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. Vol. 3, No.5
75-40 Parsons Blvd., Flush ing, New York 11366
April 1, 1987
Lifelong Dream Calls Largmann To Retire By Esther Soffer Pri ncipal Malcolm Largmann has ~ decided to retire to pursue a lifelo ng ~ dream: to be the funkiest disco dancer ;;' the world has ever seen! When ask !"'l , ' ~ cd what had suddenly brought on this 2" desire to be a disco dancer, Dr. Largrnann responded , " Aside from my deep desire to wear polyester s h ir ts and bell-bottoms, I remembered having won an extraordinary dance contest when I was a teenager, and it has just now decid':-ed my definite future: that I was born to boogey !" Dr. Largmann feels that he can now leave Townsend Harris because educati on and discipline have been instilled into the students to maximum capacity. T he students have studied his serious nature, and the y have followed in his footsteps. Now , he fells it's time to show them how to case up, let loose and totally live it up ! ~
Suspended Arista members pine away in prison while a wai ti ng bail.
Arista M embers Suspended On Examination Scam C h arges By H eat her Nash Forty-one Arista members were suspended on charges of selling illegally obtained test papers on the school premises. on February 29. According to sch oo l officials , the scam was only one in a long ser ies of fund-raisers initiated by the Honor Society , which was in serious need
According to a reliable source, members sold the stolen test papers in the bathrooms during E,F, and G bands for varied prices . SCience tests were sold for $10, math for $15, history and English for $18, and Latin tests for $20 . Since most Arista members perform service for a teacher, the tests were easily obtain-
cd from Arista. will not be permitted to join any athletic teams, and will be put into Ms . Nix's physical education class immediately . "1 can 't believe this is happening to me ," said a member who wished to remain anonymous . "How am I ever going to explain this to my parents? "
of fund s. " Members we re simply not paying their dues ," commented Arista Adviso r Ho ward Wagner. . 'W hen I came down o n the executive board to th ink of a sure fire fund-raiser , I never dreamt that they would come up with this."
cd. The scandal was uncovered when a first year member accidently sold a copy of a math exam to Ms . Shelly Goldfarb. The forty-one members will face a 3-5 Code of Behavior punishment, which includes a Principal's sus pen sion . Th ose convicted will be expell -
Fund-raisers o f the past includeda no-sleepathon during finals week, and a homewo;:.k_servic.e in which members did o th er students home work for a, pri ce. Selling tests raised o ver $789 for the organizat ion .
"The kids need to learn that good grades and service credit aren 't everything in life, said Largmann. " I believe that to get an ywhere today, you have to loosen up and be hip .. . exactlylike the " new " m e. " When asked if he is going to miss being principal of To wnsend Harri s , Largman n exclaimed , " Oh yes, I'll definitely-miss walk ing the halls and sitting in on classes . However, if I ever came back to visit . It would be a totally different experience because of my being such a hip and amazing dancer .' , Although Dr. Largmann has not ' ye t retired , he has already started to showsigns of a 70 's disco dancer : He has begun to wear gold chains and slicked back greasy hair to school. Why is he combining o ne image with _. the other? "Because this is the new and improved me . This is wh o I tru ly am' now. I love it, and pretty soon so will everyone else . "
School Mou rns For Memorabilia: D og Uncovers Time C ap sule By Renata K?betts The firs t class of To wnsend Harris students buried a time capsule behind the sch ool on October 25, 1985 , It was decided that this was to be opened in 50 years . But, on March 20, 1987, this treasure chest of mo mentos, dedicated to the time w hich reopened Townsend Harris High School, and bearing a message for thos e who foll o~ in the foots tep s of the Class of 1988, was once again exposed to the world when a neighboring dog dug up the capsule, rev eali ng its contents . T he incident was described by Tanya Odom, who was sitting in the back of Mr. Mos kow itz' s E-band class in room 22 1 that fateful mo rn ing nodding her head drowsily during a lesso n on M&M' s (Mo nroe and Madison) . "1 heard a dog bark ing down below , and I looked out the window. At first I cou ldn't believe what I saw . The things we put in the time capsule, stuff I thought I' d neve r see agai n, were lying all over the ground . And the dog was eating Delaney cards . ,. T he entire Am eri ca n History class hurri ed do w n to salvage what' it could . T ea rfull y, re m na nts of magaz ines. scraps of paper , and othe r bits of memorabilia were br ough t
dow n to the cafetori um . W hile students . Ms. Mandell replied to this students bega n a res toration process, by stating , "I think it's only fair that the ad min istration met in the library, these mark s, which will he lp some of where it was decided that the students yo u, be counted on your final record . would save wha t they could, and tha t I will therefore re-a verage both the these objects would be included in a second and third marking period ncw capsule as a reminder of the grades, thereby changing your trage dy . cumulative grades on your permanent Among the things dug up were five . record cards ." carto ns of M&M 's, moldy with age, Mr. Boulanger, however, felt that wh ich were not sold by the boys' since it had been , early in the term, bowling team; an abundance of the marks were not that relevant to ., Monarch Notes," confiscated by a mark on the final record card, and the English Department, and a would not have drastically affected seemi ngly-forged autographed photo final grades . of Frank Si natra . _ The new time cap sule, inco rMany we re surprised by what they po rat ing much of the ol d mat erial, found in the cap sule, such as several library books , long taken for lost and will be bur ied at the sam e site during a ce remony im med iate ly afte r paid for in full by Dana Levine; a school on Friday , April 3 . Dr. marking book which was " m isplaced " by Mr. Bo ulanger even though Largma nn expressed his hopes for the new capsule . " Fate was cruel to ou r he was sure that he had left it on his students who gave so free ly of their desk ; the set of keys which Mr. Rossman misplace d , the reby c ripp ltime and effort," he said . "I only hope that the students will derive the ing the school fo r a week, and a lost pleasure and fraterni ty from th is capset of Ms . Mandell's math test, which sule that they should and would have strangely enough, 85 pe rcent of the derived from the previ ous one . " class jailed . Mr. Boulanger said, "The marking book must have j ust A rew ard has been posted fo r the retr ieval of Mr. Polizzi' s red Delaney slipped in accid entally. Som eone probook , con ta ining all of his marks for bably pic ked it up without realizing this term , and Ms. Mandell's tests, he did so, and contributed it to the time capsul e unintentionally ." whi ch we re to be averaged into g rades when the y, once again, were A rumor that the newly found tests would alter marks has worried many . mysteriously "misplaced.".
Behold The New Building! The new Townsend Harris High School at Queens College stands completed at 75-45 Parsons Blvd. The building, granted to the school by Mayor Edward Koch and Chancellor Nathan Quinones, has three floors and 'is able to hold a total of 12,000 occupants. Since it is not situated on the actual campus, the seniors will take classes at Queens College while the rest of the school 'will remain in the new building.