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

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ALUMNI AWARDS Each year, Erasmus Hall High School sends us reports about our former students. This year the re- port is particularly gratifying. Among the four finalists at Erasmus in the Westinghouse Awards, two were graduates of Walt Whitman: Laura Kaufman and William Rothman. The Whitman alumni who were list- ed as semi-finalists in the honor- able mention division were,Roberta Hershkowitz, Richard Gellar, Judy Alpern, and Judy Dick. The National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards went to Donald Cooper and Amy Kaiser. Paula De Simone won first prize in the essay division for NThree Years at Sumsaren CErasmus spelled backwardj in the Richard Young Lit- erary-Merit Contest. The semi-finalists in the Nation- al Honor Society Scholarship Competition included Donald Cooper, Paula De Simone, Judy Dick,Richard Gellar, Roberta Hershkowitz,Louise Katz, Laura Kaufman, and William Rothman. Gale Levine was awarded a S200 U.S.Bond for her poem,USymphony of a Cityn, that was submitted to Expedition New York, a WABC-TV presentation. Merit scholarships were awarded to semi-finalists William Rothman, Laura Goodman, Richard Ge11ar,Judy Dick, Jerry Spalka, Morris Sheppard, and Stanton Hoegerman. Outstanding among the successful applicants for colleges was Roberta Hershkowitz with a SQCGO scholar- ship to Bryn Mawr. Amy Kaiser was accepted at Smith College and Stephen Moshman at Rochester Univer- sity. ' Leslie Lewis clk . 49 +Q.' iff ,li 1 I , W QQ N N51 IQ , .f '- '1'E12X Gig ' ,222 ij' 'fr-A 5,9 mg u0'M XP ,,,..

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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

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