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

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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.

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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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SUB-FRESHMEN First Term Second Term Robert Myers President Carlo Howden Albert McDonald V ice-President Albert McDonald 1061 Halop Secretary Ted Basil Harold WVetter . Harold Vtletter Karl Schenzer Student Council Owen Ancheu The sub-freshmen were extremely active all year. That is normal, the sub-freshmen of McBurney have been noted for years for that quality. In October the section organized itself into a soccer team, every boy o11 the roster took part in the project, and each one played at some time during the season. Of the nine games played, McBurney won three, lost four, and tied two. When the soccer season ended, the basketball season began. Here again the entire sec- tion entered into the game. On Parents- Alunmi Night, the team met the pick of the Lower School boysg the Subfreshmen won. When the students returned from Easter recess, the baseball season started. The first game was lost to Riverdale, io-5. The following day the boys met the Pro- fessional Children's team. They almost won, being edged out in the seventh inning, 11-10. St. Thomas drubbed the team in its third game, 16-4. Buckley re- peated the drubbing in the next game, de- feating McBurney 13-4. The low point of the season was the game with Barnard, lost by the Sub-freshmen, 12-o. Trinity then won the next game 18-3. This was too much, and the team members re- solved to salvage something from the wreckage of the season. They tied Staten Island Day School in the next game, 9-9. Then in one wild spree, getting revenge for all of the defeats of the season, the boys rose up and slugged the ball all over the field, defeating Cathedral Choir 26-17. The sub-freshman exhibit for Parents- Alumni was one of the best in the school. The high points of this exhibit were oil paintings by Donald Wittenberg and rail- road models by Don Smithers. In the academic contests, Trafford Allpass, Owen Anchell, Carlo Howden. Philip Cambridge, Harold Wetter, and Herbert Burkard made the finals of various con- tests. Herbert Burkard was elected to the Key Club and inducted at the Clubs Banquet. The boys of the section are looking forward to next term, when, as ninth graders, they will be an important part of MeBurney's Upper School.