Fort Hamilton High School - Tower Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Whafs all this? Mr. Sidney Gould, 8-8, believes he has partially solved the problem of discord during prefect. He says, I put the boys and girls together. The boys are abashed and it keeps them quiet. Besides, it's a more natural state of affairs. While Mr. Gould is impressed by the brains of his class fmore Arista members than any other prefectlj, Mrs. Anna Cutler, 8-11, thinks her girls are prettier than anyone elsels-and the boys are not bad either. We asked her if she enjoyed teaching English Hve times a day and looking a little sur- prised, she answered, '1Wouldn't it be awful if I didn't? That stopped us. Another teacher who has been here since 1941 is Mrs. Dorothy McHugh, 8-5. She believes that the students have been improving right along, which should ftheoreticallyj make our class the best yet. As we left, patient Mrs. McHugh was saying something rather familiar, 'fGet down in your seats, j1leasc. ' ' Mr. Benjamin Morton, 8-6, has a system somewhat parallel to Mr. Gouldls. He advocates a plan where the prettiest girls would sit in front---and the boys? In the back! However he hasn't put this into operation as yet. The auditorium seems to abound in teachers who like to teaeh English. Mrs. Ruth Petkc, 8-10, is another. She is also very pleased with her class-- the best she ever had! She wholly approves of the june 351 Class and likes Fort Hamilton. A perfeet teaeher, if we ever saw onel Mr. Benjamin Levine, 8-1, English teaeher extraordinary, had these few gems for the press. I have no idiosyneracics at all and am perfectly normal. I wish to remain as anonymous as possiblcf' However, Mr. Levine did sum up the viewpoints of the eighth term prefect teachers. Ile thinks this is the best graduating class he has ever seen and without a doubt, liix prefect is the best elass in the auditorium. That just about sums up the thoughts of all the teachers except those of Mrs. Mary Westerberg. She is a little more cautious and will only admit that this is one of the best graduating classes. However, she is very enthusiastic on the subject of 8-3. The best prefect in here, a model class! she said while various surprised members of the class gasped. Miss Sally Van Bokkelen is just about the opposite of Mr. Levine. We asked her if she had any distinguishing traits, and in an indignant voice she said, 'Why, I'm not normal at alll In fact, I'm a very unusual person! f'But a very nice one at any rate,', concluded her class. Well, no matter what our teachers think of us tand we're pretty sure it's goodj, we'll never forget them. i WW

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THE SENIOR PREFECT TEACHERS. Mr. Benjamine Levine, Mrs. lNIary Westerberg, Mrs. Ruth Petke, Miss Phyllis Weidig, Mrs. Dorothy McHugh, Miss Lenore Simon, Miss Sally Van Bokkelen, lN'Ir. Jaeoh Solovay, Mrs. Anna Cutler, hir. Benjamin Nlorton. hir. Sidney Gould. HE noise. the Confusion. the laughter. the teaehers and friends. they all go to make up our memories ol' our prefeet periods. lN'ho will ever forget Miss VYeidig blowing her whistle in PM. prefect, or lVIrs. lN'esterherg's state- ment. 'cl have a hoy here who has to go home to find out his middle namelu? VVho will ever forget George making some announeement? lYho will ever forget his own prefect teacher? Our teachers have been sueh an integral part of our Senior term and have worked so hard for us that we thought it only fair to give them a ehanee to get us oil' their ehests. lVhat do they really think of us? Aeeordingly we made a tour around the auditorium and interviewed our teachers. First. we visited Bliss Phyllis lYeidig. Speech teaeher by prelierenee and English teacher hy protest. sinee 8-9 is unique in one respeet. It has the only system of sell'-government in the auditorium. All I say is. 'Open the rollhookli 'l'hey,re xvonderIlul! But ol' eourse this idealistie system does have its draw- liaeks. Une student added rueliully. Une time we voted to have no talking in prel'eet.,, - While lXfIr. .laeoh C. Solovav. 8-7. may not he positive that this is fin' best graduating elass he has ever seen. he waxes enthusiastie on the sulw-ieet ol' lxfill llalnilton. lYhy. lllll gi t'llAlI'lt'l' lllt'Illl1t'I'.n reminisees the Pilol tiaeultx adviser. g'VX'hen Mr. l.ndixig opened the door in lflll. there l was right behind him. The nes! on our list nas hliss l.eonore Simon ol' Il-Q. She has lween .1 SVIIIMI' Inf-I4-tl l4'Llt'll4'li 'IPI' so long that Nlll' lI.lh l1t't'lllI1l' suiiir-ytl1.i1 ,ieeiistoliiptl to Ihr dnl. .llllltbllffll she did adnnl. Soinetnnes. l so lliiiilx loiioiliglv 01' K, Ireslnnan ilnssf' 'l'.'er11l1'-font

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The year is 1980 A. D. Wle open a newspaper, What do we see? Our classmates from Fort Hamilton High. Let's look through the pages so you can see why, lNIortimer Civan, it says right here, Discovered a drug which eliminates fear. He and Craig Mehldau are quite a sensation Saving the people with a new operation. And Emily Bond, so says the next feature, Received an award as the best Latin teacher. Wle read of the roeketship first to reach Mars- Aboard Teddy Drange on his way to the stars. And Ronald Corn, says page number three, Is astounding all science with his theory. s There's been an explosion: indeed itls no myst'ry It's just Bob Attiyeh practicing Chemistry! And now as we turn to the theatrical page, We see that john Ryan,s a hit on the stage. If I hadn't read this, I still would've knew so- Our friend Ronnie lNIoss is a second Caruso. Letls look over here at this exciting news! Alberta Friedmanls starring in the Ballet Russe. We read the next page without any hesitaney- Coleman and Ricapito Running For The Presidency! Coleman awarded first prize at the dog show To a little Chihuahua of jimmy Luotto. Look at this ad-the greatest of all. Has Bror the Toni or could it be Paul? We glance across the page with an excited start. Audrey Tonts' paintings are in the lXIuseu1n of Art. And here's a eartoon that sure rings a bell. Il you want to know why, itls by Norman Kurdel. Now who in the Senate is holding a iilibuster? W'hy 1t's Elaine Giniinezg we knew we eould trus l wond il' lic dot' ier er s ' eould be losing her veree ? We'll eall Naney Kubasakg Slll S the best nurse, And speaking ol' speaking, here is a eorker. l ,,-. V, lt's Rae landolo, that talkative talker. ': Q ,l' ,f D Who else eoulcl have won the Miss Aineriea eup- l ' l ' Q2 'Jfgjfj But llorraine lletersen, our senior elass pin-up? - A XAKW X fifiucl riltl Bl'lll't' iIllIUlllI3NUI1l8 LlK't'UlllIlllNlll'll the tt ll '53-'rx' s X ., UI Iieeoiiiiiig . Xiiieriea's greatest athlete. M 4 Jkvllllt' lieal Navy, lorty to ltilll' .Lilly nm X X I' l'1ye toiielitloxriis lor .'Xi'iiix', Karen .leiisen tlitl stoit' f yi El - ,Xml -Iowe Sullivan. who ue kiiexx xxouhl go tai 4 lt ls rearliiiig sueeess as .1 great sxxiiiiiiiiiiig stai 4 W .Xs ue :lose the imlier ili sheer tlislielieli. ' 'I' A We hlul that liiv tloihlartl is etlitor-iii-eliielil l ill l, Itl' ygiipii 'im ki ,. ,K f' 2--'I H' Q31 f Q as - .1 ,-M f- g,. YT. ,, . .ale-i -5- fix. ' ..,', R x