Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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N strict accordance with the tradition of former years. the l-lorace Mann Manual was distributed to the entire student body and faculty on the open- ing day of school. The format of the 1936-37 issue was similar to its predecessors. hut the colors on the hinding were changed to maroon on very light gray. This small booklet. which contains a brief summary of practically all school rules and regu- lations. organizations. athletic and other eXtra-cur- ricular activities. songs. cheers. and many other hits of valuable information about Horace Mann. was published hy the Senior class through an elected staff headed hy Alan Jaffee. Vlvhile this is the smallest l-l. hl. publication. it is nonetheless of infinite value to all First Formers and other new hoys. for it affords them a complete hird's-eye view of school life and school customs. Despite the fact that most of the older boys lose it after the first wcck. a few still guard it closely through the year. usually to find ont when the next vacation hegins or to rc-learn, All loyal to Horace Mann. fair Alma Mater. . ,lalliec was assisted in drawing up this small guide hook hy George Avakian. Edgar Nathan. and Lawrence liader. Lader also acted as business man- ager. and though he started gettings ads late in the season. the Manual was almost self-supporting. The hook was published hy the Franklin Press. the printers of the Record. who have always gotten the pamphlet to school in time for the opening assembly of the year. Due to the foresight and hard work of last year's hoard. the publishing of the Manual this season and for years to come was made most simple. The booklet was set up in such a way that only a few pages. such as the calendar of school events. and the pages containing the names of officers and school organizations will have to he changed. The rest of the type which is used year in and year out is filed away until the next hook goes to press. necessitating the setting up of only a few pages each season for the new lllanual. Of course there are always new organizations heing formed at school. new revisions to he made in school history and Horace Mann regulations. pages to he added and suhtractedg hut the joh confronting future Manual editors is quite easy. Most of the work for a new Manual is done the June before it comes out. THE MANUAL

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sented in them. It was for this rea- son that the type and format of this page was varied. the object in mind being to attract the eye and bring about a more general scansion. Let- ters of criticism from the various forms was another thing much de- sired and sought for by the boardg however. the 'alietter Roxl' was for the most part filled with messages from alumni or members of the Record staff itself. This was a de- cided weakness. because it prevented an easy flow of student opinion. a fact which in turn made topics for editorials sometimes hard to find. While there were of course a few obvious space fillers among the editorials throughout the season. one or more topics of important general interest managed to be found each week and published. The Record's editorial policy during l936-37 was not startling by any means. but with the aid of the broad-minded lack of faculty censorship the editorials ably carried out their purpose of constructive criticism. and they acted as the student pulse of life at Horace Mann. Three articles of unusual length were pub- lished during the year. all of which proved of ex- ceptional merit and interest. The first was by James Wvoolner. and was headlined 'lluandon Heads Fac- ulty Poll. l7-l-I-. It seems that the entire History Department at school favored the Kansas Sunflower. a fact which caused them no end of embarrassment when Roosevelt was re-elected just a few days later. Miss Mclntosh was the only member of the faculty who voiced no opinion on the presidential race. while Mr. Nagle added a touch of originality by voting for himself. In the Fiftieth Anniversary Issue appeared the second of these articles. this time a short history of the Horace Mann School since its founding fifty years ago. Jolm Friend wrote it with such accu- racy of detail and exceptional interest. that it is likely the article will be often referred to in the future for information. As a feature of the Record Anniversary Issue Fditor Avakian wrote The Story liehind the Rec- ord. which was probably the best of these three excellent articles. ln a terse and amusing fashion he described the trials and tribulations undergone by the editors up at Yonkers each week in their effort to put out the paper. He also told about Mr. Gray. Alec. and Charlie of the Franklin Press, who What really goes on in the Record Room: the 1:30 sludy hall for 5 staff immurlols.', have for thirteen years published the Record. Fer- haps one of the most important features concerning these articles is the fact that in years to come it will be great fun to go back and re-read them. As evidenced by the April and May issues of the Record. the new editors. John Friend and Robby Kaufmann. are well able to carry on the titanic job ahead of them next year. ln the minds of Mr. Baruth and this year's editors these two boys were by far the most eligible. The feature editor has not as yet been chosen and will not be announced till the final day of school. Larry Lowenstein has been put in charge of the advertising end of the paper. The money derived from advertising during the season was amazing and well over the amount needed for publication costs. This allowed for many cuts. a football picture supplement, lib- eral outside donations. and large papers when the news was available. An eight-page school anni- versary issue came out before Christmas. con- taining a number of articles about the rise of Hor- ace Manng a ten-page Record anniversary issue was published before Faster. and a twelve or more page final issue was planned for the end of May. Though designs to refurnish the Record room failed innumerable times. a new couch was bought for the astounding price of three dollars. Relieve it or not. it has well stood its wear and tear throughout the year. A nice sum of money was given to im- prove the Record photographic dark room. All sa- lute Rusiness Manager Alfred Strasburger. llluch credit for the publicizing of the Record goes of course to Circulation Manager Emile Rim- bault. Some weeks as many as one hundred and fifty exchanges were sent out and came in. To Mr. Baruth. Faculty Advisor. the Record Board gives its thanks.

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THE QUARTERLY EDITORIAL GEORGE C. COMPTON, '37 ...... . . , Erlilor HERBERT BAILEY, '38 . flsszkrzffzt Edilor JOHN VI. FRIEND, '38 . . . .... .-Issislunl Edilor LIIWRENCE LAIIER. '37 GEORGE M. AV.-XKIAN. 'JI7 JONAS A. BARISH, '38 JONI-Is ROBITSCHI-IR. '38 SIDNEY FRIEND. JR.. '39 JAMES NIIILER. '39 HERBERT KRAMER. '39 ART ARTHUR BIJIIR. '37 . . WIILLIAM CROZIER. '37 ALVER H. IvEs. '37 PHILIP YAMPOLSKY, '38 Edilor CIIARLES P. IVIILLER. '37 ROBERT LEVY. '37 ROBERT Y-KMPOLSKY. '38 LOWER SCHUOL DfII'IIIJuDsON.'40 . . . NEIL DARMSTADTER. '41 ELLIS SIIRUT. '42 . . . . . . Clzuirmzm PI-:TI-:R GORDON. 40 JOHN WYILSON. 40 DONIILII MCINTOSII. '42 ROGER UNGER. 'fll BUSINESS u RUB!-IRT P. IVIARCUS. '33 . ........ Busilzvss ,1lllIlIlgl'f' CARRY I.. PASKUS. '38 . . . pfssislunl BIISIIIPSS ,Ilrlnrlgvr THOM.-Is VAN R.x,xI.TI:. '38 . . . . Circufafion Jlunngvr IIICHIIRD EPSTI-IIN. '33 . . ,-1ss1'.vlf111l C1'rr'u,l11IiorI fllflrnlgvr JAIVIES VAN R,x.-xI.TE. '38 L-XWRI-INCE LOWENSTEIN. '30I GEORGE SCHWI-ZITZI-IR, '39 ROBERT ROSE. '39 STINLEI' 5.-INDBI-IHC. '30 ALI-'RED BARIITH . H,IROLII CLAUSEN . . WILLIAM BL.-IRI: FMII fLTY II7 . . F11r'u1ly.4d1'isor . Lower School ,4l1l'iS0l' ILLRERT BAILEY