Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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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Minutes pass, hours glide by, day flows into day, week into week, seasons turn, ' T T lTTl TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT and years slip by before we know it. So it is at Shady Side, where the hours, days, and weeks have at times seemed slowg yet when viewed in retrospect, they have passed all too quickly. Out of one short year made up of seemingly endless routine we remember the high spots, but tend sometimes to forget the very things which make Shady Side what it really is. Math problems, English themes, book reports, history outlines, writing up experiments, putting in the hours of practice necessary to make the team-these fade awayg yet we remember more or less vividly being tapped for Sargon, making Cum Laude, Hubbing an exam for getting a 95D, calling Ann for a date for the prom, or walking across the platform on Commencement TITT 'T T T T TTI TT W l T T TT T TTTTTTT TT T T T 'TTU Tl T T T T T T T T T WT T i T l T T TTT 'T TT' T T l Ti 1 TTT TT 'll T TY ' 'l ' T T T T T TT T T T l T T T ' T l T T V T l T T T T T T T l I T T ' l T l l TT 'T T T larly those on a varsity squad-the period between the end of athletics and the de- parture of the busses never seems long. The boarders, however, have plenty of time for a hot shower, a good dinner, a little relaxation with ping pong or pool, time even to phone the girl friend before the buzzers again dominate life as board- ing students settle down at 7 :45 for a bout with the books. Day boys, of course, watch a little television before they get down to work. Finally, bed, and the pros- pect of repeating the pattern the next day. So day Hows into day and week into week .... but not without the weekends. TTTHTTTTTTTTITTTTTTT T 'DTT T A NOTE FROM TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT' f THE EDITORS T il T 1TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT T T Day to clutch that diploma. Yes, a year for a Shady Sider consists of a lot of little things: the sleep-shattering buzzer too early in the morning for the boarderg the reluctant trek of boarders to breakfastg the buns-pancakes- doughnuts-French toast-cinnamon toast cycle of the school,s morning menus enabling a boarder almost to tell the day of the week by the food on the table. The unwelcome alarm clock or the none-too-gentle shake by Dad for the day boyg the morning ritual for both of listening to Rege Cordic and Omicrong the day boy,s hurried breakfastg the wait at the bus-stop and the long ride to school when homework, last night's television, next weekend's date, and bets on the bus' ability to take the hill without shift- ing are the chief subjects of conversation. The spill of day boys from the busses at 8:40, the noisy chatter before chapel silenced by Mr. Howard's violin and the piano attacking the hymn, running the gauntlet of attendance checkers, a prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, the drag of a study hall and the hum of classes- so runs a morning. The meat-substitute lunch with its multitude of announcements serving as a breather before an afternoon of classes, the short, rushed Glee Club rehearsals and the scramble to supplement des- sert at the Tuck Shopg the interminable drag of Sixth Periodg the enlightenment attendant to D.S.-these are quickly forgotten as the attention turns at 3:30 to athletics. For the day boys-particu- l'l 'TT 'TTVT T lilly 'il i T T T T L T T' T H T, TT T T f l T TT T ' T F ll T T T T TT T T' TT T' 'ln T l 4 W TT T l T TT T l T T l l T Hi 'T TWU ' TT T T Ti TIT T T TT T TT l TT TT T T T T T' ' T T T T T T TTT T T T TTT T TT TT T T T T l T TTTT T TTT TTT T T ' TT TTT' T T TT T T T T T T TT T l Tl' T T T T T T l T T T T T ' T l T ' If TTT ' AT T l T if T T T TT T'T WT TT' Tll TTITTTT TT T T l T T T T T T T T T TT T T T T f +.T'TTTT TWT T T TT T TT T TTT T T T TT TT TT T T T TT TTTTTTTTTT TT TTT TTT' T TTTT H

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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