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

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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

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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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y X , x . ,' , .- . X . K ,Vg X i E T H 1 -'X' ' This was The beginning ol lhe lhird year, and a greaf many new experiences. as you soon discovered. Graham Pardee, Franlc Besl, James Farrell and Thecla Adams were chosen presidenr, vice-presi- denl, secrelary and lreasurer. Wilh 'rhaf as a beginning, fhe olilicial year was inauguraled and mosl of 'rhe seven hundred sludenls began really lo become involved in exfra-curricular aclivilies, belween which were sandwiched The l-lempslead Rally Dance on Oclober 24, lhe Junior Review, lhe rea dance . . . and sludies. The social whirl assumed much grealer im- porlance lhan if ever had before and you al- lended all of lhem, now lhal a dance floor was as familiar 'ro you as any olher parl ol: lhe building. Every dance was elaboralely prepared and The decoralions look Sfanlorlh Hall from one locale lo anolher. One ball wilh an Orienlal Theme was cenlered around a large Buddha: and you will never forge? lhe lirsl lime lhe Hnighl