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

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n , I fa BL P i P i v E P nevertheless, a triple session seemed like a major catastrophe to us coming haclc in September. The hoys aloove the fifth term, among whom we were inconspicuously included, went to school from 8:00 to 12:45, a hit different from the 8:50-to-2:40 arrangement which we had had helore. The Honor School was temporarily in session from 9 to 2:30, hut in January all hours were made the same. We never really sacrificed so much for school, as when we had to crawl out of hed on those hitter winter mornings an hour earlier than 1-ver hetore. The change in the G.O. card came as no surprise though, he- the size of the G.O. deficit. The new G.O. card was priced at forty cents, and it wasn't really a card. hut a twelve page looolclet. Every- hody wore a hig red hutton fron ' nt on also, signifying that he too was holding his finger in the dnt Holly: Nice going, there, Mr. Shag. l guess welll have time for Hl'JOI1t OHS ITIOFC, .IOl'lflIly. Have yOU OHS ready? Parlc: I certainly have, Holly. l should lilce to present the honorable l. O. Yugh, one of the classss outstanding politicians. Holly: Delighted, Mr. Yugh. You have already had plenty of ex- perience in puhlic spealcing, I lcnow, so you will need no prompting. Yugh: My trans! l disagree heartily and wholly with you. How can you stand there and place any other year hetore your Senior year? It is disgraceful, and what is more, it is treason against the Senior Council. Vve shall certainly rememher our Senior year not only with re- gard to our own activities, hut to those of the rest out the world as well. For didn't we hegin school in Septemher ot l939, less than a fortnight after WAR had heen declared in Europe? And didnyt We witness, while the year marched oft and a new one came in, how Germany attaclced Norway and the low countries? lndeed. this .. get se ORCHESTRA

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MATHEMATICS OFFICE SQUAD Did you succeed? I decided,-oi my own accord, ot course-to continue im French. Vvittmout a doulmt, a very judicious decision. rlwlmanli you, way. tor tlmat interesting personal discussion. Joimnny, will you mg tIme ne-Egad, Joimn. is ttmat a rainbow or a sunimeanm IIoating ny direction? Or are you leading tIme spectrum IJy tlme imand? From it my dazzled orims can see of imim, Ime is outfitted in orange slmoes, en rolled-up trousers displaying a plaid soclc wimicim wouid incite cotsnman to revolution. a purple simirt, and a sport coat wimiclm de- any description wimatsoever. Vvimo is tlmis marvel. .lolmnnyif I.et me introduce time imeppiest imep cat and alligator Clin- lmas to oiier. It's IVIr. fl .loimnny Slmag, time imottest lad tImis side VIiller. ly Im '1 YI Yealm, man. Iinm in time groove tonigimt. Call me a taxi- f . ' L ta., '. You certainly are. Yound pass lor a Cimeclier Calm anytime. mpose tlmat you play witlm our question, wimile youire still warm. It' you're slmootini time query to me, dearie, I'm ready. willing l aimle. I just want to aslc you one timing. tlmougim. Vvimat were time he outstanding events ot 1038 to I939, in your estimation? Xfvlmy, I simould say lVIunicim and time subsequent inva- I 1 oi Czecimoslovaiiia, time great Hoods in America, and time opening ot tlme New Yorlc VVorId's Fair. Simag: VVeIl. tImey may be timree oi time Imiggest to you. Imut tImey're not to nme. 6:30 in time morning .... Even timouglm we get out at Iflzjitl. we were deader than a smolced Imerring .... perimaps you wonder wimat I am talliing about, or maybe you can guess. fjut ot a cIear sity, we lmad a triple session timrown at us. Ot course. we Imew timat time scimool was getting crowded, time annexes closing down. imut.

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section ol our scllool lile will remain in our memories as one of screaming lieadlines, tense radio reports, and ol a lear and lwope witliin ourselves as to the way our UVVN government would turn. Almost everytliing that happened witliin time Senior year was controlled actively liy our own class. Seniors were featured in tlle UID. elections: Seniors ran tlie Arista: Seniors edited tlie lvlagpie, tlie Clinton News. and. ol course. tlle Clintonian: Seniors llormed our atlilt tic teams and tlle Service League: Seniors managed tlie ol- lice squads. Tliis was tlie year in wliicli we finally attained tile liey Q' F s ' tlie organizations lor WlliCll we llad worlied some tliree years previously. This year we reaped our individual rewar s. Aside lrom all time extra-curricular worlc, we sliall always re- memlier. and lie inlluence A A luundreds ol little cards. lmlanles, and numerals witli wliicli . .rave come into contact. Tlle year lins BAND lmeen a procession ol cliaracter cards, report cards, permanent record cards, Senior averages, lcnoclq ards. college bulletins and require- ments. Arista lxlanlcs. Class Nne ticlcets, Regents cards, scllolarsliip applications. working papers, luncliroom scrip, service record. and S Holly: l don,t tliinlc anybody can, at least. not tl1e Clinton enior. l liope all ol' you lioys liave as clear a memory of your sclioo as time goes on as you liave toniglit. l don't tlwinli you,ll find anylrody to disagree tliat you liave llad a wonderful experience. Oliziy, lvlilton, talie it away. Comm: live talcen it, Holly. And since we liaven't mucli time lelt. just say Good Niglit to you and tell you to listen in next weeli, same time. same station. to radio,s most amazing slwow. 20