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

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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 '

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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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ford crowned king and queen. Then +here was 'rhe senior play Our of lhe Frying Pan, so suc- cessful on Broadway ond lhe firsl direcfed by Mr. Luls, lhe English leacher who replaced Mr. Goff. You lhoughr il was so good you had even gone ro some of 'rhe rehearsals. Wilh lhe April recepfion for Dads, evenls lol- lowed rapidly afler one anofher. Sludenfs Day, under lhe direcrion of George Denron gave you a chance fo see how difficull a leacher's sched- ule is, and you were nervous bu+ soon maslered lhe fechnique ond had a lor of fun. The mod rush and excilemenl of propagan-da plas'rering dur- ing Sludenf Council elecfions gave you an in- sighf of polilics lhaf will nol soon be forgollen. As you prepared 'ro go lo The Senior Ball on rhe eve of cornmencemenl you looked back over lhe las? four years, parlicularly lhe lasl lew weelcs, copious with good limes. You lcnew This would be lhe mosl imporlanr dance and you would have lhe besl' lime ol' your life, because if meanf farewell.