Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Disregarding the fact that College Board Achievement Tests were only a few weeks away, two-thirds of the Sixth Form forewent several days of vacation cram time to participate in the traditional Washington trip. Since First Form, the class of '59 had been famed as a group possessing the desir- able quality of togetherness, and this spirit persuaded a record number of seniors Cboth numerically and percentagewisej to brave the long bus ride. Visiting the nation's capital, of course, demanded a fair share of the groups time in the role of tourists. The usual peregrina- tions, in addition to a fifty flight climb of the Washington Monument, were taken to the Capitol, the Lincoln and jefferson Memo- rials, Mt. Vernon, et all Although this is all mandatory procedure, the most exhilarating moments were spent in hot, crowded rooms, listening to a group of fatigued and harried men and women expound on various issues. First, there was New Yorlc's senior senator, Jacob javits, who came from a series of seemingly interminable committee debates to give fhoughtful and concise answers to a wide range of student questions. CAfore- mentioned students were quite breathless, having stormed the Capitol stairs on the run after the escape of the buses with only half the form.J And there was Senator Keating on civil rights, reporters Alan and Nancy Emory, who expounded on local integration problems and the business of covering Washington, and even the President himself, whose press conference was attended by the ubiquitous Neufr editors. The ultra-prudent chaperones for the adventure made up a perfectly delightful sextet of Rosenthal, Norris, juka, Scott, Darby, and Nomer.

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L. FIRST FORM FESTIVAL No sooner had the First Form- ers learned to distinguish their classmates from their second form neighbors than they donned dis- guises to confuse themselves but de- light the school with their First Form Festival. Continuing a six- year tradition, the form joined with Mr. Werthman and Miss Tomasone to transport the fancy and fantasy of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetra to Fieldston. This year, the majesty of japan was revealed to the school in The Mikado with an oriental atmosphere lent by lanterns sus- pended precariously, but none the less exotically, over the heads of the students. While those First Formers endowed with unusual musical talent portrayed the leading roles, the rest of the form became schoolgirls, noblemen, handmaid- ens, and executioners. THE FIELDGLASS In September, a naive but eager Fieldglarr staff planned great and marvelous things. In October, a Wiser, but still undaunted, bunch learned about printers' deadlines. Thereafter, work, in earnest now, was punctuated by the editors' anguished cries over missing items, the number of hours in a day, etc. Barbara laughed at Ruthie's collection of lists, Howie and Marc camera-clicked, Nancy counted and organized, Jeannie let- tered, jane sold plastic book covers to augment the dwindling photo fund, and Emmy made phone calls. March came and went, and all lived to tell about it iso there, Mr. Brown!J. In addition to its other notable achievements of preserving for pos- terity a candid faculty and a well- scrubbed class of '59, the Fieldglarr taught many of the terrible trials and the rich rewards of publication.

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K Y Y., K 5 ,fe r r ' + ?, '+ wf l gl 4 1 l 3 . QL ? 3 ? H 4.5 K -'i- 4- SCIUUB Qxtullfhp SWIMMING TEAM Top Row-Left to Right-Richie Rosenfeld, Coach Alton Smith, Peter Klotz. Middle Row- Manager Bobby Levy, Jay Pobliner, Nat Kwit, Captain David Hellerstein, Co-Captain Doug Mackay, Richard Levien. Bottom Row-Alan Shriro, Bob Abrams, Tom Sand, Ass't Manager. The third quarter blues plagued the Boys' Basketball Team at the beginning. Play- ing excellent first half ball, they would lapse in the third quartet. Then the team picked up, with Bob Liss and Bill Cohen hitting from the outside. Richie Price supplied the drama for the Millermen with the fast breaks and clutch foul shooting which beat Walden in the final two seconds. Tom Strauss han- dled the backboards, and Captain Lew Gold- man, after recovering from a knee injury, lent needed support with his looping set shots and deceptive drives. Pete Som and Steve Ablon regularly gave their invaluable assistance as well. Splashing about in triangular meets only C a scheduling innovationb, the Swim- ming Team got its fill of chlorine while sail- ing through a mixed season. Leading the race were co-captains Nat Kwit and Dave Hellerstein, while Bob Abrams and Dave Stephenson rode the waves, setting new rec- ords in the free style and backstroke respec- tively. Although veteran Mermen jay Pob- liner, Bill Weber, Dick Levien, and Peter Klotz never acquired gills, they all turned in expert performances under the tutelage of Alton Clarion Smith. In the Fieldston In- vitationals, the swimmers placed high in the duodecimal competition. BASKETBALL TEAM: front row, l. to r., Tom Fitch, Eric Werthman, Don Borut, Steve Ablon, Captain Lewis Goldman, Peter Som, Richard Price, Larry Levine, Coach Clarry Millerg recom! row: Bob Liss, Tom Bill Glauber, Harold juran, Richie Reichbart, Dan Rottenberg. C .f U' .aff Q. -Q 'mai -alt Q., . ' ,X f pa 8 , f V' 2' rl 1 1 R1 Q A in 5 A rl tg 1. . 2 X g K. f f ff V .. . M. 2 kj? 'Qi XX F -1-...I