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

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. . . and half in a dream and lwalf in a daze suddenly finding yourself a senior, 4 years in Clinfon guickly passed by .... Yes, looking back we can recall every- fliing as flwougli we were living flfiose years over again. Ridiculed as fresn- men, sneered af as soplnomores, ignored as iuniors, and gaped af as seniors, buf now fliaf if's iusf abouf all over, we don'f feel so eager fo leave. We've grown up in Clinfon and we will long fo come back. So . . . lef's go back now, and sfarf af our beginning .... - - Sepfember, I943-January, l944g The day was divided info seven periods and fnere were 43 minufes fo eacli . . . Larry Fuchs, G. O. Presidenf . . .War Drives in full swing . . . baskef- ball feam fraining for flie coming games . . . frack feam pracficing for flweir indoor campaign . . . our spirif iumped because of flfie good news re- ceived from our vicforious armies in flue Mediferranean and African flweafer of War .... February, I944-June, I944g Public and nigli scliool bad been welded info one and we nad become accusfomed fo flwe clwange . . . many new flwings were flwrown af us . . . flwere were new words in our vocabulary, suc'1 as gym spofs, pool room, fower, sfairway and lunclfi passes lall of wlwicfi could be obfained easily and cneaply if you knew flfie rignf personsl. We sure 27 3,,.,,f omaha em IQ 3 omg, swf Service league nmamemm

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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

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.Mfiforg .jvlonor Sociefg oggrarg Squad pecan! Ofhce Cgjqucwf unum1e m ai1,i ,asm-mi mv -rlwl.. T, me knew speed because everyThing was speed: speed To beaT The bell To class: speed To .geT on line in The lunchroom: speed To dress Tor gym lThose were The good old days when we wenT To gym. remember7l . . . A smash hiT was pre- senTed aT ClinTon-lNliTe, l-lere Comes lvlr. Jordan, ably supervised by Miss Leon . . . ClinTon's Track Team won The Bronx Championship and The Penn and STaTe Mile-Relay Championships buT was deTeaTed by Franklin Tor The CiTy Crown . . . lvlrs. Whalen reTurned and issued a swell copy oT The Magpie . . . Murray Frank elecTed G. C. prexy . . . EXTRA, EXTRA, France was lnyaded . . . Eisenhower and lVlonTgomery, who led our vicTorious armies were cheered in ClinTon's halls. . . Summer came . . . and so one year had passed .... SepTember, I944-January, l945: Tearing ourselves away Trom a pleas- anT summer vacaTion we looked Tor- ward To see some real games oT baskeT- ball, Schayes and KauTman heading our lisT . . . we were now sophomores and we TelT preTTy high . . . classes were en- larged by many Junior l-Tigh School graduaTes . . . sTudenT and TaculTy polls assured us oT The re-elecTion oT Pres- idenT RoosevelT . . . our armed Torces were aTTacking The very hearT oT Ger- many while General lVlacArThur was re- Turning To The Phillippines, TulTilling his promise . . . sTamp sales reached The peak . . . G. O. leader, Normy AlTman . . .Canada Lee, presenT aT The Douglas SocieTy sTaged a moving and inspiring 28 QL! .f