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

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s with all great in- stitutions, the be- ginnings can often be the most troublesome of times. In many ways, so it was with Country Day. Yet when Smith Academy became Country Day School in 1917, Codasco had an advantage, Co- dasco had Miss Minnie. Miss Minnie Feldwerth was in charge of both the kitchen and all the house- keeping at the school. Ev- ery day she prepared the noon-time meal for the students and their mas- ters. Miss Minnie orga- nized her own kitchen from the young women who lived near the school. Miss Minnie and her staff managed to battle their way through the enor- mous appetites of the boys. Miss Minnie pulled Coun- try Day together through- out the first decade of the school. She was the pro- vider during the hour of relaxation at lunch each and every day. Miss Min- nie was an active force during the first decade at Country Day, and her de- termination served as a symbol to others in the Country Day community. by Chris Lopata 4 uring the 1930's, the school was situ- ated off Brown Road. The campus was made up of buildings simi- lar to those on our present campus, with the excep- tion of an indoor gym. The school had most of the ex- tracirricular activities we had in the 80's, like the News, the Codasco, and Troubadors. Even back then, the school's biggest rival was John Burroughs. Yet the conditions of the country were differnt. The school was not exempt from the adverse effects brought about by the Great Depression. In 1932, enrollment had decreased by twenty percent. Al- though the tuition had been raised to five-hun- dred dollars in 1928, be- cause of the multitude of services offered to the boys, lowerering the tu- ition during these hard times was not possible. Everyone felt depression's grasp. The faculty suf- fered a ten percent pay cut in their salaries, and many fund raisers were orga- nized to increase the school's income. by Ryan Guilliams 4-iffiaw -1 - -f x iii:-r f--1. - ' -: Y 1-. -t ga . if .Q L --Q 3,2 . . .,,. e sf .Am . 'Riffs 11- t, -. .W n-.xv 'rl 11: -.5 t gf' ' 4 fa., M. in 'W M.. 'Q f air' 1 W idway into the 4O's, World War II had left its mark on Country Day, like no other event in its history. In fact, the entire - . ' egg, :Eau Y decade seems to have been an odd in the evolu- All told, there were 135 graduates in active service during the War, and, of those, exactly 1!5, or 27, died. A list of their names hangs in the gym lobby During the War some rather strange happened to Country The Headmaster's blew up and killed cal custodian. The ley overturned on to school, but hurt. And was expelled Louis Country one of its too many Yet the enough to try Day ty from E if , .4 mfg... 1. gr- 5-if -2 -25'-2s-3 sr. G :I 32 '- --v nl Sb tb-Qiwha 1'-.na P25 -71. . . fm, ,. ' A ' 5 g 31422, ,Essex arg, as-., -ISN v Fkgwf. ,M 'fr-af'-.- We ?I'1 71' Cf ' . 5: F- at I I H .Ei '55 , :'i5.Egi,.b'-ii ' m il UQQEL' still carry around with me two main impres- arson old a mile one of main run- English class that only by the of propellers, of McDonnell jet trials - ear-splitting, These ma- spoke volume. t mean to deny the red-brick look of new place, and espe- the gleaming colo- spire of Danforth Chapel. But in spite of the clean and sparkling views, the shiny new corridors of May and Matthews Halls, there was an air of steril- ity about the new plant, - it was barren.

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ES if ir t would be foolish to argue that the 60's was a conservative era. From the flower children to the Vietnam War, this invocative decade left America forever changed. not re- by the Day did ull- signed asked by to aid in Guatamala. The year mournful school. were killed War, and Chris The 60's decade of United decade of for this 50 tion. Many made was in the engraved ry and its ed in rest. he 70's were a time of change, self real- ization, and experi- mentation. This change was reflected in the atti- tudes of CDS students. The decade that brought television shows such as M:'fA 'S H was the same decade in which new ac- tivities and interests were being explored, such land- marks as The Cage and new organized sports. The Hockey team first ap- peared in the 70's, and Varsity Pyramid gained interest, although it disap- peared quickly. Many of the teachers today joined Country Day in the 70's. Mr. Guilliams and Mr. Marshall both joined CDS in the 70's, both being History teach- ers. Mr. Habetler took over the band, and Mr. Mehl became director of the Glee Club. The Rus- sian play troupe became the Russian Dancers un- der Mrs. Danett. The peri- od saw two Headmasters: Philip Alderks and Chard P. Smith. CDS in the 70's, as in '87, was a constant reflec- tion of the times. by Bob Mahoney one are the old stuffy study halls with strict disci- ln their place are new, comfortable lounges, better fit for studying. Missing, too, are the di- lapidated class rooms, with desks too small to fit in, broken windows, dirty floors, graffitied walls, and trash everywhere. In- stead, the class rooms are refurnished with new desks, new carpets, freshly painted walls, and clean windows. Disappeared is the un- attractive campus, with its grass too tall, its land- scape uncared for, its fields worn by footsteps. Now ivy covers the path, marigolds blossom color- fully in the fall and spring, and green grass floods the fields. All these changes came about as a result of Head Master, Dr. Johnson's campaign to beautify the campus. When the surround- ings in which students work are respectable, Dr. Johnson commented, the students are further moti- vated to do their best. By Son Nahn pline. - 5