The Literary Life of BFS, Part Two
Delighted to follow up last week’s post about the BFS Literary Magazine Collection by adding the years 1961 to 1974. Literary magazines of this period evidence an enormous change in BFS history: the late […]
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The Literary Life of BFS, Part One (1926-1960)
All good things are worth waiting for, and our literary magazines are no exception. At this time, the surviving BFS literary magazines from 1926 to 1960 are available in the […]
50 years ago, we wore what at BFS Commencement?
BFS and the Class of 2014 may be gearing up for Commencement right now, but at this time 50 years ago, it was the Class of ’64’s big moment to […]
BFS and the 1971 Bomb Scare
It proved to be a false alarm the morning of March 1,1971, at our historic home of 116 Schermerhorn, when BFS received a ominous phone call threatening, “There is a […]
Join us for Alumni Day, June 7
Dick Begelman, 1968 BFS Alumni Day is June 7 and it will be a fabulous event as always. Our annual Alumni Day is for all alumni, faculty and friends. Alumni of […]
For Earth Day, join BFS for an Earth Hour today, 1:30-2:30 pm Eastern
The Earth Flag Today is Earth Day. 44 years ago on this day, BFS students were part of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, and you can read […]
Facing Truth in BFS History
1928-1936 BFS Lower School Scrapbook,news clipping of the first May Day, 1928“Emulating the May Day Celebration of the Early Settlers…” Sometimes history reveals a past that is not always what […]
Great moments in BFS Basketball, 1925 and today
1925, BFS Boys Basketball Team, with the Friends School League Championship Trophy It’s a great basketball season for BFS teams, so today let’s look back 89 years ago to February of 1925, […]
1947-48, the year BFS was nearly lost, Part II
Celebrating our school having been saved,The Friends School Life, February 16, 1948 This week, I’m following up on last week’s post concerning the discovery of the 1947-1948 Fight to Save BFS Scrapbook which allowed […]
1947-48, the year BFS was nearly lost, Part I
A jaw-dropping BFS moment of my last ten years working at my alma mater occurred in 2006, during preparations to renovate the MS/US Library on the 3rd floor of 375 […]
100 Years of BFS – The 1967 Centennial
BFS Centennial in the New York Daily News, September 10, 1967 Click for the full PDF Celebrating our school’s 100th anniversary proved an incredible start to the 1967-1968 school year […]
BFS Yearbooks – know all words are faint
These days BFS yearbooks are hard-bound volumes, about 200 pages in length, often have color photos, and provide an overview of the year for the entire school. The earliest known […]