Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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We the Seniors, being of sound mind and ' loyal disposition, on this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of nineteen hundred and forty- six, do hereby bequeath to our esteemed teachers our grateful thanks and to: Mr. P. S. Shapiro: An empty college Mr. Hirsch: Hamlet on rye Dr. Gramet: An automatic pass producer Mr. O'Brien: A Yiddish dictionary Mr Becker: A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation Mrs. A. S. Cohn: Two-hour periods Mr. Padow: A professorship at Vassar Mr. Dobren: A sofa for B71 Mr. Manheimer: More people with larger lung capacity Mr. Humbert: A debut at the Met Mr. Murtha: A11 the luck in the world for his new team Mr. I. J. Levine: A chance to play opposite Lauren Bacall Mr. Freedland: A case of laryngitis Mrs. Rosman: Two delaney books and a dozen pens Mr. Rogal: Satisfied students Miss Mullins: An atomic bomb Mr. Weinberger: A balanced ledger Miss Javer: A movie contract Mr. Robinson: A-typewriter of his own Mr. Raskin: Larger quarters for dumb-bells Mr. Cabat: A bigger and better book of Spanish jokes Mr. Eisenstadt: A summer at Forest Hills Argus Oiiice: An interior decorator Miss Bradshaw: A class of ninety-eight per centers Dr. Bernhardt: Eight free periods To the Senior Class: Many thanks for everlasting friendships and memories: and, in the days to come, all the luck and happiness in the world. JOAN BLUM, MARJORIE KOBRE, BARBARA LEIBERMAN 10

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Then the next term Handsome Les Ritter beat Harvey Auer- bach and Dick Groberg. How we used to look in sweat at the faces of the candidates in office. They were big shots, sixth or seventh termers. They towered over us and looked old enough to be our fathers, or at least our big brothers. Third term-This was our last term as downtrodden P.M.'ers. Barbara Negus, Midwood's first girl mayor, beat Shep Ginandes and Jack Abrams. Jack promised us the Brooklyn College swimming pool. Next term most of us will probably get it, after waiting three years. Then, we became A.M.'ers. The election that term was the most exciting but also the most dangerous of our high school career. Lenny Lehman beat Jack Armin and Lenny Leff. That was the term that somebody started a rumor that religious issues were de- ciding the election. The rumor spread as only rumors can, and party lines were forgotten. However, we were all ashamed of the way we had acted and vowed it would not happen again. The course we took out of our difficulties, right or wrong, was to abolish the party system. Fifth term saw our first non-party elec- tion, in which Gordon Clarke defeated Dick Mattuck. In this election, one of the first in which we were promised a skyscraper in the lot across the street, the antagonisms of the past election were forgotten. Then sixth term-For the first time, We saw the candidates not as beings on a higher scale, nor as big-shots, but as members of our own group. Bert Rothkopf ran and beat Neil Underberg. The can- didates had changed from the mighty giants to whom we were afraid to talk in the first term to fellow-students with whom we had worked for three years. And then last term there were Helen DeBiasi, Mac Russell, Johnny Rosenberg. Again our term was the controlling interest in the school. We were the big-shots now. Those freshies bowed low when they saw us and our candidates. This term's election assemblies . . . our last term in Midwood. Who are the candidates? Ginguld, Lieberman, Moscowitz. Why those candidates are just kids. From Harvey Honig to julian Ginguld, Were the candidates growing smaller? No. We were growing up. Growing up with our own experiment in democracy, the City of Midwood. Growing up under the guidance of Mr. Dobren and Mrs. Emil. In three or four years we will be voting for City, State, and National officers. What better preparation than four? years voting and fighting for our school candidates? BEA GAMRIN BOB LEVINE 9 7,,,,

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CHIPS FRUIVI THE RUSETTA STUNE ARGUS: Something Mr. Hirsch finds useful to line a garbage pail with. ARGUS REPORTER: He's always gotta go, but never knows where. ASSEMBLY DAY PERIODS: Something that's easy to love. ASSIGNMENT: That which a teacher gives at the beginning of each period to exercise her vocal chords. AVENUE J BUS: A vehicle that should be made of elastic-but isn't. CAR: How to win friends and influence people. CLASS: Something you come to between cuts. CUT: On days that you don't do it, teacher doesn't take attendance. DANCING: Practice of pulling your feet away faster than your partner can step on them. ETC: Something you put at the end of an answer when you can't think of anything else. EMERGENCY ROOM: A heavenly hide-away. FLUNK: When you don't graduate, you know it's something that you must have done. FOOTBALL: What Midwood will finally throw in the air next term. GRADUATION: Pay for four years of hard labor. HOME ROOM: A place where everyone is trying to borrow everyone else's homework at the same time. JOKE: That which is supposed to be funny when told by a stu- dent, but has to be funny when told by a teacher. MOTHER IN MR. FELDMANlS OFFICE: But my son is inno- cent, I tell you! PARDON: Something you begged to get in the form of a diploma. SABOTAGE: Unannounced test. SINATRA: Adam's apple in long pants. STUDY: What you never do, but the boy next to you always does. SWIMMING POOL: What Midwood doesn't have on the fifth floor. SWOON: What girls will do when Mr. Padow comes along. FRESHIE: Someone who wishes he was a senior. SENIOR: Ah! Need we say more. IRMA LEBOWITZ, MICKEY SALMAN, VINNIE LEDDO, VIVIAN BERNSTEIN ll