Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ARTHUR STORCH MARCIA SORKIN CLAIRE SALZMAN NORMAN BACON President' Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Officers of the Senior Class Fellow Graduates: After twelve years of work we have finally come to the end. But is it the end? Or as in a symphony is it the brief pause at the end of a move- ment? Life and symphony divided into four movements . . . Childhood and youth are terminating . . . full stature, the longest phase, awaits . . . and old age, is far away .... Throughout, the motif appears, disappears, reappears. The motif in life is what we want to do and be. Regardless of Whether we reach this aim or fail, the motif will always be there, beating, throb- bing. In our childhood and youth we heard it faintly, sounding far away. To some of us now we hear it more clearly and powerfully and soon it will be booming in our ears. The second and third movements have not yet been written. That is where our task begins. It matters not if we go to work or to college. Which- ever path we choose, let us make sure it is the right one. Once we are cer- tain, once we have decided we will do it with as few mistakes as possible. Once we have the motif in mind, there will not be any barrier so large as to get in our way and hinder us. n But in our third movement we find another fully developed, forcing ours aside. In harsh shrill notes it blares out. This unyielding brute power is war cutting out our fate with blunt blows. However, our real motif rising above it is reinforced by truth, and courage and justice will inevitably bring to us a true victory. Then shall our motif rise higher and higher, reaching a smashing crescendo until it sounds out in pure, clear, resonant tone, to give us all hap- piness and joy. Above all it will sing within ourselves soothing, satisfying. Sincerely, ARTHUR STORCH 11

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MR. SAMUEL LEVINE MISS EDITH SIMONS L MR. JOSEPH NEWMAN MR. LOUIS GOLDMAN , W

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Aurora Staff Vile seniors owe a great deal to those who have Worked on our class book. They worked every day, they suilered a great many heartaches but they got it through- our Aurora. Mrs. Sherman and Mr. Clements were the faculty advisers. Max Kurman was chosen as editor, and Leon Hustick to assist him. Doris Osman did a fine job as secretary. Such people as Jack Rabkin, Herbert Koss, Marilyn Lobel, Seymour Schwartz, and Norman Bagon also helped to make the Aurora a success. The COIIIIIITUZCCS VVCICZ The Literary committee, headed by Max Kurman. Members: Marilyn Lobel, Gloria Menkes, Marilyn Stauber, Barbara Herskowitz, Jack Rabkin, Selma Marmer, Grace Weinstock, Ida Wigler, Thelma Davis, Herbert Koss, Charlotte Tracer, Saul Land, Estelle Hecht, Lillian Fink, Norman Bagon, Doris Osman, Roslyn Sarna, Beatrice Horn, Edythe Baumann, Estelle Kessler, Alice Vlfexler, and Fay Terris. The Clubs committee, headed by ,lack Rabkin. Members: Sarah Schwartz, Bettie Forst, Sylvia Amster, Albert Mayo, Leonard Eisenmesser, Hilder Blumberg, Shirley Kohl, Harold Radish, Nathan Sarofl, Mannie Mussman, Marilyn Stauber, Edith Frederick, Robert Perkel, Estelle Rappaport, Murray Zidel, Gloria Abrams, Catherine Bouccoleri, Grace Weinstock, Roslyn Sarna, Helen Lefkowitz, Fay Terris, and Selma Marmer. The Sports committee was headed by Norman Bagon. Members: Leon Alenik, Leon Schneider- man, Robert Perkel, Estelle Hecht., The Typist committee, headed by Leon Hustick. Members: Reba Birozy, Sophie Thaew, Miriam Heller, Esther Baws. Beatrice Plotnick. Anna Chaiken, Sally Tessman, Rachel Rosmarin, Doris Osman, and Shirley Kohl. 12