Newtown High School - Newtowner Yearbook (Elmhurst, NY)

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THE DATE I CAN,T do it fellows! I can't, remonstrated Billy Smith as he banged as h ssh 'scald the telephone receiver in place. Have a eart, e moaned. Il 0 anything but that ! He looked apprehensively at the boys around him. How could he, Billy Smith, call up the most beautiful, most glamorous girl in town and ask her for a date to go to the zoo . . . no less. Impossible! Why the very thought of it made sweat pour from his brow. But he had to go through with it if he wanted to become a full fledged member of the ...... club. Aw be a sport Billy. We want men in this club not mice, chided Danny. Asking a pretty girl for a date is a cinch ! I know she'll turn me down and besides I don't think Gloria would like to go to the zoo . . . replied Billy dolefully. But you've got to make her accept your exciting offer, replied Joe. After all a date to the zoo comes but once in a life time ! All you have to do is turn on the charm, Johnny jeered. That's simple enough and it always works on the women. Look where it' got me, exclaimed Bob who was always boasting about his many female admirers. Good and broke, retorted Billy. I have to save my money for that new camera and . . . Well what are you complaining about ! ejaculated Bob. The zoo is cheap enough. Say-you're not getting cold feet, are you? Why no! That is er er .... I'll show you who's getting cold feet, replied Billy indignantly. Give me the phone ! A ff?-'ZX Now we're getting some- Gx place P' exclaimed J oe. 3- 'l fw,',,,,,, Hello, Is this the resi- X! 5 'f gf -:r Tf4'K WW 1'A ' y A vm, , I ' IS' ff? dence of Miss Gloria Brown P H ' y F X I 12 f.f, '4 f, ' i f ga Billy asked meekly. X if ' i f , fl N Why all the formality? . ly' X pf' 9? I interrupted Johnny. She is g 1 . ! in your Chem class. F! by wx 'fssshr' cried Billy. May ,ff X W , - l I please speak to Gloria P , ' V l ' , ' Hello, Bob, came a if Q A X lib y g X shrill voice over the wire. ! U11hh. he groaned. Lfnhllllllrfli V N! W N1 A Q XX Gtfrhis is N U I1 ' l She thought it was you, Q it-sd xi, . a..n.w-M-'-'Bob, he said in an undertone. 8 ,pu Wa H2 lq 1 . if . , 191 X MA f 2!,1f i ,, !a',cf, , flfwiyf E 3119, 4

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Letfs Keep tem Fbfing Which would we rather have Four freedoms or four tires? Whom would we rather have rule us, Americans, or those liars? Why do we waste those things That will keep America free? Make it a haven for those oppressed Away from all tyranny. Why do we just sit at home And shout for MacArthur's men, Those men who are fighting so bravely, Outnumbered by one to ten? Of course we should cheer for the soldiers But our voices won't conquer the fightg It's the men that sweat and die for the cause And suffer all day and night. Why don't we help them by buying The bonds that will win the war Send them the ships, and the tanks, and the guns To help what they're fighting for? Come on you American people, Let's keep our side from dying, Let's save our money and buy the bonds, Come on! Let's Keep 'em Flying P' Jon: Sommnn

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Tha.t's just pretensef' returned Bob who seemed to know his women. Billy? Which one? she questioned. The Billy in your Chem class, he replied. Oh Billy Smith. Yes, of course. This is indeed a pleasant surprise, she answered coyly. It is? She said it's a pleasant surprise, he whispered. Well, get to the point ! Joe prodded. Here goes, he said trying to appear unperturbed. Gloria, he began, for the longest time I've waited for this moment to come and finally it has arrived. He hesitated .... Pd like to ask you if . . . if . . . well if . . . you have the Chem homework. He was at loss for words now. The whole world seemed to sink beneath him. He hardly had enough courage to continue. But he had to. What would the fellows think if he backed out at this stage of the game? What must Gloria think of his stuttering like a booby? In spite of his good looks, Billy had never found time to think about girls, he did not even know why they clamored for his attention. He hadn't any time to lose now. He cleared his throat and sud- denly gained a new confidence. In a twinkling of an eye it was all over. Yes, he had asked her and she had accepted. It all happened so suddenly that it left him speechless. He could hardly believe his ears when he heard her exclaim, Why I'd be delighted. It all had seemed so simple .... Unless the fellows had made an agree- ment with .... Well what did it matter now? By the look of relief and contentment on Billy's face as he sauntered nonchalantly into the club room a few weeks later, one could have guessed that his initiation date had been anything but a failure. Billy certainly had killed two birds with one stone! ROSEMAME LICATEB LIFE AND A RIVER Life is like a river, Ofttimes, one branch, - Sometimes it flows along serenely Which at first SGCIIIS C0111P19-001173, With scarcely a ripple Tranquil and easily accessible, To mar its calmness. Is too late discovered At other times, As leading nowhither. There are rapids and waterfalls As a river must finally merge To try usg With a larger body, Only the hardy survive. So must our existence be engulfed Somewhere along the course By that relentless vastness There is a fork. Known as Eternity. DONALD E. Sonnenr. 9