Art assistant to the Eighth Grade 3 Three years Ho hum MARJORIE SMILEY Lake Mmnewaska N Y Hockey 2 Basketball 2 4 Track 1 2 Cheerleading 4 Glee Club 4 Typ ing Club 4 Christmas Pageant 4 Layout Staff of Yearbook 4 Three years Winnie The Pooh and pigeon toes Flutter bys and ties Fischer and foot ball cheerleading and clams Life is so amusing 1sn t it Margie? After emi Dancing and doodlrng Joe Q and painting tool Hats off to Betty and her my numerous creations We like your Buick and all that goes with it' ELBERT SMITH Trumansburg N Y Soccer 2 3 4fCo captain 3 Captain 43 Basketball 1 2 3 4fC0 captain 3 Captain 4y Baseball I 2 3 Track 1 2 3 Christmas Pageant 2 3 Spec tator Staff 3 Class Play 3 Six years Bacchus and basketball Cut ups and cuties blasphemy and broken glass es We shall always remember that Millbrook game Buz and your splen did sports record Come to the summer housel GERALD A SMITH Baltimore Md Football-4 Glee Club-4 One year, Clowning and conniving Whiz - a water bomb goes flying through the air along with a hearty Heigh-ho Silver. Look at Gerry! What an inno- cent expressionl -- You d never guess Ee-gadl 16 FAY SPOONER Poughkeepsie, N, Y. Glee Club-1, 2,3,4 Spanish Club-4 Jr. Dramatics Club-I Speak- ing Contest-1,2, 3 Literary Staff, Yearbook-4 Four years. Speech and study. Many an award and many a prize lead us to believe she is most wise. It seems to me . . PAULINE WEIL Purdys N Y Hockey I 2,3 4 Basketball 1,2 3 Softball 1 2 3 Affiliation Committee 3 4 Music Appr Committee 2 Glee Club I 3 4 Jr Dramatics Club I Chairman of Photography Staff, Yearbook 4 Four years Cats and cameras As our shortest member Polly has made some of the greatest hits on the Girls Athletic field Polly what are you developing rn your darkroom? You ve never heard of Purdy s?l C aaa Aafory Our years at Oakwood have been a little like a book with something interesting on every page It is with a bit of nostalgia that we tum back the pages and recall the memorable happenings of the years For they have been memorable years! Who can forget that first day at Oakwood as Freshmen the picnic supper Mr Reagan's outdoor games and the first nrght in the dorm Then came a week with many new activities a little homesrckness perhaps new teachers and friends, and real high school work at last There were many new adjustments to make of course but undaunted we banded together as a class add established our place at Oak wood We topped off the year with a grand talent show and branded the year a success As Sophomores we quickly settled down as old students and began another busy year We lost some people and gained some people As evidence of our originality we collaborated with the Freshmen in instituting the Oak wood Camrval This year found us making our mark both in studies and athletics sity of our studies grew, so also did we grow and we found ourselves taking things more seriously and developing interests and abilities in many fields We finally gave a play, The Night of Januagy l6Ihl a mystery with an alter nate endmg dependmg on a jury hand picked from the audience It was a thrilling success We also staged a gallant Junior Senior banquet Then as we placed our shiny new class rings on our fingers we realized that the next year would be the last The last chapter of our book is full of excitement This year we rounded off our chosen courses with inter esting and extensive study We took a class trip and labored over college applications and most of all learned to enjoy each other s friendship in the dizzy heights of Senior hall At this point there is a bookmark but as this yearbook goes to press we are looking forward to another class play our Junior Senior and at last, the culrmna tion day of all our days at Oakwood Commencement day Looking back over the pages brings back memories of parties meetings for worship work jobs, and room mates bull sessions town trips projects and committees Most of us remember three headmasters at Oakwood We realize that it has been the people at Oakwood both teachers and students which have made it so meanmgful We have cheered our teams and conjugated our verbs and now to Oakwood we say a fond good bye with all good wishes, while we close our book with the painful though pleasant realization that next year we will be Freshmen again 17 I g s Q ' I l ' n ' s v 1 g K 1 Our Junior year found us struggling with College Boards, Geometry proofs, and source themes. As the inten- . . D , . . . . 2lll0l NAME I LEAVE MY GREATEST MISTAKE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT MY PET M AUSENDA BELDOCK BERRY BOOTH BUNZEL COHEN COLLINS DAVIS DAVIS deCORDOVA DOSKOW DUNCAN EARP the prrvxlege of argu rng wrth Fernandez to hrs next roommate Mr Clark wrth apprecratron Yup B McOak to Trna my fellow consprrator arsenxc to all draft board members room 28 to whomever wants to freeze rn the w1nter my fabulous etchrngs to one Mark Strand matedj my arustrc tempera ment to Terry Foster to Patty Feldsrne my -coffee pot t at she can survrve morn mg classes better than II drd my Brooks Brothers dues to John Coulter my French accent to nyone brave enough o take rt my abrlrty to get along wrth people to certarn grrls on lower hall lKatr1na Are you krddrng? No IIIISIKRCSI lrstenrng to bagel women lendtng Al that mrllton dollars exercrsrng above yearbook meetrngs l'1O COITIITICIII drrvrng wrth Atty rn the Leaprng Lena make mrstakes urnakrng great mrstakes mrstakrng Mr Hen derson for Mr Butt freld was to thrnk soccer Just an exercrse roomtng wrth Kaufman roomxng wrth Ruth Church Katrtna 18 CI You are askrng too much Flomken Schecken Gatz Far South Joe fquotatrons pleasej getttng thru P T s geometry class getttng accepted to college skrpprng krndergarten and farlrng Lattn Oakwood s meat that s to come I hopel roomrng wrth Ann two years! remarnrng on basket ball team as long as 1 roomrng wrth Kaufman berng able to put up wrth teasrng Lrvrng 3 weeks rn Infrrmary Roommates I e Elephants no marl cocoa rnstead of coffee for breakfast wartrng for mall untrl noon Unrted States Army vespers and gremlrns and phumphrng havtng to use e srde door Post Cover Oc 21 1950 sttff collared shrrts wrth tres srx foot tall basket ball players betng rgnored by blue eyes Katrrna ' ' po! l A P. , . . . - 4 - - g t P, ' . , ' V ' H U ' B. . ' , A ' . n E. , . - . . . . . I ' ' ' H, -Q ' A E, DANENBERG my ashes Qwhen cre- I might add, I never I will be outliving I.B.M. , traffic C. ' ' - ' ' ' , ' th J' . , , . - . . F ' SO h . If u P. I. f . ' - ' ' ll ' ' ll I ' ' d'd C. I , , , , . - - QHLOI SUNNIEST SIDE OF OAKWOOD I M USUALLY SEEN INTENDED OCCUPATION PROBABLE OCCUPATION I LL NEVER FORGET the Gxrls Dorrr' letters from my dog Greenvale Farm perlod between Frrday 3 30 p m to Sunday 9 40 P m faculty meeungs fLnal bell on Frlday all nrght lrghts squeakless doors and accessrble wrndows the graduatron mound on the day of my graduatxon Senror Hall team bus wlth Irvmg Krngwood Park exrt Suzy Rose boller room Katrtna ask ng permrssron for Croft Qcensoredj I try not to be wlth my mouth open buzzrng around the B ox where I shouldn t somewhere along the banks of the Hudson lounglng rn the luxury of my superror mtellr gence fday dreamtngj workrng on the Spec tator places where I shouldn t be and heardl studyrng ln the Chem La chastng a pau of blue eyes wrth Katrlna P mechanrcal engrneer Pope takrng care of our frve ch1ldren curtam puller at the Met professronal baseball astratron runmng a 24 hour rocket servlce between Earth and Mars publrsher of an mter natronal newspaper New Deal Dean at Oakwood rarsrng a basketball team frndlng one bouncer teacher Katrrna 19 trnker toy genrus Holy Ghost Jarl matron torch smger assrstant water boy ferryman on the R1ver Styx pamtxng Batman covers presrdent of temper ance socrety rarsrng a .1 tl eyball team not fmdlng one barfly skatrng at the roller derby retrrmg try ng to arrrve before Frscher to Engllsh fwhy?j the trarns and the r1ver at nrght door to room 24 anyone I ve ever known at Oakwood Baccalaureate I9 O what I should forget lrfe at Crarg rn 48 and I ll always re member Engllsh III learnrng Baltlmore nrght lrfe second hand but frrst ratel orange peels Sophomore Englrsh class YVIIII Mr B the radrcal changes that sull need to be made playrng football for Oakwood the nrght I was caught Katrlna O ' 0 - 1 Y no A l I v , ' 1- H I ' - V Y 1 . , I T i K I, , I A . . . - t . vi . P I f . . . . 5 ,. .. b ' ' ' be ' ' aftemoon and business admin- . . . - . . . , , I I . , I , . . . . - p . . , . ' ' I ' ' ' ' Y z 1 ' c . , . b. NAME I LEAVE MY GREATEST MISTAKE MY GREATEST AC HIEVEMENT MY PET AVERSIOIN ECKLES EASSNACHT E ISCHER FRIEND GRIFFING HAYES HENDERSON HOMANS M HULLING D KAPPEL M KAUFMAN to Anne Barnard our common fault tn hopes that she may proftt by my mtstakes my half of the room to all those day stu dents who fmd lersure t1me to spend tn rt room I7 to the Eskrmos I leave Isn t that enough? to anyone who wants them, one pack of stale ctgarettes my room to anyone qurck getaway my vrew from the krtchen wmdow to anyone who wants be a srlent observer my saxophone to the guy who rooms next to Mr B my part of the Hullmgr and Werl photo ser vrce to whoever wants to any fool who wants them all the head aches that go wnh be mg Bustness Manager of the 1952 Yearbook my rnjured knee to any future member the football team who wants rt tryrng to wrangle a letter from Mrs Frazter lettrng 22 runs tn one rnntng ml roomtng wlth Elbert Gorng baby srttlng wtthout expertence takmg French gettmg rnvolved wrth the Yearbook Jornmg the Naval Reserve subverstve actrvrtres saytng that I f1n1shed one of P T s SHORT geometry QUIZZCS before he d1d roomlng wtth Doskow 20 expandtng the two weekend ltmtt per semester to fue getttng thru College Boards May 2l 1990 the mommg after ach1evementP fwhat s that?l lockmg my room mate tn the closet for almost an enure waht f 99 learmng to eat Oakwood hash sneakrng out at bemg caught affected tnnocence when questroned by both srdes rn faculty student problems h1d1ng under the beds rn the grrls dorm berng an angel rn the Pageant frnrshrng one of P T s s ort geom etry qurzzes before he d1d room1ng wtth Doskow no mall ttll after lunch shade puller uppers the draft board Tell me lS your real name Vrrgrnra P people who don t tell the truth Aheml betng called Damn Collrns Clara what s gorng to be on the test your father s grvrng us? roller skattng tryrng to ftnd where books are 1n the ltbrary Engl1sh IV my Draft Board S. , . , ,. T . - , A. , , . - R- . . , G- - v V - - - - - 1. D - ' 4 T. , . , . E. . . .. - who wants to make a night without, it Hayes by Sally C. . . . . , ,, ' , to t . B . - V .. it. . - . .' . .' h P of SUNNIEST SIDE OAKWOOD I M USUALLY SEEN INTENDED PROBABLE OCCUPATION I LL NEVER FORGET Yearbook staff meetmgs the Oakwood sprrrt athletrcs after lrghts lrghts outsrde of Oakwood Home Sweet Home ra1ny days nrght frre drrlls the srde outsrde t rules Sunday momrng sleep cuttmg across ca mpus hangrng out the wmdow wrth Margre addressrng letters to Baltrmore sleepmg m Amerrcan Hrstory call mg the dog broke rn back of a camera deep rn thought wxth Beldock Strand and Doskow talkrng chauffeur Inn keeper coachrng football fm Florrdaj barber bet mel you can rabbr teacher ow could I mrss? schoolteacher dog photographer dentrst educatron law or U S Army 1 2 1 Greenwrch Vrllage vagrant lady wrestler manager of Penqurn Hot Rods North Pole shmglrng houses manufacturrng kosher prckles ITllSSIl'lg ng Hatred conductor at the Met! cat photographer well drrller President 7 Kmgston on a Saturday nrght Good Nlght Henry the Latrn Quarter Phumphtng from Baltrmore my frrst roommate Trm Wohlforth nor regret 18 years at Oakwood Frenchl rn the chem lab wrth Mrss Cannon the I-Iullrng and Well photo serwrce the rrde back from Swarthmore but by gosh Iwrsh I could V . I 4 I 1 I 3:30-4:30 p.m. crooner organ grinder Jean ,, .. . -nh . . ' Lo - ' ' . , he , , , , NAME I LEAVE MY GREATEST MISTAKE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT MY PET AVERSION I KENERSON M LANDIS A MARSH K MELBY E MOORE O BRIEN QUINBY RABENDA ROSE ROSENTHAL my technrque of get trng out of trouble to Ruth Church my Bovtdorn suckers to Mr Mason Oakwood wrth apprecxatron hoprng that Mrs Stokes wrll contrnue to uphold our Vermont tradrtron my candle to Elame and D1 rn hopes that they never use tt my hands to Mrs Tay lor rn the hope she may someday play two pranos at one trme my SCIIIOI' math books to someone of next year s brave sen1or math students Pete Van Kleeck my trusty map of Wrlbur Boulevard and Hooker Avenue rn hopes that he wrll never lose hrs way home the wrndow mth the southern exposure rn room 18 to Mark Strand. May he get good looks and Good mghtsl as I drd bemg, caught fallrng asleep rn P T s mg c ass developrng a con tagrous cackle for drlrgent and senous mrnded Student Coun c1l desperately seek mg a source of amuse ment cookrng applesauce rn the Shanes Krtchen leavrng my knrttrng rn Pete de Cordova s car tryrng to argue wrth Dr Newlrn about Socralrzed Medrcrne takrng sen1or math lrvrng so far North haven t made any not gettrng up for a frre drrll rn my 8th grade days 22 staymg at Oakwood berng able to a asleep rn P T s tug class survrvrng a front seat rn French Ill wrthout a steel helmet just graduatrng graduatrng rn 3 If2 years wrrtrng letters rn Englrsh class and not gettmg caught passrng physrcs survrvmg a football game whrch one? throwrng a man out at second base snow plomng at 5 OO a rt rn front of ny wrndow 6 43 a m the breakfast trudge havmg to get per mrssron every trme want to go out rn Clara s car Happy Brrthdays rn the Drnxng Hall the walk from my front door to the cab on 1cy mornrngs gettrng up 1n the mornrng gettrng rnjured nrght watchmen verbal drssectrng of books rn Englxsh IV Q F . . 1. ' I v . Y 1 ' ' ' ' ' f ll 1 ' . . . ' . .' ' 1 I - -' I . . I. . , . - - ' I . . . g ' ' M. J. , 0 5 . . . . . R. , . . , . . . , . s, . ' ' ' SUNNIEST SIDE OF OAKWOOD I M USUALLY SEEN INTENDED OCCUPATION PROBABLE OCCUPATION I LL NEVER FORGET P1116 gI'OVC 323Pm A crrcle 15 round and as no srdes therern e charm of Oakwood res anythrng except Monday momrngs the dugout after lunch drscussmg ll on week ends after IO ro p m rnhabrtants the frre escape the msrde of locked doors thanks to my master key angrng out of my dow after lrghts wrth a prece of cheese rn my hand Gatherrng trees twrgs and tall flowers to rnsprre Sally s rmagrnatron makmg sandwrches for Grrls Council rn the wrong place the wrong trme sleeprng through assembly rn the mom rn I hope not rn lower hall rn the John adventurer never can tell bout that! Old Mard Marsh s Magasrn du Dugout along the banks of the Serne rnterror decorator Ad mrral s wrfe merchandrsmg and retarlmg clothes that IS IIUISC photographer CU 5 N J keeper of monkeys at Oakwood Zoo wrth a bag of books mechanrcal engrneer 23 adventurer s no secret chrldren s story teller paperhanger swabbrng decks wholesalrng jockey lecturer at Museum of Natural Hrstory monkey Crarg Cottage 1948 1949 berng a boarder Senror hall the curse of cherlms fthe gratrfrcatron of 1ts sprrltual release 1 and the closet w1th a er the day Mr Henderson sard I could call hrm Dad Tommy Rockwell Chnstmas Pageant Student Cottage my Frrday nrghts Buck Hrll revoltrng peasant RAPI rn the Junror Plal' I - - ' ' ' It' ' on h ' Iv: ' 4 ' u - . , , . th --I ' - I n - - vu 1. . . . . . ,,P - sonallty at Buck Hill . at . , , . . g , its ' ' ' ' ' NAME I LEAVE MY GREATEST MISTAKE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT MY PET AVERSION E. SCHWARTZ M. SMILEY SMITH A SMITH SPOONER WEIL a motor scooter to person who takes art next year my pigeon-toed foot- prints to Charlie Lane number 3 for Butch In I9j5 my intellect hoping to find a better one in eollege my paper on Oriental poetry to Miss Atkin son my place in the Senior class provided I won t need it my se leaving my car in from of the boys' dorm funlockedj leaving Oakwood for a year roon intl with R chard rooniing in Upper South history notes subversive activities eating my breakfast in assembly being an angel in the Christmas Pageant scorincf eivht consec utive foul shots I haven t made it yet Competent Ty pist Award surviving four years of goalie not being there, but thinking about it raisin IOJSI draft boards bad food at Oakwood Welsh rare bit compulsory meals K Ara SUNNIEST SIDE OF OAKWOOD I M USUALLY SEEN INTENDED OCCUPATION PROBABLE OCCUPATION I LL NEVER FORGET not bemg there but thmkmg about ll dancxng to the Tennessee Waltz free a ftemoons vacatrons the many unusual and wonderful people I ve come to know Sunday mormng breakfast not 1n the D1n1ng Hall I never knew you caredl w1th Drck here s hopmg that I haven t been seen upsta1rs rn the cellar day dreammg ID my blue study shlrt w1th my camera S 'Vw -1 all 3l'IlSI not SIIIV IH l'81S1l'lg Pel'lgl1lIlS coachmg busrnessman strrvmg tax1 serv1ce between F1or1da and North Pole coaxmg man to wnte a book How wrxtrng Mrs Klnsey s to Wxn Ones and In Report fluence Teachersl cat photographer dog photographer how easy the frrst srx years of hrgh school were knrttmg basketball socks rn the shower room ull 5 a m room IO fDuffy Tommy Pete and ll the mght Arnre Golden had Barney Bornn under hypnosrs and what Barney sard about M B There w1ll be no talkmg rn th1s d1s cusslon the Hullmg and We11 photo servrce 111-1 L.. 'U ' ' ' - gn - ' D . I I l'. . ' - ju - - - I rv - I N . n . rg, Q . .- sf- L25 ' tl 1 I , I ' H 'wa ,V ! . A V ' V' A M, P M I ' , ! 1 -L. W -K ug . 1 . w K gli l 1, , I M , 'v . K ' K X .' ggi! :fp .4 . N x p - 'I I x 2'A '5 f V .i F an-Il! C-1' grin? A-qx LEFT TO RIGHT P Well C Henderson E Schwartz S Eckles D Kappel H Rosenthal A Fassnacht E co EDITORS Susan Eckles Ann Fassnacht BUSINESS MANAGER Damel Kappel il A N1 A rg., 1 1951 QU Rcus STAFF ... Y LITERARY STAFF Clara Henderson Charrman Paul Beldock Barbara Booth Howard Cohen Sally Colhns Carolrne Davrs Janet Davrs Peter de Cordova Jean Kenerson Mrmr Landrs Audrey Marsh Kathryn Melby Erleen Moore Susan Rose Fay Spooner CONTRIBUTORS Edward Cunnrngham Georgra Frlend Lrnda Harlow Ellen Knowles Mr Mason Mrss McK1nstry Trna Mrnakuchr Mr Passmore Henry Rosenthal Mr Slaughter ART STAFF Elrzabeth Schwartz Paul Beldock Mar Berry Howard Cohen Elsa Danenberg Nancy Duncan Georgra Frrend BUSINESS STAFF Mary Berry Eva Bunzel Elsa Danenberg Georgra Frrend Emrn et Hayes 26 Charrman Jean Kenerson Kathryn Melby Rachel Qurnby PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Paultne Well Charrman Mary Hulhng Donald Rabenda Henry Rosenthal LAYOUT STAFF Eva Bunzel Carolme Davls Peter de Cordova Nancy Duncan Clara Henderson Mary Hulhng Audrey Marsh Erleen Moore Rachel Qurnby Susan Rose MarJor1e Smrley C1556 3 Q93 W EXW 'WJ63 -NQDN f VD Y if XS? A 14X LE, -I- - ' --- lllllllll 'if ...L W 4,4 I9 1 fl fb fs NA -'SQL IST ROW left to rrght E Tanguy T Wrllrs, R Meagher, Y Andrau, Mr Mason, T Mrnakuchr Treas P VanKleeck Pres J Taylor, V Pres C Lane, Secy F Kohlman C Buhler A Harkness L Gardella P Cleaves 2ND ROW R Muckenhoupt W Zucker, D Samuels H Pauly P Feldstne, A Kelsey J Thornton K Voorhrs J Perkrns 3RD ROW J Fuller, H Foster,J Wtnchester A MacDougall M Marquez B H111 L Hoag R Hessler 4TH ROW P Kernke, C Dresden, D Knrghton J Murphy E Hardrn, M Hansen, N Squrer J Meltzer 5TH ROW P Scuder1, S Goldberg, S Hart A Harvey V DuBo1s, H Schmrtt, F Serdel 6TH ROW A Golden, D Temple,J Bornn R Bullard J Poucher M Strand, T Hrckman I Hrghberger A Saltford NOT SHOWN T Kelly lfUfll0I 5 All but three of our number came to Oakwood as Freshmen Although we spent much of our trme tn adjust mg to the newness lrvmg up to our reputatron as green underclassmen we found trme not only to parttcrpate rn school actrvrtres but to comure up some of our own We collaborated wrth the Sophomores ur producrng the founder of a generatron of carmvals whrch was a brtllrant splash of fun garety and color a good trme was had by all As Sophomores we enthustastrcally slrpped rnto another busy year, proudly clalmrng the honor of belng the largest class at Oakwood Our Junror year agaln the largest class agam enthuslastrc The major events of thls -wp year have been the Jumor Senror Banquet and our frrst class play In brref we would say that our years at ' Oakwood have been a grand success in work and in ., fun But we are human - - and it will be rather A 1 r H' 1' f . . MJD - mce to say 'We re Senrors' --- at last! -- ,Z- Iliff? L 1 Devin IST ROW Mr Taylor Mrs Taylor A Barnard Secy E Cunningham Pres J Colhns Treas 2ND ROW L Kirby B VanK1eeck J Prnkett E Egee D Wrlliams S Serman J Bernstem I Melmker S Shemll E Wright D Kerr R. Church 3RD ROW E Tredemann, M Barnard M Getty Y Thumck M Oberkotter M Swmt I Coulter 4TH ROW B Blom N Lawford M Foster P Fuson B Ftnch 5TH ROW B Dent 1 Strand R. Parker M Rocco C Colhns R. Gosse W Blank 6TH ROW R Fer nandez D Swartz P Grant K Mrller N Cleveland D Sutton D Dustm G Smlth NOT SHOWN O Krrsten V Pres C Ball Olfifl 0I Qd Every moment of tlus year has been frlled wrth acuvrty for the Sophomores They produced thetr class play My Srster Erleen whrch was a grand success and well worth all the effort put tnto rt and gavea picruc As rs the custom they staged the yearly Oakwood carnrval provrdrng an evemng of fun and enter tarrunent for all Sophomores were well represented on school athleuc teams as well as makrng thetr mark scholasucally Class acuvitres were supervrsed by thetr very capable class offrcers ably as srsted by vanous commrttees throughout the ear At the close of a great year we look X-f forward to even greater thtngs 1n the years I . , I '59 at ahead 29 N IST ROW left to rrght A Cooper Secy R Aurttr V Pres MISS Rhodes J Grummon PICS D Guzy Treas 2ND ROW N Stewart M Andrau J Schwartz E Havrland L Harlow L Rahl 3RD ROW E Collms C Smrth A Drckhuth P Betts L Apfelbaum S Rrckman 4TH ROW N Thurston C Becker H Bedell M Knack R Wrlhams G Lyle S Vermes 5THROW I Green P Mrckelson L Corwm I Ernst Not shown S S1mons P85 Ifflefl Thts was for most of us not only our frrst year rn l-hgh School but also our frrst year at Oakwood, Through the frrendlrness and gurdance of teachers and students we soon came to feel and to be a workrng part of the Oakwood communtty The Freshman class has been actrve rn all phases of school ltfe tncludmg the vancuscommrttees the athletrc teams and the study and work programs One of the major actrvrtres of the class thrs year has been tn connectton wrth Oakwood s affrlrated school Srxteen of the twenty nrne members correspond w1th French students and we have done several pro jects rn our classes to send to the school Thrs year the class trted an experrment For the frrst t1me tn many years our class play was an orrgrnal sk1t wrrtten by one of our members Prtched suddenly 1nto new surroundrngs and a whrrl of new actrvmes there have been 5 problems and trrals of course On the whole however bemg Freshmen was grand and we look forward wrth conftdence to next year when as old students we shall strrve to hve up to our hard earned reputatron and help make another new class feel at home ll Y 4 j Ax ' p lg . ' 5 4 'Z ' -'1 'I , . Irs . ' ' ' Q 4 X, , u n - - , N 30 ' - 21 h 'Ser IST ROW left to rrght N Wells V Pres L Herman Treas E Calvrno J Fryer E Knowles H Birnbaum R Andrau Secy S Ho Pres 2ND ROW A Cooper R Burke R. W1l11ams Mrss Craxg QRD ROW A Dehardt R Wrlson R. Heaton NOW SHOWN G Krakower L Srmons 47,f!tz'A gm, ole Thxs small but enthustasuc class almost make up a small Umted Natxons wrth members of the class representing China Sumatra Holland and Venezuela m addrtron to the Umted States of course We have had a busy and happy year paruclpatrng tn all school actrviues parucularly rn sports The boys have organized football and basketball teams whrch have played tnter scholasuc games We have also had parues and a picnic and taken tnterestlng freld tnps We have had fun thrs year studylng and playrng together and w1th many plans for the future we look forward wxth great anucrpatron to four more years at Oakwood KZ 111 K 31 iw? hifi In 1 06666 n .szzwion 'WM 'W W.-P v V ciwL1fLea Jw AXXAA 1 NQf QQ Q J Q if M Wm f n1m'w,f' fi IST ROW A Cooper R Andrau E wnghr M Foster P Knack D Guzy 2ND ROW S Eckles J Davxs P DeCordova C Dav1s M Land1s M1SSCI81g 3RD ROW S Colhns A Marsh P VanK1eeck Mr Passmore R Fxscher D Kappel H Rosenthal sg? Ufenf COUHCI Off! OUIICL gli COMIICI IST ROW LEFT TO RIGHT R Hessler Mr IST ROW LEFT TO RIGHT C Smlth S Colllns Butterf1eld R F1scher B Dent 2ND ROW M Knack R Qulnby 2ND ROW H Pauly A V DuBo1s J Bornn J H1ghberger M Strand Dlckhuth C Davls M Foster E Wrlght K Melby 361: MIHHRUCDI NOT SHOWN D Kmghton 9 ' to ' 1 - 1 1 . 9 - , . , . . I . 1 - 9 - , . , , . l , ' ' . I . I , . , ' I ' 9 I I . p o , Q . O P 2 9 Q o 3 f Z . g - : - 1 0 - V n ' ' V. ' . , - n . . . . I . . . . p . , - , , . I n . . . v - I n o y - 4 n - The Student Council is the central group in Oakwood student government, It consists of eight to ten students plus two permanent faculty members, Ruth Craig and Henry Passmore, Representatives come from the heads of the four school committees, heads of the Boys' and Girls' Councils, a day student, and representatives from classes not already represented, All members are elected by majority vote twice a year, in June and in January, This year the council has met weekly at Craig Cottage to discuss issues and ideas, large and small, which concern the school and the student body, Branches off from this central governing body are the four committees mentioned above, THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Headed up in the Ist semester by Audrey Marsh, and in the 2nd by Janet Davis, this committee was responsible for arranging social activities, Most obvious of the achievements of this committee were the decorating jobs that they turned out for the dances, THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE: The main function of this group was planning for and scheduling weekend programs throughout the year, This year the committee was headed up by Henry Rosenthal and Susan Eckles, THE WORK COMMITTEE, As its name implies, this committee works. Much credit goes to Danny Kappel, head, who organized such activities as flooding the tennis courts for skating, and cleaning up the athletic fields, Probably the most important duty that falls to this group is the assigning of work jobs. THE STUDY COMMITTEE: This year the committee, under the leadership of Pete VanKleeck, has organized student supervised study halls and worked on an Honor Code that made the Honor System less of a rule and more of an incentive, It has been felt that the aim of increased co-operation and mutual understanding between students and faculty in the running of the school has progressed successfully throughout the year, If we Cadnclar Commiffee Oda! Cvmmiffee Illini' Commiffee .Steely Cvmmiffee 37 o, in Mkwcvwtws L ,, f mia 'Isuzu A .Hanan Oakwood School became affiliated wrth a French school in 1949 This affiliation has gradually become a firmly established reality at Oakwood In its mitral year the committee sent a French typewriter to the school with the help of various activities an allocation from the school Community Chest and donations Thrs typewriter enabled the school to re estabhsh the business course which had been discontinued when the occupation forces stripped the insutuuon of machinery In r95o the affihauon was again sup ported enthusiastically by members of both schools Letters crossed the ocean regularly and classroom work was exchanged periodi cally Next year the Escarbotin school plans to have an Enghsh room Oakwood has sent pictures maps calendars and literature for this new room Early in the fall a viewmaster was sent with reels of various sections of the United States and later pencils and sharpeners were sent too During 1951 the Affiliation Com- mittee busily worked on a reserve fund which will bring a French student to Oakwood for a year and later send a student from Oakwood to Escarbotin 3 8 laecfa for H Beware - remember that what you say may be used against you in the Famous Sayings column of the next Spectator! It seems that whenever you say anything that you don't want repeated, someone representing our school paper is there to quote you. Seriously, though, we all awaitedthe publish- ing dates of the Spectator with impatience. We were very proud of the articles of interestthat weal- ways found in it - articles about sports, articles by different students, editorials on controversial issues, the amusing quips that filled in the spaces, and the cartoons and pictures. giving At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Newlin advanced the idea of offering a brief course in typ- ing to those who were unable to fit typing into their schedules. A11 who wished to acquire some skill in typing through the use of the touch system could meet on Tuesday evenings. By the use of fingering drills, dictation, and typing to music, a lot was learned in the short time which was available. As the year progressed, thenovicesbecame acquainted with their typewriters and even students of the typing classes who belonged to this club grew more proficient in the course. This club proved in- teresting and stimulating to all attending members. 39 PQILCA With the admirable motto of maktng known at Oakwood that there is a Spanish language a Spanlsh Club similar to those of past years was formed Under the capable leadership of our viva ctous Miss Arky and a committee of three theClub met approxtmately every other week for rnformal conversation and reading School interests and seasonal occasions provided topics for conversation actrvities and games At Christmas time the Club had a party which included the Mexican Pinata game Needless to say the group soon resorted to Spanish version of Twenty Questions as less hazar dous and trying It has not been a large group with exciting activities but for those few who regularly attended it provided an excellent opporturuty to learn to speak Spanish more fluently The French Club is composed of students who meet every two weeks on a social basis. Membership is voluntary and the only requirement is that the participants speak French all the time. Together they sing songs, play games, and engage in the gentle art of conversation -- toujours en francais, n'est-ce pas? Coffee and refreshments are taken a la Francaise All members remember evening of January tenth when Fete des Rois tn French style heard their resounding shouts of with nostalgia the they celebrated La Tour le monde Vive la reignel Vive le roll V1ve la France! Vive les Etats Unisl Vive la Oakwood! ,Wt cm 40 . - n V K ' VI ' 'I ll . . . ' 0 . . ,, . . . ,, U , ., . A . . v 1 ' ' , 0 I V - - n n - . 'K Ls .f h ff ' F o . Ne Lgl0M5 l5Cll:f5l0l'l Pea! EDU415 gon Relrgron Drscussron Group In answer to the prrmary need of man to frnd a farth and the generalcon fusron of rdeas among youth a group was organrzed to drscuss analyze and learn about the varred aspectsof relrgron and man The group started wrth the fundamentals of rehgron concernrng good and evrl God and the 1nd1v1dua1 conceptron of H1m and absolute standards of human conduct The drscusstons have been very anrmated and valuable Although rt rs vrrtually rmpossrble to draw conclusrons the partrcrpants are able to clarrfy doubtful conceptrons learn of the drfferent f31T.hS of others and obtarn helpful tnformatron rn under standrng the fundamental rdeas of relrgron Great Books Club Thrs year the Great Books club was rnaugurated at Oakwood It rs an organrzatron of groups throughout the country sponsored and drrected by the Unrversrty of Chrcago to provrde means for rn terestrng people to study the truly great works of lrterature rn the drscussron group method At Oakwood the response to thrs rdea has been actrve The drscussrons held on alternate Sunday afternoons have been hrghly SI1l'l'lU18I1l'lg RY' The class of IQ5l has a specral attachment to one 1'--gi of the largest and most popular organrzauons at Oakwood We have watched the Glee Club develop from a small group of twelve to the rmpressrve student faculty group of IO8 Under the capable drrectron of Bert Mason BSSlSICd by Isabella Taylor accompanrst the Club has made true progress 1n rts frrst years One of the major events of the year was our annual Chrrstmas Pageant rn whrch the Glee Club played an rnte gral part We featured Chrrstmas musrc representanve of early French German and Englrsh perrods Other hrgh lrghts of the program were the Small Chorr and several solo vorces from the Glee Club In the annual Sprrng Concert the Chorr presented the St John Passron by Hernrrch Schulz The entrre Glee Club sang a chorus from the Messrah and varrous secular es prec 4 9 1 The Oakwood Glee Club 15 open to all who ap precrate and enjoy srngrng good choral musrc The Club s repertorre ranges from Palestrrna to popular swrng numbers Mr Mason and the entrre Glee Club would lrke to express a partrng word of thanks to Erleen Moore who has farthfully supported the organrzauon mth her solo numbers for four years O I x ' 9 B , at Q A V g I J . . . . 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' ' lag,-A If - . 1 . w 4904 It has long been a part of Oakwood for each student to have some sort of work job because Oakwood feels that IIS students should understand and apprec1ate the value of work A work Job may rnclude anythmg from workrng rn the kxtchen to berng HSSISIADI to the headmaster s secretary The work Jobs change hands from year to year under the supervrsron of the head of the work commrttee and the work supervrsor The Jobs are drstrlbuted wxth these cons1derat1ons chorce class, number of years at Oakwood and su1tab1hty 42 Ol :S nr fs K. tss., P y 4 V 5- 'WWA 904 I 6Ll'l'l6l,tlC6 One of the most popular of the Expressron Courses thrs year was the Dramatrc class Meet mg three trmes each week the class recerved rnstructron rn speech make up and dramauc skrll and productron Therr many class actrvrues mcluded pracuce in monologue dralogue pantomme and oratory Durmg the frrst half of the school year the class produced a one act play Pest Guest as well as a radro program The Sprrng found th1s enthusrasuc group makrng use oftherr 1nstruct1on and experrence by producmg another entertalnrng play A11 agree that thxs provrded excellent experrence and trarmng for those who wrsh to do further study in the freld of Dramatrcs and enjoyable actrvrty wrthm the currrculum for those who do not 44 l page W o . . . . . . . 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'Xl ., at 5 A J , cam Pfayl A the Faculty Play November rr 1950 Semor Play Aprrl28 1951 The Curse of An Achrng Heart Moor Born' The play s the thmg Yes the play IS the thrng at Oakwood by whrch more class spurt rs precrprtated than by any one other acuvrty It has long been the custom for each class fas well as the facultyj to provrde the enter tarnment for one Satruday mght of the year These programs often take the form of a play rangmg from the light fantastrc to the more serrous type A11 members gladly take part ln the producuon of the play Inexpenenced frngers dlg rnto greasy bottles and smear the actors faces wrth make up Even the shyest people try out for parts and sometlrnes end up steahng the show Our plays are never completely smooth and pohshed but the mlstakes are one of the thrngs that make us laughmgly remember these CXC1I1flg evemngs for a long trme Junror Play March I7 IQSI Sophomore Play January 27 IQSI Nrght Must Fall My Srster Eileen '2 FFR PM w'Ba-sv 45 9 P1 ' .1 , - X ll ' II ll 1 ll ' ' o D I . 4 . I a - Ni FFF i ' If as t E- A JQKR' HCtlflI 8 11 i,Q'2 ,TF 141 'ix '3' AU 1 fm J in 99+ W 5 A M QI' HE Q ff ix XX fm 5-3 ENQEQTWXK is L , get f X A f ff?6Q,fQ5 K is N ,baby RJ ' QD Xxx KJ' 3? XX J Q 3 R' xg X I A LJ X V W Q Eff? i1f,!jf Z Q. A 1 ., I if 4 X gg? KE. 'ks V R f Q, V V17 af L f f WU X W ' 1 I 'E ff E- W i 3 fX Q ff iw M ' ' ' ,F g ,, D I 3 - M : 'Rf LLP?-A! t SA 1 X X X3 L' a , R .ff 47 xxx A .a.' 'L-sl' ph--ali .XQAEUCJ C J D956 f 'N L J f Q x , Fx N 7 Q3 Lb i if f :vi . -33 As the frnal gun sounded the whole soccer squad felt that thrs year had been one of the best , 1. R' 5' if as far as soccer was concerned fs. W 5- -G ,M ,, -R ,, P 1' thal rn the goal Remxgro Fernandez and Ed Tanguy 1' H M at the fullbacks Pete de Cordova Captarn Buzzy Smrth and Danny Kappel at the halfback slots and Pete Van Kleeck, Paul Grant, Steve Blank and Pete Kernke on the forward hne Under the watchful eye of Hank Passmore the team was turned rnto a wrnnrng combrnatron and molded rnto a hrghly sprrrted club Rosy was taken out of the goal to bolster the attack Serman was also placed on the hne and Arnold Golden took Rosy s place rn the goal Pete Kernke was hrgh scorer for Oakwood bootrng home frve goals rn the Anderson game and four rn the Wapprngers match to skyrocket hrs frnal total to erghteen The team played rn the Dutchess County Soccer League and placed second tyrng four other clubs Our record was three wrns four losses and one t1e rn league engagements In three non league games we won one lost one and tred one Perhaps the frgures do not look as rmpressrve as the team drd on the frnal day of soccer The bench was cleared of reserves and the arr was frlled wrth vrctory as rt should have been all season had rt not been for a few unlucky breaks OCCQI' FRONT ROW left to rrght P Beldock, Manager W Blank P Grant S Serman D Guzy R. Gosse E Hayes I Green SECOND ROW P de Cordova D Kappel E Smrth Captarn P Kernke H Rosenthal F Serdel THIRD ROW H Passmore Coach S Ho P Ausenda R. Fernandez E Tanguy A Golden P Van Kleeck J Earp R. Mrckelsen L Corwrn R. Wrlson R Heaton 50 an ff? I , a Q 'Q sa , s r r r '1 ' vi' -97 ' , 1- A C3 M . .. fc ' ,'4.f r .Zh I g K v,!-i'A'.k f - 'tl s- 3 , , .m.. , an. '-7 -. U65 1+ , , - - ,,.g. , fig,-3 ,g1 The starung eleven rncluded Henry Rosen- , J - - f 1-Yu. ' he-'T-A ' - -0. 'r ' ' 4 1. ..' 'W'-M: x,'r-'-Zr:'L ' ' ' 1 f 4 -r. ' . t s J. lil, 'va' ug ?'.C I . .- I , 'J ' 'V' M 'Q M Q I I I I . ' l I , . I I I I I ' I I . I I I ' . 1 0 I I v ' I I ' ' . . . . ' . ' . I . : 9 I ' I ' I ' I ' I I ' I ' ' : 9 I ' I ' I I I I ' I ' I ' I ' I ' I I ' I ' I I ' I ' I I I ' I 4 I ' I j ' 1 C I R. Meagher D Swartz Assrstant Manager R. Hessler Manager SECOND ROW P Cleaves W Homans C Lane R. Temple A Harkness B Van Kleeck C Collms J Coulter H Cohen S Goldberg THIRD ROW H Fraster Line Coach W Butterfield Head Coach Y Sanbonmatsu Backfteld Coach J Highberger E Cunningham O Krrsten J Bornn M Kaufman D Rabenda N Cleveland R Frscher R. Bullard goofgaf Although dns was our second complete season of eleven man football Oakwood found ttself hampered by the lack of expertenced materral Of the five returmng letterrnan not one had played rn the backfield Add to thas the uuunes which further hampered us throughout the season and our record of one ue and fxve defeats is understandable Whether the going was good or bad we always found a rallyrng potnt in our captain Dick Fischer Our pass snagging was usually done by Paul Scuderi and Drck Temple Long John Hi berger was once agatn cemented in his tackle positlon wrth Howre Cohen f1l11ng tn the other tackle slot Roger Bullard and Andy Harkness were our up and coming guards Van Cunnmgham plugged up the center on offense whrle Stan Goldberg was a standout on defense Charlie Dresden then later on in the season, Olaf Krrsten and Charlie Lane drd the quarterbacklng of the team Charlie Colhns Barney Van Kleeck Red Cleveland and B111 l-lomans filled rn the halfback posttions with Dtck Fischer mamstay of the backfield plugging the fullback slot Among our rnjuries were Mlke Kaufman a promistng tackle and Mark Strand a potential end both of whom were out for a greater part of the season ' Veteran Don Rabenda one of the ptllars tn the line was out for most of the season Charhe Dresden, quarterback and Vem DuBois, guard were lost the team ln mid season, whrle Olaf Kirsten the frnal two games because of lllness. t 51 is r I 3 4 1' I .Y r X y L f. . 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I f The grrls hockey team had a season whxch was hrghlrghted by several excmng games among whrch was the faculty tussle Our faculty rrvals were so powerful and lucky that we bowed to them by a heart breakrng score of 3 I In our regular games of the season our team was arded by a swrft offense and a strong defense whlch chcked 1n a scorrng unrt At the end of the schedule Oakwood had a won and lost record of f1ve w1ns and two losses The two most excrung games were played w1th Greer and Mlllbrook The Greer game was punctuated by long dr1ves suck control and we1rd goals w1th Oakwood the vrctor 1n a 6 3 decrsron In the M1llbrook game theu team moved out rn front w1th a 2 o score at the end of the fust quarter Oakwood w1th rts coordrnated un1t fou t back Wllh determmauon rn the second quarter We scored a goal In the thrrd the ball had been h1t on rllegal ground and the score was called back The hockey team has speclal thanks for Mrss McK1nstry our new coach whose able drrectron brought the season to a successful conclus1on Our manager Rachel Qrunby and the team co captarns Sally Colhns and Audrey Marsh deserve a round of applause for thelr unfarlrng a1d and helpfulness OC Elf FRONT ROW left to rrght P Well E Danenberg E Bunzel J Kenerson S Col11ns andA Marsh C Captarns A Kelsey C Henderson R Church SECOND ROW I McK1nstry Coach S Rose M Berry C Dav1s E Wr1 t B Booth, D Kerr P Fuson M Barnard,J Perkrns J Taylor, H Pauly R. Qurnby was absent when thrs prcture was taken -7 52 VI Y I 6 W5 1 l quarter no goals were scored. In the last seconds of the game Oakwood scored again but it was found that , . , ' I . . . . ' . , - . y . , . , ' : . ' , . , . , . , . ' . , 0- ' I ' l ' I ' ' : ' I I I ' I ' D ' , . 'gh , . . , . . . . ' , . . . ' ' T' s ,C ,gt.s by wk A X gig 550ClCl,tl0ll FRONT ROW left to rrght C Henderson Presrdent, Mrss McK1nstry C Davrs, V1ce Pres1dent SECOND ROW M Getty Freshman Representatrve, A Kelsey Treasurer J Taylor, Secretary The Gtrls Athleuc Assocratron began rts 1950 1951 season by sponsorrng and planmng a hrke to Slrde Mountarn rn the Catskrlls The cltmb was rnvrgoratmg and all enjoyed the excurs1on For several years the cheerleaders have asked wrthout farl for letters to complete then cheerleadrng outftts The G A A was pleased and proud to present letters to our deservrng cheerleaders These grrls have each year supported our teams farthfully wrth unflaggrng spurt Wrth the letters went our smcere thanks for these frne perfor ITIBIICCS Dunng the year the Assocration worked on a better pornt system for grrls letters More potnts were grven for the sports whrch requrred free ttme The group also tned to work out a system whtch would group all non varstty sports rn one polnt range By all mdrcatrons the new rattngs have had a successful first year and rt ts hoped that the gtrls wrll continue to regard them favorably 1n the future The last part of the year brought the tradmonal sports banquet where letters, trophres and blazers were awarded It was also the t1me for the old officers of the group to welcome the newly elected officers The mtnnsrc value of the organtzatton rs evrdent when its rdeals are expressed through an appreciation of health through acuvttles Wh1Ch strengthen the body mmd and spurt mJ9ela FRONT ROW left to rxght R Wrllrams, R Wrlson, R Burke SECOND ROW I Ernst A Dehardt D Guzy, E Nisonger, S Ho THIRD ROW N Wells D Swartz, Manager, Y San bonmatsu, Coach R Aunti P M1Ck elsen Oakwood s Mrdgets are the varstty team of 1954 And rf we may Judge from thexr record thrs year, it ts safe to predtct that Oakwood wtll walk away with the section trophy three or four years from now At the time the Quercus went to press our Freshmen and erghth graders had won eight games whtle lostng only three One of these tuumphs was scored by the etghth graders alone agarnst T1V01l Butch Wilson sparked the team on this occaston The Mrdgets twenty games rncluded contests with teams from the Southem Divrsron of the Elementary School Basketball League although the squad d1d not compete for the champtonshrp Coach Yosh Sanbonmatsu was well satrsfred wtth the progress the team made and the tmprovement whrch lt showed from game to game Dan Guzy had a fum hold on the scoring honors achrevrng a one game high of 21 pornts but the rest of the team performed equally well rn supporting thrs flurry of pornts Art DeHart Lee Corwxn, John Ernst, Earl Nisonger, Sam Ho and Butch Wilson all saw plenty of action Manager Dave Swartz was always there to help out and the whole team felt that rt had been a good season and lots of fun The followrng members of the team were absent when the prcture was taken Allen Cooper, Lee Corwin, Rusty Heaton and Ian Green 53 I 0 7 a I0 f :' D 5- 4 in l ' . 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' 3 0 1' ns ' . ogd gud efgaf Uararlg FRONT ROW left to nght R Frscher M Strand E Smrth, P Van Kleeck, A Golden SECOND ROW W Butterfreld, Coach, H Cohen, H Rosenthal, P de Cordova, P Scuderl, R Bullard, Manager The basketball team had a very successful season this year Led by the versatrle Buzzy Smrth, who was equally at home rn the pomt scorxng department and rn play makmg, and Pete Van Kleeck, who was hr scorer for the season we were frrmly entrenched rn second place tn the Hudson Valley sectron of the D C S L when this artrcle was wntten We had won frve league games and lost three, two to the champron Ptne Plarns club, ln addnion to wrnnlng two non league engagements Coach B111 Butterfreld was able to put the tallest team he had ever coached onto the boards The startrng frve were Buzzy Srruth, the Captarn, Pete Van Kleeck and Dick Fischer, who were holdovers from last year s team, and newcomers Pete de Cordova and Mark Strand Paul Scuderi, who came up from last year s I V squad also played an important part in the team's success Others on the squad were Amre Golden and HenryRosenthal Iumor Varsity at mrdseason There can hardly be a better rndrcation of the ments of the I V squad The Oak wood Junior frve had a good season under the drrectron of Hal Frazrer Our managers, Olaf Krrsten and Roger Bullard dtsplayed the same splrxt which the team showed, and helped a great deal tn canng for the needs of both the Varsity and J V squads Oakwood also sponsored a four way tournament among Friends schools in the New York State area This not only provrded an opportunrty to play basketball, but also gave the particrpatmg schools a chance to get better acquainted wrth each other We hope that thrs toumament idea may sometime be expanded to include all the Frrends schools rn the East, and that the games may be held at a college athletic arena such as the field house at Swarthmore FRONT ROW left to nght J Collins B Van Kleeck F Seidel SECOND ROW C Dresden E Tanguy S Goldberg, H Frazrer, Coach, W Blank, P Kernke R Whrte THIRD ROW C Collrns R Temple, E Cunningham, T Hickman, D Sutton, N Cleve land D Dustm, B Dent MIUOI' ?jal'5lty 54 ' L . . - . . - . . gh up from last year's Junior Varsity, and Howie Cohen. Red Cleveland and Dick Temple were promoted from the V c ape A z . 'f' f 41-1 T . s . . . . 'L 4 4, ,.. FRONT ROW left to rtght J Fuller M Getty D Samuels J Wrnchester H Pauly R Church E Egee A Barnard SECOND ROW E Moore M Smrley S Colllns M Barnard J McK1nstry Coach A Fass nacht M Landts A Kelsey E Danenberg Manager THIRD ROW D Kerr M Berry P Fuson Z Hart A Harvey K Voorhrs A MacDougall E Wrrght C Davts D Km ton Q16 The Oakwood grrls began thetr basketball season rn December At ftrst there were no srx who qualt fred for a good team but as the season progressed the grrls became more experrenced and sure and shots from the court began to ftnd the hoop conststently Oakwood agatn had worked up a good team One of the new rdeas whrch our new coach Joyce McK1nstry tntroduced was the two platoon system Thrs tdea requlred the use of two teams It was a system whtch emphasrzed the team rather than the Uld1V1d ual Thrs procedure drd not put too much pressure on only a few tndrvtduals but tnstead tt gave some a chance to rest whrle others got the opportuntty to play The scheme was heartrly approved by all concerned One of the hr hghts of the season was Donut Day Foul shot artrsts tned thetr best to rank rn the top frve rn the Donut Honors department Thrs accomphshment would brrng IIS reward rn the form of some welcome refreshments We were all sure that the season was a success not only as far as the won and lost record was concerned but also tn the freld of good sportsmanshtp and healthy com petrtron Many thanks go to our coach and to our manager both of whom contnbuted a great deal to our accomplrshments 55 I E RJ A I i l l ' f ' l I ' l ' . I ' . I . .gh ' 0 9 RL Fassnacht I Davrs E Moore A Barnard GCI' 6 Cl. SIU C mon Oakwood let s gol echoed through the crowd from the begmrung of football season to the end of basketball The yellmg was led by a squad of nrne cheerleaders dressed U1 the school colors of black and whrte They were ably led by thelr co captams, Ann Fassnacht and Rua Muckenhoupt Asrde from Ann and Rrta who have each been on the squad three years there were Yvonne Andrau Q11 Anne Barnard fzy Janet Davrs fzj, Susan Eckles Q21 Mrckey Moore Q25 Manorre Sm1ley U1 and Jeanme Taylor Q0 The grrls recelved a letter consrsung of the standard O and megaphone for therr football uruforms They also recerved letters for therr basketball unlforms Autumn pep ralhes wxth tradrtronal bon frres also encouraged much of the spurt exhrbrted bythe crowd durmg games School songs vrbrated among the onlookers ull all were roused to cheer for the teams of therr Alma Mater The day before a game often found the tonsrl torturers bent over large mounds of paper chalk rn hand preparrng to adorn the halls wrth brrlhant posters They also served refreshments to both teams after many Fall games The student body was encouraged to contnbute new cheers and many were recerved The cheerleaders want to express therr apprecranon to the hrghly spmted crowd whrch backed up then efiorts. ' Alla Ga Roo Ga Roo Ga Roo Wa Who Ba Zoo H1 X H1 X Hrka Prka Domrmka Hong Pong Trpprn Tlka Allaka Ballaka Ba Oakwood Oakwood Rah Rah Rah 56 F Va.a as . as , . O , ,A- . 9 .. l p I I ll I I ll ' ' I I 9 U I I I I I . ' . . . . . , , . I . . . . lu n . I 9 . . .. .u . . U . . . . D Q I , . n if ' 'I Mg I' tv' X53 I - , - I I I Jax Y-'R YA 1 if 51 ' 12,-cf? A .g, Easels!! Lrke all yearbooks the 1951 Quercus went to press before the schedule of Sprrng sports could get under way Th1S report therefore had to be a look at a season yet unplayed In early Sprrng the baseball outlook was uncertaln Frve varslty lettermen and flve reserves from last year s team were due to report Drck Ftscher and Charlle Lane were expected to form the nucleus of the outfleld whlle the 1nf1eld could be butlt around Pete Van Kleeck Paul Scuderl and Buzzy Smlth Charlte Dresden Olaf Klrsten Dave Dustrn John Poucher and Henry Rosenthal all had had experrence on the I V squad last year In addrtron to the above there were some promrslng new comers such as HOWIC Cohen Stan Goldberg D1ck Whlte and Charlle Colhns to mentlon only a few Hank Passmore our coach felt that there would be a tough scramble for the posrtrons left vacant through graduauon but that the team would wln 1ts share of games Teams on the Oakwood schedule rncluded Storm Krng Greer 0 Locust Valley 'Vs Anderson f 5 i 1 Staatsburg 8- Mrllbrook Boys School 5e ESM?-3 in gym n . I . Q l S 4 ., A L V . A ' by 2 , 12 -1 y lf 't 5 , ' ' ,ff ff sf ' ffl S at ' S' f'lf'i'? . J PTP? ' S :ffl somaf 0 K now lets get er outl Softball the leadrng Sprmg sport for girls agam attracted many plrtlcrpants thrs year To make the team was the mam aim 1Il the earlter part of the season There was st1ff competrtion as fifteen of last year s team were back agam Add these to the newcomers and the cholce added up to a headache for Joyce McKmstry who coached the team Wxth great sklll and won derful spurt our glrls met oppon ents from other schools No matter whether they won or lost, the players kept theu tempers under control and fought to the end Some teams on the Oak wood schedule were Wapprngers Falls Arllngton Greer Anderson It was and is beaunful court all green and wonderful sttuated approx lmately mrdway between the mam bullding and the boys hall Formerly its locatron below the parkrng area retard ed its popularity then some av1d enthusrasts collaborated l.l'l gettmg it moved to its pres ent location where lt became the prominent after supper ac trvxty for Sprmg and Fall Soon the grass became trampled then xt disappeared entirely leaving only dusty ground and along with the populanty and fun of volley ball came drsputes over boundary lures Consequently one Saturday P M a group of mdustnous workers pains takmgly measured and lined the court to accurate proportrons With all improvements and all partrctpatmg volley ball rose to claim ltS place among the leading games at Oak wood Q U ' . . 3 V I I I a n, . 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Ixxg 1 ' , -ar Fall and Sprrng are the seasons when tenms rackets and balls are dragged out of the closet for some strenuous use Any mme there IS a lull rn the day one can see people dashrng to reserve the courts for pracuce Tennrs plays a large part 1n Oakwood athletrcs Every season the courts are full and the thud of racket agarnst ball can be heard at all trmes The tenms team IS a closely knrt group work mg together and turnrng rn a frne performance rn both smgles and doubles The boys work hard and even rf they lose take II wrth a gun and a shake of the head No matter rf the temperature IS above average or the day rather damp the spmt rs st1ll there and the games go on Th1s year we are proud to boast of two new tenms courts whrch enable more people to en joy tenms We are hoprng to have stlll more courts rn the future so that everyone who wants to play can have the opportunrty ellfllif 60 gof with the coming of Spring, and consequently, Spring fever, golf enthusiasts were seen practrcrng all over the campus Many of our farr damsels took up the sport when they heard wh1spered rumors whrch promrsed wasp warsts to all who practrced dtlrgently Others played for the sheer Joy of rncreasrng therr skrll Thrs skrll was soon tested when the golf team was orgaruzed and played opposmg teams Answermg the call for players whrch coach Frazrer rssued were retournees Don Rabenda and Paul Grant as well as several newcomers I B M was k1nd enou to grve the boys honorary membershrps to the Golf Club where the team played some of tts matches PCLC Although Oakwood does not have an organrzed varsrty track team we do enter both the Arlrngton In vrtatron Meet and the Dutchess County Scholastrc League event each Spring In the last few years Oakwood has sent some outstandrng trackmen to these meets We hold the sectron record forthe 100 yard dash and the county record for the 220 yard run Both marks were set by Nerl Randell two In the last three years Oakwood has won the trophy for tts secuon once and has come rn second twrce mrsslng out by half a pomt rn 1949 and by one pomt last year The 880 yard relay was our Achllles heel both umes Thts year s track meet had not yet been run when the yearbook went to press but we agarn expected to make astrong showlng Such outstandrng performers as Buzzy Smrth who has won the mrle run two years 1n a row Dtck Frscher who placed rn the 100 yard dash last year John Hlghberger who walked off wrth the shot put medal and B111 Homans who trrumphed rn the hrgh Jump were expected to repeat therr good perfor mances There were also some newcomers who would undoubtedly grve Oakwood boostand prospects were good that we would 61 brtng home the hardware once aga1n . . ' I . . lx years ago. We also hold the section record for the 440 yard run, which was set by Herby Day in 1949. ai ' ' ' A . ' ,l s I - ' a .x4rcA QP? The archery classes meet both in the Springand in the Fall under the super- vision of Rita Arky. This Fall teams were organized and there was some interteam competition. In the Spring the group planned to meet with other schools. With such participants as Hazel Schmitt, Peggy Knack, Taffy Thunick, Eleanor Tiede- mann, Diana Williams, Esther Calvino and Katrina Voorhis the season promised to be a successful one. 0l 5e CLC Horseback riding has become a favorite sport of many of theOakwood girls Mr David Lane supervises their riding and teaches the beginners at Grey s Riding Stables which is a few miles from the school Such enthusiasts as Mary Booth Ioan Perkins Rachel Quinby and Linda Harlow have made uptheridtng group this year 62 O v-'V .:7Le lioanf ,Qi .gurfioffvn ff' x w x 7112? ,710 Jll fare ,yfdfel if 64 UQl tL :SQITLQl'lfJ ii L I I Q C2555 f y A A fm, K N B D , L-iifx if 1' ' X Q,.,-I W X CX! I I XX c N X Q T r gf Orr Q GO v m 0 f Photo .cpher .4 Mggrw HPC rj .Jr c wk noble f J F - HE HC' 1545 F NV 2 4. ' P5170 ri YV, F R E FQ , Spf1?',f.f.1 . xg, 3 A2 ' S ,JT :V P JVJQL il 1 'I ' , FN-1 fr Yury' ff I Ckf IU! 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