John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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CAP ANI! GIIWN a que vae GVG EVELYN MART N DIDNT THOSE four year fly though? Why 1t went just like that and here rt ns tune to say good bye already How clearly the f1rst day stands out ln my memory The audltonum was fllled to capac xty and a teacher was trymg to ad dress the group of hopeful fsome hopeless! freshmen Smce he had no loud speaker all he managed to do was appeal to the f1rst flfteen rows of glrls and a few boys among them Perhaps thats the reason that there are only about that many rows of graduates left th1s term Pl Amldst the confusmon and chaos a few words from the frenz1ed speaker h1t home wrth me He spoke most confldently when he saxd I know that four years from now many f you wont be here to graduate but to those of you who make up your mlnds that you w1ll be here I say good luck and oh well you know the rest because you faced 1 at some t1me yourself As for me though I saw a challenge and here I am before you wavmg a frantlc good bye We semors fdoesnt that sound 1mportant 'J had a great t1me wh1le we were here Now IIS our turn to go out mto the world a llttle more lndependent than prevlously to seek our fortunes Perhaps we wont go any farther than a flve cent nde on a subway but wherever 1t 15 well flnally feel l1ke 1nd1v1duals Its taken a long t1me to develop that feelmg especlally after bemg among large groups 111 hlgh school for so long falmost seven years now 1snt 1t'Pl We wont have s1eges of hysterla or such but tlus s stralght from the shoulder Theres a certaln queemess that goes through you at the pros pect of graduatmg and you sort of hate to go Dont mxsunderstand me because I hope to be leavmg wxth the others when the Chpper shlp docks The 11ttle mc1dents and b1ts of fun that we had wont be forgotten Smce I d1sl1ke readmg senous artzcles fsuch as th1s should bel Ill try to curb my feelmgs Any freshxe or soph who thlnks that saymg good bye 15 easy should have the Job of wntmg th1s column mf and when he gets to be a senmor Lxttle d1d I thmk when strugglmg through frrst term subjects that 1n a short t1me fa heml Id be worrylng about passmg Regents m the e1ghth term After grduahon there ll be no crammmg and worrymg about school work That 1S except for tho e who mtend gomg to college tboth of you! faculty To all the teachers who thlnx we smt 1n class sometlmes fall the tlmel w1th vague expresslons on our faces and are bored to the unkth de gree It must be hard on you espe crally at t1me when you feel l1ke Sll tmg back and gazlng out the w1n dow yourself We want you to know that we appreclate you and certalnly are grateful to you fl dont know what we would have done wlthout teachersl Our mmds may have been wandermg because we were makmg plans for when we become famous some day but no matter what rt was we ll always remember you Well 1ts so long for a whxle and m a partnng word to the next sen1or class may I say I hope lt wont be too hard for you to follow 1n our foot steps and to l1ve up to the hxgh level that our class of Iune 45 has set' 22 - H , -0- I gg 1 11 1 n 1 - 5-1 I - I II- ll I u 1 u I . l Il 1 - -' ' 0 . . I - . ' s I - I n 1 I .. Rlght now Il lxke to address the . . . , . l ' .t , , l I ' u 1 ' I ' I . . I ' I - ' u S 1 ' - , , . . A I I I '

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Dear Ilm Im wntmg to apologlze for the way I acted when you were home leave The quarrel was all my fault and Im sorry But after all a woman hkes to be remembered on her blrth day I hope youll reahze th1s after were marned I wrote to your brother I hope I can boost h1s morale Ieanne Dear Ieanne Your letter arr1ved thls mornmg lm glad you hnally real1zed that the quarrel was your fault About the present It really wasnt my fault though I was so exclted about com mg home that I completely forgo your blrthday Im glad you wrote to my brother He doesnt get much ma1l and Im sure hell be glad to hear from you Love 1m Dear hm You have some nerve The quarrel was just as much your fault as 1t was mme And commg home on leave was no excuse for not buymg me present I recerved a letter from your brother yesterday I dont know why you arent as senslble as he He wrltes a very n1ce letter and Im sure he 1snt as hot headed as you Love Ieanne Dear Ieanne We cant go on argumg all the t1me Suppose we forget the whole thmg Im sh1pp1ng you your belated blrthday present As for my brother h1s letters arent any better than mme and he has a ternble temper 1m 23 Dear Imm Your present came yesterday What on earth can I do wxth a hon cub' Surely you dont expect me to keep lt My house would be a wreck ln less than a week Ive made arrangements to glve h1m to the zoo Ive been gettmg qu1te a few letters from your brother lately He expects to come home on leave soon Love Ieanne Dear Ieanne You thought the hon cub was so cute some t1me ago that I sent 1t to you Im sorry li you dldnt hke rt Im glad to hear that Tom IS com mg home on leave Id appreclate 1k lt you d show h1m the town Love 1m Dear Ilm I dont lcnow how to tell you thxs but Tom and I were marrled last week Im very sorry and I hope we ll always be frlends Smcerely Ieanne S3D'I3.I.S SIHOCI '41 WIP lllfllll 1 ' ' 1 . : I . . I u , I . . I , - - , . N - N . o ' Q . . H- I . . I 7.1 :P ' . , i E . I . 1 , ' I , ' l l i I I - ' I I SPUSIJ Sq S391