Grover Cleveland High School - Log Yearbook (Ridgewood, NY)

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umentuus Moments As our graduatlon dav nears, we would llke to look back over the four year perlod that has been spent at Grover Cleveland Hlgll School We entered Grover Clcx eland, most of us, 1n September, 1946, just a httle over a wear after the end of World War II We entered lu-fh school at a lllllC when ou1 postwar perlod, the most er1t1cal per1od ln our llfctlme, was 111 llS lnfanev The foundatlons of a peaceful world were lJ01IlU lald The San F1 anelsco Conference, whlch estab l1sl1etl the Unlted Natlons as an organ of peace had just been aeeompllshed, and we w atchctl, iOlllC'llIllCi unwlttlngly, the ihdlllllg of a new world Not too long after tl1lS we saw our Il2lllOIl emerge from bt hind a screc11 of economlc natlonahsm 1nto a eountrv full of the goodwlll that has been the AIIICIICHH llLllllllOIl W e became aware of tl1e Furopcan Reeow cr! Program a11tl the lllllltaly Asslstance Program We lcallzt tl that our eountrs was maturlng just as we were We also reallzed that there were mam blenushes whleh had to be cured Our allw 1n the Htfhtlnff wa1 had become o111 e11e111v ln a eoltl wa1 lNever bcfole had Amt r1can South httn asked to fi-'ht with then llllllIlQ lnstcad of lllCl1 botllcs Oul CIICIIIICG had the advantafft of llaunlf lcfflmented eltlzens who were not asked how to thlnk, but wtrc told w hat to thlnk It w as much easler to be told w hat to thmk than to ICA'-OI! 111 ou1 own llllllflw, leason to a -t lf llldllfi con tllISlOll But tht, easx wax, as wt found and alt t1ll finthnff out, 1- 1101 always. the llffht way The dlllllllf' bomb w lllfll had beeomt -o terllfxlng to 11- as QCHIOIS ln cle mentars st l1ool had bteome est Il IIIOIC -o wht ll as senlols 111 hlffh school oul 111f1t-- 1.11 f'lXlIl rt11111--11111 o lt to lllljllllfl tht llNlll0 'tll bo1 'l htn 111 Ulll ow ll school 10lIlIIlllIlllY wt l1t lpt tl to Illljflllll mam of tht Joys ant some 541111115515 of tht pa-l llllll Nldl 'lht lltlnoual Cullllll to ljllllt t1t Cllllllli Ila waltl 1t Wwtkoff Ht wht H0Nllllll tht Baseball .mtl SOCCCI Clldlll mslups plauntf lo-t to ou: o1t11f11 11-1 on t1t11tt Nt son o lang a N0lllldIl CUIIW of All-lldlltl tlllll 1 Ollll llt 1ttl1tl1 -Xnd the llIll'Ol tftttablc Ollbllxlld l1e Cs psy Baron GI'2iflllHllOIl tlaw to most of us mtans tht tml of anx lxlllll of f0llI121l eduea llUll 'lo Ollll ls 1t -11 111 nt- on 1 tht l1t11tl 111 tht load to tht lout' awalted goa o . L lr 1 . .U . . I Y V U . u . Y , Y n 1 I k I . it 1 . f 1 v l ' 1 n 1 u I sl' .W v 1 v . ' l l ' ' . ' ' ' K P I' l ' ' ' 'L l v' Y . . 7 1 cl , v , ' . . . - ' - - ' - - .- . 1, - . I - 1 S. - x urx.v v1 '- 1A- 13 1 1 ry S . . ru .Af 1 1-vs x 'it Y. . - . 1 -1 . - 1 1 ' -- ' ' - ' tit, 1- l,'1- l-- 1 11 -,x.H.t:. - - 1 .V - ,f 1111. Y x l 1 ' S 1 . ' 'x 1 1 v ui 1 ' E . 'x . Q .fs - 1 1 Y,'v,- ,lr S : .1 . y 1: 1 1 v 1 1 - pit s ' -, P l 5 ' f 'VP 'l'-'P -1 . 'lx f 1 l'11tl, - 1 1 111 - -1 .1 1 Y ' 1.15 . - 1 r 11' I - ' 1 1 1 A . . . ,. 1 , 1 as , , va ' - . - ,, - , , , f V' - 4, .1 L Af ' . ' ' .' ag lt- - - ' - ,- 1 1 f

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The Passmg Show Ihr vate- ale ClO'lIl behlnd the crowda and the skv l filled w lth the brll llellll hue- of the settlllv -un The tw lllffht ha- replaced the ffleallllnv illll Q heat wlth a soft coolne-s Another dav hae 'fone never to retuln or be lClll3CCfl It wlll llnffel III the lllelllorlea of the de partlnff crowd- how eve r ax one of the moat CII .lovable tllllcq thev have ever experleneed But lt IS 'fone and thev lllllSt be Ifln new dIt1VltlCS, go to lle w plaec- and onlv lCIll8IlllN l the old IIIIICQ lhe C8llllXdl IS oven mel anotllel das lldw passed So ll IQ w llll oul dav- at GIOWCI Cleveland Hltfll School Thr v too have pa-Qed never to letulll and now we, too, Illllwl be 'VIH new .le tlvltle S Our dave at Cleveland welc happv dava hlled wlth llttle OICJNIOHS w lllCh meant Q0 lllllfh to u- FIOIII the FlPHllIlldIl Rlllv to that ffleat qf'Ill0l Prom .md lyraduatloll everv tellll IlliHCI'llLCl us wlth new pleasures llew hope- new lllelll orles But llke the Glde how- eonee HIOIIQ and thrlllx of the llOdltlWt2llk theae thlllffa ale behllld us now ljlll own -Xlllateul Show- f0IIllJlI10E'il a- lllllch valletv crowds, wlth dll added dllYdllldUf, for the paltlelpanta were often our own per sonal frlenda The lllll1 ClN of the Hltl0NllOYNG qule klv lll0lI ht to llllllil YISIOIIS of voun-f freehlllen, wande l'lll4' thlOll ll the halls on the fllat dav of the new te rm Thev looked So Slllall and voullff that the SLIIIOIQ found lt hard to believe that thev themselves had looked the QAIIIC wav onlv a few veal before Tlllll took awav Il1lI'lulCS from us but leplaeed IllClll wlth kI'l0Wl0tlf C and advancement It wae a falr exchanffe AQ we Ho further down the path of IIIPIIIOYICQ we pax- lllanv Qlvns w hleh lead um all over affaln to more of theme oeea-lons Here we come to the dare dCVll acts, each guaranteed to be the thrlll of thrllls We, too, wltnessed lllanv thrllllnv acts ln the pool of Cleveland llllfll ellvlnff, flips, races Our own Aqua showa gave both Clevelandlte- and vlbltorb lllore of thoxe wonderful lllenlorlea to keep IH thelr mlnds We had our themplans too, and the IIlCIllllCI'S of the Plavshop often entertalned at our weeklv aabelllhlles -Xnd -o we contlnue down the seellllnglv endless path revlewlnlf all that waa before ua and all that lb past Vl e have reached the end of the boardwalk The wooden boards carrv onlv the echoea of our footqtepb The vatea close and the locks cllck behlnd us to Shut us out of the earnlval But we can alw avg return to lt for we have the kevb that wlll open anv lock whleh keep- us from the paxt W e have our IllCll10l'1CS Wlllih no one can take from ua fhev are the kevb that wlll unlock the-e -fates at our blddlnu Such leev- are our- forever XIARY A CE WA I wr' 5 ,. ' :js , ' - , - ., . , v .- . . , . I, . . F . K , 1, F e ,, . 1 w NN 1 1 Y 1 v5 Q 1 V. . . e .- l . P, , , . , . r, .. , e . . ' ' V 'X' 5 ' . h I ' .1 5 I I ' ' 3 . n .. I , , . . r, . . . ,,. V . . ' ' ' , V . . -TY. v . ,. ' . Y . - ' . - . - . - , ' . -, . , 1- ' , f - H Q f 9 1 3 ' v 1 w I V. . xx . 1, .. va . v , , Y - . Y . - i v v' ' , . X' Y ' X , 3. . , . A. . Q 'Y . F. , U . . , , ' . . e ., ., ' . ' .' ls 1. sg' -. ' ' : ' , e, F: . . 3 .' . , A, . T , Y . , I and CHJOYIIICIIT for us as the best of the entcrtainlllent presented to the passing eq a r, xl xl : 'L i 'v . K., Y I v , ' . . . ' . - , V , . F' x ' 1' F' ' N A . ' ' Fr ve Y 3 3 K 1 v1 Y v 4 7 via QS ' ' 5 ,K . D . - v . ' - , -- . Y ' V ' .. Z, . , -, -e ' . U . 1 N ,Q . . ., . 1 Y D r. ' , ' g P ' 1, S . - - Dv K . , F . Y L - , . I , Y. , v Y X E W I I . e .. . , . - , . . . Y , M , - .. ' , 1 . Z. F. V . 3 , ,. . , . ' . Ll v , R D

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higher educatlon colleffe But to all of us that dav ln ,lune means the end of all ties with Grover Cleveland Hwh School as students That IS why we have taken these pages to look back at those glorious four years ln hlgh school Our faculty has done its utmo t to prepare us for life Some of our class mates have fallen alonff the WHSQlIlC because they refused to become members of our school community But to those who continued there IS a much harder road ahead We are on our wav out into a new world, a world not akin to that of our school All the subjects which we have taken voluntarily or because thev were compulsorv have been prep tration for the outside world Whether thev were utilitarian studies or the broad humanities, the maln goal has been not to tram hlghlw skilled technlelans, but the most important thlno' to the world todas Our faculty has tr1ed to mold us into a SOCICIV of GOOD HUMAN BEINGS We were st1ll attendlng elementarv school when World War ll was being waged, but we do remember that that war or any wars past or ln the future could have been and can be prevented if man can succeed in training south how to live happily 1n a society of his fellow men Hltler was not the only one who realized the great potentlalitles ln training vouth for a definlte purpose 1n llfe Thls theolw dates back to the lJCf'lIlIllIl0' of recorded history The onlv thmv wrong with this theory IS that some lndlvlduals chose to train youth for an end beneficial only to thelr own minds, which are often times warped and diseased Now that we are senlor , me ourselves realize the importance of youth to we are adults W e will lcaln from the past and look to the future with new hope and optimism The ew es of the wsorld are fixed on the South of America to see to what decree thev respect and uphold the 1ntr1ns1c d1ffn1t1es of man, to see to what great helghts thev will build the world of todav As we look back on those four wears, we have nothlnff but the deepc t Ulatl tude to offer those who have spent endless hours preparinff us to be adult To our teachers and our parents thanks seem insufficient, but it 1S sincere Our classmates who have shared earh others Joys md sorrows feel at this tune a closer bond becau e of tht manx tri als they have weathered toffether Years vxlll pass swiftly after Hraduatlon, but throuffh the rest of the dass of out life we shall newer for-'ft those ma-fn ll four xeai There will aluass be those FOLR XEXRS ' DOROTIIY WEISS -. ri . I ' , . v . S . u - P vv- . . z ' ' . -Y C' -Y' if c cs ' . e society. Most of us understand the responsibilities we have inherited now that I ' . , ' C' - S . C' v Y .Y ' Y I l r- S tl .- - ' ' ' s ' ' U s. , s s 2 U' 'z Q I' ' ' U . n V . I-. l rg n 'vm . ' Y M V . C? A P' .2 'Y -S. Y' . v .Y