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

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Qthis, incidentally, for the first time since l932j. And then, as We awoke one morning, and looked through the apertures in our walls known as windows, we perceived that autumn was gone. XVe deduced this by discovering that snow lay on the ground. Snow, that turned the brown earth, green cars, gray Walls, and black Clinton jackets to White was here with all its wonders. Then came the period of relaxation for most, while the others struggled through various regents. February, 1956 - June, 1956 After the hectic last two weeks in janu- ary, we resigned ourselves to the fact that We must return to our beloved hilltop retreat and try to train our minds to do a little think- ing. This was invariably difficult since we hardly ever got along with the teachers some sleepy program committee selected for us Cprobably by picking lotsj. And after many vain attempts to have our programs changed Kas juniors We knew all the anglesj, we suc- cumbed to the will of the minority. Richie Pomboy was elected GO. President over Lee Nackman by a majority of eleven votes. In basketball we were Qas Was usually the casej champs in our division, but Were defeated in CLINTON NEWS Mr. L. Simon STUDENT COURT Mr. G. Cillen

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CLINTONIAN SQUAD Mrs. B. Isaacs LIBRARY SQUAD Miss C. Fitzgerald and the feeling of nostalgia, reverence, and laziness came the Fourteenth Annual Clinton Nite performance featuring c'Command Deci- sionf which was a smash hit. But the firsts were not all enjoyable, we got a taste of Qughj regents. For most of us, this meant strenuous review of Biology and Tenth Year Math. Yet, despite the uncertainties, we emerged victorious, minus only a few linger- nails. After the regents we were able to look around and enjoy the arrival of summer in all its splendor. September, 1955 - January, 1956 This was it. We had now completed half our high school education and were only one step away from being seniors ourselves. Jay Levine was elected C.O. President. The social season included the Seventh Annual Music Nite, and dances with Iulia Richman and Hunter High Schools. The Clinton Steamroller trampled Stuyvesant Cfor the fourteenth time in fifteen yearsj by the score of 39-12. This was not unusual since we swamped the rest of the city and became mythical city champs

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TREASUREIYS OFFICE SQUAD Mr. A. Cohen MAGPIE SQUAD Mrs. M. Whalen DRAMATICS SQUAD Mr. I. J. Abramowitz the second round of the playoffs at the Car- den. MROOIH Servicev was the title of the Fif- teenth Annual Clinton Nite production, under the direction of Mr. jay Abramowitz. Regents were next on the agenda, but We looked forward at this time to the ensuing year as exalted seniors at our favorite school. September, 1956 - Iune, 1957 VVhen We returned to school for our senior year, We became increasingly aware of a very complicated series of events which were to occupy our thoughts and conversa- tions for quite some time. In Iune, 1956, Poland made its bid for its independence from the Soviet Union, a revolution that pro- longed itself through the summer and into our senior year. Instantaneously, events began to concatenate as the people of Hungary SCIENCE SQUAD Mrs. E. Silinsky began a revolution not only to free them- selves from Russia but also to free themselves from the bonds of the Communist World. At its inception, however, this revolution seemed hopeless since the patriots of freedom, who Were fighting amidst the blood of their com- rades, anticipated help from the Free World. The inability of the West to grant this help enabled Soviet tanks to crumble the hopes of more than nine million people into oblivion. Thus, While one nation became independent of Russia by remaining Within a Communist economy, another succumbed to the brute strength of the Soviet Union. Four months after Poland had begun its revolt, another crisis Qwhich is still being de- bated in the United Nations as I am writing this storyb evolved, this time in the Mid-East. The state of Israel, an oasis of democracy in