Martin Van Buren High School - Futura Yearbook (Queens Village, NY)

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Res-af.s....--ai T Qrzfufing Pam' The panes are somewhat hazy now, When l attempt a backward view. I can, however, see a child, Who may be you, looking through. This child is leaving her mother's side, To face the perilous world outside. - What is this building she is entering, Around which her life will now be centering? She is taking her place in line with the others, Who are all saying good-bye to their mothers. Who is this person the others call teacher? I like Mommy better, she's not a preacher. This is only the first big step, W Her elementary education has iust begun. Learning reading, writing and the like, School is an adventure-interesting and fun. As this little miss completes this phase of hervllfe, I She knows little of worldly trouble and strife. While learning of people, places and things, V, She even wished, perhaps, that she hadlwingsfl This adolescent enters high school with the right perspective. She plans to work hard, 'cause college is her obiective. High school is both challenging and'new, The clubs, the activities ot the Red and Blue. The structure of the school is so immense,! . That it's enough to make anybody,tense.f' The modern classrooms, the longlhallsji That are completely tilled, except for the walls. On her first day in Van Buren High, She becomes lost and dissatisfied. She asks a Senior to direct her, And then realized that he had lied. - ..e-.3-Q,-esp Xi

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45. g,,,,,M, L, , ,4 fhlefes and ,4 fhlff ks UW f x 9 'D 1 li it ,TAM tj 1519 '1 1 L4 l l ilfxff Q' 4 2 t - 1 xx :S 1 it 1-.ca -ammo Before us and our friends is the challenge of an ideology, which, for m0re fhfln four decades, has trumpeted abroad its purpose of gaining ultimate victory . . . The competition they provide is formidable. -President Eisenhower, 1960 State of the Union Address These words of President Eisenhower were recently broadcasted throughout our country. They were emphatically directed towards the youth of America. How do we at Van Buren measure up to this challenge in athletics? We, who shall become interwoven in that fine fabric of our free society, must also strive by our every action and service to make ourselves worthy of such an accountable position. lt is with this thought that l begin my article on athletic achievement at Van Buren. During the last three years, athletic participation in Van Buren has changed from listless indifference to fervent enthusiasm. Our school has violently burst forth from its shell to city-wide renown in five short years. We have reached the apex in ath- letic prowess in baseball, basketball, track and cross-country events, as well as riflery and soccer. ln l958, many of us witnessed the fateful baseball game against Curtis High at Ebbet's Field, which, having been won, afforded Van Buren the City Championship. For the last two years our basketball team received the coveted invitation to represent the South Queens division at Madison Square Garden, in the playoffs for the City Championship. This year our great team gave its honored coach, Charlie Shan- non, an undefeated season going into the semi-finals. And, after beating both Haaren and Jefferson, our Courageous Little Men took fourth place in the City Championship. This year our newly-formed rifle team started off with a bang. lt narrowly missed the championships by losing the deciding match against the Jamaica team. Richard Vehlow, captain of our Cross Country Team, captured the City Champion- ship at Van Cortlandt Park in November. Mel Fishler bowled his way into third place in the City Championship matches recently. Bob Waldhauer made the All-City 'B' Division Soccer Team this season. Alan Green came in second in the P.S.A.L. City Championship Tennis '59 Match. - is-i2: we. e, ..