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

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5 and 0 to he exact. and all illusion of wealth lied quickly, lor we had talcen the exam. Rememher the day the police came to lxladison heeause they were informed that rommunist rallies were being held in these hallowed halls? Were their laces red when they found out we were only having Red Letter Day. She shoolc hands with the President. These words spread like wildfire. NVQ- had a eelehrity in our midst. Vvho was this sensation? Judy Shimansliy. winner ol the Xvestinghouse Scholarship. shoolc hands with President Truman. And so we realized that the show was almost over. Vve were sorry. They say that onre you get show husiness in your hlood it stays with you lorever. The only thing that was lelt was the invention ol a sadist, HRC2CIllS.H It we didn't pass them we were lelt. Xvith tears in our eyes we watched the linal furtain tall. The deallening applause assured us that our performance would he long remembered. We had won our Usear. Judy Klein SIENIIOIR lPIROIBll.IEMSt?l .Nh wonderlul exhilarating sensation! Oh relestial thoughtl Slowly we let the word glide o'er our tongues: See-nior. Xve turned up the hrim ol our hlaeli and gold hats and simonized our pins to insure their Conspieuousness. Oh yes, we were all so happy for a while: then we found out... It was a plot . . . nothing hut a conspiraey to wheedle us out of everything. They gave us lree pins and trusted that this hit ol nothing would 'compensate lor what was to eomel Alter dishing out money lor S.G.O.. Student Aid Fund, senior hats and prom tielcets, we were requested to donate nearly six dollars lor Senior Dues. Thatls when we sold our pins to lrosh. Then we started to worry about the prom, and those without possihle escorts in view went ahout their daily worlc to the tune of A Hunting We Xvill Go. There were decisions to he made. College acreptanees and rejections flowed lreely. Both elated and luguhrious laces were seen 'neath the hrims ol' those hlaelc and gold caps. Tryouts for the Log. planning and writing the Senior Show, and nomi- natinq class officers and celehrities all offered their minor difficulties. The paramount prohlem was that offered hy the insecurity of the world. As gay and rarelree as we seemed in our senior year, there prevailed always in our minds the thought that soon we would he the ones to feel most stronglv the ellerts ol' an uncertain international situation. Vvhen graduation day rame this was the only problem lelt. We had made plans lor a nonnal future, Vve dared to hope we Could fulfill them in a free world. Can we? t P .Ox I 61 Semi? J' F O 25' ,--I Leipzig in I fN

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Leipzig celebrate the victorious completion ot our first football game will long be remembered. The team had a great season, especially in comparison with previous years. Coach Caruso hecame a hero. Students stepped lively at the first dance since the activity ban was lifted. It was the long awaited Nlardi Gras. Ot course it was a huge success. Soon the air was filled with music. VVe were getting ready for the biggest and best sing we ever had. Some ot us were in the act which was a take-oft on Sears and Roebuck while others were in an act about the army, Camp Madison. A note ot sadness crept into the show however when the Sophs won the sing. But as the Dodgers say. Uvvait 'til next year. Suddenly Madison went literary. especially the female portion. The sale of comic boolcs tell off 52'ZJ. Vvhat caused this phenomenon? lxflr. Rodman. of course. He was the faculty advisor of the UlVladisonian. With the theme of Youth this magazine was an outstanding publication. About this time nine of our outstanding students were missing. VVC couldn't find them anywhere. We even tried the Lost and Found. They had won Ford Foundation Scholarships and had left us to go to halls of higher learning. Everyone hoped to get one of the new young teachers before we grad- uated. Did We have luclc. Most of these teachers had to leave due to the laclc of students. We only had a mere tive thousand. Some young teachers did remain, so all hope not die. And so before we lmew it our junior year had ended. An air ol new dignity was acquired as we suddenly realized that we were going to become that rare and sought alter strain ot human being lcnown as HSENIOR' 4- SENIORS Once again the curtain is drawn. Before us we see a long line ot lmaggard and aged people on whose countenances once shone the freshness of youth. This isn't a bread line in front ot the Salvation Army: itys those souls who are still waiting to see the all wise and most revered Mr. Tobin. Championsl This word was on the lips of all of us. We had a Champion basketball team. Will you ever forget the excitement at the lNladison-lVlid- wood basketball game fthe one we won, which went into overtime? Silence prevailed for the next three days. We had lost our voices. There was a general rejoicing among the faculty. They finally had the silent days they dreamt ot. To honor the team we had a Basket Ball. Soon we see the actors marching around with leathers growing out ol their heads. The bio department clidn't have a mutation. the seniors had their Senior Hats. Broadway came to us also in the form ot upygmalionn and the Junior Show. The Spring concert rivaled those at Town Hall. We had the good lortune ot hearing Grieg's Piano Concerto. Oh how I hate to get up in the morning - especially Vvednesday, for l have to get up early. What could cause such a unique occurrence. Only one thing, the scholarship lectures. It really wasn't the lectures but the thought ol' all the money we were going to win. Then Nlarch arrived, lvlarch

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