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

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lElTDIlTTUlRllfXlL llT IS lNTQ A WQRLD aT peace ThaT we oT The Class oT June IQ46 are beincg qraduaTed, buT we musT never TordeT ThaT noT very long ado Thls very same world was Tlghhng a bloody, desTrucTlve war. The cosT oT Thus wa cannoT be measured un Terms oT dollars spenT and orope Ty desTroyed and no one wrll be able To even approxumaTe T IU Term oT persons lclled oocnes mangled and lnves wreclced BuT The one Th ng gained Trom Thus horruble caTasTrophe lS deTlnlTely Known The human race lS noT capable oT exusT4nq Through a slmular horror h The TursT lesson The world musT learn and we who are abouT To enTer ThaT world musT learn TT Too AlThouqh :T u sTarTnnq wuTh a handicap The world rs aT The Threshold oT a new era ThaT era us capable oTbrl'1c3mnC1 elTher de Truchon or peace and plenTy To every person on earTh R cnard less oT whacn oT These comes we are The ones who wlll be resporsuble because our own TuTures and The TuTure oT The world are 1nTerdependenT There can be no success Tor us TH a world rudden wnTh Turmoul and unresT For whaT rs The use oT docTors lwwyers and clerlcs ln a world ThaT n aTra d YO lve Tor Tear ThaT The nexT day mlghT brlng wrTh :T World War BuT yu T as surely as whaT we wall be TwenTy years hence depends on The condrTlon oT The world so does ThaT conduTson depend on whaT we oo Tooay We ar The on s who wlll ap T TuTure We are Th one o w ll oec de whaT lc nd o world The n XT generahon lve AT Cl1nTon Tor Tour years we have een preparrnq To Ta p Tces n Th world NNe have learned To dushngulsh ruqhT Trom wrono wn new rea re oy o mir lnnpo Tar OE'CllO'1 r rsclve uw ccun cm e ccn TJ hunnan T n UTT r EVNOUP KF F AA . F , F. j f I ' . : ' , l I' ' 1 . ,D T ,T , T . E . , . Q . . . I 1 , . 1. us us ' I . , . . b I I l . . I C T .S Y y , E . . . . y Ill? . S . ' . e T e Al sh e he . . e s wh T. ' T T e ' . wlll l' Tn. . . , . T T ' bc s 1 fe our C d vs re ah- T Tele' ri ' ':'s',r To ou'l sfrdTc' our , Bm' abcfe a ofnef Thlngs e' remember Thr l?eqn'de1s 1 whaT The :3'r:b Q. fs The .f -'Y asT foluT7on TO oe fcereo Ts war, lxlflr: ,T QT lvelllqenco can Qurcly :Fd jfifrp QTher way cT sfgfT'l4 our .TT were-n Q 1 l ll H rl if l X X L, Nl 1 7,

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BAND The De Wulf Clmlon Band and Orcheslra dnd mol have as much chance 'ro exercuse :ls lalenls lhns pasl lerm as has been usual Under Jrhe able dlrechon ol Mr Joseph Rosenlhal and Mr Franlclm Grapel Clin lomles have no need lo worry abodr lh qualify of lheur Two musical bodies Leif us hope lhal lhe followmg classes shall have The pleasur of hearing lhe Band and Orcheslra as much as we would have lulced lo hear I+ ORCHESTRA 28 -JF Q I g 'iv' N . I e 1' a u . I , ue

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I AY UT A CIILIIIXITOIXI SIIQIXIIIUR I-IE ALARM RANGI I lumped up guIckIy and baffed a sleepy eye I Inhaled a long deep oreafh reached ouf shuf off fhe alarm and In less fIme fhan If fakes fo fell I was rIghf back In bed aga n ThIs masferful acfIon was followed by a scoldmg voIce whrch yelled Gef up or youll be Iafe for school' Buf If s only seven I profesfed knowIng If would do no good Take anofher look' fhe voIce yelled back I looked and froze There on fhe face of fhe clock was a fale of woe If read seven fhrrfy I-low fIme flIesl YIpel I yelled as I reached for my shIrf and panfs I II bel fel WIfh my haIr uncombed and sh rf faIls fIvIng I dashed Info fhe kIfchen and grabbed a fypIcal schoolday breakfasf a glass of mIlk and a o Come back here and eaf somefhmg subsfanhal my mofher warned In sweef fones of madness My wIId profesfs dId no good so I saf down before a bowl of cereal Wheafres of course Please M Sponsor we could use an ad Downrng fhe food In almosf one gulp I grabbed my books made hurrIed goodbyes and In neaf Dagwood Bumsfead sfyle coIlIded wIfh my frIend as he was abouf fo call for me More delay and more argu menf followed VVe pIcked up fhe Iemarns of our books and fool off for school VI!e had decIded nof fo hoof If so we fook a bus Insfead Whaf madness' The usual crowd and cracks prevaIIed All fhe way fo fhe rear please barked fhe Irafe bus drrver I-le dIdn I reaIIze fhaf fhe sIdes were bulgIng and fhe mIddIe was saggIng We all envIed fhe lavIsh room of a sardIne In a can SurprIsIngIy we made If fo school In plenfy of fIme fo fInIsh our homework The bell rang and fhe roll was called Levy Aaron' I-lerel MagenheIm Fred' Presenfl Wheres your nofe for absence You gof fo have one7 Cerfaunly why were you absenf7 I er Lef s sfarf wIfh fhe fwo ol ar gueshon 30 . I A . I I I I . . I . , . II I II II ' I II I . I I ' II I' I I I . . . I I I ' . I n II . II I III II . , , o . I - I I r II. II . . ,, I I I I II 1 IV - , , r. . .I I I I ' - II II - - I 1 . I A , K II II ' ' I I ' . I ..... I I , . II II , . II II II ' II I . IV II ll I f' '7II ll II II I II I . II I . d 1 . II