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

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HISTORY turns for an extra term . . . lfnnny hoyv you love the old sehool after you graduate. laek Stewart and linnny llooper engage in a protraeted elee- tion battle -...t 'Xs did Barrie 'l'rebor in October, Iaek Steyvart diseovers that softsoaping does not alvvays xvin. Six lnmdred turn out for Parents- ,Xlnmni Night ...i 'Ks yvas said before. fnimy hovv you love the old sehool after you leave it . . . 'l'he visitors had to yvade through the yvorst storm in six years to make it . . . The alumni beat the varsity in the basketball game .'Xl 'l'lCR Mr. Deine yvas benehed. MARCII john Lange and Dave Vlatson ehallenge the faeulty to a pool mateh . . . Dave vvins from Nr. Guernsey, brit Mr. lXlontgomery is invine- ible . . . Shades of Vllillie lloppe. After a very indifferent season, the basketball team suddenly eomes to life . . . Fighting like yvildeats, the boys eome vvithin a few points of yvinning the N. Y. .X. C. basketball tournament ....r A Xfter a string of tyventy vietories, the syvimming team loses. Xlr. Liggett begins rehearsing a neyv play. A l'he 'l inning of the Shrew , doyvn in the Little 'lheatre . . . XVhy doesn't he Chose soinef thing that rye eould rise in our lilnglish eourse . . , Something by Shakespeare. for instanee. APRIL No Senior Day this year. 'l'he Easter pro- gram is a sueeess . . . 'l'he St. rllllOl1lLlS ehoir sings. 'l'he photographer eomes . . . Everyone xvears uhite shirts and ties for a ehange . . . Une eomplaint . . . YValter lillis vvas not visible in the soeeer pieture . . . lle vvas issued Orin Slllilllt shirt from last year. 'l'he lunior Prom is seleet but vvellghandled . . . Nr. Weeks ents a mean rug . . . Seniors plan a Senior Party . . . .Nt the .Xstor Roof. lXliXY Recognition Day . . . Ah. the end is in sight! Wlilliam Xlitehell presents Nr. lfunaro with a sledge hammer to use on his roeks . . . Mr. lfunaro refuses to return it . . . XVilliam is fran' tie .... Xfter all, he did not steal itg he borrowed it. 'l'he Seniors eannot go to Field Day beeause they are behind in their studies. Clubs Banquet . . . Lamp and Laurel Soeiety . . . Cold serolls . . . .Xvvards . . . More awards . . . Only the finals separate us from that day for vyhieh vve have been longing these four years. Like thun- der from the sky. the exams strike . . . Vie run for eover. but there is none. JUNIC .-Xnxiously ive linger in the halls . . . llopef frilly use turn our eyes toyvard the inner otliee from uhenee yvill eome that yvord of joy or despair. lVor one and then another. the yvord eonies . , . Relief or dejeetion. Graduation . . . Wie no longer think it's funny hoyv you like the old school after you have left it . . . blellurney did more than give us a formal edueation . . . lt made men of us.

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SENIOR Sl+Il l'l+lNlBl'lR Vacation is jnst a pleasant nienrorv . . , Wle are now the exalted Seniors of Xlellnrnevf' Mr. llernenwav greets ns with a snnlc . , . Mr. Bowman awaits ns with a whip. Nlr. Xlontf gornerv, the new phvsics rnaster. snrprises D','Xngelo and lfrev bv defeating thern in the tirst ronnd ot the seasonal billiard tonrn nnent. 'l'he Seniors adopt the motto l.et's get to work . . . Vvho said, 'l'hat's a joke. sony' OC'l'OI3l'1R l'1lections . . . Barrie 'l'rebor sottsoaps the school, bnt linnnv Scott wins on the titth bal lot. 'l'he Sophornores rnn awav with lfield Uav. and the Seniors cop lXlr. BOXYIll2lll'S lnnch. 'l'he football tearn, demonstrating that lnstorv res peats itself, loses its iirst gaine. 'lhe socccr learn surprises evervone, inclnding Nlr. Bear, bv winning two garnes. Nr. XYeeks begins to ronnd np the rugged rnen of the school for his chess tealn. NOVIHXIBICR Vacation is reallv over . . . the tirst reports have reached hoine. In order to save the weeklv allowance, we all resolve to do better. 'l'eanrs and the poolrooin suffer as the ineligible list is posted. Nr. Black thinks that its tirne to introdnce the bovs to the Old Sonth . . . XYe embark on a trip to VVashington with hnn. 'l'he lfreslnnen trinr the Sophornores on lireslnnan Uav. and we all rnn horne for 'lhanksgiving recess. l3I'1Cl'IlXll3lCR lt's the saine old story '... 'l'he second edi- tion of the ineligible list is bigger and better than the iirst . . . 'l'eachers at lXlcl3nrnev catch on too fast . . . Yon inav be able to tool thern tor one nronth, bnt not for two. 'l'he basketball season opens with a bang-or a bnst , . . 'l'he team loses to 'l'rinitv. gg-40. Stan lflrichsen and Sheldon Stilhnan nrake the all-citv six-rnan footf ball tearn. Nr. Derne's sixtvffonr dollar qnesf tion, llow has hlitchell gotten awav with it for three veins? IANUARY 'l'wentv-two eonples attend the well-adver- tised Stndent Conncil Dance. Mr. Purcell scratches l1is head when he sees twelve names on the llonor Roll. The ineligible list is down bv three names . . , Can it be that there is a Santa Clans? 'l'he school goes over the top in the Y Drive, led bv the Sophornores. Xlidvear examinations . . .XVhat have we done to deserve snch pnnislnnent? i l l'Il3Rllr-XRY Midvears are past . . . lint Father has not for- totten the grades. Arnold Cooper, lleter Lanino, Charles Nelson, lohn Sinnnons. XYilli1nn Stowe, Vincent 'l'iernan. and Spiros lantzonnis receive their coveted diplornas and depart. Spiros loves blcllnrnev so rnnch that he re-

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ALFRED BLUNT Orchestra, 2-4, Clce club, 2, Interclass activities, 1-4. PAUL BOHACK Student Council, 2, Football, 4, Panorama, 4, Assembly committee, 4, Class secretary, 4. TULLIO J. BORRI M Club, 4, Scroll Club, 4g Swimming, 4, Yorkville Squad, 4, Cliairman Senior Party, 4. RODNEY P. BRAS Assembly committee, 4, Kle- clianical Drawing Award, 3, Stamp club, 3-4, lnterclass activities, 3-4. KENNETH L. BRIDGES Section president, 4, Swim- ming, 4, BlcBurneian, 4, Pan- orama, 41 Innior Prom Com- mittee. CARLO S. CORSUTI, jr. Football, 3, lnterclass activi- ties, 2-4. ROBERT C. D'ANGELO Class vice-president, 4, Iunior Prom Committee, Basketball Squad, 3-4, Recognition Day Committee, 4. WALTER H. ELLIS, Jr. M Club, 3-4: Soccer, 3-4: XVrcstling, 3, Scroll Club, 2- 4: Panorama, 2-4. H. ALAN DIRLAM Scroll Club, 4, C-lee Club, 3, Finals, Vocabulary, 3-4, Finals, Hobby Talks, 3, Fin- als, Extemporancous, 2, Bronze Medalist, Essay, 4, Ping Pong, 3, 4.