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

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The Senror O the unrtrated the Senror rs descrrbecl bv the one vrord self Self esteem rng self respectrng selfrsh he rs, to sav the least, a not very prarseworthv character He rs or erbearrnff scornful, and cynrcal Yet, to those who knovx hrm, to the undergraduate, the Senror has none of those trarts of character whrch the outsrder clarms hrm to have As the leader rn extra currrcular actrwrtres acme of scholarly perfectron paragon of vrrtues he rs the rdol of the lower classmen All look up to hrm He rs respected revered and derfied For to be a Senror rs to be an actor It rs to present two characters to the world to go throuvh lrfe wearrng a mask And rt so happens that rn thrs case nerther character presented by the Senror rs hrs true one, or could ever be For strange as rt may seem the Senror rs not a type but an rndrvrdual And berng an rndrvrdual he cannot be descrrbed rn the mass But howsoever they may drffer there rs one way rn whrch all Senrors are surprrsrngly alrke That rs rn therr attrtude towards the school Outwardly thrs attrtude rs a deprecratrng one To the Senror Harrrs appears to be an old dump the faculty muvs , the students hams , and rts only prarse worthy act graduatrng hrm As a matter of fact the Senror s attrtude towards the school rs best under stood when rt rs realrzed that after three years, the place has become a part of hrm The realrzatron that rts control wrll soon leave hrs hands and that lower classmen wrll take hrs place rs a Oallrnv one and he attempts to mrnrmrze hrs comrng loss by deprecratrng rt Another explanatron for thrs mav be found rn the great prrde whrch hrs comrng graduatron grves the Senror Graduatron rs to hrm an achrevement the culmrnatrng achrevement of hrs lrfe and he feels proud of rt Thrs prrd becomes wrth hrm a feelrng of superrorrty Hrs work rs the best What he has done rs unsurpassable Is rt surprrsrng then that he has nothrng but utter contempt for the lowlv lower classmen who even attempt to surpass hrs accom plrshments9 ls rt surprrsrng that he rs boastrnv and egotrstrcal? But asrde from thrs the resemblance between the Senrors ceases N0 two are alrke Among thern rs the strong, srlent man the class athlete both lrlced and lrkrng, the bustlrng club man the hrgh brow, scorned by hrs fellows and scornrng lrkewrse, or, the average fellow, the rank and frle of the group All are Senrors Q ,w1', I ,QW -, - - - - - me yy ' Y - 7 7 7 I , 1 . y . r I I . D, . 1 C A 1. u A . V - . . 7. . . 7 7 3 . . , . s O - . , . , 7 . . , ' 7 U U. ff H- ff H. - - 7 7 23 7 ' , . , , . . 23 O 9 J L . - L ' . G L I . . ' 7 r . C . . . V . 7 7 ' ' 7 . 7 - Page Scvcrztvcn

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