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

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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.

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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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M938 St as Lexi M fxwcsszt wsmzsrfts-ew x as F RESI-IMAN A First Term Second Term Spencer Bruno President George O'Neill George Kinncll Vice-President George Kinnell Grover Repp Secretary Grover Repp Boyd Mason George O'Neill Freshman A enjoyed a very successful year. On Freshman Day-of course with the assistance of Freshman B-the boys of the section won most of the contests from the Sophomores. 'l'hat is suflicient to make a year satisfactory from a Fresh- man's viewpoint. l reshman are too small to make the varsity teams, but lXIcBurney provides pony teams in soccer. basketball, and baseball. 'l'he soccer team had an in- different season, losing most of its games. 'l'he basketball team, however, did very well. 'l'ucker Kreutzberg was the star of the team, scoring 104 points. Bob Guil- loeheau and Spencer Bruno seconded him ably in winning many games for the school. The baseball team. instead of following the example of the basketball squad, reverted to the soccer boys. Its sea- son was also a failure. ln addition to these three teams, the freshman organized a pony volleyball squad and entered it in the A.A.P.S. tournament. After leading Student Council George O'Ncill George Kinncll most of the wav. the team was elimin- ated by Regis as it was last year. In academies Freshman A competed with the rest of the school on equal terms and did very well. Ed Carson cap- tured second place in the Spelling Con- test. lames Irleineman was second in the individual scoring in the Math Contest, coming through with QQ72. Peter Iones was second in the Book Mart. and George Kinnell won third in the Declam- ation Contest. George O'Ncill won the Freslunan Loyalty prizeg Spencer Bruno was elected to the Lamp and Laurel Socictyg and Charles Mulhern, Grover Rcpp, and VVilliam Gatehouse received Service Plaques for their work on the Assembly Committee. George O'Neill and VVilliam Gatehouse are members of the Scroll Club. The boys of the Freshman A section are looking forward to their future years at lXleBurney, when they can take their places not as section, but as school leaders,