Boys High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The faslr before us is nof an easy one. We musf overcome many obsfacles before we can affain success. However, as graduafes of Boys High School we face fhe fufure confidenfly. This con- fidence is born nof of youfhful folly, fbuf as fhe resulf of fhe excellenf fraining fhaf we have re- ceived during fhese lasf four years. We owe an immeasurable debf of grafifude fo our energefic faculfy and beloved principal for fheir unfiring efforfs in equipping us for fhe imporfanf iob fhaf lies ahead. We, fhe members of fhe Class of January I946, prepared fo fulfill our obligafions fo our counfry and posferify, go forward fo meef fhe responsi- bilifies which our new role offers. l H. S. G. E. W. Nine

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Ga Z7 E 1444 5, l, l 1 Q'aacfualian4 Fellow Graduafes: During our four years fogefher, we have seen our counfry plunged info fhe depfhs of world con- flicf. We have seen numerous graduafing classes lay aside fheir school books fo fake up arms in defense of fheir counfry. lf is owing fo fhe sacri- fice of fhese clases, fhaf fhe Class of January I946, can enfer a world in which peace again reigns. However, fhe effecfs of such a world sfruggle cannof easily be shaken off. lf will fake much fime and efforf on our parf fo undo fhe desfrucfion and suffering fhaf war has leff in ifs wake. lf is up fo us fo prove fhaf we are equal fo fhe fask before us. We musf build a world based nof upon fhe principle fhaf mighf makes righf, buf rafher upon fhe ideals of democracy and iusfice. Upon our generafion falls fhe responsibilify of seeing fhaf fhe nafions of fhe world never again fall prey fo any milifarisfic, power-crazed clique. Eighl'

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THESE The U. S. had iusT been Thrown inTo The greaTesT and mosT disasTrous world conflicT known To man, when in February, l942, a 'Few hundred boys enTered Waverly annex, Thereby obTaining The disTinciTion of becoming The TirsT class To enTer Boys High School during The war. Paradoxically enough, iT was also To become The TirsT peace Time graduaTion group. Boys High had consTiTuTed a major parT of our lives since Those dark days iusT afTer Pearl Harbor, unTil January I946, when glorious peace reigned aT lasT, Throughouf a baTTered and Tired planeT. Four years have elapsed since The enTrance of This class: four of The mosT evenTful ever recorded, which saw The democ- racies rise up Trom Their deep canyons of despair, To The awakening of a new and brighTer world. For us, iT was a period oT evoluTion from elemenTary To advanced algebra, from bliThe spiriTs To The reservedness of maTuriTy, and from puppy love To knowing beTTer. BuT in reTrospecT, Ier us endeavor To recapTure The highlighTs of our life aT B. H. S. SPRING i942 Timidly we enTered upon our high school career. Mr. Tausk bade us welcome, inTro- duced us To Boys High and iTs TradiTions, and wished us success in all our underTakings. We were filled wiTh pride over our new Alma MaTer and looked forward To a mosT pleasanT, Though Temporary, sTay aT Waverly, under The guidance of Mr. Charles E. Hughes. inTo a smooThly running, efhcienf school war mobilizaTion we were ThursT, and parTicipaTed in salvage campaigns, book collecTions for serv- icemen, war bond and sTamp sales, and an ambulance fund. Even a commando course was added To The curriculum. ln The iniTial A. A. elecfions of our career, we saw Ben Skor elecTed presidenT, by The greaTesT margin of voTes in The hisTory of The school. The Red and Black celebrafed iTs TwenTieTh year of publicafion. DespiTe our inTensive war work, sporTs con- Ten Tinued as before, wiTh The baseball Team drop- ping only Three oT Their fourTeen games. BoTh The Tennis and Handball Teams garnered cham- pionships, while, for The firsT Time in Three years, The ElsTeinmen failed To win The Brook- lyn Track Championship. FALL I94-2 Hardly had we become used To educaTion in The annex Than, we were Transferred To The main building wiTh The closing of Waverly. Our second Term saw us become veTerans of The high school mode of life. No longer did we buy swimming pool TickeTs-we now FOUR In coniuncTion wiTh The war eTforT, The firsT Blood Donor Drive was underTaken. Dixie Walker spoke on blood pledges in The A. M. session rally, while we P.M.ers were addressed by Red Barber. Twenfy Tons of scrap meTal were gladly carried To school by The sTudenTs, wiTh The privilege of leaving Their TexT books aT home. In addiTion, iT was announced ThaT nine war courses were To be added To The curriculum, besides The already offered' pre- flighT subiecTs. sold Them! The Glee Club performed Twice in Carne- gie Hall before sell-ouT audiences, and re- ceived The New York criTics' applause. The MaTh Team, in an off Term, Took second place. HighIighTing a foofball season, in which we dropped only Two games, Manual was Thoroughly beaTen 58-O. ln soccer, we were runner up for The ciTy TiTle, while we Tied for firsT place in our baskeTball division. SPRING T943 AT long lasTl We were no longer lowly freshmen. We now were lowly sophomores! Many iunior high sTudenTs were added To The class's ranks. The B. H. S. Radio Quiz Team broughT home The CurrenT EvenTs Championship-sTill anoTher cup To our overflowing Trophy room.