Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Columbia Scholasfic Press Award, is bidding his baby goodbye. Miss Mulhern is willing fo accepf fhe job of closing fhe school af 6 P.M. Enfhusiasfic green reporfer fo one of fhirfeen edifors: Can'f you suggesf somefhing fo puf a finishing fouch fo my sfory? Edifor: Yeah, a mafch. More conversafion in fhe same office. Edifor: l suppose you wrofe fhaf yourself? Proud Reporfer: Yes, sir. Edifor: You should be encouraged. Proud Reporfer: Yes, sir. Edifor: You should go fo Hollywood. Reporfer: Yes, sir. Edifor: And you should climb fhe highesf mounfain. Reporfer: Yes, sir. Edifor: And drop offll Yes, if was fhe besf of fimes, and fhe worsf of +imes . . . fhe Sophomore Yearl Joan Leibel, Joyce Blifman, Ellen Ranson nl D1 'ffcrwo Q, , 1 Q J Jogocc fa 2 O l X 1 7

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Q B ESCAPE to GLORY 1'-'13 f FLASH! HOMOGENIZED BAGELS SOAR TO 64 APIECE. We were in an uproar! How dare fhey raise Ihe price of our evening nourish- menf? Buf we couldn'I ponder Ihe problem as we paid 'Ihe blood-money and ran for lhe J bus which always reached l'he corner al' 5:5I. While our allowances were gefling lower and lower, so were our marks. We were big, yes, bu+ noi' quife as big as our Mr. Hillson, new chairman of fhe Social Sfudies Deparlmeni. We had come Ihrough our Frosh year wilh marks flying, buf we discovered baskeiball and baseball in +he Sophomore year. However, Ihe baskelball feam didn I discover lhe correcl combina+ion of poinfs, and +he won-los+ record read I2 defeals and no wins. The Manheimermen and all olher slaunch Midwood suppor'I'ers u'H'ered Ihe baHle-cry Wai+ fill nexi year. BOB GROBERG WINS MAYORALTY . . . DAVE FISCHER, COMPTROLLER . . . NAME!! NAME! WHO'S GOT THE NAME FOR S57 There was fo be a liI'erary-ar'Is magazine slarfed in Midwood. IWe were gefling high-brow affer 6 years.l Some poerical soul remembered: Wi+h my powdered hair and ieweled fan, I loo am a rare Pa'Hern. And Mrs. RisikoFF's headache, PaHerns, was born. KILROY WAS HERE . . . CURVACEOUS S's STORM MIDWOOD! WHAT IS SING? Who can sing? Mrs. Tillis was quizzed, and 'Ihe myslery solved. There was +o be a Sing in Midwood +his I'erm. Each year was fo round up Ihe Ialenfed and fhe un+alen+ed Iwho needs +aIen+ +o sing off-key?l and wri+e a sei of lyrics abou! a specific Iheme, paim' a back-drop, and SING. We were sailors in our fafhers' while shir+s. The lyrics were sea-saiional, and we're sfill wondering how 'Ihe Freshmen could have won. Why, hello . . . how do you like Midwood? I've become accuslomed fo if afler a year. I+'s no! loo bad. They have sfudenl' governmenf, honor classes and honor socielies, a newspaper, 'Argus,' and Ihere are dances and spor'Is. . . . This is a Sophomore conversing wi+h a Freshie. BEAT JEFF DANCE . . . EVE OF MIDWOOD'S FIRST FOOTBALL GAME . . . ARGUS SAYS: GOODBYE MR. CHIEF. Mr. Fuchs, who halched and nurlured Ihe Argus Io ifs inilial winning of ihe 6

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4? SD LITTLE TIME Oh, you're a Junior now, You're really behind 'Ihe plow . . . so c'mon and work You can'f shirk, ierk, 'cause you're a Junior now!I This is if . . . you've passed fhe half-way mark in your school career. Now is fhe fime iusf before fhaf fime when you suddenly become aware of fhe facf fhaf you musf do some work abouf ge'H'ing info college-buf enough of fhaf, you're a Junior! MIDWOOD THESPIANS ARE JUNIORS. I Fiffh ferm . . . dramafics wifh Mr. Hirsch! Sixfh ferm . . . Dr. Bernhard and Radio Producfion. Ideas fhaf any of us may have had abouf aspiring fo greaf dramafic heighfs were prompfly dispelled by fhe aforemenfioned pedagogues. .Mr. Hirsch mainfained 'Ihaf we had T0 proiecf. Remember fhe baIcony! Dr. Bernhard mainfained fhaf we mus+n'+ proiecf. Trea'I fhe mike like a young baby . . . if's mosf sensifive. Very confusing! YOUTH'S INTEREST TURNS TO FOREIGN FILMS . . . DEAR RUTH TO BE STAGED BY GUNTY . . . RABBI VS. ARAB ON PALESTINEg 600 HEAR DEBATE . . . FIRST DANCE SLATED. Wow! didia hear fha+7 A Junior Hop! Almosf before fhe word was ouf, small signs were seen, fhaf announced in bold black and red Ieffers-Junior Hop. Posf cards were prinfed and mailed fo every Junior by members of an enfhusiasfic com- miffee. On fhe A.M. of +he Prom, fhe members of fhe decorafion commiffee rolled up fhe sleeves of fheir fafhers' shirfs, wiped fheir hands on be-grimed blue ieans, and sfarfed fhe scofch fape a-roIIin'. if ' , --X' 110 7 My f 7145! .X V I 1 -f Silver hearfs were faped fo fhe wall wifh blue and pink crepe paper hearfs piercing fhemg accordion sfreamers hung from baskef fo baskef wifh paper flowers peeping from inside fhe baskefs. Differenf hued lighfs helped fransform fhe gym info a hopping good Prom hall. Sing! Sing! Sing! Oh, who's gonna win . . . who's gonna win . . . +haf's us, people . . . you're looking af fhe would-be winners! Busfle, busy, and hurry . . . sew 8