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

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te na a vende- l tl s we spent a ew serlous ap and at tt 6, A Gown Al DRFY ARNUI D SENIOR' On that olcssed word It means so many thmas It means there are no more tomorroffs tn our htgh school career that weve reached the gather the experlences weve slnared and say Remember? Remember our frrst day IU Adams? leerlna faces tusually belongmg to up per freshmenl were pokmg out of door ways yell1na Ereshte Everyone sent us as much out of our way as posstble We scurr1ed to ftnd an empty table IU the teem1ng lunchroom I-low we wtsh ed that horrtd day would end And ftnally 1t d d end and the next term we found ourselves tn the pos1t1on to call others that hateful name Remember the chow me1n spec1als we used to get and the dtshes drop prng that started the howltna whrch always meant the srlence pertod began And let s never forget the C S As we grew In kno fvledae and stat ue the Splfll of Adams grew wtth us We Jumped and howled at the football aames fwe ff uld have fr zen t wrsel and threw peanut shells rnto the tuba as 1t pumped out the Cltpper after a beaut1ful tou hdown We even s oved and pdsh d ltttle re t an nts t o Besldes th se lona hours omeff rk 'rn tne lun ftrooml we ft te VE and VI Day s rvtces and t rn e r hon I creas1n aold stars on our servlce I gg But tr se three and a hal' years th t we left oehmd us were sort of step ping stones We rushed over them qutckly Obl1VlOUS of thtngs around us tntent on the all 1mportant goal of oe com1ng a SENIOR Now that we re here we realtze that wtth all the hustle and bustle we ve mtssed some of the thm s more slowly through the halls havtn at last become consc1ous of the Q1 tures that ltne the W lls of the corrtdor The yellow' and red that used to be lust splashes of color have become the For svthta and Azalea bushes that make our Campus the beaut1ful place tt 1 rn the Spr1ng The fraarance of the lawn freshly cut IH the front of the bu1ld1na seems more pungent as It floats up t us 1n our classrooms Then of course tn the back we have the farms And now we ve come to the very end The exc1tement of gettmg our SENIOR buttons and class rmgs ts over We ve known the glory of bemg a SEN IOR on SENIOR day the splendor o the Prom and the ga1ety of Class Nrglet We ve been measured photo raphed tested and pronounced f1t for tne ftnale And as the ftnal note ts s unded I nder ' there wont be a lump some tnroat a tear rn s me eye th n aht as we go out tnto the world that nlat as .vesandt r n at and down MM necessary on n la .. ic A c ' , L' to ad' .o Q e '.cQ . .cnt ' 3' ess , ' f ' mc- rne o . ' o . J of . ' o f r ' cl l Cd A - ,, A ' e ' he moments of silenc i. .. cr o. the inf - ,T A - . . ' A A1 I IAO I Qa X . . . . dGYS Whefl We CON OUIY look back, which make Adams, Adams. We walk , L , A I . 2: 5 It .H , I 'C- ' u . G . , . V ' - A l I I Y ' f c . S ' o I o e her- i. . . ' ' , ' . ' , ' o , .at l ' C.. . A-h , r t ogethe fi ccp h ' e a ' mo li . I ,r T 0 v SI

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Dedication Helen T Munn Fhalrman o the Izngllsh Department ,lohn Adams Hugh School .SLI HN YILARS ago, a new tearher jomed the aeults, as chatrman o the Lngllsh department Htr astute mlnd and ntmble wut, as well as her masterv o language and her keen conception of all phases where she I8 revered by her students Her eteellent manner o mstruetmg, has led her to be regarded not only as a good tea: her, but as a me rzend Her sense o humor appeals to all who appreelate elenerness Her duersl :ed ltnowl edge o other subjeets I5 a blessing to those who us llme, syllabus teaehlng Beeause o these and other me eharaeterlshcs we are honored to llellu ate our 5emor lltpper to our frlend Mass Helen T Uunn HI' LI' Nl' FULDSTI' IN O I . I 1 . . . V, J . . . . I U, f - ' . f of vulture, have im-reased,her popularity to a point A ' I . . I f' f ' - f - . n , f . W , I . I' I' . sc , ' .93 i I. . . s I If I 1 .l I A '

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.,-L.-41.1 rg l i L. V17 XV ii- -I? ffl 55 Q els Q, f Gilbert and ANDRI' XX STEIGWIAN T1-1E FLOWERS that bloom in the spring Tra 1a Breathe promise ot merry sun shine The operettas left to posterity by the great play writing team of Gilbert and Sullivan have been bringing their merry sunshine to all parts of the world for seventy odd years These Englishmen would probably score a hands down victory over Rodgers and Hammerstein their present day coun terparts The brilliant Gilbert and Sul hvan burlesque of the Royal Navy 1-1 M S Pinafore celebrated the seventieth anniversary of its first per formance on May twenty fifth During this tlme it has been performed every night in one or more places around the world What manner of men could produce Schwenck Gilbert who wrote the libretti and Arthur Seymour Sullivan composer of the music were London born Gilbert although raised in a literary household did not start wrt ing until he was twenty two and ulllvan even then in the unhelpful atmosphere of a government office Sullivans life proved almost a direct contrast to his partners By the age of twenty he was already renowned as a composer of religious music the field which he intended to make his lifes work Gilbert and Sulivan first met in 1870 and rn 1871 their first production Thespis made its appearance This operetta was a dismal flop and they did not produce another until 1875 Thespis made a rather dim begin n ng for what was later to become the most successful artistic partnership that the stage has ever seen Richard DOyly Carte founder of the D Oyly Carte Opera Company was the one who brought Gilbert and Sullivan to write their first hit 1 1868 Gilbert had contributed a short sketch to the comic weekly Fun and when Mr D Oyly Carte had him base a libretto on that sketch and put it to pot At that time DOy1y Carte was acting as manager for an operatic company and had found himself in need of a curtain raiser Gilberts 11 bretto and Sullivans music combined tc aive Trial by Iury which . I P. . V 1 . I n ste- R 7 1 7 it 1 I i-, l I H 2 Ii X ' Q 1 X such successful works? Both William music by Sullivan, they hit the jack- fi ' X - - f W 1 - . , ' . 1 ' . if 'I' tl l - L . . Va , I X . I . L- , , 4 . 5 l -Q-1 . . V- I 4. ., . , I in- - x - ... 4 'Y ! , , ,.,. 4.21 7 '- ' - r -- - -ur ' ,, .,