Evander Childs High School - Oriole Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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THE FUTURISTS By Aufumn of I946 as Snxfh Termers we become Fufurrsfs We are plannmg for fhe fufure our Semor Year fhanks fo Mr Schnelder s Inslsfence on our lookmg ahead Some of our number plan 'ro leave In fhree and a half years We are revoluhonary fhns ferm We wanf reforms and more reforms We wanf beffer lunches We wanf more dances for fhe fufure We wanf a Sfudenf Courf Many of us run for G O OFFICE We 'rake up IDEAS and CAUSES Tolerance Democracy fhe Unlfed Naflons Palesflne Af fhe January Cake Sale we are hlghly amused af Mrs Benson s Famnly Album old phofographs of our Evander feachers on vuew for only flffeen cenfsl THE MODERNISTS February I947 and our Semor Year begms We are Sevenfh Termers A new pernod has emeroed In modern arf when absfracf Impressronlsm and expresslonlsm of fhe pasf Infegrafe wafh a new accuracy of skull and fechmque We labor on research and on Sevenfh Term Themes We become serlous We do our homework af leasf before each markmg perlod We reallze fhaf we musf graduafe on fume One day we are seen walkmg fhrough fhe halls holdlng our leff coaf sleeves Evanderlfes have been vaccmafed for small pox' We are excufed over our Wayward Bus Drlver who gof so hred of drrvmg Evanderufes fo school fhaf he broke loose and fook has bus fo Florudal We apply our sfandards of cruflclsm fo fhe Varsnfy Show Deserf Song Excellenfl THE SURREALISTS Aufumn of I947 and we refurn fo school as Candndafes for Graduahon The baffle we feel IS won No feacher would lef us fall now We srf back wI+h rellef and express ourselves as we can Daydreams are realrfy fo us now and so we oblechfy fhe sfream of con scuousness and creafe a world prolecfed from wnfhun The world IS fhe dream world realnzed a world of Semor caps Semor pucfures Semor class meefmgs Semor commlffees Semor Assembly Semor Frollc Day Semor Class Nrfe and dream of all dreams fhe Semor Prom Dreams of graduahon dreams of colleqe and dreams of 'obs are all expressed In fhe color and rhyfhm of our Semor llves We feel and express somefhlng of fhe llghf fhaf never was on land or sea And so fhe Hlsforlan brmgs fo a close 'rhe record of fhe frends and sfyles of modern arf as exempllfied In fhe sforv of +he Class of January l948 of fhe Evander Chllds Hugh School New York Clfy . - I I . . . . . , - . I. . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . I , . . . o , . I . . , I . . . . ' I I ' . . . J , . . . . . . - . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .. . I . . ... . H .1 I . . ' I . . . . , , . . . . . . . . I . . .. . . . . . . . I I . . . . . . I I I I . . . , T . . . I I I - . . . ' ll ' II .... . . . . . ' I . . . I I -

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THE NEO IMPRESSIONISTS Affer a coal conservafuon hollday refurned fo school un February l945 as Sophomores Thlrd Termers sfeeped rn sophnsfncaflon Our fechnlcal skull was greafer fhaf 'rerm and we developed a sense of design and a feeling for Iughf and color Dark mormngs fhose were when we gof up by Easfern War Trme and dark news we offen heard from fhe fronf No wonder we glorled un sunlzghf and color We had a feelmg of a snlver lmmg when we learned fhaf Paul B Mann once chanrman of our Biology Deparfmenf had leff our school a legacy for scuenflflc use In hrs honor an annual Biology Congress was formed On April I2fh l945 came fhe shockmg news of fhe deafh of our beloved Presndenf Roosevelf We had never known anofher presndenf We generously confrlbufed fo fhe supporf of fhe war orphans 'rhaf several deparfmenfs had adopfed On Memorual Day we paid frlbufe fo our Evander dead and fo make sure fhaf fhese boys had nof died In vam we boughf alfogefher S23 000 worfh of bonds and sfamps fo clmch fhe vacfory over Germany More llghf and color were added fo our canvas as fhe S S Mary Ann sfeered In flags flymg THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS In fhe fall of l945 we came back cheerful The war had ended' V J Day had finally dawned on Augusf lbfh and we began fo look for fhe refurn of our boys Posf war demobllnzaflon began wrfh posf war reconverslon and even posf war sfrukes Foofball came back Nylons foo l We began fo send cans and packages of food fo posf war Europe Pamfers spenf mosf of fhaf aufumn decorafmg our bualdmg Rumors of a progecfed Umfed Nahons began fo sflr us THE CUBISTS ln February I946 our Evander lmpressuonusfs rad: cally change We are Juniors now Fuffh Termers compefmg wlfh refurnmg Veferans for 'obs and for school benches We have masfered more or lessl fhe geomefrlcal figures of Sophomore days We fhlnk rn ferms of lme form paffern and absfrachon We reduce our Ideas and our work fo fhe slmplesf forms We have IDEAS OF OUR OWN We long fo break complefely wufh fhe pasf We complain abouf how fhe G O us run We suspecf 'rhaf our feachers are fradnflonallsfs and classucusfs fhaf our books are ouf dafed The age of Afomac Energy us upon us We fhrnll fo fhe esfablushmenf of fhe Unlfed Nahons fhough fo us If seems so simple We fhlnk un ferms of sample plans llnear and angular deslgns - 0 - . . I we . n 1 v . I - v I I 1 - I u I V . . . l I n -u . . . . , . . . ' I I ' . I T . ' - l . -. ' I ' . . .- . . ' . ' . . . u u - 1 u ' '

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109 ti. Q' I rl L,-4-I E , QQIQQ Zvyx, Q 5 JP N UA: Y '42 5 E- LK, FLORENCE CLARK MAUDE REPATH MARY A. TEA KATHRYN SCRIVEN JOSHUA HOCHSTEIN WILLIAM WEINSTEIN MICHAEL ARLEN