Samuel Gompers Vocational Technical High School - Artisan Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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l 1 1 S 4 no lc-anna ol amy lxnnl. lm! us soon us an lmslu-I Imll le-ann was orgamizvcl, il won slum-cess. 'l'ln-n am inmloor lmsvlrall ta-ann sI4n'l4-al on Iln- roaul l lo mm-4-ss. amml soon after. many other tcauns were orgunizc-1l. lf you remember, our first scholastic yr-ur was an vvry Sll1'l'lEHSl,lIl one. We knew now that 1 l:0Illlll'I'S wus going to lm put on tllo gslllllllw. C. U. posh-rs we-rv plum-ml all ow-r ilu- school. Compers not only put on ilu- Mlllilllv, lull il also won fl l'll1lll1'C lo play in Nlznllson Sllllilflf Czlrmll-n, From llllll linu- . . . w on. ll Inns ln-4-n il lfilllllllll lor lr0IllIH'l'S lo play all lln- llnrllvn. llo yon l'l'llN'lllll0l' llw fe-llow who dill not llllllxtf ilu- ggraulv? Ill- llllglll llilY1' llt'l'll ll svllool vlnnn who wo, 1-onlpn-ll:-al lo la-uvo Sl'll00l. l'rolvz1lnly only onc- ol' Iln- mamy lroys who for soma- l'l'1lS0ll or otllvr 1-oulal not continue-. l rc-lm-nlln-r an ll-Ilow wlnosc motln-r took ill anal who llllll lo quit sq-llool. llc

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temperature dropped, a cold sweat started dripping down my forehead. In all I must have aged a couple of years, not mentioning anything ahout you. This incident was our finest attempt, and we did not know what to do. Soon, shortly, the hell rang. That did not console us any, but We did feel relieved, when the teachers went inside. Slowly, and quietly, we tried to open the door, hut it was closed. We waited a while and then the door opened. We jumped. not knowing who might he there, sent thoughts of what might happen through our heads. It only turned out to he a monitor coming on post. As soon as we saw him. we hrushed right by him and ran up to our rooms. Then it was a harrowing experience, but now it is only a memory. As ar esult of the C. O., we wanted ta have scho- lastic activity. Vlfithout the C. 0. this could not have been achieved. You remember at first there were

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Senior Teachers was a good student, hut fate was against him. He quit to take a joh in a grocery store. Too had. Wfhere in this hoy's mind there might have heen some great amhition, now was prohahly a cloud. He had also lost the opportunity of heing a high school graduate. By now you have almost completed three years, and the work is getting more detailed. In the low- er terlns, the things you learned were done for you hy the instructor, hut now most of the actual work you do yourself. ,lust turn hack a little and remem- her the first thing you applied your school learnings to. You might have helped to fix a motor for some- one. After taking it apart you were afraid you would have a tough time getting it hack together again, hut, you were enthused hy the simplicity of the ordeal. lVlayhe you had the occasion to fix some- thing in the line of automobiles. Time was marching on. You had gone through seven terms, and had hardly time to realize it. Wlieii you think of the time that has passed, you always