Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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VERSE AND WGRSE In this, our yearbook, I aspired to place A lyric poem Filled with wit and grace. For hours I labored, Very soon grew weary. Oh, miserable day! My eyes were bleary. In the works of Shakespeare I sought inspiration. All this effort produced Was more perspiration. THE ZERO HOUR Disgusted was I, Bitter tears did I shed. Such unwonted exertion Brought a pain to my head. My hair was disheveled, The eraser worn down. My forehead acquired A perpetual frown. I looked in the mirror, Bare truth came to light. I saw not a writer, Iust a very sad sight. NORMA KULL 'Spring has arrivedg it's here in the air, Thus run thethoughts of our lady so fair, She sits in the classroom, her mind really wand'ring. On her, all the teachers their zeros are squand'ring. Why pay attention to work when it's taught, Who cares about battles and when they were fought? It's so much more fun to think of onels hero But again it arrives-that ubiquitous zero. She's taken aback, our lady so fair, She's angry enough to tear someone's hair, E'en so for her boyfriend she'll keep right on yearning Gosh, what a dope! She's not one for learning. CLAIRE WIESELBEKG

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TEACHERS I think that I shall never see, A teacher that appeals to me, One who does not forever look As if he'd just swallowed a book. One who has not a smile of pain As he explains to us in vain. But then I guess they have to beg They get that way from teaching me! IACQU ELYN RICH What the page below so eloquently bears Are the expressions we've heard for so many years. 1. Madame Giraucl-Zut alors. 2. Mr. Goldsmith-Minus one half. 3. Mr. Brickman-It's obvious. 4. Mrs. Nover-Chuckleheaded bunnies. 5. Mr. Cocks-Pack your books and stand by. 6. Miss Datkyn-Sound oil! 7. Mr. Whalen-As I was saying when so rudely interrupted. 8. Mrs. Bowden-You big fellows. 9. Miss D'Amato-My darlings! 10. Mr. Skutelsky-This term things are going to be different. 11. Mr. Brode-Okay kidsg pipe down and sign off. 12. Mr. Sternbach-Wretch! 13. Miss Conn-There is nothing new under the sun. 14. Mr. Dombrow-One World. 15. Mr. Rogers-Attendance first! 17. Mrs. Wachs-P.D.Q. 18. Mr. Carbonara-You bunch of monkeys! 20. Mr. Nathans-Absence makes the marks grow rounder. In parting may we weep as we say adieu And hope this list remains familiar to you. 21

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Life And Latin Life is real, life is earnest, And it might have been sublime, If I hadn't been kept busy Studying Latin all the time. Everybody's dead that wrote it, Everyone is dead that spoke it, Everyone must die that learned it, To My History Book If there should be another flood, For refuge hither flyg For if the world should be submerged, This book would still be dry. Happy death: they surely earned it. JANET SCHMIDT He watched the buzzing of the flies He yawned and rubbed his tired eyes. He felt depressed he wished to sing Darn that old bell, why don't you ring? MARILYN Tnnto lt's time for diplomas, proms, and rings, College or job-and all such thingsg But the thought that's uppermost in my mind Is Who'll be the next new movie find? There once was a senior named Ien Who always ran after the meng She neglected her studies And copied from buddies And now she's a senior again. IOAN HARING Gee, he's so sad to leave this school Oh but then he's just a fool. CARRIE MARCUS SONIA BURSTEIN fAll Apologies to Mr. Sternbachj Was there ever a teacher much braver Than our popular, handsome ex-shaver? He rebuked all the tsk ers And kept all his whiskers Does his final decision still waver? GRETTA S1-IOTEN 23