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

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574. PLANNER V al For the past ten months, game bands of weary seniors have sat hunched over scarred tables in dimly lit rooms, and have, to a large degree, made the social hopes of the Class of 1960 a .reality. These students have struggled to find ideas for good times, and struggled further to provide outlets for our unbounded energies and enthusiasm. Dances, a senior show, and many special events give irrefutable testimony to the success of these students. The oHicers of the senior class have done much to make this yea.r a happy one. Victor Marrero, our President, was one of the writers of the Senior Show. Danny Fermaglich, our Vice President, was also an author of that very funny show. Judy Gurland has done a fine job as Secretary. All of the officers worked diligently to make our events successful. Let us give recognition to the Special Events Committee, headed by Bruce Rubin and co-chairman Leslie Fink. This group was responsible for finding out just what the Senior Class wanted in the way of special activities, and then coming up with events which would satisfy the demands within hounds of reason. Members of this committee included Ralph George, Charles Brauner, Eugene Briskman, Michele Sklarin, Susan Hermann, Roberta Halpern, Lynn Beiser, Cora Bierman, Felice Bern- stein, Lois Pokross, Helen Weinstein, Mira Rosenberg, Steffi Kalish and Marcy Denman. Now it is all very well and good to have special events, but what good are they if no one comes? And how can people come if they have no tickets? Logical questions to which the Ticket Sales Committee provided a reasonable answer - sell tickets. Under the firm, yet gentle hand of Skipper Causewell Vaughan, the crew of the Committee sailed through a treacherous sea of apathy and insuiiicient funds to bring many activities to a happy and financially successful end. fAnd howis that for stretch- ing a metaphor?J The co-chairman of the Not-So-Hidden Persuaders was Andrea Leskes. The members of the junior Grey Flannel Set answer in this order: Marilyn Kalinsky, Linda Brodkin, Leslie Sokolsky, Michele Sklarin, Lois Pokross, and Vicki Youngstein. The males in the set were George Kissil, Mike Finkelstein, Al Unger, Hal Kugelmass, and Donald Stephenson. II donat know where the Ticket Sales Committee has been learning the techniques of salesmanship, but they clearly demonstrated their abilities when I went to interview them. Does anyone want a ticket for the Dempsey-Tunney fight?J Never to be forgotten are the Senior Representatives whose tasks included extracting twelve dollars from their classmates for Senior dues. It has been asked many times just what does the Senior Office do with all that money. And the answer 17

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of Harvard, Yale and Princeton had been shattered. All we could do was stammer: UB-but we don't speak Swahilif, 4'That,s all rightf' he cheerfully assured us. MThey speak A and M. Discussion now turned to the fact that if we were accepted at Swahili, we could not afford to pay the exorbitant tuition rates which Swahili was charging in a vain effort to keep up with M.f.T., in at least one category - price. The Grade Guide was about to explain that if our father was a member of Local 707 of the Pretzel Benders' Union, we would be eligible to take a competitive exam for a full scholarship. Fortun- ately for all concerned, the bell rang at this moment. Only rarely does the Guidance Office resort to ouija boards, or even dice, in selecting colleges. This is proved indirectly by the fact that the guidance staff manages to get everyone into a college, usually one which the student wants to attend, and one that is suited to his needs and abilities. Our Grade Guides have also aided us in other matters. Time and time again, students have sought their Guidance Counselors' advice on problems relating to their school work, extra- curricular activities, and personal affai.rs. With their help, the Senior Class of 1960 has met and successfully faced the great challenges that are presented to every class at Bronx Science. After graduation, the members of the 1960 class will be facing, individually, a greater challenge, that of college and a career. Thanks to the untiring efforts of the dedicated faculty members of the guidance staff during our stay at Science, we can go out to meet this new challenge with a little more confidence than many high school graduates. So, at graduation, it is fitting that we thank Mr. Bernard Manson, Director of Guidance, Mr. Benjamin Sellinger, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, and our Grade Guides: Mr. Abraham Baumel, Mr. Emanuel Bloom, Dr. Louis Cohen, Mrs. Esther Dichter, and Mr. Milton Kopelman. rom ur aghnior O icem The end of the senior year has dawned upon us, and with it a challenge to the future. As lower termers, we spent three years enviously admiring the senioris pride in his hat and button, his joy in the festive atmosphere of Senior Day, and even his sorrow in graduation and in bidding his last farewells. Now that ou.r time has come, we know how it feels to be the envied, admired, joyous, sorrowful Senior. The members of the class of ,60 were fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend their senior year in the new building. As officers, we feel that the privilege of being first in that category could not have gone to a more deserving class. Even as sophomores our class showed unmistakable signs of its future greatness. As seniors, our class led the school scholastically, athletically, socially and Hschool spiritlyn. We continued to break tradition with our offset newspaper, The Fourth Year Scratch, whose predecessor,The Second Year Itch, had unequalled success. Senior Day will be remembered as the happiest of school days. To us, it was a great privilege, perhaps the greatest in our lives, to have been chosen as officers of the senior class of a great school. To those whose cooperation made it possible for us to function, especially Mr. Jacobson our faculty advisor, and to every individual senior, - Thank you, and good luck! Vic MARRERO, Pres, DANNY FERMAGLICH, V.P.g and JUDY GURLAND, Sec. 16

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