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

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A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR April 17th 1930 Gentlemen of the Class of June 1930 The year book of june 1930 will ever hold a unique position in the annals of Townsend Harris Hall for it will serse to epitomize the activity of our school during the period of its existence that began with the location of the old Free Academy on the present site in 1907 At this time following the suggestion Dr John H Finley then president of the College the building occupied by the Sub Freshmen was called Townsend Harris Hall And now with the impending remox al to 23rd Street our school is about to turn the page of another chapter in its history To many alumni of the College of the City of New York the return to the downtown site of the preparatory school will for sentimental considerations appear a most happy move t Harrisites separation from the uptown campus cannot fail to brmg regrets But even these regrets should be considerably lessened by the prospects of the IH For your Director too this issue of Crimson and Gold will always have an unusual significance and will be pleasingly reminiscent of a very happy year of work at Harris Staff and students have been exceedingly gracious and considerate of the stranger that came among them at the opening of the Fall semester The honor of be1ng deemed worthy of a dedicatory mes sa e is a high one and greatly appreciated I only trust that I may continuc to deserve your good will and respect And now to the members of the Class of june 1930 under whose im mediate direction is being published this edition of Crimson and Gold may I extend my heartiest good wishes for success in the continuance of your studies In building the superstructure of your education we instructors earnestly hope you will find that the foundation stones have been well laid and as you go forth from these halls that with the poet you can say Somelzme p61Z7LZPf zt wzll be nz pleasure Z0 767729772587 these tbzngr Cordially yours GEORGE M FALION Dzretfof 7 7 . . U . . 7 . . . , , , . . . I 7 . 0 . . . U . . . . . 5 O C , 0 very material gains that will be ours in a well-equipped modern school build- 8- I . , 3 . . . . C U . . . , A O ' ' , - ' 7 7 . ff ' . .' ' . . . ' H 7 ' 1 P ge Forty-four

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The Game SHORT STORY CONTEST FIRST PRIZE By WILLIAM GIBSON E WAS nervous for the frrst trme rn hrs career He trrpped on the ropes as he stepped rnto the rrng and came near fallrng Mechan rcally he caught at the fibres wrth hrs rrght hand and as rt was clench ed there he looked at rt That hand had battered down hrs opponents won the champronshrp earned for hrm the sobrrquet of Thunderbolt And now rt was tremblrng vrolently He had felt shaky all evenrng The palms of hrs hands were wet wrth persprratron and hrs lrps were very dry Occasronally he found hrmself lrckrng them wrth hrs tongue Ten mrnutes before he had sard to hrs brother Im qurttrng the Can you? sard rmmy Could he? Thorne asked hrmself Could he break away from the game that had been hrs lrvelrhood for years break away wrth a gesture lrke that? Of course I can' he had sard confidently And he realrzed that vxhen he qurt rt would be wrthout the trtle He knew that he would lose to nrghts fight A month ago hrs brother had stated that rn three words They all go he had sard speakrng of champrons And Thorne told hrm that he was crazy that he Thorne was the exceptron to the rule But as he clasped hrs hands together and rarsed them above hrs head and acknowledged the crowd s roar of greetrng he knew jrmmy was rrght He was not the exceptron He would lose to Young Edwards rn the comrng fight exactly as jrmmy had predrcted He was too old Too old too old at thrrty four What a laugh' Well he was too old for the rrng Hrs wrnd was no good any longer Hrs legs got trred after the fourth round Hrs rrght drdnt have the steam behrnd rt that rt had when hed beaten Morton for the champronshrp erght years ago Erght years was a long trme to keep the heavywerght crown In erght years he had become an old man Old at brtterly The referee called hrm and he went to the center of the rrng and recerved the frnal rnstructrons N hrttrng on the break Old stuff He had hrst heard of rt years ago years ago He was old and just begrnnrng to realrze rt Hrs entrre body and soul were clamorrng for youth a youth he had lost ages back He had hardly reached hrs prrme and they were callrng hrm washed up-and rrght at that Morton must have felt lrke thrs the nrght he fought Thorne jrmmy had been speakrng about hrm only the other day What was rt he had sardg Suddenly Thorne remembered Mor H f . , . 7 , 0 - I . , . S ' a , . . . , . 7 7 9 7 ' . . Iqghfiflg game wflighf, Jimmy. thirty-four! And he laughed again, . . , . . . . . . ' ,, O W- 7 1 I .,, o tt .u ' . , ' 7 ' I 4 p . . 7 . , - a ' 7 7 . 7 y . . , . . Page Furty-.six