Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Mr Lawrence Danlz Miss Elsbeih Kroeber Admmnsfrahve Assusfanf Admmnsirahve Assasfani' ADMINISTRATIUN Mr Phulnp Shapiro College Adviser Mr. Milfon Gleichenhaus Mr. Feldman Assisfanf Dean Dean of Boys 4 Q I A flgswi, W, ,M x ,..., -U ., MI

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IN RETRUSPECT Remember beIng a freshman af MIdwood7 Mosf of us had been warned abouf fhe Hffh floor swImmIng pool gag buf fhere were lofs of ofher fhIngs we weren 1' sure of We were caughf up In a whIrl of program cards bell schedules Baedekers and sfrange faces Belng one four fhousandfh of a school was bewIlderIng buf all of a sudden we found our places and knew we were In The new sIghfs and ImpressIons began fo fake form We learned abouf SIberIa and fhe guard squad fhaf posf on fhe fourfh floor wasn 'I' so dull wIfh a good looklng senIor for an Inspecfor We boughf Supporf 'I'he Team buffons and furned ouf en masse for fhe Hrs? foofball game MIdwood ever played There was fhe P M Sfag Dance all of us feelmg rafher shy unfIl we reallzed fhaf fhe guy nexf fo us was lusf as unsure of hlmself as we were We Iomed fhe Smg and fel+ perhaps for fhe firsf 'hme fhe spIrIf of workIng fogefher fhaf IS so much a parf of MIdW00d ThIs spIrIf grew We won fhe Smg for fhe second and fhIrd hmes we made fhe JunIor Hop a success we raIsed money for fhe PolIo and Red Cross drIves And all fhe fIme we acfed as a group We were fakIng fhe Ideals we d learned and were makIng fhem mean somefhmg We became aware of a growfh In our aH'Ifudes fowards people and Ideas Somehmes we were conscIous of If more offen we weren 1' alfhough fhere were hmfs fo draw affenhon fo If Our worlds became blgger we were explormg dIscover Ing our mnnds ofher peoples books arfs socIaI SCIENCES we were begmnmg fo undersfand There was a change In fhe people abouf us foo The boy who could hardly falk fo glrls was golng sfeady when he became a senIor we found ouf 'lhaf fhe quIef boy who sal' In fhe back In home room played fhe guIfar al' gay noIsy square dances fhe fall awkward gIrl who knew all fhe answers In French was suddenly a very preffy young a Y And 'rhen fhe senIoI ferm was no longer a dIs+anf hazy flung buf a realIfy We were COHSCIOUS of sfandmg oui' In a crowd of bemg IndIvIduals We almosf wenf fo fhe semor dance and fhe prom and 'ro fhe SprIng Concerf fhaf was fo be fhe lasf one for us We rehearsed for 'I'he senIor show 'look a lasf laugh af MIdWOOd and fhen If was Semor NIghf 7 Everyfhmg was very gay buf deep down we knew fhaf fhaf was one of fhe lasf fImes we would share In MIdwood s acfIvI+Ies and we were golng fo mlss If Lafer on when we refurn fo MldW0Od vIsI+ fhe offices where we used fo work and our favorIfe feachers we wIll find ourselves remembered buf no longer a parf of MldWOOd Buf MIdwood wIll sfIll be a parf of us Beneafh our new mafurI1'y and polIsh fhere have been four solld years as a foundahon Each new evenf each per sonalnfy each new Idea was parf of fhe desIgn And we wIll reallze fhe large parf MldW00d has played In makIng us fhe kInd of people we are Caro' Llppd 7 I a'. . . ' tn.,. . l I I J a l