Garden City High School - Mast Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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1944-1945 EDTEMBER ll l944-ft e agfafr wi sfooeo merrfy oac-1 'o .ir'::--iapoy lhal a' long asl vacalion wa3 over, Cur iond lacu 'y weicorrfed us wi'h ofgr' smes SVG expressions which were oufsirg wirn lne ioy ol aeeing us al'er fwo endless 'nenrh-. Sev- erai appaiiing lhing-, however were very apparenl Chiel was wilhoul .31 ioke and Casey nad arrived on rme. XfVi?h a second and more rea islie glance abou' lee oo place we louno a rew oiiicc. some addilions lo lhe lacu ry, and a schedule which wai more conlusirg lhan lasl year's. Even rhe clocks had a hard lime ringing al 9:30. lO:22, l2:3l and orher equally impos- sibe momerls. Assembly oays presenred adf dilionai changes. The besl lhing lo do was run on your own schedulefmlar less compli- caled. The G. Q. Drive opened on Se-plember QI wilh lhe new Council swearing lo fulfill lasl -springl draslic promises. Supersales lalks were given al an assembly by such disf linguished people as Joe Fanning, lvlary lvlc- Kibbin, Ruln Grolz, and l.eo Marliruzzi, and lhese appeals musl have had some eilecl, lor lhis years drive lurned our lo be lhe moir suiicesslul in hislory. Many homerooms achieved lOOOfO eller violenrly clubbing a lrzw con oenrious obieclorx Room 6 made Presidenf, Secrefary, and Treasurer lOO'yQ, in live minules aller refusing admis- sion ro any one wilhoul sullicienl lunos. By some sorl of miracle Room 6 always Comes Through wirh perlecl cooperalion in every drive. No one dares ask The kind of insioe pressure rhal is exerled. ln anolher week we seniors Too began To worry aboul funds. As always, lhe solulion was magazines, and in lhe wild dash lor subscriplions nol one Teacher was missed. Even Mr. Machlurl slyly smiled and boughl a year oi Playma+e. The Sfudenf Council

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The TirsT issue oT The Echo appeared on Thursday, SepTember 29. ATTer greaT hesi- TaTion and discussion on The parT oT The sTaTT, iT was Tinaily decided To use a cheaper grade OT paper and publish an issue every oTher week. ln This way The news was much Tresher and The work much harder, Joe Kal- bacher headed The sTaTT as ediTor unTil Jane uary, when Mary Jane Shaw and Jack Kun- lcel Tools over. OTher Than The change in paper, The Echo remained largely The same. A new column appeared signed by Willie and Chuclc, along wiTh The column enTiTled Choice BiTs, which everyone seemed To read TirsT. Cn one ouT oT every Two Wednes- days The Pub Room was The cenTer oT a whirlpool oT acTiviTy-The Echo was being puT To bed. Far inTo The nighT a Tew hardy individuals slaved, and when aT lasT The paper was Tinished They had To sTumble home une der The sTars. And The Turor when The Tinf The ECHO ished producT appearedl VVhaT Teacher could compeTe wiTh a copy oT The Echo? Near The end oT SepTember everyThing was preTTy nearly down To The same rouTine. MOQT oT us were geTTing used To crawling ouT oT bed aT unheardfoT hours, having planned our morning dash To school To The lasT second. Miss Jennings was once again holding her aTTernoon ToTewafToTe2 wiTh halT The school in Room lo Trying vainly To soalc up vome l.aTin, Mr. Taylor was bacl aT ThreaTf oning suicide by iumping ouT The window, and lvlr. Thompson was sTill runnirg down The usual Type oT oTTenders, DeTenTion drew Thou- sands. On CcTober I7 The shoe was on The oTher TooT Tor The TirsT Timefour parenTs wenT To school. For one whole evening They wenT from class To class, lfsTened aTTenTivelyl7l To Teachers, drove The halicops baTTy, and were ParenT's NighT