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

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LUNCH , Room 4 or souAD l940 . . . Fall: One more year To go, cried Hamlef, and he didn'T know wheTher To feel happy or noT. Alaouf This Time, Hamlef casT his voTe in The ClinTon News PresidenTial Poll which accurafely forecasf RoosevelT's re-elecfion for a Third Term .... Capfain Sfeve Skapenic drove The Sfeamroller Through a season wiTh only Two defeafs . . . l'lamleT was hurT To The quick when Principal Clark announced Thaf in The fufure The rradirional Senior HaT would be abolished. Again, The dynamic power of Hamler HorowiTz was broughf inTo play . . . peTiTions, posfers, rallies, corridor conferences .... Wifh his characTerisTic generosify, Mr. Clark offered a concession: Seniors could have The chapeau if They agreed noT To wear iT in school or To decoraTe iT ridiculously .... The Sevenfh Form breafhed a collecTive sigh of relief .... I94I . . . Senior Termlz l-lamleT was Too busy To even congrafulafe himself. Sure, he was a Senior: did iT in four years, Too: buf The fighr wasn'T over yeT! Twelve CenTuries, The Law of Diminishing Refurns, The Subiuncfive Mood, and Regenfs sfill sfood in his way. And There were so many Things-so many pleasanf Things-To keep him Trom his sTudies: The ConnecTicuT Yankee was presenfed in The school audiforium during The second annual Clinfon Nife. Direcfed by Mrs. Wincor, and sfarring Arfhur Dunn and Julie lsrael, The producfion senT capacify audi- 22

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girls in ClinTon. This cannoT be, said HamleT, so The nexT day all over The school There appeared posTers wiTh The sTarTling demand: Make ClinTon Co-ed! . . . The cry didn'T lasT very long, buT iT showed ThaT T'lorowiTz was a pioneer, desTined 'For big Things. ThaT Term marked Principal Clark's TenTh anniversary in ClinTon .... Led by CapTain Vinnie PesaTure, The Red and Black eleven won The myThical Bronx TooTball crown .... I94O . . . Spring: I'II Never Smile Again was Number One on The HiT Parade, buT, as Tar as HamleT was concerned, Things were running smooThly. True, France and The Low CounTries were Talling, buT weren'T The Brooklyn Dodgers running second in The PennanT Raceff Wasn'T The baskeTball Team Taking anoTher Bronx P.S.A.L. championship7 . . . ThaT same Term: HamleT was presenT aT The TirsT annual ClinTon NiTe. There was dancing in The gyms, comedy in The audiTorium, more cash in The FaculTy Memorial Fund, and ioy in every hearT . . . ClinToniTes were aTTend- ing Peace Assemblies .... The convenTion sysTem Tor selecTing school oTficers was abandoned in Tavor oT direcT elecTions .... Mosholu's Track- sTers wore The Bronx crown and Took second place in The CiTy Champion- ship MeeT .... r MEDICAL soux-xo B ' 2I

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ences rolling in The aisles .... ClinTon's hoopsTers won The Bronx crown and advanced To The semi-Tinals in Madison Square Garden before being deTeaTed by Franklin High .... ATTer Taking The Dickinson MeeT Trophy, The TracksTers beaT all comers Tor The P.S.A.L. Track and Tield champion- ship .... The April Fooling issue oT The ClinTon News made iTs hilarious appearance on April I .... During The same Term: ClinTon grieved over The 'unTimely deaTh oT PaTrick Gallagher, beloved Dean oT The P.M. Session .... The Physical Training DeparTmenT inauguraTed a gianT lnTramural Program in order To unearTh aThleTic TalenT .... Mr. J. Roland Gallo, honorary presidenT oT The G.O., was called inTo The army by cluTy and The SelecTive Service ACT . . . Mr. Feibusch Took his place as direcTor oT The General Organi- zaTion .... Now, HamleT HorowiTz is marching down The audiTorium aisle Toward his diploma. A million and one ThoughTs Tlash Through his mincl . . . Did PROGRAM SQUAD T 23