James Madison High School - Log Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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JUNIOR We came back from our summer vacation to find the school a publicity agent's dream with everyone shrugging his shoulders with the remark, You Never Can Tell. The riddle was solved on the night of December 9 and 10th when the varsity English class presented this Bernard Shaw play. One day, at the beginning of the term, we wandered into the lunch room to find a strange silence, and, glancing from the shining new table tops to the sound proof ceiling, we realized the Board of Education had not forgotten us. We were finally getting up in the world. Some of us were admitted to Boosters. Go-Getters, the Debating Society and the Highway. That year also saw Madi- son's second annual Sing. For two nights the students played to a full house. Even standing room was sold out. We were lucky enough to cop top honors with the theme Crosstown Manhattan. In November, our Arista played host to the Brooklyn Borough Council of High Schools Honor Societies. The Highway ran a contest for a new Hag, the results of which are now seen on its front page. The S.G.O. ran a charity Snow Ball Dance. One of the outstanding assemblies of that term was the Radio Workshop production of Mr. Sycamore, the enchanting story of a man who wished to become a tree. We all remember becoming very busy around that time preparing posters. poem, and prose to enter in Mr. Newiield's Clean-Up Drive Contest. His aim was to have the cleanest school in the city, state, country! But was that aim ours? We had a successful football season, defeating Midwood in the first game of the season, and triumphing over Lincoln for the first time in eleven years. At the end of the term, the Math team won the Silver Loving I 2 Cup for third place in a city-wide competition, and the cheer f leaders became borough-wide champions. .00 As the spring term began, we found ourselves with Mr. Down- 0 ' ing taking over as acting principal while Mr. Newfield left on a X 5 0 ' 6 sabbatical leave for a tour of Mexico. 0 This was the term Lenny Seidman sacrificed his life to save the life of one of his fellow students on their way to school. As a i tribute to this heroic deed, the Leonard Seidman award for ,E a A GQ Sportsmanship was created. , 5 . '-' -4 6 In order to support their demands of a pay raise to meet the in MM V.. M Q rising cost of living, the teachers voted to cease extra-curricular . ' 0 D . LAN - eh activities. As a result the students went out on strike to demon- l' 'A I D uummlwlulln strate theirprotest and to support the teachers' demands, ll --0. --- One activity that was not stopped was the Madison Highway, , - awarded hrst-place rating in the Columbia Scholastic Association. I r 2 1 I By now our weight was being felt in the S.G.O.. and some of ,l. Vg 3, 'I 3 us were elected to office for the following term. Martin Crelb UI became President, Paul Neuhauser, Vice President and Ducksie li ,' zlri Kreyer, Secretary. W W - As the month of July approached, we eagerly anticipated our ww summer vacations and the approach of our Senior year

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SOPHCDMORE When we returned from the summer vacation, something new had been added -teachers. Madison was strongly re-enforced in all departments, and this, no doubt, was the reason for the extreme intelligence of all Madison students????? If. perhaps, while strolling through the Madison halls one day you chanced to overhear a conversation in Chinese, it was quite understandable. Under the supervision of the able and versatile Dr, Serota, an intriguing Chinese Language Club had recently been created. It was also very likely for one to find an eager group of students pouring through another melodic episode of the Clef sponsored by the very skillful Music Department. We were not aware of the surprise in store for us at the time of the Highway subscriptions. The face of our benefactor, james Madison, had replaced an otherwise obsolete flag of which we had seen enough. Bravo! The Music Department outdid itself with a performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta Patience The delightful story plus the ever-enchanting music of Gilbert and Sullivan helped to raise 51,000 in profits which went into our Scholarship Fund. Apropos of musical entertainment, there soon appeared a yellow and black rash on the Madison walls spelling out the word SING. It seemed that, no matter where we went, the rash showed its inexplicable face. It wasn't long before we were put out of our misery to find ourselves neglecting homework in order to attend Sing rehearsals. The Sophs Cthat's usb with the theme, K'Moods of the Heartf, won second place honors. Well, we could have done worse. The Radio Workshop was quietly putting together a play which proved to be an award winning performance. Its title was The Last Inca by Morton Wish- ingrad, given under the direction of Mrs. Freilicher. The Madisoniann reached new heights with its novel interpretation of a One-World theme. For once we read the whole magazine instead of just looking at the pictures. World affairs entered into our little realm of society here at Madison during this year. A Mr. Edelman, who is connected with the U. N., spoke at our as- sembly program concerning the need for confidence in the United Nations in this period of World Crisis. Nobody fell asleep during this assembly. We were already developing some shrewd politicians when, in fourth term. Ed Orshan was elected Lt. Justice and Paul Neuhauser Lt. Gov. See you at the White House, boys. Since Madison students are so considerate, we thought we would give the teachers a day off. We called it Field Day. The highlight of the day was the Senior-Faculty baseball game, in which the Seniors emerged victorious. CAfter all it was the teachers' day off.J Field Day was a lot of fun for all involved. The Soph year was coming to a close all too soon. With the arrival of summer we faced a fate worse than death Cor so it seemedj. Our first encounter with the inevitable regents exams came and went. After that we deserved a ten week vacation. And so on to sunny Brighton by the sea. CYNTHIA LIEBLING AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN .null C rx - A - 4, 1 f .ff 1' .1 ffl' W ll 1 '-. lf!!-Sal -155571 -.gi 'llillll l'f!!i!s!l . 1 g ill! l wx lllll im, slim , iv- 1 9

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SENIOR We were Seniors now! We returned from vacation with a little more strut in our walk. The ivy walls were the same, but, from a Senior's point of view, the school looked different. The world situation had become very grave since we had left school in june. and. as the months went by. the situation in Korea did not seem to be improving. Our attitude toward the future was quickened as we saw many of our older friends preparing to go into the army. In Madison, white cards were posted in the halls indicating the position of the various classrooms during shelter drills, and we learned the meaning of the words Take cover. The teachers' slow-down on extra-curricular activities was not over. but a few school organizations were still functioning. Marty Siegel, and later Ellen Schoen- gold and Walter Karp became Editors-in-Chief of the Highway. Boosters, the S.G.O. and Arista were also active. We were one of the few schools fortunate enough to have as a guest Mr. Jose Ferrer, who was on a publicity tour for his new movie. Cyrano de Bergerac. Paul Neuhauser and Martin Hyman brought honor to the school as winners of The New York journal-American History Con- test. And in December, the Music Department, in place of their usual semi- annual evening concert, gave a series of concerts in the assembly. A feature on the program was the Beethoven Concerto No. 3. Judy Sheffield was the soloist with the orchestra. Madison lost several teachers through death that term. among them Mr. O'Toole. one time head of the History Department, and Mrs. Ida Tannenbaum Garfield, a member of the Eng- QV P lish faculty. In memory of her sister Miss Tannenbaum e0O created an award for excellence in English and dra- 6 40. 6T0N matics. Mr. Neuhauser. Grade Adviser of the February 18 ' graduating class was another Social Studies teacher at slpkpecgovwq QA whose loss we grieved. Q Coty As we entered our final term. we began to take over ' those positions usually held by the Seniors. Mike Gutter- man, Carol Gordon. and Renee Waldman were elected gf 6 l-Yflf to lead the Arista. We chose jeff Broido as Senior Class af! President. Marty Siegel as Vice President, Ducksie Kreyer. Secretary. and Stan Kroll, as Treasurer. We were not to be outdone in the field of inter-school activ- ities either, for Burt Rubin was chosen President of the Borough Council. ffO0.f.-'N 5 Heading our own S.G.O. were Eddy Orshan, Ivan Zung, Kay Norton, and Dick Tanenbaum. L Red Letter Day passed and also the Prom with all A its gaiety and excitement. Leaving the Essex House after the Dance that evening, we realized that soon, all too soon, our High School career would end, and our com- bf C 0 .. M 6 ' 5 liq J: ,ggfgl u::?j?:' I' 'Q . A li-IQ? ' .43 4 mencement would be the first step into a completely new world. ESTHER HERSKOWITZ 0 . -,f 5 PHYLLIS LIPSKY 'wbvfilff