Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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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 ' , ' - - - . . ,

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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

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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