Newtown High School - Newtowner Yearbook (Elmhurst, NY)

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In token of our sincerest appreciation for his enthusiastic lahours, singular devotion and steadfast loyalty which have inspired in every mem- her of the senior class a respect and love for him and his high principles, and in deepest, heartfelt gratitude for the many things which he has done to make our senior year the happiest and most fruitful of all, we respectfully dedicate this class hook to our esteemed and honored vice-principal, Mr. Arthur E. Book.

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MR. ARTHUR E. BOOK

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5 H151 El f f l lf ul' 1 l ll! Tllli GRIE.'X'l' XYAAXR 'l'ramp, tramp, tramp, the lfreshies are marching. NYar has again heen fleelarecl. lt is Fehruary 1, 1923, and a new army of Freshies are coming to clo their part in capturing the City of Knowledge front that holtl antl mighty nsnrper, commonly known as Ignorance. The hattlegronntl is lfhnhnrst, the harraelq is Newtown High School, antl our eanips are the various section rooms in the olfl huilcling, We greatly afhnire the cptarters of our superiors in the new aclclitions. The staff is ntacle np of the etxtninantler-in-ehief, Ur. Dillingham, and his gen- erals, the teachers. Oni' weapons are gleaming new hrief cases loaded with all kinfls of hooks and the Freshies area-or rather were-XYe. After a few weeks life in the trenches, our claily recitation rooms, loses its glamour. XYe suffer nineh these tirst tlaysl sneerefl at hy the Sophs, patronizefl hy the juniors, and simply ignorerl hy that mighty element antl snperior oftieers of the School, the awe-inspiring Seniors. .Xlthongh this new type of warfare is harcl for ns at first, we certainly feel repaid at the encl of the year, for to onr great antl everlasting joy, we have at least learnerl the ways of war. During the liattle of the Freshinen some have left the scene of eontliet to join other ranks, hut there are many left to carry on the tight to the finish.