Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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'ZLQQ CH? Ha b Dixie We are t a ew ne w to Je W see tae attan ent o u ae vtc orf na t e oegt nna of an en dutnna peace n tre 11 1 rs ve ft ve wrt esse 1 tr rs1t1on c s h ol osure p 1 rt 3 St eet n 1'1st1tut1on whrch we are proud t call ur wn We have rru ll to be thankful for because we have been Well condthoned to meet any eventuahty tn a hosttle world at war We bear the drstmctton of bemg the frst all Lafayette bred gradu at1ng class Each of us IS rustly proud of hrs role however small 1n forg 1ng an envrable reputatron for a school whrch was tust 1n an embryon1c stage when we entered All remember formtng teams buytng booster buttons start1ng clubs and after school act1v1t1es then gettmg our frrst foot ball team and supportmg 1t More recently Lafayette went mto the V1c tory Busmess our most 1mportant and successful undertakrng Wmrnng the scrap drxve buytng bonds purchastng teeps and ambulances for the army all these gatned for us greater laurels The faculty show was the pmnacle of our success and was the perfect example of student teacher cooperatton Our teachers were regular and served to 1nst1ll m every one that e1us1ve sornethtng that was lackrng an aggressrve school sp1r1t We mentloned before that We have been equ1pped to face an un certam world DGSDITG our comparat1ve 1nfancy our achtevements ID sports as well as scholastrc act1v1t1es have earned for us nat1onw1de esteem That IS why our alumn1 have made such excellent records 1n the armed servrces They have been tralned morally and mentally to pull to gether as a team and have learned the true Splflt of cooperatron and of d1sc1pl1ne Our phystcal tratnmg program was accelerated and our aca dem1c subtects were rev1sed to meet army and navy requrrements Three Lafayette men have already grven the1r hves so that we m1ght retarn thts l1fe the symbol of whtch IS Lafayette The war IS commg closer to a suc cessful conclustort every day It IS our duty the future sold1ers and c1t lzens to see that the peace 1S not lost ln past semesters the prrmary 1nterest and amb1t1or1 of those who graduated was college or busmess Now many w1ll see the armed forces as therr frrst duty Wherever our paths may lead we have a common bond our devotton to Lafayette We are greatly rndebted to our Alma Mater because 1t has afforded us rt educatron for l1fe as opposed to one for death We have grown up here and whether or not we have made Arrsta we all have completed our c urse rn humantty We have absorbed here a herttage cf free men Our xears at La a ette w1ll be an everlast nfg reservorr ffnd erronc WARREN GLASER PHILIP SCHWARZ I 7 ' p -. 1 graaaa mg at tne start oi n yearp c, :1c1 v :cpe 1ll . . 1 m 1 1 t ' t Q' a 1 n 'n.1 . - 1 J . . .. past Zo 'r ea, J 1 a ri .1 d F16 a 1. . of ' 1 f-w 7 1 . ' ' f. ' . ' thx sc o from an o u ld.ng c. Bay 1 r to a .. o o' o , .. c 1 1 1 I T I - A , ' , . , , I - , 1 4 , , I ' - . , ' , . , V , A 1 , f . . f . 1 y . .1 . 1 , . ' o, C :ri

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. . . REMEMBER ' MR. BL Was educated at N.Y.U., Fordham, and Brooklyn Polytech . . . likes woodworking, metal working and gardening . . . has a natural dislike for those students who insist upon conducting a Crosby-Sinatra poll in the midst of a science recitation thinks Lafayette students are victory minded social minded and cultural minded MR THOLFSEN Received his BA and MA at Columbia and did his graduate work at the University of Madrid Teachers College N YU and CCNY likes to read and attend concerts but doesnt go often enough because his boys keep him too busy Dislikes those boys who come crying to him and try to alibi their way out of a pink card on the other hand he likes those boys who are truthful and not afraid to take whats coming to them would like Lafayette students especially the boys to respect their teachers as they do their own parents IVHSS HOLIHAN Attended Rome Free Academy Broad Street Hospital School of Nursing New York University studied psychiatry at Butler Memorial Hospital her two pet peeves are students who come to class unprepared and students who come to the Emergency Room during the first period leisure time activities are dancing and bridge enioys teaching Lafayette students Good Luck Lieutenant' MR MODICA Delighted at having been chosen one of the ten most outstanding teachers in Lafayette wanted to become an artist but while attending Madison High School was discouraged by his teacher at present is in possession of an excellent art collection of his own wanted to drop French because of the vowel triangle only peeve IS the lack of con sideration of students claims that he will have a very hollow feeling at graduation and in all probability will shed a few tears at the de parture of his beloved Seniors MR SEROTA Attended University of New Hampshire Fordham University of Penn sylvania and Columbia feels that among some of the students hes notorious feels that there are two opinions about himself studied Chinese in college also studied philosophy and psychology likes to teach all kinds of students feels that the worse they are the better he likes to teach them pet peeve is an arrogant student very ardent on his definition of a grown up prefers to talk to pretty girls rather than reporters W V Q Q,- ..f8.e,..0J.. 1 1 ' . I ,... ....,.. , . . , . ... , , 1 1 , . -t I 1 1 ' . . , , ... ,

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ABELSON LESTER 2305-62nd Street Lafayette Fxre Warden ABRAMSON MILDRED 2161 71st Street Secretary to Mr Blumenthal A 1 1t1c T v a ADLER ARTHUR 2114-63rd Street Cheermg Squad Captam La fayette News Staff Varxety Show Semor Class Day Show Secretary to Mrs Altman Dec oratmg Commxttee Ambltlon Pm up boy ALBALA VIOLET 1959 59th Street Ambltlon To travel around the world ALPER GILDA 8100 Bay Parkway A.mb1t1o'1 To travel around the ,vorld ANCONA LEON 2264-82nd Street Lafayette News Staff Newspaper Representatrve bltxon Bu-sme JANUARY I944 ANTONOCIC GLORIA 1813 West 12th Street Attendance Secretary for M Horn Stamps and Bonds Rep resentatrve Secretary Denenholz Secretary t Schenberg A r: U cpu ARGIS VIVI 1827 West 1 S t Secretary s Caesar L fayette tary to Mr Rubm n Mr lrenblatt fn cn AVERACK HOWARD 8720-24th Avenue Bxology Squad Soccer Squad Servxce Squad AIT'1l311Ol'l To become Q doctor BAKER LEONARD 1650 West 10th Street Locker Squad Secretary to Mr Gordon Ambmon Cemhed Pubhc A cotmtant BARATZ SYLVIA 2435-83rd Street Secretary to Miss Davxs Ambmon To cel brate of the War BARBUTO GLORIA 175 Avenue P Ambm '1 Su ces and apr