Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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DONT EENCE NE IN By DANIEL FELDHEIM Oh give me room. lots of room, let me wander through the halls, Don't fence me in. Let me snore and ignore my Eco. teacher's calls, Don't fence me in. Let me be by myself on the lunchroom line, Let me eat my lunch at a decent time. Let me cut cr class, and call it not a crime: Don't fence me in. lust let me go, Let me cherish till I perish every pleasant memory. Of the G.O. Let me travel, not unravel every phase of history I want to go somewhere where there's no apprehension Where of pink cards there is no mention. I can't stand homework and can't stand detention. Don't fence me in. Lin, ,, L dun N f DEAHS'VOFifj'Tf ,t Wu you Yeifsgg W' WZTEQL- -,,- , ,-ff I s 'L r-'N 7 Q Il -A U ff 1, -'fl it ge? I of ,1 4 f K if Z , 4 L ,Wt DJ 1 .ll ftw.'I.'gV '01 j ' , , . , .W I fr ,Nm H., ,ly , .f, ' U, .' 3 n I I N n, lp, Lgglfhi 5 gy! I fr N FN if L fi! 'I . H+ 4 I, A f t lg' W F' Ee ll , Ty E ' I Ml p xyxycj lim If ll QI ff l?lfl 1 Kilim

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Gertie is asking Pete for some advice on how she can attract a certain guy's attention in her next class. Well, Gertie, all you gotta do is calibrate him to your house. Once he's there, you're cookin' with gas, Babe. Put on a hot biscuit and let it ride. After your brisk discs are played, ask him for a date. Don't worry about being too aggressive. You're a slick chick and besides, we all know you're a flirt. Gert. That's about all the conversation we can gather, kids, 'cause Reet- Pleat-Pete just left for his next class and Gertie decided to remain in the Cafeteria to explore some new territory. Looks like Bill decided to leave for his next class too. He's got an algebra exam coming up. We wonder how many characters he will encounter there. With the ringing of the bell we find many new personalities strutting by. And speaking of strutting here comes the GAL WITH THE CHEERING SQUAD WALK. Yikes! Grab your lunch and duck under the table for she's coming our way with a fresh batch of tickets. Sorry, Betty Booster, we've gotten our tickets already. She'll only be back with her strong armed guards: we may as well buy them now, and avoid the bloodshed. Come to think of it, we may as well stay under the table rather than face the BIG BRAG WOLF who has just passed. He's on the loose looking for a victim to fall for his tall stories. Ieepers Creepers! Why is he ducking under the table here with us? Are we cornered? O no! Seems to me he got cornered himself! FLIRTY GERTIE spotted him! Poor guy! We leave the rest to your imagination, blood-curdling screams and all . . . Gosh the periods sure fly down here! Here comes Bill back again and from the look on his face he has met more than an exam in his algebra class. What's up, Bill? Well I just had my downfall. It was just my luck to be sitting in the wrong part of the room. In the front of the room on the left side I had the misfortune to be sitting next to what we refer to as the uncooperative type. He's the one who looks around him in the 360 degree arc to make sure none sees him writing the correct answer. Upon entering his correct calcu- lation he immediately envelopes his paper with his whole body. Now I ask you, is that a friend? Poor Bill, sure has his troubles! We don't even bother to go to classes. And this is the result! 'Cause here comes Mr. Grady with a certain look in his eyes, and there's no mistaking what that means! We told you the periods were flying by and we weren't kidding. It seems that Mr. Grady had his eye on us for the four periods we were down here. Ha! that's funny. We decided to write about characters and turn out to be a couple of characters ourselves. Imagine getting caught cutting!!! 18

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A Freshman Thinks l METAMOQPI-ICDSIS A Sophomore Thinks l l That a detention room is a place of punishment That the detention room is a place of occasional acquaintances You can find the perfect girl in Lafayette You can find the perfect girl in the movies All right, my father will come tomorrow My father will come next week That when I graduate from high school and col- lege I will be a magnifi- cent intellect That when I graduate from high school and col- lege I'll be a well edu- cated person That the three r's in my life are reading, 'ritin' and 'rithmetic That the three r's in my life are usually repellent. revolting and repulsive Imagine three more years I'll be a senior and have privileges Imagine two more years I'll be a senior and have privileges That a failure is a black disgrace That a failure is unfor- tunate I get to school 8 o'cloclc I get to school 8:15 20