Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

Page 31 text:

1,2,3 boys, we're up, we're down. 1,2,3 boys, our plane is off the ground , . , But once again, when the results were announced on Saturday night the Seniors had won, and we had come in second. Well, there's always next year. Famous, here we come! The Senior Year has now begun We've learned to mix our work with fun. This year Sing was again ,hard work, but we all had a good time. We just had to win. Bruce Green and Andrea Vetrano, our chorus leaders, were the driving force behind us. We could hardly wait for opening night, when the Legend of Lafayette would review the history of our school: Tonight, tonight, our show begins tonight, The legend of our school we will bring. From '39 right to the present time ' Of stories in our past we will sing . . . We began at the beginning and went through the building of Lafayette, the formation of the G.O., Speakers' Bureau, our victorious football team, Sing, and, most impressive of all, the war years: Though too young to do our part in foreign battlefields, We contributed as best as we knew how, In the cause of life and freedom for humanity To destroy, to destroy the Nazi vow . . . No one will ever forget the thrilling moment when the American Hag was lowered, nor will they forget the spirit of our chorus as it rang out with The Class of '60 Song. We closed our last Sing with a beautiful alma mater, written by Jeffrey Lass, who had written many of our best songs through the years. We won this year, and instead of the Famous, the whole Senior class tramped en masse to Wulfie's, for our long awaited victory party. We'll never leave, but bodily, For we will have our memories. We've become a part of Lafayette That's the way we'll always be! Mary Combi

Page 30 text:

as In '57 Sophomores were we, Sing was Greek Mythology. Zeus with roaring bolts of thunder VVas a sight we thrilled to see. Win? Of course we'll win! That was the cry that followed the Saturday night performance of our Sophomore Sing. We were sure that Zeus, played by David Tawil, would lead us on to victory. Our theme was Greek Mythology, and even the Gods must have been shocked by our spirit. The curtain opened each night as the chorus, dressed in white and gold, sang: Oh, Mount Olympus is our home Away up high, up in the sky, From where we'll never roam , . . Chairman jeffrey Bond and Co-Chairman Arlene Haber, along with Susan Goldberg and Caroline Katz, Lyric Chairman and Co-Chairman, created skits depicting, among other things, the deans, the confusing hallways of Lafayette, the characteristics of the Freshmen, juniors and Seniors, and the famous Pioneer school bus: The old school bus, it ain't what it used to be, You have to pay a double fee, it never wants to wait for me . . . Unfortunately, when the results were announced, the Juniors and Seniors had tied, and we had come in third. We vowed that next year we would win, and joined the happy, singing crowd headed for the Famous. When Junior year came rollin' ,round Practice College Boards we found. Studying became a habit Now that we were college bound. But all this hard work and college preparation didn't stop us from working like demons to produce a winning Junior Sing. This year, Lafayette became an International Airport, and Chairman David Tawil, along with Co-Chairman Ellen Brandner, tried to convince the audience, as well as Board of Education in- spectorsn Robert Sherman and Alan Ratner, that our high school would make a good airport. .ffaaavsrasgaxasli ,.,,,..,.-::.,...1 --.- . .sexe .. V - . - ...tan .V V

Page 32 text:

mer in's rep eccy or Once upon a time, in days of old, there lived a great king named Arthur. Wispy clouds slowly drifting apart revealed his majestic castle. One day, the castle buzzed with excitement, in preparation for a great feast that was to take place that night. In the meantime, down in the depths of the castle the greatest of all sorcerers, Merlin, was busily adding the final touches to what would be the crown and glory of his career, a machine that could foresee the future. As night fell, the guests assembled in the great banquet hall. After much feasting and revelry a sudden quiet, undertoned by a mysterious excitement, suf- fused throughout the room. Merlin was ready. The machine was unveiled, and 1975 was the year chosen to be explored. A strange new land was revealed, and Arthur's guests could hardly believe their eyes. No castles, no serfs, no knights, no jousts. The only thing they recog- nized was something that looked like their own Round Table. The guests soon leamed that in this strange land called America, the king was called President and those advisers by his side were his cabinet members. The President of the United States, DAVID TAW IL, looked down at his ad- visers as they gathered to discuss the new budget presented by treasurer JOSEPH PANCILA. Busily recording the events of this meeting were executive secretaries ADELINE PEPE and ANN PRUSHIK, Unfortunately all did not run smoothly, for Secretary of Health, lNelfare, and Education, AMBROSE LaROCCO, Secre- tary of the Interior, NICKY LAMPARIELLO and Secretary of State, BARBARA VENTURA, all claimed they needed more money. In addition, adequate funds had not been provided for the newly created Department of Science, headed by that brilliant Nobel prize winner, JOEL SCHIFF, whose latest contribution to science had been the discovery of inlinity.