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

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SOPHOMORE-FIRST TERM Stewart O'Neill Lewis Hill VValter Rutherford Paul Coldin Thomas Coutts VVilliam VValter It is not often that McBurney has as up and coming a section as the first term Sopbomores. As soon as the mem- bers had organized the section, they started to do things. On October 18, the boys of the school traveled to Pelham Bay Park for the Fall Field Day. The Sophomores put a track team on the Held which was unbeatable, the runners took first and second in every race. Of course, they won the Field Day Cup. VVith that as a start, the section started after the Interclass Athletic Championship. By the end of the first term, they were far in the lead. When the section was moved up to Special C in February, it left its standing as a herit- age to the new members of the section. The new section proved worthy of the inheritance, going on to win the champ- ionship. Freshman Day was the sole failure ex- perienced by the section. The Freshmen proved to be better boxers and wrestlers. Although the Sophomores won the tug of war and the Hag rush, they lost the contest by five points. At this point VValter Rutherford, VVil- President Vice-President Secretary Student Council Y-Drive Chairman liam Totten, and William VValter be- came interested in dramatics. NValter Rutherford played Albert, William Tot- ten played Sniggers. and William Walter was one of the heathen priests in A Night at an Inn , the feature of the Dramatic Club's Christmas presentation. The annual Y Drive, however, was the event that brought out the best in the section. VVhile the other sections were discussing the drive, the Sophomores were at work. They filled one hundred percent of their quota in three days. One hundred and fifty percent, two hundred percent, two hundred and fifty percent followed in rapid succession. One hun- dred percent of the class contributed. So many bonuses were won that Mr. Cham- berlin ran out of bonus money. By that time the section had won the drive by a large margin, and VVilliam Walter, who managed the campaign, was thinking of his grades once more. As a reward for their efforts, the boys of the section were treated to a big-league hockey game at Madison Square Garden. VVatch this section next year and the year after that!

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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.

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inr....... SOPHOMORE-SECOND TERM Roger Farrell Iames Rinerc Peter Markellos Bruce YVald Robert Malerba In February the roster of the Sopho- more section was changed completely. The new group was a bit appalled at first, for they were taking the place of boys who had won the Field Day Cup, were leading in Interclass Athletics, and had run away with the Y Drive. However, they did not disgrace the name of Sopho- ITTOTC. As a section they won the Interclass Athletics Contest, scoring points in each contest. Individually they shone in many fields. Bruce Wald, a member of the Scroll Club and Key Club, was a ICl1l3llSt in the Spelling, Vocabulary, and Extern- poraneous Contests and won the Dec- lamation Prize. Alfred Killerman was sec- ond in Declamation. Herbert Chamberlin was a finalist in the Vocabulary Contest and was second on the checker ladder. Peter Venedictow was also high on the checker ladder. Eugene Fink won a letter as the manager of the golf team. Louis Mucelli was a finalist in both the V ocab- ulary and Book Mart. Thomas Coutts was on the varsity swimming team, and VValter Lee ran on the track team. It was in lnterclass Athletics that the section showed its worth. Managed by President Vice-President Secretary Student Council Dave VVilliams, the boys put up a fight in every contest. George Ccrny was on the basketball and track teams. Harry Fraser was on every section team: base- ball, boxing, basketball, foul shooting. track, volley ball, and handball. Dennis C-erardi was on the softball and handball teams. Peter Markellos, like Harry Fraser. was on every team. Iohn Saeher helped the section win in foul shooting, swim- ming, boxing, and handball. Peter Vene- dietow was another stalwart. VVarren Herder swam and wrestled for the sec- tion, and Herbert VVeiser wrestled and boxed. Sophomore sections cannot hope to compete with the older boys in the varsity sports, or, for that matter, in the aca- demics. However, there is a place where they can show their worth-in the intra- school activities where enthusiasm and earnestness count as much, if not more, than ability. This year's Sophomore sec- tion saw where it could do its best work. And it did it. MeBurney will be proud of these boys when they finally become Seniors and are ready to take over the student leadership of the school.