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

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Quagmire Ah, the joys of being in Class Six, and especially Mr. Smentowski's sci- ence class. Mr. Smen loves to let every student experience what is apparently his most beloved thing in nature, the pond. But even Mr. Smen gets sick of the CDS Pond, and for that reason, every year, he takes his Class 6 stu- dents to the ponds and lakes at the Brush Wildlife Reserve. His students, of course, think anything is better than school, and eagerly await the outing. But little did this year's sixers know what awaited them. There had not yet been a year in which a sixer had not lost his shoe, or some other vital part of his paraphernalia. Thick, foot-grab- bing mud seemed to be more common than water, and the sixers never seemed to mind it as they ran about doing their experiments. Mr. Smen was also used to these trials and tribu- lations, as mud clinged to everyone's shoes and pants. On the trip, the students were asked to perform a number of experiments to evaluate the water in the pond and the surrounding areas. Using a yard stick tied to a sled, the students mea- sured the depth of the pond. With nets and buckets, they fished for speci- mens. Using the data collected, the students then compared the number of life forms to the physical character- istics of the pond, and using these data they graphed and charted the charac- teristics. lt was a fun experience, and everyone seemed to enjoy the excur- sion, even this year's sixers. Scott Wilkens, '89 ll'L'5li luyl.. , 1 twqfii a- 514- , Q V!! 'l lpfmilfle Hy' his 'QA .... . . It , . 5 ....- uv L!H.,N Wg, 5 -.r l J T, ,Mi , s -.ff , No more romances, just books that boys want. Class fivers checked out Stephen King's novel. il ,V-f I l S la --...B-.,.

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Far left Philip Senturia plays with play-doh as left Mr. Yonker creates a lid for his clay pot- tery. Bottom Mr. Nelson helps lower schooler use appropriate shades to maximize the lighting effect of the painting. , ' Jmf, o ,,r L' - 1- fe ,I . f. r . -1. 1 i 1 w :uf fl! .Nq- iv Sandy Friedman and David Silber duet during rehearsal, while Bob McKelvey tries to tune Ray How- ard to the right pitch, ? N S 19 Sl NX M l' N AN

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lf?-I r 'v-vs. Qluuug -, '19 U51 - rb, 1l'i. xy' Nothing but mud, thought Bobby Denneen as he examines his net for specimens, Mr, Smen points out to a class sixer the May Fly larvae swimming in his bucket. u ., 1 .Tx l . 1 1 f. -5715145 f' -1, 'rw -4 ,,. 1. ?'.i.'fi-' 1 , - it- 1 '. A -4 -HH -.Q -.TE'f'fi'--Q '.i'f' 1 ,' ,Ffa l?Kz:'f.,,5 ,..,' . 'iff' g..-1, E . L 1. , , ,I ' : ' ' r 7 1 r , .fi . -I 4,,Wu. 2. is 55lifsf'Y . .I TW : , 9T'ffs'--- g . B 5,4 - a T'-1 .,',, XY E :VA- - J 1'. - . f ., v First Book Fair A Success lt is a tradition at CDS for students to beg their English teachers to go over to M.I. for the book fair. There they were allowed to spend 45 min- utes looking at books in a transformed M.l. dance studio. But this year, Coun- try Day decided to have its own Book Fair. This certainly satisfied the Eng- lish teachers, who in most cases no longer had to dismiss their students from classes to go to M.l. Instead, the students used their free periods to go to the book fair. The students thought it was better now that they didn't have to walk all the way over to M.I. and get lost trying to find the dance studio. But now it was right in the Alumni Room. There was a greater range of books to choose from at the CDS fair be- cause the books were more boy-orient- ed unlike the cook books and the teen- age romances that dominated the M.I. fair. The fair had such books as Ste- phen King's thrillers, Encyclopedia Brown's detective stories, Agatha Christe's mysteries, and Silver Riders' science fiction tales. However, most popular with the Country Day crowd seemed to be the poster-size pictures of Porsches and Fieros, and the Gar- field and the Far Side cartoon books. Many students did their Christmas shopping at the fair, buying books as presents for parents, on the parents' bill. Others bought books to contribute to the school library, a supplement to its thousands of volumes. The fair was a great hit, bringing in more money than expected, comment- ed a mother. The kids enjoyed it. She hoped that the tradition continue. Scott Wilkens, '89