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

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Xvaving aloll ils lraflilional slanclarcl. HSCl'YiI'P. CillEll'iN'lt'I'. ancl Sl'll0lill'!4llilJ.H lllis lvrinis Arisla foniinuvcl clvlvrlnilwflly along Svrvin- Roacl. lu-vping its clc-slinalion-a lnclh-r Clinlon-in niincl al c-very lurn. ililllx lionor soriviyis aclivilivs wvrv. as always. cliararterizc-cl lmy a sin- ci-rv anml rosouru-lul clvsirv lo aicl llw vnlirv srliool lmy Conrenlraling upon ilu- wvaluu-ssvs ol ilu- infliviclual sluclvnl. ,lilw Fr:-slnnan Acivisory Coun- ril. unclvr ilu- slxilllul guiclanrv ol lmw Krulvwifll anti Burlon ivlullvr, ron- iinuvfl lo carry liigli ilu- lmannc-'r ol vllvifieilry ancl willing sc-rviro. ililw ronm- iniiive- ollvrc-cl counsel lo ilu- low:-r lvrnwrs along ilw linvs ol srliolarsliip. si-rvirv, and 4-xlra-rurrirular opporlunilim--s. 'lilw H4-lp Class Connnillcc-, Aristais oiller slude-nl aicl slancllmy. en- ioymi a lypirally suc'c'1-sslul ancl lwm-licial lvrm. Under llw almlo clirodion ol' Rupvrl liurslan. wlio finally c-quallvcl. cle-spite the lriple session. tlw clvgrm- ol vxrellerlce afliie-ved lmy l.azar lfrnanue-l during llle previous :za-nwslvr. lin- flassm-s onrc- again aiclvcl imnwasuralmly in raising liunclrefcls ol sinlqing sluclvnls in ilu- languages, mallie-matics. ancl sriences. N1-vc-r rvasing ils lwlplul lalmrs. llw sorivly PmlJarlwcl early in tlw lc-rin upon a nvw anal lllllffll-Il06'ilPCl activity. Placed unclvr llw sperial sup:-rxision ol Arislais allalmlv Assislanl Dean. lvlr. Henry Berlcman. ille- Scliolarsliip lnvvsligalion Colnniillvc- quiclcly iooli its plan- among lin- groupis niosi wiclvly apprc-'riaivcl lunflions. It was Compost-ml ol rare-lully M Aielsm ,v

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' . LCRAFI' SQl TAD American Ctutm, ' rgtie Law Society, gave tmudding orators and states- men an opp unity to prove their prowess. St jazers. microscope addicts, and microtoe hunters among us had a e tietd trom which to choose, with such scientific ctutms as the stronomy Ctutg. the Ctlemicat Society, tvticroscopicat Society, Nature Study Ctutm, and Physiography and Science Ctutms, functioning beauti- tutty. Aspiring doctors ttoctied to the Medicat Society and the tvtedicat Office Squad, white those who titce to ptay with juicy togarithms and irra- tionat digits found the Math Ctutm and Math Team wetcome havens in which to test their geometric genius. Europe, torn with war and strife, ottered no otmstacte to our tinguists, who, in ttlorougtm safety, tmastced in the sun ot the ttatian and French Rivieras. taehetd the Spanish tover strumming his guitar tor his Spanish sefmrita, and watched toreathtessty the antics ot a South American gaucho, att through the medium ot the toreign tanguage ctutos. Potentiat thespians, having a more provinciat attitude, were content with merety taking trips to the theater under the supervision ot the Ptaygoers Ctutn. tt you were a jittertoug, and in the groove and rug-cutter were synonymous with Benny Goodman or Vvetgtm Mitter, you had the Ctass Nite orchestra and the tmand. tt Beethoven's third symphony in E itat held you spetttnound. there was the orchestra or chorus to titt the bitt. The Cheerleaders were atways witting to otatige with other vocat renditions. Potentiat guests on HHotJtoy Lotatmyn turned out in targe numbers to the Stamp and Aquarium Ctutnsz Houdinis joined the Magic Circte, VVitey Posts, the Aero Ctutu, and Rembrandts, the Graphic Arts Ctutm. tt' tmastcettmatt and ttoottgatt were too rough, the Ping Pong Ctutm coutd atways suppty the needed exercise. And so it went. Whatever the tqent ot a student's mind, whatever his tatents and inctinations, he was sure to find some group in Ctinton ready to devetop his abitities and Fire his intJorn interests. 31

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selected memhers who were supposed to impress upon the student hody the desirability of maintaining high scholarship grades. To offset the tediousness of its other worlc, the elite appointed Paul Gelman and Harold Gershen to head the Entertainment Committee. The semi-annual prom with its Vvalton counterpart was held in May. And as a final touch, there was the traditional June laoatride to indian Point. The three men who were most responsible for the expansive nature of the society's worlc were Joseph Chall. Leader: Howard Feintuch, Vice- Leaderg and George Sternherg, Secretary. Dean Doc Irwin S. Guern- sey continued to sh ape the destiny of the group and, in so doing, of the entire school. BEHI D THE HEADLINES QTIUN pictures have immortalized the newspaper reporter who sits with his feet on his desk, shouting at the Managing Editor, and who smashes raclcets and traps spy rings on alternate days. Although the dishelieving puhlic may consider this species ot journalist safely tuclced away in celluloid. the Clinton News is a fertile ground for the develop- ment of the type. About two weelcs are allotted for preparations lor each News issue. The first three days are quite normal. Then, the Managing Board is trans- lormed into a hundle ol: activity ahd worry. No one dares approach the News Editor, Boh Stein. who goes about mumbling to himself, hewailing the ahsence of news. The Features Editor, Joe Heisler, loads his guns and starts a search for his columnists: Literary, Lazar Emanuel: Gossip, Larry Sloan: Faculty, Charles Levine: and Alumnotes, Dan Silverman. Some- how, the Editor-in-Chief, Nlarli Vvohlwerth, retains enough halance to lu-rep the journalistic machine functioning. The first weelc departs, hut not without leaving its marlc. Monday points a tormenting Finger at the Headlines Editor, Gene Kerr, who is swamped with nouns, verhs, and unit counts. Tuesday and Vvesdnesday follow: the less said ahout these the better. Wednesday finds the Manag- ing Editor, Dave Rosenhlum, and the Board, at the Printers Hours ol hard lahor climax two weelcs of worlc on the issue. Friday, the paper ap- pears, neat and well done, .hearing little evidence of the mixture of in- sanity, struggle, and worry that have produced it. 33