Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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365: 4' .iz ,-: , 54' -.-95: -1- 3, rw,-, ::-- V I SELL WHAT I WRITE In Midwood, Argus is socially The place To be. Everyone who is anyone has Tried his luck in Argus . All day long The liTTle newspaper oTBce is Tilled wiTh people busily engaged in wriTing, reading, or Tinding a scoop. The oTTice conTains a moose head, coconuT Tace and an invisible pink elephanT. Every nose Tor news Trom The EdiTor-in-Chief To The copy-girl is anxious To make The monThly issue as good as possible. Those on The news sTaTT are conTinually aTTer Teachers Tor a sTory and are con- Tinually being Thrown ouT OT every oTTice Trom Mr. Van's on The TourTh Tloor To Dr. Ross' on The main Tloor. The TeaTure sTaTT is kepT going wiTh amusemenT reviews, annual sTories and The iargon oT Mid-Moods. The sporTs sTaTF TeaTures banner heads Tor The baskeTball games and Vg Type Tor The TooTball games. Miss Mulhern, The TaculTy adviser, is proud OT her kids: she sees To iT ThaT Argus makes a Tine showing. Midwood's Pseudo-lnTellecTuals gaTher around Mrs. VeniT Tor Their daily meeTings oT Road Ahead, The Social STudies magazine. lT's a place where everyone knows more Than The ne-xT and wanTs his ideas To be used. IT oTTen resembles The Social STudies DebaTing Team insTead oT a magazine. Mrs. VeniT more Than oTTen has The lasT word. The members have a good Time, Though, wriTing Tor Their semi-annual publicaTion. Their work includes a loT OT research, buT There is a greaT Thrill in going To inTerview some Tamous personaliTy. The issue includes TeaTures and sTories on currenT evenTs and hisTory. AlThough iT mighT noT be MonTmarTre, or Greenwich Village, Midwood does have a Bohemian QuarTer-Tormally known as PaTTerns -The liTerary arT magazine. IT you are inclined To break away Trom convenTion and enioy The freedoms OT uninhibiTed- ness, PaTTerns is The place Tor you. lTs members squaT on The Tloor, parTake oT snacks, wear odd cloThes and give Themselves up To La Vie Boheme. The magazine has long had a repuTaTion oT being The home oT TanciTul dreamers who spend Their Time wiTh Their heads in The clouds wriTing poeTry. OuTsiders wiTh maTerial To submiT gravely Tear Tor The TaTe of Their liTTle masTerpieces. Mrs. I-laas is The TaculTy adviser oT The liTerary sTaTT and Mr. Ross is adviser To The hard-working arT sTaTT. PoeTry, shorT sTories and essays are wriTTen Tor each issue, usually on a profes- sional basis. OT course, The main Trend is Toward The morbid and dreary. The arT sTaTT, eager To painT Tor humorous works, spends iTs Time vainly aTTempTing To converT The liTerary group. lRumor has iT ThaT The PaTTerns' sTaTTs are quiTe normal, buT To spread This around would be To ruin The magazine's repuTaTionll The MaThemaTics and Science brains meeT To wriTe Formula , The publicaTion oT Those deparTmenTs. The book is Tilled wiTh maThemaTical paradoxes and problems which baTTle The imaginaTion oT The more ordinary sTudenTs. A Science TicTion sTory is usually included. BioIog is The Biology and General Science DeparTmenT's magazine. Numerous arTicles and picTures oT scie-nTiTic inTeresT are To be Tound in The issues. Included are experimenTs, reporTs, sTrange TacTs and sTories. Mrs. Friedland is The TaculTy adviser. The publicaTion is connecTed wiTh The Biology lab lgas chamber Tor Trogsl. Ronald Tavel hm Hn rx

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A SENIOR'S SONG OF MYSELF A Woman WaiTs Tor Me One l-lour To Madness and Joy Ages and Ages ReTurning aT lnTervals We Two, l-Tow Long We Were Fooled CiTy of Orgies l hear iT Was Charged AgainsT Me A Song of Joys A Song of Occupafions OuT of The Cradle Endlessly Roclcing On The Beach aT Night PerTecTion O me! O life! BeauTiTul Women To Old Age An Army Corps on The March Give Me The Splendid SilenT Sun NoT YouTh PerTains To Me Unnamed Lands Ye DowncasT Hours A Riddle Song lnTerpolaTion Sounds Ooodby, My Fancy Leaves oT Grass Whoever You Are, Holding Me Now ln l-land O You Who OTTen and SilenTly Come Song oT The Answerer Miracles The Sleepers WhaT I BesT See in Thee LiTe and DeaTh LaTe To class again Lasf Period of The day Alumni Freshmen realizing no swimming pool CiTy oT Midwood Library book losT GraduaTion CuTTing Freshmen Exfra-curricular Senior haT ThaT TiTs ATTer Tailing a TesT Senior gals Teachers R.O.T.C. Loolcing ouT OT The window during TesT Senior Siberia Senior wiThouT daTe Physics LogariThms 97 average LeTTuce in caTeTeria sandwiches The deans Pinks cards Duhhhhhhhh The oTher guy's reporT card FirsT period S.S. A cigareT Money Roslyn Celniclcer

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