Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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LITERARY CLUB AND MAGAZINE: Seated, left to right-John Berberelly, Adviser, France Burton, Martha Ullman, Ann Bahrenberg. Second row-Delia Wheelwright, Julie Fogel- son, Martha Betts, Sarah Newcomb, Susan Deane, Darryl Danenberg, Mary lynn. Literature Club and Magazine VERY Wednesday afternoon, in a solemn manner lbefitting the study of T. S. Eliotl ten of us filed into the library annex to take up the study of literature, As meetings were somewhat restricted by other school activities, we have only discussed a few of Eliot's more important poems, works of James Joyce, and selections of Allen Tate. Under the tutelage of John Berberelly we are now quite familiar with The Waste Land, Portrait of a Lady, Love Song of J. Arthur Prufrock, Gerontion, and others. Four years ago, Oakwood had its first taste of a magazine whose purpose was to print the lfterary works of the student body. This magazine was published under the title of the '53 Work- shop. The following year the name was changed to Lit. Mag. We print various poems, stories, and essays which have been contributed by members of all classes. This fusion of material lends to the publication's importance, and we sincerely hope that the Lit. Mag. will continue to be a welcome part of Oakwood life. Choir HIS has been a big year for the Oakwood choir. Our repertoire has ranged from Jane NewIin's own arrangements of several folk melo- dies to Bach chorales, We could have sung Randall Thompson's Alleluia for days and never tired of it. Our activities have been varierl. At the in- vitation of the Poughkeepsie Meeting we sang on several occasions. At Oakwood we have sung in meetings, vespers, and assembly pro- grams. However, our wonderful trip to Unadilla, New York, climaxed our achievement. After pre- paring an extensive program, we rented a red- white-and-blue Volkswagon, half station wagon, half bus, and one Saturday we drove it and the school car to Unadilla, En route we worked out an impromptu version of a folk song, Sylvie. That we actually added it to our program and sang it that same night was one of the most exciting events of the trip. None of us can ever forget Unadilla, or the choir. It has been a most rewarding experience for us, and, we hope, for Oakwood as well. CHOIR: First row, left to right-Carol Downs, Susan Wright, Sue Deuell, Susan Deane, Judith Brooks, June King, Mar- iorie Frazer. Second row-Barbara Beasley, Ann Willis, Jay Halsband, Karl Wiemer, Glen Bibler, Allan Weber, Karen Jackson, Sarah Newcomb, Jane Newlin, Director, Nichola Bailey, Accompanist.

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Ceramics Club NCE again Mrs. Philby created sculptors out of a group of enthusiastic learners. During Wednesday afternoons we learned the art of pottery-making through the use of coils, molds and other techniques. Each obiect of art was hand-decorated either through the method of under-glazing or that of over-glazing. Using a little ingenuity, we created original iewelry and thoroughly enjoyed making animals from molds. Each time we look at our souvenirs we re- member all the fun we had displaying a little talent and a great deal of imagination. L... r Black on White LTHOUGH we only published two issues of the Black on White, those of us who worked on the newspaper did learn something about iournalism. We printed articles on the Christmas Pageant and other important school activities. We also published profiles on Bill Hodgson and Miss Craig, while our Christmas issue at- tempted to escape dry iournalism by featuring Santa Claus. If interest in the newspaper can be created, facility can be developed that will prove useful to students planning to work on college papers. lib World Affairs Club NDER Dr. Newlin's leadership the World Affairs Club discussed a variety of topics. We concentrated on the effects of the U. N. and of its specialized agencies, other topics were the Geneva Conference, differing political views of India and the West, and Red China's admission to the U. N. The latter was obiectively presented at an assembly program to bring this problem before the school. A sudden increase in membership resulted in less lively discussions. More interest and good planning will make a better club next year.

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