Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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WE CHO GSE Mr. Nat B1umentl1al4A love of science in high school started him on his career. He enjoys teaching both male and female students because he feels that Since they are going to be together for the rest of their lives, high school is the best place for them to learn to under- stand each other. He is married and has two sons, His hobby is working in his garden, and also woodwork- ing. The greatest influence in his life was parental dis- cipline, His advice to the graduates is to obtain a bet- ter understanding of their teachers and fellow students. He always thinks that he is at a football game and that the students in front of him are draped in blankets when he sees girls in long skirts. , ' , 1 ,ug q . ,X ' '- ff M 4 3 'Z Q f if y 1 4 , 7 f 4 Q f f ' , 7 A f 5 I 4, ,,Z'f', . rf' if ,,,f,,,, ' ff f Z X l 7 f W Mr. Cosimo Di Pietto-When he told me that his mothers eight brothers were all musicians, l didnt have to ask what started him on his career. The great est influence in his life was not his uncles. However, the talks which he had with his father and the way in which they encouraged him had the greatest effect. His personal life centers around his wife and daughter Outside of school, he conducts the St, Iohn's University chorus. His conception of the ideal student is the one who develops to the utmost his talents and abilities reach his students and to impress upon them the im His ideal teacher is the one who makes every effort to WZ? X i ,Z portance of continued and serious application to their work. He thinks that the only possible advantage of longer skirts is to cover undesirable underpinnings, Mr. Irving Gordon'-'Naturally l prefer female stu- dents, was Mr. Gordon's emphatic reply. They work harder, are more conscientious, and besides, they are ' cuter, His liking for social studies and the advice of ' one of the professors at Columbia started him on the 1' road to teaching, ln the past, he had many hobbies, but now he has time for only one-writing. One of li' these years, he hopes to walk into a class room and zfzlzl' t find everybody prepared for work. fHe must be an I-T' V optimistj He leaves us the famous cafeteria saying, Thats not my trayewhy should l take it away, and T T hopes we will take the saying with us and that it will S disappear from Lafayette, Twelve

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Youth T l am not wise, say this of me: Tm young My world is harsh and strange, yet l'm its king T , Y, I.. Oh, be there the reason for the bubbling spring J ,, Of passionstseeming small, songs often sung. 5 My words are made of foreign cloth, who flung This earthly cloak of nettles, see they sting My flesh, what makes the knowing church bells ring, Proclaim my fate to grace a heap of dung? l shall not die, oh no, my laughter mocks Philosophers and priests, and in my veins The pulsing blood denies the hands of clocks l flirt with fire, l run with fearful rains Through graveyards, where l crush the mourning rocks, Then lift my feet and fly: Life bring your pains. URSALA KATZKY Reminiscent Here, l sit with nothing much to do. Teacher gives last lesson, and l reminisce of you. Has it really happened, can it all be true, Am I really leaving, are my school-days all through? History dates, algebra rules, and the songs we had to sing, Each and every class we've had have left a mirth or sting. The teachers as they babbled, on this or the other thing, They didn't know we listened for the passing bell to ring. The cafeteria rumpus upon which teacher would frown, The screaming on top of lungs in my ears do pound, The boogie woogie kid goin' to town. Lafayette students, Are any of us sound? The baseball, the soccer, the football games we won The volleyball, the tennis, the basketball. All well done' Each and every game we attended, was so much fun. All the kids who gave, Their everything, the Lafayette daughter and son. They asked each term money for GO. dues, And remember the Marquis and Lafayette News. The senior expenses, were greeted with Boas And when Dad saw the bills, he blew a fuse. Here l sit with tears in my eyes to say, This is the end of my many happy years of work and play We leave behind our childhood of yesterday, Oh! Lafayette! We don't want to leave, we want to stay! NANCY HURANT Eleven

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Mr. George HauptHThe necessity of supporting his family is what started Mr, Haupt in the field of teach- ing. His ideal student is one who loves his fellowmen. He prefers to teach the stronger sex because they have a better understanding of fair play. His mother was his greatest influence in life, she taught him to be a straight thinker, Mr. Haupt feels that skirts should be neither too long nor too short tthree or four inches be- low the kneel, He leaves us with the thought that we should become worthy citizens and lovers of true democracy, if i Q - ? ti Q 5 Tiff y , if if if Mr. William HorniHe is happily married to his child hood sweetheart. They were classmates at New Utrecht High School. His idea of the model student is the one who is clean, neat, respectful, pleasant and who does his work not to please the teacher but for self improve- ment. His pet peeve is the ''Learn-me-somethin'-l-dare- you student. The greatest influence on his life was the realization that a person can successfully accomplish anything he determinedly sets out to do. When asked why he became a teacher, Mr. Horn gave the following reply: l'Should l ever learn the reason, l'll then have something to blame it on. Mr. Sam Levine-An ideal student, according to Mr. Levine, is one who tries to cooperate in his homework, attitudes, and general all-around scholarship. A teach- er should have extreme patience and fortitude, and understanding of the adolescent boy or girl. He has attained his goal in life and is very happy. His wife is the greatest influence in his life. He believes that as long as women will be women, styles wlll change and if they like the new length, then he's all for it. His ad- vice to the graduating class is to acquire a vital inter- est in current events, an interest they now seem to lack. Mr. Isadore MillmanfHere s another gentleman who prefers blondesfwith blue eyes of course, Mr. Millman claims his wife as hQs greatest influence in life. He has a child too, History students, beware! lt was his high school history teacher who started him on the path he treads today. As to his preference for male or female students, it is needless to say that the fairer sex gets his vote. The reason-boys can't wear the new longer skirts that Mr. Millman fancies. He leaves us with a novel gift-the broken shades of Room 4Ol.