DeWitt Clinton High School - Clintonian Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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PICTIVITIES

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TISIE TCDWN CRIER Graduates of this realistic day set out in life to the ringing sound of the tocsin materialism We are ever where told that this is a world 'n Wm. Quang iSDftQ6S5fed i.oiw.i of tiowm., mm in .mire owe vw sentimentality and emotion have no place. And the inevitable rest? .ras been to convert our youth into autom- atons who care for nothing but money and the misleading power which it brings. We do not altogether condemn this tendency. Possession ol the ma- terial is beneficial and desirable. But it is desirable not-as too many of us have made it-as an ultimate objective, a happy and crowning end. Rather, it serves its purpose as a begetter of more elusive pleasures, of more lofty achievements. We forget too quiclcly,-or perhaps we never fully realize,-'that there are things in life more important and more gratifying than the material articles of which money and world power are representative. ln our mad rush lor tangible wealth, we put aside too soon the more subtle values, the more satisfying riches. We overlook the fragrance of the rose, the beauty of the 5 Llmer sunset. We see not thc artist drawing life from his palette: nor the quiclmess and precision w. which an architectural masterpiece talces form. Unfortunately, we shall soon learn that the happy man is not always the one who has the most meat on his table, the most bread in his pantry, the most wine in his cellar. Indeed, the world has lcnown men who-though possessing all the riches and power for which human beings have struggled for centuries ,-have never hit upon the real essence of lite, the true spirit of joyous living. And the world has lcnown men who-despite their poverty and want-have reached a happy and fruitful level from which hardship and sulilering could never hope to shalce them. It is after the second of these that we, all manlcind, had best model ourselves. We do not mean to imply that we ought blindly to discard our ma- terial ambitions and to search for a sort of idyllic paradise where want and suffering are non-existent. Nothing is further from our thoughts. what we are trying to implant is a cultural understanding of the world about us, a rediscovery ol the beauty ol nature and of man-made art, a submerging, in short, ol our material aspirations and a reawalcening of our finer and more aesthetic feelings. Lazar Emanuel spin a I f I fem! s

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HOARIJ OF UC JVHRNURS ANNCJ evening. Tociay, time Ctintonian is t1appy to ot' Hijemocracy in Actionf' ii-tiis eve' ingis wiii ine our it Your mocterator wiii tae ixfir. .t. Roiianct Honorary President ot' tile CID. iVir. Gaiio .... NIR. fiAi,i.fD: Viiiliillii you. During tiiis eveningis program, written especiaiiy tor Seniors, we stlaii try to give you a summary ot ttlis lermts General fjrganization activities. Qui' tirsl speaker, Mr. .tuiian Lui-t, G11 Vice-President, wiii turing tortil some oi ttlis termis out- standing teatures. Wir. i.utit .... Ltttfiiz Vve can truiy say ttiat ttii' erm inas been one ot' time most active in Ciinton CID. iiistory. To start it oiit witti a tmang, tile new CID. imooiciets were ftistritmuteci to eactl section on tile first ctay oi tt1e term. And among its many otiler new advantages. time tmooiciet otitierert eactm Gfi. memimer ttwe opportunity to witness time motion pic- ture. Uiliay Batt Americaf' wt1ici1 was stlown in the auctitorium on ifetmruary t7til. 'title Cfl. aiso sponsorect a speciai Peace Day as- semtmiy on Aprii Qtaltw, in wiiictw stuctents participated as speakers, in a iarge measure, ti1e success ot ttiis termts CID. is ctue to time untiring anci unceasing ettorts ot your Gfl president. Wir. Uaviri Fanstmei. Niany ttianiis, Uavei iViR. GALLC5: Ttianic you. Mr. Lutit. riii1e next speaiier wiit ire Wir. ifrnest Ciwanes, Secretary ot' time CID., wtio wiii teit us somettiing atmout tiie Executive Councii. Mr. Ctl8!lPS .... CHANES: Vveit. time Executive Councii iias reaiiy ctone some great wort: ttlis term. Composeci ot time tt1ree CID. otticers. tire iorm rep! resentatives. tt1e two stucient memtmers oi' time Board ot Governors. anct tt1e Honorary President ot time tile Councii is truiy repre-