Evander Childs High School - Oriole Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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X R 5 E Perhaps fhe one momenf fhaf carries fhe mosf seriousness comes when we pause in refrospecf-as a fraveler abouf fo sef forfh on a long journey, furns fo 'lake a lasf lingering look af his home. To fhe more senfimenfal, fhe glance backwards may bring a fear, a choking voice or merely dimmed eyes. ln all cases, however, if is as fhough you had opened fhe gafes of your being fo a fide of sadness and regref. lf is fhen fhaf your soul is swepf away by a sea of memory, and fhe salf of your fears smarfs each wound. Buf 'l'hen, fhere is so much pleasure in remembering fhaf if is easily worfh fhe sorrow enfailed. lf would be cusfomary for one delving info fhe pasi' fo begin af fhe very inifial day. Buf nof so in our case. A greaf number of our class, coming from Junior High School and fhe annexes, enfered Evander in fhe fhird ferm. We were really well info our fiffh and sixfh ferms before we consolidafed info a group. Unfil fhen we had wandered abouf bewildered, frying fo form sfrong connecfions in our new and sfrange surroundings. We were amazed fo find an absolufe dominafion by fhe freshmen and sophomores of fhe acfivifies usually arrogafed fo fhe upper fermers. lf seemed fhaf fhe Seniors held fhemselves so aloof fhaf fhe lower fermers had an oppor- funify 'lo usurp fheir fradifional privileges. Our exploifs as individuals during fhis early parf of our school career are even forgoffen fo ourselves, perhaps because fhere was nofhing so very individual abouf fhem. During our fhird year Capfain Appleiack was presenfed on our sfage. Besides being a remarkable success, if broughf fo our affenfion fhe many oppor- funifies open fo fhose inferesfed in exfra-curricular acfivifies. lf was during fhe sixfh ferm of fhe class, fhaf fhe firsf dancing club was organized, under fhe supervision of Mrs. Esfernaux. The ferminafion of fhe ferm saw our firsf and mosf successful class dance. The gym was gayly bedecked wifh balloons and fhe embryonic Ginger Rogers and Fred Asfaires were given fheir opporfunify fo display publicly 'ihe Terpsichorean Arf which fhey had masfered. They danced, and gave grafeful fhanks fo fheir in- sfrucfress and fo fhe assiduous commiffee which had made fhe dance such a complefe success. The sevenfh ferm broughf info fhe limelighf Leon Varfessian, newly elecfed Presidenf of fhe Arisfa, under whose compefeni hand, fhe Arisfa enjoyed a highly successful ferm. Then came fhe sha'Hering of precedence. For fhe firsf fime in a greaf number of years, fhe Presidency of fhe Senior Class wenf fo a girl, Anneffe Hochberg. Lafer on in fhe ferm came 'lhe organizafion of fhe Presidenfs' Club, a club incorporaf- ing fhe many presidenfs of all Evander Clubs info a single group. The close of fhe sevenfh ferm saw fhe class well implanfed in exfra-curricular acfivifies. They had dis- covered Evander for fhe firsf fime, and deeply regreffed fhaf fime was so shorf, fhaf fhey had nof previously parficipafed fo a fuller exfenf in several acfivifies. The new class governmenf had begun so well 'l'ha'I' eyes looked upward, upward fo fhe Hall of Fame where fhe class of June '36 would emblazon ifs name.

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I M A G E S Above my desk There is a Buddha, Gilded Wifh dull gold painl. The dim reflecfed green Iigh'r Gives ii life, And il' sneeringly says, Why sfruggle? You'll sink in fime- Why sl'ruggle? The sun's scalpels Will reveal A cracked plasfer image. B A U B L E S Your words Remind me ioday M go Q QET3 Q TH Of Chrislmas +ree ornamenfs: Thin, highly colored, Empfy-. REE DESTROYERS IN THE RAIN Slim grey desfroyers in 'lhe driving rain Heaving genily on fhe long low swells: Low grey hulls blending wilh +he sky above: Becoming one wilh lhe quief wafers below- A parl' of ihe sea ilself. And all is grey- The sea, fhe sky, fhe wafer-hugging panihers. GRADUATION AT THE PARADISE In robes of renled digni'l'y We'll sfalk across 'Ihe gilded s+age Where beH'er dramas have been played: And fhere will be swealy-handed clapping- And fhe manager will sil And look al' his walch Wondering if we'll be oul' on fime So his own performance can slarf- Here, where 'Ihe noise of my +ee'l'h Crunching 'Ihru crisp bread ls lhe only foreign sound: Here where brown leaf picfures Are framed in fallen lrees And branches are lracings on a sapphire sky, Holy words wriHen on a iewel: Here, where smokeless heal is quivering Floa'I'ing up lhrough fhe ear+h-smelling air: Here can I press my face lo fhe earih And Iel' iis lhoughfs be mine And i'l's peace mine also. PASTORAL

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The very beginning of fhe eighfh ferm saw fhe class again and again shaffer precedenfs as ifs members gained many nofeworfhy disfincfions. The Evander News, fhe Bridge, and fhe Bios all fook firsf places in fheir respecfive divisions of fhe Columbia Scholasfic Press Review Confesf, while Scriba 'look second place in ifs divi- sion. The frack feam ran off wifh Nafional Cify-Wide frophies wifh Mackenzie Wash- ingfon and Al Mauriello casf as fhe sfellar performers. There followed fwo class dances in fhe gym, fl1e Sf. Valen+ine's Dance which caused many a resolufe hearf fo weaken, and fl-le Sf. Pafrick's Dancewhich saw fhe gym engulfed in a sea of green and each Senior adorned wifh a shamrock in honor of lreland's Pafron Sainf. Perhaps fhe mosl' discussed Senior evenf was fhe elecfion of Senior Celebrifies. The Celeb Dance fol- lowed in fhe gym and fhe class honor-bearers were infroduced fo fheir acclaiming public. The disfribufion of picfures for fhe Oriole was also an occasion of excifemenf, wifh many cries of approval and occasionally a call for consolafion. Senior Frolic Day wenf off successfully, fhe fheme of fhe cosfumes being liferafure. Anofher elecfion saw Anneffe Hochberg insfalled as Dean of Girls and Ed Cappucci as Dean of Boys, fo fake fhe place of Miss Cunilfe and Mr. Findlay for a full day during Senior Week. The Prom, held of fhe Waldorf-Asforia, saw fhe sophisficafed seniors in all fheirrglory. This never-fo-be-forgoffen affair was also a record smasher, as if was fhe firsf fime fhe high school ever held a Prom in fhe Grand Ballroom of fhe Waldorf- Asforia. Growing Pains , fhe Varsify show, supervised by Mr. Friedlander, was a fif- fing climax fo a ferm replefe wifh memorable incidenfs. T And so we review, rafher skefchily perhaps, buf wifh open eyes, fhe four years we have spenf in Evander. We can see as vividly as if if were yesferday our firsf day wifhin fhese porfalsg and in a flash, as if were, four years have passed! Truly, fhey have been glorious years, glorious in fhaf fhey have been crowded wifh inferesfing and worfhwhile acfivifiesg glorious wifh fhe wealfh of richly inspired learning upon which we were permiffed fo feasf our minds: glorious in fhaf fhey have fosfered friendships born in wholesome and pure surroundings: in fine, glorious years fo be freasured and cherished forever. ' Commencemenf is over, and we face fowering gafes, gafes fhaf are overwhelming, awe-inspiring, and forbidding. We fremble, we furn, we are inspired fo run back fo fhe genfle and guiding arms of our Alma Mafer. Buf we cannof run back. We do noi' belong here any longer. We are alone, aparf, free-acfing and self-respon- sible. lf is fhen we are reminded fhaf sfrong bonds of friendship exisf beyond high school, and fhaf we are nof fo be isolafed in our new life. We furn once again, ioin hands wifh our friends, and face fhe gafes.