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

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Dec. 23, I938 Dear Diary, Senior Dayl Gee, I Tried To geT senT down To Dr. STewarT, lalias Carey Wellsl, buT The seniors who were Teaching my classes iusT wouldn'T Take The hinT. On The way down To Talk To Mrs. Sumner lDavid Slavinl, I noTiced a crowd around Mr. Child's lJoyce Gibson'sl oTTice. BuT Miss Lewis lGeorge Grovel had her office door shuT and said she was in conTerence wiTh some OT The girls. Feb. 7, I939 ' Dear Diary, Why shouldn'T I be cross? Don'T Try To argue me ouT OT iT. I-lere I am wiTh RegenT's Week over . . . and anoTher Term OT school ahead. STudenT regisTraTion jumped Trom I363 To I554, so my classes are all over-crowded. Seems To me I goT The sTricTesT Teachers in school, and my whole program is mixed up. BUT Try and TighT your way inTo Mr. Addis' oTTice. Only cheerTul noTe is ThaT Langdon Collier and Winifred Cammack goT The presi- denT and vice-presidenTship. June senior oTTicers oughT To be announced soon. Feb. I0, I939 Dear Diary, June senior oTTicers are Warren Broemel, presidenTg Rae PrenTiss, vice-presi- denT7 Marcia Van Kirk, se-creTary-Treasurer, John Servo, Marcia Freeman, Gwendolyn MasT, advisers. I've been Thinking a loT abouT ThaT assembly we had The oTher day. Salom Rizk who calls himselT a Syrian Yankee spoke To us abouT The hardships he knew as a young boy. I-Ie said ThaT we Americans really don'T appreciaTe democracy as we oughT. I guess we all TeIT a IiTTle guilTy as The shoT sTruck home. Feb. I7, I939 Dear Diary, I wenT To The opera Today. Yes, I said The opera. AloouT 90 oT us wenT Trom school To hear Lohengrin sung aT The MeTropoliTan Opera I-louse by Irene Jess- ner. We leTT aT noon, and had a police escorT inTo New York. The audience was so resTless I couIdn'T hear The music, buT sTruck up an exciTing Triendship wiTh Caruso's sTaTue. April I9, I939 Dear Diary, I have been To a dinner aT school. IT was held by The lnTernaTionaI RelaTions Club, and represenTaTives Trom eleven WesTchesTer school aTTended. ATTer dinner Dr. Holmes Talked on ResponsibiIiTy and CooperaTion in World UniTy. May I, I939. Dear Diary, I've iusT been Thinking abouT graduaTion. WhaT kind oT ciTizens will we all be? 'WhaT kind oT lives will we lead? Days are quickening Their Tempo. FasTer and TasTer They pour Through my hands. WhaT have I done wiTh Them? WhaT will I do? Tomorrow is silenT: The pasT lies weeping: Today - is liTe. The Literary Editors. O 53 0

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