Seward Park High School - Almanac Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CLASS OF JANUARY I935 ARTIST LECTURER FOOLS AUDIENCE N amusing incidenT was revealed, when Samuel YasIowiTz, originaTor oT The new arT sTory idea, delivered a IecTure aT ArT Museum. As was expecTed, his IecTure deaIT wiTh his new sTory idea. I-Ie explained ThaT by This idea arT and IiTeraTure can be combined. I-Ie proposes To creaT a new lang- uage, an arT language. On a sTrip oT canvas, This could be painTed and Thus color and oTher TeaTures oT arT could be uTilized. - Mr. YasIowiTz launched inTo his delivery wiTh vim and had his audience enThusias- Tically aroused aT The end oT an hour. l'le Took one oT his own painTings and sTarTed To read iT. I-Ie did This To prove his poinT ThaT no lessons were required To learn The language, ThaT iT was a language oT The hea'rT. In The midsT oT his. sTory he sTam- mered awhile and Then conTinued smooThIy. ATTer his Iecfure, when guesTioned abouT This, he Tried To evade The issue. l-Iow- ever, a deTermined arT Tollower, looking over The painTing and asking him whaT a cerTain symbol represenTed, caused him To blush and sTammer again. I-Ie' Then broke down and conTessed ThaT he didn'T know whaT iT meanT. I-Ie also said ThaT Trom The- poinT where he began To sTammer he made up The sTory as he wenT along. IT was learned TonighT, ThaT because oT This, Mr. YasIowiTz was considering modiliying his views To The poinT oT conceding ThaT lessons in The new language will have To be TaughT. LEVIN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTI-IS ELFORD Levin IasT nighT was arraigned in police courT on The charge of being a public nuisance. I-Ie was arresTed and hailed inTo courT aTTer he was caughT Turning in a Talse alarm. T'IeadguarTers has received several compIainTs Trom ciTizens recenTIy which im- pIicaTed MelTord Levin. IT seems ThaT he is a1greaT pracTicaI ioker and many of his vicTims complained To The police. I-Iowever, yesTerday he was caughT iusT as he Turned The Tire alarm. Harry Taubenkibel was called as aTTorney Tor The deTendanT. I-Ie pleaded, in a Tear-sTained voice, wiTh Police MagisTraTe Challop, sTaTing ThaT his cIienT is noT responsible Tor his acTions, displaying These gualiTies even as a child. I-Iis plea was oT no avail. MagisTraTe Challop senTenced Levin To six monThs saying, A public nuisance is a public danger. A AMBASSADORS OF GOOD WILL SAIL R. NaThan Spindel and Miss Frieda LusTig Tlew yesTerday To Europe and Asia respecTiveIy in Their oTTiciaI capaciTies as The new ambassadors-aT-large. Their appoinTmenT were made because oT Their .amiabiIiTy. IT is expecTed ThaT They will be excelIenT ambassadors of good will. Mr. Spindel has an excelIenT record. I-le has insuITed'a Triend only once and Then wepT on his shoulder Tor an hour. As Tor Miss LusTig, she claims To have losT her Temper years ago and Thus accounTs Tor her sweeT disposiTion. Page Twen'I'y -one

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THE ALMANAC WEXI.ER'S BROKEN ANKLE I-TALTS OPERA ONIGI-lT'S premiere oT The new American opera ConsTernaTion will have To be posTponed one week because oT injuries susTained by Philip Wexler who has The Tenor lead. While skaTing on ConservaTory Lake in CenTral Park, Mr. Wexler collided wiTh a Tellow skaTer, and badly sprained his ankle. All opera lovers who had been keenly anTicipaTing TonighT's perTormance, will have To paTienTly waiT a week, unTil Mr. Wexler's ankle heals suTTicienTly To allow him To walk abouT. ConsTernaTion is The newesT oT The laTesT crop oT American operas by Sylvia 'SalTz. CriTics called The oTher producTs oT her pen mediocre, buT iT is expecTed ThaT This will be The besT American opera yeT. 90,000 ATTEND Tl-IALER PARTY , R, and Mrs. Murray Thaler, nee Gladys 'Weiss, boTh Tamous Tor Their abiliTy in making Triends, yesTerday celebraTed Their TenTh wedding anniversary amidsT much celebraTion, aTTended by many oT Their Triends. So many were inviTed, ThaT The enTire Empire STaTe T'loTel, iusT opened Two days ago, was hired To accommodaTe The huge crowd. IT was by Tar The largesT, mosT exTravaganT and mosT splendid parTy ever held. By acTual counT, iT is esTimaTed ThaT upwards oT nineTy Thousand people aTTended. Many did noT even see The couple in whose honor The parTy was being held. The enTire building was jammed. On every Tloor people were dancing and Tood and liquors were served. BoTh Mr. Thaler and Mrs. Thaler wenT Trom Tloor To Tloor. Everywhere They were meT by ouTsTreTched hands, waiTing To congraTulaTe Them. Everyone They spoke To, aT leasT TwenTy Thousand, They addressed by name, showing Their remarkable capaciTy Tor remembering names. The Empire STaTe l'loTel Tormerly known as The Empire STaTe Building, which wenT inTo receivership Two years ago, was opened as a hoTel Two days ago. This was iTs TirsT aTTair and iT was a magnanimous one. The enTire hoTel was hired Tor Three days. People Trom all parTs oT The globe sTreamed inTo New York as laTe as Two weeks ago. The couple sTaTed ThaT They were exTremely happy To meeT all Their Triends. They expecT To go on a Trip around The world in Two weeks during which They hope To add several Thousand more Triends To Their already long lisT. i DANCING TEAM MARRIES HE popular dancing Team oT Moe MoskowiTz and Pearl Cohen Today announced Their inTenTions oT marriage, aTTer a courTship ThaT has lasTed Tor years. The couple, which has been dancing TogeTher Tor Twelve years, has always been know Tor Their gracefulness and beauTiTul Timing while execuTing Their dance. Friends Tear ThaT be- cause oT The marriage all will noT go so well because oT TricTion. Pa ge TwenTy

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THE ALMANAC FILIBUSTER ENTERS SEVENTH DAY THE TilibusTer launched by SenaTor Jennie Kramer six days ago conTinued unabaTed Today as The senaTor, aT a loss Tor whaT To speak abouT Took To The Telephone book in order ThaT she would noT have To sTop Talking. The Tiery senaTor has sTarTed a virTual Talking maraThon and iT seems To be a quesTion oT how long she can con- Tinue To Talk. SenaTor Kramer is Trying To prevenT The passage oT The DepopulaTion Bill, which provides Tor The lowering oT The populaTion oT ciTies To a maximum oT 500,000. SenaTor Kramer, who hails Trom New York, is againsT This move, claiming ThaT she was broughT up in a crowded area and will never TorgeT The delighTs. iT broughT her. WiTh buT Three monThs remaining oT The presenT session oT Congress, odds were IO-I ThaT SenaTor Kramer would lasT unTil Congress adiourns. POP ROSENBERGS C. C. N. Y. TEAM INVITED TO ROSE BOWL FOR The TirsT Time in The hisTory oT The Rose Bowl TournamenT, CiTy College oT New York was selecTed as The school upon which The honor oT playing The WesT CoasT Champion, was besTowed. Everyone expecTed This move since C. C. N. Y. was generally picked as The ouTsTanding Team in The easT. A large measure oT The remarkable success CiTy College Teams have obTained in The lasT Tew years is due To The excellenT coaching oT l-lerberT Rosenberg, Tamil- iarly known To his Triends as Pop, Ten years ago, he Took charge oT a Team ThaT was mediocre, iusT as all C. C. N. Y. Teams had been up To ThaT Time. Since Then, The Teams experienced remarkable success, beaTing wiTh ease Teams ThaT were raTed highly by The experTs. In Three years The schools wiTh big repuTaTions Took noTice oT This, and since C. C. N. Y. has been on equal Terms, aThleTically speaking, wiTh The TinesT colleges in America. li Pop Rosenberg's Team is sTarTing pracTice immediaTely. All Pop had To say was, l'JusT youse waiT. HELEN YOSKOWTIZ RET-IEARSES NEW PLAY l-TE mosT soughT aTTer leading lady on The American sTage, Miss l-lelen Yosko- wiTz, Today began rehearsal on a vehicle which bears The TiTle, l'm STill Laugh- ing. The play, which is a musical comedy, will be presenTed To The public wiThin Three weeks. A Miss YoskowiTz recenTly reTurned Trom a Trip abroad, where she scored smashing successes in The capiTals oT Europe. London, Paris, Berlin, and Rome reporTed record box oTTice receipTs when she played aT Their TheaTres. This is no news because Miss YoskowiTz, possessed oT a charming voice and always a brillianT acTress, has long been a TavoriTe on This side oT The ATlanTic. Page TwenTy-Two