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've always loved this picture: the centerfold from e Day School's 1980 Yearbook. It's a great image of
life at the turn of two very different decades. e Church of the Heavenly Rest stands behind e Day
School's mostly 8th-grade class. For me, the banner for the church's Heavenly Jazz Concert evokes the real
connection between the church and the school. It reminds me of when famous jazz musicians (I remember
Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, among others) played for the school. Alumni parents, Elaine and Paul Weinstein
P'74, P'77, started the Heavenly Jazz series in the mid-70s to support e Day School and the musicians who
played the music they loved so much.
e tug of war separated by gender is another sign of the times. is was when the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA) was front and center, with ratification stalling in March 1979. It was also emblematic
of a key difference in our school: a coeducational experience in a neighborhood awash with single-gender
independent institutions. And the graffiti on the stone columns at the entrance to Central Park is a reminder
of the urban decay that the city had suffered for decades. n
– Mason Stark '84, P'27, P'32, Director of Alumni Relations & Planned Giving
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