Straubenmuller Textile High School - Loom Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Tl-IE SENIOR'S DREAM A FANTASY Walking down I9Th STreeT we are greeTed by Mr. RosenTeld who bids us a cheery Good Morning and inquires aTTer our healTh. Hes- iTaTing and a bi+ shy on The subiecT, he inTorms us ThaT we are TiTTeen minuTes laTe, buT urges us noT To worry because, Tor Seniors iT is quiTe all righT. The door squad holds open The sTreeT door and, very dig- niTied, bows as we pass in wiTh an arisTocraTic air. George, The elevaTor operaTor, presenTs us wiTh The FascisT SaiuTe and Then ushers us To The plush-covered chairs which he has insTalled in The elevaTor Tor our con- venience. Upon enTering The oTTiciaT classroom we are greeTed by several haT-and coaT-check girls who eagerly Take our wearing apparel. Imme- diaTely a greaT number oT sTudenTs run up To us and give us a duplicaTe copies oT The day's required homework. ll-low ThoughTTul oT Themll The school's period bells are silenT and insTead page boys dressed in purple and whiTe velveT blow cuT-glass TrumpeTs. Growing Tired oT aTTending classes, we have no Trouble in enTering The Library lCuTTer's RoosT,l where smoking is permiTTed, in TacT several cigareTTe girls wander abouT The crowded Tables and give ouT cigars and coTTee lgraTisl. The school orchesTra is Tucked away in one corner oT The library playing Tea music, which laTer develops inTo Spanish classics and Tango dancing is Timain TeaTure. Q Lunch Time is growing near. Upon arriving aT The TexTildorT, we are greeTed by The head waiTer lMr. Kirbergerl who ushers us To a cozy Table Tucked behind a beauTiTul palm. The menu is in French, buT TorTunaTely our waiTer is able To TranslaTe iT inTo English wiTh The greaTesT accuracy. UnaccusTomed To This mode oT dining, we order lobsTer. This poor Tish appears To us To have a very bad case oT sunburn: upon coming closer To invesTigaTe iTs condiTion, iT iumps,righT up on Top oT our head and begins To crown us Queen OT The May, wiTh iTs mighTy claws. Several waiTers come To our rescue: Two oT Them Take a Tirm grasp on our leTT ear. The waiTers Tinally exTricaTe us Trom our predicamenT and we decide ThaT we will spend mosT oT Senior Week in The library, and ThaT lobsTer shouldn'T be eaTen in any monTh conTaining any oT The leTTers, A, E. l, O, U or even W and Y. ARTHUR NEVILLE

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T hm 12 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE COOPERATIVE ANNEX WE, The Senior Class of January l935 of The CooperaTive Annex. being of unsound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare The following as our lasT will and TesTamenT: FIRST, we hereby revoke all wills made by The former Senior classes. because no one ever paid any aTTenTion To Them anyway. SECOND. To The Juniors we leave our one unsolved problem - Economics. Tl-HRD, To The resT of The sTudenTs we leave our broken pencils, scraps of paper, old noTebooks, and oTher rare gems for which we have no more use. ' Finally, To our Senior Teachers we leave The following parTicular remembrances in a more serious vein: To Dr. l-lughan, we leave our Thanks for her helpful advice and guidance. To Miss Eicks. we leave The Thoughf +ha+ she will always be in our memory. To Miss Purvis, we leave a new Senior class who will appreciaTe her. To Mrs. Kadanoff. we leave a mascof-BeTTy Boop-whose favor- iTe saying will be, Am I noT cuTe ? To Mr. Wacker. we leave a group of sTudenTs who will be sure To respecT him as we have. To Mr. Allgier, we leave The hope ThaT he will always be as gay and cheerful as he was wiTh us. To Mr. Rowen, we leave a class who will noT like Their beds as much as we did in The morning. We nominaTe and appoinT The Juniors as execuTors of This will and direcf ThaT as a reward They should be excused from all firsT and eighTh period classes. ln wiTness whereof we have hereunfo seT our hand and seal aT IZ4 WesT 28Th STreeT in The Cify of New York This ThirTy-firsT day of January in The year one Thousand nine hundred and ThirTy-five. Mary Walenczyk and Evelyn Di Cosfanza JI-

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WAR AND PEACE War and Peace. These words are so closely relafed, buf oh how far aparT! The sound of The one eiTher arouses ouTbursTs of paT- rioTism, or iT vividly brings To mind The desolaTion and sufferings syno- nimous wiTh ThaT word. The oTher picTures golden fields, green pasTures and lively peaceful indusTries. WhaT really does war mean? Does iT noT mean mass desTrucTion of The human species ifself? Does iT noT sfand for all ThaT is horrible and for The greaTesT calamiTy ThaT has befallen The human race? From The frequency wiTh which wars occur, one mighT say ThaT we are defin- iTely and ineviTably commiTTed To This plague. BuT why? War has proved unsaTisfacTory in accomplishing The ends ThaT were in mind when The appeal To arms was made, and The issues of conflicfs impose Their burdens on The vicTor no less Than on The vanquished. Since in our modern and highly advanced civilizafion, we discard all else ThaT is impracTical, why noT do away wiTh war as an ouTmoded meThod of seTTling differences? LeT us Turn To someThing more sane. The sTudenTs of Today are rulers of Tomorrow, and upon Them resTs a parf of The responsibiliTy of making The world The place iT was infended To be. They are The ones who musT work for fuTure peace. They musT lear see facTs as They really are, and analyze These facTs for Them- selve , independenf of popular or radical opinions. for or againsf. When The evidence has been carefully siffed, Then is The Time To come To a conclusion as To wheTher war or peace is essenTial To nafional exisTence and honor. This. graduafes. is your iob! AXEL FORD Ja-vv?1-e.v-1,- 7 ' 02.4 A gl lConlinued Tom page 121 -ParenTs, relafives and friends assembled To see Their prides and ioys geT diplomas-They were only fakes, remember? The real ones came laTer. - And so wiTh This. The pen runs dry and leaves you wiTh your own memories.