A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

Te-- .rch ,i SENIOR DAY This year marked The second anniversary of Senior Day, inauguraTed by The class OT 1937. Senior Day is one oT The TinesT examples OTA selT'governmenT ThaT The school has had in many years. lTs main obiecT is To give The graduaTing seniors The opporTuniTy To Try Their hand aT The acTual leadership oT a body OT sTudenTs and also To probe inTo The adminisTraTive side of our school. Those oT The seniors who TaughT on ThaT day, came To realize ThaT cooperaTion and uniTy are essenTial Tor a harmonious relaTionship beTween The TaculTy and The sTudenT body. AnoTher in The inTiniTe series oT revelaTions noTed by The sTudenT Teachers, was The never-beTore-realized TacT ThaT The adminisTraTive side oT Davis is much more complex Than iT appears. AccuraTe planning, a Thorough knowledge oT psychology and oT all else ThaT aids so maTerially in The smooTh TuncTioning oT The machine ThaT is school govern- menT was comprehended by Those who beTore had had only a superficial idea oT The workings OT such an organizaTion. May Senior Day enioy a conTinued success and become an inTegral parT oT The Davis calendar. Carey Wells WHAT SENIORS SAY Roberi' BogarT . . . swell idea . . . gives senior auThenTic cross-secTion of Teaching proTession . . . Teachers and sTudenTs gave Tull cooperaTion . . . l Tound Teaching a liTTle Tougher Than iT appears. Carey Wells lDr. STewarTi . . . gave me opporTuniTy To learn The duTies oT prin- cipal . . . found Them To consisT oT more Than walking around The halls and visiTing classes . . . l received splendid cooperaTion . . . gives senior a' chance To be on his own . . . showed a marked irnprovemenT over lasT year's7 srill plenTy oT room Tor more. Gerlfude L5CeY . . . l Tound Teachers know more Than sTudenTs Think Florence llV1r5- P0l"l'eri . . . Teachers cerTainly are good sporTs. . . . wonderTul success . . . sTudenTs cooperaTed as well as could be hoped Tor . . . gave seniors chance To show They could accepT responsibiliTy . . . should deTiniTely be conTinued. Miriam FruTkin . . . showed headaches oT' Teaching proTession . . . good idea if sophrnore and iunior days were inTro- duced . . . gives seniors chance To show how much David Slavin lMrs. Sumnerj leadership rhey pgggegs. . . . good way To show pupils how school is run, and Those enTering Tield of educaTion opporTuniTy To see whaT iT's all abouT .... Mrs. Surnner's duTies more Than The average sTudenT Thinks . . . l was burdened wiTh work ThroughouT The day. Ann MorgansTern , . . proved high school seniors could accepT The responsibiliTy oT conducTing classes . . . excellenT idea. RoberT Wines . . . makes seniors Teel irnporTanT, which is a good Thing . . . Teachers should be commended Tor relin- quising Their iurisdicTion To seniors . . . sTep Toward a more democraTic school, George Grove lMiss Lewis, . . . very good experience Tor everyone concerned . . . boTh TaculTy and sTudenTs seemed To be geTTing more enioymenT ouT oT Their work . . . dean's posi- Tion one requiring greaT TacT and diplomacy . . wasn'T easy, even Tor only one day. Giulio D'Angio lMr. Addisl . . . one oT The high-spoTs in Davis calendar, should be conTinued as a Davis TradiTion . . , adviser's work mosT complex: plans schedule oi enTire school . . , cooperaTion good . . . had one program To change . . . one was enough! MaTThew Rosenschein . . . if you ask me, every day should be a Senior Day . . . one TaculTy day each year . . . Teaches The senior To respecT his Teacher . . . oT course iT should be conTinued. William Liccione . . . sTudenTs showed remarkable cooperaTion . . . gives senior lesson in responsibiliTy, and undergrad- uaTe lesson in cooperaTion. RoberT Schede . . . shows senior how powerless a Teacher is wiThouT cooperaTion oT sTudenTs . . . demonsTraTes ThaT The easiesf way To learn a Thing is To Teach iT, . . gives experience in conTrolling and keeping The aTTenTion oT a group. Alfred Fiering T . . . prornoTes beTTer undersTanding beTween sTudenT and Teacher . . . will go Tar To make The school a beTTer place To work in. 0520