Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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f 5 THE GLEE CLUB Ifrzrlf Row: Lic-urancv. Myers. Lelppo, D. Williams, Gordon, JPIISPI1. L, Marstvn. Catvs. Middle Row: Abbot. .l. Lf-wis, Rich, .fhirlr-rson. Mayne. Spaulding. R. lloyd, Hcnze. Front Row: Mr. Ellrhardt. White- lSvc.l. ljeall tPres.l. Callander lLilJrarianl. MUSIC AND ART Mr. lgnon. Wliitv. Hell 1l'res.I . J. Case-. L. A1-quislapacv.

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62 EL ARCHIVERO THE RADIO CLUB S those faculty members who have tried to tune in Channel Two at strategic moments will readily attest, Thacher, for the first time, is the possessor of an Amateur Radio Station, WA6ESM. Organized by Mr. Ches- ley fW6LLKj and led by President Behnke fK6MVPj with Secretary-Trea- surer Freeman Ford fWA6DFFj, the Radio Club has taken over the old mechanical drawing room as a project lab, and its transmitter is located in the Radio Shack on Beetleville. Any hour of the day or night members may be found hunched over equipment in the shack. Despite the somewhat haphazard array of antennas and the even more outlandish display of equipment, the club has been able to make some very interesting contacts. The most spectacular of these was the successful completion of a schedule with an amateur in Palmerston North, New Zealand, which enabled Russell Callender to talk with his parents for over an hour. Similar arrangements have been made for other boys to Minne- sota, New York, and Hawaii. It is hoped that next year the club will gain more licensed hams and will be able to operate even more extensively. ON FRIENDSHIP By Kahlil Gibran And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship. And he answered, saying: Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the nay in your own mind, nor do you withhold the Hay . And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart. For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. When you part from your friend, you grieve notg For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the moun- tain to the climber is clearer from the plain. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught, And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship let there he laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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64 EL ARCHIVERO MUSIC CIANDER Mr. Ehrhardt, music has played an important role in school life this year. We have all heard many differing types of music, from the Ventura String Ensemble to the more modern strains issuing from the vocal cords of Marsten and Beall. The Glee Club, led by tenor John Beall, sang a group of modern carols in a concert before Christmas Vacation, performed as a choir for the Presby- terian Church in Ojai, and furnished the year with a short serenade at the Spanish Banquet ceremonies. The addition of the auditorium provided the opportunity for many fine performances including a piano recital by Tom Whelan QCdeP '50j. Var- ious instrumental ensembles with Henze on the clarinet, Bonner on the cello, Stuart playing the French horn, and Bryan and Rhodes lipping the oboe and flute respectively entertained both school and public audiences. Complet- ing this talented group of instrumentalists was the piano trio of Tom Bell, john Bolduan, and john Heard. Again, this year, music has lent many hours of enjoyment both to those who have provided it and to those who have been fortunate enough to listen to it. ART SELDOM in the past has the Art Department been the scene of such activity and interest. Hardly a Saturday or Sunday went by, that a.rt students were not up in the studio working on their own. Sculpture, water colors, etchings, bronze casting, oils, and charcoal drawings were only a few of the mediums used by Thacher artists. A colossal wood sculpture by Tinker Bell, and Leo Acquistapace's work in oils highlighted the efforts of the department. Mr. Ignon approached the method of teaching Art Appreciation from a new angle this year. Each student was encouraged to pursue a different subject and then asked to give his evaluation of it in a speech before the whole class, after which all the members could discuss the merits of his presentation. In the Lower School Art classes, Mr. Ignon taught the rudiments of technique and briefly traced the history of Art. The Art Board-consisting of Bell, Acqustapace, J. Case, and White- has arranged several exhibitions in the school museum including shows by two outside arists. Mrs. Lutman's abstract oil paintings proved to be of great interest to many students as did the fine collection of plates which showed the various methods of printing. With the new board members-H. Chickering fPresidentj , Lloyd Du- bois, John Williams, and Tom Walden-stimulating the department next year, the high enthusiasm and interest in art will certainly not wane.