Forest Hills High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Hills, NY)

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CL SS HI TUHY FRESHMAN .- SEPTEMBER, 1942 M JUNE, 1943 The class ol lreshmen slowly ililecl into the classroom, toolc their seats, and waited expectantly lor the Civics teacher to loegin the lesson. The teacher leaned forward across his deslc, cleared his throat, and quietly said, Wllodayys lesson, hoys and girls, will deal with the early achievements of that lah- ulous group, Wlmhe seniors of June 19462 and their ellfect' on Forest Hills High School. He paused, allowing his words to penetrate. nFrom the day ol their entrance into the school in Septemher, 1942, it was ohvious that they were going to he in- fluential. The Board of Education toolc one glance at them - and added war courses to the curriculum. The soccer team celehrated their arrival hy winning the Queens Championship. Hlhe young G.O. memhers hemoaned their fate with Henry Aldrich as they watched 'What a Lilell, first ol the Big Broadway shows to he staged in Forest Hills. An eventful fall semester ended with their elders suffering through Regents examinations, still three distant terms away. 'SNOW second termers, they clicl more than their share of misguiding the new freshman, and finally settled clown to the mechanical routine of high school life. The Victory Show occupied most ol their attention with its great collection of song- and-dance acts. Then they cheered along with the rest of the student hocly as their haslcethall team lought-d and lost- to Andrew .laclcson in lxfladison Square Gar- den, lelt a surge ol pride as Forest Hills went over the top with 351001100 in Vvar Bond drives. They were inducted into mysteries of school politics as the lndepend- ent, Progressives and Victory Parties loattled it out lor high student-government posi- tions during the lxflay elections. They were still happy, contented, little freshmen - hut the hlaclc cloud of Regents loomed slightly larger upon the horizonf, The passing hell rang, and the class noisily pushed its way out ol the class- room. As they shoved their way through the crowded corridor, two lreshmen girls hrolce into conversation. ucwee, lVlyrtle, that must've loeen some classlu Yeah, Bessie. Vvell, gotta run -l have an English test next periocl, and l wanta he earlyf' vi- bk vie SOPHOMORES - SEPTEMBER 1943 H JUNE 1944 The loiology prolessor made ready to teach the sophomore class. He noticed that some ol the seats were empty, then closed his Delaney hoolc mlqoday l will discuss with you the second year of that hiological phenomenon ol science, Glhe Seniors ol June, 1946. At this juncture ol their educational exist- ence, many events occurred which were to have a marlced effect in later years. Honor rihhons were distrilouted at the start ol their Septemher term and vague desires tokhe ieager loeavers' grasped hold ol them. mllhey grew more slcilllul in their selection ol suhjects and an epidemic of Latin- clropping lorought many a loright smile - and higher average.