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

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BOOSTERS Due to the unfortunate curtailment of extra-curricular activities. many of the more important functions of the Booster Society were suspended. The main function of boosting school athletic teams fell by the wayside when the ath- letic program was suspended. However, the Boosters did continue to work in many other fields. The Madison Highway was the beneficiary of a drive put on by the Boosters, which sold over S100 worth of subscriptions to the school paper. This past year, also, witnessed one of the most successful Christmas drives in history with over S200 realized. fOn the social side, many parties were held, and a gala outing for the entire society served to end off the social activities with a bang. Upon graduation, we face the loss of a large number of our members and officers. Among the ofiicers who are graduating this term are: Burt Berson. President: Lewis Silver, Vice-President: Ducksy Kreyer, Secretary: and Arlene Green, Treasurer. We are also losing some officers whose terms of office have expired. Thev are Jeff Broido and Ruth Eisenberg, last term's vice-president and secretary respectively. The graduating members include Marty Siegel, Eddy Orshan, Paul Neuhauser, Joan Nlagid. Ruth Israelite, Harold Satz, Larry Schwartz, Ivan Zung, Fred Steinberg, Stan Kroll. Mal Goldstein, Suzi Gilbert, Al Fisher, Terry Buchen- holtz. Billy Troyan. Shep Drogin. Sandy Kahn, Dick Tanenbaum, Sue Cohen, Theda Trommer, Joyce Sklar, Elaine Jaller, Lois Farber, Gerry Aronson, Dick Califano. Larry Miner. Jules Meiden, Carol Folstein, and Carol Pfeiffer. RADIO WORKSHOP The Radio Workshop has served as the outlet and sounding board for a variety of Madison talent. Under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Freilicher, the workshop takes pride in a long list of achievements, numerous first prizes, and awards in city and national competitions. The majority of the workshop mem- bers are graduates of the radio English courses, where a firm basis in script writing, microphone technique, famous radio writers, and current trends in radio and television can be obtained. In the fall of 1949. in fifth term, the Hrst group of workshoppers from our graduating class appeared in the annual radio assembly program. The production was Mr, Sycamore by Robert Ayers, a delightful farce about a mailman who is tired of walking the streets and turns into a tree. The following term a presen- tation of the children's story The Pied Piper of Hamlin was transcribed and later broadcast on the air. The workshop has also performed benefit plays over WNYC for the Tuberculosis Christmas Seals Drive. The present members of the All-City Radio Workshop, the Board of Educa- tion radio station at WNYE, from Madison are Sheldon Baron, Brenda Heller. Donald Schneiderman, and Joyce Seidman. In the technical end of broadcasting and audio aids Lucille Davis has been outstanding. Most recently Thomas Frey, Carol Goldstein, Dorothy Harrington, Lila Kronstadt, Ronnie Shaw, and Joyce Seidman won awards in a script contest at Ohio University, a college competition. J. F. SEIDMAN

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ARISTA On April 13 approximately one hundred new members, including 30 seniors, were inducted into the Arista Society of our school. The ceremony, of course, was impressive. We remembered how happy we were when first accepted into Arista, some people through interviews, and some, if their average was high enough, auto- matically. In our junior year, all extra-curricular activities were stopped. We waited outside a room anxiously while within the teachers voted on the question of maintaining Arista. Yes, because of the nature of the society and the work done by it for the school we would have our Arista. The Arista outing that year was really an enjoyable one, despite the fact that Ruth Israelite was hoarse for days afterward from singing so much and-so well. We all came back with our skin looking slightly lobsterish, but all for the cause of a good time. In our senior year, Madison went on the air with Joyce Seidman and Ronald Shaw representing Arista on the program. This year also the job of A.M. dis- tribution was completely taken over by Arista. Arista as usual did a splendid job. How could we miss with such people as Adele Cohen, Lynne Riedermann. Maxine Ross, Arlene Kirschenbaum, Jordan Tanenbaum and George Gidal working on it. Now. before closing, Mike and I would like to thank all of Arista and espe- cially Renee Waldman, our secretary, for making our jobs as boy and girl leader respectively. so pleasant. CAROL GORDON MIKE GUTTERMAN HIGHWAY The members of our graduating class have been outstandingly active in the activities of our school paper, the Highway. We boast no less than three editors- in-chief as our members. This is the first time that this has happened. These past few years have witnessed many activities taken part in by the paper, other than merely publishing a newspaper. Among our other projects have been the complete refurbishing and repainting of our office. complete with a brand new mural painted by a member of our graduating class, Lila Kronstadt. For the first time in its history the school paper put on a show. Consisting of singing, dancing, and skits the show was an outstanding success. But, lest you get the wrong idea. the Highway staff also published a fine paper five times a term. Among the members of our graduating class who have been outstandingly active in the work of the school paper are Ellen Schoengold and Walter Karp, the present Editors-in-Chief, and Marty Siegel, last term's Editor. A host of others have actively participated in the job of producing a school paper. They include Henry Cohen and Gerald Schneider. Sports Editors: Paul Neuhauser, Alan Richter and Linda Brettler. News Editors: Mario Amaya, Susan Goldberg, Willard Zucker, and Ruth Drescher, Feature Editors, and Stan Kroll, Photography Editor. In past years the editors of the Highway have been very successful in college. We hope that we can live up to their standards.

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DINING SALON Our Dining Salon, the school lunchroom, plays a constant and dominant role in the daily activities of the school. With the exception of a few students in the upper terms who possess short programs, the entire james Madison student body partakes of the excellent food dispensed by the dining hall. Despite this daily contact, few of us are acquainted with the facts pertinent to the history of the cafeteria. The architects who created the plans for the building of our high school made provision for only one student lunchroom, on the fifth floor. Shortly after the school's opening, a portion of this area was subdivided into rooms now utilized by the men teachers' recreation room, the student government office, the projec- tion room C5261 and room 510, now a study hall. Some years after the school's opening, overcrowding proved the fifth floor cafeteria inadequate, and compelled the addition of another, more spacious lunch area in the basement. The combined seating capacity of these two dining halls is now 960, with the greater number, 600 to be exact, located in the base- ment section. Perhaps the one fact concerning the lunchroom about which Madisonians know the least is that it is an entirely self-sustaining, self-supporting enterprise, solely responsible for its own finances. It receives no aid from the Board of Education. Thus it must be run so that the cafeteria's books are balanced at the end of each school year. An attempt is made to finish each year with as small a surplus as possible: this is to the obvious benefit of the student body. However, whatever sum does accrue above expenses is retained as insurance against a possible deficit during the following year. The fiscal policies of the cafeteria, in addition to the overall management, are under the direction of Mr. Bloch, who deserves much credit for the efficient manner with which he has directed the sprawling enterprise. Working with Mr. Bloch to make the project a success are the twenty-four men and women on the cafeteria payroll. The perennial topic of discussion in Madison's halls is the so-called Uhot