Abraham Lincoln High School - Landmark Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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BIGTOWN SMALLTALK January 29, I958 Topsy Turvy Talk: Sol Rauch has made hisTory by convincing The Supreme CourT ThaT The ConsTiTuTion is unconsTiTuTional. When asked To say someThing Tor The genTlemen oT The press, he had only one Thing To say. EOOl . . . Do you remember lsrael Goldiamond. who used To pose Tor The We Grow Hair shampoo adverTisemenTs? He is now chairman oT The NaTional Bald-Head AssociaTionl . . . And Talking abouT high oT- Ticials lwho doesn'Tl, Irving Gedanken has i.usT been elecTed presidenT of The Elks . . . Paul Borsky has enTered The diplomaTic corps. He is our new ambassador To The U.S.S.R .... Three cheers Tor EThel Margolis. The TirsT woman ever To become a member oT The Brain TrusT . . . Now ThaT Roslyn Cohen has become a Teacher aT The Abraham Lincoln High School, we have her whole Tamily There . . . One sTep higher in educaTion is Lenore Leiblich. who used To work in a library keeping silence. She is now a college proTessor. Teaching speech .... FooTlighTs and FilmsTrips: STanley Gilinsky. who banged his way To Tame on The drums, was honored wiTh The Benny Goodman Award Tor The besT band in The counTry . . . Edward FinkelsTein, a very Tunny come- dian, who has waiTed a long Time Tor Hollywood recogniTion, is now sTeal- ing The picTure, OT Mice and Seniors, in which Fred lTskowiTz plays The male lead . . . Renee Swoiree, imporTed French glamour girl. is Taking The Temale lead. Rumor has iT ThaT she was really born in Brooklyn. and ThaT her real name is Irene SchwarTz . . . Nancy D'Amico made her debuT aT The MeTropoliTan Opera House, and was enioyed by The criTics . . . Two of The besT voices in The counTry can be heard over The SweeT Melody Hour : Dolores Bruno and RuTh Blair. RomanTic Rumors: VicTor Gershek, Tammany big-shoT. and Lillian Oransky, jewelry heiress, have been seen TogeTher quiTe oTTen. Could They be Talking abouT poliTics? . . . Evelyn Tobin, one of The besT music Teachers, whose name has oTTen been romanTically blended wiTh Eugene Berger. The one-Time sTage TavoriTe, says she ihTends To keep her own name Tor years LANDMARK

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dispense wiTh during The day. IT is your prerogaTive and should be Taken. Of course, you musT have passes which can be procured Through The proper channels. Be iT English or HisTory. you have The privilege. You are a Senior. Your nexT duTy is To TormenT The Freshmen and make Their lives miser- able. ForgeT ThaT you were once a Freshman. ThaT is all in The pasT. Never Take your work Too seriously, or aTTend school daily, as ThaT mighT prove deTrimenTal To your sysTem. Make iT a poinT To sTay ouT aT leasT once a week and aTTend a local movie To resT The Tired mind. Of course. if you feel exTravaganT, a show in The ciTy is prescribed. Gum should be chewed conTinuously. IT aids in The funcTioning of The mind as well as The iaw. AnoTher maTTer of prime imporTance is The Throwing of papers on floors and The going up down sTaircases. Whenever you geT The opporTuniTy, grab aT iT. Do noT pass up The chance To Throw refuse on The floors. IT marks you a Senior. FurThermore. if you do noT wanT To be Taken as an undergraduaTe, never walk up an up sfaircase. Also. because This is your lasT Term in school. The seniors now may Take as a souvenir anyThing noT nailed down. If all The above sTandards and precepTs are carefully heeded. you will have no difTicuITy in obfaining your diploma in four easy years. lf, aT firsT, There is some difficuITy, do noT become discouraged for we realize The above regulaTions are anyThing buT lax. If in ThaT case you wish To consulT us, wriTe To DeparTed Senior Freshman Division Any College U. S. A. LINCOLN., .... -

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'ro come . . . Jerome Lasky, manager al' Radio Cily Music Hall, fells us he will announce his engagemenl To Isabelle Brook. -Broadway lopnofcher. in a couple of weeks. which he probably won'+. I-Ie's been saying il now for years . . . I wonder why William Newman, 'rhe professional wresller, eals land eafsl every day a+ 'rhe Coney Island Res1'auranl ? Could wailress Shirley Kirschbaum be 'rhe reason? Willie is a big problem lo Shirley. She can'l' decide whelher he gol a beH'er figure or a beH'er girdle. Familiar Faces: Judilh Lieberman has been employed by 'rhe Unifed Slafes Treasury Deparlmenl lo painl a piclure of Abraham Lincoln on +he dollar bill . . . Perry Aron. one of lhe bigger business men in New York. is financing a newspaper wilh Berl Morlon as edilor. iusl 'ro see 'rhe nice lhings Berf always wrifes aboul him . . . Mos? probably you have wondered who 'rhe beaulilul girls on mosl' magazine covers, painled by lhe famed arlisl Daniel Cassel. were. They are Miriam Bilavslcy. Rosina Pelri. and Blanche Kebrelc. his glamorous models . . . Paul Breilil. who was chosen as 1'he mosl valuable college baslcelball player some years back. has opened a sporls shop and sells aulographed baslcelballs. LINCOLN- ... -T