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

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This year, the combination of forty-five superlative math stu- dents and skillful faculty leader- ship produced a high-ranking, proficient math team. During the fall term, the team succeeded in tying for sixth place in the city-wide lnterscholastic Math League, being outshone by only two non-specialized schools. The team also participated in the Mathematical Association of America competition. Top-scor- ing students included captain Harold Gabow, Philip Mann, Dennis Drapkin, co-captain Stev- en Glazer, and David Seldin. Guided by Mr. Sidney Cabin, the team has done much to en- hance our school's reputation. iuiuor Rin cn ss We expect ten cents from the student and we don't feel it is too much to ask for children who are hungry. So says Mrs. Comstock, advisor to Van Buren's chapter of the Junior Red Cross. ln the fall there is a drive for money to buy gifts to fill stock- ings for patients at St. Albans Hospital. Delegates to the City Council devise proiects to cheer old peo- ple at Byrd S. Coler Hospital on Wards Island. In the spring money is raised for children in disaster areas, to buy whatever they need. This year's dele- gates to the City Council were Barbara Heymon, Craig Stevens, and Eileen Strang. During March, Red Cross Month, the Red Cross flag flew proudly from our school.

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NIUSB ll vl' IE 'ri Fl - all-, 1.2- -l!!. ., . .,..1,,-3- SH l c 1. l 11 -A ,f 3 K , , P - l-1 I H Q' fl - 1 7 .,. . Inq 4 ,Mi 1 Z .r S le . A 5 f ul ,n b Y K 1 f sh ' 7 q, .l' tif' I lf 'A -9 '51 if A is V I . V' fm! Activities sponsored by the Music Department were many and varied this year. A new addition to the Department, Mr. Perkins, took over the Dance Band, and is building on its already excellent repu- tation, as well as enhancing that of the Boys' Chorus. Mr. Palmentari trained the Concert Band, Mr. ltzler the Orchestra, Mrs. Snyder the Girls' Chorus, and Dr. Orshan, the Department chairman, supervised the Senior Chorus. The highlight of the year, as every year, was the annual Spring Concert, which took place on the nights of May 22 and 23. The most unique feature of this concert was the per- formance of Haydn's Toy Symphony, in which Mr. Bleifled, Miss Glenz, Mr. Wolff, Mr. Kaye, and department chairmen played the toy instruments accompanying the Orchestra. Aside from this grand event, the students were able to attend a rehearsal at Carnegie Hall of the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski, and later in the Spring they saw a performance of La Boheme at the Met. On February 5, the Senior Chorus sang at the Annual Brotherhood Meeting of the B'nai Brith at which Mr. Bleifeld spoke and Borough President Mario J. Cariello received a Brotherhood Medal.