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

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cgfagan CM ,HQLPQLU Cd! sTarTed and ClinToniTes were engaged in raising money Tor l.iberTy Loans. Funds Tor The red cross and drives To purchase ambulances were on The mind oT every sTudenT. ClinTon became more acTive as The U. S. enTered The Tray. The number oT gold sTars increased one The service Tlag and sTudenTs redoubled Their eTTorTs. ArmisTice . . . vicTory . . . back To school. WiTh The war ended, Dr. Paul seT abouT making his dreams Tor a new building come True. For, The building ThaT had caused a Thousand shouTs oT impossible and wasTeTul had served iTs purpose. IT was overcrowded and in- adeguaTe Tor The Thousands oT sTudenTs enrolled. Under The direcTion .oT Dr. Paul, a new building was planned and consTrucTed. l-le had argued wirh sTub- born legislaTors unTil his dream was a realiTy. BuT The sTrain was Too greaT, and six weeks beTore The sTrucTure was To be dedicaTed, he died oT a hearT aTTack. Mr. A. MorTimer Clark replaced him and plans Tor beTTering The greaTesT secondary school in The world were under way. T934 Tound I2,000 sTudenTs in ClinTon and iTs annexes. BuT The an- nexes were soon dissolved and sTudenTs and TaculTy alike realized ThaT such a huge school had iTs drawbacks: The con- TacT beTween sl'udenTs and Teachers was limiTed. ClinTon moved on. The Trophy case was Tilling as The red and black Teams made Themselves TelT in every sporT. 24

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when They learned ThaT The new building was To have I25 rooms, and The largesT high school TaculTy in The world. They said iT was a wasTe oT money, ThaT iT shouldn'T be done. BUT iT was done, and The new school was consTrucTed aT 59Th STreeT and lOTh Avenue. AlmosT im- mediaTely iTs classrooms were Tilled wiTh sTudenTs. Dr. Buchanan conTinued as principal unTil he passed away in IQO8, aTTer devoTing eleven years oT his liTe To De WiTT ClinTon. ln his place There came The principal oT Commerce l-ligh, Dr. John L. Tildsley. T-le musT have TelT relucTanT To accepT ThaT posT, Tor Commerce and ClinTon were sTrong rivals in aThleTics. IT a Clin- Ton Team wenT Through a season wiTh- ouT a vicTory and Tinally deTeaTed Com- merce, iT was considered a successTul season. Such was The siTuaTion as Dr. Tildsley arrived To Take reigns. BuT de- spiTe The biTTer anTagonism beTween The Two schools, The new principal was soon beloved by all. l-le perTormed his Task well Tor six years and many new acTiviTies were Tounded in ClinTon dur- ing his sTay. lvlr. ArThur A. Boylan Tounded The grandTaTher oT The presenT General OrganizaTion. The ClinTon News and The ArisTa SocieTy were Tounded. Many oTher new clubs, socie- Ties, and organizaTions were esTablish,ed during The period in which Dr. Tildsley was principal. I9 I4 and The TirsT red book appeared. Dr. Tildsley reTired To make way Tor Dr. Francis l-l. J. Paul. The greaT war had 23 lodgcizogrgy .gjguadl uernfieg .gjguacl l9an-AmWim C746 11 -1 u nw

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Things moved smooThly as Com- merce received a Thrashing 44-0 counT aT The hands oT ClinTon's TooTball Team. Some oT The greaTesT baskeTball sTars ever goT Their sTarT in De WiTT. Ralph KaplowiTz, Tommy Byrnes, Adolph Shayes and oThers sTarred Tor The Cas- Tle on The Parkway. BeTween l897 and T947 The baskeT- ball Team copped Twelve ciTy TiTles. ClinTon was on The rampage in The Tield oT sporTs. T940 Tound senior haTs Taboo. BuT Joe ClinTon puT on The charm and The red and black Toppers were reinsTaTed. December l94l and war clouds were gaThering. Seven days laTer The UniTed STaTes was aT war. Shocked ClinToniTes reTurned To school, lvlonday, To hear Mr. Clark deliver an address calling Tor an all ouT eTTorT To bring vicTory To The allies. The response was immediaTe as 3200.000 in war bonds were purchased. The SpiriT oT ClinTon, a medium bomber. was boughT Tor The Army Air Force. Thousands upon Thousands oT dollars were given by ClinToniTes as They heeded lvlr. Clark's address and sTrove Tor peace. And Joe ClinTon dug deep, he saved Tin, rubber and all oTher sTraTegic ma- Terials unTil The day came when vicTory would be ours .....i AND THEN WE ENTERED SCHOOL ......... , DAN GREENBERG , 25 enema! Science .gqua 6Aemi:5frg .gjciuacf CJAemi5frg Sociefg