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

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ABSTRACTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY TABBOT SAMPIERE

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ffffl xv W Standing 1600144 011 y IEAN LOMBARDO COMEONE ONCE SAID A mans home IS hrs castle lt 1S obvrous that thrs person drd not hve tn our modern aae of televtsron Your castle had b t ter be qu1te large rf you contemplate cwmng a televrsron set because you re gomg to need plenty of room Prrvacy' The only place pr1vacy eyrsts rn my house IS m the drctronary l never reahzed my famrly was so popular untll my dad got the brrllrant toea to purchase a televlsron set for our own use Thrs purchase marked tke begmntng of the dechne of on parlor set My famrly IS a hosprtable famrly We have always emoyed hav mg company but every nrght m tn week IS seven nrghts too much for me The process1on usually begms at about 7 30 The doorbell rrngs m other groans and my father smtles l-le loves all the excrtment ard fuss n ade over our televrsron set he does not have to clean the house alter our honored C73 guests have departed l havrng been off1c1ally appomted the famrly receptlomst answer the door bell There standrng calmly on the steps are the unmvrted guests Remem bermg the rules of etrauette and havmg successfully completed Soctal Forms l ask them to enter Our guests neve mtend to stay more than an hour and never knowrng untrl thrs very mmute that we are the proud owners of tele vrsron deposrt Iuntors bottles m my hands to be put 1n the refrrgerator Agam l smrle knowmg that baby rs go mg to be parked on my lap wh1le mom and dad enyoy the show Everythmg rs fme unt1l dadd who by now has explamed every knob on the set rn a most screntrfrc rranner decrdes the prcture would b mucr clearer rn the dark Out goes the lrahts on wrth the show All set to see the Mrlton Berle show l motroned dad dy to put on Channel 2 We got as far as the commercral when someone seated rn the frrst balcony mentroned aurte casually of course the w estlmg bouts Off aoes Channel 2 n vrth the search for Channel 5 lt was at that parttcular tune that lumor decrded to practrce for future tack team glorres Pleased w1th th fact that l was about to be reheved of a heavy burden l guretly let hlm down fWe all make mlstakesl My father hcd been frddlrng wrth every knob on the set tryrng to get a clearer prcture Cl hope l hve to the day when te aets c prcture that satrsfres hrml All of a udden the plcture blanked out com pletely Mom sard l knew t you burned out the battery agam Daddy rfumbled somethmg but l havlng th orstmctron of bemg seated at a dts tcnce couldnt hear 1t plamly On went the hghts and daddy w to by now had assumed the role of elec trrctan began to examrne the rurns The root of our trouble 1t was 1m medratedy decrded was underneatn the table Yes there perched a sweet as could be was lunror tangled wrres l-low the httle doll managed to crawl under the table w1thout anyone seemg h1m 1S beyond human under standlng Lrttle lunlor 1S one root l would have areat Joy rn transplantma And so rt goes nlaht after nrght week after week Yes a home rs not complete w1thout a televrsron set but rf youd care to take some frrendly advrce from a veteran buy an ordlnary r dro and stay happy ' . . , . Y lff A I . . , fl V 'f I l . , ., I - t1 1 ' , 1- , - , - 1 11 . . 1 - - . . 1 1 . . A , I' T' ' 'D- V . C . K . . . J , o . . . , l . 1 . . X . . . . . . f. ' ' Q . . . U n - f ' 1 'F . . . .1 - A 1 . . . . . . . 1 S' - 1 5' . . l. . . . l I 1 I V ' ll . W ' A Q 1 C . . . Y H ' V rn '. ' . 1 . . A 4 , . 1 . . ' -Y l l , I' ' 1 - 5 . I -A . . , I - , - 1 ' . , 'S - 1 . . - In 1 - - - 1 , ,- - . . . . t1 11 1 tt - - f ll I I I ..f J' ' 1 Y, -1 . . . . 1 . . 1 - 1 '- - 1 . . . . . 1 . ,1 1 H- ' ' 1 , . V . , K lltttt 1 ' v . . 112- rv t ' ' -A 'W ' 'Y X , N A ' : ggi' X-It by 33, - . e K V X xf A 'w -. X -'XL -1 's 5. N-' 6 Kp Et ' fair.- .. ..

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6 f 'L by! K 9 W -WE, 'X HIGH school student proceeds through several dlfferent stages oefore he reaches the statron known as Sen for He grows up hke a frog or a but terfly through a process called meta morphosrs each stage creatmg a pecuhar 1nd1v1dual ln hls FRESHMAN year h IS a strangely hopeful and mdustrtous crea t re He thr1ves on homework as one aoes on bread Up and Down stgns become a rel1g1on He proudly arsplays a lohn Adams button and arags ALL hrs texts EVERY day He asprres to belong to Arlsta and become an act1ve member of the Adams fn telhgentsra He tdohzes the outstand mg untouchable Sen1ors who have at tamed the prnacle of success Teache are talkrng sttcks growmg out of desks One has no extra currrcular contacts wrth teachers Slck Passes are for the ayma The halls are roads of adven ture and suddenly he IS a SOPHOMORE soph1st1cated wrth hrs elevatton rn hfe Homework IS rmpor tant but he has learned that M n does not hve by bread alone The Sopns have become accustomed to the c owds stufhng the halls b tween classes and have dtscovered flesh growmg on teachers A SSUIOF stlll 'hath charm to soothe the savage 611,11 and Gown SANDRA MOSHMAN soph But the Second Year Man 15 slowly des1gn1ng a future for htmself at Adams and settles down to l1fe as IUNTOR Wtthm these ranks the sohd mass beglns to break up 1nto 1nd1v1d uals leadrng themselves mto all the ramtftcatlons of Campus act1v1t1es pubhcattons GO clubwork servtce crd honors Studles begtn to orgamze themselves and the busy Iumors have learned to take th1ngs tn thelr str1de teachers have suddenly become per sonal frtends The Iumors have estab hshed a beachhead and are worktng themselves upward And so the SENIOR wedged between the glortes of Semorhood and frnal tests of achrevements Regents We have carelessly rushed through the frrst few stages 1ntent on blossommg mto Sentors hke the coccoon IS trans formed to a butterfly But we do recall w1ld cheermg moments 1n back of a w1nn1ng Blue and Whrte and the solemn unlty behmd a team hard up v 1th defeat We recall wtth reverance the Armtsttce Day taps echolng througn the bulldtng at ll o clock to honor th gold stars on that flag rn Assembly Tl e Campus takes on unnotrced beau ll and the Nemo butldtna becomes a landmark The hnal v1s1t to the dentlst crves us our Senror buttons The last rehearsal before Class Nrght IS past and hrdden talents emerge before bub bhng classmates Excttement oxer mgs and prctures ts a spark compared t the brxlhance of Prom Nrght and 1t's all over From a cocky semor we change mto a newly young, newly urcertam graduate We re freshmen cgam, perhaps 1n college, perhaps not Hrgh School IS past and we reacn forth to accept the d1ploma as we step proudly across the stage rn CAP AND GOWN 12 s ' . U t 3 1 I , T? , ' H. -, I-' '1 -Q 'w Q17 , ,s . . . ff: , . . . ,Q -Q. . - ' ,N , ' . , , . ,fig-, 1 . .rv:,-Qu' ' -,jr -Nags.-' ff . rf' ' R -tt 2. ,K ' 'Sa if 'in G , -: -N, -f t. I rg . is I . . . ' . -4 ,: 4551- ' . . . . . 'WA .,','. :f-1 ::E,, 'f - 'fha T' ' . 'A 'VI f ' . . ' ' r yt? , . nj. ,- , 1 5 .udp 3, . . . . . . - ,J , . . , , A . , , -1 1 , , ,W - I , ,l , ' -1-Eno ' 1s . . - V 1 . I ' , ' Y I - I' I - 1 - 8 - . . , 4 u . ' T' ' - U ,I .. ff If xx ll 4 ' - , . I . . ,. . ,, . ' ' 1' . ' - . . . . 1 . FS f ' , . tt - ff ' W 4 . . 1 f I 4 X . . f ' - - . . . . f . A S xv V w . . 1.1 N . . y . ,, t , A r. . . r 4 F . . . F E C . .