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JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL
400 Irving ave
Brooklyn Standard Union
Wednesday, 24 June 1931
With a record class of 599 at the James Madison High School,
William R.LASHER,principal presiding.
The valedictorian, the student ranking highest in four years work,
was Miss Amelian SUSSMAN.
Daniel TOLMACH who ranked second, was salutatorian.
Miss SUSSMAN also won the gold medal for highest
rank in general scholarship.
Theresa Eleanor TRIFARI, received the Bossom medal for cooperation in
government, the highest award given to any graduate
Bossom certificates for runners-up for the medal were awarded to,
Llyan ALTMAN,
Harold COPPERSMITH,
Alice DAVIDSON,
Eugene GORDON,
Aiba LACALIO,
Bernard SIMON,
Al TARTER and Daniel TOLMACH.
''Bill'' TISSENBAUM, honor graduate,
Arista member,star half-back and pitcher on the championship
Madison team and Harvard scholarship winner, received an ovation
when he was presented a gold medal for excellence in history.
The service medal, for highest rating for activities outside the classroom
was won by Florence JOFFE. Molly HUNDERT won a medal for commercial work
offered by the Kings Highway Board of Trade.
The Sons of the American Revolution of the State of New York
awarded its 1931 medal and check to Leon ROSENTHAL.
Other awards;
Accounting medal, Molly HUNDERT
School Art league scholarship, Al TARTER
St.Gaudens medal, Alma EMERY
Biology medal, Morita HAUPT
English medal, Lois DICKERSON
Journalism medal, Bernard SIMON
Health Education medal, Jefferson LEVINE
R.C.L. award, Mildred HAMILTON
E.C.C.award, Veta WISDOM
Latin medal, Jean CASSEL
N.Y.Classical Club medal in Latin, Henry BERKOWITZ
Advanced Algebra, Bernard SIMON
Solid Geometry, Daniel GOLDBERG
Analytical Geometry, Daniel GOLDBERG
Mathematical Activities, Doris KAPLAN
French medal-4 years, Bella PIATEK
Honorable Mention, Morris POLUSKY
French medal-3 years,James MODICA
Honorable Mention, Jean R.CASSELL
German medal-3 years, Sylvia STUSHIN
German medal-3 years, Doris KAPLAN
Spanish medal- 4 years, Martha ROSENBAUM
Vocal medal, Thomas B.FEIGENBAUM
Orchestral medal, Irving PASTERNACK
Physical Science medal, Morris POLUSKY
History medal, William TISSENBAUM
''Women of 76'' medal, Nettie ASTERCHAN
Economic medal, Daniel TOLMACH
Current Events medal, Nathan H.OLSHAN
Speech medal, Eugene GORDON
Dramatics, Ottilie WEINBERG
Stenography and Typewritting medal, Harold DIAMOND.
The graduates were:
GENERAL COURSE
Howard G.ACKER
Edna AGINES
Majorie ALTURA
Martin ANDRON
Rhoda ANKER
Dorothy ANIMUTH
Leon ARROW
Helen ASHER
Nettie ASTERCHAN
Marcus BAFF
Evelyn BAILIN
Samuel BAILAN
Jessie BARANOFF
Jack BarBASSO
Victor BARBIERO
Arnold BAUMAN
Minnie BEETMAN
Annabelle BENDER
Sylvia BENJAMIN
Herman BENZEL
Lyonel BERKEN
Florence BERKOWITZ
Paul BERLLY
Sylvia BERLOW
Leo BERMAN
Hazel HERNARD
Leon BERNSTEIN
Ralph BERSTEIN
Monroe BERRES
Howard BINDELL
Melville L. BISGYER
George BLACKMUR
Jerome BLANKFORT
Pearl BLUM
Nicholas BONSIGNORE
Irwin BOOTH
Joseph BOYLE
Burton BRAGER
Henry BREIER
W.D.BENDER
Lillie BRESLOW
Charles BRIDGE
Clara BRISTER
William BROKSTEIN
Vivian J.BROWN
Sidney BUCHAITER
Lydia BUSKER
Jean R. CASSEL
Jack CHASIN
Henry CHERMAK
Jacob CHERVIN
Lena CICCONE
Gertrude CIRUINICK
John CLAUSS
David COHEN
Emanuel COHEN
Florence COHEN
George COHEN
Harold COHEN
Leonard COHEN
Murray COHEN
Rose COHEN
Esther COLCHAMIRO
Julia CONDRON
Hilda CONNOR
Herbert COOPER
Samuel COOPER
Martha COOPERSTOCK
Harold COPPERSMITH
Eugene CORENTHAL
Manillo COSMANY
Daniel COWAN
Pauline CRESPI
Aaron CULANG
Alice DAVIDSON
Joan DENENHOLZ
Dorothy DETWELLER
Muriel M.DeWITT
Lois DICKERSON
Lucille DICKER
Pearl DILMAN
Carmel DiMELFI
Christine DiSALVO
Benjamin DOLLINGER
David DREYER
Solomon DRUSS
Helen DUBOW
Edythe DUCKER
Helen DUNEKACK
Louise DURAR
Frances EAGOL
Theodore R.EARL
Edward EDELMAN
Arthur EDELSTEIN
Elaine EISENMANN
Harriet EISENSTEIN
Estelle EISNER
Gerald ETTENBERG
Frieda FASHINSKY
George J.FEIGENBAUM
Harry FEIGENBAUM
Thomas FELGENBAUM
Harold C. FEINGOLD
Janice FELKER
Vincent FERRARA
Dorothy FETTERER
Daniel FLOWERMAN
Henry FORMAN
Sylvia FOX
Harold FRANK
Doris FRANKEL
Norman FRANKEL
Miriam FRANKLIN
Benjamin FRANZINO
Hildah FREEDMAN
Jean M.FREUDENHEIM
Sophie FRIEDEL
Daniel T. FRIEDLANDER
Michael FRIEDMAN
Miriam FRIEDMAN
Muriel FRIEDMAN
Lillian GABBE
Ruth GARBER
Morton GARMISE
Samuel GARSHOFSKY
Morris GARTENLAUB
Sara GELFAND
David GELLER
Saul GERONEMUS
Florence GERSTENBLITH
Joseph GIANFORTONI
Murray GILBERT
Gershon GINSBERG
Henry GINSBERG
Marjorie GINSBERG
Charles GLADSTEIN
Jason GLADSTONE
Abraham GLASSER
Jacob GLAZER
Herbert GLICKSMAN
Milton GLUCK
Daniel L. GOLDBERG
Kelve GOLDBERG
Jean GOLDBERGER
Sigmund GOLDNER
Milton GOLDSMITH
Bernard H.GOLDSTEIN
Ethel GOLDSTEIN
Florence GOLDSTEIN
Herman GOLDSTEIN
Pearl GOLDSTEIN
William GOLDSTEIN
Sylvia GOOD
Abe GOODMAN
Arthur GOODMAN
Bernard GORDON
Eugene H. GORDON
Bernard GRABER
Roland C.GRAY
Bernice GRAYZEL
Eleanore GRECHEWSKY
Sylvia GREEN
Abraham GREENBERG
Milton GREENBERG
Beatrice GREENFIELD
Milton GROMET
Jessie GROPPER
Harold GROSS
Martha GROSS
Isidor GROSSBERG
Edwin GROSSMAN
Jerome H.GROSSMAN
Ethel HAFFNER
Ethel HALPER
Elizabeth HAMANN
Mildred HAMILTON
Benjamin HAMMER
Harold R. HAMPTON
Albert HANAUER
Fannie HARRIS
Helen HART
Moritia Leah HAUPT
Gladys HERTZIG
Harold HILDT
Moe HIMMEL
Suzanne HIMMELSTEIN
Jerome HIRSCH
Julius HIRSCHFELD
Muriel HITTELMAN
Murray HOFFER
Jacob HOFFMAN
Doris HOHORST
Morris HOLTZMAN
Elvie HOLZER
Hortense HORDES
Irving HOROWITZ
Delmer F.HUBBELL
Nancy HUGHES
Abraham HYMOWITZ
Robert ISAACSON
Ernest M. ISRAELS
Ora ISREELI
Beatrice JACOBS
Daniel JAFFE
Edward JAFFE
Richard JANOVER
Florence JOFFE
Wilma JOHANSON
William JOHNSTON
Arthur KALKA
Sylvia KANN
Arthur KAIN
Bernard KALINKOWTZ
Leonard KALISH
Harold KALTER
Hyman KALTER
Doris KAPLAN
Etta KAPLAN
Agnes KARLIN
Alvin KASS
Morris KASS
Lilyan KATZ
Hermione KAUFMANN
Harry KAYE
Margaret KENNEDY
Doris KIMBERLY
Leo KIRSCHBAUM
Harry KLEIN
Rebecca KLEIN
Sidney KLEIN
Harry KLEINMAN
Milton L.KLEINMAN
Viola KNEFF
Sidney KOENIG
Harry KOPELMAN
Bernard KORMAN
Ira KORNBLUM
Dorothy KRAVAT
Robert KRIEGER
Flora L. KROMPHOLZ
Jay A. KROSS
Michael KUNTZMAN
Isidore KULEROFF
Esther KWARTLIER
Catherine LAMONT
Sidney LANDESBERG
Albert LAPINSKY
Clement LAZARE
Harold LAZOW
Benjamin LECHNER
Morris LEFER
Charlotte LEFF
Samuel LIEBOWITZ
Harry LEIBOWITZ
Vincent LEPIS
Joseph LESNICK
Dorothy LEVINE
Jefferson LEVINE
Milton LEVINE
Evelyn LEVY
Herma LEVY
Myron LEVY
Sam LEVY
Sophie LEVY
Sylvia LEVY
Arnold LEWIS
Sylvia LIPPMAN
William Michael LIZZI
Alba LOCALIO
George LOOMER
Leonard LOWENSTEIN
Joyce LUSTGARDEN
Eugene MADOFF
Laureto MAIDA
Abraham MANDEL
Lila MANDEL
Ruth MANLEY
Rose MARGOLIS
Robert MARINOFF
Norma MARK
Ruth MARKIL
Albert MARTIN
John J. MATTINSON
Lillian MAY
Seymour L.MAYERS
Sidney MAZON
Alice V.McKOON
Irving MEADOW
Hazel A. MEDFORD
Julius J. MEISEL
Paul MELCER
Eli MELTZER
William MENDELSON
Betty MIDDLETON
Edward MILBERG
Seymour MIROFF
Harold S.MIROPOL
Robert K. MIRRIELEES
James MODICA
Milton MORNICK
Maurie MORONEY
Helen MOSKOWITZ
Milton MOSS
Mildred MOUGEL
Solomon NAHOUM
Nataline NATALE
Thomas NEARY
Dorothy NELSON
Irving NELSON
Harry NEWMAN
Robert NISHNEWITZ
Milton NOVAK
Harold NUSSBAUM
Mary O'FLYNN
Milton J. OLIVE
Russell OPPENHEIMER
Anna ORTNER
Abe OSSAKOW
Alvin OWITZ
Herbert OXMAN
Harry PANZER
Irving J. PASTARMACK
Isidore PERIMUTTER
Evelyn R.PESSIN
John PIERCE
Ann PINCUSS
Meyer PINCUSS
Nathan PLAKS
Bella PLATEK
Sarah PLATZEK
Norman PLOTKIN
Alice POCKRASS
Murray POLSKY
Morris POLUSKY
Ruth PONEMON
Dorothy POPPER
Eileen PORTER
Daniel RADBILL
Florita RAGONE
Harold RATTNER
Jacob RATTNER
Genevieve RAYWOOD
Reuben RESNIKOFF
Sol REVKIN
James F. ROBERTS
Isabelle M. ROBERTSON
Rita ROBINSON
Robert ROHMANN
Helen ROSE
Jeanette ROSEN
Rose ROSENBAND
Martha ROSENBAUM
Adrian ROSENBERG
Morton ROSENBERG
Benjamin ROSENBERG
Ruth ROSENBERG
Frank ROSENBERG
Imre ROSENTHAL
Jerome ROSENTHAL
Ruth ROSENWASSER
Edwin ROTH
Ethel RUBENSTEIN
Bernard RUBIN
Eleanore RUBIN
Thelma RUBIN
Jane RUDNICK
Eli RUSSAKOW
James RUSSELL
Arthur I. RUTTKAY
Dorothy VanWICKER
Helen VATH
Marjorie VEDDER
Rebecca VOGEL
Aaron VOGELFANGER
Irwin WALDAUER
Jeanette WALDMAR
Elizabeth WALTHER
Sally WANDER
Milton WERSHAWSKY
Arthur WASSERMAN
Florence WEINBERG
Ottillie H. WEINBERG
Hannah WEINER
Joseph WEINGER
Sidney WEINTRAUB
Evely WEISS
George WEISS
Sadie WEISS
Herbert WELKOVITZ
Mildred WERTHER
Elizabeth WILSON
Rebecca WINOGRAD
Veta WISDOM
William WITTPENN
Hannah WOHI
Lillian WOLF
Cecil WOLK
Harriet WOLKIND
Max YORMARK
Estelle YOUNG
Harold ZAHLER
Abraham ZEINICK
Rebecca ZINSHER
Sam ZODIKMAN
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Lilyan ALTMAN
Lena BENEVENISTE
Florence H.BERG
Marion BERGER
Roslyn BERMAN
Helen BRADY
Jean G. BREWSTER
Rea BURAKOFF
Evelyn CAMINEZ
Michael CHIOFOLO
Mary CIOFALO
Florence COCKERAM
Daniel COHEN
Dorthy COHEN
Florence COHEN
Pearl COHEN
Frank DAVIS
John DAVIS
Bridget DELFA
Lena DeSTEFANO
Harold M. DIAMOND
Esther GELFAND
Ethel GINSBERG
Harris GITTLESON
Eva GLAZER
Shirley GOLDZWEIG
Dorothy GOODFRIEND
Flora HENDELMAN
Florence HARMATZ
Cecilla HARMS
Gloria HARRIS
Kitty HENDLER
Mary HICKEY
Gwendolyn HINKSON
Ruth HOCHMAN
Molly HUNDERT
Sadie ITZKOWITZ
Yetta JACOBS
Leonora JAWITZ
Bessie KARAN
Louis KATZMAN
Gertrude KIEL
Rose KRONSTEIN
William LAKE
Rebecca LEFKOWITZ
Florence LEVY
Genevieve LIPSCHITZ
Ruth LIPSCHITZ
Eleanor LoRUSSA
Florence MADOFF
Beatrice MILLS
Jesse MOYER
Muriel NEEDHAM
Beatrice NEWMAN
Calliopy PANDELAKY
Dorothy PATTON
Elaine PAVLONIA
Edith PUGLIESE
Florence RADER
Jeanette RAND
Ernest ROSENTHAL
Mildred ROTHENBERG
Norma ROTSCHILD
Augusta ROTHMAN
Lester RUBIN
Edna SAFANIE
Elsie SALTZMAN
Juliet SAPERSTEIN
Molly SCHENDELMAN
Anne SCHILLING
Nettie SCHNEER
Ida SCHNEIDER
Marion SCHULTZMAN
Evelyn SCHWARTZ
Sylvia SILVERMAN
Viola STIASNY
Ruth B. STRUM
Morris TARKAN
Ruth E. TAYLOR
Beatrice THALE
Ernest TISCHLER
Gladys TOOTH
Sara TORREST
Miriam WEINBERG
Louis WELTZMAN
Sylvia ZECKOWITZ
Transcriber: Patty M.
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