Tilden High School - Classic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The Class of January 44 leavung 1'he hal lowed halls of Tllden IS bearing a burden no olher group m 1'he hnsfory of fhe school has shouldered our graduahon song for commencemen+ for 'rhe frue begmmng of our llves as +he beauhful buf oh so melancholy Crossmg fhe Bar The Classuc slaff has played defechve and wufh +he cunmng 'rhal' comes of four years spen'r an worlung comparahvely easy 'For us fo discover lhal' lhe faculfy chose 'rhls piece fo have us all weeping af graduahon pufhng our mlsguuded parenls under 'rhe lmpressaon +ha+ our +ears musl' flow as from faucefs ai' lhls funal parhng wllh our beloved Tllden We do noi' doubi' fhaf we shall evenfually mee+ our Pnlof face +o face buf +heres no parhcular hurry We are all loolung ahead +o ong successful llves during which we shall offen drlfi' back Through our bool: of memornes 'lo +he chapler marked Tulden oul' sys1'ems for +esl's, lafe passes, efc., il' was ' ' .J I 0 0

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. . . GUIDANCE From fhe well ordered exlsfence of foriy five mmu+e periods final exams and General Orgamzahons a new Sensor Class ns en'l'erung a world where we can be sure of no+hmg buf uncerfalnfy There will be no organized Guidance Deparlmeni fo which we will be able fo furn no counsellor who can 'fix up our ophon card of 'the 'fuiure Look mg back we will fondly remember fhose whose purpose was fo guide us +hrough fhe maze of our own fhoughilessness and unexpernence Many of us will Bul' perhaps more lmporfani' because if ns generally fhe case we will be able +o look back upon a happy and frulfful hugh school career due fo fhe able under srandmg advice of a member of fhe Guidance Depar+menf Words cannof suFFicuen+ly express whar we feel Ye+ we hope ihus dedncahon may in some measure convey our grahiude and apprecuahon Those of us whose scholashc careers will nor fermnna+e on ihe eve of commencemenl' wish +o exiend addlhonal ihanks fo Mr Readyoff for his encouragemenf unspnrlng all wrlh confidence n 'rhemselves and +he fufure To our es+eemed Prlncupal and faculfy we fender a promise +o cons+ruc1' a world based on +he prnnclples of folerance lushce and fanfh un humann+y which fhey have mshlled In us owe fhe hapiness we find in our careers and s+udies +0 'lheir asfufe planning.

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'V e were our English feachers who fhough we would have offen lnlxed Tarr and feafher fhem were fops from The Ancuenf M I r fhrough Hamlef We remember a fume when voncmg our f preffy Tlldeneffe by use of fhe very expressive woo we were requesfed fo wrnfe a shorf 5000 word essay on The rlfy Befween Tram Whlsfles and Adolescenfs Nor was fhls hfle ed excephonally umque when compared wlfh ofhers from fhe depf Mr Benov s ferhle bram e Messrs Favalll Greene Goldberg and Meyer God bless em w d us fhrough many a frylng exam by doubling fhe sfrengfh o fhelr voices fo denofe an accenf slmulfaneously coclung fhenr heads fo one side or anofher subfly showing us would be llngulsfs whaf lund of an accenf was needed We shall be forever grafeful fo our sfen and fype feachers who allowed us fhe use of fhenr wrlfmg rooms fo send ouf many morale bulldlng leffers fo our er friends Never shall we forgef Mr Howlff Mr Holf Mr Kolodny and Mr Max who guided us fhrough fhe wars fhe clfy sewage sysfems and firsf and second morfgages wufh unequalled aplomb We are shll fhanlung Mr Solomon and fhe hearfy members of hls deparfmenf who uncomplammgly helped us across fhe greafesf ob sfacle course ever mvenfed mafhemaflcs and Mr Blechman and has fellow sclenhsfs who blazed fralls for us fhrough 'rhe dense lungles of basferla and profozoa Always fo be remember are fhe hours we spenf wearuly rubbing achmq muscles affer playnng Commandos under General Krugman apolymg Flrsf And fo Mass Wrughf and Mrs Chrysfal affer fhelr re peafedly unsu cessful affempfs fo feach us arhficlal resplrahon All fhese are fhe herlfage we leave for ofher sfude s fhey are yef fo become reallfles for fhem mem o ues for us We are Crossing fhe Bar leaving hugh school behmd us and mod ern as we are fough as we 'Jrefend fo be our smiles are sorf of one sided as we say goodbye fo eachers nslgmficanf freshmen owly Sophs esolafe lumors leganf seniors Now wafch ouf world here we come' Blossom Kramer - I' 3 an n I ' U' ' .i m . - . . 0 I - ll - o ln x us n - ll rn I . Il ' Il I - . . . - 0 ,' l ' I T Q o I , L 0 l ll D - . 1 l E Q l