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

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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 ..

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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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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... '