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

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Spvrfsfop cs Ao THL basketball seas n approach e the halfway mark t look as the urrent autntet wtll follow the truf blue and Whrte trad1t1on exemphfred bv rnany Queens PSAL Champron sums The squad contrary to pre season expectattons played superbly Aaam pacmg the Prestdent offen srve and defensrve play rs lvffke Han nfn the 6 ft all crty guard Mrke wt o lead Queens last year tn scorlng ts cgatn the leadrna scorer Another veteran returnmg to the fola thrs term 1S Donald Slattery who was second hrgh scorer on Adams la ' term Don rs feared for hrs set shot from the corner lftck Crosby the speedy httle guard wrll also be a valuable asset on bo h o tense and defense along wrth Cha lr Brueaeman a great ball handler anc playmaker Some of the newcomers to the squad are Kenneth Gaynor Brlly Saar who has been playrna mostly the ptvot spot and Pnrl Davrdowrtz who last season played brllhant IV ba The team IS faced wlth an acute problem the problem of hetght The talle t player ts Bflly Saar rho rs ln feet l tnch Mrke f-lann n and Charhe Bruegeman are e ch tt n th encounters thus far thts season they have had control of the backboards desptte thetr lack of hetaht Much of the success of the autntet has been due to the excellent passrna 13 ARNOLD KESSLLR 4. 454' fdlxxzy 5' nut atta k wnrcn tney have used on tne ofense and the man to man defense whrch they employ wrth prectsron lfr Delaney deserves great pratse for the way he has assembled so mex perrenced a sauad rnto an undefeated and much feared frve Wfth an unde feated record ID four games so far rt Q season Takma a gutck look at our alumm we s e that one of our former basket ball stars lS currently maktng good on one o the brg college teams l-l ago was captam of the Blue and Whtte aumte and now as a sopho 'nore he IS leadtng the New York Unrverstty ftve rn scortng and has been acclarmed by many leadrng bas ketball vrrters as one of the most p omrstng young players rn basketball today Our cross country track team had a very good season Led by Don Avenra Adams placed eleventh out o a trcld representrng about frfty chools Avema htmself ame tn fxth l r Ifforse rs now contemplat mg the beglnrt na of the mdoor track eason nd th track team captarned by loe Barbera has been worktna out steadrly tn tne boys gymnas1um 0 r - , u-'A ,.5- E. I I I W ' em Y, , HA A , , , N V A , s - , l s if 'L , l A , 4 1 1 c . ' Q . 4 , I - Y ' K v ' I . it . , ' T .J A A . ' I , ' 1 E-jx I r I A ' f J . - e - . s . . 1 4 ' , t I . 6 'cr ' ' - . Ht ' IS Bob Dederran who, but two years l . - . . I - I I 'I - U 1 A L . Ll I - L. :' ' p A , .C I g , . . . . 7 1 - . rv l I l . . , . r . V. , . 1 ' I I . A A - ' - X 1- , . . S , V . A ' . A o ' s , ' ' c ' a . 6 ' . I eQr Q' I K J ' - - I 1 , ' ,' i ' - - - I s , , a e , '

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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 . .

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45 17 Om ax XX l COULDNT STAND the cold barren look of our lrvmg room as l Walked throuah rt Wrthout a frre the room was lrfeless The frreplace was wtth out lts flamrng logs and looked a brt ugly Seerng thrs l decrded to start a frre to lrven the room to make the artrfrcral flowers seem to grow the objects rn the room come to l1fe and make everyone who passed through the room happy l started to prck up papers here and there and then Went down to the cel lar Where the logs were stacked just Wartrng to be used Graspmg some matches l started back to the l1v1ng room wlth a feelmg of galety and do mg somethmg brg After all a frre s a brg and Wonderful thmg Placrng the logs and paper care fully l l1t the paper lt burned raprd ly l sat down as soon as l saw the logs had caught frre There l sat lovmg every mrnute of thrs Wonderful pectacle Watchmg the flames danc Enthusiasm DOLORES TEICHMANN mg merrrly and the logs crackhng therr song Everythrng rn the room took on a look of happmess The plants awoke from therr slumber and seemed to look fresher greener and you could almost see them growrng The curtarns seemed to perk up The floor looked more glossy Everythmg looked shrn rer The andrrons gleamed so much as to almost blrnd you for a rnmute Lrfe was rn thrs room and every smgle oblect seemed to reflect 1t l felt a surgmg rmpulse to shout and smg because th1s frre W1th 1ts br1ght colors and Warm hues made me feel as 1f l myself Were on frre l couldnt keep my eyes from lts escaprng flames lts so m1raculous when you thmk of rt lust str1ke a match hold 1t to some paper and Wood and soon you have a spectacle that 1S breathtakrng Our frreplace was no longer ugly but a beaut1ful msprrrng srght The cold drab lookrng brrcks had become Warm and brrght, glvrng off a Warmth that made me feel safe and glad to be ahve These flames, these beaut1ful flames, rf they would Just stay ahve lrke thrs forever But they are slowly decreas mg, all the trme gettrng smaller and smaller Soon there Wrll be no more The glowmg embers wrll soon dre and lrfeless ashes Wrll be the sole remarn der of my gorgeous creatron 14 ' F? HE-K 4 t if-f:. A ' 333. f ,- gm ,gf:.:x, - .- 1 ' Lf:- '-Q3. Q Q ,. wg 9D ' Aj: 5975 , ,Mt K' Z, lg. 9 -. ' I -, , ,f X 4.4,-fir, H 3 -'st Q. gf '. ' 0 D , 4 1 -' fssffrgl I' -' -2- 175-if l5. 5 ,-off' ' ' 1 xxx'-1-1 4 ily: .-xl -- -,,5-gf, 4 ..,, , A9 .-- up-. ' . J.. . ,- .,f , .--I K Q Am Kraft 1 H A X . . I I I I 7 . I I , I . . I , l ' ' . I . , . - 1 I I - . I A I , . s . ' - ' ' I -