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

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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

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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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COMPLETELY revised, improved, and re- juvenated Quarterly made its appearance this year, vieing hotly with the MANNIKIN and Record for the leading position among the school's publica- tions. For a long time Mr. Baruth in his capacity as faculty adviser had keenly desired improving the Quarterly and making it more than an ordinary scholastic literary magazine. This hope has at least been partially realized. With the aid of George Compton, Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Baruth actually slaved over the publication, and though there were no more talented writers in school this year than in previous years, the changes and additions made in the Quarterly raised it far above all its predeces- sors. Its page size was increased and the number of pages in each issue almost doubled. Photographs and student art work were published for the first time to enhance the looks of the book. A more care- ful discrimination in the choice of type was made, while the general makeup itself showed a marked advance. Such improvements naturally entailed a considerable added expense for which the General Association had not allowed, and it was therefore necessary to solicit ads for the first time. Under the leadership of Bob Marcus the business board was formed and proved capable of supplying the needed funds. At about the middle of the season the G. A. did allow an extra grant of fifty dollars. With such added opportunities in space and facilities, the Quarterly was able to include a larger presentation of the students, work. In addition to the regular short stories, essays, plays, and poems, regular columns on art, music, books, and the thea- ter were written. A lower school section was formed, so that the younger boys might have a chance to have their literary efforts published. Perhaps the most striking feature of all was the new art depart- ment. The fine sketches of Arthur Bijur, art editor, the cartoons of Bill Crozier, and the prize photo- graphs of various boys did much to beautify the Quarterly and make it more interesting. There were of course other engravings, used mainly to illus- trate the art columns. Though in former years the Quarterly staff had only consisted of five or six boys, this season, with the new art and business boards and the large number of columnists, the staff was nearly five times as large. This fact made the publication a far more vital part in school life as a whole, for many more boys had a chance to become members of the organization. The Quarterly ran photo- graphic and art contests, the winners of which were later published, and this again added more impor- tance and publicity to the magazine. Court Day, a local color story of the Ken- tucky mountains by E. V. Hollis, was given the lead in the fall issue. Other stories in the initial num- ber were The Last Reverie of Malcolm Davis. an imaginative, psychological study by Richard Bax- ter, and Herbert Kramer's 'fEast Side, West Side. Shrady Hill contributed a dialect monologue of rather dubious merit, which nonetheless caused quite some discussion, while nlntermission at the Apollo,', a realistic moment at the burlesque, was ably written and even more ably illustrated by Charles Miller. Bill Orcutt showed another inter- esting slice for shall we say sidej of life in his 'fFinnish Bathf, and of high merit also was Charles Cotteris f'Flood Vffatersf' The best essay of the issue was George Ava- kianis colorful and authoritative analysis of swing music, '4Swing. Baby, Swingfi George Compton covered the more classical forms of melody in his music column and also contributed a comparison of Gielgud's and Howard's Hamlet. Bob Marcus and Al Lewis added three brief reviews of current shows, and Jonas Robitscher gave opinions on the fall books. To round out the critical department there was an estimate of the art of Raphael by the two Yampolskys. The number's only weakness came in the field of poetry, there being but two brief snatches of verse by Compton, Despair and 'fGladness,,' and a bit of jingling doggerel by James Ludwig of the Lower School. Some excellent