Bordentown Military Institute High School - BMI Yearbook (Bordentown, NJ)

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SOPHOMORE CLASS The Sophomore Class, the class of '54, is one of the larger and more varied classes in school. There are boys from many states and several foreign countries among us, and we feel that as a group we have as many different interests and types as we have members. Scholastically, for instance, Bill Dent and Harold Wells are consistently at the top of the Dean's List, and several others not far behind them are from our class. The same two have led the merit list and several more of us have found high places thereon. Many of our group hold positions of authority in the military organization of the corps. And in extracurricular activities, the class of '54 is distinguished. Members of our class have found places for themselves in every sport organized as of this writing: Football, Cross-Country, Soccer, Basket- ball, Wrestling, Rifle Team, and Winter Track. They also serve as members of the Skirmisher, Glee Club, and other groups. Thus we have passed our sophomore year at B. M. I. For some of us it has been a noteworthy suc- cess. For others, although progress has been less spectacular, we all feel that we have achieved some- thing. Fourth row: Willsey, Brooks, Swayze, Apell, Baldwin, Yiehmann, Krawciw, Leone, Phillips, Sohayda. Third row: Olsen, Tauch, Thomas, Dent, VVells, Atheras, Cantlamo, Hibbert, Thompson, R. Second row: Keating, Rudolph, Oehoa, Studioso, Langevin, Sperling, de la Cruz, Fraser. First row: Catalano, Edel, Delaaurentis, Parker, Carton, DuBord, Rainforth.

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Fourth Row: Wieler, VValdman, Nolte, Bendayan, Chapman, Fuer, Vita, Karwncki, Towbin, Noll, Harvey, Third Row: Stuart, Biscontini, Silberman, Lewis, J., Cook, R., Cla-ary, R., Lzilmsh, Thompson, G., Miller, Kuck, H., Seto, R. Second Row: Taurel, J., Uribe, Millison, Cuneo, Knight, Simister, Adains, Ranion, Pilot, Morse, Gurwitt. First Row: Peppler, Basmadjian, Carabelli, Klemm, Purdy, Diez, Look. C. B., Pettison, Carbone, Moses. UN IOR CLASS This year's junior class has made its impression upon the records of B.M.I. and now looks forward with great eagerness to being seniors next year. We have had great respect for the senior class of this past year and will try our best to do as commendable a job as seniors as they have during the past. The class this year has been unusually active in school affairs. From the military point of view, we had two praise-worthy commissioned ofhcers in Bob Stuart and john Fuer. We also had a number of high ranking non-commissioned officers in our midst and feel we contributed to the good of the corps. Many of our members have been chosen to participate in the Landon Rifles, the school's crack drill unit. In the athletic department were seen in action such cadets as john Fuer, jack Labash, Russ Seto, Elliott Moses, Bob Towbin, Tom Karwacki, Tony E521 Vita, john Swayze, Whitney Nolte and john Lewis with the varsity football squad. Robert Morse, George Klemm, Richard Cleary and Reis Gurwitt ran for the cross-country team, while Russ Seto, Bink Biscontini, Trent Pettison, Brad Cook and jim Ramon held key positions on the rifle team. Gaston Bermudez and Saul Bendayen turned in all-state seasons for the soccer team. Foremost, this year's junior class has been a high ranking class scholastically with George Klemm, Dick Pilot and Larry Knight taking the honors. Most of our members have also succeeded in making the merit list. Someone has said that the greatest thing that this country possesses is emulation needed for success. We of the junior class have made it our goal to carve out as seniors a deep niche in the annals of B.M.I. next year,

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FRESHM The Hrst thing that a freshman does is generally one or the other of these two: Either he puffs up full of a feeling of superiority over these junior school kids , forgetting that he is not far removed from them himself g or else he is overawed by the big, wide world which opens itself to him. We have tried to avoi'd both those pitfalls and in- stead to face the facts and proceed in as natural and businesslike manner as we can. By so doing we have done a bit less floundering about before finding our- selves and, despite possible individual exceptions, have made a rather good record in our first year in high school. Scholastically there has been for us a full measure of success, as Stan Miron, Sal Giordano, and the CLASS Coriat twins have all found places on the Dean's List. In the military, of 'course, we are all just getting started, but many of us became Privates First Class, and a few, Corporals. In sports, similarly, competition for varsity sports goes mostly to older boys, but on junior varsity and junior teams, several freshmen distinguished them- selves. Among these were Ken Rickett, Stuart Blez- nak, George Scarano, and Al Petricone, all of whom served in J. V. Football, Albert Neroni and Sal Giordano on the cross-country squad, and many others who participated in soccer, wrestling and basketball. In our annual election, jack Byer and Carter Gin- gold were elected to the presidency and vice-presi- dency. Fourth row: Scarano, Petricone, Bleznak, Amerman, Cohen, Garry, Neroni, Macon. Third row: Sherry Mann.. Markel, Rrckett, Bennett, Spencer, Miron, Brront. Second row: Gingold, Mora, Spivack, R., Coriat, R., Strres, Irwin, Skidmore, Giordano. First row: Staley, Byer, Bodington, Huhn, Schenck, Regiec, Coriat, G. 541