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

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SOCCER ROUND-UP AlThough The JeTT soccer Teams may noT have been oT champion- ship caliber during our Tour years in high school, neverTheIess, The booTers may be crediTed wiTh having conTribuTed a Tair share oT exciTing games, exhibiTing excepTionaI skill, and briIIian+ Teamwork. During The '42 season The Clarkmen succeeded in Tying Two games while suTTering an equal number oT deTeaTsg The '43 Team chalked up Two vicTories and was vanquished Three Times by The opposiTiong and during The presenT season The T J-ers have Tied Two games buT have added Three oThers To The IosT column. I-Iowever we musT noT be Too harsh in our condemnaTion oT The soccer Teams. We oughT insTead To keep in mind ThaT This is The only Torm oT TooTbalI IeTT in our Alma MaTer as we deparT Trom iTs memory-Tilled walls. A I-leading The lisT oT sTars who have conTribuTed brillianl personal per- Tormances during The above-menTioned period are Carl MoskowiTz IrecipienT oT The January '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, Dave Carlin, Johnny BuTurIa Iwinner oT The June '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, MarTy Cohen, Larry Ginsberg, Max Osen, and Sam Becker. The IaTTer has paid The supreme sacriTice TighTing Tor The land oT The Tree and The home oT The brave. Our haTs oTT To him. UnTorTunaTeIy, The names oT oTher greaT perTormers have To be omiTTed due To a lack oT space. The TalenTed graduaTes oT The presenT Team include WaITer Roskowski, Ruby Zelenko, and Joe Durans Iwho is now serving in The UniTed STaTes Navy and will receive a war diplomal. IRA BARTFIELD HEARD IN THE GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM Say, Ellie, did ya hear ThaT ShirIey's sailor is home on leave, and I iusT saw her, and she Told me ThaT They wenT To The . . . WhaT does my boss expecT me To do, work all The Time? IT he geTs Too smarT I'lI leave him and his iob nexT Time heIgeTs so smarT. I-Ielp, somebody, I can'T geT This sweaTer over my head. I-Iope I can Tinish my lunch beTore The whisTIe bIows. I-Iey, who Took my sneaker? Did you hear SinaTra's program IasT nighTq he was iusT Too, Too . . . AT This poinT The whisTIe blows and The sTraggIers rush To The girls' gym. LEATRICE MILLER 25

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During fhis season ainovel carnival nighf was inaugurafed wifh fhe proceeds fo go fo a war charify. The confesfanfs in The inifial program were Seward Park l-ligh versus Thomas Jefferson l-ligh, and an all-college lvlifchel Field feam versus a feam of Jefferson All Sfars. Our varsify feam was vicforious buf fhe All Sfars were defeafed in a wild and frenzied game. This sef-up will be repeafed annually. A paf on fhe back musf be given lvlr. Schoenfeld for his parf in puffing over fhis grand new idea. This season, I944-l945, fhe feam shapes up well on paper wifh lrv Rosenberg and Ronny Garshag expecfed fo be fhe big guns. lf is ,pre- dicfed fhaf fhis feam will live up fo fhe fine repufafion builf up by fhe preceding ouffifs. This year's senior class has seen some excellenf feams represenfing fhe school. Sporfs in general are af a very low ebb, buf we look fo a brighfer fufure wifh fhe refurn of foofball, baseball, and fra'ck. ivifuzviu AusuBEL THE PIGSKIN PARADE l.ef's go Jeff! l.ef's go Jeffl We wanf a fouchdownl Fighf feam, figh+! The shrieking voices sfill echo in my mind. l-low l used fo yearn for Safurday so l could see my heroes frof ouf on fhe gridiron .... Jeffer- son vs. Boys, Jefferson vs. Tech, Jefferson vs. Manual, Jefferson vs. Lincoln, and Jefferson vs. Flushing, buf alas, no Jefferson vicfory. l-low- ever, fhaf didn'f maffer. We were all hepped up over fhe coming baffle wifh fhose ferrible, brufal Tildenifes. Whaf a nafural: Jefferson vs. Tilden. Bofh feams vicforyless and ouf fo baffle for fhe Coal Bowl Championship. The game drew ifs usual capacify crowd af Boys l-ligh Field and we finally chalked up a win by defeafing our arch rival, Samuel J. Tilden l-ligh School, 24-O. Due fo fhe onsef of fhe war, November i942 was fhe lasf fime fhe Orange and Blue senf a feam info fhe fray. The sfudenfs of fhe school wanf fo refurn fo fhe field, buf because of fhe war sifuafion, fhe delay is prolonged. Our principal has promised fo reinsfafe fhis sporf on a big-fime scale immediafely affer fhe ferminafion of fhe world conflicf. We, fhe members of fhe Senior Class of January I945. will waif earnesfly and hopefully for fhese normal days when we can again see our boys in acfiong win or lose, fighfing for dear old Jeff. MARVIN AUSUBEL 24

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' I T THESE BOYS WERE IN THE CLASS OF JANUARY '45, BUT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR THE PEACE WE SO DESIRED I lffiw I Samford Ba+I4in Mac Zaslolslcy William Gold I I 5 Norman Boyarslcy Paul Eagle Melvin Rosenblum . QM ' NOT PICTURED ,Nigilitj lvlillon Noble Daniel Ranavas li I Slanley Pollack David Samuelson Kill f, If! ---x KI 26 Cigzff.