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

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MR. ALFRED A. TAUSK, Principal of Boys High School, is +he living personificafion of our school moH'o, Noblesse Obligef' lb

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Four Noblesse Obligen TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE I948: The road ThaT seemed To sTreTch inTerminably a Tew years ago has almosT reached iTs end. You have Tound iT an inTeresTing road, and The years you spenT on iT have been Tilled wiTh a rich experi- ence in Training and educaTion. I congraTulaTe you warmly on your achievemenT, Tor you have earned The Boys High School diploma, awarded To you on The basis oT characTer and scholar- ship. You have done your work TaiThTully and have conTribuTed To The ToTal school welTare by your parTicipaTion in our exTra-curricular acTiviTies. For all This, l express To you my hearTiesT Thanks. You are now looking Torward To your nexT sphere oT acTiviTy. WhaTever ThaT may be, iT will demand Trom you your besT powers and abiliTies To meeT iT successfully. Our presenT civilizaTion is beseT wiTh diTTiculTies, and each oT you will be called upon To help solve The momenTous problems oT The Times. We oT The TaculTy believe ThaT you have acquired The habiTs, aTTiTudes and ideals ThaT will enable you To sTand Tirmly Tor The righT. We rely upon you, wiTh confidence, To make a worThwhile conTribuTion To The sTriving Tor peace, harmony and cooperaTion in our counTry and in The world. This l commend To you above all-love oT our counTry and loyalTy To iTs ConsTiTuTion. We need manly and uprighT ciTizens, as you have been Trained To be. Your respecT Tor and supporT oT our American way oT life consTiTuTes The greaTesT hope oT our democracy. Bear in mind, Too, our school creed-BroTherhood. Helpfulness, Service. The adherence To These ideals will help you enrich your liTe and will make you a beTTer and more respecTed member oT your communiTy. Noblesse Oblige! Our ThoughTs will always be wiTh you, and our besT wishes Tor your success and your happiness will accompany you ThroughouT The years. Sincerely yours, 7? 616' 1 Principal

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62am Shad 'Zfeafu We, who Tour years ago gazed wiTh admira- Tion aT The seniors, and wondered how long iT would Take Till we Too would be up There, look back Today amazed aT how shorT a Time iT was. YeT Those pasT years have probably been The TullesT OT our lives so Tar. Aside Trom our own, Tull, normal developmenT in These years, we also have been wiTness To one OT The mosT imporTanT periods in The hisTory oT The world. The years To come will be oT no less impor- Tance. WheTher our careers Take us inTo business, or TurTher educaTion, or perhaps The miliTary Torces, we cannoT help Teel ThaT biT oT inse- curiTy ThaT comes wiTh leaving The shelTer oT high school To prepare To sTand by ourselves. We look back and cerTain experiences come up in our minds which have Tound meaning To us personally: The TirsT TooTball game: The TirsT conTacT wiTh ThaT unknown, vague, TearTul TesT, called RegenTs: pracTice ouT on The Tield: read- ing The long yellow proofs. Now leT's go back To our enTrance inTo Boys High and go over carefully all Those evenTs and Thrills ThaT make a high school career ThaT parT oT us, which will always be diTTerenT. LeT's see how we've grown. FROSH WiTh The coming oT The Fall oT I944, we all eagerly awaiTed The day on which we were To enTer Boys High School. Finally, The mo- menT arrived. We were now oTTicially B.H.S. freshmen- gullible Treshiesf' IT did noT Take us very long To Tind ouT ThaT The elevaTor pass- es ThaT we had purchased were unnecessary, so we rolled up our sleeves and dug in. AT TirsT The aTmosphere was noT very con- ducive To sTudying, Tor renovaTors were.-put Six Ting The Tinishing Touches To The 550,000 over- haul iob begun prior To The summer vacaTion. WiTh The compleTion oT The alTeraTions Though, we wenT To work in earnesT. Our TirsT semesTer was concluded wiTh a gianT wasTe paper salvage campaign, which neTTed almosT 3,000 pounds oT scrap Tor The war eTTorT. ln an eTTorT To improve inTer-American re- laTions, The Pan-American Club presenTed a perTormance oT Spanish-American and Swing Music. The Melody Men and The Swing Band also parTicipaTed. The MaTh Team was again vicTorious, cap- Turing The lnTerscholasTic MaTh League Cham- pionship Tor The TiTTh consecuTive season. WiTh The awaiTed vicTory in Europe a realiTy, we doubled our War Bond quoTa To 580.000, in an eTforT To bring ulTimaTe vicTory and per- haps a IasTing peace closer and closer. SOPHS ATTer a summer vacaTion which helped To sTrengThen our educaTional TorTiTude, we aT lasT enTered our sophomore year aT Alma MaTer. We weren'T buying elevaTor passes any more and inviTaTions To The swimming pool were reiecTed wiTh sarcasTic replies. The building seemed less formidable and medieval and we Took iT Tor granTed ThaT The blueprinTs Tor B.H.S. musT have been drawn up righT aTTer The Civil War. ThaT year our possession oT The aTomic bomb had been revealed, and The Japanese were ready To capiTulaTe. Aboard The U.S.S. Mis- souri in Tokyo Bay, The empire oT Japan signed Terms oT uncondiTional surrender. RevolT was brewing in Boys High as rumors oT coaches 4auiTTing were heard, Thg'e.Tore,. I nl 1 ' .. . 0 'O no . ,J l