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

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CLASS OFFICERS STANLEY GRANOWETTER MARGARET OBRIEN ARLENE BRUNSTIEN SAMUEL KIRSHNER Class Presideml Academic Vice-Presidenl Commercial Vice-Presideril Eublicily Manager I 5, ELAINE MARGULIS EILEEN MULLARKY Treasurer Secrefary CATHERINE WERNERT SHDNEY GLASER Girls' A+l1le+ic Manager BOYS' A+Hle+iC Manage' I2 ' L

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EDITORIAL This is goodbye. We sfand here on +he fhreshold of a new life-a far diflerenf life. We are leaving behind so much: more fhan can be replaced very quickly. We are leaving behind fhe warm, happy hours, minufes, fleefing seconds of our youfh. We are leaving behind so many wonderful memories. So many grand fimes are now only leff fo be seen in fhe mirror of refleciion. And evenfually even fhaf mirror will become farnished, foo. We musf recall again and again fhose gay, golden momenfs: recall fhem and be happy fhaf we were forfunafe in having such a fine Alma Mafer and equally superlafive faculfy fo help make our soiourn here fhe mosf pleasanf of experiences. The only hearfache is leaving if all. Buf as all good fhings do end, so does fhis. His only human for us fo fhink back fo our cozy, pleasanf afmosphere in Monroe, and fhen shudder and draw back when we fhink of fhe biffer realify fhaf awaifs us. Our fufures are so unpredicfable, so uncerfain. The world is seefhing wifh 'rhe heafed flames of baffles. and we are fhe dry fimber. Buf as American youfh is fickle, if is also pugnacious and arroganf. Nofhing can ever dim ifs eager zesf for fhe righ+ fhings in fhis world. lf we have fo pray for fhose fhings, we will: if we have fo Hghl for fhem, we will do fhaf also. We will never be safisfied wifh embroidered misery or camouflaged Tyranny. lf our enemies don'f know 'rhe sfuff of American youth. fhey are in for a rough lesson. Experience is a hard feacher. Today, we, fhe hope for fomorrow, look forward fo fhe fufure. lf looks bleak and dismal. Buf we know who blackened if, we know who is fo blame. Thaf only infensifies our burning desire fo liquidafe fhe filfhy evil fhaf confaminafes every moral virfue in fhe world foday. We are defermined +o finish our iob. We will finish if 'rriumphanfly wifh lhe blood and lhunder of our mighf. The road ahead is hard, and our fask is fremendous, buf we shall never cease sweafing, working or fighfing. We shall never sfop unfil every vesfige of deceif and barbarism is blasfed from fhe face of fhis earfh. Forfy-eighf sfars will slir us on, I3O millions will pray for us, and God will help us see if fhrough. II

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IT seems like yesTerday, buT iT was really Tour years ago ThaT we enTered Monroe. MosT oT us can sTiII vividly recall ThaT TirsT day ThaT we spenT aT Monroe. All of us. no doubT. remember The smarT-aIeck upperclassmen, who Told us ThaT The locker- room was on The Top Tloor and ThaT The Iunchroom was in The basemenT. We did noT soon TorgeT The bullying seniors who oTTered To sell us eIevaTor passes and gym spoTs. because we have iusT pulled The same sTunTs ourselves. BuT, now The Tour years are over: all The good Times and Tun we had, are behind us: now iT is Time To look To The TuTure. In The pasT, Monroe sTudenTs have enTered many and varied fields of endeavor. Some of Them have become docTors, lawyers and engineers, and oThers may have become salesmen, mechanics, or businessmen: buT. no maTTer whaT occupaTion They chose, They have always given a good accounT oT Themselves. Ours is a Time of greaT naTionaI emergency. This counTry needs aIerT, inTelligenT, young leaders. We. The graduaTes of Monroe, are To furnish These leaders. IT is up To us and The gradu- aTes of all The oTher schools in The counTry To lead This counTry To VicTory. There is a greaT responsibiliTy being placed upon us, buT I know ThaT we will do noThing To show ThaT This TrusT has been misplaced. IT we can show The same deTerminaTion and will To succeed as our predecessors, VicTory musT surely be ours. The Time has now come Tor us To leave. We have had loTs oT Tun and many pleasanT experiences in Monroe. The crowded baskeTbaII and TooTbaII games, The commando Training in P.T., The various clubs and The assemblies, cannoT soon be Tor- goTTen by us: buT, now iT is Time Tor us To pack up all our memories oT The Tour years and say goodbye. And now, I would like To exTencl To you all, Trom myselT and from my Tellow class officers, besT wishes and loTs oT luck in all ThaT you may underTake in The TuTure. Your cIassmaTe and PresidenT, STanIey GranoweTTer I3