Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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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

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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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cosfumes, pain+ signs, don'+ spill paint lcosls moneyl. We can do ii . . . novel lheme, clever lyrics, and loads of enfhusiasm. Marks were zooming downward, bul our spiri+s were soaring. When i+ was all over, we siill smiled . . . lhe Ihree-and-half-year siudenfs, fhal is. FREEDOM TRAIN MAKES HISTORY: BRINGS AMERICA TO BROOKLYN . . . HOLD THAT HEMLlNEg HOWLS GO UP AS HEMS GO DOWN . . . NEWS- PAPERS SOLD AT REDUCED RATES. For 'lhe convenience of many s+uden+s, 'lhe school began 'Ihe sale of newspapers al' reduced prices lfive-cenl papers sold for four cen1's, 'lhree-cenl' ones for Iwo cenfs . . . inflafion can never reach us al' +his rafellll. On sale 'lhe firsf period in 'lhe fron? hall were fhe N. Y. Siar, fhe N. Y. Times, and Herald-Tribune . . . money for fhe rapidly clepleied coffers of Midwood Hi . . . and ediucashun for our siewdenfs. MIDWOOD HEARS BUDDING RUBENSTEINS AND MENUHINS. Under Ihe smoolh guidance of Mrs. Tillis, +he Ci+y of Midwood Friday Nighi Concerl Series was inifia+ed. Three concerls were given so +ha'l' our falenl mighl be presenied +o an audience. The firsl concerl' conflicfed wilh Koussevi'lsky's ap- pearance a+ +he Brooklyn Academy of Music. The lasl' was slaled for lhe same nighl as fhe Midwood-Lincoln baskeiball game. The following day was +he College Board Exams and so +he audience for +he Iasl' concerl could be counfed on four hands .... I+ was greaf, Ihoughl THE VARSITY DRAG. The voice boomed over +he loudspeaker: All +hose inferesied in faking Ihe College Boards, allend ihe coaching classes indicafed by lhe scheduIe. Wha+ college are you applying fo? Well, l'd like 'lo go Io Cornell, buf l'll probably end up af Brooklyn. We'd like +o have lingered longer in +he Junior Year, bu+ oh, lo be a Seniorl Joan Leibel '55 lg! in Illl Ti 9