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

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A BAT AND A BALL Five ol us, all Columbusiles, chipped in a dollar each lo buy a bal and ball one spring. Every pleasanl allernoon aller lhal we would organize a game in our slreel. Al lirsl only lhe five ol us played, lhen Mary and Larry ioined us, and somelimes Richie, and lhe olher neighborhood kids. ll lhey weren'l playing lhey walched, and il gol so a crowd galhered every lime we had a game going. They aren'l very elaborale affairs-our sollball games. A rock and a pole serve as bases and lhe sewer cover is home plale. We drop lhe ball more ollen lhan we calch il, and il we wanl lo be sure il goes where we wanl lo send il, lhe besl lhing lo do is lo roll il lhere. Somelimes our pilching bears a resemblance lo bowling, bul we do play a game ol one sorl or anolher. As I said, we gol a crowd ol people every lime we played, so lhal by now our games have become a neighborhood lradilion. Housewives, looking oul ol lhe win- dows lor homecoming husbands, now linger every evening lo keep lrack ol lhe score. Homeward-bound husbands slop lo lake a lurn al bal, or shag a lew in lhe oullield. proving age has laken nolhing from lheir game. Bobby, back from Queens College, hils a lew lo show us how il's done. Mr. Daly parks his car lar down lhe slreel lor us, lhen slays awhile lo josh our championship lorm. Mr. Cameron, who always waves as he goes by, slops larlher down lhe slreel lo walch an inning or lwo. Kids come lrom blocks around. Sidewalk and window allendance al our games is high-and nol always lhe same people eilher. Jusl lasl week we mel seven new boys and girls in one day. Four ol lhem, brolhers and sislers, recenlly moved inlo a sevenleen room house on lhe corner. NNhen I asked Edilh, who is lhirleen, il she was lhe oldesl, she replied, No, lhere are live older lhan me, and seven younger. We're looking lorward lo meeling lhe olher lweive! One of lhe mosl beaulilul bouquels I have ever received came from lhree year old Johnny-yellow dandelions which he shyly handed lo me, running away as soon as he had delivered lhem. Even Alberl, who lold us, l don'l play wilh girls! has become a pal ol ours.

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ATOM AND EVE If I were a IiH'Ie afom, I fhinlc if would be fun, To be so very I'iny, And have science on 'rhe run. The spin of my eIec'I'rons Would make me laugh and laugh, UnI'iI wi'rh a big explosion, I'd splii myself in half. Wi+h Alpha, Bela, Gamma, I'd really have a Iime, I'd fIaH'en ou'r I-his world, To fhe fhickness of a dime. Bu+ when my prank was over And I sfarled fo go my way home II would all be dus'r and rubble And I'd find myself alone. Gosh, being by my lonesome Is quiI'e a price for glee, So I guess I'II keep on being Disgus+ing IiHIe me. Laura Seidner

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On fhe same day we mef Gino, Freddy and Sanfina, who had iusf come here from lfaly and spoke no English. I pracficed my high-school lfalian on fhem and was elafed fo find fhey undersfood me. We had an inferesfing conversafion, and fhough fhey were very bashful af firsf, fhey have come back offen fo play wifh us. These are only a few of fhe many friends we have made fhrough our soffball games. If is amazing and hearf-warming fo see how many people congregafe fo wafch us play. Passersby and neighbors, sfanding on fhe sidewalk and hanging ouf of windows, laugh and joke fogefher. Our baf and a ball may seem insignificanf, buf, when if comes fo making friends, fhey cerfainly score a big hif! - Joan De Vergiles WHILE YOU WERE HERE . . In I954 . . 0 Baskefeers smashed Clinfon af fhe Garden, 67-46. Triumph broughf our firsf Bronx fifle in I5 years. Thanks go fo Slavin, Levi, Tavalocci, Rickover, and company. 0 Recenf addifion Mr. Sfark faughf in every deparfmenf in Columbus excepf Girls' Healfh Ed., and proudly declared he wouldn'f mind fhaf af all. 0 Miss Dorofhy Vislocky confessed she would like fo be Winsfon Churchill for iusf 24 hours. lf would be so nice fo be brilIianf. 0 The faculfy-senior baskefball game proved Mr. Nafhans can gef fhere fhe fasfesf wifh fhe mosfesf. 0 Fashion Nofe: Solid or plaid knee socks fhe fhingl To be worn wifh fhose collegiafe whife bucks, of course. 9 Paul Kravifz became Bronx, Cify, and Sfafe l00 yard champ. 0 Music replaced mayhem on Blue Leffer Day. Having a cosfume ball on school fime proved fo be a huge success. I Compiled by Suzanne Surkes and Marion Fox