Automotive High School - Headlight Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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enior CALM l:IICHOLAS TANGREDI ....,.,,,. . ,, A,...... Preridenl WILLIAM HENNESSY ....,.... ..,. . -..Vire-Prefiderzt PATSY NUNZIATA ...,.,,,.... .,,,,. Se fsv' etary PHILIP CLAPP .....,.......,. .. ..,Tr fffz mrer In order to recite the history of our Senior Class to its fullest ex- tent, one would need many volumes. I have read many of the senior class histories of various high schools but none offers a parallel to our own. It is not because they are not well written, for in most cases they are, but because they lack new and interesting information. i The many interesting things which occurred in the four years of our schooling in the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades or, as we once called it, XVilliamsburg , are and always will be far superior to those of the senior classes in the past and future. ' We started our high school education in an old building which once served as an armory. It was located on Bushwick Avenue between Stagg and Ten Eyck Streets. Here the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades had its beginning. It was the commencement of a newand one of the most outstanding vocational high schools in the city. We had very little equipment to work with. Each and every one of us did all in his power to increase the number of automobiles and parts for our own experimental use, and for those who were to follow. When- ever we saw an abandoned car, we brought it in or had our teacher bring it. The Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades or Williamsburg Continuation, was progressing rapidlyg modern testing equipment and expensive tools were slowly but steadily coming into our possession. The new school is finally being completed. Students are eagerly awaiting its opening. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are waiting for September when they will enter it and start work with the best of testing equipment. -W 9 ,-

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Spacious and air conditioned shops, a large gymnasium, and audi- torium, and one of the largest campuses of many schools will be ours. The seniors, who waited and dreamed of the day when they could enter such a school, will not have the opportunity of doing so, but are well satisfied with the fact that B.H.S.A.T, has finally acquired a new and one of the best automotive school plants in the country. I should like to mention at this point some of the teachers we came in Contact with in our four years of schooling. The Quick-Service Shop was headed by Mr. Corey, one of the pioneer teachers of the school. He will always be remembered as the little man who did big things. Mr. Warren, of the Senior Ignition Shop, more than just a teacher, was often referred to by the students as a swell guy . Mr. Quigley of the Major Repair Shop was always more than eager to give us any additional help and advice when needed. Mr. Meyers was our teacher of mathematics, and a very good one at that. Mr, Ahearn of the English department who believed that if your answers were too long, they were wrong. Then there is Mr. Anson who teaches no more but whose fatherly advice will serve us well when the occasion calls for it. We, who are about to leave this school, are going to take with us many pleasant memories, and leave behind us a well established vocational school. It has been our pleasure to help and watch its growth. We have had the largest number of graduates to date. We are the last group of seniors to complete our course at sixty Broadway, and the first to grad- uate from the new school. It is with the greatest of pleasure that we, the senior group, are able to present to the school the first year book for our Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades. A thousand things more could be said but they would all seem inadequate. It's like trying to describe heaven and earth in twenty wordsg it simply cannot be done. Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades was more than just a high schoolg it was an experience that will remain with us for the rest of our lives. Nicholai Tfmgredi-f V29. H iff- -