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

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THE ALMANAC SEWARD WORLD OR many consecuTive Terms, The Seward World, has aTTained TirsT place in The Columbia ScholasTic Press AssociaTion. The sTaTT is aT The presenT Time, working wholehearTedly To achieve a medalisT raTing Tor The paper. IT is To The Tollowing sTudenTs ThaT mosT oT The commendaTion is due: To VincenT Caleca, ediTor-in-chieT, uTmosT praise is owed Tor The careTul prepara- Tion and The ediTorials. IT is To Lawrence Dick and lsidore Rovinsky, co-news ediTors, To whom crediT goes Tor The Tine reporTorial work. Max Goldberg deserves a voTe oT appreciaTion Tor his enviable RambIin' Roun' column, The eyes, and ears, and gos- sip oT The school. CongraTulaTions QQ To Frank Zupnick Tor his beauTiTully porTrayed FooTlighTs and SpoTlighTs. Frances KauTman, a sporTing senior, wriTes The We Recommend column in which she describes popular books. To The SporTs EdiTor, Julius Leder, and his sTaTT a bougueT Tor The wonderTul work They have accomplished. Leder deserves crediT Tor The All in SporT column, and liTTle Ancel MarkowiTz 'Tor his descripTion oT The games oT Sewards' greaTesT TooTball Team. To Shirley WiTz and Harold Simon goes crediT Tor The enTerTaining maTerial obTained Trom Their Senior ChaTTer columns. Thanks also To Samuel YaslowiTz Tor his highly esTeemed sporTs drawings. The sTaTT, however, owes iTs success and -organizaTion direcTly To The TaculTy advisors, Mrs. Dragunas, Miss Elkind, and To Mr. SilversTein Tor Their careTul super- vision, and unTring eTTorTs. Honor SERVICE LEAGUE HTS Term Mr. Sellinger was appoinTed To Take charge oT The Honor Service League in The Main Building. lmmediaTely Tollowing his appoinTmenT, The new TaculTy advisor began To reorganize The Squad. In The organizaTion oT The new sTaTT, greaT care has been Taken in appoinTing only The mosT capable and eTTicienT sTudenTs To sTaTT posiTions. Records oT old oTTicers have been invesTigaTed careTully beTore They were given a place on This Term's Squad. Only The TinesT had been chosen and lrving Challop was made ChieT' oT The League as a reward Tor his TaiThTul and ouTsTanding work. Many Tavorable commenTs have been received Trom The TaculTy praising The Tine work oT The Honor Service League. Page ThirTy

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CLASS OF JANUARY l935 SENIOR COUNCIL A THE Senior Council which conducTs The aTfairs oT The Seward Seniors is composed of Two represenTaTives from each oTficial class. They are guided by Mr. SiIversTein who consTanTIy kepT his eyes on The flucTuaTions oT Senior finances and by Miss WhiTe who by her exceIIenT supervision' oT our Social EuncTions made The Teas, mid- Term dance, and class week wholly enjoyable To everyone. The prom capped The climax of a series of absorbing aTfairs. Thus ended a swell Term. The officers of The Senior Council are: PresidenT ................................................,.....,. LOUIS FLAUMENBAUM Vice PresidenT ................................... .................... G LADYS WEISS SecreTary ....... ............. M INNIE FRIEDMAN Treasurer ..... ......... H ARRY TAUBENKIBEL G. O. COUNCIL THE 6. O. Council This Term. has concluded a successful semesTer. G. O. member- ship was several hundred above ThaT of IasT Tall, due To The G. O. rallies ThaT' were held in The annexes and main building, and The energeTiC worlc of The PubIiciTy and Ways and Means CommiTTee. The meeTings were aTTended by sTudenTs who were inTeresTed in The works of Their organizaTion and lively discussions occurred oTTen. PresIdenT .................................................................................. SYLVIA GERBER Vice-PresidenT .................... .......... S EYMOUR GREENSTEIN SecreTary .......V ......,........ ............. M I NNIE KRASNOEE STudenT RepresenTaTive .. ............. LAWRENCE DICK EaculTy Advisor ...,.... ......................................... B ESSIE STOLZENBERG THE ARISTA T HE ArisTa is The Honor OrganizaTion oT The school, The socieTy which sTands for scholarship. characTer, and service. Those who are members have lived up To every phase of These requiremenTs. This Term There have been many inTeresTing and progressive meeTings held each week. SuggesTions and acTion concerning The improvemenT oT The school, consTiTuTing The main body of discussion, resulTed in heaTed debaTes. As is cusTomary, The ArisTa enioyed iTs usual social funcTion. A mosT enTerTaining parTy was held for The insTaIIa- Tion of The new members. The Seniors in The socieTy regreT saying farewell To The ArisTa and iTs enjoyable and valuable program. The officers, who are all Seniors, are Lillian Vogel-PresidenT, Murray Thaler- Vice-PresidenT, RuTh TevioviTz-Social SecreTary, MarTha RaTTner-SecreTary rand Nichalas Cherepowich-Treasurer. Page TwenTy-nine

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CLASS OF JANUARY l935 PROM NIGHT N one never-lo-be-lorgollen nighl in December-lhe eighleenlh lo be exacl- lhe Seniors in Seward experienced a mosl exciling, slale ol mind and person- a slale lhal couldn'l have been surpassed had lhey been expecling a personal in- lroduclion lo lhe King ol England himsell. ll was Prom Nighll A wild whirl ol beauly parlors, make-up, dressing, and preslol-all ready lor lhe big evenl. The boys loo were having lheir problems, whal wilh cull-bullons, lies, lux, and, lhe lhoughllul darlings-corsages lor lhe lavorile maiden ol lhe evening! Meeling ol groups, laxi rides lo lhe Aslor l-lolel, a lasl ride up lol lhe elevenlh lloor, checking ol coals, lasl minule dabs ol make-up, and lhen inlo lhe Terrace Garden! The lirsl lhing ol which we became conscious was lhe romanlic lhrobbing ol Manny Blank and his Blankely-Blanks, las Mr. Silverslein so dellly dubbed lheml. The receiving commillee, including Miss Allachiner, Miss While, and Miss Lewinson, all resplendenl in lheir lovely dresses were wailing. Their lriendly laces reassured us a bil and lhe lormalilies began. lnlroduclions, hand shakes, and complimenls came in order. Miss So and So, meel Mr. So and So l-low do you do 'l il? Fine wealher isn Looks like a big nighl ahead Yes, doesn'l il? I I My, how lovely you look, dear Thank you, you do loo, my dear I I Hmmm, well, you'll excuse us lor a while? We really musl see So and So And so il wenl. The dancing lloor was already lilling up ..... sludenls dancing wilh sludenlsg lacully wilh lacullyg and inlercrossed. The crowd ol Seward people on lhe lloor was as good-looking and orderly a group as could be wished lor. The appearance and dress ol lhe Seniors, would do iuslice lo lhe besl ol sociely. 4 Judging lrom lhe happy laces ol all, we can say lhal a grand lime was had by all al one ol our grandesl Proms. The dancing and laughler conlinued unlil lwelve and lhen-lhe lasl dance! Reluclanlly we pul on our wraps and lell lhe lasl social lunclion ol lhe Seniors -ol I935. - I Page Thirly-one