Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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DEAR DIARY, lT's all over, ouT, and done wiTh. lT cerTainly was some heck OT a iob, buT we made iT and To you, The Senior class, we presenT The bad resulTs oT good inTenTions. ln February, we The ArTisTic and LeTTered sTarTed ouT To creaTe a yearbook: lngredienTs . . . bad prooTs, Dubey humor, a pinch oT faculfy advice, mix wiTh Ed. noTes, slap TogeTher and leT seTTle. Whamiel A YEARBOOK . . . TSO we ThoughTl. We sTarTed ouT by sending noTices around To Those inTeresTed in Epilog. Come To The ArT Squad OTTice, we cordially inviTed. To Those OT you who are sTill looking and wondering where The oTTice is loCaTed, you were righT The TirsT Time. lT's ThaT closeT door in The wall on The TourTh Tloor. The ArT Squad, Midwood's closeT, minus mofh-balls and hangers, housed Epilog during iTs creaTive sTage. ln order noT To inTerTere wiTh The budding Bohemians, we were given a corner oT This room To do our work. Since mosT OT our work calls Tor guiTe a biT oT Typing we expecTed To Tind aT leasr Two TypewriTers, lnsTead we Tound one dilapidaTed Underwood, yellowed wiTh age and moTher of aT leasT TiTTeen Epilogs. lvlr. Mandell kindly donafed To The cause, one used, well, slighTly used, TypewriTer. To be said oT The Epilog sTaTT: lnTo The Air by l Was There ln response To our plea Tor TalenTed wriTers and arTisTs, many came. Many are called and Tew are chosen: yeT even Tewer remained wiTh The acTiviTy. Flippin' wiTh Zippin, The liTerary sTaTT sTarTed ouT wiTh a bang. The Epilog jewel, Dubey The ruby, loaned his Hlzloogie Bug and spare minuTes beTween Senior Council and Argus April Fool, To The liTerary sTaTT. By combining The TalenTs OT These Two people we goT sense and nonsense Tor our book, Are some oT your services missing Trom under your picTure? Miller and lvleisner are The girls To see AbouT ThaT missing acTiviTy. To be said oT Rozi's Epilog's ArT EdiTor The ArT's The Thing ThaT made our book 'Cause mosT oT our paTrons don'T read, buT look .... Who can TorgeT lvlordy and Charlie, The original We are a Camera guys who leTT spoTs beTore your eyes? Whenever l wanTed To Tind ouT how Tar Epilog had progressed wiTh The picTure-Taking l'd have To sojourn down To The TirsT Tloor dark- room, To hold TorTh a session wiTh These Two. Oh, you wanT To know whaT l had To do wiTh iT? They called me The EdiTor-in- ChieT and aT Times a Tew a+her choice appellaTions . . . I had no specific job, iusT anyThing ThaT cropped up, Typing, Tiling, ediTing, counTing characTers lnoT Seniorsl, wriTing, drawing lines ,... You know diary, iT really has been a loT oT Tun, l hope you like iT, . . Love and Kisses, Conracla Tfirvi' 8

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101 5 - -L' PJBBESGGI-L-u'.4u-av' .11313431 L.....-k- 7.1. . . : Soon Time will have wriTTen an- . oTher chapTer in The book oT each member oT The class oT '53, Tor ' i graduaTion day approaches and we I MidwoodiTes will Tind ourselves Treshmen in various colleges, parT OT The working group, and mem- i bers oT The miliTary Torces. Our desTinies are scaTTered and, For All We Know We May Never MeeT Again, buT The close experi- ences shared by us will long be remembered and will serve as The binding Tie To our class. l Four years OT sound academic Training combined wifh The under- sTanding OT a compeTenT TaculTy I I I earemark our class. During These pasT Tour years, Through our pa- TienT insTrucTors, we have learned by doing, Those aTTiTudes, qualiTies, and values which are characTerisTic oT The DemocraTic principles oT all Tree men. We, as sTudenTs, have been TaughT noT To allow The imporTance OT maTerial acquisiTions To supersede The moral and eThical values which Truly make Tor an abiding success. We sTudenTs have been TorTunaTe in having Dr. Ross Tor our Principal. Under his adminisTraTive policies and his advisory capabiliTies, Midwood has become an ouTsTanding high school. T-lis personal inTeresT in us, as individuals, has creaTed a close Tie beTween The oTTice oT principal and sTudenT body. The sTep which we are abouT To Take is a major one, Tor we leave our closely shelTered school home To Tace The insecure ouTside world. ln These Times oT world conTlicT, iT is hard To say ThaT we Tace a brighT Tomorrow. The Tomorrow yeT To come is based upon Today, The presenT: and as high school graduaTes, we Tind The Task of molding ThaT brighT Tomorrow in our own hands. As young people, we musT devoTe our youTh, our ideals, and our energies Towards making ThaT secure and happy TuTure. To have iT we musT earn iT. Our course oT sTudy has been inTense and varied. Some oT The subiecT maTTer will become a parT oT us, parT OT our daily exisTence7 The resT, a parT oT our culTural background. YeT, success in living is noT measured in Terms oT book learning, buT by The basic undersTanding oT one's Tellow man, The basic respecT Tor one's Tellow man, and The basic Teelings Towards one's Tellow man. ln our school The opporTuniTy Tor broadening relaTionships wiTh oThers has been exTensive. The TacT ThaT we are leaving lvlidwood is no longer a dream, buT has maTerialized inTo a realiTy. We are The TruiTs oT The labors oT parenTs, Teachers, and Triends. The success oT Their Teachings depends upon us. The spring Term oT '53 draws To a close, and wifh iT end The TrusTraTions, Tailures, and disappoinTmenTs oT The class OT '53. Now ThaT we have reached The summing up, These Things seem Trivial in comparison To The road ahead. We Tace The TuTure armed wiTh dreams and high hopes, no burden Too heavy To bear, no heighT Too high To climb, and Tor our deTerminaTion To go Torward we say, Thank you, dear Mid- wOOd. Conrada Gill K--Q.-,.... X., 2.4, TLT bun- x r,--' ' ---W ':1:.::1r.t-1------'4'..L-.-If - -'----t--H---.-I--:'::.-.-:---I I-.-.Lrg-...-if-'T------I. ,-Lv... -F .- .-,. ii,

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