Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTZXIIFES AT WAET WHITMAN Walt Whitman Junior High has many after-school activities. They are exciting as well as interesting The activities include: basketbalh tumbling, chess, photography, arts and crafts, painting, and the NPuture Teachers Club of American. The basketball team is always an outstanding attraction. We play junior highs including Ditmas and Lefferts. If we beat them, we move up to the next bracket and play the winner. There is always the possi- bility of winning the borough cham- pionship. Our players are represented by 6' 3 Albert White, who no doubt will be on the Erasmus first-string when he graduates. The others in- clude: Bruce Starr, Stu Kerzner, Larry Maisel, Roger Shiller, David Betron, Steve Weinles, Martin Rosen, Coke Cannon, Frank Hessel, Richard Kraver, Allan Tohn, Carlton Screen, Ronnie Rabinowitz, and Sol Sammuels. In the contest so far, Lefferts beat Ditmas 50-29. Ditmas beat us 41-32, and we beat Lefferts 51-42. vl k'lr7l'vl'i'i'3l' .2 iggqh!Nf n ,ailllsi W 5 A i XX E 66 , z , , ee c,,,,.J C' -' Mvvhev Wh f ll N LN! a of S g 1: fwgf H A 4 .. f ,ij iw: sw, 7 ,. -.5 e 1 :Il ,' 5 1 is , 4, ' 1 IUX FUN BULL PYRIMID 0WMU NKids Nip Teachers 24-23.9 There was much rejoicing as the students won their first game against the teachers. They will play the teach- ers again later on in the term. Mr. Teitler, one of our gym teachers, gave two reasons why the teachers lost: Albert White's stellar shoot ing and jumping, and a team well- coached. wkffxwfk The UBoys Gymu in our school is well organized. The many activities include: soccer in September, tumb ling in October, basketball in November and December, physical fit ness tests in January and February, volleyball in March and April, softball in May, and punchball and handball in June. Compared with oth- er schools,our gym system rates among the best thanks to Messrs. Grossman, Teitler, Drutt, Barsch, Cassuto, and Barber. kkkkkkkk

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MUSIC Mr. Manney, Assistant Principal in charge of the Eighth Year pupils is very enthusiastic about music. When good music is played in the au- ditorium, he beams with joy. No wonder! We have an excellent music department. We are very proud of the Walt Whitman Band and the Jun- ior and Senior Choruses. We enjoy, moreover, music appre- ciation which is given in the audi- torium by Miss Dwyer. During these periods we sing songs, listen to records, and see motion pictures on the subject of music. Mrs. Serotoff, a Hunter and Col- umbia graduate and a remarkably excellent teacher, heads our Senior Chorus. This vocal group is com- posed of 140 boys and girls of the ninth grade. Their program is var- ied as they sing both popular and folk songs. The chorus performs annually at graduations, assemblies, and for the incoming seventh grade, N. FUTURE 1i1aAcHBR's CI.,-U-B OF AMERICA The Future Teacherfs Club of America is a nation-wide chartered club. Organized in September 1958, its aim is to acquaint students with the opportunities for teaching, requirements of the license to teach, and the nature of the licemx examination. Once a month the club meets un- der the direction of Miss Dwyer and has a guest speaker. The other three meetings during the month are devoted to a teachers' workshop. Our chapter consists of fifty- eight members and its name is UNon Nobis Solum - Not For Us Alonen. Neil Mendick 68 THB STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council of Walt Whitman Junior High is made up of delegates from each class and alter nates. Meetings are held onceevery two weeks where such topics as prop- er behavior, manner of dress, clean liness of the school, and vandalism. are discussed. The Student Council likewise initiates charity drives during the year. At Christmas time Christmas stockings were collected for the needy. In March a sizeable sum of money was collected from the classes for the American Red Cross. Miss Dwyer, faculty adviser, supervises the Council meetings. She likewise heads the after-school center. The student body of the school elects officers who are pre- sent at these meetings. The G,0, president is Fran Feitel. Ellen Snider is the vice-president, Barbara Resnick, the secretary, and Marvin Liebling, the treasurer, jared Hermalin SQQXMUS on DOJ 0 0 N' Sherr- 1