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

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gg ' 3- Q lg' .1 el 5 A .Q-,, , I my LTTI 56 xxxxxxxl vigil' ll 'lil Q T Baskefball ficlcefs! Baskefball ficlcefsl The familiar cry is again heard in fhe corridors of Theodore Roosevelf High School. The once? happy freshman is arguing wifh fhe insisfenf senior fhaf, in fhe firsf place, he has only one dollar which is fo lasf him all week, and sec- ondly, his friends are definifely nof baskefball fans, and are going fo fhe movies Safurday. Buf, fhe senior does nof give upg so, before fhe lafe-bell has rung, fhe poor vicfim is frudging fo his fyping class muffering under his breafh, and wondering how in heaven's name he allowed a brainless senior fo sell him a ficlcef fo a game he has no infenfion of seeing. Some members of fhe sfudenf body have cerfain fechniques which fhey exercise fo gef rid of fhe salesman before fhey break down and buy of him. ln February, fhe Square Deal announces fhaf our G. O. musf have a presidenf and all fhe frimmingsg and on Friday, af fhe Assembly, we meef all our prospecfive leaders. We learn fhaf one of our hon- orable presidenfs-fo-be has had a 99.9 average for 8 ferms, and belongs fo every honor sociefy of fhe school, and has won enough service and scholarship pins wifh which fo build a bomber lwhich gives me an ideal. Wifhouf much considerafion, we are 'sure he is fhe man-buf-our ofher candidafe, as we lafer learn, helps his mofher wifh fhe dishes, besides, so I resolve fo vofe for him. Comes Monday, and we vofe. Of course, by fhis fime, we forgef which secrefary if was 'rhaf wore fhe red blouse, and which was on fhe foofball feam. So, we resorf fo fhe good old eenie-meenie-minie- mo sysfem, or fhe hey-Jane-which-one-should-I-vofe-for sysfem. Some- fimes and forfunafely enough we use our brains and vofe for fhaf person who we fhinlc will benefif our beloved G. O., and, if's never happened fhaf we were acfually sorry because we elecfed any par- ficular officer. lThaf fakes care of any enraged officer who was ready fo file suif againsf me.l Our brainless senior and our campaigning husflers are lslighflyl exaggerafed examples of our adverfisers. They are a preview of fhe fufure salesmen of America, who, when 'lhey are ready for if, will sell us ficlcefs for World Series games and sell us fhe idea of vofing for Mr. John Jones for presidenf, nof of fhe G. O., buf of fhe U. S. A. i, '4?' . .sfr . .... 0 -fs... riixiwxwllllgfi' , fvv v'v'Vs W l Q ,uxfi M l u WMM f llmm N www 1 ff'- s M24 T Claire Shapiro WW' Wi ,Will Getty, .gh wmv -

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5 R Me Riding on lhe subway and walching whal goes on among lhe passelngers will show you more clearly, How much lolly lhere is in human affairs! Like anls scallering lrvhen lheir anl hill is broken is lhe confusion on lhe subway plallorm as a lrain is pulling inlo lhe slalion. However, when lhe anls disperse, il is in silence. When llhe rush lor lhe lrain begins you will hear oulbursls like lhis: Quil shoving , Gel olf my lool! p Ouch! g Excuse me Lady. l won'l venlure as lar as lo say lhal anls are more inlelligenl lhan people, allhough al lhe Al will has limes l begin lo wonder, bul lhey seem lo be more orderly. Now we are in car and, il you were llasler lhan lhe person nexl lo you, you have a seal. almosl every slop yonl will nolice lhis lype of person enlering lhe car. He come in, slop al lhe end ol lhe car and, inslanlly, spol an emply seal. He become an experl al lhis lhrough years of praclice. He is capable of allaining remarkable speed in case someone wishes lo beal him lo lhe seal. A person who deselves a Iillle pily is usually found in lhe cenler of a very crowded car and is lgjying lo work his way lo lhe door. As lhe lrain is nearing lhe slalion, he is polile in asking lhe people lo lel him lhrough. Bul, lhe lrain is almosl al a slandsllill and he isn'l making much headway. His voise is losing lhal polile loneg he is no longer asking polilely, bul commanding lhe people lo lel him lhrough. His old loolball spiril comes back as he makes a desperale plunge 1 A for lhe door, lhe onlyland linal way of gelling oul. Once he is oulside lhe car, ' ' he again assumes lhcl quiel, unrulfled poise wilh which he slarled. Anolher lype is a female usually quile plump, who enlers lhe car, has spied l a lililli space irbelween lvlo min. She walks org' wilh abnonphalarglnairi-Tnd pro- i.o..i cee s o go un o a very in eres mg maneuver. IS a com ma lon o e awanan -, I f x ri hula dance and lhe rhumba. Finally, aller a Ii++le shove here and a slighl push H ,Ui HL lhere, and a polile, Excuse me, she maneuvers inlo lhe seal. '55 ' 1 ' 'QL7-I, 1. 'Ll . i Ai 'lil 'l'EFE?l - No slories ol lhe lsubwa would be complele wilhoul lhe well-known gum . II . ,qu l Y eq. -H lla. 5f..i WI- :J . . -axigip Qginllllg-mlyf chewers. Perhaps lew people know lhal lhere is more lhan one way of chewing Lf.--' iw your gum. Usually a man iusl munches wilhoul opening his moulh and is lhe lli!'r. J ' quielesl ol lhem all. 'l'hen lhere are lhe gum poppers, usually, lhe girls being Ni Aff-F-'!.-'ll '7 4 X 1 beller al lhis. By a skillful coordinalion of lhe longue and a loolh lusually a molarl f '2 l 'l a lillle o is emilled which, if conlinued over a long period of lime, becomes Z3 Q .:-.-:.-:eef-'--:- P P l I A s Q x I very annoying. Yel lhe One and Cnly, lhe lops in gum chewinq is lhe girl who QQSQE sounds like a small pop-gun and gazes inlo space wilh conlenled bovine placidily. QQ : S H Joseph Crocco swemtlg S will P liiiigwfiffl l s X X .xxx f x f J y l

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