Ossining High School - Wizard Yearbook (Ossining, NY)

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FCREWQRD IT all happened on ThaT long-awaiTed nighT in June -graduaTion nighT. SeaTed on The sTage, The Seniors were Tilled wiTh The mixed emoTions oT anxieTy and relieT. The spealcer's voice droned on in a monoTone, buT The Seniors were noT lisTening Tully. Realizing ThaT Their liTe aT Ossining High School was drawing To an end, They could noT help buT recall all ThaT had happened during The pasT Tive years. The spealcer conTinued in his pompous manner: . . and someday-yes, perhaps even now-re- calling your lives aT Ossining l-ligh School, you will say To yourselves... l-lis words had immediaTe eTTecT on The Two in The back row. Leaning over, l-le nudged Her eag- erly. l-ley! I-le's righT, y' know? We sure have had a loT oT Tun. Umm, She agreed. Remember when . . And so The Two, whispering in exciTed Tones To one anoTher, began To recapTure all ThaT made high school The happy and unTorgeTTaple experience ThaT iT was . . .

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BOARD OF EDUCATION U RE you aware, conTinued The speaker, ThaT The graduaTes oT '49 owe an immense debT oT graTiTude To The adminisTraTive oTTicers oT O. H. S.? We sure do, she murmured. The Board oT EducaTion is one organizaTion we couldn'T do wiThouT! We didn'T see Them very oTTen, buT in back oT all This Training we've received sTood The Board of EducaTion, piTching in when we meT a sTone wall. Yes, buT- He aTTempTed To inTerrupT. We cerTainly owe Supervisor Loomis and Presidenf FinkelsTein a voTe OT Thanks Tor easing our growing pains and smooThing The rough edges oT our careers. Well, ThaT may be True buT- And wiTh Mr. Townsend seTTing us on our course, Miss SmiTh and Mr. Wilcox keeping us There and all our Teachers goading us onward, we Tinally reached The goal. l sTill don'T see-- Remember how Mr. Hughes kepT us on our Toes and how hard we worked Tor Miss Comq The meeTings in The guidance oTTice where Miss HuTzenlaub sTrugglecl To imparT To us The seriousness oT choosing a vocaTion? I'll never TorgeT The aTTempTs Miss Baccari made To sTraighTen ouT an over-rambucTious class, or The paTienT, kindly eTTorTs oT Miss BalleTTa To make us sTubborn sTudenTs do some Thinking Tor ourselves? Well- Our Teachers made us realize ThaT honesTy, sTrengTh oT characTer, and loyalTy musT Torm The groundwork upon which we build our lives. Boy, you're righT-I never ThoughT oT iT ThaT way! BOARD OF EDUCATION SiTTing, leTT To righT: Percy Dowden, Harvey Culp, Dr. lsador FinkelsTein, Ward STurgis. STanding: Thomas Silk, Harold Loomis, Frank Corigliano, Dr. Andrew Dllfloia. 6