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We come back to school ID September shoutmg D1d you have a n1ce summer? to frrends and teachers W9 VS bered where warns almost forgotten over the vacat1on as we take places m the gym Dave welcomes us and Mr Tate us not to run w1ld 1n the new as There IS no seatmg plan to be remem Y sembl lat1on aga1n hall W1th exc1tement and specu the M1ddle Schoolers run to see who IS IH the1r home room classes wh1le M1ss Murphy QIVGS 1mpl1c1t 1nstruc t1ons tell1ng the Th1rd and Fourth Formers what to do and how to conduct them selves Forms FIVS and SIX follow Mr Brown to the soc1al hall and hurry to f1ll out hve CODIGS of the1r new programs In the afternoon as we each add another key to our key cha1n we real1z that the school year 1949 1950 has really begun Wllh the last breath of summer VIQOI even home work seems fun for the f1rst week or so but soon we stop fmd1ng our selves 1n last year s locker a1sle and we beg1n to settle down to e1ght months of subway travell1ng student government talk some good fun and lots of hard work Before we know 1t the f1rst surpr1se test has been sprung and we are QIVHIQ re ports 1n our language courses 1n h1story or m our home room We have F1eld Day football games and a form party between comm1ttee rneetmgs and Enghsh pa pers and 1t s already Thanksgwmg 1 a few weeks there 15 a feshval orese'1ta t1on of A M1dsummer N1ghts Dream some carol1ng through the halls ana 1t seems as 1f half of the year were over even though 1t 1S only Chnstmas 1950 has arr1ved and we return Mon day a httle t1red out from our e1ghteen day of rest Tl1e Fourth Fornoers offer heartfelt condolences to the m1d year WOITIGTS and wonder 1f 1t s really DOSSI ble to S11 down and wr1te for three hours about Enghsh February w1tn the colds and the vacat1on serves to dlVId9 the year of'f1c1a1ly and to prepare us all for March wh1ch comes 1n w1th a fur1ous roar College Boards have humbled the Slxth Form and as they walk doc1le as lambs out of the Qym on the llth the month beg1ns to ga1n 1ts true oroport1ons lt s about th1s t1me that the year comes to a chmax Mrs W1ll1amson leads a dance rec1tal on the staqe of the new aud1tor1um 1D celebrat1on of the newly 1n stalled seats wh1le the F1fth Pormers thmk about student government pos1t1ons and Mr Bassett starts arrangmg the M1ddle School e1ect1ons The sen1ors QIVG the1r play and 11S sprmg W1th the forsyth1a comes Founders Day and the old order changes off1c1ally as Chff leads the pro cess1ona1 the year IS almost over Buffet soon becomes the place to congratulate SQDIOTS as college acceptances arr1ve and on May twelfth we smg Schuberts f1rst mass The quadrangle 1S always crowd ed after lunch but only a few k1ds go on the grass Sometlmes we have classes outs1de somet1mes we don t have classes After all there s only one week left We are gett1ng butterfhes m our stomachs now and we rememb r vaguely the Sep tember morn not so long ago when we came to school w1th the same feel1ng The work the fun and new fr1endsh1ps were ahead of us then for as we each added another key to our key cha1ns the school year 1949 1950 had Just begun . . 11 . - 1 1 ' . 11 . - ' ' . 1 1 . 1 , , 1 . . , . . . . ' 1 1 1 , . - 1 - A 11 ' 1 . . 11 , . 1 . . 1 , 1 , , . 1 . Q 1 v - 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' . 1 . 1 . 1 - Q . 1 1 -f 1 , . 1 , . 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , , .1 . , 1 . H 1 1 L - 1 1 . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 .. Q , S . 1 1 1 1 , .1 - . 1 1 , . .1 . , I 1 1 1
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We come from Fleldston and We couldnt be prouder Clf you cant hear us now we ll shout a llttle louder D Fall started wrth Fteld day whtch IH turn started wrthout a hrtch The New York Yankees may have had the pennant but the Freldston S nators had Mr Brown and anyway what other baseball teams could run potato races DlClY CGDHITG WG flCIQ and eat Good I-lumors all m mne 1nnmgs7 Afterwards there was a student faculty baseball game rn place of the customarv flesh was a lxttle off beat The next day dawned cold enough for the hock y team to wear gloves and earmuffs The fest1v1 tres were prefaced by the ever present talk about our not so present school sp1r1t for desprte the posters and l1ttle clocks we wondered why more people hadn t shown up at the games Those who d1d come must have succeeded at shoutmg a httle louaer though for the football and soccer xars1tes were vfctorfous and the M A A P S chamoronshfp was once agam ours The hockey team w1ll1ngly rf not eff1c1ently served turkey and mashed pc faculty hunt and wrth Clarry p1tchmg 1 toes to the boys and though t seemec some tudent batters could have used a , O be G msn S World the weaker Sex Camb place to htde But at supper there was cream and everyone cooled off f cheermg contest Cexcept of cours I Publ1c1ty Commtttee who were mg or the dance and some 'aspm 1 cheerleaders who descended 1 rom faculty common room to rate r1 rs m enterta1nmentD But Freld Day soon gave ay to rglnt returned to normal The day go faster after thfs and the q g1v n mass of wmter coats was n re t proportron to the dxsappearance of warm Weather Fathers Day came at last and wrt the somewhat embarrassed answers 1 4 soctal studres and rn math classes Clga dd c1rculated m our hallways and coffee was served rn the dmmg room After lunch we had to decxde between football and soccer and along about then our weary father began to wonder 1f school was really as relaxmg as they had remembered Though Mayor ODwyer was v1ctor1ous at the polls the Fleldston football team had to be sat1sf1ed wrth tymg Barnard but we CAME FROM FIELDSTCN AND WE COULDN T BE PROUDER And by Wood mere day we had determ1ned to wm The Woodmere rally was on a Frl day and the after lunch speeches or coaches Mrller Iayson and Katzenstelh were followed by a conga lme of sorts 1n whrch the Splfll was w1ll1ng even rf the mt then own at the dance that followed But as days have a tendency to do thls one ended and wrth ft went th football and so er seasons We got ready to drg rn fr wmter fortlfymg ourselves wtth ts of basketball ahead and cele t Q r recent vrctorres Just past t and Daughters mght came alo gf televrsron came mto 1ts own he o, F1 dston The aerlals on each t no complamts from the land ere were no ghosts to mar l c o ludy Greenlulls monologue b 'rjhuch laughter the barb rshov Gt Jbeautrctan s quartets drdnt have to mvtforry about Petrrllo and Mr Goodmans cymbolrsm broke a record rn popularrty as well as the mrcrophone Hoppalong Cassldy had nothmg on us Not to be outdone lanuary saw the annual Pops and Sons meetmg N women allowed was the byword and even 'lommy Brown when asked about h1s grrl frrends refused to talk Televlsron mrght have been O K for fathers and daughters but here the movre held 1ts own and prctures of the football team 1r actron ran on the same brll as a magrcran act Clt 1S debatable whrch was the more popular the magrc rmgs of the mag1c1a'1 or the magrc touchdowns of our grrdrrons 1 There were speeches by the coaches as well as by Mr Tate and Dr Ballou games for all and televlslon or no Hoppalong I , , e Q' ' 9 , ' , ,t .A . ' ' 1 'l ' ' . . . . Ll I I V I S H ' . he I' E J , ,A X . , I l I 2 ' ' ' , fd ce t- , U A ., . , . . J ' l , V - t W , , . . fl KZ-9 ' ' I' v t I Y N L5 QQ br f - ' ' . ' . x. , T . . I l and by Tuesday morning ad A A . , .X X t X , I . A ' ' X. ul ffl ' .f a A ., ,, ' lo a , I l,' tt . - I 4 f l , . I . , . . . I 'Q - V Q ' ' . o I I - I 1 I- .... I I A A l ' . r ' ' ' 'N
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