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

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ARISTA RICHARD DAYNARD Early this year, a sophomore, looking for the S.0. Office, noticed a cubicle marked Arista. Through the glass panel above the letter- j ing he could distinguish a small group, clustered about a desk, minutely examining a long mimeo- graphed sheet. One member of the group drew out a 31 Parker Iotter, vigorously made circles on a paper, and, when the ink began to flow, made a small check in the top right hand corner. The puzzled student, being a true scholar, inquired, and found that the group, Arista Pres. Bob Ho.rowitz, Vice-Pres. Terry Krulwich, Sec. Nancy Silver, and faculty advisors Mrs. Eidenberg and Mrs. Lawner, were engaged in selecting, on the basis of Scholarship, Character, Leader- ship, and Service, the latest crop of Arista members from the myriad of applicants. After heated argument with their Spring term counterparts, Pres. Charles Brooks, V.-P. Douglas Berg, and Sec. Jeff Mallow, the decision was clinched. The sophomore, a boy of definite aristocratic tendencies, decided to try for Arista. Realizing that Arista membership entailed certain sacrifices, he immediately foreswore eating. Since he knew that Arista members may not fail any subject, he applied to Diane Alexander and Charles Brooks, Co-Chairmen of the Arista Tutoring Committee, for tutoring in Spanish, Biology, Mechanical Drawing, Social Studies, Geometry, English, and Health Education. To keep his file in Mr. Rae's office reasonably thin, he ceased dismantling Auditorium seats. To fulfill his leadership requirement he joined a Cub Scout Pack, and, through deft manipulation, became an Akela, or Assistant Den Chief. He found getting his service credit more difficult, for he had only three free periods K3 periods X M point per period of service : IW pointsl. So he gave up sleeping, and now arrives at school in time for the -6th period f4:37 AMD custodial squad. He also joined the Administrative Squad, the Advanced Chem. Squad, Art Squad, Alumni Squad, Animal Squad, Automotive Physics Squad, and Cross-country, indoor, and outdoor track teams, giving him a total of 4175 service points for the year. Next year will be much the same. Sometime in the Spring he will receive a mimeographed application form. He will enter his service points, add up his marks and divide to obtain his scholastic average f90.0lj, and confidently hand in the application. But success will not come this easily. For when he finds his average he will neglect to use the Scientific method of computation, by adding his major marks, taking the first derivative, adding S.T.L., and taking the definite integral, using periods 1 and 9 as the bounds. As a senior he will encounter little difficulty. His application will be quickly approved, he will be handed a green and gold pin, and a yellow carnation, and will sit on the stage where he, and a horde of fellow students, will be duly inducted. 20

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serves to highlight the efficient job which Mr. Jacobson, Senior Class faculty advisor, and the Senior officers and Reps do in organizing the various operations that serve to make the final year of high school a more happy one. The items for which the money is used include class dances, the yearbook, S.O. dues and privileges, and the 'clovelyw hats and pins. Of course, the Senior Repis job involves not only collecting, it also entails distributing such items as Senior cards, hats, and pins. One of the hardest-working Senior groups, the Senior Council, is comprised of Larry J. Platt, Barbara Wexler, Dale Lindenberg, Peter Hoffman, Diane Levy, Gail Gorenstein, Phil Gerstein, Douglas Berg, Barbara Rogow, Hal Kugelmass, Stewart Rubin, Arthur Priver, Mike Finkelstein, Herbert Bergman, Andrea Leskes, Alan Shapiro, Ralph George, Bruce Rubin, Danny Marcus, and Larry Miller. Several other senior committees have also been working admirably to make this year a great success. The Dance Committee, headed by Linda Friedman and Barbara Rogow, sponsored two very successful Senior Dances. Editor Mike O7Hare and staff supplied us all with inside tips and worthy information in the Senior News- paper, Fourth Year Scratch. As Spring began to look like more of a possibility, the Senior Prom Committee crawled out of its burrow. With a few pep-up talks from the chairmen, Danny Marcus and Danielle Fraenkel, the members started working on one of the hardest jobs in the schools. Their Herculean task was to convince the Seniors to want, need, and pay for a Senior Prom. After a few anxious weeks, the final total of sales was announced: fifty-six tickets sold factually fifty-live, because one was mistakenly sold to a gullible Freshmanj. Only two days remained to sell the additional required 125 tickets. Although the sun rose the next day on a scene similar to the blizzard of Eighty-Eight, the necessary tickets were sold, and the Prom turned out to be a glorious success. By the way, the members of this committee were: Ann Pinsky, Ken Pinsker, Sheila Siderman, Nancy Silver, Fred Oberstein, Alan Freeman, Mike Goldberg, Madelaine Cooke, Jerry Fischoff, Joan Hecker, Libby Zimmerman, and Sarah Greenberg. An original and very amusing Senior Show was written by the combined genius of Danny Fermaglich, Victor Marrero, Serena Bachels, and Fran Stillman. It was entitled, They Shall Not Pass, and was a fitting satire on school life. Without two very important people the senior committees might never have operated as eHiciently as they have. Mr. Jacobson, the Senior faculty advisor, has done an excellent job in guiding the committees in their activities. Special tribute must also be paid to Miss Doris Eliazon, who, as faculty advisor of the Student Organization, is responsible for superbly coordinating its activities. She has done her customary job of making the impossible seem only a bit difficult. Thank you, Mr. Jacobson and Miss Eliazonl And to all those who helped make our Senior year at dear old Bronx High School of Science a happy and enjoyable one, thank you! JEFF GREENFIELD J W 19 AE 5, 1 .Z L gg g a A 1 Q

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.gjfbwlenf Qrganizafion GEORGIA DOBRER l was stationed in the S.O. Office. I was happily gazing out the windows, watching the late line grow and grow, when l suddenly heard a bellow. It appeared that Miss Eliazon was being admonished for using last year's Mr. Bae stamp on her pass. Meanwhile, back in the office, my face took on a solemn appearance. A sophomore entered. The sight of his naive face recalled to mind my childhood ideas of the S.O. At first the S.O. was something which cost money to run. Only my desire to participate in the committees made me part with 1ny 9553. fAt that time Ira Bloom and the Big Brothers didnit exist, so their coaxing didn't ease this tragic partingj Boy! Was I disillusioned when all sorts of applications were rejected. I remember charging into the S.O. Office and demanding my rights or my 33. I got neither. Some senior, who tried to look very worldly, thoroughly confused me by explaining the difference between the right to participate and participation. Being kicked by Susan Guggenheim, parliamentarian, our mighty president yelled ouch, thereby signifying the beginning of the meeting. Having ushered out retiring officers Bob Lapkin, Mike O'Hare, and Susan Hellmann, Leo Levy tried to conduct the meeting. Amy Sheldon, chairman of the Community Service Committee, suggested a MProtect Miss Eliazonw campaign. Martha Karpeles offered the services of the ushers to Ward off angry parents. After five minutes of heated discussion on the question, President Levy, overcome with emotion, left the room. During the next ten minutes, Vice-President Linda Freedman gradually fashioned order out of chaos, and finally received a report from the 4'Be Kind to Substitutes Committeesf, Pete Rubenstein expressed amazement at the falling death rate, but insisted that appropria- tion for decent burials be increased. In view of her position underneath the swarm of alternate reps, each demanding that his attendance be checked, Diane Levy, S.O. Secretary, favo.red the bill, which was passed, as Mike O,Hare, Eddie Bernstein, Gene Dennis, Jerry Dorros, Joel Engelstein, and Danny Marcus of the '6Losers7 Clubw announced their support of the legislation. Eli Minckoff then asked what had happened to our appropriation for the Aquarium Club, but the discussion was postponed in order to appropriate unemploy- ment insurance and fringe benefits. The funds and gratuities were dispersed as follows: Leo Levy, shinguards, Sue Guggenheim, Leo Levy, Diane Levy, the lower classes, Bruce Ackerman, unemployment insurance, James Rome and Pat Blumenthal, one another, Mike O,Hare, a recount, Bob Lapkin, lower S.O. Dues, Mr. Lazar Ctreasurerl, a loan, Lucy Halpern, the right atmosphere at the lounge, Lorraine Billitzer, season dance tickets-the meeting was adjourned. Zl,