Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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Buxxgx KN 3915310 mov Cuff n 'S is it l W 4, Nr X ' 2 f. 'Nl -A A,i,.f if 1,7 - H , if i -.Qp,g5j5F1:.31y ,i A' Lf ff fs.. 1 X.-T4 xl' .4 3 i T3 5 M' T2 '-I. ,nf Among the other activities of your junior year that you recall were the sale of post cards and the skit on manners that was presented at a meeting of the Parent-Teachers Associa- tion by your class. lt was in this year that you received your first summons. An elert hall cop caught you going up and down stairway and made a date for you to meet Senior Iudge lane Dorsey at the Student Court. For your offense you were made to serve a brief term in S. l-f. B. You still remember those physics lectures on light and radio waves and the time your home- room won the school softball championship. This was your first year of Hi-Y and you man- aged to get yourself elected to an office for the coming year. In May you wondered whether the lunior Prom would be the great success that chair- man lim Hutchison had prophesied for it. lt wasg it will probably be a long time before you forget this red letter day of the junior social calendar. Soon after that the year was over and you knew that you were heading into the home stretch.

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5 .MK ,B GEOR Q . E BALL I e N Now you were a junior. You had found your place in extraecurricular activities and you began to collect the veneer of brass that will be fully developed in your senior year. You noticed how classes were getting smaller and you got your first cut slip. You suddenly be- gan to realize what an important part girls play in modern-day-life and you rarely ever missed a play or dance. You still recall the wild celebration in the locker room after the football team thrashed Hempstead last Fall. You were only a substi- tute but you played long enough to be pre- sented with a letter at the Dads Club banquet at the season's end. When the ballots for class officers were counted it was found that George Ballard was the new president. His fellow winners were Bessie Burden, vice-president, Bob Distler, treasurer, and Carol Bright, secretary. That No- vember Warren Nicholl was chosen to edit the Totem and the juniors began work on their annual contribution to the school. You'll never forget the junior rings. You were on the ring committee and held out for one design while the rest of the Committee wanted another. You gave in and wouldn't trade your ring now for any other. ARD , L s RICH T 1 808 DISTLER This was the year that the class council really came across with some exceptional as- semblies, especially the concert by the Buck- nell Glee Club last February that set you hum- ming Casey Iones and Frankie and Iohnny for days afterwards. You certainly worked hard on the Iunior Valentine Dance in February but you were well repaid by the most successful tea dance of the year. A little later you received one of the biggest thrills of your high school career when you were selected for membership in the National Honor Society along with twenty- nine other juniors whose school records were exceptional. Most of the fellows this Spring were out every afternoon playing lacrosse. You never got to play regularly but you had a great time on the bus excursions and still have some colorful bruises to show for the season's activities. And you'll never forget what your mother said to you after the evening reception on April 22 . . . fine program and so on-but some teacher got to her and gave a play by play account of your conduct in sixth period math.

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THE SENIORS Last tall you became a senior, but you could hardly believe it for you did not feel as old or as wise or as competent an Seniors had always seemed to be. You took a big part in the clubs and societies and the publications and the aames but you hit the books too be- cause there was always the little gnawing thouaht that at the end ot the year you would have to ao to colleae or aet a job. You got some help in choosina a career from Dr. Stanforth and about November and December you beaan to receive a steady stream ot mail from colleaes and universities. You found out what the inside ot the library looked like and where they kept the books, When you were applyina tor college and jobs you worried a little when others got offers but when you were accepted everything looked Swell aaain. You were on the list ot twenty tour, nom- inated lor :senior clam: otiicerss but the coveted presidency of the araduatina class fell to Geoiae Martini. lolin lloraan was elected vice- prersident, Don Weston, treasurer, and lane Dorsey, secretary. Followina the elections the class ol l94l embarked on its most active yearly proarani. V ry it 1 I . IAN x m- x-' E DORSEY G f -. ' EOR .- - 4 A knot, N5 kk:-5 CXK WESTON' N HORGAN