Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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YE EDITOR LITERARY STAFF BUSINESS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY CLERICAL STAFF ART STAFF FACULTY ADVISERS RLBUUH ST FF Norman Selverstone Charlotte Harris lna Rosenberg Betty Schulder Arthur Schulz Gay Siegel Leslie Slote Ethel Speyer Nancy Washburn Milton Albert Business Manager Eugene Bodian Anthony Faga Stanley Levine George Lewis Iulian Steinfeld Alvin Bart Gerald Levine Blanche Hornan Lila Iacobs Marion Nasott Sheila Berkeley Iohn Cornacchio Faith Dane Edward Davidson Shirley Farber Lenore Schwartz Victor Timoner David Weinrib Mr. Victor W. Ritchie Miss Edythe Obstler Miss Ruth E. May Miss M. Elizabeth Genung

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STUBY lust two years ago, on the twenty- fourth of May, incessant hammer blows reminded the few students still housed in the Old Building that a fence was being erected, that demolition to re- move all but the original structure was under way, that the oft-mentioned res- toration process had begun. Even the most curious found it difficult to investi- gate, and Erasmians were denied ac- cess to the gravel-covered rear campus except during changes of periods. With- in a week the most ingenious student was unable to see much of the drama which was being enacted, although an occasional shatter of glass or crash of lumber announced only too clearly the passing of the most familiar of Erasmus y institutions. By the second day of Iune, most of the preliminary work had been completed and everything, -- desks, blackboards, cabinets, and even some of the roofing material - had been spirited away. Floors, wall sections and plaster soon followed, while, to the south, excavation for the new building had begun,fas many Erasmians discovered by lunch-period reconnaissance. ln another two weeks, the southernmost wing of the traditional structure had vanished, accompanied by a large portion of the first and second stories of the remaining wings. On lune 22 or thereabouts, the last erect fragment, the brick chimney, tumbled to earth to lie with the remains of what had served as both a home and school to several hundred students during most of the nineteenth century. Exuberant students, fresh from two months of vacation, found on returning to the Old Gray School that a great change had been wrought in their Alma Mater. The old had passed into oblivion, the new had taken its place and stone and sand supplanted the debris of destruction. As weeks passed, as girders crept skyward, as a metal skeleton was clad in gothic beauty, sornef thing of a collegiate atmosphere was imparted to Erasmus f-fall. Light, clean masonry obscured the ugly, dark brick walls on the south, and the old school was forever parted from the outside world. As the days lengthened and the school year drew to a close, enthusiasm was apparent, speculation rampant. Advance reports of the marvels to be found in the new building were