Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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For the third time, plans were made for a football team. We signed pledges and prayed., We topped our S100,000 quota for the Sixth War Loan drive. In Jan of 1945, Barbara Negus graduated as Class Everything, the Community Center opened, a new Service League was started, and Midwoodites became very excited at the thought of a snow plow leveling the immortal lot across the street . Making the V.C, a branch of the City of Midwood highlighted February. Not many of us will ever forget April 1945, when, on the twelfth, F.D.R. died. We were rather dazed. Our president was gone. The Dramatic Society successfully presented its first play, The Trysting Place on May 18. Lenny Singer, former basketball star, was killed in Germany. The term ended with a record graduation class of 535. Mayor LaGuardia made the music department happy by phoning congratu- lations after their performance over station W.N.Y.C. A September came, and we were lower seniors. Plans for the F.D.R. memorial award were announced. We returned to the old split sessions. The Baedeker,' was published. Several hundred stu- dents chanted No Sports, No Schoolu, as the city's kids protested the resignation of team coaches. The Harvest Moon Ball graced October, and the swimming team sank. With the seniors supervising, boys and girls met once more in the cafeteria. Helen DeBiasi reigned supreme in B71. Henry Gunty Aldrich in What A Life was presented in December by Mr. Hirsch and his play-production class. Midwood celebrated its Hfth birthday. It was February. We were seniors, with all the involved ex- penses and importance. We elected Everett Dulit senior president, and Dave Werman vice president. We voted as citizens of Midwood for the last time. julian Ginguld became mayor. We whizzed through the Football Varieties, the awarding of the first F.D.R. memorial to Frank Sinatra, school and senior outings, the last issues of the Argus. We proudly wore senior hats and jewelry, and especially enjoyed our special class day and night. As we struggled with college applications, we kept thinking of the wonderful time we had had at the prom. And before we knew it, this day arrived. We lean back in our seats and fleetingly recall our high school days. We take a long breath, swallow hard, and remember. Then suddenly, we sit forward and listen hard. Midwood days are finished, but we'll never forget them, the future is ahead--our future. We rise and sing our Alma Mater as we've never sung it before. qThe words are strong and clearg their meaning is imprinted in our memories forever. BOBBEE WEINBACH

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. 2,0 7 L. 7 1, 3 6 s fg an 3 Vt . ' N 6 Q - 5, ' r 4 'ji N-if Ya Z QfZ C 4? To add to the Yuletide spirit, Mr. Cabot suggested that there be special language tables in the cafeteria. And, of course, there was the Variety Show with Buddy Block, Larry Appel, Jack Abrams, and Sandy Metlis fthe Gunty of '43j. Santa Claus Raskin and his little helpers sent Christmas kits to our boys in service. It was Jan. 1944 and the school was still frigid. In London, Mr. Murtha, then of the Navy, bumped into Mr. Zack, formerly of the English Dept. The spring term elections were high- lighted by the debate between Les Ritter and the Student Court. The Court decided that Alumnus Ritter couldn't handle Shelly Fein's campaign. On Tuesday, March ninth, the cafeteria served hot roast beef sandwiches. Bill Kolin's editorial, We Have the Right defended Argus policy in the March issue. Murray Chayt kept running for things. The rats in the bio lab were reported to have vitamin deficiencies. Midwood's second Carnival was held in May, complete with games, Variety Show, and carnival queen Riva Weintraub. Most popular booth was Ring the teacher's neck . We spent the summer of '44 at camp, sea- shore, or summer school, depending on the individual. In September, Dr. Gramet returned to Midwood. A second development was the formation of the first non-party election sys- tem. A terriiic hurricane almost, but not quite, closed the schools. Mr. Gabel, back from the war, threatened to pitch a pup-tent on the campus if someone didn't find him an apart- ment. And the lunchroom was so segregated! Gordon Clarke took over the mayor's desk. The band just missed marching in the Colum- bus Day Parade. Another Merry Christmas , with another Variety Show. Sandy Metlis M.C.'d with Gunty sneaking in for a few impersonations.

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PULL FACTS Graduation Day! The guest speakers rise and address the grad- uates. Perhaps his theme is You-The citizens of tomorrow. 'AThe future of our democracy rests in your hands might well be his final words. Are you prepared? Have our years in the City of Midwood helped you to understand the machinery of government? It is said we learn by doing. Well, we Midwoodites in our final term have taken part in elections for four years. We mixed the excitement and fanfare of electioneering for our pals with the seri- ous talks and solemn campaign promises. We'1l all remember how the dream of a football team evolved from the campaign pledge of generations of candidates for mayor, to finally become a reality. Perhaps, before our kid brothers and sisters graduate, construction will have begun in the lot across the street.', And maybe, in the atomic future we'll even have soap and towels in our washrooms. But let's try to recall the exciting moments of the past elec- tions, during our Midwood years. Remember when We were just ignorant freshies, coming into school for the first time? The old party system was still in effect, and one of our first homeroom ac- tivities was to sign up for the Blue or the New Deal Party. That was the term that Harvey I-lonig beat Will Boughton for mayor. And Mickey Smith Cremember himj beat Jerry Ambro and Neil Underberg for President of our freshman year. It's funny how We recall old candidates, who since have dropped out of Midwood. 8