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

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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

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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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x EX 1 tilt All -X XY UICKSHUI' lllf Slfxltlll ill,-X55tlu-spians olout lJl'dI!l21xx0fliSll0It at-t in a st-tting rim- ilar to tht- lflizalnethanis tln-alt-r-iii-tllw ronncl. lfnent-nmherc-cl hy curtains or sets. Nlrs, liaplanis protegem-s ltroughl Shake-- spm-arx-'s antl llostantl's xsorfls to lift- in tln- li rsl pri-st-ntationofSc'i4-111-1-istllassol' V956 tln-att-1' season. .-Xn eym--tillilig mix- lnrm- ol' huge noses. vloaks-antl-tlagggm-rs, shrens. and lwalvony scenes. as ut-ll as some genuine- avting altility. were care-- lully sc-asont-rl with Mrs. liaplarfs tlirm-12 tion to provide a sparkling tltrvt- coursi- prt-sentatton last term. tht- theme ol tht- initial lH'UIllll'llOI1.tlIl9illXXilfS1llillllt'l't'Sl lo ns. xx as RIIlIl1lIlf'l' antl quite prolu-i'ly. Xlif-kt-y Wollx antl Tolly Klein ttt'l't' llo- slantlis lflIIIIlllIl'l'fA. ln that su-in-. Ilan Ytaisnnni antl llolr l,t-x int- iwrt- latughalllt- . , ., as the tno latln-rs. and luarry l' lsher tx as nomlelltilly' vonniting as the llirecl liitl- napln-i'. lin-vitaltly. anfl fortunately. Cyr- IIIIU III' Hi'l'g4'fI1l' appear:-fl. antl 51:-xv tfooper. with nose. noon-tl llc-tty lla-rm-j. as lloxannc-. xxhils- tht- lwumlnling tfhris- tian 4,-Xllan 'liisc-lit loolu-tl on. Shake- spt-art-. nh:-n not i1llIlt'0iit'llt'll xxilh am-tl 1'4-xc-retivm-. van tu- lnnnn-st ol all. Ilif- Tlllllfllg of ffu- Sfzrwn' valletl lor tht- sc-rx - lf'l's of llill Donal as lletrnt-hio. antl lfllen llolnron as liatherint-, Q-at-ll Cast with an 1-ye to the tt-tnperann-nt ol tht- actor. Nlnr- 23 Hur llrrmm Il'orl.xlzop. umlf-r Urs. Knlllrm. 111111 in lpillllltl Tour nt lin- lluin Huilfling, Ilif- lnnrx, mul Tuff llllfliltlflvllltlw. ray llanmgarten as liateislatln-1' langheal it ith the antlienm- at his clanghtn-r's insults. The entertaining triplet nas tht- result ul. long rt-ln-arsals anrl lN'l'rirlt'lll t-lliorts lvy' the group antl tha-ir flirevtor. lint tht- Inemlners of tht- Sf'Ii4'lIl'4f llrrrnm ll'orlf.sl1op prow-tl to lu- tht- most avtiu- lwolvlt- in tht- -vhool. lor they imnn-tliatu-ly ln-gan vast- ing anfl re-ln-arsals forthe -Xnnnal Show ll!lfl'4'y. It- vast. hu-acletl lay Julius Xo- xif-li as lflsuorth lj. Dourl. snnrlry twh- nir-ians. antl prornlitt-rs lahors-rl rlaily for l'onr months to Create tht- finish:-tl. pol- isln-tl lnroclnr'tion ut- sau at Tuff. liehearsals xwn- ht-c-tiv in a l'llllll't' funny nay. llIlt'I'S:N'I'Stxfl vontinnally lay Nlrs. liaplanis admonition. l Piillll shon you nhat to tlo or yonill all turn ont to lwt- Iittlt- liaplanslu Hill Donal. as attvntl- ant Wilson, sullen-tl f'lll'0IIlf'1lllf' from vnts and luruises. as he pretentla-tl tht-re was an exit in the liar-listage mall f in Tuff. lltrkily. tht-re ll'llS a floor. His immortal lilies lt:-fore his t-Xit xx:-rc-, 'Tlmigorll l le-ft tht- hwlro tnh ruiminufn llarrv l'il5lli'l' tsonntl ell:-rtst rang tht- telephonf- inves- sanlly cluring ont- ru-hearsal. forring tht- ln-rlorim-rs to atl lil, some- l't'Illill'liillllQ' 'phone tontersalions. llolv l,t-xinu- tlvm- onstratt-4l llaithlinlness antl prec-ise timing as ln- tlashm-tl onto the stage straight from a College- ititt-:Wir-is to gaspingly rlm-lin-r his lint-s. llmu-vc-1'. the- man is llll the lug- gest worries it as Steve Cooper tllr. Sand- 1-rsont nho took eight reln-arsals to lt-arn hon to 1-ye lxlln-n Dolnroxx :Nurse lv-llvt IbI'U'lt'I4ly. l'I.tlItl-INCH Nlnugts anal lllTH I,i1wix Q-. 59?-