Flushing High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Class Histor FRESHNIAN X MR F1 bruary 1916 ow thrt we nc serrrors llre brg wheels we may be a lrttle shy an r trrfe enrbrrra ed w ren the toprr of our frtshrnur yerr r brought u Who would belreve that the sophrstrrated rrrerr and charrrrrng, porsed wonrerr now Mclllilllff through the long halls were, but four year ago, trrrv, garrglrng ehrldrerr9 Thrngs eertarrrly change raprdly around here For rrrstance when we came here we licked torrhdence rrrd rntellrgerrce Now we have eonfrdence We learned th rt one feature of Flu hrrrg w rs tradrtrorral, the rrrtroduc trorr of the Freshmen to the school Thrs feat was aeeomplrshed wrth the help 1 Pj of the upper classmerr, who w ere perfectly wrllrng to supply drrec trorrs Though the rrrstruetrorrs were not exaetly rurrrate we drsrovered that thrs rnstrtutron possessed rrerther a swrmnrrrrg pool, nor an elevator, nor a srxth floor We took thrs slrght hazrng rrr good sprrrts land rt was a good excuse for berng late to classes We found out also, what happens to bad or late lrttle bovs and grrls ah ye But we drseoycred to our pleasant surprrse that we had one loval frrerrd who was rreyer too busy or trred to lrsterr to our tales of woe or grve hrs trme to do worlx rn our behalf We shall long remember Mr Colder our Grade Adyrser Sorarroyrorrr, Yr AR February 194 Wrth great prrdc and yov at our rmmense aeeomplr lrmerrt we ber rme sophomores And when we left the afternoon urrtouehables for the nrornrng shrft wr crrjoved h rpprne s rltrrr tou trsy urrtrl we trrtd gettrrrg up rt d rwn Thrs year 1 mueh rrrore ple rsarrt to renrcmber ,lorrrrrrfr clubs gryrrrg seryree partrrrpatrrrg rn sehool aetryrtres, and the realrvatrorr of the abundant oppor turrrtres offered to exerer e our talents made us a yrtal prrt of the Flu hrrrg sprrrt Uur m rturrrrg rrrrrrd were well rrnprc sed by talks on brotherhood from srx L C L A students who spoke frankly on preyudree rrrd rntoleranee We wre tled wrtlr forergrr larrgrrages and boy were thev forergrrl pondered over math problem stewed oyer brology quarrrt yernaeular fdropsophrlra rhrornosomes, endorrrrres, renrcnrber9j rrrd suffered through our Hrst lugtrrts Vye were crrtertrrnr d by r tuderrt model how talent as emblres, rrrd a faculty show As Sophs we had begun to notree our surroundrnfrs The lunch room, rr srr Q proyrr rrr sn rr to bo ster our fbbrnff strength rrrd r gerrer rl rrree 36 o , 7. 1 , ,- , N y . , ..,. ' .. H ' , , .V ., ,, , ' V, ,, d . L fi n 1, f 1 s, , ' 1 A a 'l' a 'ss 'l' ' ' a Ya' s ' p, Y -. . . s - 7. Q. I . ' F' ' .r A J D ' . 1 m -4. V 1 - 1 . Y- ' I fx Y ' , 1' at r ta ' ' , :. ' ' ' W . , . .. . 2 ' s 2. ' ' - I 1' v v 1 1. l ' ' - .I .. , J . ' 5... ' 'v rs s .s. - --1 . - . . r , , t . ., H 0 7 74 y 1 1 . ' ' s 7 I W 1 s . fF' ta . 4 'I 7- v. . 1 - . ' 'f 1 .Q ' mt H , t, , t 9 ,C L4 'U ' 5 , x , 1 sxz' UHZTT ' z z'. . Q . . . , - . . , ..,. . M , c. f . D . e, . , 1 ' 'S ' ' ' 5' a s . v .K. . , . .C ,, , .j, r 1 . Q i YV v . . ,ag I- 7 A i N .. , , . K, A. :.' . , .. 1 A. , . 1 . . .A. A ' .. ' c 1 c F , 5 , .5 , . . . fs f C n N . --s ' -s - .. . s 4 s Z... l l-s ' ' l g Q a 'ks ,lp ' ' ? g Q ' ,a 2 ' fi I-

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' ION J KH I t lllll 0 It Ull t Ollt It llg, l UL 1 I I 110 lll ll ll 6 itll Nlllllll llllllkltf Jtxlolr Yllxll february 1918 l llllg our jllllltll XGII wc lwolcc to the flct tll lt gl lc llllllbll w ts not so fll oll so we tlfllllflll we cl llc ttel get hll y lf we lntcnded to go to collcgc flleleforc, we p lc Icccl our lroolcs dlld sct off 011 thc lllllg tfjtlltltlw journey to tllat lllly culllcle 011 the fll lcle of the dl1dll.0lllllll de lgllated hy the lllll0Ltlll tltle Collegc Room Fmally llllylllg, wc cll Illl sed our guldes lllll prepare cl to meet L C al o lcnown as Ml Crossfelcl, also lcnown as the Grand M lstel of the boclety for the Intellectual lnd Lultulal Improvement of Fll1NlllIlg Hlgh School Studentb and Other Low Cftfdlllllib Lpon Clllellllg the roonl we were dazzled by the llrllllallce Emdlldllllg fronl hrs llll1StI'10l1N personage We were reeelved Hlth the terse greetlng Well what do you want? Mr Croe feld s sympathetlc understrndlng however, reassured us and for the blllCCI'C efforts arld gllllldlltfi lll plilllllllg our hlffher t'dllCdtl0I1 lllit he gaye to u 0 freely we tll illlx hlrrl We give what llttle lwe we had left from our encounter Wltll L C to tle chool We ll ld Illilly lelsons to he proud of our school Boll Ma7o honor llltltxttl 0111 rlllgllty iootlllll term smashed to xlctory our powcllul Roe aw ly, the ex chlnlp olnc of our students lltlllg wltll lVll Cllll rppc arc cl orl Boolcs orl Pal ldc a lllll lry 111117 on Vt NYC, lll conlpctltlon Nltll Bayslclc Colm Meredlth l student from Wales pald us l ylslt alld w ls tlltfifldllltltl lly the students And sad rt ls to relate the poor llttle fre hnlen welc glxcll glllllttl tours around the bchool No longer eoulcl we YlLllIlllZt' tllerll al ls QENIOR YrAR February 1949 Uh SCIIIOI' year, thou art the most joy ful of tlllle we thought The term selllor denotes a great deal more than we lnlaglrled A fallure rlow meant another term the Regents nlubt he plssed the dutles of enrors done, lnd my, oh my, we had to work hard But we had l llttle fun, too Uur cllool won the Colclcn ,lullllee Book Contest Hltll 1 flrle plece of lerltulc orl Flu lllllg lll tory A Flu lllll Unllll X 0411 lllll w 1 strr cc oo wc were to llc Gllglll c for llltllllbfl lllll Our C0 came lllltlll l wltl l pl lor the who e school to sec l Yllllxi t'f cu lnc gllllf' Our sells re so ll l IJ xc ill c w lllc ll lltllllll hut when It c oud lllllt cl we got a good new oi the Hcld We w 1 xcry rlre ex t rlot only thc longet lltllllfxl cur lllt ln the Nlcltllljlll llut l Yllllxbt? defc lt Cilxlllg of lla elllll lll Red Dexll cllnc x lllll l ca XNlllNlx6I' 0 37 ing hall, t'0lll.l'llllIlt'll to the lllll qll V- suvl quaint ill'UIllilS as Uilllllilgt' an l llll' ' s. Nott l - tl '. tl - l'llt'Illll'ill lalll llelelled forth clelieutc' l' 1 'rr nec-s s 'lasly'l'g' sllll a lf l' I -. 'lv .. Dr ' ' a 1 ,a' z fala' 'ax l r' ,.' ' - ' ' 5 ' f. ' . 3 . J Q . V , . . L., , ' A. ' . Y . , 1 i .A Q, .S A . .li 4 iw ' ' : ' a ' ' . r 5 ' 'U . . . . . . ,. 3 . , , , . .. 7,5 'S 51, . ' . K. Q ' , , Y . . A- . , x ' ' ' : ' z ' ' 'C f' ' a ' ' s S 2 ', ' z ' ' . l,s- . Y. a z 'ry Q - . '. was one of the finalists ill the hV6Sllllgll0l1S0 Scfientihc' Talent Sezlrcfll, ar great , ' . . l -v ' i 2 K- 4 A- I v' , 4 v l - v x . i . kc 'z ,. -' a s. S 2 Q , 5, 1 y ' 's. . a s, z '- - ' 'z ffl ' ' -'r ', N. ' ' 2 ' ' ' 1. ' ' 2 ' ,z .' ' a 5, 7 sz ' 2 .' , . b , 1 , . v S 7 U . A . X 7 K. D Jv . 1 . h. l 'v - v I 'Q , ' 79 . , , , , v ' , l , D . v A g Q ' , a 3 ' J s ' . a ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' z ' . ' s- ' r ' , .' z . ' 3, l't 2 s ' fs 's s ' g Al ' . ss fa t' 'z s Ja 'tr l, and s n '- ' ' 1 . ' 4' l -'11 -s ' . . . -' ' gl la rss' ' l,. . a ru,-Ill'-It l z . wet .' l'gl ll X' eould llt'ilI' the z gals 1 'i g 1 ' l. . ' tl s -l s a , ' ' Y ' l A . ' S21 'z 'A r' a . Jen: v' 1 s ' - 'f ' ' J ' ' . t 1 , ?z . Sp z -s z . o ' s 'c ' vit ' 1 tls ' ' f the