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

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CLASS OF JANUARY T935 SCRAPBOOK AuThor's NoTe--In my younger days, I saved every biT oT informaTion appearing in The daily newspapers ThaT perTained To The Senior Class oT I935. Now ThaT I am old and gray, I derive greaT pleasure from Taking my scrapbook off iT's shelf aImosT every evening. I read every line of iT aIThough iT is yellow and beginning To Talk aparT. Before iT does, I wish' To have iT prinfed so ThaT iT will remain for posTeriTy. So here iT is.-newspaper clippings I collecTed' in my youTh. Lawrence Dick REPUBOCRATS NGMINATE SYLVIA GERBER! YLVIA Gerber Today, afTer a four hour privafe conference wiTh AnThony Cognaifo, powerful poliTical leader was selecfed presidenTial candidaTe of The RepubocraTic parTy. In The evenT ThaT she is elecTed, she will be The firsT woman presidenf in The hisTory of The UniTed STaTes. Miss Gerber's nominaTion came as a disTincT shock To everyone, including friends and opponenTs oT The RepubocraTic ParTy. I-ler name was noT even menTioned in connecTion wiTh The nominaTion, noT even as a possible dark horse. AnThony Cog- naTo, who nine years ago became so powerful ThaT1.he wresTed The power of seleclringi The presidenTial candidaTe from The nominaTing convenTion and has become known as The presidenT maker, was The man responsible for The whole idea. Polifical observers are poinTing ouT ThaT This was The shrewesT move ThaT The presidenT maker has yeT made. The female .voTe of This counTry amounTs To ap- proximaTeIy 26,000,000 ouT of 47,000,000 baIIo+s, or 5,000,000 more Than The male vofes casT, according To The,lasT naTional elecTion. Because The women will naTuralIy voTe for one of Their own sex. and The male voTe will also be drawn in because of parTy affiliaTions and oTher reasons, The Repubocrafs expecT To puT over Their candi- daTe in high sTyle. The news of The nominaTion caused Turmoil among The Demopublican ranks. NOT since The double parTy spliT of I944, has such exciTemenT been wiTnessed. .AT TirsT Demopublican leaders scoffed aT The idea, claiming ThaT The people .would never supporT a woman candidaTe. I-lowever, in Two hours Telegrams and phone calls swamped parTy offices, pledging supporT To The candidaTe. This sTarTedi The bigwigs of The Demopublicans feverishly hunTing for a Temale candidaTe from Their own ranks who could be a maTch Tor Sylvia Gerber. Miss Gerber has been prominenT in poliTical circles for years. I-lowever, she has never held or run for any poliTical office. She claims she will run on a new plaT- form, one ThaT will please boTh liberals and conservaTives, Though if This can be done is yeT To be seen. She will sTarTT on a campaign Tour in a week. Page NineTeen

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THE ALMANAC KING SENIOR The King is dead. Long live The King! A King comes To The Throne by means oT his craTTiness and inTegriTy, iT he has any aT his command. For many years he has clandesTinely planned This: being supreme ruler and ruling wiTh an iron hand. l-le TorgeTs The years he was a commoner and suTiered The punishmenTs and penalTies oT Those supposedly on The Throne. WiTh power held TighTly in his clenched' TisT he does exacTly whaT his superior beTore him did. l-le sguanders money on his own' unending pleasures, money ThaT would creaTe more beneT'iT were iT used on 'imporTanT iTems, such as building prisons, Vfperhaps. l-le imporTs The choicesT TuTors Trom all lands, choosing Them by The lengTh oT Their noses or The breadTh oT Their waisT' lines. EducaTion, more power in his desire. He wanTs To rule The world, uncommon wishl Suddenly, aT The heighT oT his shorT reign, The people revolT again as is The cusTom oT peopleg This Time againsT him. NoT ThaT iT makes any diTTerence To Them againsT whom They revolT. The King is Torced abdicaTe, much To The regreT oT his well paid TuTors. l-le Tlees and leaves his Throne Tor The new King. - Thus, is a high and mighTy aired Senior. l-Te aTTains his loTTy lnose loTTyl posiTion by means oT a compleTe revoluTion in his school. The old Senior has been Torced To abdicare Taking wiTh him all he could lay hands on. The new Senior is in power Through his inTegriTy Four long years he hasprepared and labored and planned Tor This. ln power, he Tends To amuse himselT, noT a verydiTTiculT procedure. l-le spends money on cold Tea Teas, on The aTTempT aT Tormal Prom and on The knick knacky Class Day, money which would be oT much greaTer beneTiT were iT used To socially educaTe The wondering liTTle Treshmen. Through all This The Senior conTinues wiTh his educaTion despiTe The opposiTion oT The TaculTy. l-le 'plans To conquer' new worlds or reconguer The old. AT The peak oT his enioymenT and prowess, physical as well as menTally, a revoluTion occurs. The Senior is Torced To abdicaTe To The hidden ,ioy oT The TaculTy. He Tlees To make room Tor The new Senior. The King is dead. Long live The King. Lillian Vogel Page EighTeen

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THE ALMANAC WEXI.ER'S BROKEN ANKLE I-TALTS OPERA ONIGI-lT'S premiere oT The new American opera ConsTernaTion will have To be posTponed one week because oT injuries susTained by Philip Wexler who has The Tenor lead. While skaTing on ConservaTory Lake in CenTral Park, Mr. Wexler collided wiTh a Tellow skaTer, and badly sprained his ankle. All opera lovers who had been keenly anTicipaTing TonighT's perTormance, will have To paTienTly waiT a week, unTil Mr. Wexler's ankle heals suTTicienTly To allow him To walk abouT. ConsTernaTion is The newesT oT The laTesT crop oT American operas by Sylvia 'SalTz. CriTics called The oTher producTs oT her pen mediocre, buT iT is expecTed ThaT This will be The besT American opera yeT. 90,000 ATTEND Tl-IALER PARTY , R, and Mrs. Murray Thaler, nee Gladys 'Weiss, boTh Tamous Tor Their abiliTy in making Triends, yesTerday celebraTed Their TenTh wedding anniversary amidsT much celebraTion, aTTended by many oT Their Triends. So many were inviTed, ThaT The enTire Empire STaTe T'loTel, iusT opened Two days ago, was hired To accommodaTe The huge crowd. IT was by Tar The largesT, mosT exTravaganT and mosT splendid parTy ever held. By acTual counT, iT is esTimaTed ThaT upwards oT nineTy Thousand people aTTended. Many did noT even see The couple in whose honor The parTy was being held. The enTire building was jammed. On every Tloor people were dancing and Tood and liquors were served. BoTh Mr. Thaler and Mrs. Thaler wenT Trom Tloor To Tloor. Everywhere They were meT by ouTsTreTched hands, waiTing To congraTulaTe Them. Everyone They spoke To, aT leasT TwenTy Thousand, They addressed by name, showing Their remarkable capaciTy Tor remembering names. The Empire STaTe l'loTel Tormerly known as The Empire STaTe Building, which wenT inTo receivership Two years ago, was opened as a hoTel Two days ago. This was iTs TirsT aTTair and iT was a magnanimous one. The enTire hoTel was hired Tor Three days. People Trom all parTs oT The globe sTreamed inTo New York as laTe as Two weeks ago. The couple sTaTed ThaT They were exTremely happy To meeT all Their Triends. They expecT To go on a Trip around The world in Two weeks during which They hope To add several Thousand more Triends To Their already long lisT. i DANCING TEAM MARRIES HE popular dancing Team oT Moe MoskowiTz and Pearl Cohen Today announced Their inTenTions oT marriage, aTTer a courTship ThaT has lasTed Tor years. The couple, which has been dancing TogeTher Tor Twelve years, has always been know Tor Their gracefulness and beauTiTul Timing while execuTing Their dance. Friends Tear ThaT be- cause oT The marriage all will noT go so well because oT TricTion. Pa ge TwenTy