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

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N-L MARLA D ewes cf! Eel-477 MICHAEL BRENNAN 2.6 NATALIE BLACKMAN HENRY BROWN l BERNARD ADEN Service Certificate, Senior Rep- resentative, Boys Major R, Track, Boy's Minor R, Track. by RUTH BLANK Arista, Scholarship Class, Scholar- ship Certificate, Prelude Staff, Twirlers. mv-Ni A1- WENDY BURPO TRO Class Representative, Sen- ior Affairs Committeeg Major R, Band. CARMEN AUSTIN Service Certificateg TRO Class Representativep Delegate, St. Francis College Relations of Human Rights, Prelude Staff, Retailing Cju . ROBERT BAZZICALUPO f7 -Q. BLOOM Honor termsg Scholar- ship Certificate, Staff Square Deal, Major R, Band, Statesman Society. JANICE BURSTIN Scholarship Class, Service Cer- tificate. RITA BLUM Honor School-1 term, Scholar ship Certificate, Service Certlfi cate, Girls Minor R, Volleyball ISABEL CARLO

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DEDICATION The 20th century has been rocked by two World Wars, shocked by Hitler's mass extermination of millions of innocent people, and iolted into acute awareness of the nuclear bomb threat. Now, to the ever-growing list of man's disillusioning acts towards his fellow man, we can add yet another inhumane deed-the murder of the three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. As the Long, Hot Summer of 1964 began, it was obvious to everyone that the road to equality for the Negro would be a consistent uphill struggle. Yet we all hoped that anger and bigotry would not flare up and consume in such an irrevocable way. Three youths, along with hundreds of others, had gone to work in Mississippi as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Two were white, one a Negro, all had the single goal of furthering the cause of the Negro. But what motivated them? What was the drive, the urgency, that beckoned them to such a tragic destiny? Perhaps one of the three had felt the restless call that centuries before had brought his ancestors to a new and unexplored land and was now calling him to the untrodden soil of equality. To another, life might have been a dark wall, casting only vague shadows. For him the Civil Rights Movement might well have been the faint beginning of daylight which would scatter the shadows and doubts. Yet another could have been in- fected with a true desire to lift the suppression which has for so long ruled the Negroes' way of life. Whatever their separate motives may have been, these three boys- fiendishly killed, then buried in a common grave-now are eternally bound together in a common memory. One will never be remembered without the memory of the other two close at hand. Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were Ameri- cans in every sense of the word. They died in an effort to make a reality of America's greatest ideal-that all men are created equal! To this worthy ideal and to these young martyrs, we, the graduating class of 1965, dedicate this Senior Saga. Charlotte Fischer

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JOHN BIBAS Service Certificate. RALPH BURSELLA TRO Class Representativeg Sci- ence Squad. .IOSEPHINE CAROLEO EDITORIAL As we stand on the shore of adolescence, and look out over the sea of life, numerous experiences are recalled. We drift back to our younger days and think about the mischievous, innocent children we were, and how since then we have developed mentally as well as physically. Many factors are responsible for this noticeable development. Among the most prominent of these has been the impact of our high school years. A great transition occurred upon our entrance into high school, because it was at that time that we reached the major period of our maturity. During the past three or four years at Theodore Roosevelt, we have nurtured our minds with a wealth of information, a large portion of which we will soon forget. But more important than the academic knowledge we have acquired, we have gained much practical knowledge to help us under- stand our fellow man, and to make some of the involved problems life brings with it easier to solve. The wonder of taking on life was the basis upon which was erected an individual. Our personality, character, mannerisms, and opinions grow firm and stable, as we move closer to maturity. Our high school years were largely responsible for the opinions and personality traits we now bear. Upon graduation from high school, we face the future and decide how to use the information we have acquired. There is a world waiting to greet us, upon whose creation we had no influence, but whose continu- ance and further growth rests in our hands. It is we who make the de- cisions that may, and should prove monumental. In future years, as we sail along the sea of life, rough though it may be, we will cast a momentary glance back at the shore of adolescence, and we will be able to review our development and see the reasons that moti- vated us to act as we did. Our high school memories now become another chapter in our Book of Life. As we prepare'to set sail, we, the graduating class of 1965, are proud to have been a vital part of Roosevelt's life, as Roosevelt has been a vital part of our lives. Barbie Gurkin Editor-in-Chief