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

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S . ,ws ' 7 T X Twisfa 19255, f4f2',4f,2L ag-vibe uv-ww. ig . A 4' ,fl .1 T H ln g was diTTerenT now. Though There was noT much con- TrasT beTween The Treshmen and so ho p mores, There was an almosT impercepTible change. mosTly in manner and when a so hom SepTember you reTurned buT everyThin , p ore was misTaken Tor a Treshman by an upper classman, They boTh loolced alilce To h' h im, e would reTorT indignanTly, T-leyl l'm a sophomore. This would be a beTTer year. Everyone enTered S . . . ome exTra-curricular acTiviTy. Near The main office There was a meTal Tramed, glass encased b ll ' ' u eTun board which every day TaiThTull y an- nounced The club meeTings and oTher acTiviTies I . rom maThemaTrcs To home economics. Because The members were well acquainTed wiTh each oTher, oTFicers were chosen earl -cl y an Grace Clarlc as presidenT, Harry Cunningham as vice-presidenT, Brenda Wilson as secreTary, and B b W'l o :son as Treasurer Toolc charge. STud- ies became a biT boring now and everybody lo lc d T oe orword To The sophomore acTiviTies. There were more of Them Than in The Treshman year and mosT of The sTudenTs Took parT. You were lusT os exciTed as The oThers when Th e l lempsTead Rally Dance The niahT b T X e ore The T-lempsTead game, began Things. The rallies

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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.

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CLASS OF were always wild. Somelimes, when The wealher permilled, They were held oulside around a ire- mendous bonfire. Anyway They had meanl a greaf deal lo The leamg fha? was parf of 'rhe school spirif. 1 There was a famous firsl wifh The inlroduc- 'lion of The sophomore Who's Who, followed soon a play by 'rhe Drama Club and Then a re- view: Sewanhalca was becoming famous for fhem now. The class bullelin board, supervised by Wal- ler Disller, had a laugh lime lceeping up, buf you noficed Wall never lel il gel ou+ of hand. March came, and wilh if The Soph Hop. War had become paramounl in everyone's mind so +he decoralions were in red, while and blue. The concessions and bandsland were cleverly camauflaged as ballleships and a bomber. Tony .lurich fhe chairman, worked hard on if and you noliced how everybody was pleased, especially when a door prize of five dollars in war siamps was awarded. Summer vacafion was welcome +ha'r year. School was no'r as much fun as il' had been. Worlc was harder, +ha'r is, The subiecls were noi loo diflicull . . . buf lhe worlc of geffing down 'ro worlc was. -1,Q5',,i