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

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WHILE YOU WERE HERE . . ln I952 . . ' Phil Rios, fraclc sfar, led our feam fo fhird place in fhe Bronx. 0 Willie Faclcler, Columbus' ace ex-cenfer, was named for 'rhe senior all-cify feam. 0 Taffy and Pefunia, school cafeferia cafs, received new collars for Chrisfmas. 0 Females invaded P.S.A.L. compefifion as Columbus' Rifle feam adopfed girl mana- ger Wilma Mifchell. 0 Newly formed golf feam, under fhe direcfion of Mr. Kessler, won five in a row. ' Mrs. Governale, our charming language feacher, confessed she was fhe only girl in fhe class in her school days. ' The old reliables on fhe faculfy baskefball feam answered fo fhe names Bruiser Nafhans, Sfonewall Briclcman, and Muscles Sam Zimmerman. ' Paul Bauer and Danny Scrima led fhe soccer feam fo vicfory in fhe cify champion- ship finals. 0 Our mosf unassuming co-eds proved fhemselves aggressive lwhen need bel af fhe leap year dance, February 29fh. 0 Ex-Explorer, Benny Palcula, signed a confracf wifh a New York Gianfs farm feam. WHILE YOU WERE HERE . . ln l953 . . ' Columbus gunmen hif a bull's eye: won fhe Bronx 'rifle under fhe direcfion of Mr.. Dunn and Capfain Eugene Reshefinlcoff. 0 We bid a fond farewell fo Miss Roeper, Mrs. Saflerlee and Miss Ausfin of our Mafhemafics deparfmenf who refired fo sfudy nafure. 0 Columbusifes sped gaily 'round fhe Mf. Vernon rink af our firsf skafing parfy since I949. 0 We poinfed wifh pride fo Sfuarf Meyer, leading scholarship winner in New York Cify, wifh Sl5,000 in scholarships. 0 The senior band made recordings fo be broadcasf fhroughouf Europe. 0 Helen Kalb, girl wifh a fear in her voice, performed over sfafion WNYE. 0 Soccer feam Capfain Ronnie lMousyl Noferiani received fhe Dollar Savings Banlc award. 0 Ann Bancroff, film sfar, and Ronald La Sfarza, heavyweighf boxer, affended G.O. assemblies. 0 Columbusifes cruised down fhe Hudson River for our firsf boaf ride fo Rye Beach.

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THE WORLD OF BOOKS Ever since I have been old enough fo foddle, books have had a lasfing influence on my life. My mofher, a woman of sound mind and high infelligence, realizing fheir usefulness, has crammed our house iusf full of fhem. The firsf room where books are of value is fhe kifchen, where fheir primary use is as a fool. They are used for propping up fhe dinner fable, which would ofherwise sag where fhe leg is broken, or as a ladder for reaching fhaf sugarbowl on fhe fop shelf. Affer all, why should anyone spend so much money on a ladder-chair when a Websfer's Dicfionary piled on a felephone book on fhe fable can fake you fo any heighf desired? Books also make excellenf diversionary facfics. While we eaf we suddenly pull ouf a book and become deeply engrossed in if. When Mofher shoufs, Ea+ your spinach! or Wash fhe dishesl , you don'f hear a word because you are foo full of Barfle'H's Quofafionsf' Books can also be used af fhe fable as a racquef for baffing back fo Mom her freshly baked sfone biscuifs. ln fhe bedroom, books have a definife funcfion. l always keep a copy of The Complefe Works of Shakespeare near my bedside fo profecf myself during fhe nighf from burglars. The ofher nighf, unforfunafely, fhe infruder furned auf fo be my brofher. He sfill has fhe face of Shakespeare imprinfed on his forehead. A book also makes a wonderful alarm-clock. When you feel fhe genfle fap of Esar's Comic Dicfionary across your derriere abouf seven in fhe morning, you can easily surmise fhaf if's fime fo gef up. Two ofher imporfanf values of books in fhe bedroom are as subsfifufes for broken window panes 'ro keep ouf fhe cold, and as fly swaffers for pesky inferrupfions of sleep. The fhird room in my house where books are of value is fhe living room. One can'+ lef one's books clash wifh fhe wallpaper, and we have such fun painfing fhe book covers fo mafchl Buf l will say fhaf books are a marvelous fhing for felevision. Five volumes of Dickens easily keep fhe sef propped up fo a comforfable eye level. We find fhaf books make a wonderful safe, for in fhem we keep our sfamp collecfion, our money Tas we don'+ believe in banks or sugarbowlsl and our corsages. Every corsage l have received on an imporfanf evenf in my life is pressed info Sfevenson's Quofafionsu under a quofafion suifable for fhe occasion, of course. Books are also useful weighfs for pressing fogefher glued papers. The favorife for my brofher's sfafisfical work is fhe Columbia Encyclopedia. He leaves if on his num- bers for a few hours and if fhose papers don'f sfick fogefher by fhen fhey are hope- less and never will. My family finds books very helpful for building fhe body beaufiful. Every morn- ing af six we each fake our furn finding fhe flaffesf book in fhe house and frying fo fear if in half. So far l have succeeded fwice la page af a fimel. My brofher is preffy good af if and he says if will evenfually become America's Favorife Pas'rime. We have also found fhaf bifing fhrough paper covered books does far more for fhe feefh and gums fhan a foofh brush, and balancing books on fhe head is wonderful for crushing dandruff. Of course, we have been fempfed fo read books, buf our resisfance fo fhaf slighf pleasure has increased our self-confrol immeasurably. All in all, my house wouldn'f be fhe same wifhouf books. We use fhem for sopping, mapping, beaufifying, exercising, heafing and muscle building. Surely we are enfifled fo feel fhaf fhe world of books is fhe mosf remarkable creafion of man. Eve Serenson