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

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T H Those four years aT Sewanhalca which seemed a biT awesome and challenging while you were sTill in grammar school, did noT appear as Tre- mendous aTTerward, buT never did They become less glamorous. When The TirsT semesTer had begun, and The new sTudenTs had lamiliarized Themselves wiTh The new life, you soon discovered a very embar- rassing fact, ThaT The freshmen had forced upon Their supposedly superior brefhren. They were The brighTesT class in The school. They received The greaTesT number of honor grades and almosf always made claims To The greaTesT number of sTudenTs on The honor roll. ThaT, in a nuTsheIl, was Their bid for Tame-aT leasT in The I942 ToTem, and you were proud of iT. The daily rouTine was ci new life Tha+ helped The weeks To pass rapidly. Teachers wenT ouT of Their way To help The Treshmen adiusT Themselves, and There was more freedom Than you had ever had before. ln class The worlc was very inTer- esTing and alThough There was more homework

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CLASS OF'45 Than you had 'ro do in grammar school, you were more on your own. During free periods you wenf ouf on 'rhe campus and, while fhe weafher was warm afe af fhe oufdoor sfand. In Ocfober There was a greaf deal of fall: abouf fhe coming elecfions which would fulfill fhe freshman organizafion, This was somefhing else new fo you. When fhe excifemenf was over and resulfs were fabulafed, Charles Highfower, Ber- nice Loew, Beafrice Cooper and Paul Lynner assumed fhe offices of presidenf, vice-presidenf. secrefary and freasurer. Then as school fell info a rapid roufine, evenfs came one upon fhe ofher. The Hallowe'en parfy before fhe end of Ocfober . . . fhe Review in February . . . fhe Who's Who, headed by Paf Hughes , . . fhe May Bazaar and fhe annual confab of sfudenfs and parenfs. Finally if was June and Regenfs weelc was here. Thaf was an acfive year fo loolc baclc upon: everybody fel? so. Then school was closed . . . if was summer vacofion.