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

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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

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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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creafed Physics lll and IV, courses which have received greal' praise from sfudenfs who have confinued fhe sfudy of physical science in col- lege. He has faughf in Evander ever since ifs second year of exisfence, and married an Evander feacher. They live in Tuckahoe where 'rheir son, an engineer, spends his free fime wifh fhem. Music is his hobby. HERVEY, DR. LEON As Marshal Squad di- recfor, Dr. Hervey has organized a sysfem of monifors for every corridor every period. Any Evanderife who has ever aflempfed sfrolling down fhe halls during class fime can fesfify as fo fhe efficacy of his squad. Dr. Hervey himself is parficularly alerf af defecfing and discouraging irregularifies such as cuffing classes. Aside from his work on Ihe Marshal Squad, we know him as a brillianl' biologisf who was frained af Cify College, New York Universify and Columbia. We know 'lhal' he has a brillianf wife, an Evander alumna who also has a Ph.D. and fhaf he has a small son, buf ofher facfs of his life he does nof reveal. He is fhe originafor and direcfor of Evander's courses in laborafory fechniques. These were begun as war courses buf proved so popular and helpful fhaf 'rhey have been confinued. HISTORY See SOCIAL SCIENCE. HISTORY, CLASS OF JANUARY, I952 The hisfory of 'rhis brillianf class begins in February, I948, when we Freshies gazed in wonder af fhe massive sfrucfure around us, our eyes foo exciled fo regisfer 'rhe impres- sion. Mr. Messing, our Guidance Counsellor 'rhaf ferm, promised us such a high affainmenf of culfure fhaf affer four years we would refer fo Evander as an eleganf esfablishmenf rafher Ihan a swell ioin'r, and fhen he 'rurned us loose info a new experience. Many were fhe days when we wandered, anxious and fhor- oughly confused, fhrough fhe labyrinfh of cor- ridors, and many fhe nighfs when fhe more sensifive of us wepf for 'rhe good old days in P.S. somefhing-or-ofher. The names of Carr, Rhodes, Kozlow, Solo- mon, Cruciani, Sifa and Halbauer echoed and reechoed 'rhrough fhe halls, buf fhey meanf nofhing fo us unfil some upper class- men informed us 'rhaf 'rhese were fhe spark- plugs of our swimming feam, 'I'he nafional champions. And so we learned of a fradifion firmly fixed in Evander hisfory: fhe equalion of Coach Gay -l- Evander swimmers : vic- fory. Baskefball was only fair fhaf year, buf fhe fennis feam beaf Sfuyvesanf, Washingfon, Columbus and Clinfon, while losing fo Sci- ence. I , r. 1 I I ' 'Z 'yfp-. ll, f 5 Q 5 5 S 2 rllp 7 ' ' S Q .Jil - A , Q- 'ss o s Q, 3 I E, N N I ..-fe. 4:-'g ee-was .. -s -.-- -ew' Qs 'ev ee .-..-Q-:zz-: mg 'Qs-wsu ww. 6'-.z-tv? H., iyeeaw 'sw K.4r-sea.. 1? 6 R iv' sul' E Etirzz-1-1:-.we X S' '52-3 'El vhgk -.' I l Besides sporls, fhere was fhe dance fes- fival, so widely acclaimed fhal' if was lafer presenfed af fhe Monfefiore Hospifal. We learned fhaf fhe sfudenf courf had been volecl down, buf, ignoranf freshmen 'rhaf we were, many of us were glad of if, fearing fhe merci- less iudgmenf of seniors. The Social Science Polifical Assembly debafed fhe necessily of a Third Parfy. Thoroughly imbued wifh fhe spiril' of democracy, we elecfed Howard Fruchfman as our 6.0. represenfafive, alfhough many of us knew nofhing of fhe 6.0. as yef, excepf as a collecfor of dues. Paf Fender, an English exchange sfudenf, liked us and fhe school, buf hinfed fhaf we were lax in our sfudies. The Varsify Play, Mer'ron of fhe Movies, made us glad fo be Evanderifes, and proud, foo. Gleefully we af- Iended fhe cake sale and dance. Our publi- cafions won honors in fhe compefifion spon- sored by fhe Columbia Scholasfic Press Asso-