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

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'S a 21 eiefee he BUSINESS BOARD ROW 1: J. Raymond, K. Scanlon, N. Tiberg, M. Bishop, R. Seiherl J. Miller, S. Schnoor, L. Weinberg, A. Phelpsg ROW 2: J. Goldfine, V. Copp P. Alper, D. Bohlmann, B. Freedenherg. A. Pagano, N. Piccirilli. C. Glueckg ROW 3: T. Altohelli, M. Philipp, B. Borelli, A. Kopelman, P. Vagts, B. Jones E. Curtisg ROW 4-: S. Rabhino, C. Suhotky, A. Sherman, L. Blanchette, A Guida, A. DeAngelis, Mr. Sundermann, A. Katzenstein MAROON AND WHITE CHRONICLES 50 YEARS AT DAVIS 40

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BGUQGI ROW l: T. Pizzarello, L. Cirino, G. Fowler, E. Randel, A. Rabkin, N. Burton, D. Slote, J. Hollinger, N. Taft, ROW 2: S. Jacobs, E. Whitman, A. Scupin, D. Joachim, M. Myer, L. Gilbert, P. Bloomfield, R. Piersall, B. Hodge, V. Basnight, A. Gross, C. Karl, V. Dunkle, S. Portman, F. Baird, N. Harris, ROW 3: G. Shafbuch, B. Magill, A. Huber, P. Wolff, E. Peterson, B. Delaney, S. Cohn, J. Tripp, M. Caputo, C. Weist, T. DeGloria, O. Minklei, M. Howard, J. Graham, R. Yaswen, A. Carpentier, J. Singer, R. Greenberg, R. Hocking, F. Blunt, ROW 4: E. Goins, Y. Vaccaro, G. Meyers, R. Stevens, P. Berland, F. Ferrara, T. Joachim, D. Zale, A. Lemos, R. McLeod, R. Zale, R. Vosler, T. DeMaio, C. Roemer, D. Garvey, L. Lowinger, D. Accocella, A. Weis, T. Gizzog ROW 5: H. Levine, R. Waechter, L. Alpert, R. Fields, J. Robinson, J. Gillian, O. Potts, Mr. Randall Davisites are so accustomed to the sound of their BAND at football games and similar affairs that they take their talented Sousa-men for granted. However, prior to 1939 there was no such musical organization to give life to the school. Why, at that time students could actually study in silence! The band's tremendous spirit has carried it to new heights this year, the program being climaxed in the opinion of some with the best band concert in the history of the school. At this event, from the moment MDoc Randall, their inspired leader, stepped to the podium, Hill Toppers knew that their band was something to be proud of. After the last of the be-bop, blues, and marches had been heard, a show of appre- ciation was given by the crowd that bought tears to the eyes of many stalwart musicians. Earlier this year, the students showed their faith in the Band by successfully completing a community-wide drive for new uniforms, cap- tained by Miss Brown and Doctor Landis. Scenes from the drive at the police station and along the route of the parade are shown on the opposite page. Although they are a closely-knit unit, the Band is divided into several sections, the best illustration of these being the brass sextet. Show- ing iine uesprit de corps , they have delighted Davis assemblies several times as well as sup- porting the band fest with their efforts. While proving their Worth in competitive recitals at White Plains, members of our band received several individual HAM Ratings. This merely verified the fact that they are as good as We, the students, think they are. Credit must also go to Ted Pizzarello, the leading participator in Band activities. Through his work in promoting the band uniform drive, and his inspired music while playing in the Band, Ted must be recognized as Davis' number one up-and-coming musician. All Davis agree that, after a successful year, the Davis High School Band has many more triumphs within their grasp, and all antici- pate a future Band recital. 39

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aroon 82 Wife EDITORIAL BOARD ROW 1: H. Schwartz, D. Brown, J. Furman, ROW 2: T. Warm, E. Lewittes, S. Ostrowsky, E. Terzakis, H. Levy, E. Callahan, L. Celentanog ROW 3: R. Goldstein, F. Lucadamo, H. Prosser, B. Myers, Miss Cahalan, S. Subit, Miss Hall, P. Libby, R. Petre, C. Buck, R. Pielli, S. Morgensterng ROW 3: M. Hudes, C. Bower, M. George, R. Ivers, R. Blair, R. Silber, P. Mulaire, J. Kramer, L. Sprinz Back in the early 1900's, the Mount Ver- non High School ANNUAL reproduced pictures of coy flappers, stern teachers and romantic ath- letes. As the times changed, so did the Annual, and in 1926 the MAROON and WHITE emerged -a new name and a modern format. On bright, sunny afternoons, when most Davisites were enjoying cherished freedom, the ambitious members of the MAROON AND WHITE EDITORIAL STAFF labored amidst clicking typewriters, past annuals, pictures to be identified, senior polls, hundreds of reports, stories and art plates. In charge of the less glamorous side of producing the yearbook was the MAROON AND WHITE BUSINESS BOARD. If it were not for the seemingly endless task of arranging student and faculty photo appointments, selling sub- scriptions to students, selling advertisements, securing payments, filing letters, bank statements and financial reports, keeping the books bal- anced, plus delivering the yearbook to the awaiting subscribers, the job of the Business Board would be a comparatively simple one. However, under the expert guidance of Mr. Sundermann, who this year assisted with his twelfth issue of the uMaroon and White , every- thing was done efficiently and promptly. Much credit for this year's Annual goes to Harold Schwartz and Josh Furman, co-editors, Richard Pielli, whose beautiful cover design we are proud of, Paul Mulaire, who completed three years of service on the art staff, Miss Hall and Mr. Dodds, who supervised the art work, Miss Cahalan, the guiding light of the Editorial Board, Mr. Sundermann, and their combined staffs of approximately fifty Writers, artists, typists and business assistants. The first annual, appearing in 1900, was produced with a much smaller staff. Started by only four editors, the complete book cost less than one hundred dollars, many times less than today's expenses. We were fortunate to have one of those original editors, Mr. Albert S. Davis, return fifty years later to pose with his young successors of 1950 as shown on the opposite page. 41