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

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SL prom Cas'l'ing aside fheir baggy sweafers, pegged panis, and saddle shoes, fhe Tail' Seniors flabbergas+ed 'rhe faculfy, fhe managemeni, and fhe palrons of Holel Roosevelf by aHending fhe Evenl' of 'lhe Season in gliffering gowns and slylish suifs. By devious means +he nondescripf individual who slunlc lhrough ihe corridors of Taff emerged inlo a glamour girl on fhis Nighl' of Nighfs. Proudly clinging +o lhe arms of fheir escoris, wi+h a look in +heir eyes which dared anyone +o commenl' on fhe facf lhal' fheir supermen were under eighfeen, 'rhese fufure pin-up girls evaded +he reporfers begging for fheir oppor+uni'ry 'ro wrile up The Year's Assignment Haughfily shielding +heir delicafe faces from +hese offensive people who dared fhinlc +ha+ a Taff SENIOR would desire publicily, +hey fled up fhe baclc s+aircase and fhence +o fhe seclusion and privacy of fhe ballroom. As one made lhe rounds, he heard fhe vi+al quesfion being popped. Do you wan+ your waler in a paper cup, Mary, or in a glass? Dreamily we glided along fo +he dulcei' s+rains of Mairzy Doa+s. During +his picfuresque eighfeenih cenlury minuel, our classmafes pre- sen'red a never-'ro-be-1forgoH'en picfure. Bored by fhe symphonies of Harry James and finding fhe company of Alan Ladd and Ann Sheridan mosi' firing, mosf of fhe couples lefi' fhe ballroom aboui' dawn and +oolx a specially charfered Pullman io lhe Sforlc Club-or was ii' a sfreef car fo fhe Orange Room a+ Nediclc's? Vw W Q Li if-1 71 r L I 9 ,M 3 i xv lj .Ax f .'l . QP., ' - pl-a e, 4 ' f , 1.- if 6 l G , Ms: , 'z ,X X ag X 4 -gin ,ywgiij ' 7 ' r-T S ' - ,. , 1'.. 'v.L - ei 1 ill X !l.r1Z. - H1 1 um we - 'W- -,.2'L'L'1'8-' ' 1271 ff Vigrg' 'He 'fy 14.1 3 ' n A 74? ,- F Qs Tripping hlfher, 'lripping 'fhlfher

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