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

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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

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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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lOAg:iic5 Squad Waxed! Sociefg gogzgg prep cgjguacf ec S7 79 Olftlf' eff, i0l g QOKING BACK on Those long 4 years in ClinTon I remember: sTruggling and TighTing my way To school Through aT 30 miles an hour . . . Trying wiTh all my mighT To keep warm in P.-l'. by lazily sTanding in TronT oT The hoT air venT . . , The way l TorgeT To close my locker and rushed back To lock iT . . . Those long lines in The lunchroom and never geT- Ting The righT hash you ordered . . . The clamor when plaTes crashed . . . Those sardine packed buses and Trains . . . buying ice-cream Trom The old man ouT- side The building To avoid ThaT Federal Lunch . . . The TighTing lnear rioTsl Tor bus passes in TronT oT The G.O. STore and when you Tinally arived aT The win- dow, only To have iT slammed down on your Tingers and Mr. STrausberg ThreaT- ening To send you To The back oT The line . . . Those lvlid-Term and RegenTs blues . . . Those alibis when you didn'T have your homework and Trying wiTh all your personal digniTy To borrow home- work in secTion . . . whisTling ThaT same old Tune Trom class To class . . . lvlr. Jennison and his assemblies . . . The sTench Trom The chem labs . . . spring Tever in classes . . . crowded class- rooms, halls and lunchroom ...Monday morning blues and Friday aTTernoon heaven . . . Table hockey . . . beaTing The laTe bell by The Skin oT your TeeTh as, 26