Spence School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE YORKVILLE YOUTH COUNCIL HO can say what gn es the greatest thrlll rn the world' For those who are on the Yorkvllle Youth Councxl the greatest thrlll IS hearmg oneself called teach by the chlldren As teach each junnor solunteer attempts to carry out thc threefold purpose of Yorkulle to keep the chnldren off the streets to teach them how to play and to try to gne each child a lnttle happiness and help Thcrc are actmtles for all interests arts and crafts pamtlng quiet games music storles and actmtles On entering Yorkulle and order Instead there are screammg cnergctnc llttlc chlldren all set to see lf they can fo1l the xolunteer s attempts at order For at Yorkulle the children practlce an exery man for hrmself polxcy Take pamtmg as a typical class rn a typrcal day Frrst the chxldren are all settled down wlth all thcrr pamtmg materlals The chlldren are taught how to mrx pamt to get dlfferent colors That proves a mnstake' The result IS a complete and utter chaos of paint streaked ehlldren volunteer and room and raucous screammg so loud one literally cannot hear This to the volunteer s grlef IS all Consldered part of the fun The pandemomum is broken m a welcome way with four oelock mrlk after whlch the tumult and the shouting begms agam Eventually the two hour session ends and the vocal chord weary battle weary volunteer wends a dazed way homeward wrth the happy knowledge that xts all ID a good cause IDN Svb I Ln Ylaxrstlf 4 N 51 . ' ' v .1 l - y . .J s v' : fa. s - ' 2 . lk, - g g , Y. Y 4 1 . . l , - l . . giuhxlx 1:91 . . . . . . ml? af' be , G ,- ' ' ' ' rr ' ., ', 7 .fr -1 7 7 1 Y l ' 7 l a Li l rl J -T- . one feels as lf this were an entirely new world. Gone are quiet :gay l 'X' ,-- . , t .. ,,,. ,. Q, .- . U:-2-N A . . . ' A ' . ' . f .l 1 A W - V. , , , I X A . If -l A . . .Q . .Q D . Q . 5 tx . 1. . . A . . 1: 4' 'S e K K A t e t a 12 SXJJ7 h ' y , . y . . 5, . , . , . ' A YA . l U Y 4.

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SOCIAL SERVICE Prefzdefzt Berthe Keezer Vlfe Premieuf Barbara Kramer CIa1rRep1ese11fal11ei Pamela Despres Audrey Rodgers Middle Salma! First Semester Seeond Semester VIII Mary Shute Susan Teommey Margot Frederiekmann Mary Dick V Wendy Stone Elizabeth Franzen Anne Reed Ann Hanbury Kitty Holman Laura Bethea Vieki Van Patten Susan Tarloy HE big event of the Social Service Commit tees year was the adoption of a Korean orphan A phonograph the gift of Pam Despres father was raflled to raise the amount necessary to support a Korean orphan for one year Our orphan is a little girl named Myong Suk Kim We would like to thank the whole school for its support of our adopted child The eoke room has been the scene of great aetivity this year We added two eomfortable QI use the term looselyj chairs when we redeco new look and cokes haye been selling well Many thanks to the whole school for its gen erous participation in the two traditional services the donation of food at Thanksgning to be distributed to yarious welfare ageneies around the eity and the gift of dolls at Christmas to go to underpriyileged ehildren here in New York and as far away as Tennessee Thanks to the Sehool we also haxe been sueeessful in our Mareh of Dimes and Red Cross drnes We of the eommittee both Upper and Middle Sehool would like especially to thank Miss Con ner for her help in this her first year as aelyisor to the Social Seryiee Committee I I 0 I XI ...r...,...,...,r.e,,...,,,,...r4 ,...4.,,,,,.r..e,..e.,,,.,,r.....,,,.,, 1 ' ' ' - A X 'r r '' 'r rr r 'r '- '- -'Ar -'4' -------- l I 1 1 Cowen rated. This has given the room something of a IX ............,...,e...,rre I .rrer,.,...,r,,, i ' ' ' - 50

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W rf? YJ, Ji THE DRAMATIC CLUB Pfeifdenf erm HOACLAND I ne Pfeudeul Emu MARTINI T 19114111111 Miss Iamss BRADsHAw HL Dramatie C lub w 1s determined this year to be bigger 1nd better flllll yer before The f1ll tryouts were 1 3,re1t sueeess lllel mueh new fllLl'll was 1dded to the eroup We Sflffeel aetnities early lllkl on Noyember 70th we gue two one ut plays with Collegiate Sehool Barries mystery melodrmia Sfull ll e 0111 live Lltfltfj Illel Hindi A1111 lft Yea by Noel Coward Reeiproeity ensued and three of our Seniors were asked to be lll the COll6f,llfL pl1y 1174 Nnzlly Gm 11 by Owen D11 IS whieh was presented on May lflth by ohn B1lderston for our feature produetion The pl1y tools plue as is the eustom on the eyening of the Thursday before spring yae1t1on lllel eyeryone 1gre'ed that it was 1 great hit e ye1r ended LlSLl1l with a Qre1t flurry of 1etn1ty unong 1ll o t1 elubs and ours w 1s no exeeption Vile l11d 1 tea eomplete with euest spe 1leer 1ne went to see one of the new hit wlus This ye1r llls been LXLCPflODlllY s for l1e emors of IL Dfllllllle u w o or mos of the sis w 11ef1 1t1ert1sed XIFIOLIN se1ool 1etn1t1es ueh IS t1e osture e1mw11 I1 1n the Old Girl New Girl p1rty As the Seniors leue tl1e Dr1m1t11 C lllb to thi years uniors they wish to Illllilx bliss Br1dsh1w for able 1ss1st1n1e 1111 p1t1enee through 1ll the years they haxe been in the elub D7 l lf' - ' 3 ',., . . ' 2 'E WH! Q. I Q yyyw- I, :XR-R v ra k Y 5 f '- W 4 rf. , v ' if' - 7 After much discussion and reading of many' plays wc chose Berkeley' Sqllzlfc' I y V K 1 1 . Q Th ' 1' '1 ' ' as 5 1 'V f K 'L 4' A 1 ' 1' 1 t f lc bu, ' t ' S' ' 5 ' tl ' 1 . Clul. 'li wut 1 at ' - Jkt' l l i 1 l 4 ' ,Q ' if .i ,Q l 1 1 ' Lf l ' I7 ,i A 1 Il X 1 ll