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

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K -X nhfrtfa 5' OUR NEW PRINCIPAL I When Mr. Conroy lefl' us. we were very sad and Ihoughr he could never be replaced by anyone. lvliss Walers look over for a while and did a fine iob. and now a new and greal' addifion has been made 'ro l I8. We have heard many 'Ihings abou? him and he is cerlainly living up Io our expeclalions. Junior High School I I8 will become an even liner school under his leadership. I am sure you will agree 'rhal' Mr. Flaum is carrying on The iob ol Ivlr. Conroy excellenlly. I-le has only been here a shorl' lime, and already he is making greal' impressions upon us. I am sure you will all join me in Ihanking Mr. Flaum 'For coming Io our school. eeoneis PuLclNo, 984 I AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. FLAUM Perhaps on Thursday. May lourlh. you noliced Iwo children. a girl and a boy. looking brighlr-eyed wilh anlicipalion 'lhal' was 'ringed a bil. iusl' a Iiny bil-wilh frighr. Well, il Ihal caused you any sleepless nighl' you may be relieved 'Io know if wasn'I as melodramalic as you believed il' Io be. II was iusl' a simple case of slage frighl which disappeared al Ihe righl momen'I'. When we ll musi confess Iiwas one of Ihe chosen Iwol came 'ro a cerlain door we Ihoughl, Now, here's where you musl gel hold of 'rhis silly em,o'rion. Bui- slill who could forelell wha'r was going lo happen behind 'rhal sinisler door. We cauliously knocked and wailed-waifed un'ril a voice broke Ihe slillness wilh ils jovial qualily. We were so caplivared wi+h ils genialiiy 'rhaf we did as we had been bidden and enlered. We were now in Mr. Flaum's office. and our principal was sealed lacing us. There was a cordial smile on his lace as we approached and slaled our mission. Recognilion shone in his eyes. Yes, he had remembered Ihal' Miss Vllafers had fold him I'ha'r we were Io inlerview him. When you come Io a school. lvlrl Flaum began in a conversalional 'I'one. no maI rer how beauliful 'rhe building. if is Ihe pupils and 'rhe 'reaching slafl of fhe school 'rhal impress you mosl. I am happy Io say 'rhal Ihe pupils here impressed me as being alerl, enlhusiaslic, and scholarly. I especially liked Ihe friendly aH'iIude of Ihe pupils 'roward Iheir Ieachersf' Mr. Flaum paused Ihere. mos'r probably 'Io recall Ihe days in The school where he had been principal for many years, and Io compare 'rhem wilh us. Then speaking of 'rhe manners and general demeanor of The pupils in Ihe school. Mr. Flaum men- Iioned 'rhe liac+ Thai' he liked people Io live democraiically and 'ro enjoy The blessings ...3..

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EDHORIAL . Once in a while a quesTion arises. and someone knowing The TacTs Tries To answer iT. Here is a brieT summary oT my answer To a very imporTanT and appropri- aTe quesTion. Why do we publish a school paper? ' l believe ThaT our school publicaTion acTs as a microphone. LeT The sTudenT speak in unmisTakable Tones abouT our civic aTTairs and responsibiliTies. and The school ioins in uniTy. Our school is diTTerenT in cerTain ways Trom oThers. Our school magazine Tells abouT iT. NilesTones is our log. showing our bearing and degrees and our course Tor The TuTure. ConsTrucTive criTicism is The giTT oT The ages, and NilesTones is The home oT This Type oT criTicism. lT also is The place where we express ourselves. This Thing remembrance is wonderful, and you who have sTill kepT NilesTones will have Tun in recollecTion. . V NilesTones Tells oT our Tears. our laughs, our greeTings and Tarewells. IT Tells oT our known. our honored, our TalenTed,' and in shorT oT you and me. l ' BERT WESTMAN. 9AI MR.CONROY This is a TribuTe. NoT The Type you hear abouT every da To people who have enriched our lives by liTeraTure. music or science. buT a hearTTlelT noTe oT graTiTude To a man who has begun To mold our TuTure. The vivid image oT his warm personaliTy, The undersTanding which he. has shown us will live wiTh us Tor many years To come. A robusT man enTered The audiTorium oT The shining new school building one sunny SepTember morning in l939. As he crossed The Threshold heads Turned and a hush Tell over The room, and as his worde echoed Through The audiTorium They ThoughT. Why he sounds nice! And he was nice. Perhaps iT was his greaT sense oT humor or The way he ambled inTo rooms during lessons ThaT made him respecTed and liked by even The Toughies . Conroy? They'd say. swell guy! ' IT mighT be ThaT he made ouT a lisT reading somewhaT like This ThaT TirsT day aT his new assignmenT. F I. Free GovernmenT-6.0. b The u ils. or The u ils. of The u ils. g 2. TraTiic Squad-All boys. Y p p p P P P 3. School lvlagazine-lpausel-NilesToneI! 4. CanTaTas aT GraduaTion-SomeThing To leave wiTh The graduaTes. Well, look around. See The TraTTic squad? Did you read The lasT ediTion oT NilesTone? Did you like The 6.0. dance? Much waTer has passed under The bridge since The birTh oT I I8. Mr. Conroy has gone ahead To a greaTer Tield. and Those who have passed beTore him will always consider him Their mosT unTorgeTTable characTer. Perhaps you can besT undersTand why we Teel Toward him as we do if l quoTe Trom a recenT leTTer To one oT The auThors oT This TribuTe: l Think perhaps ThaT The principal knows a li+Tle more abouT his boys and girls Than you give him crediT Tor. lT is noT only The auThor and The GD. PresidenT ThaT he recognizes, buT' The medal-winners and The moniTors, and Those who have landed all Too TrequenTly in The SecTion-Book. . l don'T know why iT is, buT someThing ha pens To The graduaTes on Their day oT graduaTion ThaT- makes Them seem lovelier Thian They ever were beTore. IT may be some secreT oT The be-auTy parlors. buT There is a shine in The eye and a sTraighTness oT back as They walk across The sTage in. Their quieT digniTy ThaT has always made iT a privilege. Tor This principal aT leasT. To be able To shake hands wiTh The graduaTes. NORMA RABINOWITZ, DIANA ATMAN, 9BR - 2 ..

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of liberly wiihoul abusing or misusing 'lheir privileges. Every privilege has a corresponding obliga'rion, he said. He liked lhe pupils lo exercise considerafion for ol'hers in going aboul 'lhe building. He likes pleasanlly modulaied voices as pupils converse wilh one anolher. I am inleresled in girls and boys 'rhaf have rounded personali'ries. Mr. Flaum slaled. l believe 'rhaf a very imporlani parf of 'rhe educarion of pupils is 'rhe pursuil of fine ar'Is which I find I I8 hard al work lrying 'Io accomplish. I lhoroughly enioyed The music program presenied by Mrs. Sueur and 'Ihe Glee Club. Wednesday. Music and arl are valuable pursuils for leisure hours. Mr. Flaum reminded us lhal lhe firsl' and mosl' imporlanf duly of every boy and girl was +o do everyihing possible +o help in lhe winning of The war. This means, of course. buying War Sfamps and Bonds. conserving paper. melal, elc. ll means more Than lhis. imporlanr as ir is. Boys and girls should deserve rhe sacrifices being made by our fighling men and women al' ihe lronl' and by pairioiic ciiizens on 'rhe home fronf. We can show our devolion lo The cause for which our counfry is liighling by conducling ourselves always as decent honorable American boys and girls. On our way oul we Jnassed ourifriend 'rhe door, buf il' wasn'+ sinisler any longer. In fact if seeme 'ro beckon. RICHARD DELAGI. MALVINA DYAK, 9BR y M I s s w A T E R s Wrifing a lribure 'ro Miss Walers isn I' very hard because by iusl looking al' her you can 'l'6ll by her delinife feaiures 'rhal she is a fine. infelleciual, and gracious 'lype ol: woman. To begin wilh. I would like lo explain how Miss Walers in lime of Niles Junior High SchooI's grealesl need 'look over The iob of direciing lhe school and seeing +o il +ha+ all lhe pupils received all 'lhe educaiional opporlunilies Thai were due 'lhem. Miss Waiers is a splendid woman doing all +ha'r is in her power as principal +0 assisi' each and every s'ruden'r whenever possible. She may ai limes seem +o be a liHle severe in punishmenl of pupils who have broken 'rhe school's code of honor, buf I assure you ihai if is for 'rheir own good. When 'rhey become older and look back Io' 'rhe l'ime Miss Walers scolded Ihem, Ihey will realize lhal she was perfeclly righl' in doing so, and 'rhal' 'rhal scolding enabled lhem io correcl' The misiake and never repeal' il: For 'rhis reason Miss Walers is highly respecied by bolh lhe facully and sludenf body members. The idea of sending Chrislmas packages +o all Jrhe graduales of I I8 originaled wi+h Miss Wa+ers. She accomplished her plan so successfully lhal noi one former sludeni 'Failed 'lo receive a box of cheer from some class in Niles Junior High School. i In closing, I would like 'ro say 1'ha+ our appreciaiion for 'Ihe wonderful lhings 'she has done cannol be expressed in words bul will be shown in aciions. ARNOLD KARSCH. 9BR - 4 ..