Riverdale Country School for Boys - Riverdalian Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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MR XRNEH GRONNINGSA R TRIBUTE Seven years may at flrst Glance seem a rather lon t1me and ln some respects lt IS However lt IS a relatlvely short tlme 1n whlch to estabhsh so flne a reputatnon as that of the man who IS the recrplent of thls vears Trlbute who havmg arrlved here from Lawrencevllle m 1951 speedlly won the frlendshlp respect, and Uenume adm1rat1on of all Rlverdale It IS unfortunate that one rarely gets to know h1m untll one IS 1n h1S last year at Rlverdale SIHCC Senlor En llsh takes up almost all hls teachlng tlme However lt IS probably no exaggeratlon to say that every boy 1n Rlverdale has a deep affectlon for the man whose coat of arms, were lt to exist, would probably be composed of a p1pe a dlmlnutlve automoblle and an ever present smile Hls qualltles of judvement taste and understandlng are also appreclated by the admlmstratlon as shown by h1s appomtment to the chaxrmanshlp of the Dlsclpllne Commlttee several years ago At long last there comes the tlme when all Rlverdallans reach thelr Slxth Form year It IS only then that one can truly appreclate hlm Students who have known hlm as a frlend now know hlm as a teacher, and thelr respect for hlm must grow Riverdale graduates ln hlgher lnstxtutlons all over the country can attest to the hlgh quallty of college preparatlon whlch hrs course has glven them However, h1s teachlng has never stopped wlth academlc benefits Certaln other values whlch can never be wrltten 1n books are taught dally by hlm Needless to say both students and faculty at Rlverdale hope that his stay here wlll be a lonff one At present ln appreclatlon for all he has glven to Rlverdale we should llke to present the Trlbute of the 1958 Rlverdahan to the man who has done so much to make lt posslble Arne H Gronnlngsater 7 .I . 47 , V L .Sp P , 7 Y Y . U. . i zn ra 1 . A ' 7 , s 1 9 7 D a U ' 7 9 9 ' ' D 1 9 1 .U . . . . . . . 9 D ' 9 . . . . , . .

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HR FORRFST W COBB DEDICATION Fol the paet thlrts thlee seal tln man has been a TIXIUIG at RlXt'lCl3lt' ln thls tune he hae Qeen mans bose come hae taught moat of them has been a fflelld to them and hae seen them lease Thes hase not for rotten hlm for one doea not forffet a frlend CHQ1lX R h 1n the elawroom and outilde of lt he hae exhllnttd a keen alnhts to under land all the problema fated bs h1Q Qtudenta Thes hase turned to hnn for fulclanre m time oi need and he ha-2 alssase teeponded onanls es ers one ln Qehool IQ assare of h1Q felluts of expleeelon hli an 1ts to fret to the heart of ans matter 1n aa fess ss ordc aa poeelble and Inc keen sslt and lntellect for almoqt esers bods has been preaent at one tlme or another at one of h1Q There are mans Qtudente ssho aa the reault of one of thece Chapel pro,1amQ are Gtlll trslnf to fl ure out ss hether thes are Qponffee Qtralnera funneli or Qlesee Reeentls aa a leeult of the xetllement of a helosed member of the Rlserdale faculty D Earl Gardner ITIIS man ssae appomted head of the Lpper Sehool ln thw new capaclts he ha had a Chance to come ln Contact sslth mans more boss than prev1ouQls Thue mans Qtudenta ss ho do not hase l'IlHl as a teacher hase neser theleaa come to appreesate hs kmdneee and Qenee of lllll'l6I'QI3I1fllll' and to aceept Ina fuldanec ln h1Q thnts three seare here at lilserdale he hae become a part of the Qchool and ofthe llse of mans of the bose ssho hase worked here Thus ll 12 sslth a deep Qenae of admlratlon that the hdltori dedlcate the 1958 Rzzerdallan to Nlr Forreat W Cobb 6 1' . ,tl . V ' r ' '- ' 's. 'S ' : ' ' ' - - ,. I ' 1 V v K ' , V e V , . V , ,C . . C L Jvn s ' a . t, - '. . :. ' ' ' 5 ' ' ' Pi . . VV V VV . N V .K V .5 .V.V VA VA. V .V l.l. VV I U , 'Y f L Y 7 L L TL n L , Y I chapel orations. These have been the Cause of much soul-searching here at Riverdale. V Y L L ' - L 5 L rr. nn . . V. V .VV V V . . V , V Z, F V . C t. r r. L. t .. . -. k - Vx V - V ' - Y V ' , ax I V In vw S u is V 1 i - I . .Q p s Y . - L . t . r, , . V . V ., Z, . ' ' sh T' . ' ' ' .

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A Word From The Headmaster A century ago Emerson wrote, We thmk our c1v1l1zat1on 15 near 1ts merldlan but we are yet only at the cockcrowlng and the morning star How true then, but how much more true today when the shape of thlngs to come falrly staggers the lmav 1nat1on and challenges us to search out the new horlzons Some of your generatlon w1ll leap to the fray , others, through fear, stupldlty or mdlfference w1ll never face the challenge but w1ll contlnue to exlst on a dally basls feellng frustrated trapped unproductlve besleged by doubts and fears That you should be ln the front rank of those who accept the challenge IS lmportant to vou and to your world Already you possess certam attrlbutes and ad vantages whlch Rlverdale has made posslble You know slnce your bralns have been exerclsed that llfe IS no dream world where everybody passes You go on to college prepared to meet the competltlon and the realttles of lndependence to be found on the college campus At Rlverdale we have trled to lndroduce you to the art of thlnklnff an art lt ha been sald not often practiced ln thls world It 1s posslble to grow rlch wlthout lt or even to sw av a howllnv mob wlthout It But provress cant be made wlth out lt Through your YBIIOUQ courses you have plCkCd up a lot of facts but more lmportant you have plcked up an lntellectual d1sc1pl1ne that w1ll enable you to utlllze facts more qulckly But even more s1Un1f1cant than th1s aspect of your Rlverdale experxence has been the opportunlty to evaluate the varled values boys accept for them selves as they grow up You ve known the boy who belleves any actlon IS legltlmate so long as he gets away wlth It You ve known the self centered self mesmerlzed 1IldlVldl18l whose world extends only as far as the sound of h1s own YOICC You ve known too the boy to whom lntegrlty and a concern for ly you ye learned that bovs and men do change for the better and thereby llye more useful and happler l1V6Q So as you leave Rlyerdale you should do so w1th the confldence and conylctlon that you are well equlpped 1n mlnd and healt to meet a world that IS only at the cockcrowlnff and the mornlnv star 'Vlay you prosper 1n all that you undertake John H Jones Headmaster January 21 195 ,, . . 7 7 . Y . 7 . ,, . . 3 . . . . n a C- u D . . Y . , ' M - . . , . T . . . . . M . . . . I . . ' ' . . ,, ' V . . , v , , 9 ' ' ' ' ' y ' f . others are the cornerstones of his being. Fortunate- . . , , -. ' 5, 1' 7 J M 7 M V . 7 v l - as Y - - . - - v ,, v 'V . Cl D - - at as - Q - . ' l of e - -f v N . . . T . . Q , 2 7 . to ' 7. . , . E K - 0 . C, - v , U 8