Seward Park High School - Almanac Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CLASS OF JANUARY I935 Tlue Juniors were now Seniors. Aucler a disappoinling slarl againsr Sluyvesanl, Hue lioorball leam, lo use Hue pl'uraseology ol: Hue newspapers luad en+ered Hue big lime class. During Hue lerm, Hue girls presenled a maslerpiece in Hue Dance Pageanl. Tlue besl play yel was presenled by Hue ufaculuy in Caplain Appleiaclcf' Besides Huis senior aclivilies surged on. Because Hue siXHu Hoor gym luad lo be used as a sludio by Hue mural painuers, Hue Teas were l'ueld in Hue library. Piclures were lalcen by a luappy pluolograpluer wluo sang lo luimseluf as lue worked, Hue mid- lerm dance was lfueld, senior class celebrilies were elecled, senior weelc and class day and Huen Hue prom all followed eaclu oHuer. Finally, Hue class said goodbye lo Seward al Gradualion. Well son HuaJr's all Huere is lo Hue slory. Now will you go lo bed? Yealu, dad. Were you in Hual class? You bel l was. Wlua+ class was Huau dad? Tlua+ was Tl-lE CLASS OE JANUARY I935. Lawrence Diclc TI-IINGS WE'LL NEVER FORGET HEN we were Eresluies, Ramblin' Roun' beliuLHed us. Wluen we were Soplus il ignored us, and scanl aHenHon did we receive wluen we were Juniors. Bul now Hual we're Seniors-il beliHles us again. Tl-lE IRONY OF Ill l l We'll never lorgeu Hue Hurill we gol wluen we enlered Seward ufor Hue lirsl lime, and found ourselves already a parl out Hue scluool. We'll never uforgel Seward's liglul and 'final allainmenl' ol Hue lvlauul'uaHan baslcelball cluampionsluip out I933-l934. We'll never forge? Seward's lirsl good ufoolball Jream. Our own Sammy Levine piloled Huem lo cluampionsluip in Hue '34 season. Jusjr lo celebraue our leaving, we guess. We'll cerlainly never liorgel Hue boal-rides. Eaclu one was eiglul solid luours ol lun. Dancing on: Hue declc, faking piclures, roaming Hurouglu Hue parlc, warcluing Hue Senior baseball Jream Hurow balls al Hue laculuy and luave Huem luil riglfuu back al Huem, and Huen we danced and sang our way luome. We're sorry io luave seen Hue lasl out Huose lor us. . We'll never uforgel Hue Prom. Coming up lo Hue luolel in a laxi, we ufell swell. Aluer Hue dance, some of us wenl 'ro Billy Rose's Music l-lall. Boy, we were suepping our! We'll never lorgeu Hue RegenJrs'. Qur leacluers smiled wluen we sal down lo wrile, buf Huey sniclcered wluen Huey read our nuarlcs. Tl-lElvl DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER! Bernard DumoH Page Fiffeen

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THE ALMANAC Then a Terrible caTasTrophe occurred. War was declared! IT Tlared up aT The end oT The Term. Each Term The same Thing occurred wiTh The same resulT. A Tew were leTT groaning on The Tloor, a Tew rose, a Tew lay sTill. This Terrible relenTless opponenT always issued a Tormal sTaTemenT immediaTely before each war began. He signed himselT REGENTS. The Junior year was reached wiThouT anyThing remarkably new happening. How- ever, The Junior year iTselT was one oT The mosT evenTTul oT all Times. The heads oT These sTudenTs had cleared so considerably 1ThaT They were able To see clearly and To enioy Tully everyThing ThaT wenT on abouT Them. There were more clubs, more plays, The Black Flamingo and anoTher opereTTa, lolanThe To gladden The hearTs -oT every Junior. Qnly one Thing saddened everyone. The TooTball Team ThaT had been Trying hard Tor Three years Tor a vicTory had yeT To gain one. Then, on a snow- covered Tield, beTore scarcely sevenTy-Tive hoarsely cheering specTaTors, CapTain Sammy Levine TighT-roped down The side lines Tor sixTy yards, and Punchy Pollack bumped Three men oTT his shoulder To breeze along Tor TorTy yards, To give The Blue and WhiTe Torces a I2-O upseT over The boys Trom Commerce. To prove This vicTory no chance accidenT, a week laTer, Seward gained iTs second successive vicTory over Morris I9-O, To elecTriTy a madly cheering crowd oT 2,500. IT This were noT enough, during The second halT oT The Junior year, Seward gained so many honors, ThaT -ThaT year will remain alive in The memory oT every Blue and WhiTe supoorTer. The World and The Folio won TirsT place honors in The Columbia ScholasTic Press AssociaTion conTesTs. Led by CapTain Jack Banks, The Blue and WhiTe guinTeT won The lvlanhaTTan BaskeTball Championship under The TuTelage oT Coach MonTy Banks who himselT had capTained a Seward Five To This TiTle eighT years previously. A sTudenT-TaculTy ping-pong maTch was sTaged wiTh The sTudenTs eking ouT a 4-3 vicTory. To make The overTlowing cup become a waTerTall, The largesT boaT ride in Seward hisTory wiTh 4600 aTTending was held. Then aT The senior TaculTy baseball maTch, The TaculTy knocked The wind ouT oT senior sails wiTh a Thrilling 8-7 vicTory. The man in whom Seward placed iTs hope Tor The, successTul eleven The Tol- iowing Tall, iTs new TooTball coach, David Hussack, led The aTTack wiTh a home run and a double. A Tired sun-burned' mob oT sTudenTs graTeTully leTT The Hendrick Hudson as The sun hung low over lower New York Bay. ln SepTember I934, The whole sTudenT body congregaTed ouTside The school To begin The Tall Term. However, insTead oT bouyanT spiriTs, horseplay and all oTher Torms oT exuberance presenT on such occasions guieT and Taces greeTed The eye. Young Coach Hussack oT whom so much had been expecTed in Turning ouT a high- calibre TooTball Team, died early in The summer, drowning aTTer having saved Two boys, a hero To The end. Page Fourfeehn

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THE ALMANAC CLASS WILL THE Ihealre darkened. The World-Wide Newsreel flashed upon Ihe screen. In rapid succession I+ relaled Ihe news oi Irhe day. King assassinaied, slrilce sellled, baby bear born in Bronx Zoo, elc., elc. Then a slighl pause. A special announcemenl was coming from Ihe screen. The Newsreel announced in bold Ie+Iers:- World-Wide Newsreel Scoop!! Class of January I935 of Seward Park High School gives World-Wide exclusive righls Io announce ils Iasl Ieslamenlll A Ireal for World-Wide audiences! The audience, wilh baled brealh, sal enlranced as Ihe Iasl will and Ieslamenr of a greaf class began. To Ihe FacuI+y:- Mr. Brodie- We leave Ihe school beller Ihan we found il. Mr. Klein-We leave a booI4IeI en+i+Ied LEARN HOW TO BROADCAST IN FIVE LESSONS . Miss Lewinson-An auromalic 'rea pourer Io resli her weary hand. Mr. Goldsrone-Programs, programs, and more programs. Mr. Sellinger-A phonograph record Io say every five minules:- Why did you cu'r Ihar period? ' Mr. Sierles-An Economics class worI'hy ol his abilily. Mr. Deulsch-A slooge Io laugh al his gags and Io slop him from gagging his hislory class. Mr. Mandel-a box of everlasling cough drops. Dr. Lipslcy-A pair of glasses Ihai can IransIa+e German inIo English and vice versa. Mr. Silverslein-We Ieave a big, spacious, senior oilice so Ihal Ihe enlire senior class may gel? in aI once. Miss Alifachiner-One very, very English s+udenI who can imilale her perfecl speech-we'II never be able Io! Miss Lyons-The faces ol all her s+aH7 when Ihey receive word Ihal The Folio has won ALL AMERICAN HONORS. Miss Ellcind-A pleasanl married life. Page Sixleen