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

 - Class of 1956

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VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE Reaching my senior year in high school, I am faced wifh a big problem. Thaf is, fhe problem of, ugh, work. I know I shall have fo be somefhing, so I am seeking a career fhaf will give me maximum money wifh minimum work. I have almosf decided fo be an acfress. I can picfure myself leading fhe glam- orous Iife of a movie sfar. I will have fo sfruggle af firsf, of course, buf such sfrug- gles should painf a preffy picfure in fhe movie magazines afferwards. Then I'II become a sfarlef, and fhen a sfar. Makeup men will fuss over me. I'II have a beaufiful wardrobe and wear fabulous hair s+yles. I'II have a swimming pool, a fancy converfible, rich eligible men dafing me all fhe fime, world-wide recognifion. My name will be in Iighfs in all fhe movie fheafres across fhe counfry. Buf waif. I see myself passing a drugsfore, wifhin which sifs a hof fudge sundae wifh whipped cream, nufs, and a cherry on fop. Suddenly, fhe life of a movie sfar doesn'f seem so glamorous. So maybe I'II be a wrifer. A wrifer can afford fo be faf. Some of our besf wrifers are large, chubby people. A wrifer creafes fhrough words, and nobody need ever 'Hn' know whaf he looks like. fs' -'f f?.,yX 5-,' I can see if now. I send in manuscri f affer manuscri f, and finall one efs Lf,-. '--ff. 'ff-L . P I . P I Y gn is A .fi .--I x , accepfed. I gel' my firsf check. Thereaffer fhlngs begin fo pop. Magazines are crying I ja' I ,. ' .7 'I for more of m sfories. Publishers are fi hfin over mv new novel. I am effin fabu- 4 . -gg s ' .L N Y Q Q - Q 9. f. I Ious sums of money. My books are being read and discussed everywhere. They re 5,-.ffl .N 1 -K 'I even making a movie ouf of my Iafesf one. 8' . ' , I A Buf waif. Here, in fronf of me is a half-finished masfer iece for fomorrow's 2' ',. 1 .. . . P . B ,,.- 3, - f. , wrlflng class. If I become a wrlfer, I will always have fo gel' new ideas, always have S,g 'y9',A, - , 4 fo finish somefhing. Suddenly fhe life of an aufhor seems dull. g'1'.K4y?,'34'-FQ ,A f - ,W Q A Q q n n N, .I I So maybe I'II be a scienflsf. Whaf a wonderful career! Whaf an inspiring pro- 53955 AJ- ff. .- fessionl Q5i1Q,fg. ':. Vg I IL There I am working Iafe in a Iaborafory. I am on fhe verge of a greaf discovery. fl?-' 'jig' ,I F 'xx For ears I have worked, Ianned and dreamed for fhis momenf. Af Iasf I have . 'Ib' - 'P' x X Y . P . . . . . :' 9 l f - -. proved my discovery successful. If is in fhe form of an lngecflon fhaf combafs cancer, , ' ul fyfgf' X S fuberculosis, polio and fhe common cold. If is called fhe Sfeff vaccine. - 'l I 1 - I am acclaimed by millions. I gef medals and rewards. People wrife fo me from L5 .LRE Q, I ' ' ' a all over sending me words of fhanks, money and blessings. I Iecfure on felevision and ff- ' ' Ax' I' rffff' '- my name becomes a household word. ' if fd' , 4 ' Buf waif. Whaf is fhis crawling across my page as I wrife? An anf? Now 'Ihe fx. ' , - I 32,1 A - 'I picfure changes. I see bugs and snakes and all sorfs of animals. I see hard work and ,2: 1',. .,, 1 I long hours and blood and sickness. 1 1 21. ' I QfE:,.',2 ' C Eureka! I have if! I'II go fo college fo loaf around for anofher four years. Time , ,'.'3s -1241!-::,? I ' f enough fo decide when I'm a senior in college. Time enough. Fjfgyjf' ,fly I J: Ellen Sfeff -' fy- 'I.f f I ' ' Q ,H ,C .Qj,ig,-.,,.f: 54,21 j - 'f . I -:. ' f Q ?- 'J--1 -i '1'f' I f ' er J-.f Q.,-.eff ,f iff 1 . 1 f .Ia new 1- .. :fav fa ef? .Q. Q XL: ,vu , f f Kg.-Qfvxfff -3, 1, . - 4. ' ,f' N:-. jx, T.: 'sl Jii r 1' 1 'f'??! Tx l'-PJ . 1 I I ,' li - ' 4 Qglq 4'--'I ' .,' fyik I. K Ya. IRQ . 'Q r, ' T ' fr 1-I 'ig 3 KL is iq '15 . 1 153, -Gfrjffpo' 4 , Qyku --1 . 'L .-'Of 1 ' Lfff ' 8 3 K ' X'-Juv Clfff .x f I fb . Q fifty' 'ri' Q? It 'o I' if x .T f 4 .-'I n - , ,4' ka... ,I ,sl I ki 1 f I' ' ,Af - 1 , .. . 51: f ' ' : '.'.il?.'f I X PX 'I Ji!! ,IR ' Inf: gf? 'j'fx.'J - it . - .X 'fig' , -,' if JI ., if. ' -'fg'v- Y -'-. I 5-1-1 9 ' P- .' -f- , , ,i-- -1-.1 fn- ,-- ' .1 .-f'-' i' 1' 'i .4,:L ', ' .iid j 1' 'T i li., fi! 4 . ,cpl s '1. , ff ff, C ' ,A x .lv ffx,. Minn'-, f,-fy, . fx .. -,J-,'? 549,-r L4 . -uf' ,7fdj5.l4 ' ,7 4 If 3? gg ,rv 4 CTI' ' B' 1' fvigfb' .' -ff' dl 3 If 1'-ff ,. f J-ff, ' . . 1-.-fi f- - -',. . 'H V A'A.'0L::l,il?'1AJl U I .gulnvzy g., .1 ' 1' jJ'a Q' J sf' x cial 2: ffciz' -I. in 1 I . KL S., ,.- b7f',n.,, Q 13:- ln '. ff 113,-f . - 3 NL 114' ' 1 . , , - ,L 4,11 , XP, - X ff ri' I , Z ,cg. l , v 1 1 41:17 v?b'l..'g .1-s5'Nl 1 . - I ,' g ' . I fax fp f ':'T' ,' 'P 45 qi' , V . LU CI LLE v ACCARU

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HELEN Isaacson WHAT'S MY ROLE? I realize fhaf I am a mere speck on fhis earfh and my exisfence is comparafively so shorf as fo make me insignificanf. This frighfens me. l wanf fo live a life fhaf is full and purposeful buf if is hard fo know how fo choose fhe relafively valuable. I don'f know whaf I wanf and fherefore cannof perceive whaf fo me will be of worfh. Which pafh shall I choose? l feel now fhaf I am incapable of enjoying happiness. Bliss is blessed for fhe simple. Nof fhaf I am of such complex nafure buf I have emerged from basic animal exisfence. I cannof love for mere sake of loving and leave if af fhaf. I seek some- fhing. Buf whaf? There musf be someone who can give me fhe answers. The world of fhe before and beyond is so vasf and mysfifying fhaf I dare nof venfure info if. Can I believe in somefhing I do nof know? Man was puf on fhis earfh, buf for whaf? He is here and fhen he is nof. Homo-sapiens will evenfually disappear we are fold. So why bofher af all? Anofher poinf puzzles me. Why conform fo fhe rules of sociefy when no one knows fheir origin and performs fhem only fo belong? The sense of belonging fo somefhing is so necessary, buf so is discriminafion in selecfing whaf fo belong fo. When one is parf of fhe masses he is insignificanf. ls fhe safefy of being unnoficed worfh fhe sacrifice of idenfify? If we do nof wanf fo be known fhen why exisf? One of fhe basic principles or urges of man is fo be recognized. Buf how many are willing fo fake off fhe profecfive coaf of being like everybody else fo reveal fhemselves as non-conforming? Comparafively few. Even fhese few are offen nof applauded unfil fheir cleafh. Alfhough I doubf if fhe acclaims of fhe masses mean much fo fhem, fhe genuinely discriminafing and selecfive, musf be very lonesome people. If fhe need fo belong is such a basic drive of man, fhen have fhey really found a way of life? To live in solifude for lack of being undersfood is frusfrafing and unhappy. I refuse fo fall info fhe mode of living fhaf Shakespeare fermed a sfage on which we are all players. Buf if fhaf is my fafe and I am an acfor, whaf parf do I play? MERIS WLODINGER



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CLOSE SHAVE GDEIWN 4 I .i-..- One oT our Teachers, a bookish genTIeman, whom I shall call Mr. X, has a mus- Tache which he has noT shaved oTT since he TirsT grew iT, TwenTy years ago. This year, he almosT IosT his prized possession. IT seems ThaT, like Don QuixoTe, Too much reading had gone To his head, so ThaT he goT The sTrange idea ThaT The riTIe Team did noT have a good chance To win The ciTy championship. AT The beginning oT The season Therefore, he announced ThaT if The Team won The championship he would shave oTF his beloved musTache and also geT a Mohawk haircuT. As The season progressed, Mr. X became more and more worried. If The Team conTinued iTs experT shooTing, iT was evidenT ThaT The musTache mighT go and so mighT The hair. When The Team won The Bronx-ManhaTTan championship, every brisTIe in Mr. X's musTache drooped in despair. On The day oT The championship maTch, The Team members Tiled in To The anTe- room and picked up Their rifles, happily anTicipaTing vicTory. The gloom on Mr. X's Tace seemed deeper Than ever. The riTIemen proceeded To The range To shooT. As each Tired, a puzzled expression appeared on his Tace. SomeThing was wrong. The buIIeTs wenT everywhere excepT Towards The TargeT. Each shoT was eiTher Tar Too high or Too Iow. Even when The sighTs were adiusTed, The buIIeTs kepT going all over The place. No one could undersTand whaT was wrong. Finally, one oT The bewildered Team members Took The boIT ouT oT The rifle and looked up The barrel. When he saw whaT was There, he exciTedIy showed iT To The oTher members of The Team. Everyone really goT mad! Someone had poured library glue down The muzzles oT The riTIesI Mr. X was immediaTeIy suspecTed. The members oT The Team were seT To pull ouT his musTache, hair by hair, and use Them as cieaning rods To clean ouT The riTIes. How- ever, Mr. X had disappeared. No one could Tind him. By This Time, of course, The oTher Teams had a big lead. You can guess The resT. The Team IosTI The Team had iTs revenge, Though. When Mr. X reappeared, The shock oT almosT losing his hair and musTache had Turned Them boTh compleTely grey. Donald Minervini Up, ' woE TO us: Sophomore, Junior, Senior lend me your ears We come To bury Freshman noT To praise him. The evil ThaT Freshmen do Iive on in These halls The good is oTT hidden in Their permanenT records. So IeT iT be wiTh Freshman. The noble Senior I-IaTh Told you, Freshman was ambiTious To enTer here, IT iT were so iT was a grievous TauIT, And grievously haTh Freshman answered iT. x , f Here under leave oT The Seniors and The principal For The Senior class is an honorable class. So are They all, honorable classes Come I To speak in Freshman's Tuneral He was our guiding lighT, dumb buT iusT To us M Willa' X-,Q 'ew' Q55 I 1.2 gl x? X 1- e f 'TS' ' x 5 Iii ' BuT senior says he was ambiTious And Seniors are an honorable class. They have come here To Columbus And Their TiTTy cenTs filled The pockeTs oT The 6.0. Did This in Freshman seem ambiTious? J When a Senior had chalk, Freshman was a blackboard AmbiTion should be made oT sTerner sTuTT YeT Senior says he was ambiTious I Thrice presenTed him wiTh promoTion Which he did Thrice reTuse Was This ambiTion? YeT The Senior says he was ambiTious And The Senior class is an honorable class. I speak noT To disprove whaT The Senior says, You all did see on The audiTorium sTage BuT I speak only whaT you do know. You all did Iove The IiTTIe angel once, I I Why noT mourn Tor him now. My hearT is in The new Junior High School wiTh Freshman And I musT pause TiII he comes back To Columbus. .cw ll, T' I l I il.- 1 5- 'gt bi Ti , WS. 'll Norman Feldherr l lll

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