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

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He began his high school feaching here, and finds no deferiorafion in fhe school since his early days of enfhusiasfic feaching. Besides j . J P l nj' 5 K 'Zh ll va J 3 i 4 rf: li 5 im j fs is A ' J QQ 6 g3.,Qif sa5f:4e,.::z-ang! i gg -,Q ii 9 ,fo 251' l - s sf' having fhe degree of Docfor of Philosophy, Dr. Dlugafz is also a pharmacisf. He enjoys a number of hobbies in addifion fo his special inferesf in biological sciences. Among fhem are reading poefry and playing 'rhe piano. He is happily married and 'rhe fafher of fhree sons. The eldesf is an Evander Honor graduafe now a Senior af fhe Universify of Pennsylvania. An- ofher is now affending Evander, and fhe fhird, who is only six, is a prospecfive Evanderife. DOORS Symbols of boredom or ferror when we enfer, of ecsfasy when we leave. DOYLE, AGNES Chairman of fhe Secre- farial Deparfmenf, was born in fhe Pennsyl- vania mounfains, received her A.B. af N.Y.U. and her A.M. af Columbia, majoring in psy- chology and business subjecfs. Affer working in privafe indusfry, Miss Doyle decided fo fake up feaching for ifs wider safisfacfions. She is fond of fishing, reading, kniffing and fhe fhe- afer. She is a Yankee fan, buf roofed for fhe Gianfs in fhe recenf World Series. She enjoys driving, and during fhe pasf summer she fraveled Through Oregon, Washingfon, Cali- fornia, Ufah and ofher sfafes by car. She fakes greai' pride in her deparfmenf, for she feels fhaf fhe feachers do excepfional work in preparing Evander girls fo make a living. Some of fhe Evander girls she has been able fo place in fhe finesf business concerns in fhe cify where fhey are doing excellenf work. EGAN, ELEANOR Dean of Girls and As- sisfanf Principal, beloved even by girls who have fo bring fheir parenfs for an inferview. A graduafe of New Rochelle College wifh an English major, Mrs. Egan fook up fhe feaching of composifion and liferafure, developing a special fondness for feaching sfudenfs of Evander's commercial course. Firsf as Grade Adviser and fhen as College Adviser, Mrs. Egan won fame and appreciafion in her capac- ify for guidance. When Miss Cunniffe re- fired, Mrs. Egan quiefly sfepped info her place as dean and carried on wifhouf fanfare buf wifh nofeworfhy success. She has a quief fechnique of Lef's falk if over fhaf inspires confidence. In Mrs. Egan many girls see fheir icleal-a combinafion of career woman and home-maker. Among her hobbies are cook- ing, driving a car, and walking in fhe counfry. She has fraveled widely and has sfudied much, especially psychology and guidance, buf she is always friendly, democrafic, and helpful. We are parficularly in her debf for her inferesf in senior acfivifies. END OF THE TRAIL See REGENTS. ESTERNAUX, GRACE Now Faculfy Adviser for fhe Evander Childs Alumni Associafion, was born in Brooklyn, graduafed from Adelphi College as a philosophy and science major, and did graduafe work in science and educa- 'rion af Cornell, Columbia, and in fhe Cold Spring Harbor Laborafories. Though biology is her chief hobby, she has many ofhers. She plays bofh fhe flufe and fhe piano, collecfs pepper and salf shakers, has a sfamp collec- fion, specializing in fhe Canal Zone, has frav- eled exfensively jhas driven across fhe confi- nenf fhree fimesj, loves fo dig in her garden

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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.

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where she specializes in spring bulbs, and visifs every World's Fair she can gel' fo. Before fak- ing charge of fhe Alumni Associafion she served Evander in numerous ofher ways-as Guidance Counsellor, head of fhe Sfudenf Leaders, and adviser of fhe Presidenfs' Club and fhe John Burroughs Nafuralisf Club, fo menfion a few. FIRE DRILL Gongs in fhe middle of a fesf- screams of relief and surprise, feachers fran- fically calling for silence and quick walking, sfairway exifs blocked, snickersg whispers: sharp cries of No +alking! Long walks on days of oufdoor drills, rush back fo classroom, fesf posfponed, spoiled, or counfed wifh fol- erance. FISHER, ISABEL Chairman of our Home- making Deparfmenf. Mrs. Fisher is herself a homemaker who loves cooking, sewing, and household managemenf. She pracfices all fhaf she feaches. A nafive of Rochesfer and grad- uafe of bofh fhe Universify of Rochesfer and Columbia, she has faughf here and abroad wifh enfhusiasm and success. She has lived in Germany, Turkey, and Greece. She loves her girls, and she is personally inferesfed in fheir 5 -M , fat? FJ -T7 1-. A I f I-ew s . 51 problems of clofhes, money, enferfaining, nu- frifion and healfh. She feels sfrongly fhaf every girl should know how fo alfer and repair clofhing and how fo cook for pleasure, nufri- fion and fhriff. Her hobbies are sewing, cooking, eafing and fraveling. FRESHMAN The incoming Evanderifeg will- ing purchaser of gym spofs, lunch-fable places, and elevafor passes. Gives apple fo feacher. GLASS Highly breakable subsfance in school windows. GENERAL ORGANIZATION Familiarly known as G.O. is fhe club fo which all Evan- derifes belong on paymenf of fiffy-cenfs dues. Class Represenfafives and delegafes falk of carrying ouf fhe will of fhe sfudenfs in a demo- crafic organizafion, buf 'rhe aflifude of fhose represenfed remains indifferenf. G.O. OFFICE Room 244. Here Mr. Rosen- blaff receives dues, disfribufes membership books and buffons, and accounfs for all mon- eys collecfed and disbursed by sfudenf ac- fivifies. L ii ll l V 2. 2' zzsvcz Efiiiik ,. ' ' A3.glw.I1nii'ai -.ea-f ls-aa -li'l'llI'2':n l'1lQv:wlinn.n'hZ1'.'i f--F 0 if I -n 1 1- ,., Ak v 1 -A A 9 T ,M Fi- 'l. t we flu:-sv llllllllh :rig mi'::' ,Still G.O. STORE One of 'rhe grandesf bargain sfores in fhe Bronx, filled wifh all necessary school supplies, including Senior jewelry and hafs, presided over by friendly Mrs. Schamus, and nofed for ifs remarkable collecfion of oufsize gym clofhing. GYM, BOYS' Scene of free play, drill, more drill, orange shirfs, and unusually good feeling. GYM, GIRLS' Scene of weird polkas, con- forfions on mafs, drill, more drill, blue suifs, blues from pain and fafigue. HANNAN, WALTER Chairman of Evan- der's Physics Deparfmenf, Mr. Hannan has