Rhodes School - Rhodester Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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

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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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= oS Editorial Board: Sports Editor Donald Freidel, Underclass Editor Merry White, Editor-in-Chief William Mandel, Faculty Advisor Mrs. Nicholson, Associate Editor Jeffrey Weiss, Club Editor Valerie Brooks, Photography Editor Russell Reif. RHODES TER Faced with nine months in which to produce a finished product, the staff of the Yearbook felt complacent in the cushion of time. Nine months later, the frenzy was as pronounced as if there were a deadline only one day away. The planning sessions early in the year were the forum for a host of novel, perhaps revolutionary, ideas. The idea to move the club pictures outdoors to complement the theme of the book was accepted as a fine way to enliven this large section. The result obviously justifies the extra effort. Hysteria, a touch of which is deposited in every human at birth, was brought to the surface in great measure as the deadline neared. The proverbial shortage of pictures and copy did not afflict the staff this year as writers Jeffrey Weiss and William Mandel and photographers Russell Reif and Michael Messinger labored full-time for nine months. The only problem was the co-ordination of the literally hundreds of pictures and the more than twenty thousand words of copy. A guiding light amidst this turmoil was Mrs. Joanna Nicholson. She gave of her private time and effort to help the editors turn out this Yearbook. The tribulations that were faced were minor when compared to the satisfaction one feels when he sees the fruit of his labors bound up in a pure white cover. The staff feels that the year of work was worth the sustained effort, despite the continued minor annoyances of loss of material, cramped working conditions, lack of a staff room, and a dearth of time in which to meet. The effort that goes into a publication the size of the Rhodester, which is actually small as yearbooks go, is enormous. Long hours and little sleep are the price you pay-to se e your name in twelve point type on the staff page; however, the staff is unanimous in its agreement that the pride of a job well done nullifies all hardships. 69