Tilden High School - Classic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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v ,J mfs! T Vx He sfopped for a momenl' 'ro wipe fhe fears from his ey s Then once agam he saw Tilden affer I PM Remem fhe oay he spenf combing fhe school for fhe library in se c of a book his 'teacher had menhoned an class which soun somcrung like Don Coyofe by Cir Van Teas Then 'r e e was fhaf sfandmg dafe on Fridays af fhe Hlsfory Socief fh nfs unique vrsufors Of course affer fhe queshon perio he would be dIZZled by all fhe sfeam in 238 and he d have fo leave' The p ofessronal produchons of fhe Dramahc Sociefy especially John Doe was somefhmg fo remember The good neigh borly afmo phere in 'rhe Pan Ameracan Club soofhlng hours af fhe Record Club buf no Frank Sinafra or Harry Janes Benny sighed Once agam as he cea ezl his drudgery smrl ingly he recalled fhe facuify show sfarrmg M Bob Hope Levenson Devasfahng Margie Dyke Clark Gable Gold M Beame Readyoff You goffa be on fhe Beam Babe Shipley M Frank Smafra Rochlm and all fhe resf Senior mghf af fhe Vrcforv Concerf wufh maesfros Miranda and Safz conducfmg His consfanfly renewed friendship wnfh M Zahn and his consequenf mfroduchon fo Mr Sfelgman defen hon feacher for fhose who have nof had fhe pleasure subgecf feachers and classes fnrsf period on fhe fhlrd floor fhen quick down fo fhe gym 'rhrrd period hnsfory and back fo fhe fhird floor' Yes fhose were glorious days Like fhe unforgeffable fume he passed a physics exam fhe experl ence of walking info 'rhe Arlsfa office by mlsfake His hasfy exif The many fumes he should have been in fhe Guidance Office fhe Senior Offic and fhe Topics Office af fhe same +I The embarrass when he was c f eahng lunch in gllsh class and had s nd up fo re fe a ef soliloquy moufhful fmosphere of ONIO As long as never forgef X moaned a l se young cou Benn 1 forgefl 4-J Sh ley K pp and Zena R Q W fp, . Jwl' . ' ' . ' I T F... .. , 0 . In H , r. Y... 0 In . ... . . l . I... D 0 0 . l'. . . . . . I - ' l...his VT , g . N .r-,' . .M 6 i... ' I . Id . , n I n Gm

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' 04616 J-ack Q 9 4 A nny was In fears There he was an able bodued man of X E peelmg omons' Mournfully occupued wlfh has culmary s. IQ has mmd wandered back fo fhose days ln Tulden where Rrffeffwefe G O Geffers and women were G O Geffers foo Ah' for fhe snghf of one of fhose luscuous beaufaful delecfable blcnoes Morons' shoufed fhe sergeanf Hurry af up' Do you ex pecf fhe army fo go hungry because of you7 l ungry' Benny knew whaf real hunger meanf How well he remembered fhose crowded hours In fhe Tulden lunchroom' ln hrs mmd s eye he saw fhaf ofher Benny fhe Benny of fwo weeks ago fhe Longfellow fhe Topucs Reporfer fhe G O Geffer a man among men a Tulden Semor Bennys eyes fook on a far away look as he felf himself fransporfed back fo fhe good old days Once more he was un fhe crowded hallways where has commando fralnmg had sfood your books Mass of fhe gallanf Tulden mare as he speeds by a co ed un dnsfress A fhousand and one plcfures rose up before nm The bedlam of fhe pub office' The sudden and appre hensave silence when fhe door slowly opens brmgmg forfh one quesfron an every mmd Friend or Benov7 fhe Medical Room refuge of fhe homework less fhe feachers he had known Whaf a lazy bunch' fhe sergeanf roared Of all fhe rooknes ln fhe army l hadda be blessed wnfh you fhe sergeanf glared ommously af Benny Gef a move on fhere' Sfarf work mg' Donf you know fhere s a war on' Work' Work' He recalled fhose days of collecfmg scrap news papers sfockmgs and lrpsfuck fubes crammmg for exams fhe mghf before fhe Regenfs affracfmg fhe affenflon of fhaf preffy babe In fhe nexf row ln Eco THAT was work buf peelmg omons' 4 v L pq - 0... 1 I I l 'l . . - him in such good sfead. He remembered fhe you dropped . .. . , rf . . . '

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