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

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K- N . Q.-.X .SQ '- . xx N I I - X X . MEYER LESOWITZ SENICDR PREFECTS 'JK' WW kg- MOLLY S. ROSOFF FLORENCE G. POLLACK JACK MANDEL AN DE L REPA PURLEY J. BENTLEY EVA NEWM MAU . TH 'QW

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as fhe Faculfy Direcfor. The ALUMNI BUL- LETIN and schedule of evenfs are mailed fo all members. A fee of fiffy cenfs is charged for graduafe members for fhe firsf year, one dollar for each year fhereaffer. The fellow- ship of graduafes makes fhis well worfh while. ALUMNI, OUTSTANDING Evander has many oufsfanding alumni among whom are: Vicfor D'Amico, curafor of fhe Museum of Modern Arf: John Orfh, assisfanf curafor of fhe Amer- ican Museum of Nafural Hisfory: Herberf Knobloch, educafional direcfor of fhe Bronx Zoo: Leonard Warren of fhe Mefropolifan Opera Company: Dr. Rosenblaff, head sur- geon Mf. Sf. Vincenf Hospifal: Richard Mai- baum, Hollywood producer: Bill Phillips, a professor of bofany af fhe Universify of Wash- ingfon: Archie Bleyer, Arfhur Godfrey's band leader: Nafalie Leavy, an associafe edifor of Sevenfeen : and Sfanley Alpern, one of fhe associafe eclifors of 'rhe Herald Tribune. ARISTA For mosf Evanderifes fhis sociefy of fhe adjudged BEST fwo percenf in scholar- ship, service and characfer is behind fhe Iron Curfain, U.S.A. ARTS, SEVEN LIVELY I. Ari' of absenfing oneself from class: 2. arf of beafing fhe lafe bell: 3. arf of sleeping fhrough fhe firsf period wifh eyes wide open: 4. grabbing a seaf in assembly, cafeferia or bus and holding if for a friend: 5. wrifing an o like an a or an i like an e : 6. raising hand in class and nof geffing called on: 7. unobfrusively eafing lunch during second period class. AUSTIN, MALVINA see LATE ROOM. B The highesf reporf card mark fo which fhe average Evanderife aspires. BASS, BEATRICE Besf friend and guide of fhe Evanderife who wanfs fo go fo college: Direcfor of fhe College Office. Finds us scholarship opporfunifies: gives group and in- dividual infelligence fesfs: helps us prepare for College Boards and Regenfs: recommends us for fhe righf college. A memorable feacher and scholar from Hunfer College and fhe Graduafe School of Columbia Universify, she has faken many courses in guidance and psy- chology fo prepare for her specialized work in Evander. She has faughf af Columbia. Her hobbies are fraveling, reading and fhe fhe- afer. BEBARFALD, ANNE Chairman of Evander's Arf Deparfmenf, Miss Bebarfald was presidenf of fhe firsf graduafing class af Evander Childs High School and on fhe firsf ediforial sfalf of fhe Bridge. As an honor graduafe, her name is on one of fhe bronze plaques in our main corridor. She if was who selecfed fhe remark- able collecfion of picfures for fhe Evander halls. She works fo fosfer fhe cause of arf in educafion noi' merely in arf classes buf also fhrough an infegrafed curriculum. She aims fo inspire and guide creafive eflorfs and fhe ap- preciafion of creafive efforfs in ofhers. She longs fo see a revival of infense pride in, and devofion fo, school work. She has fraveled widely, buf is especially fond of America's colorful Soufhwesf and fhe lands below fhe Rio Grande. BENTLEY, PURLEY Well known mafh feach- er, prefecf of class 207-8. A Syracuse grad- uafe, he served in fhe Signal Corps in World War I and affended fhe American Universify in Grenoble, France. He and Mrs. Benfley spend fheir summers in fheir home on Lake Onfario, where he enjoys his hobby, phofog- raphy. He considers being born fhe besf fhing fhaf ever happened fo him. He has always been fascinafed by mafh and loves feaching. BLACKBOARDS Room decorafions feafur- ing assignmenfs, nofes on lessons, baseball scores, Greek Ieffers and caricafures of 'reach- ers. BROPHY, DR. JOHN M. Dean of Boys in Evander Childs High School, feared or loved according fo fhe personalify and deeds of fhe sfudenf, considered by some as Evander's branch of fhe Secref Police: especially adored

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by lhe Evanderiles of whom Mrs. Egan is dean. He received degrees from C.C.N.Y. and Columbia and his Ph.D. from Fordham. He lives in Yonkers, is happily married, has chil- dren and even lshll grandchildren. As hobbies he enioys lennis, swimming, bridge and read- ing. He sings and plays 'rhe organ very well and is much in demand as a speaker. He is in charge of our Public Speaking classes and of lhe sludenl leaders who conducl official class discussions. He is Facully Adviser of rhe John B. Schamus Oralorical Sociely. C Typical Evander grade, above which 'few dare aspire under penally of being considered grinds or bookworms. CAFETERIA Roof-garden reslauranl sup- posedly sound-proofed, wilh hundreds of challering and shrieking sludenls slanding in long chow lines, and hundreds of olher shrieking and challering sludenls sealed al fables lo eal lheir home-made lunches. A ship's galley during lhe mosl' violenl slormf' The noisy lunch period is varied by an occa- sional sounol of crashing lrays wil'h accompany- ing applause, or a loud sludenl prolesl: Why musl I pick il up? l didn'l pul il l'here! or possible poundings or olher dislraclions on lhe 'fable lhard as lhey were ablel. The cafeleria lunch is a salislaclory 'lhough hardly eslhelic experience. Then 'rhe whislle, wilh ils clean-up, back-'ro-class warning. The cafeleria slands for a hard lighl, buf slill, a welcome change. CELEBRITIES, SENIOR Voled as oulslanding members ol lhe Senior Class: Arisla Repre- senlalive, Doris Lubelsky, G.O. Rep., Louise Mellzer, Marshal Squad, Rila Amendola, besl all-round girl alhlele, Gilda Serrao, besl boy alhlele, Roberl Minsky, Honor School repre- senlalive, Joan Weinberg, Arl' edilor of lhe BRIDGE, Ronald Bushemi, Evancler NEWS represenlalive, Barbara Mishkin, S e ni o r BRIDGE slalif, Roberl Hooper, Senior Prom Chairman, Louise Mellzer, Class Nile Chair- man, Doris Lubelsky, Frolic Day Chairman, Corinne Poseman, Presidenl' of lhe class, Vir- ginia Weslenberger, Vice-presidenl, Fern Rudolph, Secrelary, Lorella Seaman, Treasur- er, Arlene Lardino, Hislorian and Lilerary Edilor of lhe ORIOLE, Roberl Hooper. CHANCE, LAWS OF Sludy of probabililies of leachers' checking homework, of s+uden+'s nol gelling called on in class, working lhe same excuse lwiceg selling gym spol lo Fresh- man for cash, gradualing wilhoul' learning 'ro swim, culling 'rhe eighlh period wilh impunily, passing 'rerm exams wilhoul sludying. LIU Ulll-J I Iggggil jl f O ' QA O CLASS ROOM Modern enclosure corres- ponding lo medieval dungeon lexcepl for plenly of wide-open window space,-hence a place of lorlure. See TEACHER. CONKLIN, MAE Beloved librarian who helps us find malerial for lerm lhemes and olher reporls. She has earned our gralilude in lhousands of ways, lhough she refuses lo wrile our reporls for us. She claims she loves us. Her work wilh lhe Book Lovers Club, lhe mag- azine Turns wi'lh a Bookworm, and lhe hour of Greal Music allesl' lo her inleresl. She is from Conneclicul, where she maiored in Eng- lish al' Alberlus Magnus College. A graduale of lhe Columbia Universily Library School, she has a large personal library specializing in lirsl edilions of modern poels and some beauliful edilions of lhe classics. During lhe war she drove 5,000 hours as an aclive mem- ber ol lhe A.W.V.S., for which she received Army and Navy cilalions. She loves lravel. Some of her mosl' delighlful memories are of Tuscany, lhe Bavarian Alps and Yellowslone