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

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CLASS OF JANUARY l935 PROM NIGHT N one never-lo-be-lorgollen nighl in December-lhe eighleenlh lo be exacl- lhe Seniors in Seward experienced a mosl exciling, slale ol mind and person- a slale lhal couldn'l have been surpassed had lhey been expecling a personal in- lroduclion lo lhe King ol England himsell. ll was Prom Nighll A wild whirl ol beauly parlors, make-up, dressing, and preslol-all ready lor lhe big evenl. The boys loo were having lheir problems, whal wilh cull-bullons, lies, lux, and, lhe lhoughllul darlings-corsages lor lhe lavorile maiden ol lhe evening! Meeling ol groups, laxi rides lo lhe Aslor l-lolel, a lasl ride up lol lhe elevenlh lloor, checking ol coals, lasl minule dabs ol make-up, and lhen inlo lhe Terrace Garden! The lirsl lhing ol which we became conscious was lhe romanlic lhrobbing ol Manny Blank and his Blankely-Blanks, las Mr. Silverslein so dellly dubbed lheml. The receiving commillee, including Miss Allachiner, Miss While, and Miss Lewinson, all resplendenl in lheir lovely dresses were wailing. Their lriendly laces reassured us a bil and lhe lormalilies began. lnlroduclions, hand shakes, and complimenls came in order. Miss So and So, meel Mr. So and So l-low do you do 'l il? Fine wealher isn Looks like a big nighl ahead Yes, doesn'l il? I I My, how lovely you look, dear Thank you, you do loo, my dear I I Hmmm, well, you'll excuse us lor a while? We really musl see So and So And so il wenl. The dancing lloor was already lilling up ..... sludenls dancing wilh sludenlsg lacully wilh lacullyg and inlercrossed. The crowd ol Seward people on lhe lloor was as good-looking and orderly a group as could be wished lor. The appearance and dress ol lhe Seniors, would do iuslice lo lhe besl ol sociely. 4 Judging lrom lhe happy laces ol all, we can say lhal a grand lime was had by all al one ol our grandesl Proms. The dancing and laughler conlinued unlil lwelve and lhen-lhe lasl dance! Reluclanlly we pul on our wraps and lell lhe lasl social lunclion ol lhe Seniors -ol I935. - I Page Thirly-one

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THE ALMANAC SEWARD WORLD OR many consecuTive Terms, The Seward World, has aTTained TirsT place in The Columbia ScholasTic Press AssociaTion. The sTaTT is aT The presenT Time, working wholehearTedly To achieve a medalisT raTing Tor The paper. IT is To The Tollowing sTudenTs ThaT mosT oT The commendaTion is due: To VincenT Caleca, ediTor-in-chieT, uTmosT praise is owed Tor The careTul prepara- Tion and The ediTorials. IT is To Lawrence Dick and lsidore Rovinsky, co-news ediTors, To whom crediT goes Tor The Tine reporTorial work. Max Goldberg deserves a voTe oT appreciaTion Tor his enviable RambIin' Roun' column, The eyes, and ears, and gos- sip oT The school. CongraTulaTions QQ To Frank Zupnick Tor his beauTiTully porTrayed FooTlighTs and SpoTlighTs. Frances KauTman, a sporTing senior, wriTes The We Recommend column in which she describes popular books. To The SporTs EdiTor, Julius Leder, and his sTaTT a bougueT Tor The wonderTul work They have accomplished. Leder deserves crediT Tor The All in SporT column, and liTTle Ancel MarkowiTz 'Tor his descripTion oT The games oT Sewards' greaTesT TooTball Team. To Shirley WiTz and Harold Simon goes crediT Tor The enTerTaining maTerial obTained Trom Their Senior ChaTTer columns. Thanks also To Samuel YaslowiTz Tor his highly esTeemed sporTs drawings. The sTaTT, however, owes iTs success and -organizaTion direcTly To The TaculTy advisors, Mrs. Dragunas, Miss Elkind, and To Mr. SilversTein Tor Their careTul super- vision, and unTring eTTorTs. Honor SERVICE LEAGUE HTS Term Mr. Sellinger was appoinTed To Take charge oT The Honor Service League in The Main Building. lmmediaTely Tollowing his appoinTmenT, The new TaculTy advisor began To reorganize The Squad. In The organizaTion oT The new sTaTT, greaT care has been Taken in appoinTing only The mosT capable and eTTicienT sTudenTs To sTaTT posiTions. Records oT old oTTicers have been invesTigaTed careTully beTore They were given a place on This Term's Squad. Only The TinesT had been chosen and lrving Challop was made ChieT' oT The League as a reward Tor his TaiThTul and ouTsTanding work. Many Tavorable commenTs have been received Trom The TaculTy praising The Tine work oT The Honor Service League. Page ThirTy

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THE ALMANAC CLASS DAY CLASS Day, lhe concluding Senior aciivily of 'rhe Term, held on Thursday, December 20, was a greal success. Jennie Kramer and Seymour Cohen, co-chairmen men of 'rhe Class Day commiilee deserve credil for Their able leadership. The members of 'rhe commiiiee also deserve credii. They were Molly Denis, Ruih Freedman. Ida Schwariz, Lillian Sel'rz, Sam Cohen. Marvin Simkowiiz, Max Sirauss, and Joseph Roihenberg. The program was as follows: I-Salule 'ro The flag 2-Welcome 'ro Seniors-Louis Flaumenbaum 3-Address by Mr. Brodie 4-Musical number 5-Address by Mr. Silverslein 6-Awards of Ceriiiicaies of Meril 7-Musical number 8-Class Play Two Crooks and a Lady , direcied by Miss Hopper C H A R A C T E R S Mrs. Simms-Vane .....................,........................ Goldie Spilzer Lucille ................. ....... S ylvia Gerber Miss Jones ................ ............. T illie Lipsker Miller The Hawk ....... .......... J oseph Leibowi'rz Police lnspeclor .......... Louis Finkelsiein Garrily ........... ........... C harles Lipsiein 9-Musical number IO-Presenlaiion of Celebriiy Awards Jennie Kramer Naihan Spindel Masiers oi Ceremonies Knocks and Boos'rs by Joseph Rolhenberg Page Thiriy-fwo