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

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Edwin A. Whalen DEDICATION The small, animaled man scrawls somelhing hurriedly across lhe board. The class halls ils discussion momenlarily lo glance al whal has been wrillen. ln ancienl limes lhere were iron men and wooden ships, loday il's lhe reverse. The class laughs, lhen someone rises indignanlly and says holly, Thal's nol lrue. Take a look al Mr. Whaien. So we lake a look al him-our lasl lor a long lime, lor Mr. Edward A. Whalen has decided lo lay aside his chalk and Delaney book and seek a newer oullel lor his urbanily and wil. Since lhe school opened, he has lounded lwo ol ils inslilulions, lhe Alumni Associalion and lhe ever popular weekly Salon, launched innumerable Seniors on a sea ol English and composed enough briliianl willicisms lo make him a serious rival ol Winslon Churchill. Mr. Whalen's chiel aim in lhe school has been lo needle us inlo lhinking. Take off your masks he says. I'd like lo see whal you really look like. Evenlually we do lake lhem olf and lry lo become lhe people we really are. Our lavorile senior English leacher will spend his lime on Marlha's Vineyard. He plans lo dabble in wriling and public allairs and become, as he puls il, lhe civic minded cilizen ol Massachusells. We know lhal lhe people ol Massachusells are in lor a very good lime. We cerlainly envy lhem. Therelore, lhe class ol June I954 wilh much alleclion dedicales lhis yearbook lo lhe genial Mr. Edwin A. Whalen-scholar, leacher and lriend.

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Marlin L Wilson PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE Wha+ con+ras+s fhere are in people's aH'i+udes +owards breakers of rules! A few days ago I was driving near +he exi'r of a one-way s+ree+. A car of a person who evidenily was unfamiliar wifh 'rhe localify 'rurned in'ro 'rhe s+ree+. There was no officer around. lmmedialely, however, half a dozen of us who were in +he s'free'r blew our horns 'lo 'iell him +o back ou'r-+o obey +he rules +ha'r fhe ciiy had se+ up +o help us. How differeni' is +he aHi+ude of many you+hs +owards law breakers! lns+ead of 'felling fhem 'ro 'rurn back, 'ro follow rules, +hey do no+hing +o bring aboul' law obedi- ence in ofhers, even 'rhough lhey +hemselves conform lo direclives. In facf, fhey seem even 'lo shield +hem. They have a sor+ of maudlin sympalhy for +he individual, espe- cially if he is a you'rh, who defies sociely. Oflen lhey noi only do no+ sfop 'rhe rule- breaker, bu+ even resis'r all efforls of 'the au+hori+ies +o delecl him. They have a wrong sense of values. We are conlinually being fold 'lhal' cooperafion wilh socie+y is all +ha+ can save us in fhis afomic age. This cooperalion mus+ begin wi+h youih. A habi+ of giving play +o social consciousness musl' be buil+ up. In +o+ali+arian counlries if is forced on The individual by police melhods. We as individuals mus+ develop il. Are you? MARTIN L. WILSON, Principal