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

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GOING UP CHECKING THE SCRIPT GUIDANCE FROM A TAMER AND TRAINER IN SEARCH OF A NEW ACT FINALE 24

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of elecfives. And Arisfa finally came wifhin our grasp. Whaf fun we had preparing for fhe Varsify producfion of H.M.S. Pinafore, equalled only by fhe annual Iaoaf ride up fhe Hudson. Affer Jackie Price was elecfed 6.0. presidenf, our class officers were chosen: John Dean as presidenf, Anne Marie Carroll as vice-presi- denf, Barbara Bruno as secrefary, Dorofhy Bernsfein as freasurer, and Harrief Eisner as hisforian. We wafched fhe seniors graduafe. Then, we, fhe Iiffle and shy freshmen of '5I, realized wifh a pang fhaf only one year more and our own graduafion would be only a memory. Wifh fhis sorrow- ful and joyful fhoughf in mind, we refurned fo Evander for fhe fourfh and Iasf acf. ACT IV SENIOR. Whaf a magical word! If was our furn fo be envied! Buf even seniors fake fesfs and wrife ferm fhemes. The year was crowded be- cause coupled 'I'o ordinary school work were fhe iobs of preparing for our Regenfs examinafions and for Senior funcfions. The year also seemed desfined fo be sad. No Senior Frolicl We complained and groused. Yef Senior Day proved fo be of far greafer disfincfion fhan any Frolic in fhe pasf, for we arrived decked ouf in our Sunday besf and we sef an example fo fhe resf of fhe school. The Class of '55 had sef a precedenfl May we sef precedenfs forever, nof only of fasfe, buf of scholarship, of course, of fidelify, of humanify and of humilifyl May we go ouf from fhe shelfering Big Top of Evander for fhe Iasf fime, loyal Tigers all, fiercely devofed fo our school, Evander Childs. BUSY FINGERS POINTERS FROM THE RINGMASTER STRONGMEN IN ACTION 23

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CIRCUS TIIIIIN Traveling every morning On a bus +0 Evander High Is really an advenfure, By Phyllis Miller And here are Ihe reasons why. I leave my house and spol' a bus Jusl' a block away. I+ seems a shame fo have +o run So early in 'rhe day. Buf off I go like a house on fire And ca+ch Ihe bus in a flash. I +hink my +roubIes are over now. I I'rus'r I'II soon be in class. I Iry Io board 'Ihe bus Bul' somefhing blocks Ihe door. I+ is packed +igh+ wi+h Evanderifes, And books sfrewn o'er 'rhe floor. Somehow or ofher, I gel inside. I've been pushed, noi gen+Iy led. I'm squashed beI'ween Iwo fellow sardines I wish I'd sI'ayed in bed. I'r's nine A.M., I've five minuI'es Ieff. I pray +ha+ I don'+ be Iafe. Why won r fhe bus go fasier? There's no+hing 'ro do buf wail. And so Ihe ride con+inues. Of course we've missed every Iigh'l'. When suddenly in all ifs glory, Evander is in sighl. The bus pulls up, and all pile ou+ And info Ihe school I run. A look a+ +he clock says Ien aIi+er nine. Lafe office-here I come.