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

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ABOUT FACE! If fhe purpose of fhe draff is fo prepare us for milifary service, as far as Colum- b+us isbconcerned, fhe Penfagon can repeal 'rhe acf righf now-our school has done f e io . Alfhough we have nof been consciously aware of if lcolumbusifes are rarely consciousl, fhis school has followed a program of basic milifary fraining fhroughouf our four and somefimes more years of affendance. Prominenf in fhis regimen is daily exercise for you, fhe prospecfive privafe. This is accomplished easily by program- ming a firsf period class on fhe basemenf floor af 'rhe norfh end of fhe building wifh fhe second period room on fhe fourfh floor, soufh end. Lunch lback fo fhe basemenfl is somefimes fhe fhird period class. Offen if occurs fhe sevenfh period. These exfremes are arranged fo accusfom us fo live for long grueling periods of fime wifhouf nour- ishmenf. Then, of course, fhere is fhe liffle maffer of food in fhe cafeferia and fha+'s all we gef, a liffle maffer. Careful fo observe fhe fheory of rafioning, 'rhe cooking sfaff works on fhe basis of allowing us only enough fo keep our sfomachs quief during classes. This is vifal, for in fime of war collywobbles may make our posifions known fo fhe enemy. lf seems also fhaf fhe chef has heard of fhe old saying An army fravels on ifs sfomach. Thus, in fhe course of dufy, he sees fo if fhaf many of our fellow sfudenfs crawl ouf of fhe cafeferia affer eafing a hof lunch special. Once in fhe lunchroom, fraining in hand fo hand combaf begins over fhe all foo few hard wood chairs. If defeafed, we can, wifh fhe aid of small candies, such as lemon drops and jelly beans, pracfice our firing aim by shoofing our enemies of fhe nexf fable. Since shell shock may offen be broughf on by explosions, we are also subiecfed fo fhe occasional pop of a milk confainer. lf follows fhaf affer four years of fhis we have gone complefely deaf and shell shock is no longer fo be feared. Now we come fo fhe gym. Firsf of all we musf clofhe ourselves in fhe uniforms provided by fhe C-5.0. Sfore, a shop which bears a sfriking resemblance fo fhe Army supply dump. Sneakers are sold fwo sizes larger fhan our feef warranf. Gym suifs

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My nexT Technique is The Pass By Me As The Idle Wind. This I learned Trom Julius Caesar. The secreT oT This is To nonchalanTIy walk by as if you hadn'T a worry in The world. IT you are asked Tor a pass, a reply of WhyI I haven'T any! wiTh a sIighTIy quicker sTep will suffice. IT These meThods don'T succeed, Then Try The sixTh one. This is To-run! Our guards will be Too sTarTled To chase or, mosT likely, Too lazy. They will make a vow, He shall noT pass This way again, and ThaT may be The drawback To This meThod. The above menTioned Techniques are Tairly easy To Tollow. However, I TorgoT To menTion The besT way To geT around The Hall PaTrol. IT may sound silly, buT here iT is -ask The Teacher Tor The pass! Eve Serenson WHILE YOU WERE HERE . In T950 . . 0 FooTprinTs on Ceiling and AncienT Legends on walls disappeared as Columbus goT The RembrandT TreaTmenT. 0 Bucky D'Andrea TaunTed Columbus girls when he sang IT isn'T Tair Tor you To TaunT me, on boTh radio and The Original TV AmaTeur Hour. 0 Teacher Mr. George GosserT made quiTe a sTir in The Temale circles of Columbus. Handsome as well as TaIenTed he was almosT a member oT The N. Y. GianTs base- ball Team. 0 Elaine Del Guidice danced on rolier skaTes on Ted Mack's AmaTeur Hour. 0 The big quesTion was when will exTra-curricular acTiviTies be back. 0 HerberT Serenson won S50 for his essay Bridge aT Americas in a naTionwide con- TesT sponsored by Pan-American magazines. 0 Ken Abrams was voTed presidenT oT The ciTy-wide G.O. council. 0 ParenTs Turned sTudenTs as The AduIT EducaTion CenTer opened aT Columbus. 0 A volcano erupTed and hydrogen exploded in The Science assembly aT Columbus. 0 Columbus sTudenTs were on The verge oT enioying swimming pool and iuke-box. 0 Danny Fuchs oT Warming The Bench predicTed ThaT pigeon racing will never come To The halls oT Columbus. 0 Bob Swedroe caughT a bass aT The Thousand Islands, 3 ounces under The champion- ship Tor Those parTs.

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and sweafshirfs which fif closely gef fighfer offer fhe weekly washings required by fhe healfh Ed deparfmenf. Affer dressing, we waddle up fo fhe gym for our combaf fraining. Drills in fhrowing hand grenades are obfained effecfively by soff ball pifch- ing, while prospecfive commandos learn fo hif a beachhead in foofball pracfice. Nafurally, we musf learn how fo acf in case of a sneak affack. Wifh ZV4 seconds leff before fhe bell, we are senf fo fhe lockers fo shower, dress and come ouf fighfing. Nexf, of course, is preparing for gas warfare. This is accomplished wifh fhe generous and very-willing help of fhe Science deparfmenf who release sufficienf deadly fumes daily fhroughouf fhe building. Nof only fhaf, buf we are kepf prepared for fhaf anxious momenf before a bomb is dropped, fhaf horrible minufe of waifing before fhe signal for fhe affack. We sif in our rooms waifing in formenf,-2:59, 2:59V2, 2:59fX1, efc. ln an army foo, we musf gef used fo aufhorify. Here feachers supply fhaf useful commodify very ably. Affer four years of fhis, a fough sergeanf af boof camp seems like grandma in comparison. To immunize us againsf enemy propaganda, fhe school has sef up ifs own series of radio free Columbus broadcasfs which go ouf every morning af 9:00 A.M. Lasf buf nof leasf, fhe school has hardened us fo fhe exposure of differenf climafes. Wifh fhe help of sfeam radiafors in fhe summer and open windows in winfer, fhe fop kicks hav? managed fo provide an afmosphere of fhe warm fropical soufh and cold icy norf . No one can say we're nof prepared fo face if! However, on second fhoughf, perhaps, fhe draff acf should be confinued. Affer all, we do need a place fo resf affer four years of Columbus boof frainingl Millicenf Sanchez WHILE YOU WERE HERE . . In I95I . . 0 Barbara Speigel won 2500 dollars and fame in beaufy confesf sponsored by fhe Daily News. 0 Land Ahoy! Mr. Speed refurned fo Columbus from a sfrefch in fhe Navy. 0 English and Biology combined falenfs as Miss Rufh Williams became Mrs. William Hawfhorne. 0 Joan Fofi came off wifh firsf prize in fhe spelling-bee sponsored by fhe co-ops of' Mrs. Kafherine Helfer's Group B class. 0 Mr. Sachs sporfed a fie adorned wifh fraffic lighfs and sfop signs. 0 Columbusifes sef ouf fo become super-salesmen as fhey affempfed fo sell maga- zine subscripfions fo boosf 6.0. funds.