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

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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,

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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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F RESHMAN B First Term President William Fitzpatrick Vice-President lohn Hordyk Secretary Marco Clayton Student' Council Samuel Harwood The boys of Freshman B section en- tered McBurney last fall. For several months while they were becoming ac- customed to the new environment, they were not too active in the extra-curricular activities of the school. Once acclimated, however, they began to do things. During the spring the section came forward rapidly in the Interclass Athletics com- petition, finishing the year in second place, behind the Sophomores, who had built up a big lead last fall, but far ahead of the rest of the sections. VVilliam Fitzpatrick and Sam Harwood were the sparkplugs of most of the sec- tion teams. ln addition William was the second highest scorer on the Pony Basketball team and won a varsity letter in track, making himself the lirst mem- ber of the section to become an M Club- ber. Samuel Harwood tried to make the varsity football team last fall, but his greatest success was with the academics. He won the 'ATime Current Affairs Test in the freshman class and became the sec- tion's first representative in the Scroll Club. Here he was joined by Iohn Hor- l FRESHMAN c Second Term Second Term VVilliam Fitzpatrick George Eggert Samuel Harwood Marshall Grimm Marco Clayton Hubert Girard Iohn Hordyk George Eggert dyk, who played several minor parts in McBurney's production of The Taming of the Shrew . Constantino Lantzounis worked seriously all year in the coat room, for his willing service he was awarded a Service Ring on Recognition Day. VValter Donahue, who is the section's third repre- sentative in the Scroll Club, won the honor through his activity in dramaticsg he played one of the major roles, Tranio, in The Taming of the Shrew. Iohn Hordyk, Marco Clayton, and john Wor- rell won shop certificates, while Vincent D'Agostino and Iohn Munro were awarded recognition for improvement in shop. In February a new section, Freshman C, was organized for the students who had entered McBurney at midyear. The members of the section concentrated on their studies, 2596 of the class making the Honor Roll against 521 for the rest of the school and Cameron Hopper be- coming a member of the Key Club. In addition, Cameron made the iinals of the Declamation Contest, and Nathan Reed was in thc Extemporaneous Finals.