Hermon DeKalb Central School - Demon Yearbook (De Kalb Junction, NY)

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NEW YORK CITY TRIP On Monday, April 2, at 2:00 p.ra. twenty weary Seniors and two advisors left Washington for New York City. Upon arriving at the Pennsylvania Station around 5:1+2 p.m. we were transferred from there by bus to the Taft Hotel. That evening we were to go on a tour of Broadway, but we were so tired that we didn't go. After breakfast Tuesday morning, we left the hotel on a soecial bus with guide for a tour of Upper and Lower New York, from Grant’s Tomb to the Battery, stopping at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and walking through Chinatown and the Bowery. While walking through Chinatown, we smelled many odors. After lunch we assembled at the Horn and Hardart Automat and walked with our guide a short distance to the United Nations Building for a guided tour. This was an interesting experience. Our guide explained to us clearly about the different parts of the U. N. and the work of each. Then we returned to the hotel. The evening was open to go to the movies. Some of us went to the movies; some went shopping; and others stayed in their hotel rooms. On Wednesday morning we left for the National Broadcasting Company Studios and T V tour. Here we learned how different sound effects were made. It was amazing to find out just what was used to make each sound. After that we went through St. Patrick's Cathedral and thence to the Empire State Building. By elevators we went up, up, until we reached the top which was the one hundred and second floor. We were discouraged, for it was misty and we could not see anything. On that floor the seniors as a group had pictures taken. |t Wednesday afternoon we went to see the show Lamm Yankees. In the evening from 8:00-11:00 P.m, we saw the circus in Madison Square Garden. There were three different acts going on at one time.

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Saturday evening we went to the Glen Echo Amusement Park. All of us had a lot of fun there. The roller coaster was too much for some of us. We went to the party dance at; the Hotel Willard when we returned from the park. Sunday morning was free for church. The Catholics went to the services at the Franciscan Monastery and the Protestants attended the sunrise service at the Arlington National Cemetery. We were blessed with a beautiful Easter day. At 1:30 our guide arrived to take us on tour again. We visited the Washington Cathedral. In this building we saw the second largest rose window in the world with. 9,000 separate pieces of glass. WTe spent the remainder of the afternoon at the zoo. All of us enjoyed this tour immensely. Every kind of animal imaginable was representated. Sunday evening we went to the beautiful tidal basin where the Japanese cherry trees are. We also saw the Lincoln Memorial. This is a mammoth monument in memory of our Civil War President. Our guide took us to the Airport where a plane leaves or takes off approximately every three minutes. Monday morning we visited the Bureau of Printing and Engraving and Smithsonian Institute. At the Bureau of Printing and Engraving we saw stacks of money as high as a school desk. We saw piles of thousand dollar bills on one table. That day the greatest number of people passed through that building in its history. There are five buildings’at the Smithsonian Institute and we couldn't see anywhere near all of the things on display. Among the things we saw were the original Constitution and the plane the Wright Brothers built. At 2:00 p.m. we left Washington with the memories of an enjoyable visit and the desire to return.

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Thursday morning was open for shopping at Macy’s Department Store. We all went together, but when we got there we were separated because we didn’t all want to look at the same things. Three of us girls were not sure of the way back, so we asked a policeman and he told us to take the subway and shortly we were at the hotel. Some of the girls got back by taxi; others by bus. One girl got lost, and we were just about ready to leave for Radio City Music Hall, when she came in. Some of the boyt3 instead of shopping went on a subway to the Statue of I Liberty. Thursday evening around 5”30 p.m. we left our hotel for Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes, a stage show, movie, and the Easter Pageant. We entered the theatre early. We waited a long while before we were shown to our seats. Some of us were so tired out that we sat down on the floor while waiting; others leaned against the wall. We were to leave for home later that evening. What a time that was! Some came back early and others stayed until the show was over. We were all mixed up for we were afraid that some wouldn’t make the train. Well, we finally got to Grand Central Station and around 10:35 p.m. we left New York. Friday morning we arrived in DeKalb Junction around 10:00 a.m., all tired out. Yet with all our rush and weariness while on the trip, we saw many interesting sights which we shall always remember.