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To the Claw of 52 What has lt meant to you thls span of your lrfe stretchnng over the months and years at Oakwood'7 Has ll been .1 krnd of Halfway House? l remember clrmb mg 1 mountarn and commg upon a Halfway House whcrc we spent the nlght lt made all the dlfference rn th ll clrmb Well l say Oakwood rs a kxnd of Half way House tn the clrmb of l1fe from chlldhood to maturlty l thmk the stages of your llfe may be summarlzed by saytng that you start at the levelof DEPENDENCE you develop INDEPENDENCE and fmally you achreve INTERDEPENDENCE You come to Oakwood tra1l1ng the cords of dependence whrch are hanglng on to you from your chlldhood To some of these bonds you stlll subconscrously hold because they grve you a sense of securrty from some you are strrvmg to break away because you feel they are preventrng you from the de velopment of your 1nd1v1dual1ty your ego A man cannot remarn dependent and be a man He must assert h1s rndependence On the other hand he cannot become fully a man unt1l he has outgrown hrs adolescent need to affrrm hrmself aggresslvely Each of us may be consldered mature to the degree to Whlbh we have drscovered our rnterdependence upon one another leammg what rt can mean to be lNDlVlDUALS lN A COMMUNITY Therefore not only do we tratl the bonds of past depen dency 1nto the Oakwood present but also we feel a tug pulllng us toward a future experrence of cooperatlon But here ts the Halfway House Chlef characterlstlc of thrs present lrfe we share ts the need to express mdependence to drscovet what rs one s ovnm ego We look back down the mountaln from our halfway pornt seelng the cozy town from whlch we came the twrnklrng lrghts the smoke dnftmg from the chlmneys the snug houses Maybe sometlmes we wrsh we were back there tucked 1n bed But then we look out over the valley to the drstant horrzon beautrful 1n the moonlrght and we are glad tobefree and alone glad to be mdrvrduals We wander around the s1de of the mountarn revelmg rn the fact that no one IS tell1ng us when ll lS trme to go to bed When the gu1de comes out and tells us we had better h1t the sack because we have a long day ahead we resent hrs authorlty Then maybe we thlnk about that day ahead and reallze how necessary rt IS for us to be at our best not only for our own sakes but for the sake of the others Tomorrow we are gomg to have to be roped together and the safety cf all w1ll depend to some extent on the achleve ment of each one ln order for us to reach the top we shall have to accept the rule of mter dependence Each one w1ll have hrs vrtal role to frll rn order to achreve the summrt whlch no one of us could reach alone If thrs analogy and thxs theory of maturrty have any val1d1ty you can understand a great deal of your l1fe at Oakwood School You can understand IES d1ff1cult1es 1ts joys and IIS pro mrse of a rlcher future You can understand why sometrmes you were homesrck and at other trmes felt the rebellrous des1re to be free from the cond1t1on1ng of your home and parents you can understand why sometxmes you got great zest out of breakrng some rules or rebellmg agamst teachers You can understand why sometrmes thrs thrng called Oakwood spmt caused a negatlve reacuon lnsxde you because rt seemed lrke a throwback to the requrrements of conformlty characterrstlc of your age of dependence whrle at other trmes that sprrrt brought you 1nt1mat1ons of a sense of fellowshlp whxch you had not dreamed was possxble Yes ll has been an exc1t1ng and rmportant place to spend thts trme our Halfway House Soon tomorrow wrll be here Class of 52 l only w1sh I could be on tomorrow s clrmb wrth you My job IS here at Halfway House and l lrve that job! But gc od luck and God speed as you go on up together W1ll1am W Clark 3 1 1 f- K Q ' c . - K 1 x . . 2 . , ' L . 4 . L C c 1 I I . . 7 , . n - l , u . , ' I . . . . , . , . 1 1 1 , . 1 ' 1 I n 0 I 1 , . 9 9 1 - 1 1 - ' 0 , ' ' 9 . 1 - 1 1 V 7 Y ' 1 , . . , . , . . ' 1 ' D r K5 OJ' .
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Left to rlght Yoshxro San bonmatsu Journahsm Eng hsh Drxver Tramlng, Boys Athletxcs, Ida Stokes Enghsh Socxal Studles, Rosemary Mc Namara Englmsh, Socxal Stud mes Dramatlcs, Enola Hen derson Home Economics Isabella Taylor Plano, Art Supervlsor of Muslc, Paul Taylor Mathematxcs Mech amcal Drawmg Chef, Dorothy Burkowske D1 rector of Dlmng Hall Lor rame Jenkms Dmrector of Stu dent Offmce Staff Conchxta Kelly Nurse Left to rxght Bern1ceThomp son Secretary Busmess Of flce, Vera Connelly Secre tary Prmc1pa1'sOff1ce Ber tha Axello Bookkeeper Busl ness Offlce, Barbara Mason Student Store Barbara Hen derson Student Store 9 , ' 9 Left to right: Edward Vitek, . . 3 - . Q . - ' ' ' - 5 -
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