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

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ADMINISTRANTS ELEANOR EGAN DEAN OF GIRLS DR. HYMEN ALPERN PRINCIPAL HERMAN SCHULMAN ADM. ASSISTANT DR. JOHN M. BROPHY DEAN OF BOYS BEATRICE BASS COLLEGE ADVISER

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7 YCDUR ENCYCLOPEDIA We Evander Orioles Now presen+ +o you a book- Our encyclopedia, Info which you'll gladly look. Now recall +he reference books Which have always been a bore: 'Twixl' 'ihe covers of 'lhis new one To read will be a pleasanr chore. Call again +o mind your srudiesg Some were pleasanlr, some were grim, Midnigh+ oil can bring a memory Passing years can never dim. How can we describe our building? Ivy-covered sounds so +ri+e- S+ilI wifhin fhose sunli'r classrooms We discovered learning's ligh+. How can we describe our feachers, Ben? on wor'rhy ends? Some good sporis and some good preachers, All of lhem good friends. This book brings back +he school we cherish, Teachers, classma+es, work, and fun, How we love 'rhem, now we realize Our Evander days are done! Hold alofr fhe black-and-orange, Liff your eyes +o heaven above- Thank lhe Lord for dear Evander, School we cherish, school we love. f .i W i Q S 1 ao' is g l l l 4 t l I Y A '5lhXXKXs il- -4 he 4. Me fs, 1. lb-aAl.,af...e-all 6' gb: ' -i Q Ku- if e 1 N A W 6 li! y 1 i ii' I 'll J q.',.,,,W,rlliigg7ig I 1651:-:--ffaggp W W Y V FQ 1 Y i

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ORIOLE ENCYCLOPEDIA A I, Firsf Ieffer of fhe alphabefg 2, indefinife arficleg 'rhe word Ieasf likely fo be misspelled by Evanderifesg 3, reporf card symbol denof- ing genius, good luck, or a personalify par- 'IicuIarIy pleasing 'ro a feacherg regarded by many as a symbol of fhe impossible. ALCOVE, SENIOR In fheory, an exclusive secfion of fhe Evander cafeferia reserved for Seniors: in pracfice, a region of fhe cafeferia chiefly frequenfed by freshmen, sophomores and iuniors desiring fo aHain social promi- nence. ALPERN, DR. HYMEN Our principal, fo whom we owe fhe peculiar delighffulness of our school. Scholarly, foleranf, kindly and appre- ciafive, Dr. Alpern is a person whom we re- specf and love. He was educafed bofh local- ly and abroad, winning a diploma in fhe Cenfro de Esfudios in Madrid, and fhe degrees of A.B. af Cify College, A.M. af Columbia, and Ph.D. af New York Universify. He be- came a feacher in I9I7 and head of fhe mod- ern language deparfmenf in DeWif+ Clinfon High School in I928. He came fo Evander as ifs principal in I934. Having, in his earlier days, prepared fo follow his fafher's example as preacher, Dr. Alpern furned fo a more secular fype of feaching when he felf fhaf if offered a chance of reaching more people. He has been acfive in religious fields, having been associafed wifh fhe Zionisf Youfh Commiffee, fhe Nafional Conference of Chrisfians and Jews, fhe Eoundafion of Cafholics for Human Brofher- hood, and fhe Williamsbridge Chrisfian Com- munify Cenfer. He is an accomplished aufhor of several books and a hosf of arficlesp he won fhe Firsf La Prensa Prize for fhe besf book of 'Ihe year in I926, and fhe besf arficle of fhe year in I927. His books include Educafion of fhe Superior Sfudenff' I935, and Comedies del Siglo de Oro, I939. A few of his many arfi- cles are PersonaIi'Iy Problems in High School Adminis+rafion, Li'rerary and Culfural Val- ues, Guillen de Casfro, and Training for a World We Wanf fo Live in. Also, he has wriifen fhe Foreign Language Conference Reporfs since I940. He edifed La Tragedia por Ios CeIos and served as advisory edifor of Secondary Educafion, The Iaffer since I943. In I944-45 he was fhe edifor of EI Eco. His associafions are legion: he is adviser or presidenf or member of more organizafions, groups and sociefies fhan space permifs us fo recounf. Perhaps his mosf nofable posifions are fhose of presidenf of The High School Principals Associafion of New York Cify, na- fional presidenf of fhe American Associafion of Teachers of Spanish, freasurer of fhe Jew- ish Academy of Arfs and Sciences, chairman of fhe Zionisf Youfh Commiffee, and secre- fary-freasurer of fhe Insfifufo de las Espaiias. He is a delegafe fo UNESCO, an insfrucfor in fhe N.Y.U. School of Educafion, and a member of fhe N. Y. Sfafe Commission for Equalify in Educafion, fhe Emile Sociefy, and fhe Middle Sfafes Associafion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Even fhis hardly be- gins fo fell fhe sfory of his acfivifies. He is an indefafigable worker, and, 'ro use a cliche which expresses his personalify wifh sfriking accuracy, a genfleman and a scholar. To us, he is a pafienf and undersfanding fafher. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, E.C.H.S. An or- ganizafion made up of former graduafes who hold monfhly meefings for fhe purpose of re- newing friendships made in Evander and con- ducfing such business as seems necessary under fhe direcfion of fhe Execufive Council. Mrs. Grace H. Esfernaux succeeds Mr. Sher