Summit Country Day School - Rostrum Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Unforgettable Days passing time and quickly passing years . . . Dutch- Dodge games between Marian and Emmanuel winning the second grade relay race on Field Day cautiously adjusting a white First Com- munion veil before commencing the most impor- tant block-by-block procession of your Lower School days . . . pausing to help a classmate restack a pile of fallen books . . . a surge of freedom on a romp up a Summit hill sorting Christmas mail white uniforms and forgetting those all-important gloves knowing the lyrics to the Beatles' latest hits shaky hands and a pounding heart at the certificate examination in music . .. a party on Valentinels Day with penny Valentines movies in religion class on the Sacred Heart learning two-part harmony for Spring Concert the great decision between orange juice and chocolate milk for lunch . . . car- rying Miss Devanney's books staying after school washing blackboards These days are gone but the magic thrill or quiet joy of these moments is not dead to the past but alive in memory. mudm .,,, . ,.....,,..a..-.,....l.. m.W1.. um

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Unforgettable Moments An initiation party for the seventh grade the joys of dancing school . .. the First boy-girl party when all the boys stood on one side and all the girls danced with each other a tiny brown jumper worn with the air of a 'lGrown-up'l girl the drinking fountain and its unsurmounta- ble height eating lunch with your teacher . . . receiving the most stars in Sister Mary Eleanorls music contest a pair of your big sister's gym shorts that never did Ht art with Sister Mary Cyrilla . . . the Christmas poor families the trip to Williamsburg ...a feeling of utter panic when the curtain rose on the eighth grade play the happiness of hearing your name at Distribution the undeniable necessities that prompted an immediate visit to the Boys School the difficult problem of when and where to wear a light pink lipstick a Boys School sweater that is too large, too long, but superb cheering for a football game and never really knowing the score the first exam the peaceful joy of finding a quiet corner in which to think or read alone the paradox of slowly-

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U Myer School Their years of childish dreams and foolish fancies are behind them. The time has come for serious preparation, for the maturation of ideas and at- titudes, and for the acceptance of adult respon- sibilities. In every facet of Upper School life the girls become aware of the importance of honor, the rewards of courtesy and unselfishness, and the necessity for concentration on a college-prepara- tory curriculum. It is here that they come to know and love the spirit and traditions of Sum- mit. It is by combining this traditional grace and refinement with the modern trend toward indi- vidual freedom of expression that a Summit girl is formed.