Fort Hamilton High School - Tower Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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T WAS a balmy Autumn day when I first opened my doors ten years ago. To my call for students, many answered. The first term we enrolled stu- dents in the first to fifth terms and my classrooms were comparatively empty. I was a bright new school fully equipped to mold sturdy citizens and to fur- ther learning. On November 12, 1941, after having a troublesome time, the Hrst Pilot was issued and already showed signs of the honor which it would gain among the other high school papers. Soon I got a new electric organ which everybody heard at a special assem- bly. I knew that music would play no small part in the curriculum of my students. I had my first G.O. dance on December 5, 1941 and learned that many of my students were '5hep.U Two days later, to my surprise, Pearl Harbor was attacked and soon I became a school helping to win the war. The second term I saw the opening of the G.O. and the issuing of the Anchor. The Athletic field was finished and a track team was formed. In September 1942, our honor league, Arista, was instituted with the initiation of 38 members. With the cooperation of both students and teachers, we gave a Carnival, a gigantic Victory Show, and a Blusicale. IYtih the money we made on these three displays of my talent, we bought an ambulance and presented it to the Army. I was proud to hear that Allyn lNIcLerie, a Fort Hamilton miss, was dancing in i'One Touch of Venus on Broadway. The Dramatics Club, organizing my histrionic talent, put on c'Seven Keys to Baldpateu and proved that my students had lots of talent. D-Day was an important day in 1942, and we started a drive to reach a new high in the sale of war stamps and bonds. In June 1944, I adopted Herbert joseph lYorwood, a British IYar orphan. I had my second Blusicale in which Blr. Rattner proved his talent and the talents of my students by leading the band. The summer of ,44 passed quickly and when I again opened my doors, the first thing I did was to adopt another orphan. The june '45 senior class marked the first all-Hamilton graduating class. The summer was already tingling with the coming end ot the war and when we returned to school in September 1945. I was sure that it would end soon. Has I proud this year! Four graduates won N. Y. State Scholarships. I got another feather in 1ny Tower when on October 121. 1945 this A1-my awarded us a citation for Army NYar lillort. l also adopted my third war orphan. lYhat a l,il'e. starring Twin Nilson, a boy with great talcnt. was pre- sr-ntctl in NUX'l'll'llH'l' lflli :intl was a huge NIICCVSS. I could not wail for the sunnnvr to pass for l was soon to celebrate my lfifth Anniversary, The Pflol issued 1-iglit-urges In Coniiiieinol-,mx my Juni YVIANXIIY. . I O O O Ol Six! rr' zz