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

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building .... We acquired speed in dressing and undressing Tor gym. IWe did go To gym Then, remember?l . . . The goo which was pasTed on The windows To prevenT The shaTTering oT The glass in case oT air raids sTarTIed us .... We spenT our TirsT RegenTs week laughing aT The poor guys who had To Take The TesTs. II-low innocenT we were.l SPRING I943 We greaTIy enjoyed using our own experiences To swindle The poor Treshies .... WiTh The money we made we spIiT our side laughing aT The crazy anTics oT CIinTon NighT's rendiTion oT CharIey's AunT . . . . IvIarTy Goldicarb, capTain oT our winning naTaTors, became our 6.0. prexy .... We suTTered greaTIy, wiTh The resT, when The announcemenT came ThaT TooTbaII was ouT Tor The duraTion .... The 6.0. VicTory Dance was a Tremendous success .... AT a huge assembly Principal Clark Thrilled and inspired us wiTh his UncondiTionaI Surrender speech .... The Track Team Took The honors aT The CiTy Championship MeeT .... War conscious CIinTon puT over a huge Ambulance Fund drive .... CIinToniTes mourned The deaTh oT Jim PyaTT, baskeTball sTar .... IT was a big Term Tor sporTs MATI-I OFFICE SQUAD soufxo eioLoeY

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SENIOR COUNCIL SENIOR FINANCE Finally. we've reached The Time we ThoughT we'd welcome. BUT as anxious as we are To grab a piece oT The wide world Tor ourselves, we Tind we don'T wanT To leave behind The Things and people we've grown Tond oT . . .and we won'T, really. We'll carry The memory of Tour years aT ClinTon wiTh us Torever. FALL l942 ATTer a resTTul summer, we enTered high school prepared Tor The worsT-and goT iT. We learned To be Typical ClinToniTes The hard way. Rare gym spoTs and all varieTies oT elevaTor, Tower, and lunchroom passes Tell inTo our hands-Tor a price. IT also became clear ThaT The cuTTing pass Tor Mr. STrassbourg's Civics class was valueless, ThaT Mr. Clarlc was noT The school mascoT, and ThaT WalTon annex was noT beneaTh The gym CHORUS ,- Arab.

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LUNCHROOM SQUAD Cl-lEMlSTRY SQUAD as lhe wallmen look lhe Bronx-Manhaffan lille, fhe mermen wenl wilhoul defeat and lhe chessmen surged Through +o fhe Cily Championship. lWha+ alhlelesll FALL i943 Wilh deep sorrow we relurned lo school only +o be revilalized by The news Thai lhe lime we were lo spend al Clinfon each day was To be shorler. lWe really loved The place +hen.l S+uden+ opinion had lalcen ils effect We had aslced lhe Board of Educalion 'ro abolish school and They cul forly minufes from each day. l'l'ha+'s progressll . . . As veieran Clinfoniles, we advised many of our classmales, who had ius'r arrived from Junior l-ligh School. lvlosl of lhem haven'+ spoken +o us since .... Larry Fuchs was overwhelmingly elecfed 6.0. presidenf .... War drives wenl on al Jrhe same slrong pace .... Our baslcelball and lraclc leams sharpened PHYSICS souf-xo A