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

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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

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Park. She spends her summers in her home in fhe While Mounfains. Jl.ll,.l EWU: i i I JU 7 ei,lLl I-S Til lil ll jirlrgsf., lisa ,Lil l V' l i - ig, l QQ? 62 V55 f Q .. .li VX i ' i E55 y, A-4 1-'3 l ' lm? Ill!!!- ,ll!5ll , ,Wil M l , T COLVEN, THOMAS Cuslodian engineer in charge of our building. Mr. Colven came +o us in I948 'ro be head of our I8-man cuslodial s+aFF, affer having served for sevenleen years in Texlile High School. Keeping Evander in 'rip-+op shape is a 24-hour a day iob wifh somelhing happening every minule. The fire- men enfer 'lhe building al 6:00 A.M., lhe mainfenance men al 8:00, lhe nine-man clean- ing squad a+ 3:00 P.M., +o leave a+ ll:30 P.M., and lhe fwo-man pool squad af I0:00 P.M. 'lo leave al' 6:00 A.M. Mr. Colven is so excellenl an adminisfralor +ha+ +he building seems fo us +o fake care of ilself. COURTESY Tha+ manner of behavior exem- plified by giving one's seal on lhe bus lo an old lady wilh crufches and +wo armloads of packages-a qualify occasionally seen in Evanderiles. D A common sighl' on Evander reporl cards, usually encircled in red. D'ARLON, BENEDICT Chairman of lhe French, lfalian and Hebrew Deparlmenfs, known fo his loving land lovedl sfudenls as Uncle Ben. A graduale of Columbia, where he majored in his+ory and philosophy, Mr. D'Arlon is proud lo have sludied wilh Daniel Morne+ of lhe French Academy and Edmond Faral of lhe College de France. He speaks many languages and reads more. He has spenl much 'rime on lhe sludy of comparalive linguislics and of anlhropology, bul his greal love is people, especially s+uden+s. He has lraveled widely. He remembers wi+h especial pleasure his expedifion on a Brelon fishing boar and his living for some lime on a French farm. During and afler lhe war he collecled lhousands of pounds of food and clolhing for 'rhe school children of France. Here are some of his gilils 'rhal he dislribules 'ro deserving Evander sludenfsr fur-lined balhlubs, cu+-glass fly swa++ers, hand-painled bolognie, celluloid frying-pans. His hobbies are reading and wril- ing. He wriles much lighf verse bolh in Eng- lish and in French and has wrillen several lexi- books. asf' T FQ? SEQ - 1'-., DESK I. TEACHERS', a conglomeralrion of papers among which exams are somelimes losl forever. 2. PUPlLS', galhering places for books, lunches, discarded papers and used chewing gum. Tops somelimes mislaken for drawing boards. DISTRACTION Condilion 'ro which leachers are driven. DLUGATZ, DR. HERMAN Chairman of lhe Biology Deparlmenl, who endeavors 'ro 'reach all Evanderiles 'rhe mefhods of science and scienfific lhinking--even lhose who can'+ fake if. He likes Evanderifes and believes in lhem.