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

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. . . - -V4 C ess and Chee er' Club O those students who are fond of the lung of sports and sport of lungs the Chess and Checker Club offers excellent opportunrtres Save for one or two exhrbrtrons by noted experts, the meetrngs were grven over to tourna ment play An unrque rnnovatron was that of conductrng a separate tourna ment each week Thrs was made possrble by playmg several matches at th same trme The chref advantage of the rdea was that 1f any member had to stay away from a meetrng he drd not lose a chance to play the next week One of the chtef reasons for havrng these tournaments so often IS the need for preparatron for the rnter scholastrc tournament next fall Of last year s team, only aretsky, the captarn wrll be here for the tourney Realrzrng that practrce makes perfect, or nearly so, he has decrded to grve everyone plenty of rt The officers of the club are DONALD JARF rsxx P1 emiefzt JESS WHITLIAN Seiji T16dJZl76l MAX SCHOENFELD Pzzblzczly Mmmgw 7. 1 . ,,, , . SEYMOUR SHERIFF ,,.....,,....., . ..,,........................................... Vice-President Pugp One Iizmdrcd Eight

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Stamp and Com Club TRIVING along the nolseless tenor of the1r Way unconcerned Wrth the farlure around them but consprcuous by therr unusual and thoroughly heartenrng success the members of the Stamp and Corn Club have thrs past semester earned a true recognrtron attarned by none other before them By a rrgrd and loyal adherence to a Constrtutron lackmg that duplrcrty or purpose the hearty support of the student body and the absence of Parlramentary pro cedure the meetrngs of the Club have become not mere outlets of wrttrcrsms and an rnherent hoodlum sprrrt sources of helpful rnstructron Auctrons were held at the weekly meetrngs trades were completed and sales made Through the efforts of the officers of the club jornt meetrngs were held wrth srmrlar clubs of the varrous crty hrgh schools The club paper the COLLECTOR although small was one of the most rnterestmg of all Harrrs publrcatrons The Officers who W1thout faculty assrstance marntarned these hrgh stand ards of the club are JEROME COHEN Pfemiem' AMADO CANTON Secietm y T1e4z5me1 ALFRED GOODMAN Publzcztj Mamzgw 0 S ' 7 7 . 7 7 ' 7 , - 7 , . S , . , 7 ,, 7 7 7 . . . . . H , : SIDNEY WALDMAN ...............................................,............,.. Vice-President 4 ...'.. , I I A Page Om' Hundred Seven

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Camera Club ATEST addltron to the ever grovvrng 11st of Hams socretres, the Camera Club fills a long felt Want Founded at the beglnnrng of th1s semester by Messrs Martrn and Taub to strmulate mterest rn the art of photography and to eventually take over the photography of the Cnmson and Gold If me wrth rrnmedrate success W1th1n tvvo weeks of the call for members a constr tutlon was drawn up, officers elected, and plans gotten under way for a snap shot contest and an exhrbxnon of the entr1es 1n the lrbrary Both were subse quently held and were very successful Nor was the Work of the club confined to strlls Motron prctures were grven therr full share of attentron and at almost every meetrng a showmg was made of the work of one of the members of the club The ofhcers who so ably conducted the affa1rs of the Camera Club dunng the past term are MYRON HOWARD P165I6ll6'7Qf Jl:ROME COHEN S6C16f6l1jl ARFHUR KRIVIS Publicity Mmwgef . . Z ALFRED BERGER ......,..........s....,............ ........................,,.....,..,.... V ite-Pfferidenz Page One Hundred Nine