Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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5 . + Arf Squad Mimeo Squad Dramaiic Club S. S. Forum Tech. Squad Phofo Club

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l T0 THE FAKULTY Deer Teechers, This here is iusl a nole lo say lhanx for learning me so good for lhe pasl for years iusl lerminaled. My mom says ils reely given me a polish and she says ils beller land cheaperl lhen a Duberry Success course. Of course, my mom isn'l so observanl now lhal she's gelling on and lhere is some lhings she iusl clon'l nolice . . . like lhe lime lhal l came home wilh a lwisled ankel do lo lhe facl lhal some big ape slepped on me ina cafeleria riol when lhey pul up lhe popkorn machine. And lhe lime my arm came oul of ioinl when l gol caughl in lhe rush of P.Mers coming inlo our hallod halls. She isn'l so up lo clale eilher. She doesn'l undersland words like Delenshun. She lhinks ils like Arisler or some- lhing. Werefore, everylime l come home and lell her aboul il she calls up her friends and acks like l'm a prodigal or somelhing. On open school nile, my mom and yew, lhe leechers, gel reel confidenshul and me and my mom lwho is lackful in addilion lo her olher dislribulesl remanes so, con- fidenshal aboul everylhing lhal if il was up lo her, I would slill be in lhe dark aboul how I sland wilh yew, my leechers. Hence, from lime lo lime yew have given me clews lo where l am in your eslimashun. There was lhe lime l sharpened a pencil for one of yew and by acciclenl, yew pushed my lillle linger inlo lhe sharpenar. And lhere was lhe lime l wuz asked lo go downslairs on an errand. To help me on my way yew gave me a genlle shov-down lhe slairs. Whal pleezed my mom especially was lhe personal allenlion l gol from Dr. Ross. l shall always remember lhe falherly way he used lo sland over me as l lenderly placed my double-bubble llwo fora niclel on lhe lip of my nose. How could l forgell l slill can'l gel lhe gum off .... Anolher scar l shall alwaze carry are lhe sneaker prinls of some loo hundred pounder who lryed lo eksecule lhe Flying Angel on my midrifl in P. T. lPhysical Tormenl.l Bul having al long lasl, scraped logelher lhe eighly-five senls for my Senior hal, l feel lhe momenl has come lo bid a fond lwo no lrump-I mean a fond farewell lo yew, my leechers wilh hopes lhal olhers, may survive as l have and live lo lell lheir slory for proslerily. Yours T 09lY- Donna Davis I-6

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W 553 ff : Q - , 'W ,i ' . L., 4 fi' 4 I Pie - GB 6 YN' r ' 'dh' 1 W -- wllq : AS Q, 'ie-'YR V' . ' 1211 1 we ll I ,gl , vi AND THE NIGHT SHALL VL '45- BE FILLED wma Music Q- A Famous words, December l8, l948: I' Well, Maw, we finally made i'l'l .Q ' Of course, ihese words were spolxen affer A fhe ihrilling viciory of fhe Seniors in Mid- wood's Third Annual Sing. If was fhe grand xl, - climax of a mon+h or 'Iwo of lafe rehearsals, X 5 5153 scripi' sessions, aliernafing groans of horror Q A. gg and squeals of ecsfasy which fo all par+ici- Q1 ' panfs proved fhe mosf fun of all our years of high school. We were defermined io leave our mark on Midwood by choosing a highly original iheme for our preseniaiion. Firs+, we had decided fo be a Rhapsody in Blue and While, collabora+ing wifh George Gershwin on fhe score. Then we were going fo be Men from Mars, and 'then fha Midwood Band ll fhinlr I was going io be Tubby fhe Tubal. Buf all +hese had been done before, and The only original idea lefi for us was +o be fhe gradu- afing class of I949. This way, we could BEET I8 . 1,1 W lla. -il v Q li' is