Boys High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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MR. ALFRED A. TAUSK, Principal of Boys High School, is +he living personificafion of our school moH'o, Noblesse Obligef'

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NobIesse Obligen 'MGH oo 0 A 'Sf 2- o 0 . O in I! 5 f' Q 4+ Q09 Kb To The Members oT The Gradualring Class oT January I946: During The years ThaT you have spenT in Boys High School, we have soughT To give you a Thorough Training and educaTion noT only in The Tormal courses oT subjecT maTTer, buT also in noble and worTh- while habiTs, aTTiTudes and ideals. IT has been a' greaT joy To us To noTe your sTeady growTh inTo Tine young men, OT whom we are very proud. You Took To your hearTs The TradiTions oT good characTer, unseliish service, sound scholarship, deep loyaI+y, and respecT Tor properly consTiTuTed auThoriTy. You mainTained and sTrengThened These ideals by your spiriT oT cooperaTion, indusTry and devoTion To duTy. You are now prepared To enTer your nexT sphere oT acTiviTy. WhaTever This may be, I am cerTain ThaT you are well prepared To meeT iT, and I know ThaT you will add TurTher honors To Those achieved by The Boys High School graduaTes who have preceded' you. Yours is The TirsT class To be graduaTed since The cessaTion oT World War ll. The war is over, buT many grave problems, boTh naTional and inTernaTional, remain To be seTTled. OuTsTanding among These are The peace Terms, The UniTed NaTions OrganizaTion, The aTomiq bomb, The capiTal-labor dispuTes, TaxaTion, The disTribuTion of comrnodiTies, The rising crime wave, and many oThers. These per- plexing quesTions musT be solved, iT The world is To live in peace and harmony, Tolerance and undersTanding. You who are going ouT inTo This world, will have The greaT opporTuniTy oT Taking an acTive share in This vasT program, and The greaT responsibiliTy oT performing This duTy wiTh courage, honesTy and sinceriTy, so ThaT our counTry may live on, one naTion, indivisible, wiTh liberTy and jusTice Tor all. Noblesse Obligel May good TorTune ever aTTend you. IT has been a pleasure To know you and To work wiTh you. Boys I-ligh School will always be glad To welcome you. Sincerely, 6' 1 Principal

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Tl-IE STAFF,i X The appoinTmenT oT T-Tarold SchwarTz and Gerald WeinsTein To The posiTion oT Co-ediTors-in-chieT oT The Senior Recorder climaxed a paTTern which They have Tollowed since enTering Boys l-ligh. As members oT The Red and Black, boTh I-larold and Jerry worked Their way up To The posiTion oT Co-ediTors-in-chieT, which They held ioinTly This Term. The ediTors also hold high oTTices in ArisTa, Harold being Treasurer, and Jerry The Co-Leader. The Boys High OrchesTra had The services oT boTh boys also, wiTh l-larold SchwarTz lisTing in addiTion, The Vice-Presidency oT The Classical Club and service as 6Th Term represenTaTive in The execuTive council. Jerry WeinsTein was in addiTion, on The Tennis Team and The ScholasTic and ExecuTive councils. One oT The Three AssociaTe EdiTors oT The Senior Recorder This Term, MarTin BlumenThal is also Vice-PresidenT oT The Allied AcTiviTies. MarTy also boasT iournalisTic experience on The Red and Black's EdiTorial Board. l-Tis humor column, Welcome To My Wigwam was one oT The brighT spoTs oT The TeaTure page. The only sevenTh Termer among The ediTors, Theodore Karger has as his qualiTicaTions Tor an AssociaTe EdiTorship, The posiTion oT Manag- ing EdiTor oT The Red and Black. Teddy, sixTh Term represenTaTive To The execuTive council, also headed The Boys T-Tigh BeauTiTul Girl ConTesT. The Third AssociaTe EdiTor, BerTram Reisman, presenTs a wide Tield oT iournalisTic acTiviTies. As a member oT The EdiTorial Board oT The school newspaper, he wroTe on The sporTs page. BerT also was on The LiTerary sTaTT, and conTribuTed To The LiTerary Recorder , and served as The Boys I-ligh sporTs correspondenT To The N. Y. World-Telegram and The Brooklyn Eagle . Co-ArT EdiTors oT The Senior Recorder are BurTon BogiTsh and Melvin Resnick. BurT's expressive pen has seen duTy on The ArT sTaTF oT The Recorder , and as ArT EdiTor oT Der AusruTer . Mel has been on The PosT RegenTs CommiTTee and The Glee Club, Eugene Pearlman is The Chairman oT The Ten-member Grinds Com- miTTee. A member oT ArisTa, Gene is The Treasurer oT The Senior Class. Among his cohorTs are BerT Barer, SanTord Bordman, WalTer Czer- niawski, Sidney Finkel, Judah GribeTz, Harold KalksTein, Paul Newmark, Aaron Shapiro. and Edward Thrush. The hearTy Thanks oT The sTaTT oT The Senior Recorder are exTended To Miss Benson and Mr. Kaplowifz, who gave so much oT Their Time and aid in helping in The publicaTion oT This yearbook.