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

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YlIU'RIE IN THE A blood-curdling, rip-snorTing, rib-Tickling drama oT Today-in Two delicious scenes .... IScene I: Local DraTT HeadquarTers 7,234. Several prominenT-and a Tew puny-members oT The DeWiTT CIinTon TacuITy are nervously awaiT- ing Their physical exams. Each characTer bears upon his Tace The look oT a marTyr-They are abouT To make The supreme sacrifice Tor Their counTry.I IInTo The room swaggers Mr. J. Roland Gallo, handsomesT.I Mr. Gallo: I say There, I wonder iT Those miIiTary haTs will show oTF my TeaTures To besT advanTage7 Mr. Israel Schuldenfrei, besT dressed: Come now, iT's noT The cIoThes ThaT make The man: iT's how he wears Them. Mr. William LichTensTein, mosT indusTrious: They're worried abo'uT cIoThes. WhaT I wanT To know is wheTher iT's True-abouT peeling poTaToes. Mr. ETFingham Murray, hardesT worker: My gosh! MosT oT you haven'T worked in years. Mr. Emanuel Weiss, TewesT TesTs: I wonder how oTTen They inspecT uniforms .... In CIinTon, one TesT a Term showed me The slackers. Miss Claire Brenner, mosT TesTs: One TesT7 WhaT any large body needs is obedience . . . aT IeasT Two inspecTions per day. IEnTer Mr. Max Nadel, mosT cooperaTive.I Mr. Nadelz Don'T worry, folks . . . everyThing will work ouT O.K., aTTer all, iT's Tor a greaT cause. Mr. Archie Isaacs, wiTTiesT: Did you say course7 Mr. Nadelz No . . . cause. Mr. Isaacs: Oh! I ThoughT you said course . . . incidenTaIIy, whaT does The army give us To eaT7 Dean Aaron Cohen, mosT popular: Someone in The army Told me ThaT a Typical dinner consisTs oT veal, mushroom dumplings, Tried egg- pIanT, Indian pudding, melba ToasT .... I I

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ARMY NUW. . . MAYBE Mr. Isaacs: Wow! ThaT's beTTer Than The Teachers' Iunchroom . . . and Tree Too. ITo a passerbyi You know I should be deferred. I have I83 boys in CIinTon depending upon me . . . Tor homework and 600 Tor admifs. IEnTer Mr. Sidney Neuman, mosT versaTiIe.I Mr. Neuman: I don'T know wheTher To ioin The air, inTanTry or Tank corps. Dean Edmund FooTe, besT naTured: Join The inTanTry. ATTer all These years oT pleasanr conTempIaTion siTTing in a chair, we could use The exer- cise and- IDraTT board oTTiciaI enTers and inTerrupTs.I Official: I have good news Tor Mrs. Muriel Lass, preTTiesT, and Miss Lillian Wilson, besT dressed. AT TirsT, we ThoughT The army had no place Tor women. However, aTTer some vigorous proTesTing, sevenTy-Three Iefrers To WashingTon, and a naTionaI referendum, we decided Thar Mrs. Lass wiII become The sweeThearT oT Company C and ThaT Miss Wilson will pose Tor enIisTmenT posTers beside Uncle Sam .... Miss Clair Brenner, mosT TesTs: And whaT abouT me7 OTFiciaI: Oh, yes! In view of your experience aT ForT CIinTon, we'II puT you in charge oT daily inspecTion aT Camp Dix. IOrderIy enTers and hands message To OTFiciaI.I WhaT's This7 IHe reads.I IT has been decided ThaT Doc Irwin Guernsey, mosT beioved, wiII be deferred because his inducTion mighT break The hearTs oT seven Thousand CIinToniTes .... IAs The curTain Tails, The TacuITy is Iining up in TronT of The DocTor's office Tor physical examinaTions.I IScene 2: LaTer The same day in TronT of DeWiTT CIinTon High School. FourTeen members oT CIinTon's TacuITy are reTurning home amid rousing cheers.I STudenT: Why are They back7 Has a year passed so soon7 EnTire TacuITy: No! We aII Tiunked The physical exam . . . FLAT FEET.