Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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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.

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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

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fAe Class of'60 Vice-President CAROLINE KATZ, Chief Justice PEARL PRESENT, and PHILIP EISENBERG, Presidential assistant, seemed to be the only ones satisfied. The meeting was temporarily interrupted when the United States representative to the United Nations, GAIL DACKMAN, entered with pressing news about the world crisis in Monaco. At that point, the guests grew a trifle weary and they desired to see more of this mysterious land. To maintain their interest Merlin changed the scene. . New York, with its bright lights, dazzled the guests at first, but their curiosity got the best of them and they pressed Merlin to show them more. They got to see the premiere of the new musical Merry-Go-Round, by that famous song- writing team of GREEN, GOLDBERG AND SCHIEREN. Inside the theater, director ANDREA VETRANO, producer ROBERT SHERMAN, and musical director JEFFREY LASS anxiously waited for the show to begin. ELSIE TOM and DIANE KIRSTEIN, the production's clothes' designers, and stage designer ANN PELTZER were equally nervous. Behind the curtain, JOHN ALICEA was giving last minute instructions to his dancers, and especially to his prima bal- lerina, JEFFREY BOND. Meanwhile, stars CAROL BRAVERMAN and ALAN RATNER were taking their places on the stage, along with the show's comedians, BRUCE BROWNSTEIN and NANCY SAPARATA. The producer's two new dis- coveries, IRV MOSKOWITZ and SUSAN BENEDETTO, were able to quiet their last minute hysteria by the time the overture had begun. As the audience entered to take their seats, three famous people were spotted. There were famous Shakespearian actress EDITH SCHLACHT, just back from Stratford, and one of America's ten best dressed men, ROBERT PRICE. Also, distinguished ELLEN BRANDNER was there, who had recently won the Nobel prize for being the person who contributed the most to the world. When this picture faded another soon replaced it. Boston was the scene of an educational conference discussing the nature of the country's high school cur- riculum. The major question was whether to put the emphasis on building strong minds, or building strong bodies. Moderator MARY CORABI, President of Bar- nard, called the conference to order, and distinguished guest speakers MARIAN ROSENTHAL, President of M,I.T., and Madame MALVINA KLEIN, pro- fessor at the Sorbonne, took their places on the dais. Among the advocates for mental prowess were LOUIS NORDSTROM, famous writer and literary critic 3 ROBERT SANDLER, Editor of the New York Times 3 PHYLLIS HONICKMAN, Managing Editor of the same newspaper, VICTOR HOUSNER, Editor of the Atlantic Monthly, MARK SHERMAN and WENDY CHEYETTE, illustrators for the Saturday Evening Post. Last but not least was MICHAEL GUTMAN, chairman of the math department in that nationally famous and progressive high school, Lafayette. And there were still two more celebrated guests who had entered: ARLENE HOBERMAN and RONNIE MILLER, those two successful advertising agents from Madison Avenue, whose current book The Hidden Dissuaders is breaking all records. Those who favored physical agility were such famous sports personalities as football star, JERRY FARELLAg basketball stars, IZZY ESSES and MARTY URANDg baseball star LARRY YELLIN, and Olympic winners HAROLD TEP- PER and PAUL ALICEA. Finally, not to be excluded, JOANNE DeFALCO, sports editor of the Daily News. As the others before it, this last picture slowly faded back into the archives of time to come. But only for a while will it remain untouched, for soon our dreams will become realities and this future will become the present. Marian Rosenthal, Edith Schlacht