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

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FRESHM 1952 Believe it or not, this is the Class of '55 The only difference is that these pictures were taken in 1952. Do they look better or worse? Seems to me that quite a few lost some weight during their four years at hard labor in Mc- Burney. That fellow sitting at the left-hand corner of the picture is none other than Bruce Brown. Can't say we thought then that Bruce would be editor of the Lamp and Laurel. Next to Bruce is Swingin' Eric Deutsch. Eric swung ahead of the rest of us and graduated in three years. The big one right in the middle is our boy, Flesh Calise. Seems Bill is still smiling. Seated on the end is Mike Abrahams. I think Mike is trying to outstare the camera. Willy Caterson is the crew-cut in the back row. l-le's grown a little since then, hasn't he? The man with the broad shoulders next to Will is the 'Canarsie Kid , Ben DuBose. Beneath Bobert Boss McBurney, we find Pete Eichhorn. Pete has become quite an athlete, with letters in swimming, football, and track. That's change- less Alex Bobrovsky in the back row. The fel- low with the arrogant look is lack Fields. lack made a name for himself as editor of the Mc- Burneian. Tricky Dick Bier is next to lack. A few years later, Dick became a fine tennis player 'and leader of the Yorkville Squad. That beefy guy in the right corner is Bed Arneth, who's a little slimmer now. Page 41

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fe-Lk ...f-my .V x .,,Q:Q. ,. QQ nu v SDUDQ fICliI1i1'1Q7 tor DitCl'1GIS. Senator Pivko haranguing the mob. Last ill and Testament Having lost our sanity and most ot our ma- terial possessions during the past tour years at McBurney, we e the Class ot l956 - have very little tc bequeath to our successors. How- ever, the spirit ot generosity absorbed from our teachers impels us to make the following bequests: Doug McCartney leaves his trog kick to the science department to further their study of evolution, Mike Abrahams donates his smile, his jokes, his deck of cards, and his ties to Roger What a delightful boy Wheeler, Paul Arneth leaves his red hair-dye to Mr. Hardenbergh, Rod Nash hands the Student Council back to Mr. Bowman. who will now have to go it alone, lack Fields bequeaths his Brooks Brothers labels and Robert Hall charge-a-plate to Rich- ard Price, We present our gift - whatever it may be e to everyone but lonathan Kapp, who would never let us play with the recorder donated by the boys of '55, Bruce Brown gladly wills his blush to Steve Kroll. Steve Heyman leaves the blazers to our grandchildren, Peter Greenwald donates his trombone to any one who can play it, Bow Lum Lee leaves the care ot Mr. Deme to Robert Yin We present to all who can reach that high a box ot Brillo to keep the nose ot Robert Ross McBuiney bright and shiny, For Mr. Leonards benefit we add an eighth day to the week, Andy Ullman sends his horse to the glue factory, Mickey Shapiro leaves Gordon Young sleep- ing in the Chem laboratory, To anyone who can drown out Pete Green- wald's trombone, Ray Paganelli leaves his union card. So we pass on to the great beyond of college lite, leaving these things but taking with us that much more precious article - knowledge. Signed and sealed, Class of '56

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FRESHM II 1952 This is another Senior Class four years be- fore. Herbe Kempe is sitting right up front. Herb went to M.l.T. three years later, but he looks like a typical freshman here. Next to Herb is Leon Lantzounis, who's still smiling, although no one has been able to figure out Leon's sense of humor. We've forgotten that fellow next to Leon, but who could forget the fellow in the center? That's Doug McCartney, our All-American swimmer. Next to Doug is Pete Greenwald. Pete looks as if he was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar. The middle row holds a lot of faces that are gone now. However, that's George Littman with a smile straight from the rogue's gallery. Bob Harriman is in the center of the middle row. I think Bob must have stopped eating. Leonard lompulski is next to Bob. That big smile could only mean that Leonard has finally outwitted Mr. Bowman. Bob Greco is at the rear with Bobert Ross McBurney glaring over his should- er. Mr. Deme's right-hand man, Ho Hum Lee, comes next. Many of the boys in this picture are no longer at McBurney, but someone al- ways seems to fill the empty places, cmd the class is still at sixty boys. Page 42