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

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TRIAL Scene: Mr. Brodie's oTTice. A hearing is being conducTed Tor The purpose of Tinding ouT whaT TaTT is conTribuTing To The war eTIorT, and whaT TT IS doing To spread The principles oT broTherhood wiThin The school. The Jury, consisTing oT several Teachers, is seaTed in a row near The window DirecTIy opposiTe is a commiTTee of several sTudenTs who are presenT To Turnish The necessary evidence. ' MR. BRODIE: JURY ICHORUSI: MR. BRODIE: IST STUDENT JURY: IST STUDENT: JURY: IST STUDENT S JURY: f S X W ' MR. BRODIE: I 2ND STUDENT: lxl A JURY: IIWIIIIIII Y I fl mo STUDENT: Behold The Lord High Execufio Now Jurymen, hear my advice- All kinds of sillyiipreiudice I pray you seT aside. WiTh sTern judicial Trame oT mind From bias Tree oT every kind The Trial musT be Tried. From bias Tree oT every kind This Trial musT be Tried. LeT The evidence be presenTed. TaTT musT now be represenTed. On The War ETTorTs CommiTTee There is no such Thing as shirking. They are working, They are working, There is no such Thing as shirking. We have cake sales, we sell TIowers, We kniT woolen squares Tor hours. No Time have we Tor idle Trancesg We've already boughT Three am-bu-Iances! No Time have They Tor idle Trancesg They've already boughT Three ambulances. We are working, we are working: There is no such Thing as shirking. We're doing our very besT To win The war. And when we've done The besT we can, Carried ouT our every plan, Why Then we shall go on and do some more And when They've done The besT They can, Carried ouT Their every plan, Why Then They will go on and do some more Now The Trial will progress! LeT us hear The nexT address. Today kind Tolk I've come To you To Tell you of The TaTT Review And oT whaT iT's Trying To do. And oT whaT iT's Trying To do. And of whaT iT's Trying To do. STaunch believers in democracy, FighTing men oT principle we,

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'l- P ..- to .l U E l94-4 March 27: Mr. Silverman says he likes only 'rwo kinds of girls: lhose wi+h blond hair and 'rhose wi'rhou+. March 3l: Mr. Fernschild combs hair bu+ we s+ill recognize him. Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri May May May May May May May May May May June June June June June June i :X 1 .E-2 E 11 I: Everybody happy on his own personal holiday. 4: Gloomy Tuesday-midferms. 6: No smoking wifhin one block of 'rhe school. 7: No more 'reachers-no more books for a whole week! I7: Today's lunch special-chow-mein. Herds of hungry chow- dogs fill cafe'reria. I8: III winds blow oui' of Chemisfry Laboraiory. Ain'+ blowin' nobody no good. 20: Track Team seen picking dandelions on way around a1'hle+ic field. 2l: Howard Beck, a'H'er ea+ing IOO ice-cream pops, comes 'I'o 'rhe conclusion +ha+ Bungalow Bar has no more lucky s+icks. 24: Senior sifs on bag of cherries leff behind in his+ory room. ls his face red! 26: Donny Kaplan gefs lucky sfick from Bungalow Bar. Howard Beck refracfs previous sfafemenf. 3: Ceiling of green peas one cen+ higher. 5: Dismembered corpse 'Found near 363. Lasl' heard whisfling in hall. l2: Beau+y parlor swamped as Seniors prepare for Prom. I3: Prom ai' Hofel Roosevel+! I5: Back +o 1'he washiubsl I 7: Ten s+uden+s sfricken by heaf-iump from fourfh Floor windows. I8: Mr. Jason brings us +he dawn of anofher blue day. Shall we lei' if pass away? Aye! 20: Class Nigh+-Oh boy! 25: Mr. Browne found reading Police Gaze++e. 29: Mr. Jason asks hungry Seniors +o refrain from eafing grass in class. 2: Weafher awfully hol' loday. 5: Regen'rs are coming. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 9: D.S. wanfs fo know whefher Tail is offering Posl-Grad Courses. I9-23: Regenfsl Regenfsl 'I9: Nu! So we don'+ gradua+e-so wha'r! 27: Gradua+ion! Cheer up-+he wors'r is ye+ +o come.

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BY JURY JURY: 2ND STUDENT: JURY: MR. BRODIE: JURY: MR. BRODJE: JURY: 3RD STUDENT: JURY: 3RD STUDENT: JURY: JURYMAN lRISlNGl: Searching +o ousl' from every mind Prejudice of every kind, Publishing imporfanl' news And more imporfanf s+uden1' views. Publishing impor+an+ news, And more impor+an+ s+uden'r views. Liberal is our policy From graf+ and poli+ics ever free. Ah, if does us good +o see A paper of liberal policy! And I can say fhe same for me. And he can say fhe same for he. And now fha? all +he news we've heard l'm all ready +o hear fhe +hird. The fhird, lhe +hird, 'rhe 'rhird, lhe ihirdl He's ready +0 hear fhe +hird. Once fhere was a mounlain On whose celesfial peak, Hidden in rhe hanging mis+,- Was +ru+l1 +ha+ man did seek. One day fhe mounfain foppled down, And many people came To see fhe magic moun+ain In ifs ruins of ha're and shame. They prodded and poked fheir way abouf Wi+h rude and curious sfare, And fhen ai' once a fool cried ouf, There was nofhing on fop buf air. There was nofhing on fop bu+ air, buf air. The frufh was never fhere. Buf a wise manlin +he village Who knew fhis was noi' so Spoke To fhe froubled people In fones so grave and low, We shall look for +ru+h wi'rh We shall look for good in man: We shall find 'rhe frufh around us ln whomever, whafever we can. in us Of whaf doeshe speak? H' sounds like Greek. Kind sir, we evidence do seek: And ius+ in case you do no+ know You represeni' Porffolio. Lei fhe punishmen? li? fhe