Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Do You Danelle P Do you doodle? Of course you do, buT you are probably unaware oT This arTisTic acTiviTy on your parT-which is as iT should be-Tor The only eTTecTive doodles are Those which arise unpremediTaTedly. WhaT is a doodle? IT is anyThing and everyThing Trom The scribble you learned 'way back in elemenTary school in your penmanship class To The highly inTricaTe and elaboraTe Tigures Thaf grace The inside covers oT mosT oT your noTebooks. Doodles Thrive besT in noTebooks, Telephone books, newspapers, subway sTaTions and backs oT smocks and iackeTs. lSchool desks are noT accepTable-ThaT's noT legal dood- ling.l Doodling has Tinally been recognized as a regular school acTiviTy as wiTnessed by The recenT insTallaTion oT a Telephone booTh, equipped wiTh slaTe walls and provided wiTh chalk, on one oT our college cam- puses in New Jersey. lSuggesTed improvemenT Tor LaTayeTTe!l LaTayeTTe is well provided wiTh geniuses oT The doodle. AlThough They have received no recogniTion, no acknowledgmenT, no awards, The resulTs of Their hidden TalenTs may be seen aT any Time, if one is alerT and aware ThaT They exisT. All you need do is To keep your eyes open during a parTicular sTimulaTing lesson and waTch The doodlers as They bend over Their books, zealously, wiTh absorbing inTeresT.T Are They really lisTening so aTTenTively? No! FurTher inspecTion reveals Their compleTe oblivion To Their surroundings. They are doodling away enTirely wrapped up in This pasTime. We are able here To presenT several specimens leTT around aTTer class or Turnished us by our Triends, sTudenTs in The various classes. A careTul perusal will reveal To The sTudenTs oT The doodle ThaT one may classiTy Them according To Type. Some doodles Hound in any classl are oT The pernicious varieTy- doodled in every class wheTher The Teacher or lesson warranTs iT or noT. Here is an example oT a Tew: rms ln The doodle picked up in an English class, we Tind The malicious varieTy inspired usually by The Teacher's counTenance or a reciTing sTudenT's Tace. The doodler, you see, almosT unconsciously reveals his Eleven i l 1 1 l i i i l 1 's l l l l l l 1 I 1i

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venomous leelings as he produces lhis bil ol work, Z r w The doodle hidden in lhe hislory class discloses lhe laborious variely which is begun uninlenlionally like all doodles. A nole ol sell- consciousness enlers when lhe doodler begins lo perceive lhal whal he is producing is good-he really gels down lo work and is only inlerrupled by an unsympalhelic leacher. :eraser arg So much lor our Senior doodlers. lk Pk lk Bul l would nol have you believe lhal doodling exisls solely among lhe sludenls al Lalayelle. We have quile a lew experl doodlers among lhe members ol our esleemed lacully. Tops among lhese doodlers is lvlr. Sanlora ol lhe Arl Deparlmenl. l-le has broken away lrom lhe old Deedian School llvlr. Deeds Goes lo Townl ol Doodling and has developed a new pallern lhal is enlirely his own. lvlr. Sanlora has learned lo doodle wilh a purpose lwhich is unorlhodox bul excusable in lhis casel. Lislening lo music, reciling or headng poelqm wdhng oreven saymg hh own name,anylHng wHh a sel musical pallern-causes Mr. Sanlora lo begin. Moving his linger down and around, he keeps perlecl lime wilh lhe rhylhm and produces somelhing like lhis. ijnfg ' i I J l-lere's lhe purpose ol lhe doodling exercise. Place a mirror on any poinl on lhe doodle and move il aboul-lhe numerous designs lorming picluresque and grolesgue masks will gladden your hearl and eye-especially if you're searching lor an appropriale mask pallern For lhe arl class. Twewe