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

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.. A .- Q., i l 1.471 Q Wo rk S WO I1 JETS A deep breath needed to be taken before we started to talk about the long list of duties of the GENERAL ORGAN I ZATION. The group provided for a regular mode of pro- cedure for the organization and establish- ment of all clubs and societies, provided gen- eral regulations for their conduct and prac- tices, defined their rights and privileges, provided means for their support, acted as collector, custodian, and disburser of all funds, and transacted all other business of general interest to the teaching staff and the student body of the school not otherwise pro- vided for. With that terrific amount of work to be done it is a wonder that they found time for their eight hours of beauty sleep. As you look at their jolly faces at the top of the page, they don't appear to be over-worked. Behind closed doors the master minds of Davis made important plans. ln the air filled with verbal barrages the inimitable Richard Clark, perspiration running down his face, led the brain trust. There was a hush in the DAVIS DOTS AND ASHES lRightl Row l: S. Di Lunardi, A. Moskowitz, Mrs, Santen, 1. Reiner, 1. Sonnenblickg Row 2: l. Mercanti, A, Baker, l, Borenstein, l, Habel Page thirty formerly noisy room when another member of the brain trust, the principal and lord high ruler of our beloved school entered, followed by Mrs. Bailey and Mr. Gentilesco. Business resumed with heated argu- ments.

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When you reluctantly tore out of your math teacher's room late one after- noon after school, didn't you wonder about the cries of agony coming from the I-Ii-News room? That was the abode of the I-II-NEWS BUSINESS BOARD, headed by Mr. Altschuler. Being a Davis student and, therefore, an in- I quisitive soul, you probably peeked in and saw Mary Ellen Warshauer and Thelma Finkelstein tearing their hair out while trying to balance the budget. If only two plus two equalled fivel They do not, however, so the girls had to use all their knowledge of mathematics, includ- ing calculus, to make the figures tally. They really didn't mind because a large amount of money meant many subscribers and advertisers which the I-li-News readily de- served. Speaking of advertisers, the tired but happy peo- ple with dragging feet that you might have seen around the building were the ones that ventured forth to get ad- vertisements for the paper and came back the victors. i'Anything for the I-li-News was the motto of the busi- ness board. lust as the little woman is usually behind a big ex- ecutive, so is a little group usually behind a big activity. Such a little group was the SCHOOL PUBLICA- TION COMMITTEE headed by Miss Brow- er. Composed of a small number of stu- dents, it decided on any changes in the I-Ii-News proposed by the editor, and passed on honor awards for the editors of the I-li-News and Maroon and White, i9'O Q -0 E5 Page tzveizty-niiie

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What organization was behind those wonder- ful dances? What organization urged you to buy the Davis banners, pins, and hats? There was only one possible answer-the General Organization. Right hand helpers to the organization were the members of the G. O. PUBLICITY COMMIT- TEE, which consisted of two groups of students, namely,--a group of art students who made posters for the advertising of all school events, and a general committee of students who thought of ideas for all types of publicity stunts. The live wire of the G. O. ART COMMITTEE was the chairman, I-lildegarde Mayer. I-ler group of artistic members transformed the previously colorless, uninteresting halls to gala dress. Never-to-be forgotten were the elaborately planned Christmas decorations. One three-di- mensional scene in the center of the hall was un- usually beautiful, the choral singers were stand- ing in the snow with a cathedral forming the G. O. COUNCIL lPage 30: Topi Row I: Miss Landis, I. Madata, E. lmpara, R. Clark, H. Lampros, Miss Creekpaum, D. Mauriellog Row 2: I. Beacom, Mr. Gentilesco, B. Balkind, Mr. Phillips, V. Lambroso, G. Robinson, Mrs. Redka, I. Lombardo, P. Fox, Mr. Cullen, Mr. Searle, A. Grass, Mrs. Bailey background decoration. Every day, several weeks previous to the holiday, new displays would sur- prise and delight the school. Miss Landis' gen- iuses made the caricatures of the football team which you saw at the dance, I'd be willing to wager that Bob Muson had much to do with it. The art committee really knew what our school needed when they took over the interior decor- ating. Did you say that twenty-five Davis students had 95 averages or better? Where did you hear that? You said you didn't hear it but read it in bold black print in the Daily Argus? Did you say DAVIS DOTS AND DASI-IES? Are you speaking about the DAVIS PUBLICITY COMMITTEE? Well, of course, what else? The Davis student didn't exist who, at one time or another, didn't thrill to see his name mentioned in our daily in- former. G. O. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE lBottomi Row I: D. Ruggiero, I. Bonner, I-I. Mayer, R. Kennedy, B. Meister, A. Stein, Row 2: I. Goldberg, P. Kasenetz, I. Finklestein, G. Fiering, D. Mac Donald, E. Forster, R. Block, Mrs. Redka, Row 3: I. Feinberg, C. Carpentier, M. Marx, R. Maxwell, I. Berman, D. Larson, R. Muson Page Hiirty-one