Oxford School - Oxfordian Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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goodbye lo her at the end of this, our last your at Oxford. For the school, and for ourselves, we extend to her all good wishes for success in her new position as Headnzistrcss of Miss Hall's School in Piltshcld. EDITORIAL ' ' HROUCHOUT our years at Oxford, most of us have felt a certain pride in being Oxford Girls. Perhaps during Carol Service at Christ- .f I lit, mas, or on Class Night or Commencement, or perhaps merely when someone asked what school you went to, and upon hearing the name Oxford said, Oh yes, I know Oxford, perhaps at one of these moments a tingle of pride went through you. Have you ever thought, however, what it is about Oxford that elicits such a feeling of pride? Have you ever wondered whether the pride is justified, or have you ever wondered what justihes this pride? This pride, we think, is justified, for here we learn not only to respect the wisdom of our faculty and to learn from them, but we grow to see them as comrades working, learning, and often playing with us in one community, our school. Unfortunately, however, a rift sometimes comes in this affinity between faculty and students, for we Oxford students are too easily diverted from our search for the attainment of our ideals. Matthew Arnold, in an essay about another Oxford, once said, No, we are all seekers still! Seekers often make mistakes, and I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. For, you see, the fault - if there be a fault - that the pride in Oxford cannot be greater lies not in the school, but in ourselves. Here we betray only our own characters and abilities. XVhat do we lack that the other Oxford has? lingland's Oxford is not perfect any more than is ours, but it is composed of seekers after perfection and pursuers of great ideals. That quality, that of the seekers, we need as a school. There are individuals who have possessed this spirit inuatelyg it is always they who have done most for Oxford, meant most to her, and received most from her. This spirit is not, some erroneously believe, what we call school spirit, it is not a slogan of For God, for Country, and for Yale. It is some- thing more profound and more essential. The former often leads to snmgness, the latter never does. There are, in any group, those ideas which are uni- versal, and others wl1icl1 are particular to individuals, but it is not for us to dictate what they should be. Usually it is not the type of ideal, but the atti- tude by which we strive to attain it, that needs discipline. Only in true humil- ity can we ever become seekers, and only in love and, therefore, understanding of others. ln this new attitude of true humility, love, and understanding, the seeker will have started on the way leading toward Good, Beauty, Perfection, Knowledge, and Truth. These seekers will often make mistakes, but now in a different way, for their experience will make them wise.

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OXFORD SCHOOL ELIZABETH M. FITCH, A.B. PRESLEY W. ELLIS, A.B., B.S. MARY W. NICGUINN, A.B. HELEN R. BEALS, B.S., M.A. DORIS I. CUMMINGS, A.B. MARJORIE I.. YVILDER, A.B. LILLIAN M. CARROLL .IANI1 HART FACULTY AND STAFF Headmistress Assistant Headmistress Assistant to the Headmistress for the Lower School Dietician Secretary to the Headmistress Academic Secretary Financial Secretary Omce Secretary ESTHER I.. HAMLIQN Librarian FACULTY ELIZABETII ASH, A.B. Latin CONSTANOE BARTLITIT, A.A. Assistant in Physical Education NORA BRESHNAN Oral English, Dramatics HELEN VAN DYCK BROXVN, A.B. Biology, Physical Science, General Science VERNA M. CARLISLE Class VII, Lower School Science CARL XVALTON DECKICLMAN . Piano EDITH N. EVANS, B.S., MA. English, Chemistry BARBARA FITCH, A.B. Dance, Physical Education BRICNDON GRISWOLII, A.B. Ethics XII VERNEI M. HAl.L, A.B., M.A'. History ELIZABETH M. HANIILTON, A.B. Mathematics JEAN I.. HARRY, A.B., M.A. French KATHARINE M. HAS1'INGS, A.B., M.A. French BARBARA JARRELL, A.B. i English YVONNE LABRECQU E, B.CsI., ELEANOR LASICLL, B.S. ELIZABETH T. LOZIER, A.B. EILEEN NICIGUIRE, A.B. NIARY W. NICGUINN, A.B. HAZEL GAY PAUL, A.B. LAURA BATCHELDER SHARP, PAGE SHARP, B.S. ETHEL 11OVVLEY, A.B. SHIRLEY B. STORRS, A.B. ROSEMARY FIQHOMAS, A.B. lVIARjORlE I.. YVILDER, AB. MARION B. VVILSON, B.S. EDGAR W. VVILCOCK, A.B. , A.B., M.A. French, Spanish A.B. Hygiene, Physical Ed. Social Studies, History Mathematics Mathematics, English German, Spanish Remedial English Consulting Psychologist Science Assistant Mathematics English History, English Art, Civilization Civilization IX and X Latin ELLEN K. XVUORI, A.B., M.A. NIARION BORON ZIEMBA, B.Mus., M.A. Music, Civilization