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

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Curtis ....... .... X Villiam XYalter Nathaniel ..,.. .,........ I olm llordyk Tailor ..,.. ..,...,.... E lward Bresett Vinccntio .,.., ..... l landolph Tyndall XYidow ..,,.,.., .. ............. Neal Riesner Leon Spolizmsky, who received the Dra- matic .Xward for his etlicicnt manage- ment. was the student supervisor of the play. leljf Colby took care of the make- up, 'lhc stage crew. who were responsible for the tive scene changes. was directed by Charles 'l'rojahn and consisted of lid- mund 'lrost, XYilliam Totten. XVilliam Meeks. and XVilliam Gatchouse. Music between the scenes was provided by Iercmy Felt, lfdward lXIcCluskey, and Robert .Xnnis. After the performance on Nay o. the audience stayed to dance. The Nay 13th performance was followed by a cohcd swim in the Pompeian Pool. Both the dance and the swim were the liveliest gatherings in many years. llaving successfully produced a Shakes- pearian play, Nr. Liggett is looking through the repertory for other worth- while plays. CHESS, CHECKERS, PEGITY lXlcBurney's chess team started the sea- son properly by defeating Columbia Grammar. Zlfff-116. YVilliam Ruckstuhl and Roger Carasso won their matches while Xcal Riesner drew. That was the first and last victory. In the second match, Roger Carasso and YVilliam Ruekstuhl drew and the others lost: accordingly Nc' Burney lost to Trinity, 1-g. In the ref maining matches against Lincoln, llor- ace Xlann, and Franklin, lXlcBurney could not even win a draw. All matches circled in 0-4 defeats. llowever. XVilliam Ruckstuhl did win the Queens Chess Championship. 'l'hc intranmral ladders in the Activity Room were umch more active this year than previously. Arthur llawkins. Alan Ilays. and Bruce XVald were one. two. thrcc on the Pegity Laddcrg Roger Car- asso. XYilliam Ruckstuhl, and Neal Riesf ner lcd the chess parade in that orderg and XYilliam Ruckstuhl. Ilerbert Cham- berlin. and Peter Vencdictow were the top checkers wizards. 'l'hc intramural contests won the Aca- demic Plaque for thc Iuniors. Most of the high boys in all three games came from this class.

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KEY CLUB ln Mellnrnev. tlie lronornrv elnb vvlrieli is tlie inost diflienlt to enter is tlie Kev Club, Nleinbers nnist ligrve been on tlre llonor Roll tonr tinies during tlie vein, no nienn tent xvlrere tlie fnenltv ls .rs exf zieting ns Mellnrnevs ln addition. onlv oneseventli of zinv elziss nun' belong to tlie elnb. tlre elioiee of eglncliclntes being nmde bv tlie fzienltv. Despite tlie diflif enlties. fonr bovs llltlilil tlre :Linde tlris vezrr: Kznl Lenlten, Cinneron llopper, Roger Cnrrisso, rind llerbert llnrl4nrd. 'l'l1ev vvere indneted zit tlie Clnlas llnnqnet. Nlr. Robert l,. Litelr eontinned ,is trie- nltv zidviser to tlie elnb, PING PONG 'llre ping pong tegnn lnrd nn nnnsnrillv sneeessfnl SCZISOIIL in fillll, exeept tor ar peenlirn' rnling vvliieli plrlees tlieni .nnong tlre aendeinie zietivities of Xlellnrnev. tliev vvonld lrnve vvon tlre Best l'ernn i'xWLlTll. 'l'lreir reeord of six vietories rind one clefezit was better than tlre lmsebnll teznn's reeord of Five vietories rind one loss. 'l'l1e teznn snltered its onlv defeat erirlv in tlie SCLISUII, losing to tlre llornee Xlnnn sqnnd. 3'-2. ln tliis gznne Cinlins Glriron lost lris onlv set of tlie venr. lfroin tlint point on tlie teann improved. winning tlre lzlst tvvo nintelies of tlie vein: .igninst Dvviglit zind llornee Munn-I.ineoln. bv slrntonts. Cinlins Clriron. Roger Cninsso, .ind Clrnrelnll Dolnn eoinpeted in .ill seven lllillClICS1C:COIAgC O'Neill in six: .ind leon llielxs in five, 'l'l1e otlrer ineinber of tlie tegnn were llnnl Coldin, Cnrl Rio, .ind Sanford lloluniser. LAMP AND LAUREL SOCIETY llnring inost of tlre vein' tlre l,.nnp and l.rnn'el Soeietv lrrrcl onlv live ineinbers instend of tlie twelve allowed bv its eon' stitntion, Six ineinbers lurid grgnliigrtenl lust lnne, and one lrrid lnoved to Ql.llliUI'lllLl. Unlv lgnnes llooper. lznnes Seott, leon Spoligniski. Stexvant O'Neill, rind Norinnn Klein relnnined. Seven nevv ineinbers nere elected bv tlie student bodv :ind filC'llllf' in Xllly. 'lliese bovs, indneted on Reeoggnition ljlly, vvere XYilli1nn Xlitelrell. Cflnirles lroinlrn, Speneer llrnno, NYillirnn Repp. ll1irrie'l'rebor, llzivnes Iolinson..1nd llielr and Ott. Six nieinbers gI'2lCllllllCQl in lnne, lCAlVf ing vnerineies to be filled bv tlie leaders of tlie fntnre. V