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

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April 10. with next year's co-chairmen. Dick Turner and Marie Webster planning the entire evening. A roller skating fest was held first in lieu of spring. and then there was the regular dancing. The night was made particularly pleasant by an ingenious num- ber of special dances. consisting of an old-fashioned square hop. a broom dance. and hnally a lemon cut in. In this latter event all stags were given lemons. which they presented to the boys they were cutting in on or vice versa. At any rate. this fruity frolic proved lots of fun. The night the Seniors and Juniors keenly awaited and looked forward to was April l6. the date of the Senior Prom. Their expectations and forerunning exuberance was by no means damp- ened. for the gala affair proved with no reservations the highlight in a social season full of successes. Eighty-five couples responded to the call. and while there were almost no stags at all to do the cutting in. many dances were exchanged. and the night ran smoothly along. As in many former years the Sky Gardens of the Hotel St. Moritz. covering the entire thirty-first floor. was reserved for the Prom. This lovely site which overlooks the entire city. again lent the proper thrilling atmosphere to the evening. Dancers swayed to the faultless music of Dennis Fields and his Beaux Arts Orchestra. gaining fur- ther enjoyment from a vocal trio and a de-lovely girl songstress. The abundant refreshments were up to the St. Moritz's perfect standard. As the MANNIKIN goes to press. the Fifth Form CIIIHIIIIC ruler of 11111 l'l7Il.'i1' in lhc .wC1'11l rnslcr is Mixx .-1, Bl'l'lffI1fl M1'I11l1rsl1. and Commencement dances are still to be held. Both these functions lie in the hands of next year's Social Committee. in as much as the Juniors tra- ditionally plan the final dance of the season for the Senior Class. The Juniors have planned their terp- sichorean event for April 28. and the Friday before graduation has again been set for the Commence- ment affair. To Miss lVlcIntosh. social directorg to Charles Hurd and Tony Pope, co-chairmen of the Social Committee, to Ted Conrad, boy head of the Satur- day Night Group, and lastly to the hard-working Seniors of the social staff goes the praise of the school for a top-notch year. May we meet at the Alumni Frolics in the future. Williin ilu' free' confncs nf the school gym. ilu- Senior CIIISS IICIII ils lllllllllll pnrly. Dcspiic u'rclcf1c1l u'c11tl1er, about jifly 1'o11pl1's l'IIj'0j'l'tI the Harlem rlzyflmzs of Il negro orchestra.

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swing band from the sepian steppes of Harlem. and a multiplicity of donated refreshments. the evening scored a definite hit in the minds of most everyone. The Social Committees of both schools joined forces next to prepare for the Winter Formal held on December 21 at the Columbia Mens, Faculty Club. Being somewhat an exception to the rule, this cooperative effort really clicked and came out financially ahead in the bargain. Jimmy McGill and his band. who had received acclaim the year before for their smooth rhythms, returned in even finer fettle. while unusual decorations and a crowd of perfect size placed the dance high in Winter Formal history. The Alumni basketball game and dance fol- lowed just a week later. Nearly three hundred grads and Seniors made their appearance. and when the old fellows got together. there was plenty of fun and fireworks. The game was unusually excit- ing. made all the more so by the exuberance of many men meeting after months and often years of separation. Dancing followed to the music of Bob Dayton and his Ambassadors. the best outfit of the year. Though many couples left early. it was not due to boredom or lack of food and drink. but only to pressing engagements elsewhere. f' Ilighliglit of rho social sea- son. was the Senior Prom, 110111 ul the Sky Garzlens of llzc Sf. Moritz. To ilu' tunes of Dennis l'll.l'llfS. eighty-oflzl r'ou.pIcs flurzvefl in the be-uulifullv rlvro- ralvrl luzflroonl. The first post-vacation dance was the annual Fourth Form party. put on and arranged by the Sopohomore social committee alone. The night of February 5 witnessed the initiation of this class into Horace lVlann's upper social strata. and for weeks before and after. said overwhelming colossal affair was the main topic of their discussion. Frank Celona played for the better dancers in one-half of the gym, while the other half was set aside for games and refreshments. Following precedent ex- actly. the entire Fourth Form thought their shindig far superior to any other of the year. March 6 saw the Saturday Night Croup's second outstanding evening. an authentic Horace Mann Amateur Contest. Plans were laid weeks ahead of time. and the event received great publicity. Parents as well as students packed the Girls' Auditorium. pleased in the end with the unusually fine local talent which performed. Vl'inners of theater ticket prizes were ,lean Maclnnis. a trio of George Avakian. Charles Miller. and Johnny Hurd. and the master of ceremonies. Larry Vlieber. After the con- test had put everyone in good humor. a pleasingly informal dance was held downstairs. and the re- freshments hit a new high. which still leaves room for some improvement. however. The Saturday Night Group season closed on

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ART CLASS HE first step in giving Art a permanent place in the Horace Mann curriculum was the addi- tion of Mr. Thaddeus Kidawa to the Faculty. Using the renovated space behind the lockers as a studio. the Art class demanded immediate at- tention, especially from the Lower School. A native New Yorker. Mr. Kidawa spent two years in Germany studying music in between his more concentrated studies of Art under a scholar- ship at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Returning to New York to teach Art at Horace Mann. he still considers Philadelphia his home. Meeting during Play Period. the Upper School group was composed of Philip and Robert Yam- polsky. Dick Stolper and a few others who dropped in spasmodically. Especially active was the Lower School group, of which Miller, King, Scheibel and Unger showed the most promise. Milgrim, Keeny, Flatto and Kinnear have worked particularly in clay. Stage sets in oils and tempera were done by Peter Miller, while Arnold Scheibel created mostly with pastels. Others in the class were Love, Finkelstein. Cabrielson and Globus. One of the Art features was the contest spon- sored by the Quarterly, with Mr. Blake and Mr. Kidawa as judges. Special merit was exhibited by Arthur Bijur, Art Editor of the Quarterlyg Robert Levy in a water color of a Swiss Chalet, Alan Stern in his pencil sketchesg and Bill Crozier in his car- tooning. With the new Art studio, the addition of Mr. Kidawa to the Faculty. and the opportunity to ex- hibit work in the Quarterly. the coming year should bring rapid strides in a subject long neglected by Horace Mann. SCOUT TROOP 501 Scoutmasler . . . Senior Patrol Leader . ELK PATROL Patrol Leader Aime,1st Lintz. lst Abraham, lst Cotter, 2nd Kraft, 2nd Weil, 2nd Detels, tenderfoot Lieberman. tenderfoot BEAVER Patrol Leader Brown, lst lluckalter. star Evans, 2nd Royer, tenderfoot Darmstader. tenderfoot Kohler, tenderfoot . . MR. ROBERT F. PAYNE . RAY WYLAND, Life Scout MOOSE PATROL Patrol Leader Biederman, star Gabrielson. star Hollis, 2nd Hayes, tenderfoot Bass, tenderfoot Costikyan, tenderfoot Barth, tenderfoot LYNX PATROL Patrol Leader Kerr, star Berizzi, 2nd Lintz, W.. 2nd Rose, tenderfoot Taft. tenderfoot Wachtel, tenderfoot Lazarus, tenderfoot