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

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SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW COLUMBUS? WhaT Two Columbus basIceTball players made The All Bronx Team in The same year? Sandy Farber and I-Ierb Applebaum in Ivlarch, I95O. WiTh whaT original meThod does Mrs. SaTTerIee Teach Spherical Trig? By peeling poTaToes. WhaT man came To Columbus in I948 and hasn'T leTT yeT? lvlr. Wilson. When did The INlaTionaI CommiTTee Tor GhosT EducaTion hold iTs annual convenTion in Columbus? Friday, December 4, I942. IT was a spiriTed meeTing. WhaT greaT maThemaTician uses Aloysius and Benny as poinT ol and b on a line? Why, Mr. AIberT oT course! When did The I-Iorizon TirsT come ouT? June I7, l94I. WhaT almosT Tamous crooner Turned Teacher? Ivlr. Samuel Zimmerman. WhaT Spanish Teacher was The only girl in an all boys' class in school? Mrs. Governale ATTer being Tried by a judge and iury, whaT Teacher oT The maTh deparTmenT admiTTed his secreT love Tor arT? Doc SilbersTein. WhaT Teacher believes in The Theory ThaT music haTh charms ThaT sooThe The savage breasT? Ivlr. Kessler who auieTs his classes by playing a saxophone. When was The principal oT The school kidnapped by The Boiler Room Gang? In The April Fool Issue oT The Admiral on April I, I945. WhaT Tamous conTender Tor The heavyweighT crown was on The honor roll and received ITalian and maTh medals? Roland l.a STarza. Why has The school been painTed aauamarine? IT has been hinTed ThaT in many saniTariums This color has proved sooThing To menTal paTienTs. WhaT Torm oT animal IiTe numbered I5,000 sTrong aT Columbus in I94I ? Bees. KepT by The biology deparTmenT. Who was The Columbus sTudenT who played in The Tennis INlaTionaIs aT ForesT I-Tills? Lillian Lopaus in I94I. WhaT are The seven wonders oT Columbus? I. Columbus AudiTorium 2. PublicaTions OTTice 3. CaTeTeria 4. FiTTh Tloor swimming pool 5. Columbus library-hall oT lcnowledge 6. The GTD. Council 7. The elevaTor