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

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X Ea we ix T , s X x . ll Y 5 - X it x X p llglx Qggilgsl xNNgg!Il fi-x K 1-l X X it -is xlxnx tx' N QQQQN QSQ5V 552' qsxa X. fgigsgxxxegiul 4:1 WELCOME 2 X .X ES EZ. September 18, 1962 - The ae- ' AI-ARMING TROUBLE tion taking place today is the re- It . . H , ' sult of the verdict handed down a X R1f1g, ring- Oh 110, lt S 7245- x Half asleep I run to the bathroom few months ago. Many here'today are witnesses to that event. Some I know personally or by nameg oth- ers are indifferent strangers.... However, I still feel alone. Zrstruggling to get my pajama shirt off. With my face soaking wet, I trudge out of the bathroom and glance at the clock. 7:55. HRush I or you'll be late for schoolin xx 'W X -5. Suddenly the time has come and I start my endless long walk to that special room. The others, following me, seem to be aware of this strained occasion. As I reach the open door, my eyes rest upon the chair I am to occupy. I hear the door close. At that moment I look up and see the wel- coming figure of my new home-room teacher in Erasmus. Mark 4? A i 5 -3 : ffX fl Q 1: , NA-bt. 615 On with the radio! just in time E to hear the 8:00 news! Quickly I pull my shirt off the hanger and dress myself. I gulp my break- fast down as fast as stuffing a cannon. Like a cannon, I feel as if I'm going to explode. Ten- sion rises while I pack my books. I put my jacket on while making a last check to see that I have all my books. I scramble down the stairs and try to run to the bus-stop. It's a useless effort. My briefcase is a fifty pound lead weight, At the bus-stopytension builds up again as I wait for that delayed ,vehicle. Suddenly I see it a block away. Its windshield is reflect- ing the morning light. I sit down on one of the cold green seats. A look at my watch tells me that I'll have to hurry. Quickly, I scramble off the bus and scurry down the street. I rush to the school-house. ULate1H I say to myself. The doors are locked. Then it all comes clear. It is Saturday. Relieved, I stroll home thinking what could have happened had it been a school day. David Droller 103

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N496 A f!Fa-.ff- tx ' it 4, ,nu R H XFX . WITH MALICE 'IQWARDQ SALLY As long as I could remember, my older sister Sally treated me like a child. She wasn't very much older than I, just two years my senior, but she thought that she was too old to bother with me. Whenever her girlfriends would come over to our house, she would always tell me that it was my bedtime. Whether it was early or late, she told me to go to bed. I really loved my sister, and I tried to make her realize that I was not a child anymore. In- stead of realizing this, she lost her temper and told me I was both- ering her. I tried to act more grown-up, but she thought I was mimicking her and her friends. As the months wore on, our re- lationship grew worse. She hard- ly ever talked to me except to ask me to pass the butter or some- thing like that. i f . 1 - I 'Q -1 x I - X ' I h W X One day in January, my friend and I went ice skating on the lake near my house. When we arrived at the lake,I discovered that my sister was there with her friends' They were skating out towards the middle of the lake. I told my- self it would be her own fault if anything happened to her. A sign clearly visible pointed to danger. I turned around and went to help my friend put on her skates. just as I was about to start skating, I heard a piercing scream I turned just in time to see my sister and one of her friends go through the ice. My heart stood still with fear. However, I quickly came to my senses and with my friend went to the rescue. We soon reached the spot where they had fallen in. Together we helped them out of the icy water. That night as I was going to bed my sister called me to her room. She told me that after what had happened that afternoon she thought I was the best sister a girl ever had. Victory at last! We were fast friends. Angela Gentile I ,,4f5:+xg v,V! ' 1 X Clie is Q:ff i -. . ---- ' s.. 'ill-1- ----..,,-Q ,iii- r-v-- ' f ' W I 102 ', Ig, w,sv v , .SX N? N, A xl . X

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ALUIVXNI NEVVS Class of 1956 Roberta Johnson--Brooklyn College Steven Narker--University of Penn- sylvania Class of 1957 Roberta Alexandra--Brooklyn College Kenneth Banks--Michigan State University Michael Mendick--University of Pennsylvania Jerry Seckler--University of Rochester Class ot 1958 Joanne Ansell--New York University Jackie Beers--Hunter College Maxine Civiak--Brooklyn College Sonia Cortes--St. John's Univer- sity Corinne Pactor--University of Syracuse Eleanor Grumet--Vassar College Leslie Mark--Fashion Institute of Technology Carol Morng--Brooklyn College Roberta Shapiro--Temple Univer- sity Earl Einhorn--City College, School of Technology Kenneth Banks, class of '57, member of the debating society at Michigan State University WWW Ste- ven Narker, class of '56, manager of the fencing team at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania WWW Michael Mendick, class of '57, a leading candidate for manager of the basketball team at the University of Pennsylvania WWW Congratulations to two alumna: Alice Brill, recently married, and Sandra Weiner, engaged to be mar- ried. 104 .1-1. KX Qi-,I K 27 J 1 s lt... '. N'- H 'ja X Q-...-Qs u. ssn.....f ,'.,- J' - Ts ,l A,...s N 5,7 A Z' s.55o' ,.0 ,. xi'--v -'f ,uv 'href' - N , 1 'uf' ', : 4- ' ,Si-,513 Q-',a X N..-- 4 r Q ,, , I 55514 ii -1 I ul. s'-,- r X r-'Z ox - I lg..- , ----.-' 's-Q, 4 if OUR ERASMUS ALUMNI Lynn Kahn will attend the University of Georgia this fall. Linda Seldman, Ann Young, and Sarah Bernstein are prospective freshmen at the American Univer- sity in Washington, D.C. . Joyce Hessel has been accepted at New Paltz Teachers College. Suellen London will further her interest in art at Pratt Institute Daniel Pope made the second highest score in the New York State Merit Scholarship Compe- tition. Alice Banks