St Andrews School - Criss Cross Yearbook (Middletown, DE)

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THE CRES-CRGSS CLUB PresenTecl during The SixTh Eorm Dance Week-end, The Two one-acT plays Two Crooks and a Ladyl' and The LosT Silk l-laT were a greaT success. Under The able di- recTing oT Mr. Large and lvlr. Vor- hees, and The leadership oT Bob Browne, The enTire perTormance was excellenTly done. Plans Tor nexT year are noT con1pleTe as yeT, buT They will probably include one Three-acT play. THE YACHT CLUB The l938 season, hanmpered by bad weaTher condiTions and a lack oT wind, was raTher unsuccessiful. The races were reduced To one. The I939 sailors, under Commo- dore Bill Clarke, are ThereTore look- ing Torward To a rnore Tayorable season. THE UBRARY Working smooThly under The waTchTul eye oT lvliss WelTon and Frank Pilling, The l939 library squad has Turned The library inTo a nnuch more eTlicienT organizaTion. Much is due The school and rnasTers alike Tor Their Tine cooperaTion in help- ing To build The library inTo a larger and Tiner place oT sTudy.

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VESTRY The vesTry This year had a parTicularly hard iob as a resulT oT Mr. Pells absence. lT was necessary Tor Them To TuncTion normally in coniuncTion wiTh Three acTing head- masTers. l-lowever, The siTuaTion was handled in admirable Tashion, and The members more Than iusTiTied Their choice by The various Torms. PRAEFECTS This year The number oT PraeTecTs was increased Trom Tour To Tive, The exTra mem- ber being appoinTed by The l:aculTy. This acTion was Taken because iT was Tound ThaT noT only was The iob on hand Too large Tor Tour people To handle, buT ThaT There was always someone in The SixTh Form worThy oT The posiTion who iusT missed being elecTed. SelecTed This year was Jaclc lvlenzies, undoubTedly The TinesT choice ThaT could have CTTOIR In Tormer years, The Choir has been made The subiecT oT many iibes Trom boTh The FaculTy and STudenT Body. l-lowever, lvliss Miller may now look down upon such been made. iesTingg Tor The lads who sing in Chapel have more Than iusTiTied Themselves. The Carol Service was The besT ever and The Choir has come inTo iTs own. 26

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S. A, S. PUBLICATIONS DUE To Tinancial diTTiculTies, The Three school publicaTions, The Andrean, The Cardinal, and The Criss Cross, were This year combined To Torm S. A. S. PublicaTions. This arrangemenT was eTTecTed in order To simpliTy The c1uesTion oT adverTisemenTs, To pro- vide Tor a smaller and more eTTicienT sTaTT, and To reduce The sTudenT cosT Tor all Three uniTs. AT TirsT iT was ThoughT ThaT There would have To be a serious curTailmenT in The size oT all Three oT The publicaTions, buT noTeworThy managemenT in The business deparT- menT by John Wason and RiclcerT Lewis has provided much unexpecTed revenue. STanley WoodworTh, managing ediTor, is mainly responsible Tor The success OT The new sysTem. His leadership has been pracTical and inTelligenT, qualiTies which have oTTen been lacking in The pasT. Ted AusTin as News EdiTor and George Jones as SporTs EdiTor oT The Cardinal also Turned in brillianT iobs. As Tor The Andrean, mosT oT The crediT There goes To l-lenry Gibson, PeTer Brown and Powell PierpoinT. Their FaculTy advisor has done a Tine job oT making The An- drean whaT iT is Today. The board oT The year book is as Tollows: PeTer Brown, ediTor, Powell PierponT and l-lenry Gibson, associaTe ediTors, Also.There were James DuTTy, Ben l-lousTon, Tom BrighT, Frcnl: Pilling, Jaclc Boyden, and WhiTal4er. All helped considerably. 28