Oxford School - Oxfordian Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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EDITORIAL Qi HE FEVER of the Gold Rush marked another year called Forty-nine. Then men sold their homes and disposed of household goods to pan the streams for gold dust. Yet untouched by the excitement of the gold rush other men sought gold of another kind. Today too there are those who are aware of richer, more important things than the yellow metal. They search now as wise men have for centuries for the finest in art and literature and music, for the highest philosophy, for the most valuable things in all life. We have been trying to learn during our school years to recognize this precious quality. To follow the good we must know it. We have been learning to formulate criteria of values for ourselves. Ifwe are to build the future, we must look to the past, distinguish between the permanent and the transient, separate the real from the simulated. The most precious stuff of all - peace and happiness - may be more easily gained with the gold of human knowl- edge and understanding. How fortunate are we ifeven a few particles of this gold dust come to illumine our lives, and how unfortunate if we choose the glitter of fool's gold instead! We cannot travel the path of these intangible gold fields aloneg we must be guided by superior knowledge and understand- ing as we are taught to recognize the signposts of quality. Prospectors? Perhaps we are, if we take the word in its original sense of looking into the future. For in our studies of past and present we are making ready the materials and blueprints with which to build a future. To this end we learn to formulate opinions and make intelligent decisions out of experience, personal and vicarious, to evaluate in order to discard the worthless. We are taught by the precept and example of those who have had greater experience than we. Our goal is high. Although we may not devote our lives to philosophy and scholarly pursuits, we will con- tinue our search for the finest that beauty and truth and life can bring, helped immeasurably by the training that we have had here at Oxford. For now we know that this priceless quality is to be found in the best in life and knowledge, that we must use this gold to make the strongest alloy of all, peace, brotherhood, love.

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29' OXFORD SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF DOROTHY GRAFF, A.B., M.A. Headmistress JEAN L. HARRY, A.B., M.A. Assistant to the Headmistress MARY W. MCGUINN, A.B. Assistant to the Headmistress for the Lower School HELEN R. BEALS, B.S., M.A. House Manager and Dietician DORIS I. CUMMINGS, A.B. A Secretary to the Headmistress DOREEN KINGAN Academic Secretary LILLIAN M. CARROLL Financial Secretary JANE G. HART Office Secretary ESTHER L. HAMLEN Lihrarian FACULTY ELIZABETH ASH, A.B. English, Latin JANE BARTLETT, A.B. Music NORA BRESHNAN Oral English, Dramatics HELEN vAN DYCK BROWN, A.B. Biology, General Science VERNA M. CARLISLE Class VII, Science in the Lower School CARL VVALTON DEOKELMAN Piano EDITH N. EVANS, B.S., M.A. English, Chemistry MARY B. GIBNEY, A.B., M.A. English BRENDAN GRISWOLD, A.B. Ethics XII, Bible VERNE M. HALL, A.B., M.A. History ELIZABETH M. HAMILTON, A.B. Mathematics JEAN L. HARRY, A.B., M.A. French Literature KATHARINE M. HASTINGS, A.B., M.A. French BARBARA JARRELL, A.B. English YVONNE LABREQUE, A.B., B. OS L., M.A. French, Spanish ELEANOR LASELL, B.S. Hygiene, Physical Education MARJORIE LAWRENCE, A.B. History, Physical Education MARY W. MOGUINN, A.B. Latin, Social Studies EILEEN MCGUIRE, A.B. Mathematics HAZEL GAY PAUL, A.B. Spanish, German MARION G. PLUMB, A.B., M.A. Mathematics MARILYN B. RANDALL, A.B., M.A. Dance, Physical Education PAGE SHARP, B.S. Consulting Psychologist SHIRLEY B. STORRS, A.B. Mathematics MARION B. WILSON, B.S. Art, Civilization EDGAR W. WILCOOK, A.B. Civilization, Social Studies ELLEN W. WUORI, A.B., M.A. Latin MARION BORON-ZIEMEA, B.Mus., M.A. Music, Civilization