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

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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

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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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ACADEMIC CONTESTS Last year McBurney completed its full roster of acamedic contests, seven speak- ing contests, one essay contest, a current affairs contest, a math contest, and the three activity room contests. The season started with spelling. Be- fore a packed auditorium, Giulius Chiron outlasted Edward Carson to win, Christ- ian Raffalli came in third. In the Hobby Talks, the second contest, Christian Rafialli won with a talk on throwingknives, Bernard Sohn and Robert Simon, both of whom talked on photography, took second and third. In the Book Mart, Ieremy Felt, who had taken four third places in 1946- 47, came into his own and won with a talk on Walden , Peter Iones, who was second, discussed Shaw, and William Walter, third, sold the audience a cook book. In the Vocabulary Contest, An- thony Kelly defined the word that Robert Kunkel missed and was awarded first place, Iames Scott placed third. In the Oratorical Contest more spirited speech was thrown at the audience than Mc- Burney has heard for some time. Charles Angell, short on argument but long on emotion, won with an impassioned de- nunciation of the use of the veto in the United Nations. Ieremy Felt was second, and Guy Strauss, third. The Declamation Contest, restricted to the three lower classes, was won by Bruce Wald, Alfred Killerman was second with The Congo , and George Kinnell was third with Ulysses . The last of the speaking con- tests, that tour de force known as the Extemporaneous Contest, in which the contestants have two minutes in which to make up a two minute speech on a sub- ject selected by lot from the morning newspaper, was won by Ieremy Felt, with Iefi Colby second, and Robert Kunkel third. In this contest only one boy of the twenty finalists failed to talk the required time. The writing contests are less spectacular than the speaking ones-there is no audi- ence, no applause-but they are equally important. Lewis Hill, a Sophomore, won the Essay Contest, with Christian Raf- falli second and Alan Dirlam third. The Math Contest was won by Edward Mc- Cluskey and Iames Heineman. Arthur Hawkins topped the Pegity Ladder, Roger Carasso finished the year as the best chess player, and William Ruckstuhl, beaten by Roger at chess, gained the leadership in checkers. ln the competition for the Academic Plaque, the winning of which is the aim of the academic contests, the Seniors started out with an early lead. They in- creased this with each contest, until they had built up a commanding lead of sixty points. Unforunately, the Seniors neg- lected the Activity Room ladders, they preferred the pool room. When Mr. Weeks read the pegity, chess, and check- ers ladders, he discovered that the Seniors had won 27 points and the Iuniors 89. The Iuniors won the Academic Plaque. CLASS SCORES Pe. Fr E0 s. E E 2 e 'S Sa' O rv 8 vT I 2 P Seniors ............ 23 IQ 11 31 JUNIORS ......... ...... 1 8 7 3 15 Sophomores ...... o 17 15 2 Freshmen ,......... ....... 1 4 9 7 7 Subfreshmen .............. o g 1Q o x denotes that class did not participate. Q 5 r-1 'Q' E ES E gd 2 on 5 fi bs E 5 'id 2 '-- '51 'U 2 B 'gb rv 0.1 .E x: l-' U V1 K Q 5 Z O E O Q M H D.. U U P cn 18 21 X 35 29 8 9 1O - 214 2 34 X 20 18 30 38 21- 218 1 x 1Q o 7 17 8 24 - 111 3 X 14 o 1 o o o - 61 4 X 22 8 o X o o o - 55 5