Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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FALL STUDENT COUNCIL - back row: Henry, B. ludson, Mr. Pariseau, Marchant, Selton, middle row: T. DeVido, H. Wydler, A. Seplow, A. Papazoglou, front row: Greef, P. Livingston, Ben-Ami President, Hilliard, Gellert. STUDENT COUNCIL R. PARlSEAU'S pride and joy, the Student Council, was ably headed by leremy Ben-Ami for both semesters, and became ever more involved in school affairs than before. Of course the Council helped run the annual Carnival, the Opera Lottery, the 8th 81 9th Grade dance, the UNICEFF collec- tions, and the continuing purchase of kitchen equipment. This year the dance was the main attraction, as such an event had theretofore been prohibited by the school administration. Friday, May 13th, was the date of this extravaganza, featuring Roger Sommers' Mace band. The affair netted about S250 and reportedly nobody was caught trying to sneak off upstairs for nefarious activity. SPRING STUDENT COUNCIL - back row: Metcalf, B. ludson, Mr. Pariseau, Marchant, Hagen, middle row: Couloucoundis, A. Seplow, A. Papazoglou, Roger Raines, front row: Lester, P. Livingston, Ben-Ami President, Hilliard, Kaminski. 88 -A 5 From this's year's Carnival the Council netted 51300, and as we go to press it is yet undecided how to allocate these funds. Some of the ideas so far have been to buy a new curtain for the stage, individual movie screens for each classroom, new accordion partitions for the Sth, 7th and 8th grade classrooms, or buying a new card catalogue for Mrs. Rittenberg in the library. Four A-S Carnival booths participated in the May 24th block party, and good cheer was spread over 78th St. as Matthew Peyton skateboarded by. Over fifty boys went to the Metropolitan Opera lagain courtesy of Mrs. leanconl, while the UNICEFF drive raised 5380. Great credit to Messrs. Pariseau 84 Ben- Ami ... now, shall we have a debate, anybody?

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aff? , G P-Q Mark Tiedemann stole the show as the corpulent Poo-Bah, Lord High Everything Else. His imperious manner and over-size belly grabbed everyone's at- tention. Yum-Yum fthe soprano heroinej was well- done by Tony Green, while Pitti-Sing fher friendj was very well done by jonny Potter. Katisha fthe mezzo villaini was white-faced Sandy Trippe, who couldn't sing in anything other than a gravely croak but sure could act! Besides singing isn't important for this role. The Mikado fhimselfj was done in low- key fashion by Mr. English, while Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner, was interpreted by Roger Summers fwho finished memorizing his part shortly before the curtainj. Brad Kulman did a surprisingly good job with Pish-Tush to round out the high-level parts. As in A-S tradition, the afternoon production brought shivers to the actors, as they waited pa- tiently for their parents to come to the evening performance. Some never even got out of their make-up, and thus terrorized Kay's and the Pavillion Pizzeria! The evening performance, of course, went far smoother fthe audience laughed at the proper times and squirmed less in the front rows.J. Despite near heart-failure, Mr. Gauger again pro- duced another fine G 84 S, and prediction of G 84 S extinction due to lack of popularity once again proved unfounded. Clearly Allen-Stevenson dramat- ics have come a long way this year, and perhaps even Mr. Cole will return to the stage after a year's lay-off!

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SPEECHES 'I' HE last four Friday morning assemblies in the spring featured the finalists in the annual pub- lic speaking contest. In the semi-final rounds, facul- ty judges graded the speakers in six categories, ranging from content to delivery, on a scale of one to ten. The two winners in each of the top three grades went on to compete against each other in the final round, judged by Mr. White iPresident of the Boardj, Mr. Boocock fHeadmaster of Buckley Schooll, Mrs. Roffman fformer parent, Trusteej and Mrs. Leighton iHead of Lower Schoolj. The seventh grade finalists began the season, with Frank Visconti relating how Saudi Arabia was not a million-dollar paradise but a dirt-poor land where only a very few enjoyed the benefits of oil revenues. He was followed by Clinton johnson, who spoke on the evils of alcohol abuse. Warren Etheredge gave an amusing talk on pickles iwhich won him first place in the gradej, followed by second place win- ner Alex Gellert, who spoke on the benefits of New York City living. The eighth grade speakers followed on the next Friday, and here Barrett Lester emerged the winner with a skillfully worded and presented talk of sleep. Second place winner lan Fischer talked about how computers will soon replace man, while close third place man Tim Reunitz discussed abandoning the Electoral College, The rest of the eighth graders all placed within a 20-point span, and some of these were jimmy lacobs l what the world is turning into j, Dean Landis iagainst corporal punishment in schoolsj, Clifton York fdisastersj, and Eric vanLeight this experiences in a French schoolj. The following week the ninth graders spoke. Bod- ey Brookins predicted his vision of A-S in 1990, and CZ? iv 1' t- in a closely-related speech, Lars Lofas Star Trekked his way into the future. Danny Szor, first place winner, urged people to speak out, even if it meant going against popular opinions. Second place win- ner Michael Hedges, who told the audience to please stop teasing the unfortunates. jeremy Ben- Ami placed third with a talk about an imaginary election day which found America in chaos. The following Friday all the finalists competed, and Szor won, with Gellert runner-up. 9