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

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rLj3C1!!GC!Ox!'Cl GCZl1i1'fIl.Sl I came to Gompers full of joy Strong and handsome too. The teachers called me Little boy And told me what to do. In drafting I drew a shafting With views both hottom and top. But when I finished it, the teacher diminished it With lines that did never stop. Uh Compers, Oh Gompers, Why did you treat me so? You gave me an education, But what the . . . do I know? I then went to the welding shop And tried to strike an arc. I hroke the machine and got a shock But didn't light a spark. In Gym it was the boys delight To play with halls and baskets. Then sneakers came off . . . oh, what a fright. It smelt like an open! gas jet. Oh Gompers, Oh Gonlpers, Why did you treat me so? You gave me an education, But what the . . . do I know? Walter Zabel

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D X I Three Settso s in the Go dl This is the record of' our school which organized a basketball team a short three years ago. How did all this come about? ln the fall of 1938. after many difficulties, Mr. Solomon and Mr. Shefter got permission to call for try outs-with the understanding that if an insufficient num- ber showed interest, the whole idea of a team would be abandoned. To the utter amazement and delight of' the two coaches. 950 boys jammed the gym! This was in- terest with a vengeance. With this encouragement a real start was made. Between tryouts and the open- ing of' the season a set back was handed the squad. Mr. Solomon had to retire from his coaching position due to illness. Mr. Herzler, a member of the gym depart- ment. offered his services in this emergency. To date. Mr. Herzler and Mr. Shefter are still our coaches. With their first win under their bells. the team started a career which has gained the envy of other schools. With eleven wins and three losses for the first season. the Gompers boys wound up by playing for third place honors in Madison Square Garden. The team climaxed the highly successful season by defeating Metropolitan Vocational before a wildly cheering crowd of 6000 students. 35-33. The following year. Gompers completed another successful season in inter- scholastic competition, by finishing second in the vocational basketball league. The basketball team cracked the league wide open by winning it's first 10 games and coasted into the finals with a record of' l0 wins and two losses.