A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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0550 Dear Diary, To you l beguealh my senior year -- so lilled wilh precious memories, wilh happy carelree hours, and some sad ones loo, lo make lhe brighler ones worlhwhile, ln days lo come I'II scan you wilh a lear and a smile and luck you away lrom any coming poslerily who mighl nol undersland whal you mean lo me, Many limes whal you hold belween your lines, dear dairy, will mean more lhan whal is aclually wrillen lhere . , . l leave lhal up lo you. sep+. is, me Dear Diary, Back lo school againl My, il's wonderlul lo see everybody aller such a long vacalion. They all look so happy and he-allhy wilh lheir sun-lans and shiny noses . . . l see lhal Mrs. Porler llhe lormer cuslodian ol lhe lamous pink slips l has become Dr. Slewarl's secrelary, and now lhe one lo leer is Mrs, Sumner . . . Two new leachers, so l hear - Dominic Genlilesco and l-lerberl Sunderman, lo lry lheir bil ol maslery over I368 sludenls . . . Say, l noliced somelhing really unlamiliar loday - all lhe lamous Davis clocks have been cleaned, polished, and checked llhal is, all bul Miss Cheney's lamous l'horloge ll . . . Received a Davis l-lifhlews as l walked inlo school lhis morning. lmagine, lhe lirsl day ol school! Mel Seeger and David Slavin, co-edilors, and lheir slall, came up lo work a week early so lhal we could have ill Sepl. l5, i938 Dear Diary, Goodness, l never realized belore whal a hard iob Miss Brown, Miss Lewis, and lhe marshals had al lhe beginning ol each lerm lrying lo lil everyone inlo suilable sludy periodsl lBul now l know, having Miss Brown lor sludy, lirsl period in lhe morningl. l really lhink il would be easier lor lhem il everybody lusl plain cull Bul seriously, lhe marshals cerlainly deserve a rising vole ol lhanks, especially Warren Broemel and Marcia Van Kirkl . . . l saw lhe l938 senior class gill loda lor lhe lirsl lime - cabinels in lhe enlry near room lO9 llhe small audilorium, lhe green room, or whalever you wanl lo call ill. Here, all lhe cups and lrophies won by lhe school are housed and are lo be illurninaled all lhe lime. ll seems lo me lhal il places a greal responsibilily on lhe school 4 in lhe world ol sporls F lo bring home all lhe honors il canl

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SENIOR VOTE Mosr popular boy .... ........................ Mosr popular girl ............. Boy who Girl who has done mosl Io l'1as clone mosl' for Davis . Boy mos+ likely Io succeed . .. Girl mosr likely Io succeed . .. Mos'r aI rracIive boy . . . . . Mosl' afrraclrive girl . .. Besl boy speaker .... Besr girl speaker . .. Frienclliesl boy .... Friendliesl girl . . . WiHies'r boy .... Wirriesl girl ...... Mosl' courleous boy Ivloslr courfeous girl .... Besl boy aIl'1le're .... Besl' girl a'I'IwleIe .. . Favorile subiecl . .. Favorile magazine Eavorile paslime ....... r Davis . .. . CAREY WELLS ...... CONNIE LINDE . WILLIAM LICCIONE ...... CONNIE LINDE . WILLIAM LICCIONE WINIFRED CAMMACK .... ROBERT WALKER WINIFRED CAMMACK . LANGDON COLLIER RITA CUZZI CAREY WELLS ....... RAE PRENTISS MATTY ROSENSCI-IEIN MARGARET ELLISON ...... CAREY WELLS . MARCIA VAN KIRK .... ROBERT MOLLER WINIFRED CAMMACK ENGLISH ...... LIFE DANCING CI-IARLIE McCARTI-IY Favorile radio program Eavorile newspaper . . ., Moon Sprites Moonbeams on Ilie wall Of my room. A caplured bil' of a lovely nigI1+ Slip away like quicksilve A+ dawn. F Courtney Groeschel 0540 NEW YORK TIMES

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SepT. 27, I938 Dear Diary, Say, being a home room adviser is quiTe nice. WenT To The dinner Tor The new girls and Teachers lasT SaTurday nighT. Norma Beckerman and Florence Childs did a grand iob in planning The dinner. We had a swell Time singing aT The dinner Table laccompanied by Florence Allen - who by The way really can playl and aTTending an imprompTu enTerTainmenT aTTerwards in The audiTorium. I-lad a good dinner lTor only 35c Tool and wenT home quiTe saTisTiedI SepT. 28, I938 Dear Diary, WenT To The TirsT assembly This year To see PresidenT William Liccione inaugu- raTed inTo oTTice. Bill urges cooperaTion oT everyone To make This a Truly TruiTTul year lespecially in TooTballl. Saw sound movies on SaTe Driving and MaTerials . . . Davis is really going places - Today I heard David Slavin and Melvin Seeger broadcasT on The I-ligh School ReporTer program on WMCAI SepT. 30, I938 Dear Diary, Whewl MoTher naTure iusT won'T leT upl IT's been raining and blowing sTeadily Tor The pasT Ten days and all we've seen are Tallen Trees and hopelessly sTraighT hair. DespiTe The weaTher, Tennis Tans Tinished Their Tall TournamenT7 resulT, Two new champions - Phil Shapiro and WiniTred Cammacls. OcT. 7, I938 Dear Diary, WenT To The I-lome Room Rep meeTing Today where PaT Marshall was elecTed The TirsT girl presidenT oT The organizaTion. CongraTulaTionsI lNow, whaT have I always said abouT The eTTiciency oT The Teminine side oT liTe?l Norman Maddan, John Boone and Josephine Emerson were elecTed To represenT The I-Iome Room Reps in The Council. OcT. I2, l938 Dear Diary, We had Three guesTs in assembly This morning: Mr. Nardozzi oT The Board oT EducaTion who spoke To us abouT Columbus: Mr. I-I. Keeler, abouT The CommuniTy ChesT: and Mr. Chequer, who Told us abouT Marian Anderson, who is making her second appearance in MounT Vernon. lMy, I hope I can hear her singll . . . . Pass- ing Through The halls I noTiced so many brighTly colored display windows, ThaT I simply had To sTop leven Though I mighT be laTe To classl. IT chanced ThaT I chose a TascinaTing Mexican collecTion belonging To Miss Riddle, who recenTly made a Trip Through ThaT counTry. IIT also chanced ThaT I was embarrassingly laTe' To her LaTin classll OCT. 22, I938 Deary Diary, WenT To Connie l.inde's TirsT sporT dance SaTurday nighT. I-lad loads oT Tun! IT was a greaT success and as an experimenT iT cerTainly seT a precedenT Tor TuTure dances! lAnd boys - ThaT's only TiTTy cenTs a couple and a dollar sTag.l OcT. 3l, I938 Dear Diary, Abiel Brown Davis passed away lasT SaTurday. AlThough I never lcnew him well, I TelT as Though I did. I was deeply moved This morning as Taps resounded so clearly Through The hollow school corridors, The Tlag was lowered, and a mes- sage was read. I couldn'T help Teeling ThaT we had losT a Truly greaT man. Nov. I, I938 Dear Diary, AlThough I didn'T go ouT Tor much exTemporaneous spealcing myselT, I have cerTainIy been saTuraTed wiTh The arT Tor The pasT Two weelcs while sophomores, iuniors, and seniors alilce vied Tor The CIemenT M. Biddle Award. I cerTainly didn'T envy Them when' They Taced' such a criTical Davis audience in The Tinals. The winners cerTainly deserved The Ten dollar prizel Margery Mendelschn and Phil Shapiro won as o56o