Newtown High School - Newtowner Yearbook (Elmhurst, NY)

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,EW I nuiuurnu-nnumwawuw THE JV WU k AT NEwTowN I Han AN UNEASY FnisL1Nci throughout that first full day of school last t-all. Something was different, strange. Being a creature of steadfast habits who delights in being able to rely on a certain routine day in and out, this ditIerenCC. which I was unable to identify, was very unsettling. Whrlt was changed? What? Then, the second day, as I was walking from my Physics class in room 317. I realized what the difference was. The liact that I was walking quietly, not chasing madly down the stairs to the second floor through the boys' gym, and up the stairs to the other side ot the building, rushing to class breathless and late. Here I was strolling along through the new wing connecting the two old wings ot' the building. I would get to class relaxed and on time. There was another point to ponder. Wheia I sat in class I wasn't dis- tracted by tialling boards, clattering tools, and rasping drills. Everything was serene. This silence was getting on my nerves! Once I overcame my natural aversion to the leisurely strolls and the silence, my curiosity got the better of me, and like the intrepid cat whom it killed, I gave way and decided to investigate this new wing. Far from being killed, I was pleasantly surprised. At tirst I was taken back by the predominance ot' green, cool green halls and dark green blackboards. It occurred to me that all this green had a soothing ehfect and it provided no distraction for the easily distracted. Since I had a few classes in that part ot' the building I had the opportunity to poke and pry at close range. The classrooms appear larger, neater, and brighter. Not being mathemati- cally inclined and shuddering at what a passerby might think it' he saw me on A lil I . 0 'X S i Q ,V ,, 1 l 5 72 l il h --H y ,- f I sitgi if as . i Iliff! Y.-'lriir' is I-f W' I f 1 j 2 ' 3, F r , ,.tk, 1 ir 3 ii Rea- T r

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Co the Graduates: It has been brief thas it not?j, your stay at Newtown. Perhaps you remember back to that first day you came here, how long the dis- tance to graduation seemed. But your high school years have not been long: they have passed swiftly. The years ahead will pass even more swiftly, each year more rapid- ly than the one before. The Roman poet, Horace, summed up the situa- tion in four words: Carpe dienzf fugit bow. QSeize the day: the hour slips awayj Seize the day indeed! Clutch these precious days of youth to you. Make them yield a rich harvest for your later use. Seize them, not in Horaces meaning of the words fEat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diej, but rather, seize them for the opportunities they will give you and which you will never have again. Wfhether you are college bound or career bound, I sincerely hope that Newtown has prepared you well to make theie next years count, prepared you in mind but especially in heart and in character. My best wishes and the best wishes of all of us who stay behind at Newtown PRINCIPAL go with you. MfAY 1959

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my hands and knees, crawling along thc floor with my mothers mpc mt-.isuru clenchod bctwccn my tcuth, I didnt find out it' thu nt-w rooms .1t'tu.illy wt-ru larger. The iucatiiess is duo to thu ncw dcslis, I think, It's .1 plt-tlstiix' to lmw tho whole ghdir to oneself .ind not h.1w to sham it with hooks. I-I.1w you notittid that we girls run Put our lcgs .ind our lmtgs undur thu dusks, :XS for thu hriglitmss, I suppost- th.1t's dur' to thu light tolor ol tht' w.ills .ind furnituru. 'lihost' windows .tru inturt-sting too, .ind l w.1s oxtArwlitAliut'tl hy the grlftttrid. Its so lxrgc. Tlit-ros room lioi' uvuryoiic. If our gradt' adxisurs sur-in :spur-i.1lly limiablc thusu ddys, its lwcoitlfzc ol thcir wondrrtlul ofntu. Ptrson.tlli', I prufcr thu rtllatiw prixlty ot' lllOSL't'l1.ll'lNlI7fI lirrlg LL1lWitls.s. I w ondtr how many of you ruint'iul'mr thu old CIO, storm, Do you rcintm- hor how w L- lud to tight our w.iy in, st 11.1111 our ordurs .it tht' top of our lungs, wrtstlc to .gt-I ir owr thu ht-.ids of the othcrs, dodgo wming fists .md limp ourag1in?Quifu ,i ditfurtntu thtst- tl.1ys isnt thtru? My fguorirt- room is tht ntw lihmryr It rt-.illy is .i uri' toiutiortdlvltr room in whigh to spend an Jtltt-rnoon .ind it ointiins .in exit-lltnt stltttion ol' hooks, Aside from rut-cruntu hoolzs .ind tt-xt hooks, tht- lilwixiri' tltllhllly has hooks lor cnjoyirimt. Cnc must .idmit thdt rhi. now wing is ttrtainly .t lWL'.lLllIliLll .addition to Ncwtovin. Bring Qt suntim:.nr.ilist. liowtxtr. I lmtt' to think th.it somr- lfir .lVk'.1l' day in thu tdururu, it' I should lmiplwtii to find mystll' wdlking owr thu bridge atross thu railroad trdtlgs, l would stu no towur, no stiituly orimtt' llitiitlu Ariorhinlu to remind mf ol' thu old Nttwtown, lNIAR'l'IN,'X TAim'i:,iiNii4 -1' WWW IN x . - w ww. Q