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

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MY FRIEND GYM To lhe Columbusile gym is as inevilable as deolh and laxes. From his lirsl lerm lo his lasl a sludenl is programmed wilh Heallh Ed. Aller lrying in vain lo gel I.H.T., ioin lhe Hall Palrol, or make a leam, he is lhrown inlo gym. Here, some play sporls, olhers prelend lo, some lry lo do homework and slill olhers relax. The lypes ol sporls vary as well as lhe people in lhem. Al lhe baskelball courls some ol lhe players are good, even greal, bul lhere are olhers. This bunch ol Mikaniles, as lhey call lhemselves, lhink lhal lhe cry ol FOUL means a chicken is around. Bul even lhough lhey don'l know a sel 'from a hook or lhe backboard lrom lhe rim, lhey have nerve. They aclually allempl lo shool al lhe baskel. Al lhe volleyball nel we slumble over anolher bunch ol alhleles. These regulars consider lhemselves loo good lor ping pong and loo leisurely lor handball. The high4 lighl ol lhe game is lhe end, since lhe losers are obliged lo place lheir ends up lo acl as a largel lor a direcl hil. The handball courl is our nexl slop. Bounded on all sides by baskelball, lhis heallhlul sporl, neverlheless, carries on. To play handball muscles are occasionally required since sulficienl slrenglh is needed lo hil lhe ball pasl lhe shorl line. This leal seems beyond many. Slamina and speed are also essenlial since lhe players ollen chase lhe handball lo lhe lour corners ol lhe gym. Aller a iump over a baskelball player and skip under lhe badminlon nel, we arrive al Reslland. Al lhis spol are localed lhe bicycles and lhe ping pong lable. The bicycles are occupied by people who are wailing lheir nexl al lhe ping pong lable. Ol course, lhere are lhose who sil on lhe bicycles all period, admiring lhem- selves in lhe lull-lenglh mirrors placed nexl lo lhe bicycles. Some 'ol lhe people who play ping pong really wanl lo play and lhere are olhers who merely are passing lhe lime away, wailing lo gel on a bicycle. Occasionally, one ol lhe riders pedals luri- ously and lhen looks up surprised lhal he has gollen nowhere. The Heallh Ed deparl- menl is seriously considering running a scenic movie behind lhe bicyciisls iusl lor elfecl. For lhe Alias Men lhe gym ollers remarkably broken down equipmenl. They can show oll lheir muscles al lhe high bar or mals, or even go lo lhe ropes and lhrow someone oll. Those who wanl lo keep in shape lor a big lighl may locale a boxing bag or iump rope or even play iacks. Yes, gym is a greal place if you wish lo sludy slow molion. You ask me whal l do in gym . . . l lake lhe allendance. So boys, slop culling, lhe gym is gelling emply. Edward Sorken

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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

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WHAT A DOLL! We were silling in lhe immaculale school caleleria, wilh ils shiny yellow lopped lables and comlorlable chairs, munching on some simply scrumplious bologna sand- wiches when all al once my girl-lriend, Janel, llipped her lid. She slackened lhe rhylhmic chewing ol her large bony jaws pulverizing her lood and iusl slared oul inlo space. Her eyes look on a glazed look, lheir immensily swallowing up mosl ol her round high-cheekboned lace. . l had never seen her acl lhis way belore and so enveloped in curiosily l inquired ol her: Whal's lhe maller, Janel? The sandwiches aren'l lhal good! l look anolher bile oul ol mine lo reassure mysell. Suddenly, she awoke lrom her reverie and gave a vacanl nod lhal bore no semblance ol meaning lor me. Quickly her eyes shilled back lo lheir lormer inlense posilion and wilh her hands clasped lo her bosom she sighed: lsn'l he wonderlul, Ann? Who? l asked, my inquisiliveness aroused. Why, Bill, ol course! she replied sharply, annoyed wilh me lor asking such an obvious queslion. Who in heck's name is Bill? l queried. Wilh a loss ol her long inky black curls she lurned lo slrelch oul a long gracelul arm. Following her long lapered linger my eyes came lo resl on lhe obiecl lo be lhus scrulinized. He slood lhere in all his manliness. A scrawny, live-looler wilh lhick horn rimmed glasses and adolescenl pimples covering lhree-quarlers ol his moon-shaped lace. Allired in a lenl-sized purple polka-dolled shirl lhal malched his complexion and a pair ol dirly leans, he was complele. Wonderingly my eyes wandered back lo Janel. Once more l examined lhis sup- posedly normal girl wilh her small uplilled nose, her long black lashes lhal shadowed millions ol illuminaled slars sludded in lhe deplhs ol her almond-shaped black eyes. l lell sure she musl have had a valid reason lor her aclions. She inlerrupled my medilalion by exclaiming, her lace all aglow, You know, Ann, he's a senior! A senior! You don'l say, l exclaimed. l looked al him again. He does look kinda sharp, l said, brighlening somewhal. Whal's more, she added, exuberanl al my enlhusiasm, he's on lhe baskelball leam loo! No kidding, l replied, my hearl pulsaling wildly. Guess whal else, and lhis will really slay you. He asked me, ol all people, il l'd lel him copy my Elemenlary Algebra homework! Gosh! we sighed in unison and we bolh lurned back lo drool al lhis man ol lhe world. Carole Sherman