Newtown High School - Newtowner Yearbook (Elmhurst, NY)

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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

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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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NEwTowN, We Uwzk 1111111 Q. , 5 Q, . ,ll, 0 4 J ' I J?- Q' N 3 D ! I tg, p N1 l ri ' ,xx 1 i l 4 l Qi l 'y X. ill s , e W l l. 1 37' s ' I. GAZINKQ our OF THE wiNDoW of your classroom you see nothing out of the ordin- ary. The rolling fields stretch out to the horizion. Some are green with rye and some are dark brown where the plow has turned the soil over. The trees in the orchards are in full bloom and lend a beautiful touch to the scene. ln your mind everything is as it should be, but to someone else this scene would be very extraordinary. Why ?-Because you are attending a school in New York City. A farm in a city, that is the Agricultural Annex of Newtown where boys from the various boroughs come to study a unique and adventurous course. Why do they come? The answer is very simple. These boys realize that even in our world of rockets and mis- siles, one cannot overlook the group of people who make up the backbone of our country v-those who are connected with agriculture, The course is a difficult one and only the finest survive. Each boy is required to spend three summers on farms in New York State where he can obtain actual experience in farm work. These summers away from families and friends are a great influence on the boys. They broaden their outlook on life and build worthwhile characteristics. The boys receive an academic diploma upon completion of the course. In addition to agriculture they must take physics, chemistry, history, and mathematics which makes the course just as hard, or even harder, as any other. Looking through the window again, we find the scene has changed. Housetops have taken the place of the rolling fields and instead of the blooming orchard we see a Rest of television antennae. We are now seniors. We are in the last lap of the course which has brought us to the main building. But we cannot push the memories of the annex from our minds. The noisy cafeteria, which magically became an assembly hall once a week, and which on those special nights became our own Latin Quarter, still echoes with the sounds of the untuned piano, the rich alto voice of Miss Torresola, later joined by the dramatic bass tones of Dr. Barclay, and the almost perfect harmony of our own Rock 'ii Rollers, the the Gems. Boys, l'm very happy to announce' '.,. coming out of the little box on the wall was a familiar sound and the words that followed usually made us proud that we were aggies. Quotes such as: Get orf those tomato Pl.1lllSli'l You'll learn history if it kills youlug Goodness, but it's warm in herefng Let your foot off that clutch slowlylug With the aid of this pulley I can lift one thousand poundslmg and many more cannot be easily forgotten. The tomato tights, the harvesting of all those delicious strawberries, the trip to liarniingdale, a dusty play yard becoming an Qiw-i,',',fi.'lre1f mi Ali.:-gg 10, WN X 'YJ 'J I 'fi in w A .I I l f ,tw 5 . 'x-J L A A 1 4 i X X X 'X h 4:-F3 M , A l iii Q J .-f GT ' x , .0 ' tx YL, K T X K W f WA 'ff t t MV Alun! M xy Pi tzzet X . ' W Xl li is ,W wa ,X it 537 -- W XX ,x ,firm , 9 X Qi' wwf V UL!