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

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SLVRVEY bl know a dark secluded place. ...A -Ks we pushed back the white streamers exotically decorating the door. we came upon the two by four closet remotely situated at the left end of the third floor at the side of the staircase. The prevailing atmosphere of the of- fice was crowded. noisy and unorgan- ized. .-X Nlason-Dixon line parted the Art and Surrey hangouts. and anyone who dared cross it ,... Wie don't talk about such things. Stale crumbs on the tables and behind the desks found func- tional use for llio students. For what ? you ask. Why. to cultivate hasteria of coursel l'A place where no one shows his face . . .except Mr. Hoffman and his mad leg- men. Work. unknown to the lfditors until the deadline dates loomed. was postponed to times when the ofhce resembled Alexandefs bargain basement. Wie can see it stillf At the large desk in the foreground. Debby Gittleman makes up the dummy for page fl. but finds she cannot complete it because one of her galleys has been thrown away. Meanwhile. fellow editors Lloyd Shor. ,ludy Roses and Mike Sonnenreich quibble over some trivial change. The huddle in the far corner. consisting of Phil Pochoda. Mark Mandel and Henry Morgenstein. schemes and makes plans to wheedle Mr. Hoffman into postponing his exam for the Senior Journalism class. Audrey Cassel. Lenore Rich- man and Judy Pilpel stand in the middle of the office deciding who should eat Audrey's lunch. Amid chatter and chaos. Ken Rothman sits at table edge lchairs are scarcel. studying aloud for his State Scholarship. Bedlam Reigns Tlzroughoulf Around the room reporters race. . . . Exercise was a daily regimen of the Surrey reporter. Marty llobrow sky and Sharon Fried conducted gym classes there. abetted by Nlarty Levine. Gymnastics were practiced by only two at a time because of the narrow accommodations. while others beat the rhythm on the nearest piece of furniture. No wonder that Mr. ,lackson paced the Art oflice puzzled and mumbling to himself. This is Journalism? lt's called llllglllllllhi HI'dl'Hu'llj'. Olayl . . f' FUCLS 156. in its own unobtrusive little way. made pleasurable reading. lts fantastically large circulation was due either to its easy-to-read style or to the fact that it was free. Sid Hart was Editor-in-Chief and did a very fine job. Judy Pilpel was Copy Editor: Bob Stafford headed the lively Features Department: liill Sibal was in charge of art work: llose Klein was Managing Editor: and Audrey Cassel did splendidly as News lfditor. Focus kept T73 seniors up to date on State Scholarship questions. senior activities and the like. As Focus wound its quiet way down to oblivion. it was not without justihable pride that a Science senior said. See that waste- hasket? Thereis the relaxed little Focus '5fw.

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DYNAHIU Those who worked on Dynamo did so out of more than mere sociability talthough. heaven knows. that too was hardly lacking! Q they came because there was in them a need. and to deny that need would have been an- noying and unwarranted. The need to write. and to read what others have written. can gnaw at some people as ni' easily as hunger or sleep can at others: it is even more demanding. because it cannot be as easily satisfied as can be a merely physical preoccupation. To give meaning to all that surrounds him is the task of the writerg he must be the conscience of all that he meets. employing his expression not only for himself. but also for the dumb and inarticulate who must of necessity depend on him. It makes little difference whether his art be that of a Poet Laureate. or whether it rests on the cruder level of a high school studentg each is speaking to his own immediate audience-to those he knows and is part of-and each is of equal importance to his audience. And that is perhaps what needs to be brought out most clearly: in all literature, the writer exposes to the reader a bit of his own inner being, leaving it smarting and unprotected. He is not interested in being ignored into martyrdom for his painsg he only wants them to be of some help to those who are in a position to benefit. Dynamo, as well as any other magazine worthy of the name. is only partly meant to be an outlet for its con- tributors. It is considerably more than thatg it is a source of understanding. a means of self-revelation to those who read it. provided it is treated accordingly. Dynamo is not an agency of extra-curricular creditg it exists because there are people strong enough. and talented enough to recreate it annually. fllodesty precluding any pretensions to greatness. the Dynunm staff is content to assume the task of weeding out the best of what is submitted from a generally excellent array of material. To accomplish this. there has arisen a committee system. Wihile decisions are often agonizingly late in coming. they are amazingly judicious in character. The cause of this accuracy can be attributed to the thirteen members of the Dynamo staff: Larry Spatz. Martha Tolpin. Marjory Mauser. Harriet liougen. Allen liischoff. Joanne Field. Tom Kabaservice. Nicky Goldman. Hillel Halkin. Clara Shapiro. liayla Schlossberg. Julius Novick and Kathy Braun. Their acquaintance could be made for a piddling sum by purchasing a copy of the current Dynamo. as good a bargain as one could get anywhere in these sorely troubled times. And finally we come to Xlr. Applebaum. Wihat can we say? flnly that it has been pleasuresome. and above pleasure. gratifying. and more than gratification to work with her. She has encouraged. demanded. rebuked. and rewritten. each in its proper season. She has given us her time. her energy, and her knowledge: we have only tried to return a little of the same. 20 l we lgrinfecl mr H1L1.r:1. Hauux. Lrzxomi RICHM.-XX. NICKX GOLDNI-XN

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X y .llunv u Senior begun l11'.v Elini- lfetlmn .4,L'1' 1l'llt'I1 Ifte llrumn be- , mine II par! of lziy f'l't'fYt1!lj' life ul e S4'lf'!tl'f'. Sl-INIUR SHOW lux ltx large lliljlb of potalo ellips yy into the creation of the Senior S hon ' Ns il' that vyasn't enough. every elever line at everv benior year party iv as ren an 25 d dry-eleaned for the evening of Nlav As our parents signed their lives away lo the Clflfli. yve of the Senior Shoyfs innunieralile committees. forsook our , iw-'ffy'+,QQ '- .gf . ,I U . .34 fl 4 1 p 05... ., -f 5 1' , , fx- -, I V X v. - 'AN ..1 , I education in ivy-covered vvalls. and eon- eentrated our mental activities on impro- vising a curtain vvhere none had ht-en lvefore. Une thought. The Shovv must go on. guided us through the tedium of the meetings - - their df-hates. their neg- ligenees. their mirth. and hilarity. Such lines as. Only mad dogs and cutters go out in the noonday sun. vyere elim- inated as the directors. kilvitzers and Larry l'erlmutter strove for artistic elo- quenee. dazzling vvit. and dramatic per- fection. Such lines as. Uh my huoyant hotly. eliminated the audience. At last Steve Cooper, diligent. conscientious. and talented. with the creative genius that distinguishes plagiarizer from mere copy- eat. conceived a play dedicated to the proposition that the Science Mind can never he hored. and the theory that Peter l'an is a major figure in Contem- porary Civilization. tlfuture Columhians yyill someday verify this fact I. Toni Sehoolnian. Ricky Halpern. liettyanne Fitzgerald. liilly Donal. Tony Cuarnera. Alan Grossman. Harry Fisher. Jay Nleltzer. Cordon Locke. and a host of extroverts svv armed upon the stage and annoyed the life out of the casting coin- niittee. Cr11yn111llr1'11 Cordon gave way to Tiger l.ilylv'upIm1 as hest supporting part ol' the year, and l'aul l.iehtman shadowed Dr. flleister like a regular llosnell. noting every trait and eharaeteristie evident in Dr. illeisteris personality. Nlaylwe greater draniatie vtorks have lieen vvritten in the past. perhaps there have lveen lretter aetors. hut vve doulwt it. and ne ll-el that in looking liaelx at our Senior Shoix, vie ean take pride in il jolt vvell done. .li nv ltosips