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

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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-

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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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cialion. We drilled oll lo vacalion very definilely Evanderiles and nol ashamed lo lel lhe world know il. Taking on lhe slalus ol Educaled Fresh- men in Seplember, l948, we were slighlly less green and a good deal less lrighlened. We were sobered by lhe dealh ol our Ad- minislralive Assislanl, Mr. Donohoe, during lhe summer. Mr. Schulman look over his dulies, and Mr. Colvin came lo lake lhe place ol Mr. Brady, relired cuslodian. Mr. Peck be- came our 6.0. adviser, and Miss Marks, chair- man ol lhe Malh Deparlmenl, assumed lhe leadership ol lhe Honor School. The loolball leam, weakened by gradualions, proved slronger lhan we had expecled. Bul fares had gone up. Tiger Monlh was highlighled wilh a leach- er-vs-sludenl quiz and a presenlalion ol Laura. Laler, wilh lhe Hallowe'en Dance, Presidenl Dave McConnell made Evander his- lory by carrying oul a campaign promise. ln November came lhe eleclion of Mr. Trumang ashcans everywhere were overllowing wilh Dewey bullons. We were saddened by lhe sudden passing ol Mrs. Allen lhal winler. The Freedom Train came lo New York, and lhe queslion arose whelher lhe sludenls wanled lo gel oul ol school lo look al lhe precious documenls, or lo look al lhe documenls in order lo gel oul ol school. The G.O. elec- lions saw viclory lor Tom Boscarino as presi- denl and lor Sandra Lichlenslein as repre- senlalive ol our Class. Sludenls were glad lo have lhe Audio-Visual Room eslablished for lhe school showing ol lilms. Our Mr. Tubridy wenl lo Cily College as coach ol loolball. ln lhe Spring ol I949, an exchange slu- denl lrom llaly, Marco Bacciagalluppi, called us gay and colorful. When we saw lhe Varsily Play we knew he was righlg Charm School cerlainly charmed lhe school. The Middle Slales Accrediling Associalion conducled a survey ol Evander-remember?-and ap- proved ol us, wilh lhe recommendalion ol more guidance, and less noise in lhe caleleria. The Malh, Bio, Arl and Heallh Educalion de- parlmenls won awards, and lhe annual Spring concerl ol lhe Music deparlmenl mel wilh lavorable commenls. We became lriendly wilh lhe new arrivals 'From Junior High School, especially when uniled in lhe common cause ol lhe Bunny Parade and lhe campaign lor Easler planls lor velerans' hospilals. The Can- cer Prevenlion exhibil won honors and Evan- der publicalions scored al lhe Columbia Press Associalion. The swimming leam again held highesl honors. Our G.O. represenlalive was Richard Reda, and by lhis lime we heard much aboul Evander democracy. Our lirsl Regenls' came: geomelry lor some ol us and bio lor nearly all. Before we realized il, we were al home on our summer vacalion. Those who relurned in lhe lall ol l949 lound lhemselves lourlh lermers. We had by lhis lime lorgollen our plighl as lreshmen, and were busy devising schemes lo lry oul on newcomers. The lunchroom had been sound- prooled, lhanks lo lhe Parenls Associalion and lhe M.S.A.A. The Hallowe'en Dance was supervised by lhe Parenls Associalion, and Tiger Monlh was highlighled by lhe show- ing ol Slairway lo Heaven. And lhen came lhe droughl. Z'-it , 4 2 a ll A eb F h' -,..,,a,.-5 QQ ay ,- Now lislen, my children, and you shall hear of lhe shorlage of waler lwe don'l mean beerl, when laucels were dry and balhs were rare, and one a monlh was your lull share.