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

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FRA DUE AMICI Gino: E' Tuo quel cane? Come si chiama? Mario: Si e' mio. Si chiama Prince. Gino: E' bella davvero? Che occhi inTelligenTi! E' giovane? Gino: E' un cane da caccia. o unicane da guardia. Mario: E' un cane da guardia. e' bravo e Tedele. Gino: E che Ta in casa? , Mario: Di giorno sTa sempre con mia Lmadre. Gino: E di noTTe? Mario: Di noTTe Ta la guardia alla casa e all'orTo. Gino: E' sTa quieTo? Mario: STa quieTo se non senTe nessuno. Se senTe qualcuno abbaia. Gino: Devo riTornare a casa perche' il cane ha Tame. Vedi come sbadiglial Arrivederci. Mario! , Mario: Arrivederci. Gino! HARRY DE BLASI, ALFRED eAETA, 9A3 S C I E N C E C L U B The Niles Science Club headed by Mr. Golod, has been geTTing along smooThly during This Term. The club was creaTed by The science-minded boys and girls of The 9Th year To supplemenT Their science work. The club oTFicers and members who make This club possible are: Chairman. Richard Delagi, Vice-Chairman, Melvin GreenblaTT. Members: Arnold Karsch, Frank Di Fiore. Oscar PomeranT2. BerT WesTman. RoberT PoydasheTF, Arnold lsmach, Ralph Goodman. Marvin Yellen. Morris Furman. Leon Dulberger, Ralph Slavinsky. Irwin Adler, Marvin Rosenberg. Morris Rudy. Hal Sinkowih, Andrew Fuseo, Lawrence HorowiTz, Dolores Rose, Blanche SalTz, Phillis SulT2er, Malvina Dyak, Rosiline Fisch. EsTher Kupinsky. Anna Sief. . The members each have Their own fields and each one is expecTed To give a lecTure, demonsTraTion, or experimenT in Their individual Tields. The club's program sTarTed briskly wiTh a demonsTraTion of hypnosis by Blanche SalTZ. Some oT The ouTsTanding lecTures were given by Delagi on RockeTry, GreenblaTT and Delagi on BacTeriology, Dulberger on ElecTriciTy, PoydasheTT on Chemical Magic. Mr, Golod has given his Time and eTTorT To make This club a success along wiTh The members. The club meeTs on Tuesday aTTer school and usually ends aT 4:00 buT when a discussion sTarTs, The meeTing may end aT 5:l5, wiTh all The members in heaTed debaTe. AT The end oT The Term The members will break up and go inTo The various high schools. The members oT The Teaching sTaTT wish These boys and girls who made This club possible good luck in Their TuTure underTakings in whaTever fields oT endeavor They may choose. , -' MELVIN GREENBLATT, 9BI - 52 -

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FRENCH DAFFY NITIONS Here are some French wonks which are homonyms of lhe English words defined on lhe rghl. Then look io see whal lhe French words really mean. I. qu'il Por? in Germany 2. cinq Whal happened lo The Japanese Navy 3. pas Where's Ma? . 4. dans A boy's name 5. mars A planel 6. nous The opposile ol old 7, pain A cooking ulensil 8. belle Whal you ring 9. aussi An Ausfralian soldier IO. porl Your skin is lull of 'rhem ' Il. quinze Save Them. Collecfion on Wednesday l2. aime l3'rh le'r'rer of lhe alphabei I3. carle A small wagon I4. mailresse A bed would be uncomforfalole wifhoul one I5. lorle A srronghold I6. huil' Whal flour is made from I7. chaud Whal- people go +o Broadway lo see I8. chaud The sound a horn makes I9. dire Whal a boy calls his girl 20. beau -and arrow Meanings I. lhal he, Z. five. 3. noi. 4. in, 5. March. 6. we, 7. bread. 8. beauliful, 9. also, IO. por'r, I8. all. I9. lo say. 20. handsome. Roloerlo: Alfredo: Roloerlo: Alfredo: Roberloz ll. lilieen, 12. likes. I3. map. I4. leacher, I5. slrong, I6. eight I7. warm, MELVIN ROGERS. 9BR LA CRGCE ROSSA lTl1e Recl Cross, Alfredo, perche' vogliono raccogliere sempre dei denari per la Croce Rossa? Che fa essa? T La Croce Rossa e' come una madre che la del loene a lulli i solilerenli, a lulli i ierili sui campi di ballaglia. agli ammalari negli ospedali e a molli allri. - Quali opere di bene fa? Tanie . . . Per la Croce Rossa non esisre il nemico, lanlo Vero che soccorre i prigionieri di guerra di fulii i paesi. e in lfalia aiuia pure i poveri ed i profughi spendendo mollo denaro. . Allora, affinche' la Croce Rossa possa dare Jru++o il suo aiulo e' necessario che noi facciamo le noslre offerle. Dare per la Croce Rossa e' la migliore Cosa che si possa fare, perche' il denaro che noi diamo ad essa e' speso in opere di carila'. - ANNA POLLARA, 9A3 - Sl -

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CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRIA The da has come aT lasT. ChrisTmas is here! For days now. my moTher and TaTher have been busTling around preparing Tor The big day. My broThers have been gaThering The rye planT Tor our Tree and iT's Tinally u on The Table wiTh iTs ornamenTs and decoraTions. You see. our cusTom is To gaTl?er The rye planT, wrap iT in bundles, and use iT as a ChrisTmas Tree. MoTher has been preparing a lovely dinner and half The village will be here. No. we don'T have a SanTa Claus or SainT Nicholas, buT we do believe in giving presenTs. And now aT lasT, MoTher says. All righT, children, you! may dress yourselves. EveryThing is ready. A I Laces and silks are pulled ouT oT The closeTs and we are bedecked in all our TinesT. The Table, covered wiTh a pure linen cloTh my grandmoTher had made, and highly polished wooden spoons, knives, and Torks was laden wiTh sTeaming puddings. hoT roasT pork, chicken. veal, and all The Toods ThaT make your mouTh waTer. AT long lasT our guesTs announced Their arrival by The merry Tinkling oT sleigh bells. The cusTom is Tor Them To wear a cerTain cosTume made oT animal skins. These are Turned so ThaT The Tur is againsT The skin and The inside is made wiTh The puresT color imaginable. This is really one of our nicesT cusT,oms. GiTTs are exchanged wiTh many a greeTing card Tor a Merry ChrisTmas and a Happy New Year. ATTer The TradiTional seven course dinner The kuTchka is served. KuTchka! WhaT on earTh is ThaT? l'll Try To explain. You see, a cerTain Type oT weed is picked, cooked Tor abouT six hours. coaTed wiTh honey and seeds, and leTT To dry. This delicacy is so good. you iusT can'T imagine iT. A small piece oT iT is Thrown u Towards The rooT. IT iT reaches The ceiling. a long and prosperous year is ahead. lTpnoT, well, you can'T live Torever. anyway. Finally, when The evening has begun To Turn inTo morning, our guesTs pile Their cloThing on and sTep cauTiously ouTside. CauTiously, because The iokers and pranksTers oT The village are ouT on The prowl in Their cosTumes and masks. Yes. iT is acTualIy dangerous To go ouT oT doors TonighT. As l climb wearily inTo bed aTTer a perTecT day, I wonder iT I'll ever have such a wonderTul Time again. RUTH SCHINDLER. 8BR LIFE INA KVUTZA IN PALESTINE V LiTe in a KvuTza sTarTs aT seven o'cloclc in The morning when The people are aroused by a loud gong. They eaT in The large mess hall oT The KvuTza. ATTer breakTasT The dishes are washed b a commiTTee which is changed Trom day To da . While The commiTTee is busy washing and drying The dishes. The resT go To work. Some work in The Tields, some in The orange groves, some Tend To caTTIe, and some work in The packing de arTmenT. In a KvuTza everybody works. boTh men and women, so someone is needecln To waTch and Take care oT The children. Work is repared b a commiTTee whose iob iT was To prepare The meals. ATTr lunch. workj is resumecl,unTil 5 P.M. From Tive Till supper Time lsupper is served aT six P.M.l parenTs usually spend wiTh Their children. ATTer supper The children reTire. The adulfs usually spend The remaining Time in The library. Taking a walk, or reTire early: , A MILTON MOCHSON. -9AI 153.-