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

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Q 1 I 2 M ' f D r 1+ til, ' :J I 1 'dig f!'w t 'all f 2' Q Nqggqb , . Q c W I ' 4 rf: .A- MW 'I '11 ' ff 7.','2' N-1 IX ff ' ' 1? if ' c :if X' is Whew, what a day! All I've encountered was trouble, trouble, Nxbfaf and more trouble. I simply can't understand why they pick on me so. Just listen to my tale of woe. Since I've been f' speaking only English for seventeen years, they've decided to , add French to my diet. The only remedy to my chronic case of indigestion is to copy my neighbor's homework. As I was 0 'mv 1 QR, X, I fy 'lff .1 ' 355 T ' V 9 W l 1- W ! X 8 ' N f x busily engaged in this serious enterprise, I was suddenly aware of an ominous glare. Harvey, you know what happened next. I was cornered, outwitted, and defeated. Harvey, you look like the dean looked. Don't you approve? Mon Dieu! Really Harvey, I try to be so good-do I hear you laughing? Please try to understand me because you're the only one I can confide in. Leaving the dean's office I hurried to gym. All was well until I reached the locker room. I was standing in my baggy gym suit, when suddenly it slipped my mind. I don't know what came over me but I just forgot the combination to my lock. The custodian? No, he wasn't to be found. Two minutes later I found myself running about the halls, embarrassed, bewildered, mortified, making myself the laughing stock of Taft. I was searching for someone. I still wonder whom. Harvey, your Sense of humor has been perverted. Finally, after my humiliating experiences, I thanked God that it was time for a little relaxation and food, but I soon regretted it. I wasn't more than halfway through eating when BANG! down came a tray which slipped from my delicate fingers and scattered into a million pieces. I was terrified! Not knowing which way to turn when I spotted Mr. Jason dashing over, I flew out the nearest exit. Naturally it had to be the one leading right into the boys' locker room. Not daring Q' r, fy. f is 'N '.l,f 6, 6 'X X W . : 12 -', xiii af' N qw ,I at 1 J 1 I O 4 f 1 y I to stop for a second, I fled in panic, leaving the place in an W-roar. Still running at full speed I suddenly felt a firm Q frasp on my collar. I stopped short! Then a fraction of a , seza d later, I heard a deep, loud voice shout, 'Why don't N 0 A get to your class? -When I regained consciousness I 'okay myself lying on a comfortable cot in the emergency room. J,A if f '-951. , Harvey, I don't want you to get the idea that I don't Q- Taft-1 LOVE IT! z 1 1 I n A FRANCES POMERANZ iw .4-, 'I r ,aeg is-' J K -1 ky ,f Q2 nf , Zyl, mn: 6 I 5-R, W, a.. 'Erie I 1 ' 'T . PL -- fir-Gif ', - -' . -if X ' ff l P T'+1.'4:-'-Wifi , 4' v 'if W

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snafu With obvious padding in his jacket extending his meager 34 chest to a defiant 36, he trotted triumphantly into William Howard Taft High School. A Hollywood and Vine whistle escaped his lips as he found himself engulfed by walls twice the size of P. S. 99M fthe half indicated it was half boys and half girlsj. After the usual routine that a new recruit must undergo, our hero emerged exhausted and humble .... It seems that during the interim between 9 and 3 he dis- covered that the lowest level one could possibly descend to was that of a high school Freshman. His swagger vanished, and his smile was weak. But on passing some tots emerg- ing from his alma mater, his chest, recently sunk to normal, swelled once more. The most puzzling students to analyze are the Sophomores. They are betwixt and between. Naturally, they are too experi- enced to associate with green Freshmen and too young to dare invade the respected premises occupied by Iuniors and Seniors. Therefore, they keep to themselves and try to get in the good graces of teachers by running errands that the Seniors shirk. Next is a blessed stage. Iuniors are quite happy and content in the realization that they have only one more year to go. They are respected, as they should be, by Freshmen and Sophomores and sweetly patronized by Seniors. They have One Foot in Heaven, a pleasant thought, as the homework gets heavier, Heavier, HEAVIER. After four years of strife and struggle, as they say in the books, you may finally smile upon the whole world. Being the big shot, you can afford to be generous. While you may, out of one side of your mouth, browbeat the poor Freshman Qafter all, it is your rightj, out of the other side you graciously patronize him. You, as a Senior, contain all the traits of your previous seven terms. You talk faster, yet think slower. You are confident and unsteady at the same time. You are an adult and not sure whether you like the idea. You ache to leave and be on your own, and still-you cling to the old ties. It is the grandest and most glorious year of your life and you will never forget it .... It is the happy finish to the metamorphosis that started four years before when you entered as a bewildered youngster. MARIORIE ESKOW

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WZFAGE IT SALLY ABRAHAM Secretary, Spanish Interpreter, Successful mother and wife Modern design with plenty to go, sweet and alive from head to tOC. HARRIET ACKERMAN Secretary She always sits with a puzzled gleam. It ean't be school, it must be a dream. THELMA ACKERMAN Hunter College Assistant CU. Rep., Secretary in Miss Lewinsonls Office. FIYIICIIHHVS small-a bit petite-but ne'cr the less our Thelma's sweet. ELAINE ADA ADELSTEIN Brooklyn College Taft Review Reporter, Marshal, Class Treasurer. A smiling face, a glintful eye. Ye gads! why coulcln't this be I? LORRAINE ADLER GO. Rep., School Orchestra. Lorraine may be a little short, but she always has a bright retort. DOROTHY ALICE ADRIAN Aide in Library. A strawberry blonde and right pert. especially in a sweater and a skirt. RUTH LAURA ALBERG Tall and slender, fair, and sweet, she is one you'll want to meet. DAVID ALCHEH College or Armed Forces War Efforts Book Committee. Small and shy, l1e's quite a guy. flair black and curly, he's far from burly. HELEN B. ALEXANDER It's so old-fashioned to do homework at home. EDITH ALTMAN Sociology Arista, Chern. Research Club, Chem. Club, Spanish Office. Brains and beauty she does combine. They make her a girl that's 1'ea'lly',tine. . V ' X .. 76 ' ,'