New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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To The Seniors: The seniors oi January I957 began iheir organized life wirh a quesiion mark. Will ihere be a class or noi? They answered wiih a resounding yes and willed ii info exisience. They gave ii vilalily and enihusiasrn. The yearbook and all olher aciiviiies were developed wilh corresponding viralily and enlrhusiasm. Our congraiulaiions go +0 your officers, Cabiner, and all seniors Tor Jrhe co- operaiion and good will which carried your acliviiies io a successful conclusion. As you leave us, we hope you siamp your iuiure aclivilies wilh rhe same high purpose and success. Besi wishes io you all. Sincerely yours, EMANUEL SCHACKER Senior Adviser's Message Q

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Principal's Message IT is only in The lasT Tew monThs ThaT our paThs aT New UTrechT High School have crossed. When I arrived, you were already seniors, and so we have had liTTle opporTuniTy To know one anoTher. NeverTheless l am cerTain, Trom whaT l have seen oT our school, ThaT iT has meanT a greaT deal To you and ThaT you, lilce oThers who have been graduaTed in The pasT, will cherish many pleasanT memories oT New UTrechT. l can assure you, Too, ThaT The school will conTinue iTs inTeresT in you, and ThaT you will always Tind iT ready To help you in any way ThaT iT can. lT has oTTen been said ThaT The TuTure is in The hands oT our youTh. There are some who ThereTore view The TuTure wiTh Tear and gloom. BUT Those who lcnow you besT, who judge you noT by The misdeecls oT a Tew delinquenTs buT by your record oT accomplishmenT and by The qualiTies oT characTer you have displayed in your daily lives, are conTidenT ThaT you will meeT The challenge oT The TuTure wiTh digniTy, wiTh courage, and wiTh a sense oT responsibiliTy. l have This conTidence in you, The GraduaTes oT January I957. ISAAC HERSH Ten

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I A jjjjjillil . .1 Q xl 02 Z' f' V f m f X K A 'Q Xxx njjgi PT! Ni AW ,J IVQX C3 9 Cb QM ' 0 k I V M 1--3 -1 g A K Q., IR M P Planting Schedule SEPTEMBER IO-EirsT olay oT school. We are so wonderTul-we are SO grand. We're seniors aT lasTl SEPTEMBER I2-EirsT COMET meeTing. Will we have our own COMET, or won'T we? ThaT is The ojuesTion. SEPTEMBER I7-EirsT Senior CabineT meeTing. There's so much To do. and oh... so Tew CabineT members. SEPTEMBER 24-29-C5raduaTion picTures .... Pour poses were snapped in 30 seconds. No wonder noT one oT Them caughT our besT smile! OCTOBER IO-Ordered our senior jewelry. OCTOBER I8-Senior Class elecTions. CongraTulaTions To Miller, Adcleo, Grubler, Kessler, and Canner. OCTOBER I9- The quesTion is seTTled. We're having our own COMET -buT The book will be smaller, and our senior clues will be higher. OCTOBER 25-Senior CelebriTy elecTions- lT seems as if everyone in The class is a candidaTe Tor someThing. NOVEMBER I3-Brooklyn College exams. We couldn'T even answer The sample guesTions! NOVEMBER I7-Senior Celeb Dance- So how come nobody showed up? NOVEMBER 22-26-Thanksgiving holiday. A vacaTion's a vacaTion, even iT iT's a shorT one. DECEMBER 3- WhaTl our jewelry goT losT in The mail? NeiTher rain nor sleeT can delay The mail, buT iT sure managed To delay our jewelry! DECEMBER I3, I4, I5-Sing a huge success! Everyone was wonderTul, buT The seniors were The besT. NaTurally! DECEMBER 20-Seniors are caughT up in The holiday spiriT and can be heard singing . . . l-lark The herald angels shouT-A Tew more weeks and we'll be ouT!! DECEMBER 22-JANUARY 2-ChrisTmas vacaTion. NoT enough Time To sTudy Tor RegenTs, college boards, and scholarship exams, wriTe Tor COMET, rehearse Tor The senior show, and Tind Time To enjoy our- selves Too! JANUARY l-l-lappy New Year . and l'll never drink anyThing sTronger Than milk again!! JANUARY 4-Senior Day. Feeling like sloppy seniors so oTTen, we dicln'T recognize ourselves as such sweeT, sophisTicaTed lollipop ToTers. JANUARY 8-Jewelry arrived. AT lasT!! JANUARY I8-24-RegenTs . . . ugh!! JANUARY 24, 25-STaTe Scholarship exams. My superioriTy complex suTTered a deTrimenTal seTback. JANUARY 30-GraduaTion- and in This momenT, There is liTe and hope Tor TuTure years.