Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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0 I-'ff m m f- tm i rW-cet ff- fr-f Geal 'fb 4'-,ka f 1 gr . a.. 5. , Q If CLASSES I.. ERE, in Townsend Harris Hall, to a greater extent than in any other high school in the city, the class is an extremely important factor. .5 Each is a separate entity and each has certain duties to perform and matters to regulate. Since every Harrisite is interested in his class 2 Qiif, first and foremost, there is a great deal of friendly emulation in the student body. The various inter-class tournaments, both in the athletic and non-athletic fields, are whole-heartedly supported by the students each term. These activities are followed with the greatest interest and their outcome is quite an important local event. Particularly during the spring term, when the balmy weather stimulates interest in things athletic, there is much activity over at Jaspar Oval and in the environs of the school. Then hundreds of students turn out every day to play on, or at least root,' for, their class-teams. Two innovations during the past year have greatly contributed towards stimulating rivalry and competition between the classes to a greater degree than ever before. These are the inter-class swimming meet and Eield Day, both introduced and sponsored by the General Organization. These events have a distinct advantage over the inter-class tournaments in that they give all the classes an opportunity to compete against one another at the same time. Besides, the results are much more conclusive. Introduced last term purely as an experiment, these meets proved so successful that from now on they will undoubtedly take their place as permanent events on the school calendar of activities. In the non-athletic field there is the inter-class debating tournament which always proves to be very interesting. This activity attracts even more students than the athletic contests do. Boys at the high-school age, for some inexplic- able reason, take great pleasure in voicing their opinions. Deprived of this great joy in the classroom, they are even more anxious to give vent to their thoughts outside, where there is no stern teacher to disapprove. Hence their interest in debating. Since the Varsity Debating team was abolished a few terms ago, the class which wins the prize is usually conceded to be the team equivalent to the varsity. In addition to these activities a paper is issued by every class and all vie with one another for the distinction of having the best publication on the bulletin-board. These papers afford valuable training to students interested in journalism and furnish material for the staffs of the Crimson and Gold and the Stadium.'y The main reason for the pre-eminence of the class in Townsend Harris is its small size. Ini a school of five or six thousand students it is impossible to center activity in the class for this would result in conflict and confusion. However, here, where fortunately we number only about eleven hundred, each student is familiar with all his classmates, there is a bond of union among them, and it is possible for all to co-operate and work for the welfare of the class as a whole. S E - x fl , lij fill' Q14 r 'Est Y- Vg' . K 0 'V had . 0 . Page Sixty-S even

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rf ,tx ' M549 XT 7' 1 5 ' 'ff-ff V ? ' - ,v ti 1- ' i -to f -- calf lla' - a ' Q' t-.a so ga wait X Glifl ru - 58 -ffg -Q if 1 , - X I . LowER A 5 K ITH its advent into the sub-senior semester, the Class of january, 1930, - QD has come into its own, and, looking forward to the bright prospect of V X being Seniors within a short period, has awakened from a kind of 4 lethargy which has characterized its activities during preceding terms. m ll 'V a' Under the guidance of Emanuel Knoblowitz and a capable coun- EAN cil, the class has done all its tasks efficiently, chief among them being its prep- i aration for the Lower A Banquet which, during recent terms, has become the biggest social event in the school, excluding the Senior Dance. Departing from V a precedent set by previous classes, the Banquet Connittee has chosen the Hotel l Q ' Knickerbocker in West 45th Street as the locale of the affair. Their choice ' X was significant in that it was the first time since the introduction of the Ban- quet that a class has chosen any hotel other than the Hamilton Hotel, which, because of its proximity to the school, is not altogether desirable. Having the ' Y Banquet in an established down-town hotel will, no doubt, add greatly to the p s prestige and success of that function. 9 0 ' Another notable achievement of the class was the timely choice of the y editor of next term's Crimson and Gold. Early in March, the council, with , the aid of Dr. Richter, the faculty advisor, selected Harry Weinstein as Editor- in-Chief. This prompt action will bring about a careful selection of a capable ta staff and will undoubtedly insure the future success of the publication. ' , ui Although the Class of january, 1930, is the smallest in the school, con- V- , sidering its numerical enrollment, nevertheless it is the most active in extra- curricular activities. Among the most prominent men in the class we find its president, Emanuel Knoblowitz, who has the distinction of being the first man ,i of his class admitted to the Arista and who is President of the Art Societyg .- Erank Greenwald, an Arista man, editor of the class publication, The Oracle, V Q, and prominent in many clubs, Nathaniel Goldreich and David Stein, both of ,pa the Arista, Tuffman and Green, managers of the Lacrosse and Fencing Teams, i respectively, and Larry Goldstein, one of the stars of the baseball team. ,. , . - I 1- 1 , .1 The officers of the class are: 1 ' ' l President ..................,..... .................................. ............. E M ANUEL KNoBLowiTz 0 l Vita-President ,...,....... .............. N ATHANIEL GOLDREICH 5 Sewfemry .,............,.............. ............,. E LLIOT HECHTMAN I Treasurer .................................... ...,.......,, S TANLEY Russo 3 gi G. O. Reprerenmfive ..,.,...................,.......,.....,...... ....,........ H AROLD FREIDMAN fl fo 'U The English representatives Were: vi Hellingef Greenwald, Rosenthal Schiff Bekaert Gd . to , Page S ixty-Nine