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

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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.

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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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First Term .-Klan Hays Iacques Protay Charles VVl1itney Haynes Iohnson Donald Schroder SPECIAL C President Vice-President Secretary Student Council Second Terni Robert Si111on Bernard Sol111 Harold Stevenson Robert McCuigan Sanford llohauser 'l'l1e Special C section of 1946-7 Hn- ished high i11 tl1e athletic and academic standings. The boys worked hard i11 the drives which were conducted during tl1e school year, and fought hard in tl1e inter- class athletic contests. Five boys from tl1e section were awarded varsity letters: David DeLong a11d Robert lXlcCuigan for swiinniing, Robert Si111o11 a11d Bernard Sohn for ten11is, and Robert Losch for soccer. Four boys were elected to tl1e Scroll Club: Stewart O'Neill, XValter Rutherford, Willian1 Totten, and XVil- liam VValter. Stewart O'Neill won a place in the Lamp and Laurel Society as 'one of MeBurney's leaders. In athletics tl1e section was represented on several varsity teams. Robert Loseh, George Fox, and Lewis Hill played soc- cer. David DeLong and Robert McCuigan were 011 the varsity swiu1n1ing team, and David DeLong was also a track man. Robert Simon a11d Bernard Sol111 were thc mainstays of tl1e varsity tennis team. How- ever, younger and less experienced tllilll tl1e Iuniors 2l1'lCl Se11i0rs, 111ost of tl1e boys had to be co11te11t to play 011 the V. teams. The boys that made these teams were Iames Barnett, Paul C-oldin, Eduardo Caftron, Stewart O'Neill, XV alter Rutherford, Lewis Hill, and George Vaslos. The section also did well i11 tl1e aca- demic activities. XVilliam Meeks and VVilliam Totten were active in tl1e As- sembly Conn11ittee. Stewart O'Neill was elected inanaging editor of tl1e MCBURN- EIAN at tl1e end of the year. Lewis Hill won first place in the Essay Contest. Robert Si111o11 a11d Bernard Sohn took third a11d second in tl1e Hobby Talks Contest, and VVillia1n VValter was third i11 the Book Mart. The section is looking forward to 1947-S when it will be a full-tledgecl Iunior sectio11.