Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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To thc Class of 55 I you were golng to puck a scene SyIUl5OllZll1g the hnest meanlng of Oakwood what would lt be' Undoubtedly many different thmgs would be chosen but I suspect that certarn symbols would crop up agarn and agarn Ill the selections Would rt be the Oakwood seal wrth rts motto Palma Non Slne Pulxere QV1ctory But Not Wrthotxr Blood Sweat and Tears .1 tree trtns lation' 7 Woulcl lt be the p rge rnt with the tab leau Ill front md the Glee Club rn the back ground? The CllI'lSflTldS Lc1I'Ollll1gJ Or exen per haps a solemn gathering rn the assembly room exerybody xery long faced as the Pnncnpal lays rt on the lnne and a new chapter rs begun 2 Or I suppose xt might be the gnrls sportsmanshrp cup or a dormntory scene or a gathermg of the class ln the lrbrary where the trlp to take College Boards lb up for dnscusslon' Yes or the unlor Senror dance or the class play Or eyen perhtps I thrnk th it for me lt might well be 1 scene Ill the gym There I see the Olkwoocl communlty students and st nh' seated around rn no formal order but rn the circle ot frnendshlp smcerlty and worship Perhaps not all are trlends not all are srncere not all are worshnpprng and yet some tunes all three thlngs are true for everyone and often they are for many and the deepest realnty of our lxves together I5 lllustra ed by the clrcle ol trlendshlp It 1s yery 111ONII'lg to me lt times to look around the clrcle seelng uery lace and I'C.1llZlIlf., that eacl lIldlXlLlLl.ll IS umciue and lrstxnctne incl of rnhnntc worth rn the eyes of God All krnds of differences show color of skrn shape of head and features faeral expressron bulld ot bodles Under neath are the hrdden differences of background tralnlng personallty and way of thought Yet somethlng binds us all together and rn a very real sense we are one You cannot escape being part ot exer we go when we leaxe here we haye been changed tor haxlng known one another and when our paths cross IH the days to come w will meet again that part of each other which we haye shared at Oakwood Ior thus elrcle ot frlendshlp for the ups and dow ns we haye known together especrally for the hrgh moments whnch stand out nn memory as the o her moments fade out for the enrrchment of lltc whlch we haxe gnen and reeened I am most profoundly grateful WILLIAXI W CIARK Pnmf 11 A - - af D , r y V - V 4 ' , - I 4 ' V - , V' s V' ' . a A-' W ' , VV V ,V g- Fw, 4 -. 1 .'- , ' ny. ' . , L .2 v V' , V . .. ' A 2 , .. ' ' . 1'-. 1 7 1 , f ,' . , ,aka V ' .ra V V , V - V- . ' -' . , V1 ' ' ' A ' , A 4 ' . V , ,. v 4 -I l +I 'f '., ' I' 'fl , . I . ' V , . ' - , V . ' . , , ' ' . 5 - l v r . '- -YA 1' ' V' V V, V ' , . . ' -.y -, . V. ,V v . 1 K-7 :A 5 A ,A ,D ., AB.. A ' ' just a plain snapshot of Yosh? me and I cannot escape being part of you. Wher- . V y l . 4 , gs , , A . .A 1, . , . ' - , , , ' ' V. a- ' 5 ' A 7 ' ,, ' A A , , A , r - V. f . . .VU . V ' ' , , A Vi, . 4, ' . A V '- ' . 1 . - -s ' s A- I . 5 4 A ' f 4 A .' ' 4 ' . V '- VV. 'V. V -'-'V V . , . 7 .Y -..' ,V. V '. . , .V ' ' , V ' - - ' 9

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Faculty LANGUAGE DIQPARTMIQNT LM! lf, iiglwl, it.md--lulin lit-rln-rclly. Liiting Imgmi.. 1 Ncwlin. l..itin. 'lypingz Willimn liuttt-Hiultl. Dirutttir of liuyi Atlilctiu, Pulwlir Rn-l.rtiuns1 Mary Rliutlcw. Frcmli, Supcrviwr uf lnirigiiilgcyg Ymhiru S.ll llWUI'!II1LlINl1. l.itcr.u- turc. Hixtnry, 'lilicuryg DL-sign uf Art. Buy! Atlilrtiu. Strffmf mu -- Atlcllwcrt Maxim, Frcncli. Glu- Cflulw: Xit'linl.r ligiilcy. English, Girls' Atlilctiui N.1rtli.i firmxlu. Supcrximr of Englixli, Rriiictlinl RL-,nliirui lfixnmcs Nwlnn. Spginisli, Suti.il Stutlitw. Girl! Atlilc-tits M.rrlx IK-t-i'y'. lfnglisli, Rcliginn. lilly! Allllvlltx. SOCIAL STUDllfS DlfPARTlN'llfNT Lcll 11, ifglvl-ltln Stukus, Ancic-nt History, XX'nrltl His turyg VI. Curtis Ncwlin, Dircttur of Stutlics. Aim'rit.rn W History: Fixinrus Nolan, Smial Stutlir-s. Sl.ll1l5lL Girl! Arlilctitxg Artliur liiswu. Suciill Stutlica, Pllyxiu. limp' Athletics. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Luz lu ilglfi, it.iltd-- .luytr MtKinstry. Dt-ran ul Girls A Stix-mt-1 Alfrt-tl Amlcrwuii. Dt-.in nf limp. Mntliciilgitiul 2 w'llll.llT1 Cl.1rk. Printipnlg Rutli Cixiilu. Awismnt Prin- tip.1l. l.il'vr.1ri.1n1 Altrul Ht-ntlt-iwnn. liiixiiu-xx lx'.lI1.l.KL'fl P.aul T.rylni'. lXl.llllLAl1LltlkS, Smmflfzg-V VI. Curtis Nrwlin. Diixmtui' uf Stutliu, Aim-rit.m Histivry, Mliilulq Arthur liistm. Sain-inc. N.1tlicm.rtita. Swtinl StllAllL'Nl XX'illi.im liiltrurliclil, Dirutnr uf Atlilc-Kits, Englixli. Pulwlititx.