Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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SERVICE COMMITTEE HE Servite Committee this vear was tom- prised ot' students espetially tonterned with the religious Pll.lSCS ot' sthool life. These intluded spetititallyz Meeting-for-XY'orship. Conferentes. .llhl the Charity liund Drive. The O.1kwood Student Body was tound too large .1 group lor an entirely elfettive Meeting- for-Xworship. The eommittee realized the need for smaller groups to meet apart from the large meet- ing in order to estahlish .1 more tompatt spiritual unit, This was aet'omplisl1ed. Contierentes in XY'ashington. Syratuse. at the U. N. .1nd Butk Hill Falls were made availahle to eath student, Most of them were .1t least a weekend in length and tentered .1round politital, etonomit, and religious topits. Those students wo went to Buck Hill lialls presented an inter- esting report in Vespers. The liund Drive in january was suttesstiulg approximately S500 was tolleeted. -md helore Christmas, the Committee earned S100 for UNESCO hy selling Christmas tards. Throughout the year. student participation in the attivities ot' the Committee was tommendahle. Iwi! 11111. fell! lf, if.Q'E7I7CiT'flTltl.l XXI-hstei'. Reginald Harinatord. Adviser: Virginia Rohinson. ikfelissa Gat- ling. Chairmarig .ludith Sarnoff Stwud 7'Ull'vlUI'1 Flat- tus. Chairmang Beatrite Cook. Kelly Karninereix Sam XY'itl1e1's. STUDY COMMITTEE S .1 sthedule ot' tight. HJ-minute periods per day the atadeinit pl.1n most tondutive to learning? XY'here tan one find a quiet plate to study in the afternoon? Should Oakwood join .1 National Honor Sotiety? XX'h.1t is wrong with tompetition in atademit areas? Should the Book- store he Open one or two evenings tl week? These were among the questions whith Study Committee discussed this year. Bookstore proved itself to he tl useful and w.1nted organization for stimul.1ting outside read- ing, Mr. and Mrs. H.1nnal'ord were invaluahle sponsors. Wfe .1re now looking tor .1 more elegant home than the Spanish room for Bookstore. which seems to he slated for .1 long existanee. The Lihrary he-tame an important area in which Study Committee attomplished results. Students were allowed to horrow previously little-played retords, .1nd the I.ihrary was open alter school with voluntary student supervision. Under the sponsorship ol' Mrs. Stokes and Mrs, Polgar, Carolyn .1nd Sam. as he.1ds ot' Study Committee, have made it one of our most im- portant groups. Slifed. ftlll iff ffgfil-llreir Reith. Silvia Drew. Stepha- nie Lamport. S1.1i.'J11f,L' lda Stokes. Adviser: RCMTU-llvl H.mn.1ford. AelXisel'1 Sam XX'itl1ers, Chairman: Edward Hershherger. -laek Farr. ,latqueline liarkan. Sophie Polgar. Adviserg C.1rolyn Stark. Chairman.

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SOCIAL-CALENDAR COMMITTEE HIS year has been one for firsts in both the Calendar and Social Committees. For the first time the two committees have merged, re- taining only separate chairmen. By having joint meetings it has been possible for the two to make joint decisions: they have then worked together in carrying out these plans. The merging seemed to provide an easier and more effective method of getting things done. Another first has been our program director. We have been very fortunate to have Mr. George Darrow holding this position. I-Ie has given us unlimited aid in planning and in arranging both weekday and weekend activities. A few real successes highlighted the year for SOCIAL COMMITTEE Firrr run-Susan Pagans. Chairmang George Darrow. Adviser: Virginia Manoogian. XX'endv Djorup. Degen Marshall. Sewud mu-Ralph Skeels. Sally Bates. Victor Rubinstein. -Ion Flaccus. Tommy Kaye Hayes. Nur rlmurz-Holly Clarke. Chairman. the Social-Calendar Committee. Pete Seeger re- ceived, as usual, a hearty response, especially from Oakwoods folk-music lovers. Many who had previously declined to venture forth to an Oak- wood dance turned up for the Sports Dance and Banquet, discovering that it was a lot of fun. The Mardi Gras Dance was enjoyable, especially for those who prefer a formal. The Social-Calendar Committee has unofhcially adopted the over-all aim of providing interesting and varied social activities and programs. By discussing, planning, and working together we have been generally successful toward achieving these ends. CALENDAR COMMITTEE Fill! mu-Eileen Grace. Chairman. Stffflld mu. let! In nigfil-Dorothy Alexander. Stephanie Ross, Chair-A mang Susan Moyer. George Darrow, Adviser. Third full -julie Maas. -Iames Eng. Diane Andrews. .Vol Jbuun -Selma Sheldon. NX'alIace Perlman.

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WORK SU PERVISORS 1.0! lu ff,2bl+GL'llfjlk' Darrow. Adviserg Alan Hewitt. -loel Tranum. TUDENT COUNCIL decided that this year. Work Committee should be dissolved, re- taining only its chairman. Workiiig with Mr. Darrow, Al and joel helped with work iohs in and out of the kitchen and did a notahle joh. BOYS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HIS fall Coach Goodyear, the team captains. and class representatives met to form our first Boys' Athletic Association. The B. A. A. operated similarly to the G. A. A. in order to organize boys' athletics. They planned to sponsor more intramural sportsg therefore, the basketball tournament in the fall was a result of this idea. Next year the Association plans to divide the boys into the Black and Wfhite Teams to play each other in all sports. At the end of the year. the winning team will receive an award. Fir-I mir. fclfl lu ngfilw-Alan Goodyear. Aclviserg Dan- iel Kilpatrick. Scwrzd mu-Rohert Blackman. David Niehoff. Victor Cirecnhc-rg. .NWI ilmzczzwlklark Sanford. GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HE Girls' Athletic Association. although not one of the major organizations of Oakwood, continued to do a line job this year. They sold food at both boys' and girls' games, a function formally performed hy the junior and Senior classes. The G. A. A.'s most important under- taking, however, was the annual banquet at which the athletic awards were presented, At that time Vivian, Nancy, Butch and Steff, as this years ofhcers, installed their successors in their new positions. Fifi! muy IMI In rlgfvl-Nancy Rose. Vivian Hogg. Chairniang .loan Goodyear. Adviser: Susan Boyce. Scr- um! wfzc-lic-atrice Cook. Virginia Manoogian. Stepha- nie Lamport. K.