Dr. Metablog

Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).

Another P.S. 217 Picture

Is it my imagination, or did we mature later in those days than kids do now?  These handsome juveniles are thirteen and fourteen years old.  To my eyes, the girls look barely half-grown, the boys variable but distinctly unfledged.

Claire R., who sent me the picture (thanks so much, Claire!!), looks womanly, but the others –not far out of childhood.  The boys in the second row look as though adolescence has not yet begun to rear its unhandsome head. 

Want to know the names of these unpromising lads and lasses?  Search here.  

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3 responses to “Another P.S. 217 Picture”

  1. This picture is only one of the classes. There were 5. This picture is of 8-5. I think I was in 8-1. I am Stuart B. Stillman, known as Sandy in those days. I am an attorney living in Southampton NY and Scottsdale, Az.My name is not in the write up.I wne on to Midwood ,then to Syracuse then to NYU Law.

  2. Karen Molinari Occhiogrosso Avatar
    Karen Molinari Occhiogrosso

    Just wondering if the George Molinari in the picture is my dad – he lived on Cortelyou Road.

  3. In your account of your teachers at P.S. 217 in another post, I wonder if bald Mr. Harry Shapiro could have been the same man who was a substitute teacher at P.S. 269 in Brooklyn, the elementary school I attended in the mid-1950s.
    The Mr. Harry Shapiro I remember was bald too and was the brother of P.S. 269’s principal, Selig Shapiro.

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