Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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X. I 99.1 we began. Equipped wifh one 6-inch ruler and fwo 3B pencils lwifh no erasersl, we sfarfed ruling in our margins. As Renee blocked off an area of I5'x6', Anifa began skefching in fhe design. The dinner hour was approaching when we finally decided fo pack up for fhe day. On our way ouf of fhe room, fwo of Midwood's mafrons happened fo pass fhe open door. Horrors! one cried. An oufbreak of vandalism! As fhe hurf wore off, we had a small suspicion fhaf fhis liffle remark was iusf fhe beginning of a long line of such complimenfs. ln fhe weeks fhaf followed we worked af a feverish pace. Despife fhe difficulfies we had in scaling fhe walls in order fo painf fhe upper areas of fhe mural, we loved every momenf of if. Soon fhe news spread like wildfire fhroughouf fhe arf squad. Some of our senior members came down fo fhe greaf masferpiece lwhich is second only fo Michelangelo's Sisfine Chapell. Gloria Ragovin donafed a figure and a half, Abboff Meader supplied his usual Meader fouch fo a few of fhe figures, Nafalie Waldman supplied half a shirf wifh cuff-links +o mafch lfhe laffer being silenfly dis- posed of lafer onl, and Helen Goldberg invaded fhe domain by Saure+-ing a male figure. Even our faculfy had some fun on if. Miss Freincle and Miss Reiser, a deserfer from fhe Gym Depf., added fheir liffle somefhings, such as a door, a pile of news- papers and a fypisf. However, we offen found if necessary fo go over fheir work. Soon we accumulafed several fhick layers of painf which, much fo our horror, prompfly began fo crack and peel. lf was in fhis sfage of near-complefion fhaf we showed an abilify fo give a good reparfee fo fhe self-appoinfed arf crifics who surrounded us. Affer fwo weeks of labor, fhe acfual mural painfing was complefed. Now if was fime fo varnish if. Wifh flif gun in hand, and a good supply of lacquer, we proceeded fo puf fhe final fouches on if. The room and surrounding buildings were soon filled wifh fhe fumes of our endeavor. Our mayor, Jay Arbeifer, and mayor-elecf Paul Schwaber soon found if necessary fo deparf along wifh Mr. Dobren, Mr. Grebanier, Commissioners, efc. Affer a few days fhe air was sufficienfly cleared so fhaf acfiv- ifies were able fo refurn fo normal. Our work is done, and now as we refreaf alone fo our fourfh floor den we are faken by a warm feeling of safisfacfion. Taking one lasf look af fhe wall we close fhe door behind us. Midwood has no choice-if cannof forgef us. Anifa Vaccaro Renee Weiner III llllllllllllllllllIlllllll , ,,.,,.M -az-3.1.-L

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We are alone in B7l. We pause for a momen+ lo gaze al lhe wall before us. The faslc we had se+ oul lo perform is now compleled. We sfop, lhinlxing 'lo ourselves, How did ihis all begin? How did we become involved in +his slrange under+alring? Anila was siHing in S.S. 44 when suddenly Mr. Dobren's voice boomed oul a+ her, See me af+er classl Affer fhe period was over she approached him cauliously. Anile, he oFFered, l have a wall for you. A walI!! She cried, For me-ll Gee dad, lhanlrs. Bul how? Well, when fhe Board of Esli- mafe checked +heir reporfs, fhey found fhal +hey had a spare wall in B7I which +hey decided lo ap- propriale +o some deserving slu- denl who could do whal he wanfed wifh il. Since l lmow lhal you're a good arf sludenl and a failhful follower of C.M. acfivilies, l'm giv- ing lhe job over lo you. She dashed up lhe four fligh+s of slairs, slaggered info 'rhe ar+ squad room la haven for 'rhe mad ar+is+s of Midwoodl and blur+ed ou? fhose memorable words, A walll a walll l've gol' a wall! Oul' from under a lellering brush crawled Renee. They haven'+ given oul one of 'those in aboul four years, she replied in amaze- menl. Bu+ fhe faslx is loo big for me alone, came Ani'ra's plea for aid. You have come fo +he righ+ person, replied Renee, her usual sense of modesfy prevailing. On Wednesday of regenfs weelr lnluli-fiqfvf

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THE MARCH OF THE IRON MEN God only knows wha+ I did To deserve iT, buT I was a member oT The FooTball Team. During The TirsT reorganizaTion oT ExTra-Curricular AcTiviTies since The sTrike, our Team was presenTed wiTh WingaTe Field as a meeTing and pracTice place. The Tieldhouse was a dingy ill-liT place, and always reminded me oT a dungeon. The concreTe Tloors were T'ilThy and weT. IT was a wonder ThaT The num- ber of aThleTe's TeeT was noT Too greaT, consider- ing The condiTions ThaT prevailed. The Tield was made oT rocks, buT here and There one could see a blade of grass. I mighT say however, ThaT Coach I'vlanTrone had a greaT deal oT TaiTh in our abiliTy To play The game. The following season Midwood goT hold oT Marine Park Tor iTs cenTer oT acTiviTies. This Tield was where you made iT. The grass was ankle deep and was considered a luxury To The players. When several TeeT OT This gorgeous sTuTT was reporTed missing by The park oI'Ticials, Mr. lvl. Cohn sTarTed a room by room search Tor iT. When fir! we were Tackled, we Tell as iT on a maTTress, and buT Tor a Tew bear Traps, condiTions were ideal. AlThough we gripe and complain, we are proud oT our Teams, and as long as Midwood has sporTs, The sTudenT body will supporT Them. li X i BY X IT's a bleak Tall day, and as one comes To WingaTe Field one can see abouT 25 lvlidwood sTudenTs kicking a hard ball around To each oTher. This game is called soccer. Everybody knows oT The sTars on The TooTball and baskeTball squad. buT do They know oT The boys on The soccer Team who risk Their necks TighTing Tor our school? Cn Wednesday and Friday, 25 boys come onTo a Tield wiTh empTy sTands. There is no band, and noi one boosler There To cheer Them on To vicTory.