Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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is- , .dw W J' l :him .5 . 'll J 4 rx, ' 567.5 ! S I gk 59, 4I:q at-I ll Seasons turn. The realization that summer is drawing to a close strikes boys in different ways. Some reluctantly face up to the fact that the pleas- ures of vacation are soon to be ended, others welcome the return to routine with almost a sense of relief. To all, however, the approach of Sep- tember must eventually, inevitably, mean the return to the books. VVhile the boys fret about the coming of the school year, actual preparations have been long underway. As early as lllarch and April the Dean was administering entrance exams and setting up the rosters for the year. The administration has throughout the summer been making plans, setting up schedules, and working out class lists and room assignments. The SH Book, the student's bible, has, after much effort and multiple alterations, finally gone to press. During the summer the maintenance men have freshened and renovated the campus. Everything is ready. For the boys who had to attend summer school in order to be better prepared to tackle the work of the coming year, school started, in fact, in late June. Summer camp and summer jobs having ended, and trips being now only pleasant vacation memories, the rest ready themselves mentally for the opportunities ahead. Some, through pre- season practice, prepare themselves physically as well for the tough fall schedule of athletics. The faculty drifts back from various parts of the globe-lN'Taine, notably-to undertake another year of teaching. A banquet on the night of Sep- tember 7, gives an opportunity to catch up on news, to exchange jokes, and to compare notes on how much the children have grown. Next day brings a faculty meeting after which lWr. Shriver culminates many weeks of work as Tuck Shop manager by distributing to each faculty member the textbooks and supplies needed in the various classes. Everyone is ready to begin. . yt , ,aww .so vp W4 M49 5 , :fy ,gf j-:3?' 'Q 'Q!Q2? '0 . -- ':.',-' Z 'v' , M ls4r5?'6.Q?w f 4511157 lg... P-eil af: f 6

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r l l I Om. 1' , W, lr qi i rl- Cfe YI W . . l ill 'll' ill P 1 TX'lllllillllIlfllllllllllllllllllll ,' Both day boys and five day boarders approach these few days 0 4 ll ' f respite with varying degrees of anxiety directly proportional to their date for the weekend, both realize unhampered freedom. The seven-day boarders remain in a state of stupor. Dates-parties- movies-a few chores-then Sunday races upon us again, and the familiar ride back to the house Back to work. So week runs into week and month into month. Seasons turn. Each brings its own particular emphasis and events. Football and soccer, and the ground-laying plans for student activities-so important in the fall-give way to basket ball, wrestling, and the furthering of extracurricular interests. Worry about mid-years is delayed temporarily but pleasantly by Christmas, Students spend the holiday in various ways. Some take off for the sunny South, some get jobs as postmen or sales men, some stay home for varsity basketball and wrestling Practice, a few studyg all take a long rest. For these few days, time seem S, happily endless. Suddenly, however, the fateful day of return f comes. With a refreshed mind, dulled, however, by the prospect o more school, the student comes back, picks up his books, and re sumes his quest of knowledge. Diplomas seem far off in these cold l l if , l ull grey daysg yet only one short semester remains. The winter term is on in all of its monotony. The Fifth Form dance, and basketball games and wrestling matches with the joy of victory or the gloom of defeat do provide, however, a little relief. Always there is the endlessness of assign- ments, always there is the hope of a school-closing blizzard and the oppor- tunity for snowballing Quaway from the buildings, of coursej. Comes the day when try-outs for the annual play are announced, and we sus- pect that spring cannot be far off. Comes March 15. Parents worry about income tax, seniors about College Boards. We know that spring is here and are glad to have a vacation. Again the season turns, again the em- phasis shifts. This time weire interested in baseball, track, tennis, golf, and college acceptances. To tear ourselves away from hitting a softball on the quadrangle to hit the books is hardg sun bathing on the w- l! w' , ' w li 1 lr! l I , , . xl . porch roof appeals more than tracing Wilson's Treaties. Henry, the mailman, holds the fate of seniors in the form of acceptances to 4 OI' i rejections from colleges. Secrecy prevails as the Fifth Form w , N . , , . l l i l' l. l it . . l H r . H l W l l 1' P l W i ' 1 l li i l l N' ' 4 u ' l l 1 l ,. . .illlllllil'!lIlIlllHHlIlIH!!l schemes out its decor for the Prom. The big night finally arrives. Exams are forgotten. With all its surprises, the dance slowly fades i away. Yet, the night is still young, an all-night stand is held i . l l the upperclassmen review the past years and contemplate t , future. This too passes into memory. It's back to the books again , for the Hnal round-up. Shortly before Class Day and Commence- ment, the yearbook rolls off the presses recording the impressions of the minutes, hours, days, weeks, and seasons which have made 1 l l p , l M up the year. Here it is! p . as he 7 .

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