James Monroe High School - Monrovian Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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'7flTlIjj:5I'T w , M, GEORGE SCHECHTMAN PrcsIdenI CLASS OF 'Ox DOROTHY BARON Commercial Vice-Presiden+ EDITH ORINGER Academic Vice-Freddenf 1f N. an I CLAIRE KLEINBERG Secrefary FICERS Treasurer 4'1 M. in Mfr RICH , I I HA DAVID NULMAN PEARL DISCOUNT I Q V Mane ja. Boys' A'rIvIeIic Manager Girls' AII1IefIc Manager wif V1

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EDITORIAL If is good fhaf fhe fradifion is fhaf seniors should have more fun in school fhan fhey have ever had before, indulging in more enferfainmenf, adopfing foolish privileges for fhemselves and so on. If is good because being graduafed is such a sad fhing and if is good fo forgef sad fhings. Graduafion is sad because if is an ending. If is fhe ending of a beaufiful, excif- ing, naively blind period in one's life. Some say fhaf fhe sevenfh ferm is fhe besf because if is fhen fhaf fhe sfudenf has gained fhe presfige fhaf fhree years of high school experience can bring: yef, he can sfill look forward fo new experiences, new goals fo sfrive for. Buf fhe eighfh ferm is fhe end. There is no looking forward. The graduafe remains sfanding wifh his hands hanging af his sides. To be graduafed is fo be demofed. Graduafion is one of fhe climaxes of life, and everyone knows fhaf affer a climax comes a sharp descenf. affer which fhe climb musf recommence. The graduafe becomes a freshman. Whefher if be in college or in indusfry, he is only a beginner. The graduafe can no longer keep up fhe friendships he made in school by merely making such vague appoinfmenfs as, l'll see you in school. Those friend- ships can no longer be kepf by mere nods or hand-waves passed along as sfudenfs walk fhrough 'rhe corridors befween periods. Ouf of school, 'rhe word friend fakes on a new meaning. Acquainfanceships musf be kepf up wifh formal appoinfmenfs, formal correspondence. Thaf is why fhe graduafe is sad. He knows fhaf he may never again see so many hundreds of fhose familiar faces. If is good fhaf fhe senior ferm is one of revelry.

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PRESlDENT'S MESSAGE Dea r Fellow GraduaTes: Four years have elapsed since we TirsT crossed The Threshold of James Monroe. In The minds oT many oT us iT has been all Too brieT a Time. For we are abouT To enTer a grim world, and all The happy hours we spenT aT Monroe are remembered wiTh longing. We know ThaT graduaTion means The TerminaTion oT high school's ioys and The enTrance inTo a IiTe of sacriiice and economic sTruggIe. Some of us will deparT To insTiTuTions oT higher educaTion: oThers will become wage earners in a parTicuIar business or Trade. OThers will ioin our armed 'forces To TighT The Tyrannical enemies Threairening our precious Democracy. Many of us will venTure inTo This war-sTricIcen world and Tind ThaT Iife is even harder Than we Think. Some will Tind iT easier. BuT wiTh The proper degree oT ingenuiiy and iniTiaTive we should all be successTuI in whaTever branch oT endeavor we may choose. The Senior Class oT June I942 has gained a repuTaTion which, iT can be proud To know, is ouTsTanding in The hisTory oT our school. Though iT 'found iTseIT in The mosT perilous Times, The Senior Class remained high in spiriT, and iTs TaiTh, morale, and hope have seT a Tine example Tor oThers To Tollow. The high oTlice ThaT you have besTowed upon me was a greaT honor, and I enioyed every minuTe of service ThaT I was able To render. I am sure ThaT The oTher Senior Class oflicers, wiTh me, have The same ThoughT To express. WhaTever your TuTure is, may good luck, heaITh, and happiness come in abundance wiTh every underTaking. Your Triend and presidenT, George SchechTman I 3