High School of Music and Art - Recolte Yearbook (New York, NY)

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5 To the Continuing Memory of EILEEN REITER odd, wintry flowers upon the withered stem, yet new, A strange flowers such as my life has not brought forth before, new blossoms of me- This is no laughing matter. Are there any questions? I want complete silence when I leave this room. Did you all hear me? I want that in MONDAY. That's MONDAY, remember. Any student who doesn't like it can go complain to Dr. Steigman. Remember to cross out with ONE LINE ONLY. We want three volunteers for this assignment. You're all seniors? Then I'll just skip these rules, since you know tljm all by now. Please hold your applause until the end. You may talk quietly among yourselves. Well, now you know, and don't do it again. Now, during this test you will be on your honor . . . I do not wish to see any girl in my class wearing Bermuda shorts, Just between us, I think that rule's a little silly . . . If you don't have it, I donlt want ANY excuses. No, it's not compulsory, but I think most of you will want to And for all those students who expressed interest, there's a meeting Thursday at 6:00 A.M. We'll see you then, okay? layout by Sheldon Lurie Michael Klare 0 Karen Crossen

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i Senior Teachers 'sm-ff MRS. RITA OSHINSKY U MRS. DOROTHY KAPLAN MISS THELMA ALESH fl'

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Class History One bright morning in September, hordes of pre-delinquent juveniles, none of them above four feet 1 tall, descended upon Music and Art like the proverbial locusts. There was something different about these I analogy would help. You know what analogy is-it stuck you on the College Boards. Ice cream is to pickle as raven is to writing-desk, or something of the sort. Anyway, here goes this particular analogy. A Boy Scout is loyal, helpful, kind, friendly, obedient, cheerful, courteous, thrifty, industrious, brave, clean, and reverent. So is a Music and Art Freshman. particular hordes, though,-they were us. Let us view them from our present height in society. Perhaps an X 9.-- .i The Age of Discovery As Freshmen the class of '59 was no exception. They were loyal-they went to G. 0. dances and really danced, helpful-they carried teachers' delaney books and ratted on seniors who tried to sneak out to 'G-ll WIIIAZ City College for lunch, kind-they brought stray dogs to the cafeteria for a meal thowever, the dogs were very smart and wouldn't eat anythingi, friendly-they struck up acquaintances with Seniors who tried to sell them passes to the eighth floor pool, obedient-they all joined the G. 0. and got for a bonus a white carnation, cheerful- they didn't mind staying in school every day, trudging up the hill in blinding snowstorms or spring mornings that cried for a short leave of absence, courteous-they said hello to teachers, thrifty -they saved money to go to art movies, and didn't understand them, industrious-they honestly prepared extra re- ports for World Geography, brave-they took their first mid-terms and looked at their report cards, and went hurne to face their parents, and even worse, they went back to school to face their friends who said Whad'ya get?, whad' ya get? clean-the girls washed their gym suits and boys took baths, and reverent-they believed in all sorts of things, religion, the essential goodness of man, and teachers. They lived through Johnny Tremain, that paragon of boyish virtue, Mrs. Bagar's cake sales, city scenes in tempera, the l, lV, and V chords, sections E and F in the cafe- teria, and finally, the last day of school. How did they get through the first year unscathed? lt will always remain one of Nature's mysteries. Maybe Walt Disney will look into it one of these days. ..L..ff-'- 5, ...AQ C r' 6, CW' ffwwb G 0' 'G-0' -'sua