St Louis Country Day School - Codasco Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Blanke Alumni Reading Room put to good use There is now a new sense of tradition and a subtle touch of class at Country Day. With the completion of the gorgeous Alumni Room, CDS has a new asset to proudly share with the surrounding communities. The room itself has gone through tremendous changes. During the late fifties and early sixties, it was, oddly enough, used as the library. From the sixties until two years ago, the room was used as a teachers' lounge. Last year, the room was planned to be used by stu- dents as a study area. However, the wretched architecture and the deplorable furniture gave the room an informal atmo- sphere which caused the stu- dents to misuse it as a gather- ing place. Unfortunately, the room took considerable abuse from the students, and changes were needed desperately. These changes came during the 83-84 school year. The school decided to do extensive remodeling of the room. The Director of Alumni Af- fairs, Mr. Henry, describes the changes that took place. The workers removed the balcony to open up the room. The walls were insulated and dry-walled to get rid of the God-awful cin- der block, and a 'screen' was built near the library entrance to not make the room appear as a long corridor. On this screen will appear names of distin- guished alumni. I would rather put up a mahogany Country Day seal. Of course, the room 4 fAlumni Room was carpeted, better quality furniture was put in, and the first class gift, a lectern from the Class of 1922, was installed. And beautiful chandeliers re- placed the 'Howard Johnson's' light fixtures. However, the best part of the room is the cor- nice that is used to cover those terrible little slices of window at the top. All in all, the Alum- ni Room is spectacular because of the beautiful job the in-house maintenance at CDS did. Mr. Henry further reiterated the uses of the Alumni Room. The room is going to be used as a place where Alumni can gath- er. Mr. Henry said that students could also reserve the room as a meeting place. Of course, the Alumni Room will also be used as a formal reception area to meet with important visitors to the school. The room will also be used to house' the CDS ar- chives and memorabilia. In that sense, the Alumni Room will be used as a,Country Day museum. Mr. Henry says the room is not going to be cluttered and should not be used as a study area because I can see books being pounded on the table, and binders scratching up the furni- ture, and if I found scratches, I would become very hyper. But for now, Mr. Henry says the room turned out very posh. by P. C. Dressel ' Finishing the product, The Alumni Room has to endure massive changes to achieve its elegance.

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6 Varsity Track posts outstanding season if KJA ' 'MQ- lst. R0w:Coach Canavan, R. Nuzum, M. Mayweather, J. Lambert, B. Hohenberg, E. Leicht, T. Conner, C. Simmons 2nd Row: M. Weiss, J. Breckenridge, D. Son, D. Teasdale, D. Hinch, P. Carlson, J. Adam, B. Edwards, C. Russell, C. Zoeller 3rd R0w:S. Banks, S. Safdar, J. Deneen, J. Skatoff, S. Tschudy, M. Harrington, R. Woods 4th Row: Coach Marshall, Coach Steiner, D. Disper Missing: B. Buhl, D. Mullenix, E. Ruocco, S. Jablon, B. Miller, G. Smith, Coach Lampa CDS OPP 76 Prep North 66 81 Cardinal Ritter 61 102 Priory 40 81 Principia 61 88 Burroughs 54 107 Bayless 35 61 Rosary 81 Rain Principia Rain Rain Lutheran North Rain 83 Lutheran South 59 95 Priory 47 58 Wentzville 84 81 Chaminade 61 Coaches: Canavan, Lampa, Marshall, Steiner Record: Won 9 Lost 2 A picture ofperfection, freshman Mike Mayweather hands the baton to David Hinch, a junior. The two are part of a record breaking 400-relay team. f Track