Franklin K Lane High School - Senior Echoes Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The skyship down on iT. We walked To The door To enTer, buf before I could puT ouT my hand To open iT, iT had opened auToma+icaIIy. EIecTric-eye, said The professor, as he noTiced The sTarTIed expression on my face. Every door in Lane operaTes ThaT way. He seemed To have been here before. LeT's go down To The forTieTh floor. I Think you'Il find someThing inTeresTing There, he suggesTecl. We wenT To The forTieTh Tloor via eIevaTor lno pass requiredl and Tound The STudenTs' RecreaTion Lounge. I was asTonished To see hundreds of sTudenTs siTTing comTorTabIy in easy-chairs, smoking. OThers were dancing' To popular music, engaged in billiards or ping-pong, waTching Television-seTs, or iusT napping. This was how They were spending Their sTudy-periods, I learned. In Lane's resTauranT, where we wenT nexT, I was really in for a surprise. Professor Kearns and I saT down aT a cozy Table for Two. and soon a waiTer in Tull dress'suiT came To us, presenTed The menu, poured The waTer in our glasses, and seT The Table. To The Tune oT The sweeT music of The Lane orchesfra, which was siTuaTed aT The cenTer of The enormous dining-room, we enioyed eighT large courses of delicious food. And To Top iT off, The enTire meal was Tree, as I soon discovered. We conTinued our Tour. Up and down The eIevaTor we Traveled, Trom The resTauranT To The huge audiTorium, which could seaT 25.000, To The eIaboraTe labora- Tories equipped wiTh The finesT apparaTus I had ever seen: up To The Tower, which was II5 sTories above sTreeT level, and where I examined a giganTic Telescope used by sTudenTs of asTronomy. The descripTions of The many oTher deparTmenTs and Technical TeaTures oT Lane would Till volumes.- Three-dimensional, Technicolor, sound, moTion-picTure machines had replaced human Teachers in mosT oT The classrooms. My marvelous journey To ThaT wonderland oT The TuTure came To an end quiTe abrupTly, for righT in The midsT of iT, while There s+iII remained so much To be seen, I heard a sTrange voice pronounce my name. STein, iT spoke, whaT is The apparifion which Emperor Jones sees in The fourTh scene? Then and There The fuTure disappeared from my mind like a bursfed bubble. Thelgrim reaIiTy ThaT I was suTfering in English in The year I'-745 deaIT me a cruel blow. l sTraighTened up in my seaT To reply To The voice and The only words I could find-were: Why wasn'T I born TwenTy-five years laTerI Alvin STein F- - Friends we have made Ro - Remembrance oT happy days A. - AccIamaTion we hope To receive N. - NecessiTy for preparedness K. - Kindness To oThers . L. - Lifelwe wanT To live I, - IndebTedness To Those who have helped us N, -- New experiences we have had K- - Knowledge we have gained I I L' - LinimenT ThaT was used aTTer gym A- - Aisle we walk down graduaTion day No - NighTmares ThaT were Tesfs E. - Excuses we gave To our Teachers. Norma HechT I4 SENIOR ECHOES

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FRESI-IMAN DAZE 9 ,O Q JLM 1 Looking back Through The years, Tour long years, I can recall Those firsT few days in Lane as if They were buT yesferday. I was fair meaT for any fanciful Tale. I was so sweeT and TrusTing. I believed everyThing They ever Told me. A lie? Innocenf IiTTIe Freshman ThaT I was! I chose Lane To be honored wiTh my presence for The simple facT ThaT iT was The newesT of all The schools. Ah yes! Lane was new, srill may be considered new, and ignorance was bliss. I suspecfeol somefhing fishy in The air when I asked for direcfions To my hearT's choice. WhaT were They? Well-To quofe my guide, Walk To The nearesT cemefery, knock aT The fifTh TombsTone Three Times, and walk down . OT course, I ThoughT he was crazy buT wiTh The passage of Time, a wee biT of wisdom managed To sink in. I found ouT all Too soon. How many cemeferies did I pass when walking up from The Crescenf STreeT bus? Was iT Two or Three? Now as a child, I had always had a morTaI fear of These lovely, peaceful places. I used To have The bad habiT of bursTing ouT crying. I guess all children pass Through ThaT sTage, and alfhough I had advanced beyond iT, fond remembrances came fIiTTing back To me, and The mosT awful sensaTion hiT me in The sTomach, ThaT was how I was feeling when my eyes firsT beheld Franklin K. Lane I-Iigh School. Yes, I grar1T you ThaT our building is impressive looking, buT why did They surround iT wiTh cemeTeries? Weren'T archiTecTs or civic planners ever young? I overcame my awe and my various feelings and proceeded To walk ThaT exfremely shorT paTh leading up To The main enTrance. l'Iow did I ever manage To survive? The resT of The day was rouTine sfuff, excepT ThaT iT Took me nearly an hour To find my way ouT of The building, buT I'm Told ThaT I didn'T do Too badly for a beginner. ThrusTing TempTaTion aside, I force myself To skip over The many Tricks played on Freshies . I Try To forgeT The maze which faced me, buT I musT reciTe some of Those fanciful Tales. Would you believe ThaT I fell for This one? Lane is such a very new building ThaT They've puT all kinds of new devices and gadgefs inTo iT. They even have secreT panels in The walls. When The fire drill signal sounds, all These panels slide open and The pupils line up before Them. Then, one by one, each sTudenT siTs down on The edge of The opening and finds himself sliding down a long chuTe which deposifs him ouTside, in fronf of The school building. I-low could anyone be so gullible? Now all elemenfary school graduaTes have heard of Regenfs. Is There anyone in The STaTe of New York who hasn'T? Regenfs are spoken of only in The mosT hushed voices and wiTh The uTmosT secrecry around Them. You know The Tower on The Top of Lane, don'T you? Well, They Told me ThaT everyone who Takes RegenTs is led up To ThaT IiTTIe room and for Three whole hours, sweaTs iT ouT There, alone. IT he finds The Regenfs a biT Too hard, a window is always handy, and The school always wishes To do whaTever iT can for iTs sTudenTs: so They Take charge of The burials. The school boughf a special ploT of ground from ThaT nearby cemefery, and you should see all The former LaneiTes ThaT are buried There. Could I ever have been ThaT young? I'm a SENICR now: buT even Though I haTe To admiT iT, I musT concede ThaT I was once a Freshman, Tool Frances I-Iorowifz I 6 SENIOR ECHOES