Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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ART CLUE A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. . . Among the artists demon- strating the truth of this quotation are the members of the B.H.S. Art Club, who have shown their artistic ability on many occasions during the year, notably Barbara Tabachnik, winner of the National Rexteen Compact De- sign Contest. With talent and enthusiasm these gay young artists, led by their president, Rhoda Stone, met weekly with Mrs. Woodberry to dabble in oils, charcoal, or pastels. Throughout the year the club members made several trips to artists’ studios where they had the opportunity of watching artists at work and attending lec- tures and demonstrations. This year the an- nual Art Contest was open to every student who wished to participate, and the judges in- cluded not only the members of the Art De- partment but also the seniors who were com- peting for the Lincoln Medal. By affording a source of expression for those B.H.S. who are Interested in Art, the Art Club has fulfilled its purpose of giving students who do not take Art the chance to become fa- miliar with It and to enjoy it. Faculty Adviser: MRS. WOODBERRY President: RHODA STONE Secretary: BARBARA SAUNDERS Treasurer: OLAIRE KAPLAN MRS. WOODBURY STIMULATES THE ARTISTIC CREATIONS OF MARJORIE AND CAROLYN. Tne eves r AC ART CLUB ROW I: Stone, Saievetz, Shapiro, Swartz, Fagleman, Tabachnik, Cohen, Mrs. Woodberry, Rittenberg, Bernstein, Hozid, Macey, Shalett, Kaplan. ROW 2: Sulken, Sieve, Barsomian, Wolfe, Marson, Kllen, MacIntyre, Azoff, Firestone, Kemler, Brooks, Bornstein, Burstein, Kimball, Wolk, Manecotsky, Hanson, Perry, Silverman. ROW 3: Goulston, Breger, Walters, Chamish, Broude, ROW 4: Schultz, Kalman, Coughlin, Ouriet. 21

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ROW I: Collins. Wasser, Walden, Shoolman, Wharton, Mi ss Perkins, Rubin, Manecofsky, Sagoff, Murphy, Johnson. ROW 2; Rabinowitz, Grauman, Michelson, Stern, Blank, Drooker, Flelschman, Friedman, Freedman, Kahn, Mannos, Robinson. ; ROW 3: Swartz, Katz, Rosentield, Silbert, A. Goldman, Rosenberg, Silverman, P. Goldman, Harr ison, Welsh, Sapers Cuthbert. AIvPHA FJ ‘ Honor is the subject of my story. . . Shall I begin? The curtain rose: the students who filled the auditorium gazed reverently at the Alpha Pi initiates seated on the stage. They saw their friends and classmates receiving the pins and pendants which denote one of the highest honors at B.H.S., membership in the Honorary Society. Such was the scene this year when several proud and happy students gained ad- mittance to the society. Alpha Pi connotes excellence and leader- ship, especially in the case of President Ralph Wharton, who had twenty-three and three quarters points. This is the highest point total received by any B.H.S. student since nineteen- hundred and thirty-nine. More than eight per cent of this year ' s senior class have become members of Alpha Pi. To gain admittance to the society, you must have a well-balanced record of extra- curricular and scholastic achievements which add up to the required number of points, eight In your junior year, and ten by the middle of your senior year. The purpose of this organi- zation Is to recognize scholarship and leader- ship, thereby stimulating ambition for these achievements. Faculty Adviser: MISS PERKINS President: RALPH WHARTON Secretary-Treasurer: ROBERT RUBIN ENTERED FEBRUARY 1949: E. Burns, B. Brown, B. Fine, B. Kurhan, H. Noonan, R. Fishman, A. Stern. R. Jatfe, R. McKiiiop, J. Fishet C. Egan, C. Edwards, G. Henken, R. Kemler, R. Nesson, R. Parkins, P. Tumeroff, W. Mills, A. Welsh, W. Ulin, D. Wolters, M. Israel. THE ALPHA PI SYMBOL GLOWS IN LIGHTS ABOVE THE STAGE. NEOPHYTES AWAITING INITIATION. 20

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■ ' sS -«5r KNEELING; Stole, Rinehart, Skalla, Coyne. ROW I • Solo, DiGioia, Gardner, Mackey, Sloane, Sterns, Fox, Frank, McLean, Larsson, Lipkind, Finkle, Cunningham, Dukakis. ROW 2; Farley, Saloman, Silbert, Goldberg R., Parsons, Hill, Greenfield, West, Jaffe, Rosenberg P., Epstein, Tewks- bury, Williams, Lourle, Davis, Lacy. ROW 3: Merrithew, Donovan, Levy, Goldman, Grinker, Welwood G., Chauvey, Lukshin, Cocoran, Hebb, Rosenthall, Flick, Holzberg, LIbman, Gasdia, Sklar, Hart. ROW 4; Spinning, Glass, Wharton, Barenberg, Price, Patey, Richmond, Mills, Brown, Eisenberg, Carrit, Schwartz. The blare of trumpets, the sound of clashing cymbals signal the approach of the Brookline High School band, bringing the packed stands at Tech Field to their feet with a mighty roar. This year was marked by a definite increase in the quality and quantity of fhe Band ' s repertoire. Under the baton of Mr. Corley or sfudent leader Dick Jaffe, the Band performed ably at many school events and special functions. The various section leaders of the Band were David Rosenthal, flute and piccolos; Robert Levenson, clar inet; Ralph Wharton, saxophone; Wallace West, French horn; Michael Dukakis, trumpet; Paul Rosenberg, trombone; Bradford Brown, bass; and Gene Farley, drums. One of the primary duties of our school band was to perform af the home football games. Whether striking up the Alma Mater and bringing the Brookline rooters to their feet, or putting on a between-halves exhibition of playing and precision marching, the constant drill of the Band was evident with its every move. No one can deny that all eyes were on the Brookline Band as it marched down Tech Field, and it is almost cer- tain that most of fhe admiring glances were drawn by the shapely and skillful Band Majoreftes, led by Head Majorette Lorraine Merrithew and including Mary Jane Coyne, Beatrice Lacy, Pauline Stoia and Betty Walters. LORRAINE MERRITHEW AND HER PEPPY MAJORETTES SPARK THE GAMES. Our Band often outdid Itself when called upon for outside engagements. The first of these was when they played at the Boston University versus New York University football game at Fenway Park. Spectators, television fans, and press alike had nothing but high praise for the Corleymen presented a full scale concert. Playing a classical program. Later in the year the Bandsmen, for the first time In history, the band exhibited its ability to play widely diversified types of music with ease. Finally the entire ensemble participated in the State Music Festival and in the New England Music Festival where its performance established it as one of the best units in Massachusetts. Thus we hail the 1949 triumphs of our school band and, in doing so, we fully realize that it has set a standard which the aggregations of future years will find difficult to maintain. 22