William Howard Taft High School - Senior Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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QUQI' fA8 0POLP8 On lhe eve of one's graduafion, if is nice lo pause and reflecl' on whal one has gained menlally, morally and physically from lhe course iusl com- pleled. To go from lhe laHer +o +he former, I have learned in my Senior year how 'ro accomplish a physical feel prac+iced by few-+ha+ of going six periods wilhoul so much as a drop of wafer. My moral educalion can be summed up in Iwo senlences: Ill Never lalk back 'ro Miss O'Donnell. l2l Never I'hrow paper clips around 'rhe room-spilballs make less noise. And Iasl, and by all means Ieasl, we come fo +ha+ par+ of my educalion referred +o as menlal. Wilhoul a doubl, my menlal developmenl is amazing leverybody says soll and I owe a greal deal of if lo my high school educalion. Of all +he courses +ha+ I have laken, +he one lhal' slands oul' as lhe mosl unlorgellable, and The mosl useful is malh. Malh is an up and coming subiecl. Well, as far as malhemalics is con- cerned, I am down and going. Firsl of all, lhe ulilily of mal'h has always impressed me. When asked my age, no longer do I repeal lhe old, old adage, Free, while and under lwenly-one. Thal s only for sfudenls who have noi sludied malh. Inslead, I say nonchalanlly, lf you double my bro+her's age, add x cubed minus 22, lefling x equal 3.78, and square lhe resull, you will have one-half my age plus 'rhree monI'hs. As far as 'rriangles are concerned in geomelry, I gol along perfecfly, probably due lo fhe effecls of all 'rhe olher woman movies lhal Holly- wood has been showing. When lhe class was promofed fo circles, however, I resumed lhe 'rrack I'ha+ I had almosl' worn oul in my algebra class, +he one righl' in +he middle of +he ruf. Circles never ceased fo mysfify. Forlu- nalely, we had a lriangular Regenls. Henceforlh, and for +he resl' of my life, x will mean somefhing 'ro eal for breakfasl, 2x will be somelhing 'rha+ you need when baking a cake, and lriangles will be only lhings lo be 'frequenlly changed on babies. P. F. ve,-J My boy, you can fake if from m

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7 We are ready here foday ln our very subfle way e 0 To fell you of some folk Whom we would love +o choke: So we've pu1' fhem on a lis1', ! o f ! o And 1'hey never will be missed, af e Never, never, never, never will be missed! There's fhe mosl' obnoxious marshal, Who fhinks himself so greaf, Who will make a poin+ of siopping A mos? imporfani' 8 To inquire in acceni raucous, Hey! lemme see your pass! Which is fruly quiie annoying To us eighis who cur our class. Oh we've pui him on our lisf, And he never will be missed, Never, never, never, never will be missed. Then fhere are ihose 'reachers who always ihink +hey're righ+, Who sform aboui' fhe classroom And yell wifh all 'their mighi, Who will argue abou+ everyihing To show you whaf 'lhey know, Who will manage fo make fhings so hard - You really Think you're slow: Oh, we've pu? lhem on a lisf, 'And 1'hey never will be missed, Never, never, never, never will be missed! Then 'rhere are ihose feachers who secrerly delighl' In giving liH'le 'resfs +ha+ are sure +o cause some frigh+, Or in pouncing on a senior, when he's dreaming unaware And giving him some zeros f- 'I 'Cause his hearl' iusl' wasn'+ lhere. fyffgkxst ,A - Oh, we've pui' +hem on a lisf, ,4 ' I And 'lhey never will be missed, Never. never. never, never will be missed. X .L-N .5 F ' ' ' :Q i ii ' Now if 'rhere be some souls , V! Whom we've neglecred io include, k ' N. We beg fhem io forgive us y yi, ff? . in 'For being so very rude: , N' f y ' And +o fhose who suffer pangs of guili and insulied digni+y' X! f g g- Q yi 1- A We say You'd beHer no+ complain, I -A Or all will know ius'r who you be! ,l -2 i A' 14-F , L -- 1 A551 We've gol' a liffle lis+. K' A, ' i'

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olgt tk? y blJ'l'll02t5 c3!I0lfl,6!!y The basemenf was so quief fhaf you could hear a cough drop. Bracing myself, I resolufely sfepped wifhin fhe sacred porfals of fhe Senior office, prepared for anyfhing. The Senior Council was foo engrossed in fheir own affairs fo nofice an insignificanf member of fhe Senior Class. The bedlam increased in proporfion fo fhe unimporfance of fhe affair dis- cussed. Immediafely adapfing myself fo fhe general spirif of fhe meefing, I grabbed a chair from one of fhe represenfafives who had risen fo make an announcemenf of significance. Affer discovering how many people wanfed vanilla ice-cream, she Ieff fhe room benf on performing her dufy fo fhe famished members of fhe illusfrious commiffee. I was somewhaf disfracfed by fhe sighf of Mr. Friedlander sfrolling on fhe ceiling, buf observing fhaf no one else seemed fo fhinlc fhis unusual, I made no com- menf. Lisfening for an hour fo fhaf all-imporfanf quesfion of how fhe Senioreffes would reacf fo fhe innovafion of blue and gold Iipsficlc, and sfruclc by fhe magnifude of fhis subiecf, I awaifed fhe resulfs wifh bafed breafh. However, fhey did nof wish 'fo disclose fheir decision fo an ouf- sider. Hurf by fhis rebuff, and finding fhe ordeal foo much for me anyway, wifh falfering sfeps I made my way fo fhe door fo breafhe once again fhe pure, fragranf air of Taff's cafacombs. H. B. Q I 45 -I 2 1 91' - o f vim I I I A -fs : f If X ll'-sf My l I I II I X l I I I if se I l l' I N I I Lei 'Ihe frumpefs loudly bray