Theodore Roosevelt High School - Saga Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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A5 fl! IW' DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU ARE GRADUATING I-low many oI you Ihmk IhaI you are graduaIrng7 Why I remember way back when Bea Warn John Garheld and oIher Iamous Roose veIInans IhoughI so' All oI Ihem were members oI Ihe same KubrIzers Club II aI enIerIams you They wenI Io Ihe same dances Ihe various parIues Ihe losmg aIhIeIuc games and Ihe exceIIenI clubs IhaI you aI Iended Johnny Q RooseveII wasn I only a consIanI source oI enloymenI Io Ihose greaI sIalwarIs buI he us sInIl gonng as sIrong now In hrs e deavors Io promoIe Irne spIrrI and Irnendshap as he drd Ihem Why should Ihus mIeresI you7 The IacI of Ihe maIIer ns IhaI Johnny O Roose veII us sIuII here Johnny us sInII debahng wheIher we shall go Io war or noI or wheIher we are Iollov mg Ihe rIghI polucres boIh aI home and abroad He will dlscuss Ihe food nn Iunchrooms Ihe correcIness aI an swers or Ihe advrsabnInIy of playmg poker around Ihe block' AIIhough I know you have meI Johnny In Ihe pasI are you sIlII won derung :I he as ever gomg Io graduaIe7 I can I Iell you Ior Ihe sample reason IhaI I won I be here The Ieachers wnll sIIlI be Ieachung Ihe Servrce Ards wall sInII be servsng Ihe speakers wrll sInII be speaknng buI I won I be here Have you a vnvud lmaglnaIson7 LeI s see :I you have RughI now as I wruIe Ihese brueI words look around you and especnally nnIo your broken mnrror WhaI do you see7 No I m noI Iemporarsly ouI of order Try II and see Take a good look aI yourself In Ihe mlrror and Iry Io deny IhaI RooseveII hasnI IeII a mark on you You re a liar' Try agann and admrI IhaI Ihe Keanes and SaxIons EIlnIIes and Kronushes Greenbergers and MoIIs haven I leII someIhmg wrIh you Whale you are sInIl Ihmknng oI Ihe IasI paragraph I urge you noI Io IorgeI Ihe InIIle caI un Ihe basemenI' Is Ihe CaIeIerxa BoIIle Throwers Assocuahon a Ihmg oI Ihe pasI7 Are Ihe ghosIs and wnIches of Ihe Garrnck Club or Ihe wrong box scores oI Ihe Square Deal Io be Iorever IorgoIIen7 Well don I because Ihey won I IorgeI you And whsle you re Iookmg aI Ihe mnrror and Ihmknng abouI Ihe Inme you pulled IhaI yoke on your pol or rusked one on your Ieacher Iry Io Imd IhaI InIIle spoI of gray maIIer IhaI Ihe Buology DepI sand was an Ihe back oI your head Don I you Ihmk I m rnghI now when I say IhaI Johnny Q RooseveII rsnI really graduaIang7 George Heinz Fruedherm m,ri! ff! ln Q Zfg 0 0 qs R WW lm? I N s.S:.Q-- 3 ,f, Wd I ' I . . .' . O A, ' . ' . I Aqx . . . . . ' . o . I - . , . J ' . e . I I n ' .- I X K gf III X I I IPB 1 JN I I e , 1- y' iw X N, I ' ,W 'XMI' K . O oo s f W ,I , - gf- . we. I ,,.I-I. X f' U' - I -e y 1 , gli x xl .4 X WWN ' I, V I '

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YS BAC UP Theodore RoosevelT Hugh School wull be losung uusT anoTher sTudenT buT I wull be leavung one oT The uolluesT Tour years anyone could ever have durung a whale oT a luTeTume The Teachers ThoughT we were sTupud lads pushung our way down The sTaurs and Tlyung Through The halls We lulced The pushung and husTlung uT almosT made us Teel ThaT we were on FuTTh Avenue or perhaps un a rush hour un a subway sTaTuon On specual days lulce The opereTTa days we had To become sardunes To geT pasT The door unTo The spacuous auduToruum BuT uT was greaT Tun I sTull remember The musucal assem blues and rallues whuch were so delughTTul All oT us shouTed and TorgoT ThaT we were un school The husTle and busTle un The caTeTerua wull never be TorgoTTen The mullc boTTles sl1aTung oTT The Tray and crashung The gurl suTTung on The floor because cu Tunny boy ThoughT uT was poluTe To pull The chaur Trom under her wull lm sure also never be TorgoTTen Senuor Year' Oh ThaT wonderTul Thrullung and happy senuor year The world was ours when we walked unTo The eughTh Term Though many o sacrufuce had To be made FursT came The collecTuon oT enuor dues l had To guve up buyung ThaT beauTuTul dress un The wundow because senuor dues had To be paud lT Toolc a long Tume To parT wuTh The money as uT There were gum aT The end of The coun Then of course senuor pucTures Tuon To Talce senuor pucTures All The Trouble un The Balluans dudnT worry us one TenTh as much as how our haur would loolu Tor The pucTures Then To choose whuch one To puT un The Senuor Saga and whuch To puT on The puano and oT course The relaTuves Red l.eTTer Day' The bousTerous gloruous day oT senuors How we used To envy The eughTh Termers Now we were The haughTy eughTh Termers Splashes oT red meT everyone s eye The boys wore bold red sTrupes down Theur Trousers and gurls were gay wuTh darung red bows un Theur haur STudenTs runnung pell mell Through The halls aslc Theur Truends To sugn Theur haTs Those pancake haTs were crowns To us ThaT day Funally The beauTuTul program whuch was guven un our honor and The dance Tollowung uT ThaT day wull never Tade Trom our memory and lasT of all greaT days commencemenT wuTh hurry and excuTemenT loyTul yeT sa l N D A l L O O K K O N The day had come, aTTer Three and a halT lohg years oT greaT anTicipal fu. - ' - - Qgtf' T k '..'f'-.-' .I . 1 . s' ' WK nxt. I M gi

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