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

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The Class President Says: MARVIN BERMAN Senior President The SS. De Witt Clinton, Class of January '50 at the helm, has safely arrived in port. Her mission, to instruct and lead her crew in the way of lite, has loeen successfully completed. A Now that the four year Odyssey has been terminated, we, as veteran members, are ahle to look haclc with pride and satisfaction on our frequent triumphs. We can recall city track championships, cross country titles, hand hall and tennis championships, our tweltth city haslcethall crown, and, more recently, the reinstatement of a hasehall team. Ahove all, we will always rememher the iniormality of our classes . . . humor intermingled with studies to malce the Htrials and trihulationn lighter. Some of our teachers have made many classes extraordinarily rich and intriguing. They were more lilce cluh rooms where We would gather together to ponder over personal prololems with friends and advisers. The old ship is sailing again, hut we are not going aboard. Best wishes for many years of smooth sailing. MARVIN BERMAN Senior President ' JACK VAUPEN MORTON GOLDSTEIN Vice-President Secretary 18

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Timanlc you for giving me time privilege of addressing you via your Clintonian. Qnly one wimo lmas spent her en- 1 tire professional life at Clinton can lcnow what a true privilege it is. It is often said tlrat our scirool lmas clmanged. Time geo- grapixic location is different, time courses are identified by new namesg indeed, some drastically different subjects are now offered to tlre boys. But time Clinton student is the same. Time vital, cooperative, engaging, spirit ttmat is clmar- acteristic of time graduates wlmo get togetlmer for timeir Alumni Celebrations is clearly recognizable in time student lnody attending at present and, more specifically, in you, , tlie graduating class-f Long life and imappiness to youl MILDRED FREUND VVINCOR X It is witlm deep regrets that I talce my pen in lmand to ' wislm you farewell. But, this solemn occasion reminds me of my own parting from Nluclmtoo Higlm in time little town of lxluclmingtlmru, Georgia. it was 'way luaclc in time 50's-f tlme eiglmteen tlmirties. Vve imad brilliant fellows in our class-just like you. Vvlmy our valedictorian graduated witlm time unlmeard of, up lo tlmat time. average of 65.'2.6li-- too just like-wait a minute, somelaody told me your vale- diclorian lmas a lmiglmer average. Nvell, let it pass. Our loe- loved principal, General Vvalter J. lwluclmtoo fof time war of 18125 said to us as we were leaving, Young men of time Deep Soutim, you will leave a big lmole in our ancient ' sclmooln tfounded l492l. As a matter of fact. it toolc six montlms to repair tlmat wall we went tlmrougll alter we got our diplomas. Xve made our maria in later life. VVe will miss you. You will leave a loig vacuum-into wimicim time class of June 1950 will ine drawn. lVlalce time most of your opportunities. Good luclci ARCHIE E. ISAACS ucolonelu lst Ga. Cavalry CSA Anotlmer Clintonianl Anotlmer graduating Classt Slmould one leel regrets at time passing of suclm a line group ol young men as January 1950. Noi a timousand times Noi For four years time old Alma lVlater, De Vvitl Clinton Higlm Sclmool lmas worked witlm plialaie material, slmaping and molding future citizens to fit into their proper niclmes in our body politic. As one of time faculty I feel we iirave clone our part well, despite lbasic clmanges in our previous metlaods ol preparing looys for life. lf, a generation from now. our products ttlme present graduating classi, as a result of timeir innate aloilities and acquired cimaracteristics of study and worlc, make tlmis world of time atomic age a better place to live, love, and grow in. no one slmould or . would imave regrets. DR. GUERNSEY I7

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What is an American? JAMES THEOHARIDE5 G.O. President A true American is utterly opposed to any form ot ciivision resting' on race or religion. A true American conforms to the philosophy of ciemocratic government. All oi us in Clinton heiieve in this great American ideal. The American way of iiie is a free church in a free state, anci a free and non-sectarian school in each community, with its doors open to ali. Ciinton's cioors are anoi shaii always he open to ali. Here in Clinton we have marie lite-long friends of ciifierent races and sects. We have iearneci to picic our frienois hecause of their ahiiity and personality, not hecause they are of the same coior or creeci. We, here in Clinton, have had very ciose Contact anci exposeci ourselves to many races anci reiigions, and in this Clinton way we have eciucateci ourselves, eciu- cateci ourseives in such fashion that we no longer countenance iaise propaganda ahout any minority group. Ciinton's great traciitions, championship teams, unparaiieieoi squacis anci outstanciing ciuhs were mouideci from this great icieai. JAMES TI-IEGHARIDES G. O. President 19