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

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X 8 xi OF '42 N. and headed by Bob Fex, supplied some oT The besT slapsTiclc and sTraighT comedy The sTudenTs had ever seen. aTTer They gained experience and smoofhed ouT The rough spoTs. The audiTor- ium would Till To capaciTy when They were To be on. and you oTTen Tound yourself wandering down .There To waTch Them go Through Their sTunTs in gooTy 'cosTumes, when you should have been sTudying. There was noT much neglecT oT classworlc Though, because everyone was well aware OT The nearness OT graduaTion. There were TrequenT visiTs To The Guidance OTTice To Talk wiTh Mr. Sanford abouT The various colleges, or The opporTuniTies oTTered To sTudenTs by The Air Corps or Mer- chdnT Marine. MosT oT Them had Taken voca- Tional invenTory TesTs or had received excellenT direcTion in applying Tor scholarships. By The Time The OcTober recepTion for moTh- ers had corne, The seniors had Tound Themselves and once in a while you would be able To Tool a hall cop and go Through The halls wiThouT a pass. Soon iT was The nighT oT The Senior ParTy

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'li if-'K .bi 1 74 1 l QIZITJVM X L' C lla I J ali My J, lr li l, 4 L,U ffVlT lt' A ii, X ' i H 5,11 4 ZW AND THE MIGHTY This was iT . . .The senior year, The besT oT all, wiTh iTs presTige and color. All Three previous years puT TogeTher were noThing compared To This one. Odd Though . . . you felT a bit sTrange in The new aTmosphere, like an inTerne who has iusf graduaTed and hears himself addressed as Doc- Tor lor The TirsT Time. There oughT To be ample To say abouT ThaT year and There was, buT iT would naT have been exce-pT lor The class oTficers, Charles Moncrief who was ably supporTed by Carol BrighT as vice-president Eileen Jung and Bob DisTler as secreTary and Treasurer. SomeThing diTferenT in enTerTainmenT was in- auguraTed in The early monThs of The seasons. A small buT energeTic group called The Thespians .xx SENIORS

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Tor which This year will long be remembered. IT was There ThaT Sewanhalqds TirsT mascoT was presenTed To The school by The senior class. ATTer much searching an appropriaTe symbol was Tound, one ThaT iTselT is sTeeped in much Tradi- Tion. IT was an old-Tashioned cigar sTore Indian. You laughed a biT when you TirsT saw iT, buT ThaT soon Turned To pride because The Brave had been beauTiTully painTed and finished by several sTudenTs. fNTTerward iT was aT school acTiviTies whenever iT could be convenienTly exhibiTed. December I9 sTudenTs iammed STanTorTh T-lall Tar The WinTer Dance, which is one of The Tour mosT imporTanT dances aT The year. There was scarcely ci week wiThouT a dance, a Tea, or a parTy of some kind. You ThoughT ThaT The senior assembly when The magician Trom T-ToTsTra per- Tormed and The liquid air demonsTraTion were The besT assemblies oT The year. AT The Bazaar ThaT year There were more con- cessions Than ever and a large, enThusiasTic crowd saw George Ballard and Ramona BaTs- 5 A Q .4- Y lgjd L .f I1 ' 4 5- J. . , Xi fy, 1 A - .iff -jf' Je N xc. J 1 1X '