Binghamton North High School - Wampum Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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Somewhere over the rainbow-a pot o' gold. North-Central Prom-Arlington Hotel essons earned Schoolbooks Spuifned FEBRUARY GRADUATES Louise Allen, Lou, Comm. Wampum IZ, Jr. Red Cross IZ, Girls' Intramurals IO, I I. Plans: Office Work. Robert Amrein, Bob, Acad. and Bus. Counselor's Honor List IO. Rita Almy, Ret, Art. Counselor's Honor List IO, Jr. Red Cross Il, Girls' Intramurals IO. Plans: Work. Marion Bailey, Dutchess, Acad. Art. Counselor's Honor List I I, Student Council IZ, Girl Reserves President IO, I I, Little Theater Guild IO, Red Cross IO, Band IO, I I, IZ, Orchestra IO, I I, IZ, Art Club IZ. Plans: Work. Beverly Baker, Dimples, Comm. Plans: Work. Philomena Barber, Phil, Comm. North Star II, IZ, Girls' Intramurals IO, II. Plans: Work. Lawrence Benedict, Benny, Coll. Eng. Chorus IO, I I, Band IO, I I, Orchestra IO, I I, Varsity Cross Country I I. Plans: Service or College. Jean Bogosta, Coll.Arts. Counselor's Honor List IO, I I, IZ, Student Council IZ, Honor Society II, IZ, Hostess IZ. Plans: College. Beverly Boyce, Bev, Acad. Sci. Counselor's Honor List IO, I I, Wampum I I, IZ, Quill and Scroll IZ, Pep Club IZ, Literary Club IZ, Junior Red Cross IO, Quill and Scroll Gold Key. Plans: College. Betty Jean Brink, B.J.B. Comm, Counselor's Honor List IZ, Girl Reserves IO. Plans: College. Beverly Brooks, Bobbie, Acad. Art. Brush and Palette IZ, Honorable mention in Scholastic Art Contest, Sr. Prom Committee, Plans: College or work. Beverly Brown, Bev, Hmkg. Plans: Work in Day Nursery. Steve Cannon, Stef, Acad. Math. Boys' Intramurals II, IZ, Sr. Adv. Committee. Plans: P.G. or Army. Philip Chamberlain, Flip, College. Student Council II, Vice-President IZ, Radio Workshop I I, IZ, E Troop IZ, Little Theater Guild IO, I I, IZ, Stage Crew IO, I I, IZ, Band IO, I I, IZ, Orchestra IO, I I, IZ, Stage Crew Awards Jan. '44, June '44. Plans: Radio or Naval Reserve. Calvin Cole, Cal, Coll. Eng. Counselor's Honor List IO, II, IZ, Honor Society II, IZ, Host IZ, Sr. Adv. Com- mittee. Plans: College. Dorothy Cook, Cookie, Comm. Counselor's Honor List IO, IZ, Red Cross I I, Girls' Intra- murals IO. Plans: Work. Rosemarie Dilello, Roe, Comm. Girl Reserves IO, Red Cross II, Bowling II, Girls' Intramurals IO, II. Plans: Advanced Business Training. Jane Dillingham, Dillie, Acad. Sci. and Math. Coun- selor's Honor List IO, I I, IZ, Honor Society I I, IZ, Student Council IO, I I, IZ, Pep Club IZ, Little Theater Guild I I, IZ, North Star II, Choir I I, Orchestra IO, I I, IZ, Glee Club IZ, Literary Club I I, IZ, Girls' Intramurals IO, I I, G.A.A. IO, II, IZ, Girls' Treasurer, Sr. Prom. and Adv. Committee, Harmony Club Music Award. Plans: Col- lege. Theresa DiRienzo, Tree, Comm. Counselor's Honor List IO, Student Council II, Girl Reserves II, IZ, Little Theater Guild I I, IZ, Girls' Intramurals IO, II. Paul Dumond, Acad. Ind. Counselor's Honor List II. I6

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ommemements OVZLZ7 High St le Commencements at North have never followed the conventional pattern, instead they have set a tradition of their own, namely the elaboration ofa central theme through varied dramatic devices, some of them totally new to the high school stage. Pioneering, theme of January '39, was a series of pantomimes climzzxing with a final tableau of an lndian, sym- bolic of North's spirit. A film entitled Dawn to Dusk, produced by the students and faculty and made possible by the combined gifts of the June class of l94O and Ansco, ran about thirty minutes and told the story of a student's typical day at North. A dramatic poem por- traying the rise of Hitler and his destruction of good education influences, They Burned the Books, was given by the January '43 class. The following January came the startling drama, The Strange Case of Johnny Black, which turned a stage character into a Negro right before the unbelieving eyes of the audiences and pointed up the race problem in America. Radio scripts and space stage plays such as A Throne of Bayonets revealed what the graduates were thinking and what they conceived their problems to be in the war effort, and We Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On characterized the three types of dreamers: the fanatical dreamer, the day dreamer, and the Toyland Thinker. Graduations at North from year to year have taken their place onythe school calendar as maior productions. Spear- headed by the classes' best actors, they have interpreted the progressive spirit and goals of North in particular and of American education in general and have maintained a superb standard of craftsmanship under the direction of Mr. Raymond Merchant.