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

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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.-

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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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I ,Mlm 1 1 Q, Wg! lf , CHRISTMAS EVE IN POLAND LiTTle STasia's golden braids had been bobbing back and TorTh as she looked ouT oT The window. scanning The darkened sky, Tor on ChrisTmas Eve young and old eagerly. awaiT The TirsT sTar To appear in The sky. Only Then do They lighT The candles on Their ChrisTmas Trees. Finally The Tree was lighTed and The Tamily gaThered around The Table Tor The TradiTional ChrisTmas Eve supper. STasia helped her broTher sTrew The Tloor wiTh hay, place a layer oT sTraw under The Table cloTh, and place The candles careTully in The cenTer. When everyone had saT down aT The Table, her TaTher broke The Holy WaTer and gave each one a piece. Then supper began in real earnesT. lT is an old cusTom in Poland ThaT There should be nine courses aT 'The ChrisTmas Eve dinner. FirsT, a Tried Tish and bread appeared, Then a delicious barszcz sogp made Trom xg, beeTs and sour cream. NexT came poTaToes garnished wiTh buTTere Tried onions. r T I I 'IA Q Lai K VT lllll TL.. ,,, Ili W as - .4-J' H in Then came dumplings wiTh prunes and raisins. and mushrooms and sauerkrauT. Then barley wiTh dried apples appeared. STasia aTe sparingly Tor she was saving her appeTiTe Tor The besT Tood oT all-pierogi-a dumpling made oT dough and prune Tilling. The meal was'compleTed by a poT oT hoT Tea and babka-cake. ATTer supper she and her broThers inspecTed The ChrisTmas Tree which' held many liTTle surprises Tor Them. EveryThing was homemade. NoThing had been boughT in The sTores. ThaT is a Polish TradiTion and STasia knew iT well. While The dishes were being washed. ChrisTmas Carols were sung. Everyone Then prepared To go To The PasTerka, a midnighT mass which lasTed unTil one-ThirTy. STasia and her broThers looked Torward To The nexT nighT Tor Then The older boys would go Trom house To house singing carols and holding beTore Them an illuminaTed sTar on a long pole. Some oT The carolers would wear masks imiTaTing animals in The manger. or The Wise Men in The EasT. The nighT would end wiTh dancing The Oberek in gay cosTumes. From The sTraw on The Table To The masks worn ChrisTmas nighT. everyThing would be symbolic and TradiTional in This Polish celebraTion oT ChrisTmas. STasia is in America now buT she sTill sings carols as she washes The dishes on ChrisTmas Eve. She sTill waiTs Tor The TirsT sTar To appear in The sky beTore she lighTs her Tree. and never Tires oT hearing her moTher Tell Tales oT The oTher land. CAROLINE KAczoRowskA, QA: ' CHRISTMAS IN ITALY . Every counTry has iTs own way oT celebraTing holidays. LeT's Take ChrisTmas Tor insTance. Every Town celebraTes iT a liTTle diTTerenTly. so l'll Tr my besT To make you acquainTed wiTh The way They celebraTe ChrisTmas in my moTher's'Town in lTaly. ln America we have a ChrisTmas Tree To decoraTe, buT in lTaly They don'T have a Tree. They have a liTTle sTable wiTh Jesus lying in a manger wiTh all The shepherds kneeling around The new born baby. They have liTTle dolls dressed as angels. shep- herds, The village people, and The Wise Men walking down a hill. Then There is a brighT sTar aT The head oT The manger. lnsTead oT lighTing liTTle lighTs on Trees. They ligh'T Their lighTs on The liTTle sTable. y They eaT and drink all kinds oT Things. They eaT roosTers and meaTs roasTed in The oven, and macaroni. and a loT OT homemade cookies and cakes. Many oT Them drink liquor and wines. They also play games. They dance and sing. and some oT The people go inTo The counTry To serenade. They go around visiTing each oTher and exchanging Toods beTween Tamilies. As an end To a quieT and happy ChrisTmas, They siT around The Tireplace and Tell Tales. ' INEZ CONTE. 8A4