McBurney School - Lamp and Laurel Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SENIOR SEPTEMBER Der Tag has arrived. We are Seniors, and The billiard room beckons. There is a genTleman an The TourTh Tloor wiTh The Theme song, 'll Smolce Alone. Our headmasTer is in rare Torm, having lcepT him- self in shape during The summer by playing golT. Mr. LiTch is noT manuTacTuring perTume in his lab. Five new TaculTy members, all oT Them exTremes, Too much hair or Too liTTle, Too much weighT or Too IiTTIe, Too Tall or very shorT. OCTOBER The STudenT Council elecTion begins, and ends Three weelcs laTer . . . Anderson is elecTed. Field Day ...The rain holds oTT Till Tour . . . Senior A wins The cup . . . no compeTiTion Tram Special A. FooT- ball Team loses . . . soccer Team loses. The spelling conTesT inTroduces us To such words as chicanery and mnemonics. We would raTher learn how To ouT- wiT Mr. Parlcer aT billiards. NOVEMBER FirsT reporTs reach home . . . we promise To do beTTer . . . our parenTs believe us, buT The TaculTy is slcepTical. We hold our TirsT prom . . . we've always wondered why Nemlich and Korner were creaTed . . . now we lcnow . . . They dance divinely. Sophs beaT Frosh in annual TreefTor-all. FooTball Team wins . . . soccer Team sTill loses. Panorama promises us Tour issues . . . we greeT The news wiTh silenT laughTer. DECEMBER We suTTer Through The inTerim beTween vocaTions. Mr. Guernsey is mildly annoyed because The spiriT oT Peace on EarTh, good will Toward menm is inf TerTering wiTh our Trig . . . he is also annoyed by The sTars oT his baslceTball Team. The ChrisTmas play is presenTed . . . llKiss The STar . . . Neil DiGiacomo is The sTar . . . no Thanlcs on ThaT osculaTion. JANUARY ReTurn To school Tull aT parenT inspired resoluf Tions . . . TorgeT all abouT Them in Two hours . . . The resT aT The school hasn'T reTormed, why should we? RoThroclc and BooTh enTer The billiard room . . . They are eiecTed on charges oT being 'Turriners' '.,. We hear ThaT Mr. Cole is leaving . . . Baron goes inTo mourning. The Tinancial drive goes way over The Top. The baslceTball and swimming Teams win. Ray Reid brealcs a Tew more records.

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Hllsll D. Hudson Bowman Assislonf l-leadmasler :arland D. Arnold Beniamin D. Chamberlin Bernard S. Guernsey Carl DeW. Funaro lalhomalics and Music English Molhemalics Language and Science John Weelcs Louis Shepherd .lohn Marlcay Charles H. Marfens Languages Lower School l-lead-Lower School Arls and Crails irs. Mary Malone Roberl' E. Mason William B. Cross Librarian English and Social Sludies Sludy Hall Lewis L. Vaughn Sydney Morris Physical Educczfion Physical Educalion

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HISTCDRV FEBRUARY The horror OT mid-years having been meT and vanquished, we seTTle down To our lasT Terrn aT McBurney . . . Mr. Bowman insisTs ThaT iT is only The TirsT oT many lasT Terms. Alumni nighT is The usual Three-ring circus . . . Mr. Funaro's bugs pack Them in . . .The cagers delighT The crowd by winning Their game handily. MARCH McBurney's aThleTes come Through, buT always second . . . The baskeTball, swimming, and Tencing Teams are runners-up in The AAPS TournamenTs. Vol- leyball places TirsT . . . Volleyball? Does McBurney have a volleyball Team. Morrison becomes ediTor aT Panorama . . , he insisTs There will be Tour issues . . . so Tar we've seen one. Mr. Bowman reTuses To honor EbbiTT's bill Tor The aspirin he has consumed bring- ing ouT The McBurneian. Mr. LiggeTT selecTs a casT Tor The Senior play . . . WOITT will sTar, as usual. MarTin breaks all previous records and Talls asleep in every class. APNL Baron is elecTed presidenT aT sTudenT council . . . he discovers ThaT all ThaT gliTTers is noT gold. The TacuITy begins To apply The pressure ...we resisT . .. The TaculTy labors under The delusion ThaT we came To McBurney To work. Davis Talks his way inTo TirsTs in The OraTorical and ExTemporaneous conTesTs. Read is crowned king oT The billiard room . . . by Read. FirsT golT Team in years sTarTs pracTising . . . in The ping-pong room. MAY The draTT boards are breaThing down our necks. Field Day wiTh The wind doing TiTTy miles an hour. and Mr. Weeks siTTing in The sTahds wiTh his TeeT wrapped in a gunny sack. The TaculTy wins The ball game, Thanks To Mr. Bowman, who called STein ouT on sTrikes when The ball hiT The ground Ten TeeT in TronT oT The plaTe. The Senior play is presenTed , . . The house is noT exacTly packed. RecogniTion Day wiTh plenTy aT awards . . . The Clubs BanqueT wiTh more awards . . . was anyone overlooked? TesTs . . . ugh! JUNE More TesTs . . . graduaTion . . . regenTs . . . Tare- well McBurney.