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

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STUDENT COURT SPRING I946 Seniors, af lasll . . .The very word enchanfed us .... We rushed and loughl for low numbered lickels .... Evenlrually we gol our senior hals . . . and some of us even lhe righl size .... When we go'r our pholo proofs back, we hoped and prayed Jrhalr whal lhey said aboul 'rhe camera never lying was noi 'rrue .... We searched and searched for a shrewd knock .... Seymour Kaufman was elecled class presidenl, Marvin Urban, vice presidenl, and Ed Greenberg, secrelary .... Our baskefball ream looked good as Lloyd Thornhill and Wall Robinson ioined lhe squad .... Julie Briller was elecled 6.0. presidenl .... The U.N.O. exciled everyone by Taking over l-lunler College for several weeks .... Class Nile was sen- safional and had us Jralking for weeks .... Clinlon Nighl was a laugh-rio+. . . . Our Senior Prom was held al lhe Pennsylvania Roof gardens and was a greal success .... We crammed lo gel Through The Regenls .... We made ill . . The big day came: diplomas, awards, songs, speeches. and larewells .... Tha? old Clinlon Spiril' overcame us. Our lhroalrs lighlened and our eyes moislened buf we smiled on our way ou'r. We walked down 'rhe aisle To 'rhe Jrune of De Vlfill C .... Four years a+ Clinlon are bul memories now .... SEYMOU R KAUFMAN 25

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SPRING I945 Having a slighf idea oT The predicamenT, we sympaThized wifh Tv1acbeTh. who suTTered greaTly because oT his hard and unsexed wiTe. . .. The SpiriT oT ClinTon surged To greaT heighTs as The red and black Tive was deTeaTed only by Monroe in The lasT game oT The regular season .... Then on To The Garden .... and The CiTy Championship .... WiTh a Time oT 00:50:04 Long John Taylor seT a record Tor The 440 yard run. . . . ClinTon NighT was a bargain as we saT Through Two shows Tor The price oT one. Ozymandias by The TaculTy and The sTudenT's producTion oT IT Will Be All RighT On The NighT were sensaTional .... AmidsT all This good There appeared a Touch oT sorrow. PresidenT RoosevelT had passed away To eTernal resT. ClinToniTes paid homage To This man. who so greaTly sacrificed himselT Tor his counTry .... A new soTTball varsiTy in a new league Took The Bronx championship .... Our handball Team wenT on To vicTory .... Summer again. Thank goodness! FALL I945 Lower Seniors-iT won'T be long now! . . . The war was over, and we came back To a peaceTime ClinTon. In spiTe oT The TacT ThaT everyone was speaking oT ieT-propelled aTom bombs, There was hope Tor lasTing peace .... Mr. Edmund Burke's speech was almosT The cause oT a revolu- Tion againsT The English deparTmenT .... Lacking KauTman, Klein and LamperT, The baskeTball Team began The season Tresh .... ClinTon Tielded a TooTball Team under coach Hank Jacobsohn. We were The TirsT To do so oT all oT The Bronx schools, which had disconTinued The sporT .... We plugged and crammed our way Through RegenTs week. SERVICE LEAGUE

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