Manhattan High School of Aviation Trades - Solo Yearbook (New York, NY)

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S.A.Tfs fine school spirit, we were hiding . . . Rookies build models for the Navy, one hundred naval aviation cadets Hunk out on aircraft identification . . . Mr. Caballero teaches WASPS to fly in Cub repaired by S.A.T. students . . . Flash! Italy surrenders, one down, two to go . . . Seniors donate blood to Red Cross, seniors become anemic overnight . . . Mayor LaGuardia inspects flying ambulance donated by school to Navy . . . Eighth termers get P-40 and B-17 hydraulic landing gear to Work on . . . Bugle and Drum Corps takes top honors in New Jersey competition . . . A.C.0. puts on big party, Ben and Sam, Mr. Zirn star . . . Senior Prom in the groove, says Log . . . S.A.T. plans new school. February to June '44 S.A.T. Baseball team trounces Stuyvesant 9-6 . . . S.A.T. begins subject promotion . . . Wing fittings pose as major problem for fourth termers, many educated rookies found pouring molten metal into the jigs Mr. Ferrante uses for checking fittings, that's one way of getting them to fit . . . Spring comes, and mechanics become animal lovers, feed- ing the chimpanzee in the Central Park Zoo, said chimp urges swift return to afternoon classes . . . Tricky song, MMairzy Doatsw big hit with students, it makes their tongues look like pretzels . . . Mr. Augustine, after thirty years of service, retires to Florida for well-earned rest . . . 1Ha Fl X 'il LV'-

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some of these days Imagine! just three short years ago we hopped on the rickety El for our first journey to S.A.T., where you are guilty until proved inno- cent, and innocent only until you first err on the bench hook or jig board. Now our throats tighten and our eyes grow glassy whenever we relive certain immortal moments: The Central Park excursions during Spring . . . the inevitable third floor jams . . . twenty laps around the yard . . . our favorite teacher's ultra- long pencil . . . reading Macbeth in English . . . standing on line for milk . . . the salami sandwiches at Ben and Sam's . . . Mr. Herfurtner's deep, rich voice . . . rookies trying to find their rooms . . . counting off in shop . . . marching around the block during a fire drill . . . filing eighth-inch metal in fifth term . . . uncredited maintenance . . . checking mags in seventh . . . watching our pals get drafted. The pretty girls at the school dances . . . snowball fights after school in winter . . . talk and plans for a new school . . . those glorious Christmas and Easter vacations . . . sipping cokes at the lVlanl1attan . . . rookies searching for the swimming pool on the seventh floor . . . the Aeronca in Mr. Miller's shop . . . rowing in Central Park after school in spring . . . the crowded auditorium on a cold day . . . the colorful posters during campaigning days . . . that report card with a failing mark in Math . . . riveting like mad in Mr. Nejezl shop . . . pushing a broom on maintenance days . . . things like that . . . let's go back and relive some of it. September '43 to January 944 Three thousand planes roar over Ruhr Valley in Germany . . . Seven hundred fifty ordained rookies jam S.A.T .... seven hundred forty-nine swimming pool passes sold . . . Colonel Adamson, forced down with Eddie Rickenbacker in the Pacific, visits our schoolg remarks upon pt If

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Flash! France invaded . . . Handball team cops city championship by smashing De Witt Clinton, 3 to 2 . . . Seventh term shops get new Allison engines donated by Army, intelligent senior remarks that he never knew June owned such a tremendous corporation . . . Log wins las usualj first prize in the Columbia Scholastic Press Awards . . . Aviation students broadcast to nation on coast-to-coast network . . . S.A.T. plans new school. September 744 to January ,45 Life crawls on, and rookies crawl out of fourth term into the in- triguing fifth, only to be belittled as Zombies . . . They are too busy accentuating the positive, however, to notice their new status . . . Mr. Fidell's new Log journalism class begins business . . . President Roosevelt is a major figure at the Teheran Conference, Joe Zambito is a major figure in the senior elections, running off with the presidency . . . War- time suspension of sports makes us realize that we're in the battleline, too, we grimly vow to make up for it if ever we get the chance . . . A new system, senior Big Brothers, is inaugurated, seniors now will familiarize rookies with our school and its courses, mass orientation night planned for next term . . . Mr. Naidich gets the nod, steps into Mr. Augustine's shoes . . . Log prints gala Christmas edition, enjoyed by all . . . Technical course goes into effect next term for fortunate rookies-to-be . . . Flash! Mr. Schwartz crashes in East River, makes headlines all over the nation, ,- -' ,AMI .MW