Bronxville High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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with which to carry out more projects. Each month money was sent to a fund for the aid of our prisoners of war in Germany and Japan. Handicrafts play- ed a big part in the council's program for the year, too. In the feminine cir- cles housewives , knitted scarves, wristlets, and afghans were turned out regularly. In shop the boys made book wagons, lap boards, and rejuvenated old lamps for use. In the early spring it was decided that BHS was sadly in need of a Hservice roll , and Linder the supervision of Miss Clever a group of students set about the difficult task of making a list of all BHS students now in the services. Since the village of Bronxville has no official list of its members in the armed forces this proved to be a really difficult job, and those who struggled with it for long hours have our complete admiration and thanks. One of the most interesting forums of the year featured Dr. Joseph Roucek, who is an American citizen born in Czechoslovakia, he explained that geo- graphy was more important than ideals. He advocated the realistic policy of Wal- ter Lippman of America-first, fore- most, and always! We seemed to see the results of our facing of the facts as the graduates of former years wandered through the halls looking for those whom they knew when they were the big fellas and we the innocent Juniors, Sophs, or younger. Yes, they say, they like the service, but they wish they were back in BHS where they had a little fun and did a little loafing between the week ends. It was swell to see them all again, but it was odd to think that in a few short months the boys of '44 would be helping them out there, for every once in a while we realized that spring was almost upon us, and our days in BHS would be over all too soon. In spite of dire prophecies from the teachers that the fifth goal period is liable to be the Seniors' W'aterloo, we nevertheless turned out full force the first Monday of the new goal period for the last forum of the year. The armed services took over the stage for the eve- V V V PICTURES . Ladies' man, too . Laugh, you bums . This CAN l' be the teacher! . Riding for u fall . Poor little blades of grass Church on Sundays ning, with Sergeant Obie Newcomb, for- merly photographer for the Bronxville Reporter, our own Pete Fitzpatrick tidol of this yearis Senior girls and president of last yearls Senior classj and repre- sentatives from the Waves, Wacs, Spars, and the women's branch of the Marines. After very interesting talks by each of the latter four, Pete told us about his experiences with the Paratroopers of the Army. Sgt. Newcomb then spoke for the rest of the evening of the Battle for Tarawa and supplemented his talk with a series of slides taken during the siege. lVe left the auditorium that eve- ning with an uncomfortable realization of some of the grimness of war. This last forum made a stronger impression than any other we attended. For weeks the Juniors had been dis- rupting assemblies with their tough guy advertisements for their play, Stop Thief , and finally on the 24th and 25th of March we were allowed to view the results of those weeks of chaos. The play was splendid, and we all en- joyed it though perhaps our enjoyment was a bit dampened by the fact the Jun- iors had succeeded in breaking even our monetary records. Realizing that all this money was for a Banquet, we for- gave 'em. The next Tuesday many of our class- mates seemed unusually harried, and the cause of their anxieties became known that night when the Annual Pub- lic Speaking Debate was held. After an introductory speech by Mr. Taubeneck in which he presented the subject of the debate as What Should Be the Role of the United States in World Affairs , Sylvia Henderson stated the solution as the girl debaters saw it--that the U. S. should strive for a world federation as a minimum in the post-war world. Ted f X ff - 6 B tj lo . Ll X ' I .X ' I E-'Li 4 .1 7-PTF 'L Y'-'fl fl Us 1: xi ! Page tweiity-fzi e