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

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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

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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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w..,,,Q declines Hollywood offers . . . Eighth termers get Aircobra in shop, it'll never come out alive . . . Senior patch added to uniform . . . S.A.T. plans new school. February to June ,45 We come to school this term and find, to our amazement, new seats- a la amphitheater-in the annex, we're moving ahead . . . Twelve five- cylinder Kinner engines arrive at the seventh term engine shops, just think of itg next term we'll work on 'emg oh well, how long did you expect them to last, anyway . . . Aviation's diamond masters get started on right leg, beating Commerce, 6 to 1 . . . Orientation night is a big success . . . The world mourns the death of our beloved president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . . Here at school, another loss, for Nellie, ever faithful and popular, has passed away . . . Baseball team still going strong . . . Flash! May 8, Germany surrenders unconditionally, two down, one to go . . . Seventh termer, Richard Hanson, a great success at auditorium programs . . . Log, as usual, wins first place award in their category for all-ways excellence . . . MacArthur and Nimitz batter ,laps in the Pacific, sixth termers batter gas tanks and watertight bulkheads in brutal fashion . . . Why the open shirt for Mr. Chafetz? Buttons popped off when he stuck out his chestg his baseball team just copped the championship of three boroughs. S.A.T. plans new school. September ,45 to January 946 Wow! What a summer! What a vacation! August 9, the first atom bomb drops on Hiroshima . . . August 15, ,laps surrender, VJ Day oiii- cially announced . . . The Dodgers have a disappointing season, well, Hwait 'til next year . . . And we're seventh termers. All those beautiful engines are ours. Ugh, itis no fun cleaning oily pistons . . . Ouch! the knuckles just canit take the beating safetying unleashes at them . . . Bugle 18