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

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TGMORROW CAN WAIT You sil in lhe house alone and you're bored. You walk lo lhe window and look oul, lhen pace around lhe room lrying lo lhink ol somelhing lo do. You sil down again, looking lor a book lo read bul you don'l find anylhing lhal will hold your allenlion. You go lor a drink ol waler and lhen slare oul lhe window again. ll's raining oul and lhe slreels are emply. You pul on your coal and go down inlo lhe slreel. The rain comes down againsl your lace and il slings and makes you leel cold. You hope lo meel someone you know bul you don'l and you know you won'l. And lhen you gel loo wel and loo cold and you go back home, nol knowing whelher il's worse lo be home alone or in lhe wel slreels wilh nolhing lo do. ll leels beller lo gel inlo lhe dry house again. You sil down and pick up a book, delermined lhis lime lo read il. Bul you can'l concenlrale and your eyes keep wan- dering lrom lhe prinl. You look oul lhe window again and you begin lo lhink. You wonder aboul yoursell. You wonder whal your lile is lor. Wha+ does il mean and whal will il lead lo? Whal has il broughl you so lar and whal is lhe poinl ol going on? You ask yoursell whal you, a sevenleen year old boy, has had oul ol lile. And you +eIl yoursell lhal lhere's your ballplaying and sporls and you lry lo lhink ol all lhe olher lhings bul you can'l lhink ol anylhing besides lhal. For lhe lirsl lime you wonder if ballplaying is really lhe only imporlanl lhing in your lile. And il scares you lo lhink lhal your lile can mean so lillle. You lhink ol how lew lhings ol inleresl you've done lalely and how you've been gelling more and more disgusled wilh your- sell and everyone else. Then lhe doorbell rings and you answer il and il's one ol lhe boys. You go down inlo lhe slreel wilh him and il has slopped raining. And soon you're cracking iokes and laughing and even lalking aboul lhe very same lhings you were lhinking aboul. Bul you've slopped wondering and lhe answers seem very lar away and unimporlanl now. So you keep on lalking and laughing and kee ing lhose lhoughls oul ol your mind. Soon, perhaps even lomorrow, you'll wonder aboul lhe same lhings once more. Righl now il's easier lo ioke and lalk lo lhe boys. Tomorrow can wail. Ernie Herman

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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

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UP AND DOWN To fhose anxious fo gel' somewhere, sfaircases represenf highways. Nowhere buf on fhe sfaircases of fhis school can you find fhe quesfions and answers fo nexf period's fesfs lwifhouf fhe feacher finding oufl, faik fo a friend while going in fhe same direc- fion, have enough fime fo flirf wifh a girl, sfarf a figh+ or hold up half 'rhe school by dropping books or suddenly sfopping. The scenery isn'f excifing, buf fhe gossip you hear can wax fhe ears. lf's on fhe sfaircase 'lhaf sfudenfs display fheir hidden falenfs by drawing on fhe walls or erasing fhe marking which felis fhe number of fhe floor. The sfaircases lead fo fhe ups and downs of sfudenf life. Some sfudenfs go up wifh a bound, ofhers climb weariiy from sfep fo sfep. Going down, however, seems fo be a fasfer process. Ever wafch sfudenfs af fhree o'clock? The backwardness of our sfudenfs is, of course, indicafed by fhe facf fhaf on fhe down sfairways 'rhey go up and on fhe up sfairways, down. Traf- fic auihorifies shrewdly realizing fhis, planned if fhaf way. On fhe sfairways, vandals in need of air, or wifh some vague idea of keeping glaziers employed, manage fo fap ouf some of fhe panes of glass. As a resulf, fhe passing fashion shows can be wifnessed daily while waifing for fhe bell fo ring. Pasf fhese missing panes various sfyles from all over fhe world will appear. The dresses and blouses range from Schiaparelli's besf fo Klein's basemenf's worsf, shoes from Ma's fo Dad's, and hose from Sis' socks fo big sisfer's nylons. I+ has been suggesfed fhaf fhe besf way 'ro keep sfudenfs in school is fo eliminafe fhe sfaircases and subsfifufe rope ladders. They'll never make a monkey ouf of me! ' Edward Sorken