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SCIENCE WINNERS

Steve Arkin and Robert Roth,
Lincoln’s candidates for the Rocke¬
feller Institute, have been accepted
as members of the study group for
the summer of ’59.

(See story below)

Vol. LVin, No. 4

Brooklyn, New York, May 22, 1959

Circulation 5,000

‘Log’ Breaks Record;
Receives Four Prizes

By RALPH MOSS

As a result of three separate competitions the Log has won four
awards for journalism this term. This record has never been equaled
in the paper’s 29-year history.

The awards came from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
of Columbia University, the Department of Journalism of Long Island
University, and the New York City*'

High School Press Council.

At the 35th annual convention of
the Columbia Scholastic Press Asso¬
ciation, the Log was awarded First
Place. In the competition the Log re¬
ceived a score of 955 out of a pos¬
sible 1,000, which bettered last year’s
score by 50 points. The paper was
judged on all phases of journalism
with emphasis on technical correct¬
ness, scope, and writing style.

Learn, Exchange

The award came after a three-day
conference held at Columbia Univer¬
sity, in March. There were thousands
of editors and advisers present at the
conference from all over the nation.
In addition to the award presentation,
there were discussions of newspaper
problems held by lecturers from city
papers. These lectures provided
chance for journalism students, from
all over the country, to learn and ex¬
change new ideas.

L.I.U. Awards

The Department of Journalism of
Long Island University awards were
presented at the university’s Zecken-
dorf Campus in Brooklyn, April 14.
The Log won a $25 award for the
best sports writing in New York
City. In news story writing the Log
came in second in the city, winning
the First Honorable Mention. Sixty
five high schools competed for these
awards. After the presentation there
was a conference at which different
occupations connected with writing
were discussed.

In*the New York City High School
Press Council competition, which
sponsored by the Board of Education,
the Log received the Personality Cov¬
erage Plaque for producing the best
interviews of any high school news¬
paper. The plaque was presented to
-o-

Diverse Activities
Planned for Srs.

the school on April 17, at the School
of Aviation building, in Queens. In
addition to the award presentation
there was a dinner and a series of
discussions on school newspaper
problems.

Red Cross Offers
Part-Time Jobs

The New York City chapter of the
Junior Red Cross has announced an
expanded summer program with 1500
student volunteers needed to carry
out the work planned.

The jobs offered to the student dur¬
ing the summer months are varied.
a They include working in hospitals as
clerks, errand boys, and other non¬
medical jobs. Students will also be
needed to work with patients in the
hospitals’ recreational programs.

Very Young Children

Those interested in working with
very young children or with older
people will find jobs at the various
day centers throughout the city. Vol¬
unteers are also needed to work at
the Red Cross Blood Centers.

Tins'program extenas irom July I
to Labor Day. Most students are re¬
quired to work a full day. Working
part-time, three half-days a week for
at least four weeks, is also acceptable.

All students interestd in this type
of work are urged to join the J.R.C.
program. More information may be
obtained in the G.O. office.

Lincoln to Join in Rockefeller
Institute Biology Competition

The Rockefeller Institute of Scientific Study and Research has selected
Lincoln as one of the participating high schools in greater New York from
which will be chosen students for the Institute’s summer scholarship biology
course.

The objectives of the six-week course, which will be conducted at the
Rockefeller Institute, are, as stated^
by Detlev W. Brank, president of the
Institute, “to arouse serious interest
among high school students who are
about to enter college, and to accel¬
erate their scientific studies, so that
they can proceed to more advanced
courses earlier in their college
careers.”

This biology course will give young
students the opportunity to work in
the laboratories of specialists in all
scientific field, as well as provide a
$500 scholarship. The scope of the
course will include an intensive pro¬
gram of lectures by distinguished sci¬
entists and laboratory and library
work on the college level.

Eleven high schools in New York
have been asked to nominate candi
dates for this course. The Lincoln
Biology Department, headed by Mr.
Philip Goldstein, has conducted a
comprehensive search for the most
capable students. After carefully con¬
sidering their qualifications, they
have nominated Steve Arkin and
Robert Roth. Both boys have distin¬
guished themselves in the field of sci¬
ence.

If this year’s session succeeds, the
Institute plans to continue it next
year. Lincoln hopes to be invited
again, for the advantages of such an
extensive program are numerous.

Lincoln seniors are looking for¬
ward to many exciting events which
are being planned by the Commence¬
ment Committee under the guidance
of Mr. Gerald Greenberg.

So far, the Committee, consisting
of Philip Brater, Nancy Cohen, Har*
ris Hordon, Harriet Miller, Judy No-
vick, Fran Pelzman, and Rickey Ran-
dazzo, has arranged a Senior Cos¬
tume Ball which was held in the
Boys’ Gym, May 15. Admission was
free to Lincoln seniors, and refresh¬
ments and checking were provided
for. Prizes were awarded for the best
costumes.

Senior Day

The next scheduled event will be
Senior Day, May 22. Seniors will
teach certain classes and will partici¬
pate in a special assembly held dur¬
ing the eighth period. A Senior Dance
will follow.

Sunday, May 31, will be the day of
the annual boat ride to Bear Moun¬
tain. Tickets will cost $2.50 per per¬
son. Class Night will be presented
June 5 and 6, with seniors receiving
free tickets.

The Committee is also discussing
the possibility of having a Senior
Hay Ride, a beach party, and a social
function to take the place of a prom.
(The prom has been called off be¬
cause an insufficient number of
pledges was received.)

Button Contest

This year, a senior button contest,
under the direction of Fran Pelzman,
is being run. The choice has been
narrowed down to two entries and
the final results will be announced
at the end of the year.

Under the direction of Barry
Schwartz, senior treasurer, the Com¬
mencement Committee members have
distributed senior hats and buttons,
ordered senior jewelry, and selected
the candidates who ran for class
offices.

Playground Jobs

Jobs are open for teen-agers in
the City’s playgrounds. Here they
will have the choice of assisting regu¬
lar teachers in either the music,
drama, or sports programs that each
park will have.

Students are needed at the chapter
offices of the Red Cross as reception¬
ists, telephone operators, or record
keepers. Girls who like to -ook can
work at the chapter’s Canteen
Service.

‘Cargoes’ to Feature Dedication
To Mr. Lapedos, Former Adviser

Mr. Samuel Lapedos, who retired last year after 25 years as Cargoes
literary adviser, will be honored by a dedication in the 1959 edition of
Cargoes, Lincoln’s art and literary magazine.

Carolyn Starr won first prize in the Senior Division of New York
University’s Prose Writing Contest with her story, The Quiet Herd. Her
story, which will be featured in Car-®.
is a beat generation tale of

goes,

lost evening on the town and two
lost souls attempting to find meaning
in life.

Poetry Finalist

~ {Several- pioccs- of ^ prfec
poetry and prose will he featur<
including several poems by Davi!
Margolis, a finalist in the New York
City School Poetry Contest.

The 1958 edition of Cargoes won a
first prize rating in the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association competi¬
tion and was awarded a special com¬
mendation for art work. Out of a
possible total score of 1000 points,
Cargoes scored 980.

Move Expected

Mr. Ralph Gasarch, literary ad¬
viser, Mr. Leon Friend, art adviser,
the Cargoes Club, the creative writ¬
ing classes, and the Art Squad are
among those who will make possible
the publication of Cargoes. Many
more stories and poems are expected
to be completed before Cargoes goes
to print.

FLASH !

Judith Grumette has become the
only Lincolnite to receive recogni¬
tion in the National Honor Society
Scholarship Contest by winning a

Ce^JB^te of Me r it. - — - j —

Prizes in $ie Ansco Scholastic”!! 1 r ° r the G.O.,
Contest have been announced. Carl
Geisler is the winner of a $50 sec¬
ond award and an honorable men¬
tion. Leonard Balbus won $25.

G.O. Elections
Benezra Top

Give

Post

By MARTIN FICHMAN

Al^n Benezra was chosen president in the G.O. elections last month.
Gale Feuer is the new vice-president and Merry Jaffe is secretary;
treasurers are Barbara Greenstein and Paul Harris, formerly Paul
Janpolsky.

The elections were held after several weeks of campaigning during

which the 13 candidates presented^

their platforms. Late prefects voted
Thursday afternoon, April 16; the
early session voted the next morning.

Benezra’s platform consisted of
two parts: an annual Inter-School
Concert which would enable students
to display their various musical abil¬
ities, and a college-credit history
course given at Lincoln. He has con¬
sulted with Madison High School,

which already has such a course.

“I realize the obligations of my
new office,” he states, “but the ex¬
perience obtained by working along¬
side present G.O. officers will, I’m
sure, enable me to fulfill my duties
and promises capably.”

The new president-elect is present
a member of
Junior Arista and Arkon, Choral,
the chairman of the ambassadorial
program, and a participant in the
Sophomore and Junior Sings.

Gale Feuer, newly elected vice

‘Senior Class Nite’ Presentation
Set For Evenings of June 5, 6

By JESSE KRAWITZ

Senior Class Night 1959 will be presented in the Lincoln auditor¬
ium on the nights of Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.

The main theme will be an adaptation of the hit musical South
Pacific. The story revolves around a foreign exchange student who
comes to Lincoln from the island of Bali Ha’i.

In addition there will be four class-^---

room scenes and one office skit. The office - In these skits several teachers

subjects covered will be English,
math, music, and history, with the
office scene a lampoon of the program

10 Students Win Art Awards;
Miriam Melnick Gets $500Prize

Art

By ELLEN SACHS

Ten Lincoln students won a variety of prizes and scholarships in the 1959 Scholastic Magazines
Contest.

Miriam Melnick, in addition to a medalist award for her posters, won a $500 American Artist
Magazine National Scholarship. It was awarded her for showing a combination of outstanding creative
ability and high academic standing.

A medalist in^ - ———.—— . ^(ceramic sculpture), and Marion

Sackett (fashion design).

This is the thirty-second year that
Scholastic Magazines, with the coop¬
eration of public-spirited sponsors,
has conducted an art awards pro¬
gram for the high school students
of America. With its aim of encour¬
aging student achievement in crea¬
tive art at an age when encourage¬
ment is important, the project has
also started many worthy students
on their way toward advanced study
and careers in the art field.

The Scholastic Art Awards pro¬
gram receives its greatest impetus
from its regional organization. In
over 30 areas the best work from the
art classrooms of junior and senior
schools receives recognition through
regional exhibitions presented and
housed by regional sponsors in Feb¬
ruary and early March.

The five medalists had their work
exhibited in the National High School
Art Exhibition which featured se¬
lected national award-winning works.
The Exhibition was held at the New
York Coliseum, April 9-23, in con¬
junction with the Art: U.S.A.: 59
show. The show represented creative
youth in a survey of American art.

the fields of mixed
media and oils,
Grace Montuore
was also the re¬
cipient of a schol¬
arship to the Art
Students League
of New York.

The third Lin¬
colnite to win a
scholarship was
Patricia Sutton. It
is to the Universi¬
ty of Miami in
Coral Gables, Flor¬
ida. Pat also won
$100 Hallmark
Honor Prize for
her work in oils.

Naomi Green¬
span and Indrea
Kintisch also won
scholarships. Na¬
omi’s is to the Art^

Miriam Melnick, winner of an ‘American Artist’
Magazine National Scholarship.

Students League of New York and
Indrea’s is to Pratt Instittue.

All the scholarships were awarded
on the basis of portfolios containing
several samples of art work.

Entering in other categories and
emerging with medalist status were

Elissa Goodman and Arthur Neiditch:
Elissa was victorious in the field of
greeting cards and Arthur in that of
lead pencil drawings.

Three other Lincolnites received
honorable mention. They are Frank
DeFazio (sculpture), Joy Dobson

will be spoofed.

In the math scene, the teachers to
be portrayed are Mr. Cave-in, Mr.
Rubai, and Mrs. Moan. In the music
scene there will be Cole Goldwin,
Oscar Glibman, Mrs. Nosein, Mr. Sid
ney Shlepiro, and Mrs. Fracas. The
English teachers will be Mrs. Ranter,
Miss Gallstone, and Mr. Groomette,
The history mentors will be Miss
Pistol, Mr. Knish, and Mr. Trustin.
The faculty members of the program
office who will be represented are Mr.
Figenbush, Mr. Klass, and Mrs.
Spark.

Directors

Student director of this year’s
Class Night is Maxine Antell, as¬
sisted by Linda Appleman. Marion
Newirth is general manager and
Helen Goldstein is assistant general
manager. Co-faculty directors Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Shapiro plan to
present a ballyhoo of the production
at an assembly program.

Directors of the classroom scenes
are Beverly Bernstein, history,
Judith Grumette, music, Fern Levine,
program office, Dorothy Samuels,
English, and Pat Sutton, math.

‘South Pacific’

For the adaptation of South Pacific
there will be a different cast for each
of the two performances. The part of
Emile will be played by Morris For¬
man and Richard Raskin. The role
of Nellie Forbish will be played by
Marsha Yellin and Marsha Schorr.
Roberta Kronen will play Bloody
Mary on both nights. Lieutenant
Cable will be played by Michael
Riegel and Howard Einbinder. Ser¬
geant Billis, patterned after televi¬
sion’s Sergeant Bilko, will be played
by Murray Moshe and Allen Kirsch-
ner. Liat will be portrayed by Mari¬
on Dolce and Judy Novick.

president, already has begun putting
her plans into action. Gale, who pro¬
posed better bus line service, says
that “a G.O. committee which will
investigate the problem of bus delays
is being formed.” The committee will
present its findings on the problem
to the Parents Association, from
where it can be sent directly to the
bus companies. She also wants to
establish an Inter-School Sing.

Gale is a mem¬
ber of Junior
Arista and Arkon,
the chairman of
the Red Cross
Committee, a
cheerleader, the
ambassador to
Madison, and as¬
sistant director of
Junior Sing.

Merry Jaffe, the
newly-elected G.O.
secretary, is form¬
ing a Recreational-
^ Cultural Commit¬
tee which will work in conjunction
with the English Department. “The
G.O. will act as a clearing house,”
Merry states, “for theater tickets
which are offered to the Lincoln stu¬
dents. The committee will also pub¬
licize the various theatrical events.”

_ Merry was secretary of Junior _

Arista, is a member of Arkon and
the Art Squad, secretary of the Stu¬
dent-Faculty Committee, and a cheer¬
leader.

The two treasurers, Barbara Green¬
stein (who proposed excursions to
Washington, D.C.) and Paul Harris
(who proposed a school carnival),
are forming an Excursion Committee
and a Carnival Committee,

-tively.

The five officers have a two-month
training period before their one-year
terms commence in September, 1959.

re spec-

Guidance Dept.
To Add Adviser

The Guidance Department is plan¬
ning to add one more grade adviser
to its staff next term.

Mrs. Lillian D. Stern, as coordi¬
nator of guidance activities, said that
the new adviser will be in charge of
all those students who fail three or
more subjects this semester.

There are several reasons for this
change. The first is that it will allow
the new grade adviser to give more
individual attention to those students
who are having difficulty passing
subjects. The aim will be to try to
discover and help eliminate the stu-
den problems so that the student may
function properly.

The change has advantages for the
other students, too. By removing
those students whose problems took
up so much of the time of the ten
regular grade advisers, they will
have more time to give to the other
students. They will also have a bet¬
ter chance to discover and work with
“under-achievers.”

Under-achiever .is a term used to
describe a pupil who has a high scho¬
lastic potential but is not working up
to capacity. Such a pupil has scored
high marks on intelligence and apti¬
tude tests, but for some reason, re¬
ceives lower marks than he is capa¬
ble of achieving.

It is hoped that the grade adviser,
in conference with the pupil, will be
able to discover the reasons for this,
and to motivate the student to bet¬
ter performance.

This will be the first time that
Lincoln is trying a program which
makes use of a special grade adviser
to assist students who have not done
well in their scholastic work. Mrs.
Stern hopes that this new guidance
procedure will make it possible for v
all types of students to get more in¬
dividual attention.

Page Two

LINCOLN LOG

May 22, 19o9

On the Screen Scene

^Mating Game’

Despite such handicaps as a ridiculously banal
plot, and advance publicity which portrayed it as a
veritable sex-riot (which it is not), The Mating
Game manages to be a rather amusing picture.

The plot (although the less said about it the bet¬
ter) is that old, old story of what happens when
the city-slicker comes to the ram shackled farm cf
the lovable old farmer and meets the farmers cur¬
vaceous daughter. Need we say that there will be
a wedding? Need we say that the ol’ homestead, en¬
dangered by the slicker’s arrival, is saved by a
miracle never seen this side of Never-Never land?
Of course not!

However, perhaps this is for the best. Secure in
©ur knowledge of the predetermined fates of the
characters, we have time to sit back and enjoy the
clowning of Tony Randall, who makes the movie.
(Evidently Mr. Randall reads scripts that other peo¬
ple have written far better than he ad-libs at inter¬
views.)

The rest of the cast serves, collectively, as an ad¬
mirable background for Mr. Randall, without con¬
tributing anything but a fistful of pathetically ob¬
vious jokes to the proceedings.

As Mariette, the farmer’s daughter, Debbie Rey¬
nolds manages to be competently adorable, even
though the producer evidently could not decide just
how ingenuous to make her. He solved the problem
by dressing her in clothing that would be grounds
for arrest, while giving her the dialogue of a not-
very-precocious 12-year-old.

However, we have only one real quarrel with The
Mating Game , and that is, it turns out to be a tre¬
mendous nothing. At least 100 people, by our count,
worked to create this picture which is truly funny
in two places, mildly amusing in half a dozen more;
and nothing else. It is a shame that, while there is
no money to support free Shakespeare, a picture
like this should be produced in Cinemascope, Met-
rocolor, and who knows what else, at a fantastic
cost.

Is it worth spending so much time, talent, and
money in order to give the world the memory of
Debbie Reynolds being chased through a haystack
by six muscle-bound teen-agers?

— Judith Grumette

To the Editor of the Log:

I am surprised to see that Jeffrey Ribner, in his
column on American education, quotes a critic of
our education as saying that our freedom of choice
tends to make our educational system too easy. I
had always thought that Jeffrey would favor a more
liberal policy as far as student participation in the
curriculum is concerned.

* Personally, I couldn’t disagree more with the for¬
eign critics. It is the freedom to have a say in our
curriculum which makes the American system in
many ways superior to that of Europe.

It is probably true that American education is
occasionally scholastically inferior to that of other
countries. In Lincoln, however, many students are
able to choose advanced courses in science, mathe¬
matics, and history. I don’t think that this could
have been accomplished without student demand.

—Ralph Moss

g.o.ing on

Two G.O. Officers
Win Bohack Prizes

Two active G.O. members received
mention in the New York news¬
papers, recently. Steve Arkin, presi¬
dent of the General Organization,
and Maxine Antell, chairman of the
Welfare Committee, were cited for
being winners in the second annual
Bohack scholarship contest. The
awards, this year, total $5,000, to be
divided among eight winners. Steve
and Maxine were further distin¬
guished by having their pictures ap¬
pear in these papers.

Enoch Brater, a candidate for the
post of treasurer , promised the school
a scholarship fund if he won the
election . He didn't , but he has decided
to put his idea into effect. A Schol¬
arship Fund Committee has been
formed with 'Enoch as chairman. Any
funds taken in by the Carnival Com¬
mittee will be given to the scholarship
. f und.

The school was represented at the
Mayor’s Salute to Youth celebration,
May 8. A delegation of three G.O. rep¬
resentatives, Allen Benezra, Roberta
Hershkowitz and Herbert Spar attend¬
ed the conference. Mayor Wagner pre¬
sented awards to the General Organiza¬
tions of the city which, during this
year, performed outstanding school
community service.

On May 1, the G.O. presented a
movie in Room 229, entitled Crisis in
Levittown. The film dealt with the
Myers, the first Negro family to
move into an all-white district of
Pennsylvania.

Lincoln has selected Fred Stone to
represent it at the American Legion
Boys’ State of New York Conference.
The meeting, with representatives
from many high schools throughout
the state, will be held at Colgate
University, Hamilton New York,
June 21 to June 27.

When Herbert Lehman receives the
Lincoln Aicard. May 27, it trill mark
the end of eight hectic months of work
for Peter Scola and his Lincoln Award
Committee. —Ralph Moss

Randall Wit Fails To
Score at Interview

By JUDITH GRUMETTE

For a top-rated comedian, Tony Randall managed to hide his tal¬
ents extremely well during his first high school press interview.

Of course, this was not entirely Mr. Randall’s fault. By the time
things had started, we were no longer as fresh, innocent or receptive
as we once had been. The invitation said “3:30 sharp and we were
so afraid of being late that we aban

doned the train at 34th Street, and
ran the last 20 blocks. We need not
have worried. At 3:40, Mr. Randall
was nowhere in sight, and the audi¬
ence was shifting ominously in its
seats.

To fill the gap, an unidentified man
(whom we shall call Mr. Metro) got
up, cleared his throat importantly,
and announced that Tony Randall
was the greatest thing since . . .
well, since Grace Kelly. He returned
to *his seat, and another unidentified
man (whom we shall call Mr. Gold-
wyn-Mayer) rose and attempted a
little essay into humor. We were in¬
formed that “Not only does Tony
Randall come from Oklahoma
(chuckle, chuckle) but he doesn’t
even speak with an Oklahoma ac¬
cent!” We snickered politely, and
commenced examining our fingernails.

‘Mating Game’

There followed a pause which we
used to glance through the material
concerning Mr. Randall and his latest
movie. Keeping in mind the fact that
we represented high school news¬
papers, the powers - that - be had
thoughtfully provided us with a pic¬
ture (with which to illustrate our
articles) of Mr. Randall, Debbie Rey¬
nolds, and an unidentified pig (whom
we shall call MGM) comfortably en¬
sconced in a haystack. Now, the pic¬
ture is called The Mating Game, but
still. . . .

At this moment, Mr. Randall en¬
tered, panting. He’d run from 34th
Street, too. We immediately got down
to the momentous task of asking him

questions. The information gleaned—
that is, the printable information
gleaned—is as follows:

1— He likes Brigitte Bardot (she’s
very witty).

2— If he couldn’t be Tony Randall,

Tony and Debbie

Nomad Art Squad Ends Exile;
Returns to Office with Prizes

■ RrJ Ufm_RI> BI ^^ TFU

What is an office? Only the sensitive, artistic* Jjrton kn^

then he’d like to be Toscanini.

3— All actors are neurotic.

4— His “greatest social error” was
marrying his wife. (Heh, heh.)

5— Shakespeare is archaic.

6— Some of the biggest stars have
no talent (but this we absolutely re¬
fuse to believe!!)

After these revealing little
glimpses, Mr. Randall, with a sly
twinkle in his eyes (brown, according
to the dossier), confessed that he
wasn’t quite perfect. Why, (whether
we’d believe it or not) he’d been
afraid to jump out of second-storey
windows.

Huzzah!

Here, an anguished cry of “No!”
came from the audience, and we be-
to show our

Truth.

An office is certainly not desks, chairs, and cluttered papers. ^'o, an office is
a vaulted temple of Inspiration, a pulsating, constantly buzzing current of
intellectual energy. Lincoln’s Art Squad knows too well the utter agony of
not having one. For nine long months, they were nomads, having to make do
with substitutes, places that weren’t

really offices at all.

Last September, like the swallows
of Capistrano, the members of the
Art Squad instinctively returned to
their office. To their horror, they

EFLECTION S

Soil Erosion

- By DAVID MARGOLIS _

Perhaps one of the most important of current municipal problems is that of
soil erosion. Various wits make comments about the impossibility of soil erosion as
a problem because of the absence of soil. This, of course, is not so. New York City
has a great deal of soil, although the amount may be small in proportion to the
total area of the five boroughs. Richmond leads in this respect with more soil per

cubic foot than any other place on the --

has been free and costs have been paid by

public contributions. The productions have
received great critical acclaim, attendance
has been consistently excellent, and it was
generally agreed that a Mr. Joseph Papp,
who was running the nightly shindigs, and
the City of New' York were doing an ad¬
mirable thing by making this cultural ac¬
tivity available.

However, no one had considered the
problem of soil erosion until this year. As
we have already established, soil erosion
is a great problem. Any rational human
being can see that people watching plays
are apt to create a great deal of erosion.

In fact, in tests recently taken, it has been
found that, as a result of Mr Papp and
Will S., Central Park has sunk two feet
in the last three years. At this rate it
will disappear from view by the year 1994.
There are two solutions: we can fill in all
the missing soil (a highly expensive as
w'ell as impractical solution) or we can
pave it at its present level. Thus, it must
be paved. The Department of Parks, how¬
ever, upon whose shoulders the burden will
fall, has demanded, rightly, that the slight¬
ly demented people who risk pneumonia to
watch a play just because it’s free, be^.
charged for the cost of putting in the
cement. Mr. Papp says that this will do
away with free Shakespeare: (1) Mr. Papp
is manifestly correct. (2) Soil erosion can¬
not be allow r ed. (3) Cement costs money
which the City does not have.

We say do away with the Shakespeare!
There are probably Communists in the
audience.

eastern seaboard. Brooklyn, too, has large
amounts of dirt.

Today, however, we are going to devote
our attention to Manhattan. The largest
piece of unadulterated soil in Manhattan
is called Central Park, a place of over 840
acre3 interrupted by bodies of water with
such original names as The Loch, The
Lake, Pond, and Reservoir. Obviously, with
an entity of soil such as this on its hands,
the Department of Parks cannot be too
careful in supervising whom (if anyone)
it allows to erode its soil.

* * *

Chapter Two: William Shakespeare
(1564-1616) was a contemporary of the
great English playwrights Christopher
Marlowe and Ben Jonson. (There is even
a movement being started to prove that
Shakespeare was really the pen name of
Queen Elizabeth I of England, a patron
of the arts under whom English literature
flourished.) The physical existence of Wil¬
liam Shakespeare is of no real import;
what does matter is that we have a series
of plays under his byline which various
people in the hysteria of following the
crowd claim are some of the greatest works
of literature that the English-speaking
peoples have yet produced (even though
the plots are weak.)

* * *

Chapter Three: For the past several
summers the City of New York has allowed
the use of Central Park for presentations
of Mr. Shakespeare’s works. The produc¬
tions have especially catered to students
and people who would otherwise never see
a live dramatic performance. Admission

discovered that it was already in¬
habited. It had become the Admin¬
istrative Office of Sheepshead Bay
High School. Complaints arose imme¬
diately. However, even the most un¬
reasonable understood that Sheeps¬
head Bay had to have that office.

While they stayed at Lincoln, the
Sheepshead Bay staff carried out
their tasks efficiently. They were not
aware of the haggard, covetous eyes
that carefully scanned their office or
of the mysterious groans that arose
outside their door. They had no idea
of the legacy of Room 218. They ac¬
cepted the office innocently, not know¬
ing that the Art Squaders loved it
as much as a three-year-old loves its
dirty old woolen blanket. Without the
office, the Squad members were begin¬
ning to feel insecure.

Insecurity

Their insecurity didn’t seem to af¬
fect their work (or maybe it did, for
many of them do abstractions) be¬
cause they made paintings this year
that won national prizes. They still
produced beautiful bulletin boards
and clever posters. Their art was of
a high calibre but there was some¬
thing wrong with them They became
gloomy. Some developed the evil habit
of sneaking into other groups’ offices
to get the thrills they had received
in their own office. All of them
waited hopefully for the departure of
Sheepshead Bay.

Sheepshead Bay left for their new
building a while ago. The Art Squad
is extremely happy to be back in their
old quarters but they don’t seem to
talk about it much. They talk, rather,
about their success in the art com¬
petitions. But every once in a while,
one goes there after classes just to
breathe the delicious office air.

-Aiiimnotei

Patricia Hoff (nee Winer) is
the mother of twin sons, Harmon
Bradley and Jeffrey Warner. We
are sorry to say that in the last
issue this item was misprinted.
Our apologies to Sheila Winer,
her family and friends, for any
embarrassment or inconvenience
which this may have caused.

good will. Mr. Randall hastily as¬
sured us that, with the encourage¬
ment of Miss Reynolds, he had
jumped, and a sigh of relief swept
through the room. We ran to pur¬
chase a box of cough-drops in order
to be prepared for the next crisis.

At this point Mr. Metro or Mr.
Goldwyn-Mayer got up to announce
that the interview was over, and that
we could now run up to get auto¬
graphs. In seconds, Mr. Randall com¬
pletely disappeared under a mass of
yowling humanity. However, weight-
lifter that he is, he valiantly fought
the mob off, signing paper, clothing,
bald heads—anything that came into
view—with all his might.

As we were walking out, we passed
an awe-struck woman who kept mur¬
muring to herself, “He’s quite a
josher.” And he is. Oh, he certainly
is!

Lincoln Is
Thinkin 9

Question: How do you manage to
fit in your social and other activities
with your school work?

SHARON ADLER—111-Senior

To allow myself the extra time
after school to participate in the
various clubs, I forfeit my television
privileges. I enjoy participating in
these clubs because they have en¬
abled me to acquire many new
friends and to improve my athletic
abilities. Therefore, I believe it is
worthwhile to forego television so
that I may give my full and com¬
plete concentration to my studies and
at the same time continue with the
clubs.

JERRY BARKAN—347-Junior

During the week I find little or no
time for outside activities. On week¬
ends, however, I manage to find time
to do the things I like by getting my
studying done Friday afternoon and
early Saturday morning. This system
usually works, but as Regents week
comes closer we get more homework
to do in less time, making outside
activities rare.

MAXINE MELTZER—144-Junior

You come to school mainly to learn.
What time you have left from your
studying is yours to do with as you
like. It is up to you to arrange your
study time so that there is also time
for extra-curricular activities.

—Francine Luft

EDITORS' BOX

Television Trend

For several years the trend in television
programming was moving in a path that guar¬
anteed the viewer an annual increase in the
number of hours , devoted to education and
culture.

Sunday, considered by advertisers to be
“prime viewing time” because of the tremen¬
dous family audience available, became a veri¬
table bulwark for those in the TV industry
who claimed that the medium was doing its
share in shouldering the burden of mass educa¬
tion. Sporting a program chock full of the top
calibre forums, interviews, and documentaries,
Sunday became the show place of the seven
networks.

More encouraging still, the State Board of
Regents chartered the Metropolitan Educational
Television Association to present and prepare
educational programs pver Channel 11 and to
produce a film series for the National Educa¬
tional Television and Radio Center. The Asso¬
ciation was given the job of creating the first
truly class-type TV programs in the New York
City area.

But now a shortage of funds threatens to
curtail the work of the Association. The groups
executive committee is considering cutting per¬
sonnel drastically and ending all program pro¬
duction. Surely, the work of the Association is
more worthy of support than scores of adult
westerns, and should be treated as such.

Clean Cafeteria

Not long ago it was realized that the cleanli¬
ness of the cafeteria, despite the efforts of the /
janitorial staff, was somewhat below par.

This situation met with almost mild disbelief
at first, for Lincoln's cafeteria has always been
a source of pride to both the student body and
the administration. The unusually high quality
of both the food and the atmosphere in the cafe¬
teria made the lunchroom more than just an¬
other place to eat. It became a rendez-vous, a
place, where friends got together, ate well, dis¬
cussed problems, socialized, and in general es¬
caped the sometimes hectic round of classes.
Such a haven was hardly the place to look for
civic negligence, yet it was only here that the
usually high pitch of student cooperation some¬
how fell short of success.

But the problem was quickly resolved. Led by
H. Lass, Mrs. Florence
Green, and a special G.O. committee, the stu¬
dent body characteristically closed ranks in a
successful clean-up program.

Worthy of note also are the flowers on the
tables, adding another pleasant, and city-wide
unique, touch to the cafeteria.

Creative Arts

It has been said before, and it probably can't
be said too often, that the creative arts are fully
worthy of the same kind of private and govern¬
ment scholarship aid given to the sciences.

For this reason we would like to draw atten¬
tion to the winners of the recent series of art
contests. Not so much because the awards un¬
doubtedly represent a great deal of individual
achievement upon the part of these Lincoln
artists, but because the prizes evidence an aware¬
ness of the need for making art scholarship
financially possible.

INCOLN LOG

Published monthly during
the school semester by
the students of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
HIGH SCHOOL
Brooklyn. N. Y.

ABRAHAM H. LASS
Principal

RICHMOND

Vol. LVIII, No. 4

May 22, 1959

Editor-in-Chief
JEFFREY RIBNER

Co-Editor-in-Chief
DAVID MARGOLIS
Managing Editor
MARTIN FICHMAN

Sports Editor

GERSHON LEVINSON

Features Editor

MARCIA SLUTSKY

News Editor
ELLEN SACHS

Associate Editors

Marvin Aufrichtig, Judith Grumette, Joan Seliger.

Assistant Editors

Richard Blaultein, Sharon Hammer, Ralph Moss. Victor Nie-
derhoffer, Kenneth Yellis.

Reporters and Feature Writers

Linda Appleman. Meryle Bernstein. Oarol Clark. Martin Dick.
— Richard Ebstein, Joan Felsen. Ellen Fuchs, Enid Futterman]
Cynthia Gassman, Sandra Gold, Jerry Keesel. Jesse Krawiui
Howard Levine, Francine Luft, Susan Metric. Mark Palmer.
Paula Rauch, Tania Rosenberg, Jane Sanders. William Shorr,
Alice Schwedock, Fred Spits, Fred Stone. Shirley Susman. Fat
Sutton, Nahoma Weinper.

Sports Staff

Bruce Brofman. Charles Goldman. Gilbert Kruger, Howard
Marks, Arthur Rettig, Ben Spaisman. Herbert Spar.

Photography Staff

Charles Sokoloff. Editor; Carl Geisler, Richard Starr.

Business Staff

Joan Seliger, Manager; Meryle Bernstein. Sandra Gold. Miriam
Melnick.

Circulation Squad

Michael Zablocki, Manager; Ronald Binder, Jonathan Goodscn.
Martin Le Winter, Gerard Minsky, Richard Mondre, Alex Siegel,
Robert Rosestein.

Faculty Adviser

Jesse Grumette

Eastern Press. Inc., Brooklyn 17, N.Y. !*•

I

By

Gershon

Levinson

Wn previous issues we have described the many
benefits derived by being a member of an ath¬
letic team, Unfortunately , only a limited number of
students are capable of competing on the teams
presently in operation. Though these teams embody
numerous and diversified sports there are still many
sports unknown to high school competition. The
addition of these sports would greatly increase the
number of students actively participating on athletic
teams.

Almost every high school student is able to ride
a bicycle. Cycling has been a part of the Olympic
games since 1896. The popularity of bicycle riding
as a sport has been increasing ever since. In the
1952 Olympics many events which were previously
consistently won by Europeans cyclists were won by
Australian and South African riders. A few weeks
ago, in New York City, a six-day race was held in
which pairs of riders rode continuously day and
night and ate while riding. This sport could easily
be adapted for inter-scholastic competition, the races
being held in either Prospect or Central Park.

* * *

For the student who prefers a faster sport with
more body contact, boxing would be ideal. Although
frowned upon as a brutal and barbarous sport at
one time, boxing has attained great respectability
since 1930, when the Golden Gloves contests were
started. Boxing is an integral part of most collegiate
athletic programs.

Under the supervision of well-trained coaches with
proper equipment, boxing is one of the best athletic
activities in which a boy can participate. It is one
of the most exacting sports, requiring more physical
movements in a shorter period of time than any
other sport. Boxing builds self-control and confidence
and teaches a youngster how to think and act
quickly. Another sport in the same class as boxing
is wrestling. When wrestling under collegiate rules,
the athlete must be the possessor of great strength,
skill, and stamina, and above all, he must be in
perfect physical condition.

The game of squash has been constantly increas-
creasing in popularity among high school students.
It is played with either a tennis racquet or a paddle
and the regulation handball rules are followed.
The use of the racquet increases power and con¬
trol, and allows a poor handball player to become
a good squash player. Inter-scholastic competition
would follow a pattern similar to that of handball.
Another feature of squash is the relative proficiency
attained by girls. The sport is therefore an ideal
one for mixed doubles, which would be impossible
in other sports.

For the student wishing a quiet game, table ten¬
nis is just the thing. It is one of the few games
where differences in the size and strength of the
player do not markedly handicap him. It can be
played indoors or outdoors and is suited to all ages,
abilities, and capacities. When played strenuously it
provides plenty of exercise and helps increase agility.
* * *

SHORT SHOTS: Congratulations to next term's
football captain, Arthur Weber, and to Assistant
Captains Art D’Antonio and Frankie Hunt. . . . The
dual track meets are a great idea. . . . The squash
team of Levinson and Sachs hasn't lost a single
game. . . . v Next season's football schedule is one
of the toughest in the city. . . . Bring your team
home, Walter—all is forgiven. ... We still think
the Yankees are going to, win the pennant. . . . Log
sportswriter Victor Niederhoffer is one of the top
tennis players in the city . . . Where would the
Handball Team be without the Brighton Beach
Baths. . . . There ought to be inter-scholastic com¬
petition for girls.

May 22, 1959

LINCOLN LOG

Page Three

Abes Topple Grady , Tech

But Suffer Four Defeats

-- !

By CHARLES GOLDMAN

Tffie Lincoln Baseball Team, under the direction of Coach Herb Isaacson, has completed
its schedule of practice games and has begun competition in its league.

The Abes have toppled Grady Vocational and Brooklyn Technical high schools while" hav¬
ing tasted defeat at the hands of Fort Hamilton, Lafayette, Manual, and Sheepshead Bay high
schools.

In their initial exhibition game,
Lincoln was the victim of the one-
hit pitching of Sheepshead Bay’s
Rico Petrocelli, who homered to aid
his own cause. In their second ex¬
hibition it was the Railsplitters
who had the superlative pitching.
Sophomore Bobby Feinstein pitched
a one-hit shutout and scored the
game's only run in the first inning.

The official season opener also
proved a successful venture for
Coach Isaacson's forces. Coming
from behind with a five-run sixth
inning, the Abes defeated Grady
by a score of 7-5. Catcher Frank
Fiore, who drove in three runs, in¬
cluding the tying ones in the sixth,
and outfielder Alan Pervil, who
knocked in the winning run, paced
the Lincoln attack.

In their next encounter, the Blue-
Gray Baseballers were outslugged
by Manual, 16-8. The Park Slopers
were lead by their hard-hitting
third baseman Cordova, who hom¬
ered and tripled, knocking in a
total of five runs. Relief pitcher
David, who came in in the first
inning and went the distance, also
shone. Johnny Mucillo had three
for four for Lincoln.

Lincoln almost pulled the Lafay¬
ette game out of the fire. Trailing
4-2 going into the last of the sev¬
enth, Lincoln scored one run and
had loaded the bases with two out.
Pitcher Feinstein came to bat with
a golden opportunity to aid his own
cause. After running the count to
3-2, Feinstein fouled away two
pitches and then struck out.

The Lincoln-Fort Hamilton clash
was another slugfest. Fort Hamil¬
ton, paced by three homeruns, out-
scored Lincoln, 8-6. The homers
were hit by Jones, Main, and Pitch¬
er Conte. Conte's hit in the fourth
inning proved to be the winning
margin. Johnny Mucillo again
paced Lincoln with a homerun
and a single.

TRACK CAPTAIN

Photo by Leonard Soned

• . . Eugene Floyd competing at a dual meet.

Lincoln Track Team Victorious
As Outdoor Season Commences

By ELLEN SACHS

Lincoln's Track Team has gotten off to a running start. It has,
thus far, accumulated an excellent record and future prospects are
promising.

This year an old type of track meet was brought back into use.
Called the dual meet, it enables more boys on the team to compete
as only two schools participate in*-

it.

Lincoln’s dual meet season be¬
gan against Madison. The out¬
standing performances of Captain
Ernie Zeh, Mike Kessler, Douglas
Lanier, and Thomas Pope led Lin¬
coln to a 49 to 41 victory over fav¬
ored Madison.

On April 14, the Cindermen
took first and second pla^e in
every event againstth^n^l team
of Sheepshead Bay^Thenmqrscore
was 87 1 /& to 2^.

The trackmen's third dual meet

Star Athletes Display Talents
In Many Lincoln Sports

By VICTOR NIEDERHOFFER

The second baseman swooped up the ball, snapped it to the first
baseman, striking out the side. Meet Jerry Denmark and John Muc-
cillo, person-to-person, in action on the diamond at Lincoln! Actually,
it would require a high speed cinemascopic camera to really capture
these two all-round athletes in motion on the athletic fields of Lincoln.
Jerry, captain of the basketball^

team and a most valuable player
at the bases for three years, and
John, captain of the football team,
and leading batter.

First, let's focus the camera on
Jerry, a well-proportioned 5', 8"
athlete, in action at second base
and the pitcher's mound, and on
the backcourts of the basketball
court. The well-coordinated athlete
has tried all three B's in Lincoln,

RIGHT ANGLES

By MARVIN AUFRICHTIG

A FINE CHOICE: The election of Arthur Weber as Lincoln’s football cap¬
tain just about puts the icing on the cake. Here is a boy who has combined
scholastic achievements (he’s an honor student) with athletic ability in such a
manner that it has molded him into an outstanding person. A better choice would
be difficult to find. ♦-———-

A TRIBUTE: “The newly formed ‘Man¬
ager’s Hall of Fame' will get rolling this
month," announces Custodian Larry Loon-
in, “with the induction of such notables as
Bob Ornstein, Jules Minsky, Arthur Pedo-
witz, Barry Schwartz, Alan Pervil, Fred
Goldstein, and Richard Sinrod." To get
the public more acquainted with these un¬
sung heroes, arrangements have been made
to include their pictures in the August
supplement of the Log.

INTERVIEW: Here is a typical interview
between a Log sportswriter and Lincoln’
coach, followed by the final result.

Reporter: What do you think of your
chances for this year?

Coach: If we get some breaks we may
surprise everyone, although our entire
team has been graduated!

Eventual Headline: “Coach Highly Optim¬
istic; ‘We May Go All the Way,' He As¬
serts." *

BASEBALL: Alan Pervil, Lincoln's

dandy-hitting rightfielder was kidding
about one of the Abe pitchers: “He's come
up with a new pitch-a-strike!"

Pervil, a senior, has made the big jump
. . . from stickball to high school competi¬
tion.

This may be one way of getting things
said, but what if. ...

The teachers would have their own Class
Night mimicking the students. . . .

The cafeteria played dance music. . . .

There were no such things as tests and
regents. . . .

You're caught in the pool when a fire
drill is on. . . .

For one day students would take over
the teaching chores, and the teachers be¬
come students. . . .

The Rifle Team moved to Los Angeles....

Also why. . . .

Don’t some people show up at a Lincoln
baseball game. . . .

Do students get so nervous before tests,
when they know they’re going to fail be¬
cause they haven't studied. . . .

Are kids who eat like a horse, skinny....

Doesn’t the school install a football
scoreboard. ...

Do people insist that they've failed a
test and then come out with a mark of
97 * 1 /4%. . . .

Pre-med man Herbert Spar's writing a
book doesn't know what to call it though
. . . Footballer Gary Felsher is slated for a
soccer scholarship to Bonn State Teacher's
College.

basketball, baseball, and bowling
as well as tennis and swimming.

“I really love all sports and
don't actually have a preference.
It's fun and challenging to rotate
from one to the other, in season."
He added, “My father's enthusiasm
for sports must have rubbed off on
me. He encouraged me in all
sports at an early age."

More Athletes

Scholastically, he has main¬
tained an 81% average and ex¬
pects to attend either Oswego
State Teachers College or Kent
State University. Although Lin¬
coln will lose Jerry at graduation,
Jerry tells us that the Denmark
clan has two more athletes in
training. ,

“My two younger brothers are
eager to follow my trail on the
fields of Lincoln."

“Speaking of brother acts, how
about the Muccillo boys?" And at
this propitious moment for your
reporter, John Muccillo 2nd base-
man, hitting 500, and always an
inspiration to the team sauntered
over. Last year he and his brother
Andy starred on the baseball and
football teams together.

Versatile Athlete

“Andy and I always did things
together. I hope I can join him
at Hofstra College."

Another extremely versatile ath¬
lete, John captained the football
team and scored three touchdowns
during the season. Actually, he is
the only member of this year’s
team who competed last year on
the diamond as a junior. However,
he admits, “Football has a slight
edge with me."

Both Jerry and John are top-
notch. Extremely modest and team
men always, they are quick to ac¬
knowledge the valuable assistance
they have received from their ath¬
letic coaches at Lincoln.

also ended in victory for Lincoln.
Run against Grady, the final score
was 49 to 38. The Lincoln team
was led by the performances of
Gerry Foster, Douglas Lanier,
and Thomas Pope.

However, the season has not
been limited to the dual meet. The
team participated in relay events
at the Queens-Iona College Meet
on April 17 and 18. Lincoln took
third: place in th e guile relay-in
the second fastest heat of the day.

The following week five mem¬
bers of the team participated in
the famous Penn Relays in Phila¬
delphia. Thomas Pope’s repeat per¬
formance of the strong finish he
displayed in the Queens-Iona Meet
led the team to a second place
finish.

By the time the Log will have
gone to press, the May 7 meet
against Lafayette will have been
held. If Lincoln won, the team will
have competed with Boys High for
the Brooklyn Dual Meet Cham¬
pionship. Boys High is now the
Indoor Interscholastic High School
Champion.

On May 20, the entire Lincoln
team will have competed in the
Brooklyn Championship Meet
which is sponsored by Lincoln
High School in memory of Morris
Kaufman.

Wallmen Get Set
For Tough Season

With the handball season well
under way, Lincoln's chances for a
successful year look extremely
bright.

Although bad weather and exam¬
inations have kept the team
benched, Coach William McCaffrey
hopes the team will fare well in its
first encounter against the tough
team from Lafayette. At present
Lafayette is in first place, having
won three and lost none. In second
place, winning two and losing none,
is New Utrecht, a late entry into
the league.

With their first four games post¬
poned the Lincoln squad hasn't had
much of a chance to see any com¬
petition. Expecting the most trou¬
ble to come from Lafayette and
New Utrecht, Lincoln is getting
set for the encounters with these
two teams.

Recent Tryouts

As a result of the recent tryouts,
several fine prospects have joined
the ranks of the Wallmen. Among
these are Bill Epstein, Sal Fasco,
Bob Finkelstein, Lennie Goodman,
Jack Rubenstein, and Elliot Tobak.

The hopes of many students rest
in the team's bright star Sam
Goodman. Sam* considered the sec¬
ond best singles player in the city,
finished second in the New York
Mirror Park Tournament. Fine
performances can also be expected
from the rest of the team.

Fencers Finish Third;
Brumer Third in City

Netmen Capture
Opening Meet

By KENNETH YELLIS

The Lincoln Fencing Team, coached by Mr. Sidney Shapiro, has
finished the season third in the city and third in the Inter-State
Fencing Tournament, with its captain, Marshall Brumer, third in the
P.S.A.L. individual competition.

The squad missed a first place tie with Boys High on the last
scheduled day of .competition by^
only one win. The squad was one
short of the seven wins that would
have given the team the match vic¬
tory and a first place tie.

On that day Lincoln lept to an
immediate 3-0 via victories by
Brumer, who had a 2-0 record for
the day, Garl D'Angelo, who had a
1-1 record, and David Glassman,
who wound up 2-0. Then Boys took
the next two. Lincoln's’ sixth vic¬
tory was gained by Bruce Brofman,
who had joined the squad in mid¬
season. He finished with a 1-1 rec¬
ord. The rest of the team had los¬
ing records.

In the, next day's fence-off with
Forest Hills, a dispirited team, ob¬
viously disappointed at missing
first place so narrowly, lost to the
squad from Queens for the first
time in four encounters, thus losing
second place.

It is interesting to note, as was
pointed out by Captain Brumer,
that Boys and Lincoln have been
alternating for the top position.

Next year should be Lincoln's by
this logic. Brumer said that this
theory is substantiated by the fact
that the loss to graduation is mini¬
mized by the return of three start¬
ers next term. These are: Jed
Abrams, 4-3, Bert Ferstandig, 9-11
in “AA" spot, and Saul Schwartz,

18-7.

In addition to Brumer, D’Angelo,

Glassman, and Schwartz qualified
for the individual title. Glassman
was unable to compete, Schwartz
was defeated in the preliminary
round, and D'Angelo was eliminat¬
ed in the semi-finals./ Brumer
missed first place by two touches
and in six encounters with Marvin
Grafton of Forest Hills, who fin¬
ished second, was never defeated.

Jay Lustig of Brooklyn Tech was
first.

Lincoln’s performance this year
is considered exceptional in view of
the inexperience of the squad, most
of whom were trained in less than
a year. The seasonal records of the
individual members run as follows:

Brumer, 46-13, D’Angelo, 41-11,

Brofman, 3-3, Glassman, 25-15, and
A1 Warshaw, 2-2.

By a margin of two points, the
Blue and Gray Tennis Team inaug¬
urated its 1959 campaign by sub¬
duing Lafayette High School. Ac¬
cording to newly-revised P.S.A.L.
rules, three singles players and two
doubles teams compete in each
meet.

Playing in the number one slot,
Captain Victor Niederhoffer set
back Robert Shuman of Lafayette,
6-1, 6-0. His pounding cross-court
and overhead shots swept him to
victory in his match. Norman Lizt
broke through his opponent's serv¬
ice with his solid forehand strokes
to notch out the second win for the
Lincoln Netmen, with an identical
score, 6-1, 6-0.

Deadlocked

Deadlocked after two grueling
sets, the second doubles team of
Mel Glenn, team manager, and
Harry Lewis, a newcomer,was in¬
terrupted by darkness and declared
a tie. Herbert Levy dropped his
match, 2-6, 1-6, although exhibit¬
ing potential.

Seasoned veterans Mel Fein and
Richard Traunstein, first doubles
team, hit with finality and clever¬
ness to clinch the decisive tally of
the meet.

Late Start

Off to a late start in the cam¬
paign because of inclement weath¬
er, the Men in White, coached by
Dr. Hecht and assistant mentor,
Mr. Goldberg, face a tight sched¬
ule of competition in the next few
weeks. Meets against New Utrecht,
Madison, and Midwood are sched¬
uled in rapid succession. Wingate
High School, an opponent of Lin¬
coln in former years, has moved
on to the Brooklyn II division.

The highlight of the season will
come with theJP.S.A.L. singles and
doubles championships to be held
from June 2 to 6. The duo of Lizt
and Niederhoffer is granted a
fighting chance to win.

Log S portrait

In the Yankee Dugout

By MARVIN AUFRICHTIG

The last time that I had met Mickey Mantle was during spring
training in Miami, Florida two years ago.

I recalled this event the other day at Yankee Stadium to the
b'-UMi", 195 pound young man who roams centerfield for the World
Champions.

“?'know, I'll never forget that,"
he said.

“Why?"

“Because that was the fastest
early start that I've ever had."

Mickey Mantle took off his cap
and pointed to the other end of the
Yankee dugout. “Y'see that guy
over there."

“Bill Skowron?"

“Yes. That character can do no
wrong in the spring. He's fantas¬
tic!"

“How 'bout me, Mick," a voice
bellowed. I turned around and dis¬
covered that the voice belonged to
Yogi Berra.

“Well Yogi, you'd be better off if
you didn't read so many comic
books."

“Ba, Mick, all da good ones come
out durin' spring trainin'."

Yogi Berra called to the batboy
(in doing so almost tripped on the
dugout steps), “Hey, Butch,
where's da rosin sack?"

I turned to my interviewee and

confessed that I was in need of a
good angle for my story.

“An angle . . . why that's no
problem ... I was bom in Spav-
inaw, Oklahoma. . . . Ever since
I was a youngster . . ."

“No Mickey, you don't under¬
stand. That stuff is all so common.
Anyone can pick up a record book
and learn those things."

At this very moment Manager
Casey Stengel appeared on the
scene.

“Hey, Case," Mickey said, “may¬
be you can help us."

“What's the trouble?" the Pro¬
fessor asked in his low grumbling
manner.

“This young reporter's looking
for an angle. Thought you might
be of aid."

I was looking forward to listen¬
ing to some of Casey's- well-known
Stengelese language.

“An angle," Casey began, “why

I 'member there was this writer in
Philly who once had the same prob¬
lem. It was a case of whooping
cough. Now you take my infielders
here. I got this feller in right field
. . . the name's Bauer ... an
ex-marine y’know. Well, it's true
that getting Turley a few years
back has helped us but don’t for¬
get the work those groundskeepers
do on the infield. Now this Siebem
can certainly hit the ole apple, but
don’t underestimate this Cleveland
bunch. That Lane would trade his
own mother, but that National
League race is a dandy. I wonder
what would happen if we were in
the other league? Boy, McDougald
certainly’s been playing his head off
for us. That injury had him down
a bit . . . say, am I talking too
fast? Didja, get an angle yet?"

Page Four

LINCOLN LOO

May 22, 1959

Mr. Stern Discovers
Pleasure in Teaching

By SUSAN METRIC

Mr. Jay Stern, teacher of history and faculty adviser of the Lin¬
coln Forum, has found that he enjoys the teaching profession as much
as, if not more than, he expected to.

He feels that it is a satisfying experience and takes “pleasure in
seeing students grow and gain an understanding of their world and
country.” ♦

Mr. Stern is a true New Yorker.

He not only teaches in the New York
. schools but is a product of them. He
was • graduated from Morris High
School in the Bronx and received
his M.A. at City College. His gradu¬
ate studies were done at New York
University.

Before coming to Lincoln four
years ago, Mr. Stern taught at the
Williamsburgh Vocational High
School and the Brooklyn High School
of Automotive Trades. He feels that
Lincoln is superior to these other
schools since both the administration
and the students are of a high cali¬
ber.

Rewarding

Mr. Stern chose the teaching pro¬
fession because he felt it would be
rewarding. His decision to specialize
in history was the result of his life¬
long interest in the subject. He felt
that there was “something I could
give to the students.”

When not in front of a class, Mr.
Stern spends much time reading. He
is particularly interested in literature
of an historical nature. Playing bas¬
ketball, swimming, and just plain
loafing are some of the other activ¬
ities he enjoys in his spare time. But
since he is married and is the father
of three children, spare time is quite
scarce.

Period of History

The period of history that Mr.
Stern finds most interesting, and
therefore gets the most enjoyment
out of teaching, is the history of the
last century and the history that is
being made today. Mr. Stern believes
that India’s political and spiritual
leader Mahatma Gandhi stands out
as the “most significant figure of the
last 1,000 years.” He greatly admire^
Gandhi’s life, methods, and ideas.

When asked whether in his ten
years -of teaching he has noticed any

change in students’ behavior and in¬
terest in learning, Mr. Stern replied

MR. STERN

something I could give.’ 1

that “Students are always students.”
He noted, however, that today’s pu¬
pils seem to be less inhibited than
ever but that this has not disturbed
him “yet.”

High Opinion

Mr. Stern’s opinion of the Lincoln
Forum, of which he and Mr. Hyman
Kisch are faculty advisers, is a very
high one. He feels that this organ¬
ization is useful iA that it “brings
out the ability to discuss and to rea¬
son and aids in the development of
poise.” The Forum offers an oppor¬
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Mr. Stern’s philosophy and advice
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our nation and world and to hope
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By JANE SANDERS

Lincoln students were awarded prizes for their displays at the 21st
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Sponsored by the American Institute, the N.Y.C. Board of Education,
and the New York Daily Mirror , this contest offers prizes to talented stu¬
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report, set up a display, and gave a*;

three minute explanation of the ex¬
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selection of the winners.

Lincoln Entrants

Entering from Lincoln were three
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Neil Rosenbaum and Joel Verter ex¬
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They were awarded the first prize of
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Prize Winners

Melvyn Fine was a first-prize in¬
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Analytic Tool.

Honorable Mention

Honorable mention was given to
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