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

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Editor ,Iaffee to perform a sweating miracle and produce the MlVlanual on the first day of school. This titan of the type is also Vice-President of the G. A. Someone suggested a class meet- ing. so we cut a few classes and elected George Benny Avakian Presidentg Arthur Bijur Vice-Presi- dentg Larry Lader Secretaryg and Alan ,laffee Treasurer. We flung all precedent to the winds and elected Mr. Briggs adviser. l WWe 't ,ghd J , I it 6 Q - M -1 ,fl 4' 'iiirr - lf,-1 l 22 ll mam QF? Unfortunately. an overloaded schedule pre- vented Mr. Blake from directing the Glee Club again. Well. we did have a few exciting football games. but athletics aren't everything. you know .... Social life degenerated into dance marathons with dark horse truckers from the Fifth Form crowding out several Senior smoothies. I didn't carefnobody noticed me behind Jack Phillips, nifty electric portable. smoking a hookah and soaking up Benny Goodman. We stopped going to the Paramount because we couldn't ever find fifty-five pfennige in one lumpy sum. We spent a dime for carfare instead and traveled every Saturday to the Hotel Penn lobby. or any other lobby where they wouldnit kick ns out. The Dramatic Club put on a swell show. fea- turing HA Question of Principle? Somebody men- tioned that Gammer Gurton's Needle was also on the bill. March 1937 Dear Diary: No championship! Not even a little one. The basketball team finished in second place. They say Mackay is coming back. The highly publicized G'Quarterly,' came out and George Compton busted several vest buttons. ,lust before the second issue came out. George busted an ankle. The third one is coming soon .... By the way, did anyone read Lethe Wharf? Four boys got Archon Society Keys: George Avakian. Alan Jaffee. Don Kubie. Larry Lader. The Varsity Club took in Artie Bijur. Lou Duesing. Ku- bie. and Harry Ricketson. Christmas vacation was some fun. with the Win- ter Formal and the Alumni Dance. I got a pipe for Christmas. Mr. John Henry Wainwright made his final ap- pearance at H. M. with the Hampton Singers. He's been with them for fifty years! The school's been receiving a flock of gifts for the new building t'Lit'll be ready in Mayvl. The Fifth Form stole a march on us Seniors and gave a set of chandeliers for the new auditorium. and Mr. D. K. Weiskopf presented the school with S5l5.000 for a modernized chemistry laboratory. And just at this time Mr. Bruce announced that he's leaving Horace Mann at the end of the year! That's toughg he had a darn good chemistry course. too. Springs coming soon-anybody know where there's a baseball player? I asked Miss Macary if sheid go to the first game with me. but some egg's already dated her up?-the rat! He took her to all the basketball games! All the geniuses were in some other Form. but Compton was busy writing HLethe Wharff' so it's not his fault. Besides everyone knows that you've never really worked until you're a Senior. Even so. I got into the upper half of the class in spite of Physics. Mr. Martin's class turned out to be a P. G. of Mr. Payne's. And since I've got to do a History report, dear Diary. so long. April 1937. Dear Diary, Spring really is here now. I saw two crocuses sprouting up in Mr. Tillinghast's garden. I like the yellow ones best myselfg they remind me of her hair in the moonlight. Can't seem to get any study- ing done any more. Must be the weather. Got caught napping in Physics class this morning. Quelle embarrassment! I have to bring a big box of candy for Mr. Martin tomorrow. and all I said was that Roosevelt suited me 0.K. Well, that's the injustice of it all. I don't know whether I should watch the base-

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All the Seniors bought white gabarcline blazers and the year ended in a hazy blur of white. the air filled with Hot dogs! Hot dogs! Ham on rye. please. V November. 1935 Dear Diary. Vfho comforts you when you're sad? Tells you who to take to the Fifth Form dance? Is sus- pected of being 193775 permanent adviser? Ran a mean mile at Yale? Vflhy, it's-er-you know. '37 felt the annual urge to elect. Results: Don Kubie. Presidentg George Casa Loma Avakian. Vice-Presidentg Artie Bijur. Secretaryg and Alan Iaffee. Treasurer. Football season was only fair-the team lost a gamel St. ,lohnis beat us after thirteen straight. Soccer took seven out of ten. and the .layvees lost to Poly. 56v6. Oh. gloom! February 1936 Dear Diary. I'm beginning to look forward to reading the uliecordv every weekg the Jaff has taken over the Contemps column. Big brother doesn't even buy the Hester now. lVlr. Miller started an oratory contest in his home room. and Bill Gibson won the final round. ltis the southern drawl that gets 'emg Emmy Lou told me so. Looks like the basketball team's going to take another championship. Swimming is doing okay and so's Jayvee. May 1936 Dear old Diary. Weire almost Seniors now and the Fifth Form has turned into a group of social fiends. We had our class dance and Mr. Nagle inveigled the lesser lights away to a game of parlor hockey. Some fun earlier in the year at the operetta- Johnny Gifford and P. J. Brown flirted about on the stage of the A. W. A. Clubhouse. P. J. still Q Q. 735-4 B -q ch rl? -l l - CM 'til Inq' E Y . fl: i N Q X f i ' - , - gx Q ' Q- X . 55-4 Q 94 '.' i l x 'N f .QKX X121 9 s Q 755' 1' maintains that it was all in fun. but Une Never Knows? Class genius was George Compton. There were some high marks in the Fourth Form. but every- body knows that until you've reached the Fifth Form you've never worked. Anyone who lived beyond the second floor will remember the elevator strike. We walked our eight flights in fear and trembling. but lads of greater temerity like dough-face Don Smith not only rode but made good money as strike-breakers. Big fuss over class rings and pins. Everybody was dissatisfied. because who can pawn an onyx ring? Incidentally. local Vfinchells are wondering what foresighted young Junior bought three rings. Mr. Neitz announced his retirement after 31 years of teaching at H. lVl.l Heill be remembered as the man who gave Pat Bownes his nickname back in the Third Form. Our energetic Mr. Gibson packed up his curve ball and left to become head of the Modern Language Dept. at Penn Charter. Baseball's not so hot this year, and neither is track. but the ,layvees have one thing to brag about -Don Del lVlanzo pitched the only no-hit. no-run game in the history of the school. Mr. Tillinghast displayed scads of meaningless blue prints which were illegible beyond the first row and announced to the school that next year's stimu- lating Wlednesday assemblies would be held in a new auditorium. with better facilities for drama. etcetera. etcetera .... VI November. l936 Diary NOT HDear Diaryf, It doesn't pay to get too familiar with one's diary. Look at Mary Astor. Our dream girl really appeared last spring. but we didn't stand a chance with Mr. Neitz around. As it is, the competition is pretty tough now with Seniors using every possible subterfuge to go into the office. Vflhy is it Miss Shay keeps asking me what I want? Now for the banal realities of . life. The Pforzheimers gave the -ft school a new library. but work on the new auditorium uhad not pro- gressed according to schedule. V Somebody had broken all the win- ' dows in the old gym, but outside of 1 that. we couldnit see much change. They say it'll be ready by Thanks- giving. work W N N Y 7 X ' v 'Z' t 55 XE Q! i n P 'r X E Vi-Sf X 1 twist- X -s 1 6 mm Some lightning fast work enabled

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A s -W fggtfp' F so e x fig Q .. rs - tg l ball game today or ride home on the subway with lzcr. We'll probably lose in baseball anyway, and l've always hated to see H. M. lose. Let me see who is on the team again? Big Ben Lindgren, Del Manzo. and usmoke Facel' Ricketson will probably do the pitching. Give me the good First Form days of speed ball Mardfin. Well. beggers can't be choosers. Fishman will stop them behind the plate I guess. with Greenwald. Nash. Bownes. Nagler. and Kerner taking care of the infield. The outfield is good this year at any rate. Horton. Duesing, and Pagano certainly can snare those flies. l'll have Lader excuse me for MANNIKIN work and go home right away. Gosh what beautiful eyes size has. I better collect the money I won at twenty-one last night so I can go to Bartner's. I think he's way better than George and Tellos. and then think of the people you meet there. Ah. she's beautiful. What a graceful construc- tion job. what lines. what chandeliers. what a seat- ing capacity! Sure. l'm talking about the new audi- torium-what did you think? I confess I never thought it would really open. but yesterday was the first assembly. Mr. Tillinghast was the first man to speak from the stage. Bill Vllycoff gave the first student announcement. Jaffee gave the initial stu- I xt I VA V M 'K 1' ' t Q . l .l ' 'f, E . W: if If - , 1 -.uno lltlllll dent talk on the coming Medal Meet and Mr. War- wick christened the new piano with a short number. What lines. what form! The only complaint came from Mr. Neitz. who said they kicked him out. then got the new building. uAnd I don't like it. he con- cluded. Say. that talk about the Medal Meet has me all excited. I think llll go out and put the shot a little I certainly ought to be good at that. What lines. what forml May. l937. Dear Diary, Hot spitoon, l'm way behind. and have I got some dope to spill to you this time. That Medal Meet finally did come off two week ago. Size came over to watch me shot put. Thirty-three feet one inch got me next to last. and I saw her making eyes at Crozier. worse luck. Horton literally ran off with three firsts, Looks as if the baseball team should go out for track. but I do believe they won one game some time or other. Spurred on by the wi 'W rf WWW .ful 942, :Wd 5 gi I g 'sf' Q ye! 'K , X WG. i sm W' ' si F9 I - t 'PV 1 , f i 6 .M MQ.. My 4 .. tl Lg X M lf - . - - -ef A . Ba g, as gg. j 1 ma. ...- Lntna Medal Meet. the track team took their first meet the other day with Montclair. Lovett. Perez. Ives. Arnspiger. and a couple of Yampolskys look pretty good, with Crozier measuring up as a weight man. You ought to see Updike run the hurdles. He'd get in the movies. What lines. what grace. what form! Did you hear the latest? The Record surplus has turned into a deficit. and Strasburger has been looking like the last rose of summer ever since. Wlell. thatls what a woman did to him. and what a womanl What grace.-lenough of thisl. Say, the Clee and Dramatic Clubs have been having the lCon.tin.ued on page 911 Un the following four pages are draw- ings by Arthur Bijur of those teachers who have contributed most to our final year at Horace Mann. Since they have taught Senior classes and been in charge of our home- rooms, we have become particularly close to them.