Oakwood School - Quercus Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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MR. HUTTON'S MESSAGE HE Oakwood School seal carries the four Latin words palma non sine pulveref' The literal translation, a palm not without dust, immediately presents to mind a picture of the Roman athlete as he is awarded the palm branch of victory. Our present day interpretation of this Latin phrase would be, There is no reward ex- cep through work, One might immediately recall some situation in which he had seemingly re- ceived benefits Which had not resulted from any of his own personal eifortsg or, at other times, long hours of hard work might seemingly have passed with no obvious beneficial result to the person involved. Of course, both of these situa- tions are frequent occurrences in life. Results of a man's work do not always return to him directly as any physical reward. The real benefits are less tangibleg they lie in the changes which have taken place within the man himself. A person must reach beyond himself to grow and fullill his des- tiny, A giving of oneself in work with no ex- pectation of return brings in a real sense the greatest reward. This I believe is the meaning of palma non sine pulvere and a blessing which is a part of your Oakwood heritage.

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STUDENT COUNCIL MESSAGE Firrz row, left zo rigbz-Bill Reid, Mary Hendricks, jackie Barkan, Timmie Fagans, jill Marshall, Alf Hiltebeitel. Second mu'-Aaron Spaulding, jeff Brooks, Sam Legg fAdvisorJ, Bob Blackman, jane Darrow fAdvisorJ, Bill Moger, Dave Niehoff, Ralph Skeels. NE of the most important functions of Stu- dent Council is to promote true understand- ing between students and faculty so that the school may operate as a unified effort. This year the council has perhaps become overly conscious of this aspect of its responsibility, we learned that some students do not feel that effective commu- nications exist between Student Council and the general student body. We have tried to remedy this situation by re- vising the council's constitution. In an effort to formulate a plan for student government satis- factory to all, we sent representatives to a confer- ence in Rhode Island, and held an all day semi- nar of council members at the Henderson's Cottage and numerous meetings and assemblies with the student body. In addition to our regular business, we have been particularly concerned with stimulating stu- dent acceptance of personal responsibility and have effected various means for achieving this goal. We hope that programs such as the one providing for student supervision of study halls will continue in success, for we see this as a means, for the students, of accepting responsibility as well as of unifying the student body and the faculty towards a common goal.