Bay Ridge High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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any spare Tlme we had I remember my own enloyable Tumes ln The swlmmnng Tennus danclng and dramaTlcs clubs There were oThers oT course buT lm only human All These Thungs made my Treshman year a memorable and happy one Qur exTracurrn ular acTuvuTues were com peTe FRANCES lvlcGl2ATI-I Well here I am aT lasT' IT was a Tough TughT buT I Tunally made :T Perhaps Id beTTer explaln ThaT lm reTerr1ng To my sophomore year This new home :T really IS you know cerTa1nly looks luke a hugh school I guess none oT us wall ever TorgeT The scary Teelung we experuenced as we enTered The Mann Bunldung IT made us Teel so small and 1nsIgn1TncanT ThaT we really TelT luke Treshmen alThough now we were known as Unclvullzed sophomores Are They kuddung7 I had qulTe a blT oT dlTTlculTy geTTlng around The school Though Everyone rushed around as Though she were berng pursued by a demon I always remember The Trouble I had To Tund The rlghT sTalrcase and when I dad somoT1meslTTelT as :T The whole school were Trylng To clamb up over me I believed The yarn abouT The swlmmnng pool belng on ID Thesr baTh1ng su1Ts I never had any luck Though In The monTh oT February I became a cuvnlnzed sopho more and I looked Torward eagerly To The Term ahead oT me Maybe IT was due To The TacT ThaT summer was comnng We all had a wonderTul TreaT ThaT memorable Term We were snTormed ThaT The school was To be modernized and Then The Tun really began The class work was 1nTerrupTed conT1nually by Tne hammersng drzlllng and sawing oT The carpenTers ThaT was The besT Term we ever had Some days beTore enTer:ng a classroom where we hadn T done our homework we asked The carpenTer ouTsude To I 0. vi . . I I I ' R I . ' . ' I' ' , I I . . . I . . . . u . . . . 'F ' K f ' . illffxi I 0 . . . . . Lk . The Tloor above The lunchroom, and I used To look Tor girls A 1 , , ' 1 ' ' 'I Q ' I K . I ' 1. ' 0 . ' . ' k I ' . ' . X 1 T - I A I ' I I 1 l I . , 1 f . 'I r nf' l ':T:S....:,.' .2 . 9715?

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I ev' Kfafsa .Mrifor I-low can I ever TorgeT my Treshman year IH The Bay RIdge T-IIgh Annex7 The ThrIIl oT comIng To a new school was someThIng wonderTul Tor all oT us buT sTrangely orough I wa n T Too exhIlaraTed aTTer TIndIng ThaT I would have To clImb Tuve TlIghTs oT sTaIrs every mornlng To reach my one Tloor school I soon Tell InTo The rouTIne oT ThIngs and seTTled down Tor an excITIng Treshman year And IT cerTaInly was an oxcITIng year Too Above all Thlngs I shall never TorgeT The MISS Charm Ing conTesT wITh ITs Youll never be lvllss Charmmg' slogan rIngIng ouT every Tame your comb or lIpsTIcIc ap peared In The wrong place and aT The wrong TIme IT really Turned ouT To be a clean up campaugn All COITTUFSS Turned suddenly Toward The srmple sTyles l.IpsTIclc wenT eITher down To The naTural IIp lIne IT you Icnow whaT I lIlce wall paper and ThIngs were really hummIng l wonder IT any oT you Annex gIrls remember The assem bly pIogram presenTed To us whIch TeaTured dITTerenT dance Techmgues The dancers gave us a double perTorm ance ThaT day I II never TorgeT The l-lula dance compleTe wITh grass and The apache dance execuTed by a sTudenT A demonsTraTIon oT balleT and Tap Toe also made The assembly very enloyable lx orgo Iho play whereun we The audlence were InTroduced To dITTerenT and amus Ing personalITIes as They alIghTed Trom TheIr ImagInary aIrplane whIch oT course landed back sTage The maIn buIIdIng Choral Club pald us a vIsIT Too ThaT year NexT came The Pan AmerIcan assembly whlch was ITs usual enTer TaInIng selT and Then The EasTer presenTaTIon The la++er leTT us In a holIday mood The many clubs Toolc care oT . I 1 S . . . . . . ' . . X meanl7l or up To The same. l3osTers decoraTed The school I . ,cn'l' 'T I ' , ' , . . Q .i

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make a IoT oT noise so ThaT we could escape The wraTh oT The Teacher SweeT man he did Too' AnoTher evenT ThaT gave me pleasure was The vis1T ThaT Vic Damone paid To our school The gurls were so Thrllled and exciTed ThaT They nearly Tell oTT The balcony and when he sang Those wonderful songs every hearT beaT a IiTTIe TasTer Oh This is one of The Things ThaT makes IuTe bearablel I remember The Tear I experienced Though when I saw The lumber piled in The Senior Garden I hoped we wouIdnT lnheriT ThaT lumber yard My Tears were unTounded however and when I IeTT The school Tor The summer vacaTion I knew ThaT when I came back In The Tall The building would be The mosT beauTaTuI in The ciTy IT really came True Too' BARBARA PRICE AT IasT aT long IasT I reached Grade 5 only To discover ThaT I was considered The Treshman oT The morning session and was meT aT every Turn wlTh glaring Senior and Grade 7 puns Now I came To school by Tlash IighT and Toghorn insTead oT going home ThaT way and among oTher abuses was Torced To wear a suiT oT armor To combaT The Talling pIasTer oT modernuzahon I-Iowever I bore IT all wuTh a brave hearT Tor There were many evenTs To keep me occupied and my Troubles were overcome Every hearT beaT TasTer when Ten oT The male chorus members Trom Champlain College sang aT Bay Ridge To recrulT cand1daTes Tor Cham To hop on her I1TTIe red wagon and enroll aT Champlain Then came The long To be remembered never To be TorgoTTen Turkey Rall The Tech Bay Ridge roller skaTlng parTy when our dear old broTher school sToIe our hearTs away and TuTure prom balT began To be sTored up The climax oT Grade 5 was our ChrlsTmas Bazaar which TeaTured penny a peep shops and booThs Trom every deparTmenT in The school IT was Tremendous success along wmTh The Triple FeaTure Shop held The same nrghT Remember The Tlve man quarTeT oT TacuITy members7 WnTh The coming oT Grade 6 some oT our exTra curricular acTlviT1es were resTored We held a bug G O Dance chr1sTened The Bunny I-lop and The Term was really under way A large scale club sysTem was unsTiTuTed and we Tound ourselves enloyung diverse acTnvuTies every oTher week during assembly bell schedule The cream oT Grade 6 was Tapped Tor ArlsTa and They soon enTered The ranks oT our honor socieTy AnoTher successTuI skaTing parTy wiTh Tech was held The IasT big evenT in our Iunior year was The music TesTuvaI which com bined The eTTorTs oT The Choral Club and The OrchesTra WiTh anoTher seT oT RegenTs and Tunal marks behind me I IeTT Grade 6 wnTh banging hammers and Talllng Timber ringing In my ears, buT also w1Th Tond memories oT many Things learned and good Times enloyed by all RUTH CARLEN plain. For The nexT monTh, every girl in The school was making avid plans