Theodore Roosevelt High School - Saga Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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MO The moving picfure or if one s educafnon has exfended fo fhe firsf year of college fhe cinema is a wondrous fhmg. In fhe days of nfs infancy when we enfered fhe moving picfure palace nfs incredible novelfy received our undivided affenfion Now when we enfer our neighborhood fheafer we expecf more fhan gusf fhe movmg pncfure- silverware bingo screeno furkey drawings and amafeur mghfs. More fimes fhan nof fafe ushers me fo a vacanf seaf which is in fhe exacf cenfer of a fully occupied row Affer having forced my way 'ro fhe seaf and having sfepped upon a few empfy shoes in fhe process I finally fall exhausfed, info fhe seaf. Immedlafely a genfleman sends a poinfed elbow info my rubs Surprised I raise myself and wnfh a muffled grumble he removes a crushed haf from under me Nof daring 'ro raise his wrafh once more I sfruggle violenfly fo remove my coaf whsle In a siffing posnfion a feaf worfhy of fhe besf conforfiomsf Finally I seffle back and prepare fo enloy fhe film Buf fhe screen is nowhere in slghfl Soon all is clear why fhe screen is hidden from me The porfly woman seafed durecfly before me probably hasn f heard fhaf fhe World s Fair has long since ended She wears upon her haf cu mima fure perhaps nof so mmiafure replica of fhe Trylon and Perisphere I chance a polife fap upon her shoulder and ask her fo please remove her haf Wufhouf a momenf s hesifafuon she hurls back a defianf No' Now fhaf I cannof see fhe screen I soon become aware of a sweef Iaffle child behind me who has come armed wifh an mexhausfuble supply of peanufs He sounds like a living adverfisemenf of fhose crispy crunchy corn flakes Buf even fhaf sound as drowned ouf by fhe sfen forious breafhmg of fhe genfleman on my Ieff If breafhing and snoring are synonymous fhen he is breafhmg I sfand all fhis for perhaps fwo forfurous hours and fhen feeling fhaf sanufy is af sfake I rise fo leave buf find myself affached fo fhe seaf by a powerful wad of chewing gum Wlfh vicious animafion I fear myself from 'rhe seaf and rush wifh ufmosf speed from fhus never fo be revusifed mad house IRVING VOGEL j XXX

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Swsfvxxrfuu THE SEASONS OF HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN Dresses sumply has enrolled for an academuc course louns Ihe Ser vuce League and Glee Club does four hours of homework carrues a dozen books us sure she wull be fulure leader of 'Ihe Arusfa refuses fo falk fo any boys lakes hugh school very seruously SOPHOMORE S+uII dresses sumply has changed her course Io commercual drops Glee Club does Iwo hours of homework-carrues sux books learns fhe lafesf dance s'I'eps becomes very brazen and wears make up cu+s fwuce a week goes Io all Ihe school dances and games wull falk fo boys uf Ihey speak Io her furs+ flunks Iwo subuecls looks down on freshmen JUNIOR Dresses smarfly drops Servuce League does one hour of homework carrues a nofebook and Iwo Iexlbooks only goes +o 'Ihe bug games and boalrude comes 'Io school uf her favorufe band usn I un Iown us unvuled fo vusul fhe dean regularly and no'r for 'lea eufher funds Ihal' fhe boys arenl so bad 'ro Ialk fo and becomes very fruendly wufh Ihe boy who su+s behund her un Eco adopfs a fascunahng reluguon whuch changes accordung Io Ihe holudays feels very smarf uf she manages Io pass wufh 65 SENIOR Dresses fashduously does her homework un lhe olzfucual peruod carrues lusf as many books as wull ful un her boyfruend s pockel never knows whaf acfuvuhes are goung on un school complauns +ha+ fhe senuor dues are loo hugh slrenuously oblecfs fo fhe draff uf she doesn I' manage +o memoruze Hamlel she cufs all her classes calches up on her sleep un her husfory class by 'Ihus fume she us a permanenl fuxfure un +he dean s office us umpressed by Ihe law of Dumunushung Refurns and hopes Io undersfand ui' some day manages fo squeeze fhrough graduafuon P S Enrolls un nughl school sunce she can 'I' undersfand why she dudn I gel enough educahon Paulune A Pungello kv fy I . - l.7- K .. ll.. -T tm . . 'T . .I- .J .

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l li I always have fo rush from Ihe house In order 'Io cafch Ihe mormng bus The cause of my early mormng museries IS Ihal' every mormng I musl' suffer 'Ihe un'IoId agonIes of making my own bed whlch leaves me only a few momenfs 'Io gulp my breakfasl' and dash off wII'h a mou+h full of food Yes+erday wl-IIIe on my way fo school I Ihoughf of a gadgef which would remedy my problem savmg me much hme and more Irouble This gadgef would be complefely concealed a+ The sides and In fhe back of Ihe bed AI' Ihe mere Iouch of a hidden buH'on Ihe blankefs would be held suspended IH 'rhe air whIIe a whisk broom would sweep from 'Ihe bed l'he crumbs of my prevuous evening snack Then a round me+aI bar would run back and forfh over fhe bed smoofhmg ouf In order Ihe boffom sheef Ihe 'rop sheer 'Ihe bIanke+s Two wooden hands would lhen reach up from 'the SIdeS of l'he bed pound 'rhe pillows a few l'Imes and pul' Ihem IH l'heIr proper POSIIIOFI They would Ihen draw fhe bedspread over Ihe bed and dIsappear unhl I0 P M when lhey would once again come forI'h peel off The bedspread and I'urn down +he covers for fhe nighl Thai nIgh+ I wenf Io sleep wI'rh fhe plans of 'lhns Ingemous devIce coursing Ihrough my brain I had a dream whnch changed my enhre vIewpoIn'r on +he maH'er I+ was abouf 9'50 P. M , and I was lying in bed, wifh my shoes off, reading Suddenly, 'the blankefs were ripped from under me and a whisk broom began Io brush my 'lace Then, an iron bar came roIIIng up and down Ihe bed fIa'Hening me info Ihe maH'ress. The climax came when The Iwo wooden hands reached up from +he sides of Ihe bed, hil' me in fhe head Ihree fimes, and 'I'hen yanked me by my ears fo fhe head of fhe bed. AI fhis poinf I awoke, sayung fo myself, Aw, I won I have anyfhing fo do in fhe morning anyway. MARVIN MARCUS 1 f - - 'I'o141'Q'1'L'I'?.-' X rf, I I o,',','. o x s , Q I Q, . , I I. A . ' 5 H' I ' ' g S , . I I ' ' ' I I o ' - I . . - I . I I I I I I 4 I I . . , . . . . . ' I . . . . I . . . . . I I I I ' . . I . . . . . I ' ' . . I - -I . I I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I wrjr