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1 ' stand there chattering to yourself like that," Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for f he first time, "but tell me your name and your business."
1/ 'Mf n.am but--"
"It's a stap1tl name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. "What does it mean?" \ \ " mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.
"Of it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh. means the shape I am- -and a good ,.J handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost." Alice was distinctly disturbed. She started to caress her yearbook nervously. "Take that yearbook, for instance," Humpty Dumpty went on. "It's--"
"Oh, Mr. Dumpty," Alice interjected rather unwisely and presumptuously. "This yearbook is called 'Oakleaves', and with a name like that only one shape comes to mind.
"Yes, but--"
· "You see, Mr. Dumpty, this yearbook is different. You're going to ask, "What does the name "Oakleaves" have to do with the yearbook?" Alice seemed excited. "Well, each leaf of our yearbook stems from a common root."
"Which is?" questioned Humpty Dumpty coldly.
"Well," stuttered Alice, "Poly is a small school, and this yearbook records a common experience."
"Being what?" Humpty Dumpty asked rudely.
Surprised, Alice answered, "Why, the year of the first graduating class "
"Then I feel sorry for next year's yearbook staff," mumbled Humpty Dumpty Looking down from his wall, he cleared his throat and calmly began again. "Well, young lady, oakleaves have a shape, but what do they stand for? A title is to summarize the contents of the subject."
"I'm happy you broqgh :hat fr0 iu up," Alice lied. She pretended to clear her throat, also. Then she beamed wit:ll- pnidt . " ·his yearbook is more than a ... an almanac of a graduating class; it captures the spiz it:t .of ,ot , "
"The name, .. tloes the name have to do with the yearbook?" Humpty Dumpty irritably inquired. --:t.-...., '
"Poly's campus has a veneer of oak. It's overlain with oakleaves, and since this yearbook recalls the past instead of prophesying the future by rustling its leaves, 'Oakleaves' is a justified title . "
"Then you don't want the oak to leave, do you?"
Alice shuddered. "No, and when this graduating class leaves, the second class will gain the reputation of the first. We are making traditions as pioneers. But that's not the point The time has come to speak of many things: of carwashes and class ways, of plays and poles, of whos and whys, of dancers and dreamers, of subject and spirit. These are recorded in this yearbook, and it all ties in with the campus and, oakleaves and students."
"Oh," Humpty Dumpty smiled. "It took a beastly long time, but at last I have found out, and now we're both sure. "
Alice, who was pleasantly relieved, also smiled.
I want to congratulate you on the successful completion of a difficult course of study. I hope that these years at Poly have given you knowledge, skills, and experience that will serve you well in college and the years after.
With these congratulationE\ go the thanks of all of us whoremain at Poly. You have done a fine job as the first senior class. It is not easy to be pioneers, and we have had our problems. I am sure that the sense of achievement in being the first class more than makes up for the struggles. Please come back whenever you can, and see how the school you helped build has grown.
Sincerely yours,
Arent H. Schuyler, Jr. Director of Upper School
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Glee Club IX; Social Committee XII; Yearbook XII; Downbeat XI; Volleyball XI, XII; Field Hockey XII; Diving XII; Tennis XI; Baseball XI; Honors X, XI; Student Council representative XII; Girls' Service League vice-president XII
• • • "Babs" ••• always laughing, working, or dieting ••. cooperative, •• "A cookie for your thoughts" ••• in the tennis racket, •• found a thermometer through her hand in Lab wants to be a diplomat not a dissectionist had a boa constrictor as a namesake, ••
Glee Club IX, X, XI; Volleyball B XI; Poly Red Cross representative XI, XII
• • • "Margot" ••• Rincon fanatic ••. singing, surfing, and smiling ••• low swing-lo, •• loves steaks, mustard, black dogs, and Jane Eyre ••. "She's hip!" .•• infectious good humor .•• usually seen with Becky •••
Glee Club X, XI; Drama XII; Patio Pages XI; Downbeat XI, XII; Field Hockey XII; Honors XI; Girls' Service League president XI.
••• "Margaret" ••• mature combo of kid and adult ••• flaming red hair, but cool head ••• sensible .•• dry sense of humor .•. water skier ••• Larousse and roast beef••• likes Japanese - if you please ••• thinks the Twist can go to the Dickens ••• hates puns •••
"Marlena" .•• joy bubble, •• "Laugh and the world , •• " ••• usually Santa Barbara bonnd, •• world traveler, •• her favorite movie is the Wong one •. ,likes Hula and Hope ••• "Mr. Geometry, will you please help me with a Waterman problem?" •••
Glee Club X, XI; Drama XII; Social Committee chairman XII; Yearbook XII; Patio Pages X; Downbeat X, XI, XII; Assembly Committee XII
• • • ''Barfy" .•• "If at first you don't succeed, head North!" ••• loves to ski ••• adores pancakes ••• nonstereotyped typist ••• photogenic ••• Charleston ••• likes dogs with hairy faces ••• "I don't know, sir; I was taking notes. " •••
• • • "Robin" ••• portrait of an artist as a young man ••• his hobby is for the birds (bird-watcher, but he watches more than that! )••• to dance devine "the golden toe" basketball pro ... an expert with brushes on canvas and drums •••
Political Club XI; Poly United Ftmd XII; Assembly Committee XII; Social Committee XII; Football B most improved player XI; co-captain XII; Track B; Science Fair first prize X .
. . . "Don" ... wandering wit puns in the pulpit backbone of the "B" team ... "May I borrow?" ... cowbell ... quoth the jeepster: "But Mr. Moses didn't pay my citation!" ... devil on the dance floor Bluebeard with a green suit .. .
Glee Club IX, X, XI; Patio Pages editor XI; co-editor Xll; Downbeat editor XI, XII; Honors XI; Girls' Athletic Association president XI; Student Council-vice-president X; Poly Red Cross representative X .
. . . "Becky" ... blushing ... demi- devil, demi-goddess "Do you have a red pencil?" ... prominent member of the Debate With Mr. Manley Club . .. "In like" heard singing in gym ... rae oons, iced tea, and tree-climbing .. .
Glee Club IX, X, XI; Drama XII; Poly United Fund chairman XI; Yearbook XII; Patio Pages XI; Downbeat XI; Varsity Football cocaptain and best tackler XI, XII; Varsity Basketball most improved player XI; Varsity Track XI; Varsity Baseball X, XI; Honors IX, X, XI; Student Council president X; Harvard Book Award X.
"R. k" "R b " D J 1c ee s . . on uan confident, convivial, convinced ... "I'm stoked!" ... wavering, wavy hair ham with a harem "middle man between 'good guys' and 'intellectuals"' ... surfs on his "Moby Dick" b . m. o. c think's he's God's gift to women .. .
Drama XII; Science Club XI; Yearbook editor XII; Patio Pages XI, coeditor XII; Downbeat XI; Assembly Committee XII; Basketball XI; Hockey XII; Honors XI; National Poetry Award XII .
"Sue" ebullient, always bouncing around sufistuhkated ... ruffling her hair with her hands expressive eyes hot dogs, butterflies, and ice cream .. . scrambled egg- head "But, sir ! " ... known for her mannerisms, not manners a funny kid ... "Hey, gang!" ... silent, but only when sleeping
Glee Club X, XI; Drama XII; Poly United Fund XII; Social Committee XII; Patio Pages X, XI; Downbeat XI, XII; Cheerleader X, XI, XII .
"Judi" sentimentalist ... beautiful blue eyes ... "I can say anything I want, because I'm a Pansy" sensitive, struggling writer Metrecal on the rocks .. . feminine star of "Inherit The Wind" always playing Cupid ... "Love is a mutual trust"
... "J oni" ... enthusiastic student and athlete ... Happy Birthday, dear Horace
great G. A. A. swim parties ... II crumb I ... likes Spanish dancing, ice cream, Samoyeds, turtles, and Mozart ... hates rutabaga ... etudiante par excellence ... "oh, ha, ha" smile
Glee Club IX, X; Science Club XI; Patio Pages IX, X, XI; Basketball XI; Volleyball XI; Baseball XI; Tennis XI; Honors X, XI; French Awards IX, X, XI.
Drama XII; Political Club XI; National Merit Finalist Xll; Science Award X; Soccer XII; Honors X, XI; Student Body president XII .
"Kim" "Harvard Yard Man" ... perpetual motions "How true is the fact that ? " dynamic speaker ... twenty minute sentences ... Faulkner's friend "If one more person calls me at 8: 10 to tell me he can't read the Bible, I'll. " ... scientific approach to ideas ...
. . . "Mary" dry, wry humor energetic equestrienne ... doesn't promote her own fame ... galloping to Sarah Lawrence ... quizzical twist of the eyebrows loves caramels ... red T- bird convertible ... lunch with Jackie ... Vive Amherst! Good luck in the Olympics! ...
Riding chairman IX, X, XI, XII; Girls' Service League president IX
Glee Club IX, X; Patio Pages - art editor XI; Girls I Service League president XII; Art Award IX, X, XI; Volunteer Service Award X, XI.
... "Nancy" ... satiric wit softspoken sew-and-sew Death Valley, abstract painting, "Bessie" ... fresh air fiend ... art for Sartre Is sake devoted volunteer ... Haiku, existentialism, sensitivity .. .
American Field Service Student XII
. . . "Massimo" congenial and continental ambition to be a lawyer .. . "When in Rome " savoir-faire .. . asset to Poly ... Judo and jurisprudence "What you say?" ... "What's mean?" Ciauo" whistling ... "Latin Spirit" .. .
. . . "Torn" ... sincere, friendly ... nerve- racking party games pies, not papayas ... amiable smile likes Greece,
Football Manager X; Outstanding Effort Award IX . tuna, and insects ... hardworking ... school spirit, "Spartacus", and spiritual singing
Glee Club X, XI; Assembly Committee XII; Downbeat XII; Student Body vice-president XII; Cheerleader X, XI .
"Ann" sophisticated refuge from the Roaring 20's battles on sentimentality "Stevenson did not lose the election!" ... vivacious vice-president
Motto: "Never look before you leap!" .. . Main interest: boarding school boys .. .
Glee Club X, XI; Yearbook XII; Patio Pages XI; Girls' Service League president X
"Dianne" conservative ... Poly party- girl ... "Save your Confederate money, boys, the South will rise again!"
... Kentucky and tailored clothes would thrive better in a Southern Climate ... du Maurier, Metrecal, and meat hates cats that meow. · formal in fashion studies hard, especially in History
Eagle Scout XI; First Place Current Affairs Contest IX; Football XII; Political Club XI
. . . "Mark" easy- goingt good-
natured, ridiculous . .. Poly Polyglot acute interest in the sophomore class . always russian around in his pagan wagon friendly to felines, but not catty ... historical novels, military strategy, and sideburns ... off- beat humor ...
ROW, left to right: Eleanor Wood, Holly Smith, Christine Purpus, Mary Tyson, Michael Smith, Joan Schirtzinger, Roger Ritchie. BACK ROW: Eleen Takekoshi, Jerome Barnum, Jill Goodhue, Robin Sidell-Fish, Robert Sharp, Rea Blakeslee Troll, Laurence Allen. NOT PICTURED: Sharron Marshall.
ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Quinlan Cobb, Isla Anderson, John Culver, David Brown, Anne Gillespie. BACK ROW: Stephen Gates, Nancy Boldemann, Mary DeLange, William Geffeney, Kenneth Dalzell, David Clark, Sandra Douglass, Adrienne Birtcher, Katherine Davis, Nancy DeLange.
ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Chase Wickersham, Paul Watkins, David Smiley, Debra Taylor, Susan Stevenson, Bruce Wakeham, Judith Stainbrook, Cynthia Stork. BACK ROW: Gretchen Withington, Margaret Spaulding, Michael Rucks, Robin Riley, Stephen Westbrook, Joan Wilson. NOT PICTURED: Dorothy Johnston.
h y Bl a nkenhorn, Laureen Davidson, William Foord,
Glass, Madelyn Fe r go d a, Will ia m Cl a rke, Robert Day, Standish Fleming.
FRONT ROW, left to right: Colin Russell, Richard Lysle, Thomas Laym a n, Cynthia Latta, Margaret Messler, Robert Hale, Richard Kenned y , Kenric Hammond.
SECOND ROW: Rawland Goss, Elizabeth M a son, Mary Mayhew, G e offrey Mirman, Elizabeth Jones, Mich a el Jencks. NOT PICTURED: J a mes Bean, David Cosgrove, J ac ques Courtois, Briar Goss, Mich a el Fender, Peter Miller, Sh erry Stetson.
EIGHTH GRADE
TOP TO BOTTOM: Kathleen Polhman, Mary Eddy, Laura Ison, Anthony Fender, Barbara Oneal, Ann Meeker, Kent Coleman, Stephen Terry, Richard Hambleton, Joan Riley, William Uhl, Jeffrey Hahn, Paul Winter, Gifford Myers, Warren Poitras, Lawrence Tremaine, Ralph Bean, Gregory Palmer, Alfred Schonbach, Pierce Smith, Paula Roberts, William Blair, Gail Mirman, Michael Brody; Janet Purpus, Richard Pettit, Victoria fleming, James Butler, John Nelson, Nancy, Gilkyson, John Rethorst, George Sullivan, Cathlyn Patrick, Stanley Woodward, Harold Stream, Walter Meskell, Carlyle Stout, Timothy Washburn, Derrick Shannon, Linda Sohlbert, Sanford Miller, Vance Smith, Dan Frost, Roger Lustberg, Stephanie Wheeler, Allen Dragge, Elizabeth Newton, Jonathan Brewer, Josephine Haney, Adam Wright, Elizabeth Harris, and Kathleen Armstrong. NOT PICTURED: Lawrence Freeman, Arthur Spaulding.
Foster B. Rhodes, '22 . . . . . . President
Norman S. Nyce · Vice- President
Mrs. John Cree Wilson, Jr., '36
Mrs. Ellis W. Jones, Jr., '31
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Peter Davis
James D. Fullerton, '32
Mrs. Frank H. Hall
A. Stevens Halsted, Jr., '22
Vvilliam E.
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Alexander P. Hixon, '30
John McWilliams
David K. RQbinson
Stephen W. Royce, '35, M.D. Hallett D. Smith Ward, '42
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The only thing that matters in Girls' Service League is the attitude. Of course, since our voluntary organization contains only those sincerely interested in the service entity, there is only the problem of discerning what is valuable, perhaps the definition of service. Actually, any emotion, ranging from "meaningful" animosity to indifference can be sloppily covered by shipping money. But man, being a gregarious creature, must receive warmth and thought. Accept no substitutes. As for us protagonists, there can be no condescension in our helping. It is like mountains and valleys. One is given more material, but both are of the same basic material. Consider, therefore, how the mountains give of their best soil in the form of bonding alluvial fans.
I see no limit to service. If infinite care could be felt, infinite care could be communicated. Also communicable is work fervor-fever, not only to other volunteers, but to those "recipients". I get the feeling of circles, maybe of ripples.
For the Student Council, this has been a year of transition. To cope with the needs of a larger high school, the Student Council has had toreevaluate old policies, initiate new ones, and, in general, reorganize and extend its activities. The foundation for these changes was provided by the new constitution, ratified at a student body meeting at the beginning of the year. Among the new changes were: 1) an increased number of student body meetings to allow the student body to meet together and, as a whole, guide the policies of the council; 2) the opening of Student Council meetings to allow individual students to come and express their ideas directly to the Council; 3) the formation of student committees to give interested students who are not on the Council a chance to participate in and help organize such school activities as dances and assemblies; and 4) the introduction of members who had never before served on the Student Council thus broadening representation.
All these experimental changes in procedure were made to increase the communication between the student body and Student Council. However, these changes in mechanics are depe11dant for their effectiveness on intangible factors like the atmosphere of the school as a whole. Only if the attitude of the student body is enthusiastic and cooperative, can the ideas and projects of diverse groups of students be effectively, productively coordinated by the Student Council.
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