Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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1 Y. officers the G.O. has ever had. They are President, Stanley Gardnerg Vice-President, Alan Adesg Treasurer, Elaine Handsman, Secretary, Roberta .Novak and Chief justice of the Student Court, X'Valter Orlinsky. Everybody in now. Going up! All out and to your left. VVe are approaching the main attraction of the show folks-the Senior Class of 1956. You finally made it. This was your year! What's this? On the wall there's an American flag, but it has 49 stars. Your Senior Sing made Lafayette the 49th state in the Union. What a night that was when the judges announced the winning class. You won! The Senior Class of 1956 went down in history as the 49th State of the Union! Ladies and gentlemen: If you'll just turn to the table at the wall, you will see a wax model of the set from Time Out for Gingerf, the 1956 Varsity Show. Ginger, a comedy about a teen- age girl who plays football, was naturally a complete sellout. Judy Siskin, Diana Bakst, Leonard Fleishman, Fred Mednick and Roy Green will long be remembered for their glowing performances. The life of a Senior wasn't all play though. To remind you of a few woes: in the showcase ahead you will see the Brownstein fand Weinerj Bible, and a wax seal to remind you of all those you broke when opening the packages for the Merit Scholarship, College Boards, State Scholarship, United Nations, and even the Betty Crocker Exams! The placement office that year was always Hlled with Seniors! There were Seniors who wanted to start in their future jobs, Seniors who hoped to fill up their pockets with some extra change, and more Seniors who just liked work. Possiblelp? In the next corridor you'll see the latest from the fashion center of Brooklyn, a model of the cafeteria with the New Look! Under the guidance of Mr. Wohlbach, and with the help of Betty Heisman, Elizabeth Small, and Kayla Gerstman, your Lafayette lunchroom was transformed into a pint-sized paradise. To your left is something very special, something reserved only for Seniors. I see you recognize it! Who could ever forget the black- board with the Music Class Marks on it in room 301? You will always remember the proud notes that sounded forth from Mrs. Warshawfs Senior Music Classes. As we approach the last case you will see, under the caption of In Memoriam, a Cap and Diploma. Senior Year with its exams, Prom, graduation pictures, and wonderful times had come to an end, with it your four years at Lafayette. . . . And as it was closing time for those wonderful years of high school, it is also time now for the carnival tents to be folded for the night. W'ell, that's it folks. Glad you could come!

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' l 2711 ffl in Please follow the maroon carpet to the elevator that is awaiting our group. Don't crowd now. You'll all get in. Going-up: 2nd, floor: Straight ahead for junior Hall. A new leader cznne to watch over Lafayette that year. It was your beloved Mrs. Graham, whose pic- ture you'Il see on the wall to your left. Rollie Goldman, Lenny F leish- man, Myrna Katz and Peter Shaw, represented you at their first Brooklyn Borough council meeting, that October. That sign announces Dec. 16, 1955. Everyone remembers that night when the great Junior Showboat marched proudly down the aisles of the Lafayette audi- torium. On the stand to your right is a wax model of your school library with books on the tables to be viewed and bought. That was Lafayette's first Book Fair, which all of you enjoyed and profited from. In the next showcase is a plaque engraved with the stirring phraseg The Birth of Archon March, 1955. Archon madecertain that the halls of Lafayette were well guarded for the safety of the students. To your right is a pair of roller skates, a emomento of the skating party held at Park Circle. It appeared as if everybody took to wheels that night. The coming of May meant Varsity Time was approaching and so Stage Door came to Lafayette. What a show! By June '55 the first Code of Behavior was completed. Here is the original copy preserved forever in a special glass case. Our principal, Mrs. Graham gave everyone a pleasant surprise when she was wed to Mr. Buda, chairman of the Foreign Language Department. In the case to your left are some souvenirs of their honeymoon tour through Europe. We prefer to call the next section of this hall the Athletic Hall of Fame, as your Junior year saw the Lafayette sports world domi- nated by fellow classmates. Joe Lentini was golfing like Ben Hogan On that wall hangs the plaque presented to Lafayette's Cinderella Basketball Team and next to it a badge proclaiming Brooklyn Champs for Soccer. Now on your right ladies and gentlemen you see the symbol of the senior age, the boon to every high school would-be graduate It's the one and only Regents Review Book. H way to the Hall of Seniors. Before we enter, take a look above the elevator and you will see in lights the names of some of ihe greatest ll Follow me down this passageway to the elevator. We'rc OD Olll' I J A Lv: . lm llkllll lll lm! xl A 'f ll ii l we

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' e V 1 ,SE Q2 K I 1 A I Q 5 KN l: W f Q? 4 3 f6,fjA, 7 THE SING SONG- Sophomore Sophomor-es are proud, We know that we're grand, We're just as old as Lafayette Land. 15 years ago, you see, Lafayette started, so did we! Dear Mr. Stork we think you're O.K. We were delivered just the right day. We were born with Lafayette And, we are the best class yet! Junior Here comes the Show Boat, The junior Show Boat, Proudly, loudly, gaily, marching along. Our tunes are happy, our spirits snappy Struttin' with a smile and singing a song. See us marching along, Boosting our show with a song. Weill have a great show, real blow, Come down to our Show Boat, Our junior class Show Boat. We'Ue got songs just for you, Some songs gay and some blue. So step right up, folks, Come and join our Show Boat, Come and join our Show Boat, today. Senior The country said we couldnit make it They said our goals were much too high. A state we are, soon we'll be great, A mighty addition to the big M485 Hip, hip hooray for Lafayette High School We're in the union to stay. So give a great big cheer For the high school of the year, Lafayette, U.S.A.