Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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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 ' ' ' ' '

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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, . ' ' '

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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