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

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HTEA AND SYMPA THYM 4? '-s. 140 W, l....,.,1.... ,, f lf' ll fl S .VJ-Ag' 1 ' ' .1 St yx . TE , ii . ,L x --535 MR. M.,CUBA MR. D. DRAGooN MR. H. EISENBERCQ -f-v. -, 'lf 3 ...fi 5' fl 'bs . 'S NNY' lx? Es i. N-vu 3 ,X .UK 1 Q .N X-31 , N, , s f' . fx . . MRS. B. HABERMAN ' ' 'ftvi ug fu . v- , w..- 'S X wr-7 , ' 1 ft , f- .ew W I if fl X Il fl . , ,T .f ,..,i MISS l. KATZ MR. E. LEHMAN MRS. M. ROSTKER MRS. G. ROTHMAN Mr. Phillip Kessler was -- - Chaiirinan of the Music Depart- ment lor live years. The affection everyone Irelr for hini wus ex- H' 1' pressed in u resolution passed hy ' x' the faculty. The harmony he A ii if tau ht in his music clusscs he 3 ,Q '.....J.. . . . . . K ' , J ' put 1l1fO HCU011 in his relations iqfi. JH with his teachers md his stu- '5 MR. PHILIP Ksssusn ,. ' ww, 0. A clents as well. ' X MRS. C. SCHLOSSBERG MRS. G. SLAVIN 4 L I fzwff My ii A ' fe , 'ff , 5' I . ,' ,f ev 3' if - - ' .4 -J .,- ' f ' . f. '. '!f. A, 1, . ,, ff-M??,'.,, ,Q f J: , Q X ,',, j f M 1 V ' f . 4. 4 fi n' f 1 4 ,f , ' W! ' 413' - f f ' A 1 , 4 '. ,1 r ' . f 9 ' . ' 45-1' .. s-',-si-.zm A fe-MQ-1w,f'.' :s-,-mf' 3? ,f.,.., 42:91 f 'nf fe - f-P' ' ' A' 2 'f ...,. W si-s H 1 T ' .5 75? ' V-muh-.17 77'5 '.' 'i 4f , 7 -22 A f' A .- f 21: Wi' ,'i. Jw' lTiZii? fl22f 'S fits. LW .4 ,g', Z'-i s ,. 4T!ffQ,, X, ff-:s:.:v,' ff' 12 'f Vfrl 3 fJW'f f4 ,l' f' we My .- I 1 Qf7f . Uf49Z 794- f' V? A A . r.. 2 ' . S . 5, V ,' ,gi f s. 9-'ew-wrt?-?2?4 ' -.,,. . S 'J' 2f','?'Iiii- . .f +1f:..f,.,..,1 .1 ww ,f ...nf 'vw,',.fff'f.f',ff. f 2 , 1 Q .r,i .. ,.., Seated Ze t to ri ht: Mr. P. Sokoloff-Administrative Assistant Mr. M. Nadel- 7 English, Mrs. J. Lewis-Music, Miss A. Rawlings-Library, Miss M. White- H. E. Girls, Mr. B. Schiffer-H. E. Boys, Mr. A. Dick-Physical Science. Standing left to right: Mr. M. Belasco-Social Studies, Mr. E. Gleichenhaus- Steno 8: Typing, Mr. H. Shefter-Administrative Assistant, Mr. M. Levine- Fine Arts, Mr. D. Gordon-Accounting, Mr. G. Grossman-Mathematics, Mr. A. Brewing-Speech, Mr. M. Lieb-Languages, Mr. N. Kline-Biology.

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gear - i ii , --ru Q i - I I- MCM guna Wagga Ticatfreb .T 'A A V if Q., 0 ,,.ti AND J Q ttf nag, fam? . . for ,T-ff Q X- f it A . CUIlTl-TIN GIIING UP Our years in Taft will figure as no small part of the time before our entrance. Undoubtedly, the mind will return to reliect upon things experienced in high school days. It will dwell upon lost friendships, undying before we became far too engrossed in our own character roles to pay them further interest. It will summon from some- where in the long-dead past images of our fun-filled expeditions in days when we did not have the opinion of our audience to worry about: images of our senior year in Taft, of the breakfasts, the picnics, the carnival, the senior show, graduation, the prom. It will cause us, too, to recollect the teachers who so ably directed us when the entire play was yet to be produced. We will be filled with nostalgia, and long for the guidance of those who seemed so wise. And when the stave about us Grows turbulent with anxiety, we will tire of the ways of the theatre, wishing only for the care-free times known in youth. However, these will be but idle dreams, half conscious prayers that must be forever unrealized. Our play progresses, there is no room for retreat. Such is the traoedy of our little drama, and so it must remain, for it is inevitable. As all of us appear in the drama entitled Life, let us play our parts effectively so that when the curtain falls it does so upon a smashing hit and not a pitiful flop. Time Grows short, the critics eagerly await your per- formance, the curtain is going up ..., 2' ' Min V. GUN GDN' Teeth , JHURNTUN WILDER ' .VL V- YX if abgdfffdgc 23 tiff . sl wif .wi High ,-, X ,-::fa1':fg'v?,!'v T 'X - s Mi it t M LM I i r. Q Fi l , 'li .fig 1.i.j1-My . 5 I PLAYHOU r'onTY-mmlrll -irmti-rf, Lnf:T or unonm-my Eli, t: w in-1 , 0 N wxu.11m A. sam:-Y, insggg A D H- ,..- . I, T . ' 'Cf 5- --41 nw .na . H, mmf as rn. . ...t JO fi v nu... J.. mn ...W-WALK lo mu Lx HN J M ELLIGOTT, Fira Chlal and Cnmmlnla 3 lI1W-vulntw f , Wi..-,,,,,,4. IDI it. rv..,i.,,.ancfm.,, , F, ..n. .. ourwmzo BOUND. HY SUTTON VANE Dimcled by ou., L. rm.msf.qw LAURETTE TAYLOR FLORFNCE REED