Fall
The Sixth Fo rm re turned to Schoo l on the
sixteenth of September (4 day s after the football
team) , and spent three days participating in the
Harvard Business School Case Studies and di s–
cussing the past summer. When th e new boys
arrived on the nineteenth , the se niors were finally
well enough settled to help them find their way in
the School , and when the old boys arrived the
next day , the term and the year had finally begun .
Since June , the School had seen some vast
changes, especially in the form of the completion
of Hargate Art Center and the beginning of
construction on the new dining room at the
Upper. In addition , there had been a great turn–
over in the Faculty and the School we lcomed
Messrs. Mancuso Valente , Inge rso ll , Tukey , Barry ,
WI1.ite , Degouey , Ligon , Maffry , and Bowen.
Once the effect of the changes and of being
back at School had worn off, the term began in
earnest and progressed quite smoothly . On Octo–
ber 6, the year's first Conroy Fellow, Mr. Augu st
Heckscher, visited the School and spoke inter–
estingly and informatively o n his job as Parks
Commissioner of ew York City . On October 28,
the Dramatic Club presented an exce llent pro–
duction of Shakespeare's
Richard
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before a Melli
Hall audience filled with boys and a great number
of parents up for Parent's Weeke nd . This per–
formance was fo ll owed on the next day by the
arrival of the second Conroy Fe llow of the Term ,
Term
the noted poet Ogden ash. Mr. ash stayed for
three days of speeches and informal ge t-togethe rs
which grea tl y benefitted all those lucky enough to
hear him .
On November 3, the year's first Dance Weekend
took place. an d , in spite of a rainy Saturday, the
weekend was a great success. In additi on, serious
eyes began to observe the progress of the football
team as it inched close r and closer to an unde–
fea ted season. In this case, th ey beat Lawrence.
The Term wore on, and the Curtis String
Quarte t made its annual visit to the School on
November 19, once again perfo rmin g an inter–
esting se lec ti on and ente rtain ing all who attended.
The Quarte t was closely fo ll owed by a new ty pe of
musical entertainment , the Boston Percuss ion
Ensemble , composed of pra ctically every con–
ce ivable percussion instrume nt.
And then Thanksgiving.
After four days' rest,
the Schoo! returned
as
usual
to
face three more weeks of homework ,
th o ugh the Sixth Form had a more immediate
matter to face on Decembe r 2: College Boards.
Once th ese were successfully
(?)
completed , a
week's preparation and then exams. o t much can
be sa id abou t exam week, exce pt that it ended
with J ohn Jay 's newest movie, and that the next
day, wishing luck to the hockey team
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the
Garden , we departed the School for three week's
relaxation .
