Stuyvesant High School - Indicator Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Debating Team The Debating Team was formed last year by Jon Darnell and Victor Houser. This year, with the help of its faculty advisor, Mr. Tom Dolan, the Debating Team was able to compete at major tournaments sponsored by the State Forensic League on the novice level, as well as a varsity tournament at Harvard University. Jon and Victor have also debated on the WNBC television program, Positively Blackn. Chess Team The Chess Team is one of the best teams in the nation. In 1975, the team placed 2nd in the U.S. Com- petition and finished lst in the Greater N.Y. High School Chess Championship Tournament. In 1976, we were the only public high school to enter the U.S. Championships, placing 4th, ,lit FRONT ROW- Kenny Friedman, Spencer Siskind, Anders Weinstein, Eric Elowitz, Mr. Dolan. BACK ROW- Jon Darnell, Victor Houser-Co-capt., Iver Band, Marc Joffe, Steve Wallach. FRONT ROW: Murray Schechter, Claudio Sturla, Zorn Rosenzweig, Paul Metz, Wil- liam Arluck. SECOND ROW: Jon Edwards, Johnny Lewin, Steve Welch, Alla Jodidio, Peter Zayas, Daniel Josenhans, Carlton Laske. BACK ROW: Fred Helenius, Danny Fong, Jon Intner, Jerry Rosen, Michael Basson, Oleg Schatoff, Norman Wugman, Daniel Goncharoff, David Blank. Bridge Club The Bridge Club is an offshoot of the Chess Team. Its members used to play in the hall until it became apparent that many of these people were also members of the Chess Team. The Bridge Club be- gan to meet jointly with the Chess Team, but now is an independently chartered organization. It conducts tournaments among its members. FIRST ROW: Mark Kleiman, William Arluck, David Bookbinder, Leila Mon- aghan, Ricky Phillips, David Brotman. BACK ROW: Oleg Schatoff, Ralph Oberste-Vorth, Dan Goncharoff, Peter Ezzard, David Grant, Fred Helemius.

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ath Society 1. 111, The Math Society is a group that organizes mathematically based lectures. This year, as in the past, the society has been fortunate in attracting many fine speakers. Talks, ranging from infinity to black holes, have been given by such distin- guished professors as Albert Novikoff, of the N.Y.U. Cour- ant Institute, Lloyd Motz, of Columbia University, as well as Stuyvesant alumnus Eric Lander. Math Society Presi- dents Julie Pan and Michael Lev, with the aid of Vice Presi- dents David Grant and Ashfaq Munshi, and faculty advisor Stuart Weinberg, have orga- nized club activities. Active members such as Fred Helen- ius, Mark Kleinman, and Iver Band have also been helpful. Iver Band, Donald Bonin, Paula Dubro, David Grant, Fred Helenius, Ken Holtz, Pat Hom, Aaron Jungreis, Mark Kleinman, Jason Laufer, Jinku Lee, Michael Lev- Pres., Neal Lippman, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Michael Miller, Leila Monaghan, Julie Pan- Pres., Chris Slawinski, Greg Sorkin, Paul Tartell, Michael Trenk, Steven Welsh, Paul Math Team Members: Sally Abolitz, Greg Sorkin, Joel Hirschorn, Christopher Slowinski, Daniel Blau, Mark Weiss, Paula Dubro, Kenneth Ong, Julie Pan, Paul Weiss, Pat Hom, Fred Helenius, Steven Welsh, Michael Trenk, Iver Band, David Grant Capt., Richard Tello, Gary Wishik, Junku Lee, Michael Miller, Michael Lev, Irwin Jungreis, Peter Zayas, Aaron Jungreis, Donald Bonin, Mark Klei- man, Barry M. Glotzer-Advisor, etcetera. Stuyvesant High School's Senior Math Team has, for seven consecutive years, placed first in the Citywide Interscho- lastic Mathematics League Competi- tions. This year they scored 133 of a possible 150 points, leading their clos- est rival by 50 points. The Junior Math Team has also won first place in its competitions for the past five years. Both the Senior and Junior Math Teams will be awarded trophies this year to add to their already large col- lections. The members of both teams meet vol- untarily at 8 A.M. each morning. With the aide of Mr. Barry Glotzer's excel- lent coaching, and the fine leadership of co-captains Donald Bonin and Da- vid Grant, the teams have successfully met all challenges.

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,,., L., Tom Bain, Henry Sal, Jim Zemaitis, Eric Scott Computer Society The Computer Society is advised by Mr. Jacob Rosenrauch of the Mathematics Department. The school has an IBM model 1130 computer equipped with card punch, card reader and keyboard f typewriter systems. The Computer Society Members help their teachers by operating the computer during their free periods. They also teach FORTRAN to students interested in computer program- ming, but are unable to enroll in the MC-1 or MC-2 classes. Book Club The Book Club is a relatively new organization in Stuyvesant, start- ed in October 1975. It was orga- nized so that students could read and discuss selected literary works. CARMEN, LES MISER- ABLES, and BENEATH THE WHEEL are some of the books read last year. The members form small committees that concen- trate on discussing a particular book, story, or author. Each com- FRONT ROW- Min Kim, Beth Klingbeil, James Carey, Andrea Mays, Aithne Bailo, mittee then presents their Views to Mrs- L- Johnson- the entire club. All views are dis- SECOND ROW- Laila Dalack, Jing Ku Lee, Myrna Chiu, Vinconza Lanzieri, Anna Cussed and debated. Lowozy. BACK ROW- Anne Landry, Connie Rizzo, Jimena Martinez, Robert Fowler. Radio Club The RADIO CLUB was founded more than 55 years ago and is still going strong. The club was designed to facilitate the practice of amateur radio Cham radioj operation. With their advisor, Mr. Gar- anes, the members have established two new divisions: the Citizen Band and Broadcast branches. The Broadcast sys- tem, WSTY, began its operation in late January. FRONT ROW: Leslie Jean Fetik CWAZHMZL Frank Accetta. SECOND ROW: Chris Berryg David Altfield fKWM6491Jg Christopher Bacon, Michael Kalakowskig Dick Reiss, Jeffrey Albom CWAZZOVJ. THIRD ROW: John Nyarig Rodney Sobing Stuart Hecht, Jack Burton QWBZCJSJQ Daniel Micha- lakg BACK ROW: Mitchell Brudnog Jeffrey Leibowitzg Vincent Scandariato QKABHOIISJQ