A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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IDENTIFICATION ftopl Mr. Gentilesco, Mrs. Redka, Miss Quin- lan, Mr. Phillips, Miss Cheney, Miss Leighton, Mrs. Stiles, Mr. Collins VVheeeeeeeeeeeet! Reetl That's Miss Wight and her hustle whistle blowing the variegated specie of feminine pulchritude into position-,tentionl And with her is her part- ner in crime, Miss Taylor. Together, these sculptors practice the art of molding with human material, which at least is flexible. Heads upl Tummies inl Shoulders backl Hands at sidel And there you are - perfect human statues waiting for the at ease sig- nall Keep up the good work, though, we'll learn to walk correctly, even if we are taking seventeen years at it. Yes, patience is a virtue, and without the undying efforts of our educators we would probably continue to crawl and babble. However, with their aid, we've advanced beyond the Stone Age, and some of us even attempt to nibble on a slice of another language. Deutsch, El Espanol, Le Francais and Latin are echoed throughout the halls with a strong American accent. But we,ll get there, thanks to our poor sufferers who are obliged to listen to the wrong verb conjugations. To further us in our ambition to rub verbs with any foreigner, language clubs have been organized for each respective language. Here, the eager beavers parlez-vous francais, comprende el Espanol, verstehen Deutsch and gain helpful cultural information regarding these countries. lf one taxes his mental powers sufiiciently, he might recall those pleasant years when he was required to calculate the sum of 'ftwo and two or the more involved, one times two. Gone are those days- now we move a point fnothingness in spacej through the air and get a line! By now you must realize it is the Math Department that is under discussion. The fact that the whole staff, with the exception of the business math staff, is comprised of women must have some signin- cant meaning - but we couldn,t find any. M. TAYLOR, M. VVIQH1 PHYSICAL EDUCATIQN I LANGUAGES

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NQLISH l loiw riruvx How ftopl .Mm-il: Mrs, Bailey, Mrs Sinrwn, Miss mls lignominiousness' spelled with an 'ious' or just 'us', lf fuH'f'- MIN M4H'l7 H-'lfli MN l'V'1'W '.- and if so, whyfn Questions of this nature were hurled at MV 'Ii5'5l 'ii S H iq: Mrs' Di 'i 'H' our valiant English teachers each day by knowledge-hum Mr' Doylli' MV' Smith' Mr' liulllh. MV' ffry land ocuisionally HIC2lCl1CI'-liillfllvfnJ students? cylll' johnson, Miss Proctor, hliss Young 5 - - ' ' b teachers stood up very well under the strain, as was evi- denced by the How of smriothly-speaking students who left the portals wf Davis High. c lhe inost heart-rending sound ever to echo through Davis' halls was that of an English teacherls groan as he or she heard a prize Stl!- dent calmly and maliciously split an infinitive or even worse -we use a double subjectl Our teachers patiently undid those speech defects to the best of their ability, and then hoped to have their efforts rewarded by an ever-slight refining of the general speech pattern around the school. CYouse peepul shud all apreciat there effurt-fL'fl.j 5 Miss Brower, our Psycho-Englon mastermind, was the guiding l force behind the English Department. VVhen she was not buried 3 among the voluminous volumes contained in the hook room, or telling i young psychiatrists-to-be about the razor in I'Spellbound'y, she was to be found in conference with K'Coach', Doyle, or some other member of the English Department. The English language is the backbone of our society and as such is the backbone of the school. VVe are indeed fortunate to have such an efficient and conscientious group of English instructors, 'lhlusic is the soul of man,', some wise sage once said. To be sure that no Davisite was lacking in soul-development, Mr. Nielsen and Mr. Licht, as always, prepared musical treats for Davisites to enjoy. lVlr. Nielsenls chorus serenaded us during the Christmas assembly, and the band, under hlr. Licht's able direction, gave a concert that showed to the pleasure of all, its versatility and vigor of performance. Both these men will always deserve great praise for their continued efforts in making more and more of Davis music-conscious. C. Licni, E. N1ELsrgN MUSIC

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MATHEMATICS ss Sin ning, Miss VValson, Miss VVal- I ss Brown, Miss l'lm-va-laiicl, Miss 0 1-rstroui, Miss Padou N'l'll lt'A'l'ION flop! r 1--'I' The grueling, repetitious work done by this staff is known to all, but how many also know of the other tasks they did as a result of their exacting minds? To answer this briefly --The Master Mastermind Qlkliss Brownj handled all bond orders and drives, Miss Padou, among others, handled all the stamp orders. Miss VValther collected bottles for Grass- lands and also magazines for the armed forces. The future artists from Davis were given very capable instruction by blr. Dodds and Miss Nourse. hir. Dodds, known to all of us for his Bible-quoting ability, is also well known in the 2lI't world. His paintings have been in many exhibitions in New York. bliss Nourse, in addition to her time-consuming job as the guiding spirit behind the Maroon and Vvhite, also has a -iob as an art teacher. She is certainly to be congratulated for the cooperation she could give the Annual, and yet still be able to give her classes the expert instruction of which she is capable. In the middle of March manyi Davisites planned to visit their optometrists fljark Avenue eye docj to have their winking apparatus given an overhauling. Despite the fact that they were not overworking in school ftheir teachers vouched for thisj, they claimed that they saw many students with spotted countenancesl However, in a well-planned raid, our energetic heroine, Mrs. Morgan, the school nurse allayed their fears by saying that there were spots and that measles were in Davis. Mrs. Morgan handled the situation so well that the number of Uuntouchablesn remained surpris- ingly low. Mrs. Nlorgan is called upon to perform all sorts of odd tasks each day and this illustration shows how capable and adaptable she is. Clothing, food and shelter are the basic essentials of life. To show us how to obtain these essentials, is the job of Miss Redmond and Miss Sherman.