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

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THE M RCH OF TIME Piacez Any interesting point in tI1e vicinity oi New YorIc City. Commentator: Good evening, Ladies and GentIemen, and weicome Ho to anotI1er presentation ot radiois most popuIar teature. EHCII weeIc at tI1is time, tI1e wandering miIce ot Station VVGQF taIces you to some new and important scene ot American Iife and interviews peopIe on tile spot on some pertinent question. Later in tI1e program, I stiaII reIate Iiow you, tile radio audience, may win a big Castm Prize atm-so- Iute-Iy Iree. But, now, it is my pieasure to turn tI1e air over to ttle two gentIemen wI1o wiII conduct tI1e eveningis activities in ttleir own inimitatJIe tasI1ion. Take it away, .IoI1n Parkson and HoIIy Butter- tingersI y: Okay, IVIiIton, weive got it. Greetings and saIutations, La- dies and GentIemen, and weicome again to anotI1er I1aIt-Ilour ot your favorite, and my Iavorite, program. I wonder it any ot you Jotm Kierans Ilave guessed. from time Inxm ot conversation and tI1e en- 22 SERVICE LEAGUE ttlusiastic cI1eering and singing tI1at rise above my voice, wtlere tate Iias Ianded us tI1is evening. II you Iiavenst, we,II reIieve tI1e suspense. Our traveIIing apparatus is situated in ttle magnificent, gaiiy dec- orated Iotntmy ot New YorIc's Astor I'IoteI, wI1ere tI1e Senior prom ot De Witt CIinton I'IigI1 ScI1ooI is being I1eIcI. About ttxe Iustliy car- peted I1aIIs are stroIIing many young men, respIendentIy outfitted in tuxedo jackets and starctmed st1irts, and escorting tI1eir Ioeautitui, Ine- gowned udatesf'

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sentative ol Devvitt Clinton. This term, in particular, lxas been an unusual one. First of all, tlie Council llas abolished tlle old Uconven- tionn form ol electing representatives from time various forms. lnstead, everyone in every form now votes for liis officer. Steps liave been talten to lmit tlie clubs and squads even more closely togetlier. And, finally. tlie Council lias olcayed numerous appropriations and club cliarters lor lurtlier action by tlle Board of Governors. NIR. GAl-l,.O: And our last spealcer will lme tlie student Secretary of tlie Board ol Governors, Mr. Cllarles Levine. Mr. Levine. . . . LEVINE: Uni-ortunately, l must report here a note ol sadness,-one NR tliat lias deeply affected tldis termss Board ol- Go fernors. refer. ol course. to tlie unexpected illness ol our C irma lVlr. A. ortimer Clarlc. However, we are liappy to state at 5 r. C rlfc was llully recuperated and is once more at tlie llel l lvl bsen e urin t l t p r on l tl - erm, lVlr. 50 : , . ,t g I n c N X, 'a ' ii a ,. 1 a lier, fl me-mlJe s of e oa v l Governors a D I o is ' , r. . 0- land Gallo, and time two student members ert el d y ell. Besides passing appropriations lor va ous ' o ac ies, time ljoard lias seen lit to grant cliarters to several ew lu and lias discussed various measures and ideas lor tlie lnet rment of e scliool. GALLU: Tlianlc you. Tliat concludes today's Democracy in Action lmroadcast. Nlay l extend til, tlianlis ol the entire student lmody. and my own, to all tliose wlwo liave lielped to malce tliis term's General Organization what it has loeen. KNNOUNCER: Tlianlc you, Mr. Gallo. Todays topic llas been 'Your Our next prsgfram, to be broadcast in tlwe very near luture, will lie Time Clinton Senior and Graduationf' Don't forget to tune in. GO. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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LCONOIVIICS ii OI VICE SQUAD But. now, I hear an orchestra strilcing up somewhere inside, and I Icnow that the hour ot dinner is last approaching. So Iet us proceed with our program and the question ot the evening, which promises many interesting results. Since this dance is one ot the Iast great functions which the Seniors will attend prior to graduation. they must have decided just what they have got out of school, and which part ot their school Iite wiII remain most strongly in their memories. There- fore we asIc: Hvvhich ot your tour years has made the greatest im- pression upon you, and why? Vve have a fairly Iarge crowd ol spec- tators, so suppose'n we shove ott. VVho's the First victim, Johnny? Park: Coming right up. IVIay I present IVIr. Cvleep, graduate come- June of Clinton, and captain of the scI1ooI's bridge team. I'IoIIy: DeIigI1tedI Step right up here, urder this artificial palm. and give us your story. A IittIe cIoser to the microphone, now. Thats right. Go ahead, now. Geep: VVeII, Mr. Butterlingers, you may consider me very sen- timental to taIie the first year as the Ioest. hut I have my reasons. You see, Ioetore l entered Clinton that day in September I936, I was onIy a hoth in hody and in spirit. I had never heen on my own, never felt myself responsihle tor my own actions, Inecause I was young and responsibilities had never heen thrust on me. My parents and my teachers in Puhlic School had nurtured that teeling, and everything that I did there was carefully supervised. But, now, I was Iyeing thrown all on my own into a world of nine thousand Iaoys. I didnyt waIIc the lew hloclis to school any more: I rode on a crowded subway. I didn't follow my cIass through the halls Iilce a IittIe sheep to the clapping hands ot a teacher: I trod my own path through the maze ot alien halls unguided. That year I can definitely marI: as the turning 23