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

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X ea: JT w ,.. i 0. . A ejrlfg ' a. 2.415 fi Q VJ dit John McGiver, one of the original faculty members of Columbus' English Depart- ment, was the first of our faculty to join the armed forces in World War II. Returning from active service in 1946, Mr. McGiver studied and taught theater work at the famous Catholic University drama school in Washington, D. C. and at St. Louis University. He returned to Columbus in 1948 but retired in 1955 to give all his time to the pro- fession of actor-writer. He was last seen on Broadway in God and Kate llfillflbhy, prior to that in Drink lo Me Only and Cloud 7. He is continuously busy in a variety of featured roles on tele- vision and in films. So much so that he is literally a commuter between the East and West coasts. Among his films are Looe in the Afferzzoon, Siory of ez Pazlriol, Once Upon el Horre and The Man in the Raincoat. Recently he played in Chicago with Burgess Meredith in the Cirrm of Dr. Lao and on tour in the Rewazrhazhle Mr. Pemzypezrher Qalso with Mr. Meredithj. He has written and had produced several fine plays, includ- ing All Gaul if DT1-'T6fE62I. Students and teachers watch for his many appearances on television, where he is now frequently in the stellar role. His household consists of an active, growing family of seven children, a German Shepherd dog named Maud, and an ancient country church in upstate New York, which he and his wife have converted into a summer home. Columbus is proud of the superb talents of one of its recent graduates, Ann Ban- croft. After Columbus, Ann studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her first television appearance on Studio One and has since played on Suspense, Danger, Kraft Theatre and most other leading video programs. Ann attracted wide- spread attention with her Hrst screen performance as Richard Widmark's girl friend in Do1z'l Bother to Knock, Among her other outstanding roles were those as Broderick Crawfords daughter in New York Cofzjidezzfjazl and Anthony Quinn's sister in Naked Slreef. You haven't seen Ann Bancroft in recent television roles for the very best reason of all. She is fully occupied, as everyone knows, as the co-star of the two-character Broadway play Tufo for the Seemzo. The rave notices of the critics spell success for Ann who has come a long, long way from the little stage struck girl who took her first bow in a kindergarten performance of The Three Bearr. Richard Davalos, another Columbus graduate, began his professional career with a leading role in the film Ear! of Eden, While in high school he performed with the Chapel Theatre Group, presenting plays for children at various New jersey schools. While serving aboard the USS Midway, Richard weighed the pros and cons of a theatrical career. Deciding to try it, he began an intensive training for the theatre including dance work with Martha Graham and Erich Hawkins and acting at the Herbert Berghof School. An off-Broadway production brought him to the attention of television casting agents, and he has appeared in numerous video roles. For a season he acted at the Arts Theatre in Ann Arbor. One of his finest Broadway roles was as jerry in Arthur Miller's A View From ihe Bridge. Although we don't have a record handy for another of our recent graduates, Susan Harrison is an actress to watch for on video and in films. lust recently Susan had the starring role on Playhouse 90. She attended Boston University for a time and made her Broadway debut in William Saroyan's The Core Dzvellemx In her first movie she co-starred with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in The Szveef Smell of Sm're,r.f. Success to you, Susan.

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FIRST joia Bob was fifteen minutes early. joe wouldn't like that. Timing was the most im- portant factor in their plan. Bob stopped under the traiiic light where Joe would pick him up in his new car. He had a feeling that he was being watched, but why would anybody want to watch him? No one knew what he was going to do. He had never done anything like this before. That was why joe had picked him out. His picture wasn't in the police files or in any newspapers. Nobody would ever remember having seen him before. He turned slowly, feeling tight in all the muscles of his powerful seventeen year old body. He looked up and down the street. Then he felt better. The eyes he had felt watching him belonged to a cook frying eggs on a grill in a short-order joint. The smell of frying bacon made Bob hungry. He went in and sat at the counter. He had a clear view of the corner. It was thirteen minutes now. When Joe stopped, Bob would step into the car, and they would be off just like any two men going to work. This was his first job and with an old-timer like joe, that was luck. joe had this job worked out to the smallest detail. Nothing could possibly backfire. Give me two two-minute eggs, orange juice, and black coffee, said a voice beside him as a little fat man sat down on a stool. Bob jumped in fear. Then he settled back. What was he afraid of? He ordered juice, coffee, and a couple of medium eggs. The counterman served the fat man first. Ten minutes more now, Bob thought. He finished his juice. Then he thought, Why is the cook watching the corner? Bob smiled a little and looked back at the cook. The cook dropped his eyes from the window in front of him. He couldn't know. What a fool I was to come in here, Bob thought. joe was right. I shouldn't have come early. Sweat stood out on his forehead. The cook was watching the corner again. Something was up. Something must be wrong. He looked at his watch. Two minutes more. joe would pull up in the car any second now. Bob took out his handkerchief and wiped his face. Anything wrong? the fat man asked. Bob jumped. Oh, no, just sitting too close to the stove, I guess. He looked out the window. joe's car was at the curb, and the cook was looking straight at him. Bob's muscles tightened he watched the minute hand make its way past the time. When Bob failed to show, joe drove off. Bob didn't move. Timing. That was what joe had always said. They would have to get there at exactly the right moment for this job. One minute off and it would be no-go. Well, that would be the way with Bob from now on. No-go. No more jobs like that. He paid his check and made himself walk out the door slowly. He would get a job, not joe's kind of job-a real job. No big money, maybe, but a chance to laugh and joke with regular guys. No running away. No shame. No wondering when people looked at him. He opened his mouth and breathed in the clear morning air. Back in the restaurant the fat man was still eating. I d0n't get eggs like this at home, he said. What's your secret? The cook looked out the window and then smiled at the fat man. No secret. just a traffic light. For a soft-boiled egg it takes three changes from green to red. For medium eggs it's four switches from green to red, and six switches for hard-boiled. It's all a matter of timing. STEVEN KRIEGSMAN YEARBGOK DAEFYNITION S A jingle-A clumsy piece of gossip At the Helm-The Editorial Bored Senior Poll-Good Politicians Camera Shy-Explosive Types LESLIE STEINHAUSE

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