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From the New York Herald, Sunday, January 27, 1907

Montage by Alan Dombrow, '62

Old Stuyvesant Gymnasium

Old Stuyvesant Library

Samuel Lipcon '26 & B'25 (Louis) & B'35 (Jules)

Thelonious Monk's Notebook - February to March, 1933; Page Image and Excerpts
From Lot 45 of GUERNSEYS_AUCTION, February 20th 2005, EBAY

"Mr. Marks Thelonious Monk E4 - 7 February 10, 1932
New York brewers, apparently mindful of the Congressional thirst, announced plans today for invading the Washington area with modern beer-producing plants and beer gardens with swimming pool trimmings. Michael Klechko, vice president of the new Amsterdam Brewing Co. announced immediate erection of a 150,000 barrels-per-year brewery. That is a capacity only 100,000 less than the output of the New Amsterdam's in Manhattan.
'We have no misgivings about Congress ultimately legalizing beer. If this Congress doesn't do it the next one will.'
'I do not think this is a bad idea providing it will help the unemployment.' "

"In handwriting that can only be described as 'glorious,' Thelonious Monk penned his thoughts on many topics during his junior year. Topics he wrote about included Stormy Days in the City and Country, Everyone Should Read Good Newspapers, Canto Fifth, Stinking City and A Tale of Two Cities. Other essays go in diverse directions ranging from life-saving see-saws to New York's breweries."
Monk attended New York City's Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Stuyvesant was, and remains, one of a handful of NYC schools geared to advanced students. Competition to get into these schools has always been intense and the fact that Thelonious was admitted speaks of his intelligence. Already an accomplished musician, Thelonious participated in numerous competitions. It was said that he won the Apollo Theater's talent competition so often, he was ultimately banned from the contests. Despite his obvious accomplishments, he never was able to join the Stuyvesant High School band. It is unclear why this was, but it has been suggested that jealousies of his talents were such that political reasons within the band kept him out. Thelonious left school after his junior year, disappointed that he never became a band member. It is interesting, therefore, to note that displays of Thelonious' accomplishments are prominently featured at Stuyvesant to this day."

According the to January '49 Indicator, the ensuing investigation, chaired by the honorable Joseph T. Shipley (J.T.S.), may have taken place in the spacious room 201, aka the Auditorium. All councils, teams, clubs and pubs were summoned in turn to answer the investigating committee questions. A full transcript of those sessions were recorded in the January '49 Indicator. These excerpts, for the basketball and football teams, were uncovered by The Campaign with an act of freedom of E-bay information. Here they are, on the internet, for the very first time........

Stuyvesant High School Alumni and Scholarship Association -
First Annual Dinner - Roosevelt Hotel - 1954

June ’59 Graduation Button from Morton Fleischner ‘59
(While Stuyvesant was on double sessions there were several years in which two graduations occurred, which is why June ’59 was the 100th Graduation.)

Buttons Courtesy of Howie Hollander '69

The Program Card. (The appropriately green initials for period 3 are Frank McCourt’s.)

K=lunch
W=West Cafeteria.

From Elihu Barasch '73


Frank McCourt in the Classroom Photo from Pam Spaulding '81 (Click photo for thinkback page)	Mr. Jack Irgang on the Paradox of Thrift Photo by Eric Siegel '77, from Gail Froiman '77

Location: Stuyvesant Square, west from old Stuyvesant HS, north of 15th Street
Sculptor: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Year installed: 1941

The severe Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1664 is remembered by two statues, one at Stuyvesant Square and another at St. Mark's Church about six blocks downtown.

After the British sailed into New York harbor in 1664, Stuyvesant surrendered without firing a shot. He went to Holland to defend himself against charges of official misconduct, but later returned to his farm in Manhattan.

The Dutch word for farm is "bouwerie"; the main road that led to the farm is now The Bowery, while the short drive leading to the farm became Stuyvesant Street--one of the few diagonal NYC streets that were allowed to remain after the Commissioner's Plan of a gridiron street layout was adopted in 1811.

A pear tree on Stuyvesant's farm, planted in the 1600s, lasted until 1867--and only perished when two horse carts ran into it. It was on the present-day corner of 3rd Avenue and 13th Street.

Stuyvesant Square, in which the statue stands, was sold to NYC for $5. by Peter Stuyvesant's great-great-grandson. The four-acre parcel was once a part of Stuyvesant's farm; Stuyvesant Street, a few blocks downtown, was once the road that led to his mansion.

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