Garden City High School - Mast Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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li 0 5 lt Q- Well, back to the old grind we came, on Sep- tember 8th, with lingering memories of a few gas-rationed jaunts to the beach and a char- acteristic reluctance to do any work. When the excitement of greeting old friends and covering dog-eared texts Cwhich we were handed the very first dayj had died down, we began to notice that there had been some changes made. New faculty members - replacing their col- leagues who had left for the armed forces - beamed at us from newly-polished desks. And our beloved Senior Room echoed, not the in- cessant buzz of idle Seniors, but debates on Government Control of Free Enterprise and The Future of Aviation in Mr. Bartlett's Prob- lems classes. After a few weeks had passed, most of us had settled down to our old routine of getting by with the least effort in the most impressive way. On September 21, the Student Council, under the leadership of Bob Fletcher, opened the campaign for G. O. Books, and for several weeks harassed representatives tried des- perately to collect 53.10 from every student. The Student Court also began to function, and culpable offenders, conspicuously singled out by Mr. Thompson, were sentenced to hours of detention. But the fall season really got under way with the first football game against Woodmere, and our victory certainly bolstered the morale of

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the school. Each succeeding Saturday brought swarms of feminine supporters of old G. C., most of Whom had sacrificed their Friday nights to keep the varsity in condition for the big game. Remember the Pep Rally before the Southside game? Lou and her cheerleaders certainly went to town then, and We were dis- appointed to lose that game. However, the Maroons rallied their strength, and won all ex- cept the last game: and the wonderful record made by the soccer team, which was unde- feated, made us very proud. In October, the Senior Class, headed by Frank Dunne, the newly-elected president, went to work to raise funds for -the yearbook. The magazine sale was initiated and was a tre- mendous success. There Wasn't a parent in Garden City who hadn't taken advantage of the bargains offered by the Curtis Publishing Company. Even now, perfectly useless agricul- tural and dairy journals make their monthly appearance in the homes of Senior Class mem- bers and are stacked, unread, in the basement for the Salvation Army. We certainly Went all out for the class treasury. Little did the execu- tive council realize that the Class of '43 would graduate the richest Senior Class the school had ever seen. Throughout the month of October, drives for