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

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UUR THEATRE 'Pride of the Marines' the yearis best movie. Those were the days of big achievements. Eighty students made Arista. and another student won Sltltttt on Alexanderis Quizdom Class. Master Ser- geant llli Blume and Lt. Dan hlctirath rejoined the faculty. dents attained over 90 averages. Finally the war came and Science grads did their part. some giving their lives for their country. Un the home front the school established a victory corps and a gala bond drive. Then the school really got going. A student council was established and elections held. An amendment to the constitution followed shortly. stating that a delegate from each oilicial class could attend the meetings. A Science alumnus returned with the quip. 'Army discipline is nothing like Sciencesf Some fellow. I forgot his name. bought a Sl0.tlt,ttt bond in school. Twelve percent of the school had an over 945 average. Hitler invaded Russia. the track team came in last in the Bronx Champs and the first issue of the Science Guide Book appeared. A fellow named Edgar Al. Kigel- man. well liked and respected by his classmates. was taking a blood analysis in a clinical biology course and dis- covered that he had a fatal case of leukemia. Eddie. who had an outstand- ing record not only scholastically but in such Fields as journalism and music. is remembered today by the Edgar Cigelman scholarship and the fligel- man lounge. established by his parents. H1945 was the year Survey mourned the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in big black headlines. It was the year Dr. Meister introduced the UL. system. and the student body voted Une day l noticed all the boys dressed in jackets and ties and l knew the eventual had come-co-eds. The girls came and stayed. but the ties and jackets didnit. A student poll revealed that most people didnit think the UNH could stop another war. 150 couples at- tended an SU. dance. while Dr. Aleister attained the position of Presi- dent of the National Association of Science Teachers. Time went on. the war was over and the UX started. The forum be- came the most popular extracurricu- lar activity. a home technology lab was built and to the gratitude of Air. llensin and Airs. Lawner the lunch- room was made soundproof. A music lounge which today boasts of over lltltl records was built by Air. and Airs. liigelman. Vt hile Russian and American dif- ferences were growing. the Alath Team finally beat Stuyvesant and vf .f1g-ifije 'F' Zn, 52.1- E I FEW 4 14:-4,5 R' ' Drmfgnlg, Wg ,vw E i I - W 5? - . - Ii I T lj- .La ii 3 -- ..-- , TI 2 .- jj --fa It ini ! Hijai Y-3 j T-.4347-:fl-I-:E:':-1 j - .I ' -. --' 2 f A! 'f .-cEf,.x. . n E 3-.4-A: j Q T - ...ea-' and one man in his time plays rnanr parts

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A small man was usually seen sitting silently in a park not too lar from the sc-hool. To the older tent le esenet a lldl' 0 e ant stul s l pr. t l l'am'l'- ligur . l the younger students undoulwtedly got used to him as time passed on. Hed heen around lor some time hut l still rememher when l hrst spoke to hnnf l think we were dist-ussing the world situation. Time passed quit-kly. and as I lveeame eomieeted with the yearltook our relationship grew steadily until linally' I asked him lor some adyiee on writing the school history. You'y'e eome to the right manf' he said. his eyes happily gleaming and his tired face lwreaking out in a smile. for if thereis anyone who knows the whole story. itis me. With that he got up from the heneh and lregan to paee up and down. I was a little boy. and if l remem- her Correctly it was in the autumn of WIFI when a few' important looking men assemhled on what was then an empty' lot. They' had some sort of Cere- mony' and finally' they laid a corner- stone for a huilding they Called lfyander High School. Those were sad times in the world. Wilson announcing his ill fated ll points. and the Mal- ltorne Street Tunnel killed 97 people. Women were fighting for their sultrage Ti X 'i WM ll it 1 l ff l.. J ri and stocks showed a slight def-line. It was when the st4lClis really' de- r-lined. howeyerf' the old timer Von- tinued. during the height ol' the depression. that the eastle-like strnr- ture Changed its name. It ltecame a girls sehool wlneh was ll.lX. yyllll dll old Codger like me. That was the year lfllll saw one third ol' the nation ill led and a few other things. and that Hitler was heginning to stiek his face into the headlines. .-X few years later. jtlrt alter the Heiehstag lruilding was burned down. the school Changed hands again. .-X hoys' school. he reminiseed. with eyi- dent eontempt. an annex of Clinton High School. uwell. the world moy ed on. and so did the Board ol' Education. The laps moyed into Canton. the UT year old lil was lreing demolished. and the WP.-X. was renoyating the Corner lvuilding. transferring it into the lianeily' titled 'llronx High Sehool ol' Seieneef lian you imagine the poor students there who haye to w rite that long name ey ery time they till out a l'rogram tiardQ ' l smiled at him. reealling my own Program liard days. the times when my address was a hook numlrer and my lathers name was ltr. Xleister. The world was getting worse hy the minute. he eyvlaimed. unmindtiul ol my thoughts. hut that didnt stop the NY.l'.N. lturing those initial years a PA. system was installed. eleetiye eourses were estahlished and l to stu-

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,Xutlolensky liecame the cityis top miler. Vt estinghouse avvards vvere pouring in tltlfl Science students non honors in such assorted lields as science. math. history. art and even music. An 5.0. store nas estalulished and the student hody voted that footlvall vvas unprolitalvle. PX record HW students made Arista and 56? thought that the LN could maintain peace. As llerlin vvas lneing lilockaded and Nlr. l,evenson lnecame lllaek Nlike. I592 stu- dents vson scholarship certificates and students supported National Health lrlsllratlfff- The Lilvrary eelelvrated its tenth lvirthday and T.l'.lJ. attempted to train discussion leaders. Their as an atomic lvomhexploded in Siheria. llehrevv vv as added to the curriculum. the lalis vvere renovated. and television was accused of competing vvith school vvork. The grads that year vvon ll I state scholarships. vvhile Coronet and the Chicago Sun hoth agreed that Science vsas a remarkable school. The Nlathmen did it again. vvhile the Swimming Team vvas garnering headlines. Then Russia lifted the hloekade .. and people nere dancing in the lunchrooms. The future looked hright then. as hright as it had looked any time during Science-'s l2 year tenure. llut the situation soon darkened. The llussians and Americans soon started arguing again. and more personally the teachers demanded 'Higher Wages' and in doing so stopped all extra-curricular activities. Uh yes the students com- plained hut all that they succeeded in doing was having policenieirs horses step on their feet. School became a lifeless and drah place. and the pupils lvegan to lloek to Nuts and liutts and similar places. Then. as Hussia demanded South Korea. the draft hegan to affect the upper termers and many of them llocked to colleges and a fevv to recruiting stations. Some things vvent onfea prom vvas held. and a daytime graduation. hut the yearbook was delayed. locked up in a closet. vvaiting for the end of the stoppage. With this the old timer lit up his pipe again and pointed to the students pouring out of Scienceis portals. h'That's this years graduating class. and they've got a hard jolt ahead of them. l thanked the old timer. said goodhye. and joined the gang as they vvere leaving the huilding. MRS. ROSE KIRSCHNFTR During the past year the school suffered a great loss vyith the passing of iVlrs. Hose liirschner. Wvords cannot truly express the sadness vvhich vvas felt hy every student vvho had knovvn her. They rememher her not only as an excellent mathematie teacher. hut also as a true friend and adviser vsho alvvays found time to give each of her students individual attention. ln her classes for example Mrs. liirschner made it a rule never to take a nevv topic vvithout lirst making sure that every student vvas acquainted tvitli the old one. Many of us may forget the mathematics that vve learned from her. hut fevv will forget her kindness and guidance which were offered in the hope of making each one of us a lietter person. 10