Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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R 'K Donf falk +o me abouf Sang agaln I sand +o Mlm: Auskern as l ran lo my nexl' class whuch was lhree and a half mnnules down The hall Leis forge? abouf lhe whole fernble fhmg Refrnbuhon was lo be swufl' and fraghfemng for ihaf callous commenf Thai nlghl' l lay fwlshng and furnlng un my bed washing fhe nlghf would pass because lomorrow would be Thursday and 'lhey would have Chow Mem agann nn The Cafelerla when l heard an eerne yel' musical wall go lhrough lhe room l furned over and sfopped lhmklng aboul lhe Chow Mem buf ihe sound persnsfed l fhoughf l heard my name being called Scroogeham Scroogeham you have snnned buf you shall repenf B b buf whal where who are you l cha++ered back Donf 'lhnnk l was afraud If was lusl The cool mghf an l am ihe Ghosf of Smgs Gone By My wnsfs fell' slrangely cold as +hough +hey were bemg swabbed wulh alcohol Lemme go l crued My whole frame was wrenched suddenly ana +he room began +o spun nn 'hme fo The ghosfly chan+ l am the Ghosl of Smgs Gone By l am The Ghos+ of Smgs Gone Everylhmg came fo a lolhng sfop l slood for a whsle conlemplahng lhe ad vlsablllfy of opening my good eye Then lhe sfralns of a horrlble raucous chanl assanled my ears We are men of Congress men wnfhouf a flaw we spend our hme lhnnkmg and now and +hen we even pass a law l decuded noihung could look as bad as +ha+ sounded so l looked Whal I saw was a horde of blue and whufe mudgels sfandnng under a huge backdrop of 'lhe Democrahc donkey and lhe Republucan ele phani l fell' a cool hand on my back and In whal mus+ have been a comforhng vonce l heard fhe words Thus us June I947 and +hese are fhe Freshmen Class of l950 Nobody gives 'them much of a chance buf lhey re gomg lo wm Thai cule gurl down W fIN N A 1, , v9 SING l

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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

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fhere wavnng her arms af everybody IS Mullae Rosenberg and a clever lrHle gurl by fhe name of Loulse Odes dvd fhaf backdrop you see Nice lookmg 'ob eh? Whuch I responded Mnllne or fhe backdrop? Then af dawned on me We were wafchmg fhe flrsf Sung ln Mldwood s husfory and fhls was fhe wmnmg year fhe Freshmen Bul' If was plam fo see fhaf fhese weren f ordunary Freshmen or for fhaf maffer 'usf ordnnary people Thus was fhe Class of I950 Bah humbug l sneered Sung as for fools fheyll never have anofher one Bah I hafe Sung We shall see answered my efhereal anfagomsf He conhnued If as now December I947 and fhe odds are runnmg heavuly agalnsf fhe Class of l950 buf fhe smarf money as wrong agann Bobble Sengel see her down fhere wufh fhe red haar? Well she and Mofher Goose and abouf snxfy sophomores are gomg fo save fhe day for fhe Class of 50 Yeah so whaf l sand Don f make no dufference fo me l hafe happy people and see all fhose sophomores down fhere delurnous wnfh loy? I hafe fhem I hafe fhemll I broke unfo uncontrollable sobs There fhere sand my friend Sam fhe Smulung Specfre lll show you some people who are really mlserable Ill fake you fo see fhe Sung of December I948 Hey Ghosf where s all fhe musuc and fhe sungung and fhe cosfumes and every flung? All I see us abouf a dozen wrefched looking people They sure look unhappy ha ha ha Whaf lund of mofley crew ns fhls anyway? My ghasfly frnend answered Well fhls lsnf fhe Sung buf If IS fhe affermafh A few hours ago fhe Junlors Class of I950 losf fo fhe Sensors fhrough some obvious fraud and fhese are fhe lasf pufuful remnanfs of fhaf gallanf band fhaf was once fhe Junnor Sung Here fhey Thaf sllghfly paunchy genfleman over fhere IS Mr Sfroll He belongs fo a sfrange specue of fhe human race Homus faculfy adviser I m gomg crazy wnfh you klds Sung Some of fhe ofher varuefles Include fhe Kagan and fhe Yuchf fhey are preslded over by fhe grand Queen Tullns fype As for fhe resf of fhls sad group fheres Ronme Sanders and Fuzzue Fendrnck sorf of spllf personalnhes fhey bofh fhmk fhey played fhe lead parf of Jam Perfecf Theur show was full of schnzophrenuc fhmgs Those fwo gurls Margof Pennell and Murnam Morrns are bofh fhe same paamsf Shh I fhmk Sanders us gomg fo say somefhnng Sanders walled Danny I don f see how we could have losf I was greaf and so were fhe words fhe producfnon fhe snngmg fhe fheme Whaf was our fheme fhls week? Rosenberg reforfed Someone wearnng a sugn fhaf read W e a n s f e I n l m nof sure who nf was pnped n Sfop bemg such a wnse guy Rosenberg Suddenly Margof Pennell gof up and screamed Ah swear lll fear you all lumb from lumb A sfrong figure emerged from fhe fumulf and sand calmly Take If easy every body I guess we re all a buf on edge affer bemg cheafed fhe way we were 9 IE TJ li Lip are, siffing in Cookie's, frying fo drown fheir sorrows in a few cokes and aspirins. ' all ' ' . H . ' - ' 7 ' . I . . I E3 E ' CI I J I .ll el r . I X Li I if I - . I .I - van snow