Niles Junior High School - Milestones Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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MRS. F'ERRAlOLl When I TirsT learned ThaT Mrs. Ferraioli was To leave our school aT The end oT This Term. I was surprised and sorry To hear This news. Because she is one oT our besT and nicesT Teachers, all oT us will regreT her de arTure. Having had Mrs. Ferraioli Tor Two Terms Tor ariThmeTic. I know and The oTTier sTudenTs who have had Mrs. Ferraioli know ThaT her leaving our school will mean one Tine Teacher gone. I Think ThaT even if anoTher Teacher comes To Till her vacancy. she will noT be able To Take The place oT Mrs. xFerraioli. All I can say Tor myself and Tor The resT oT The sTudenTs is We're sorry ou're leaving, Mrs. Ferraioli. Wherever you go and whaTever you do. 'Good Luck! To Youl' . ES-I-HER MELAMED 7BR MRS. O'HORA AlThough imporTanT people wiTh high posiTions usually are The ones abouT whom The eulogies are wriTTen, I Think Mrs. C'Hora deserves To be wriTTen up, noT because oT The prominence and imporTance oT her posiTion, buT because oT her Tine characTer. Though having known her Tor only a year, I Teel highly iusTiTied in raising Mrs. O'Hora, Tor as any oTher oT her pupils would agree. iT Took much less Time Than ThaT To like her. The ouTsTanding Thing abouT her was her abiliTy To lisTen To and undersTand pupils. and many was The Time I was saved Trom The secTion book because oT Mrs. O'Hora's grace. Being a devouT person she mosT hearTily believed in righTeousness and was no incompeTenT soTTie. The inTeresT which she .puT inTo her pupils was in iTselT amazing. I remember The Time when The TaTher oT one oT our classmaTes passed awa . ThaT whole aTTernoon Mrs. O'Hora devoTed To The Teaching oT how To aTTend all kinds oT Tunerals. CaTholic, Jewish. and ProTesTanT. When she walked ouT oT our school P.S. II8 losT a Teacher. a lady. and a Iover oT humaniTy. ALVIN ZIMMERMAN' QBR WILLIAM NILES IT has been said ThaT Success is geTTing whaT you wanT1 happiness is wanTing whaT you geT . Here is a TribuTe To a man who aTTained boTh. A TribuTe To one so Tine ThaT he will noT be TorgoTTen easily. His memory shall live on as The IaTe William Niles aTTer whom The school was named. We are giving The Tollowing deTails'Tor The beneTiT oT all The children who have wondered why our school is so named. Mr. Niles was born in The Bronx and lived aT his TaTher's esTaTe aT Bainbridge Avenue and 204Th STreeT. l.aTer in IiTe, he was hailed as a greaT civic leader and an ouTsTanding ciTizen. ATTer his marriage, he conTinued To live aT The Niles EsTaTe. In The year l9l3. he was elecTed PresidenT oT The Bronx Board oT Trades and con- Tinued his wonderful work Tor The beneTiT oT The Bronx. Mr. Niles sponsored The work on The Bronx River Parkway. The ouTsTanding parT he Took in iT earned him The TiTle oT FaTher oT The Bronx River Parkway . ATTer his deaTh. a rnonumenT was erecTed To his memory aT 226Th STreeT and Bronx River Parkway. During November oT I937. The IaTe Dr. Harold G. Campbell. SuperinTendenT oT Schools. made The suggesTion oT naming The new Junior High School aT l79Th STreeT and ArThur Avenue aTTer This greaT civic leader. On November IO, I937, This suggesTion was carried ouT. The imposing orange brick building was named aTTer a greaT man. indeed, a man who will live on in The memory oT every BronxiTe as well as The sTudenTs in Niles Junior Hioh Sohool- ELAINE KLEBANOFF. RUTH sci-HNDLER. .EILEEN HOROWITZ asia The pubIicaTion oT This arTicle would noT have been possible. wiThouT The cooperaTion oT Miss BuTz aT The Bronx Board of Trade and Mr. Holohan oT The Park DeparTmenT. -6-

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AN INTERVIEW WITH MISS WATERS , Ever since Mr. Conroy IeTT our school in OcTober, Miss WaTers has had The Tremendous job and res onsibiIiTy oT running P.S. II8. Everyone knows and can well be assured ThaT her lgadershi was a greaT success. Her success was due To The TacT ThaT she is a very kind. inTell-igenT. and mosT imporTanT of all an undersTanding person. She is e Triend To all and assisTs in all possible aid she can give. Miss WaTers abiliTy To undersTand children is a TacTor which sTands ouT above all oTher Things. She Tries To undersTand each chilcI's inTeresT and guides him along a paTh which will lead To his aims in The TuTure. On Thursday. May 4. I was a very TorTunaTe person, Tor I was given The assign- menT of inTerviewing our AssociaTe Principal Miss WaTers. As I neared her oTIice on The TourTh Tloor my hearT Thumped very loudly Tor l. a reporTer of NilesTones. was To have an inTerview wiTh a very disTinguished person in Niles Junior High School. When I enTered her oTIice all Tear and TrighT quickly IeTT me and a raTher Triendly feeling sprang up beTween us. as I explained whaT may mission was. ' I only s oke To her Tor a very IiTTIe while, buT in Those Tew momenTs I realized whaT a Tine Eaader P.S. II8 has. One oT The quesTions which I asked her was. How did you Teel being principal oT II8? Well, she answered. iT was one of The mosT inTeresTing Terms I ever experi- enced. Being acTing principal Tor a Tew monlrhs was very enjoyable, Though a greaT responsibiliTy. ' I . I was worried when The school was broken inTo Three Times.-buT relieved when The culpriTs were Tound To be Trom anoTher school. I should also like To Thank The TaculTy and The greaTer parT oT The sTudenTs Tor Their wonderTuI cooperaTion. While being principal, I had The able assisTance oT Mrs. McDacIe Tor which I am very graTeTul ancl appreciaTive. Now ThaT our new principal Mr. Flaum has arrived. I am glad To be back in my old olifice on The TourTh floor. We can all be proud oT Miss WaTers who deserves crediT Tor being an able leader in our school. She has done a wonderTul iob and on behalT oT The sTudenTs oT II8. I should like To Thank her very much. I DOROTHY APPEL, 9BR MRS. McDADE g When Mrs. McDacle leTT our school lasT April The pupils oT II8 had a greaT loss. and The pupils oT II8 had a greaT gain. . I sTiII remember The air she always had abouT her. IT was an air oT digniTy and Tirmness, yeT iT had a Touch oT kindness in iT. Mrs. McDacIe always 'found Time in her busy day To go over The problems of The pupils. She also did all she could To help The war eTTorT. When we were making ChrisTmas packages Tor The boys in The service, Mrs. McDade was righT in There piTching. I am sure ThaT all The oTher pupils of I I8 will ioin me in wishing you good uck. Mrs. McDade. and remember good old II8. I IRVING MANDELBLIT. 9BR -5... '

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GRADUATION During a liTeTime There are several disTincT occurrences upon which we should like To look back. One oT These is graduaTion. As we scan Through The memories oT The pasT. This experience has never yeT been overlooked. We Try To picTure The scene. an audiTorium wiTh rows oT seaTs. There's a murmur ThroughouT The room. Suddenly. as Though by some sTrange power, all is quieT. Your pulse quickens as The principal enTers The audiTorium. His TooTsTeps echo and seem To beaT inside your brain. As you anTicipaTed, he is sTanding beTore ou. You look up aT him and all Tenseness subsides. You are no longer rigid and TrighTened. You are relaxed and unaTraid. T He begins his Talk and you lisTen aTTenTively. He pauses and seems To look direcTly aT you. And Then he smiles, a smile you will never quiTe TorgeT. You sing The NaTional AnThem, your voice rising ioyously. Then The momenT you Teared Tor so many weeks arrives. IT is Time To receive your diploma. You're sure ThaT someThing dreadTul is going To happen. You can icTure yourselT Tripping across The sTage and landing headTirsT aT The principal's TJeeT. Oh! now you can Teel a liTTle dizziness coming upon you. You groan silenTly and whisper a liTTle prayer. ATTer 'whaT seemed like hours oT waiTing, your name is called. You sTep up and walk proudly across The plaTTorm. You receive your diploma. AT lasT! lT's all over. You see Mom and There are Tears in her eyes. Tears oT happiness. You've earned your reward aT lasT. ANNA SEIF, 9BR GRADUATION OF JANUARY, I944 Many Tine pupils have passed Through The porTals oT Niles Junior School. sober. sensible. girls and boys who will become our TuTure ciTizens. WiTh The cooperaTion oT The sTudenTs each graduaTion has surpassed all preceding ones. ln January, l944. in The presence oT many parenTs. Teachers and Triends a graduaTion was held which was beyond all oThers. The ConTaTa enTiTled The GreaT Assembly Line was wrifTen by Lou Singer. IT was enjoyed by The audience as well as by Those who performed. The sTar performers who meriT considerable praise Tor Their Tine rendiTion oT war workers are Murray Goldman and AnThony D'Orazio oT Class 9B5. OTher members oT The casT who also deserve praise are: KaThleen De Maria, Gerald Yanchik, EdiTh Beusse, Joseph lacavelli, Lillian Schellhammer. Thomas Turkman We all wish To Thank Miss Tighe. Mrs. Sueur and Mrs. O'Hora Tor creaTing such a successTul program. Mr. J. F. Conroy, our,Tormer principal, who is now an AssisTanT SuperinTendenT oT Schools. was among The inviTed guesTs. He gave an inspiring, speech. Among The oThers inviTed were: Miss Johanna Hopkins. AssisTanT Super- inTendenT oT Schools. Mrs. Anna McDade. AssisTanT Principal oT Junior High Mrs. BronsTein, Former PresidenT oT ParenTs' AssociaTion. Mrs. WeisenTeld, PresenT PresidenT oT ParenTs' AssociaTion. Mr. Francis Conlon, represenTing The American Legion who presenTed The American Legion Medal To Tormer PresidenT oT The General OrganizaTion, Donald McKayle. ANNA SEIF, 9BR -7-