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

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JUNIOR B First Term Second Term Francis Pardo President XVilliam Repp Xxlillilllll Platt V ice-President Bruce Church VVilliam Repp Secretary Cuy Strauss XVilliam Prager C -I VVillian1 Prager lohn O'Leary Student mum Edmund Scott lunior B, having spent two years ob- serving how the students of MeBurney ran the sehool's activities, took its place during the past year as one of the leading sections of the school. Boys from the see- tion were active in all of McBurney's many activities. Academics were the elass's forte. Charles Angell and Guy Strauss played the two leads in 'The Taming of the Shrew , Charles as Katharina and Cvuy as Petrucehio. Bruce Church and Elward Bresett were responsible for the sets which made the play such a success. Charles Angell won the Oratorical Con- test, ancl was in the finals of the Ex- teinporaneous Speaking. leff Colby placed second in this contest. Guy Strauss was in the finals of the Boolg Mart and the Vocabulary Contest. leif Colby and Francis Pardo were in the Spelling Finals. In addition to Charles Angell and Guy Strauss, Barrie Trebor, William Repp, and Bruce Church acted in the school plays, and left Colby was the make- up artist. VVilliam Prager was business manager of the NICBURNEIAN, and Francis Pardo, Cuy Strauss, Bruce Church, and leif Colby worked on PANORAIXIA. By the end of the year, XVilliam Repp,'C1uy Strauss, and Bruce Church had won Silver Scrolls. Baseball was the seetion's prime sport. Barrie Trebor, Richard Marinaro, Don Sherman, Dave Watson, and Carl Melin were on the baseball team. The fencing team was bolstered by Henry Taske, C-uy Strauss, and Francis Pardo. Members of the track team were Edmund Scott, Rob- ert Sweeney, and VVilliam Prager. VVil- liam Prager was also manager of the basketball team. Barrie Trebor swam with the MeBurr1ey merinen, and Don Sher- man and Carl Melin were on the football squad. Barrie Trebor, NVilliam Prager, Guy Strauss, Carl Melin, Richard Marin- aro, and Francis Pardo are members of the4M Club. Often sections wait until their senior year to lead MeBurneyg lunior B led the school last year.

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JUNIOR A First Term Second Term Ernest Tarot President Richard Ott Philip Demnan Vice-President Arthur Hawkins Sheldon Stillman Secretary Sheldon Stillman Arthur Hampton . Gay Keith Richard Brown Student Council Ernest Tarot lunior A, under the able leadership of Ernest Tarof and Richard Utt. had a very successful year. Boys from the sec- tion took part in all phases of the school life. The juniors won the Academic Plaque, beating the Seniors by a few points: Iunior A had its share in achieving this victory. Richard Ott and Arthur Hawkins were in the linals of the Hobby Contest, Arthur Hawkins repeated inthe linals of the Book Mart. Richard Ott was elected the new editor of the MCBURNEZIAN at the end of the year. Richard Gasparre, Phil Demnan, and Allen Head were also on the NTCBURNEIAN staff. Roger Carasso was the star of the Chess Team, defeating XVilliam Ruckstuhl at the end of the term to lead the chess ladder, Andrew Brichant was also on the Chess Team. At the end of the term Phil Denman, Richard Cas- parre, Arthur Hawkins, and Richard Ott were in the Scroll Club. The section shone in athletics as bright- ly as in academics. Ten boys made the M Club. Last fall Sheldon Stillman, Peter Fitzgibbons, and Richard Ott played on the football team, while Roger Carasso, Phil Denman, and Richard Gasparre were First-string soccer men. In the winter Cay Keith, Phil Den1nan,and Sheldon Still- man played basketball on the varsity, while Ernest Tarof was one of the stars of the swimming team. Sheldon Stillman, Rich- ard Fernlund, Peter Fitzgibbons, Richard Ott, and Ernest Tarot were on the track team in the spring, and Cay Keith, Phil Denman, and Richard Cvasparre were on the highly successful baseball team. Every member of the class was active in several fields. Unless the class falls into a slmnp during the coming year, the seniors of '48 should go down in history as one of the best graduating classes ever to leave lXIeBurney School.

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SPECIAL B First Term Second Term Dave VVatson President Elliott Labiner Richard Marinaro Vice-President Edwin Thoet Alfred Lederkramer Secretary Charles XVhitney Daniel XVeber Student Comm! Donald Schroder Barrie Trebor In February the roster of Special B was changed considcrablyg many of the leading members ofthe class were changed to Iunior B. However, the boys who were left and the newcomers quickly filled up the gaps left by the changes and kept Special B active in the life of lNlcBurney. One member of the section won an academic contestg the member being Anthony Kelly, and the contest, the Vo- cabulary. Anthony was also in the Hnals of the Oratorical Contest, and won the Art Award. Alan Hays, who was also in the finals of the Oratorical Contest, won the English Improvement Award. Elward Bresctt won a Silver Scroll for his work on the stage settings for The Taming of the Shrew . Robert Annis played the Toff in The Night at an Inn . At the end of the year, Haynes Iohnson, who Haynes Iohnson was active in the student council and on the lNfleBuRNi:rAN staff, became a member of the Lamp and Laurel Society. In athletics the section was very active. Neal Riesner was manager of the track teamg Anthony Kelly and Iacques Pro- tay were members of the team. Edwin Thoet played on the varsity golf team. Al Lederkramer, Faust Ystueta, Elliott Labiner, Haynes Iohnson, and Donald Schroder were the I. V . basketball team. Iacques Protay. Richard Field, and Alan Hays were among McBurney's tumblers. Next year, when the present seniors have graduated and the Special B boys are one year older, McBurney will hear more of this section. The leadership qual- ities are there, and any boy who has the qualities becomes a leader in Mc-Burney.