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

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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

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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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a desert of totalitarianism, invaded Egypt in the belief that the best defense is a strong offensef, Creat Britain and France soon joined Israel since they believed that the Suez Canal was vital to the existence of the Free YVorld. This invasion of Egyptian soil, however, ended soon afterwards when, at the request of the United Nations, a cease fire was arranged and Creat Britain and France withdrew their troops. This invasion of Egypt came about at a time when Russia was still occupied with the revolts of her satellites and the United States was in the midst of a Presi- dential election. Thus, these guardians of democracy virtually had a free hand in ap- proaching their problem. However, switching to the domestic scene, the election, which was previously mentioned, was odd in its outcome in that a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisen- hower, was elected by a landslide while a Democratic Congress accompanied him to VVashington. In our own school, in the results of a poll conducted by the Clinton News, Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic Presidential candidate, was favored by a slim margin. Thus, for the first time in our lives, we, as seniors, displayed a definite interest in the affairs of state of our great country. In this same year, the student body of DeNVitt Clinton witnessed a number of other events which concerned them more directly VI if I W M 55 Z iff lf SENIOR OFFICE SQUAD Mr. F. Crapel PUBLIC SPEAKING SQUAD Miss D. McLaughlin MATH OFFICE SQUAD Dr. J. Hlavaty