Rhodes School - Rhodester Yearbook (New York, NY)

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RHODES REPOR TER Lae Editorial Board: Rolf Gainer, Associate Editor Walliam Mandel, Editor-in-Chief Carole Userowitz, Stanley Heller, Faculty Advisor Mr. Tobias, Oscar Schmulewitz, Dorothy Yoskowitz, Gary Krupnick. Under advisor Mr. Tobias, and editor Carole Userowitz, the Rhodes Reporter attempted to interpret, as well as, report all the school news. New additions to the paper were a ‘‘club-of-the-month” award and a regular editorial which attempted to advise and inform the students. The Fall Term saw the Journalism class bear the responsibility of publishing the Reporter. The Spring Term staff consisted of volunteers.Samuel Lassof, William Mandel, Harriet Freedman, Stanley Heller, Mary Ann Laue, and Lesley Bailey were the mainstays of the staff in the Spring. The editorial policy of the Reporter was that the news should be explained and interpreted as well as reported. For this reason, the reporters on the staff made a thorough study of Journalism and its rules before they undertook to publish the paper. Another feature of the 64-65 edition of the Reporter was the new swift reporting of news. Due to its once-a-week publication, the Reporter has suffered from “‘stale news’’ in the past. This year, it was not unusual to see an event that occurred on Friday reported on Monday. Mr. Tobias feels that the staff as a whole exhibited a great deal of news-hawk | spirit and was dedicated to the swift and accurate reporting of news. With a successful year of reporting behind him, Mr. Tobias looks toward the day when the Reporter will | be able to expand its frequency of publication, size and coverage. 67

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” ali ww: . ari sat — c Franklin Siegal, Michael Uppman, Steven Harvey, Co-Editor-in-Chief Mark Rhyns- burger, Faculty Advisor Mrs. Newton, Co-Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Weiss, Science Editor Ben Preminger, Sports Editor Diane Shelby. RHODES REVIEW This year under the co-editorship of Jeffrey Weiss and Mark Rhynsburger, the Review stressed the relationship of the school to its urban environment by the inclusion of numerous feature articles on the cultural activities in New York. This was part of the Review's aim to become a school periodical rather than a newspaper. This philosophy resulted in a greater number of student profiles and articles on out-of-school student activities. Expanded record, movie, theatre and book review columns were also part of the program to make the Review a publication of more enduring interest. This, however, does not mean that the Review ignored school news. Under the guidance of Faculty Advisor, Mrs. Newton, the significant enlargement of sports coverage was indicative of the increasing interest shown in these activities. New current events and historical quizzes entertained while offering interesting sidelights on important interna- tional events, both past and present. The Review also spotlighted, in editorials and special features, specific problems that face all high school students. Special columns gave information to help Seniors through college interviews and warned them of some common pitfalls that keep many students from entering the college of their choice. In its new role, the Rhodes Review continued to serve the student body with its in-depth reporting and entertaining features. 66

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Standing: Jeffrey Weiss, Sternthal, John McKendrick, Richard Ku. Seated: Claire Arnold, Cynthia Davidson, Faculty Advisor Mr. Barkan, Gordon Chin, Pamela Panepinto. Michael Kozak, Myron Jackler, Cheryl Wall, Gerrald RIHODES MATHEMATICIAN The Mathematician is Rhodes’ distinguished and erudite mathematics magazine. The magazine published works about math written by Upper and Lower School students who were both interested and outstanding in math. The Editorial Board of the Mathematician was composed of members of Mu Alpha Theta, the Mathematics Honor Society. The main body of the magazine was also done by the members of Mu Alpha Theta. Many highly fascinating articles were included in the Mathematician this year. Some dealt with well known topics such as the Pythagorean Theorem and geometric construction. Other articles served as entertaining introductions to new subjects such as the Fibonacci Series, conic sections, and other highly specialized areas of mathematics. The magazine was more specific than the regular textbooks because the Editorial Board held the opinion that the Mathematician's readers had a higher comprehension level than the general group. For this reason, the Editorial Board, along with Faculty Advisor Mr. Barkan, did not hesitate to print new and pioneering works in the field of math and related areas. The exploration of new vistas in the expanding world of mathematics brought the contributors to a more exciting visualization of the world of numbers, and this visuali- zation was shared by all the readers. 68