Bronx High School of Science - Observatory Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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floor to the fifth and the fifth to the sec- ond. This feat was accomplished by the engineering firm of: lyScerte 6 flashes 0n.l -ll' Q f H' SCENE 6 SECRETARY: Hatte. Koate and Kane We make it. You break it. You break it. We make it . . . Good morning! Yes . . . No. l'm sorry . . . We can't do that . . . No . . . Oh. of course now . . . Stop crying . . . All right . . . Well give you northern exposure. Mr. Kurzband. Goodbye. lShe rips the phone of the wall and drops it into wastepaper basket. il Let's see . . . lShe snaps on intercommunica- tort Hello. Mr. Hatte? You're leaving for Science with Koate and Kane? All right . . . Be sure to wear your rubbers . . . Yes. your pogo sticks are here .... A ll right. goodbye! 1Scene oft tChase music.l NARRATOR: And so. the three little un- touchables of architecture arrived at the scene. And what a scene! Said Rodney Hatte: Y DR. MEISTER: It's right over . . . Well, it should be . . . on the other hand . . . Squad Boy. my guide book at once! lScene fades.f NARRATOR: Indeed. the school was shambles .... A nd scenes like this oc- curred daily . . . tfllusic: chromatic scale ascends half way and falls as flat as the follozcing scene. .llontage effect fades in.I SCENE 7 SOUND: lCllIll7lt' goes ping-pongut VOICE: 1011 filter? Doctor Tanzer . . . Doc- tor Tanzer . . . call surgery . . . Students head blown off with acetylene torch . . . Good opportunity to demonstrate grafting to a Regents class . . . l'Fadel Dr. Tanzer . . . lllusic: chromatic scale resumes . camera dissolves too.l VOICE 2: lsolemnf And let us now pause a moment in silent prayer for this boy who unselfishly permitted himself to be plastered into an air shaft by the WPA . . . lrllusic: Montage . . . Camera moves forl CAMPSEN: Well. sir, the W'PA foreman tells me our reconstruction will be finished 'if' 'Ps 4' 'I f riff'-1 Q 1 ull' , M' gg! L l?OSSow 25 H.-XTTE: Bly word! . . . The Parthenon! in one more week! Lllusic: Bridgcnl DR. KIEISTER: I don't wish to be disil- Pll S,-XLESBOY: Get your PM here! Extry lusioning. but this is the auditorium. gen- Extryf Read all about Gregorian calendar tlemen . . . expose! School reconstruction finished' CO.-XTE: Really? Which end is the stage? . . . Census reveals student body is now 14

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male chorus which ehants.l CHORUS: W'hat's the latest news? What college should I choose? Will I make it? Should I take it? I get them Guidance Ulhce Ulu-u-u-es . . . 1 The chariot disappears through the door elosely followed by the student. Scene cuts to lhe interior of the ofhcei CEFFNER: hqleppirzg dozen from Chariot and l'f'f7lUl'l.lIg an irory Cigarelle l10Idl l'.l Well boy? Come now. my time is worth I0 . . . lTurns lo irzter-communicator and snaps it on.l Smith! How much is my time worth today? Uh-huh. lSnaps iz ojj . . . I lose more money that way . . . Well. speak boy. speak. BUY: Uh . . . Mr. Gellner. I saw you six months ago in the auditorium about . . . uh . .. CEFFNER: Don't tell me. . . I like to guess. Uh . . . let me see . . . Lllr. Cejner leans on the desk blotter and is absorbed in thought. A green and gold aura surrounds his head. Suddenly he yellsfl CEFFNER: Glockenspiell That's it . . . Glockenspielf oh-ho lChuclflej Yes. and it was lunch. wasn't it. now. eh boy? BOY: Uh-huh. GEFFNER: Now where is that blank? :Kh- hah . . . Yes . . . Now look here. Glocken- spiel . . . Why what's the matter. boy? Why are you so emaciated? BUY: I. I haven't eaten since I entered school . . . GEFFNER: Uh. you poor lad . . . here. nib- ble on this paramecia culture. Meanwhile I'll get Dr. llante-l's thumbprint on this lunch period application . . . Where did I put it now? . . . Good heavens. man. the desk is gone . . . BOY: And look. sir! In its place we see a bottomless pit . . . It really is bottomless, isn't it? 4Thf- student bends orer as his inquiring spiril beckons. He disappears over the brink.l . GEFFNER: Be surprised how many students we lose that wayl But what of the pit? Is it an omen? What does it mean? lScene doubles up from lhe bends and also hur- tles down the pit.j NARRATOH: We leave Mr. Ceffner amongst his musings and go ahead to tell of the Pit and what it means. You see. at this time. the Iloard of Education gave our school 3500.000 to transfer the second .'f-'.:.-f'- in I 'ff w. 4' on LQ NMMA, ,. -,,., , V A s' we ff 5.3. ll C5- ' A 'V it ,f 9, ' fi 5 i ss. T l' .. I f - 1 Qssayxg .J f .,' ,, iff ' U QUIT' ,. 1, f . X . Q ss. . l I K Tig - s l 'l fA,'ii:- : -'s K X IV. .YT I f f l .- b ldg-TJ 57 -'L I A ll w ' 'Q 'lil ,' .f 1' I . iN ., .. ' 'v , N ! 1 I, 1------V-Qilyagl A C' I .V V, a ' ' I ihf 'f,,- W f '-c. I fy! !F.f H frf x I 9 I I . H 49 A 5. , 1 wgg l hve ,li I I 1 .-f 'J 'ex' wiki, , ri H. N v'- ll : Z A r' - nxytngni IA W ax Ulla. , Q, v Aj ?: : - I Aggru , - -. jg 4 4 :Jin Q VJ I I Q. Z '1 i 2 A . , - hge H135 .A f r 45 ,I ' 1 1' H f ' 1' f '51 . W' f 1 fg WTB' 'iw I PRI' ' 5-x , f I ' . 1,m.L0-.Lb tw... FA YP' H , 49 A M R X X K-'Q , A an on-ru IM f tm3'3 -. - fs 4 - 13

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only torsol Green Hornet still at largel VOICE: Almost all the bovs in the 1 upper Lllusic: Theme suggestive of homicide . . . terms are taking one of several vital war Streep into conclusion-or drau' your courses. Some choose radio. 1Scene of 0ll.'I1.l radio class is on.l . ,.-K 1 1941 5 . UI' ,fini A V v R - , K. T ,-2 J 1 ef i - f 4 -i ,,-'QP' af , ' 4 551 I. ,, 2. Qi 2 f t ' , 'I' X -,- gg . , ls-ss U. U M :X , r 1 , W - I L A -gg-IJ ' fyax fp - fs I x tx , h ll ' Q Q, Q I 5' ' U 1 I 1 ful 39 'i' ' 4 I ll ' f AQ 'ff , -G r ' ' 1' ' if is L . XQg ' Q .- g fllilx , .q V .U 0 ,- tv. w -ay . f X l xv' . 'fi . 1 1 3 X 9,5 , -A Q ff li? X 1 at 1-an G ,-do , V. 5' A, Xu -., ,- ' .UW i , lgnsww is QQQ S2 If-Ll' , 'I N.-XRRATOR: These, then. were the years of reconstruction . . . But what lay ahead on the uncharted, trackless road to gradua- tionl For one thing. War Came to Sci- ence High! SOUND: 1Screnm of shell . . . then scream of student . . . then shell resumes scream- ing in earnest.j 9 i 'l' Q SCENE S 1Fades in just us shell bursts. .-In explosion fills the screen. .-is it subsides u'e see the remnants of a classroom. .It the head of the class is .llr. Feiferfl FIEFER: Write the reaction on the . . what's left of the board . . . Yanowl N.-XRRATOR: Yes. the draft board was catching up with us. To meet anew the Selective Service created classification 6X . . . Unmarried men with no visible means of support. In the armed forces it was found that Science boys would make fine soldiers. Meanwhile. at home. 4Scene fades into auditorium shot. It is the section period. P There was actionl Actually. our school has been geared for war through its pre- induction courses ltechnical subjects that got draftedt. Victory Corps. and many other activities. liunning through our war- time curriculum. in our stocking feet. we find: VOICE 2: Here. the prospective Army pros- pect sits dumbfounded as the mysterious intricacies of radio are shown to him. In- vestigation reveals that he remains in this state for the entire course lin order to facilitate instructionj. lScene cuts to aeronautics class.j VOICE I: Here we see a group of boys whose interests have led them to the clouds. Right now Dr. Joseph is trying to get them down again. lffarnera dissolves to rationing scene.l VOICE 2: The Victory Corps does its bit during rationing. BOY: Won't you be seated right here. sir? MAN: Thank you. TEACHER: Now sir. how many cans have you in excess? II.-XX: I got 632.4-I-1. TEACHER: Whatis your occupation. please? MAN: I own a soopermarkit . . . lScene dies as . . .I Lllusic: junfarel XARRATOH: And so. my friends. in spite of all our kidding-in a democracy we still can kid-we see Science mobilized for Victory. Today. the class of '43 goes forth into a war-torn world. ready to make the ultimate sacrifice if necessary. 4 .llusic-Up o 15