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

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C asses NOTHER term has passed, another body of scholars have parted, never to return Another semester has passed rnto the annals of hrstory and as always has brought to Harrrs rts due share of successes and farlures, vrctorres and defeats But all have served therr purpose that of developrng the charac ter of the students, and of rarsrng the backbone of Harrrs lrfe Here rn Townsend Harrrs Hall, to an even greater degree than rn any other rnstrutron rn the crty, the class rs an extremely rmportant and vrtal cog of machrnery whrch comprrses our school Each rs a separate unrt and pos esses certarn dutres to perform, and certarn matters to regulate and srnce every Harrrsrte places hrs class first and foremost rn scholastrc affarrs, there exrsts a great amount of amrable emulatron among the student body But out of the panoroma of events there emerges a new prcture a figure resplendent rn new found power glowrng rn concert, and proud of hrs many accomplrshments It rs the new Harrrsrte, so excellently portrayed by the new Lower Classmen, that serves as a barometer of Harrrs success and as a stan dard of progress Gone rs the trmrd abrdrng class councrl, the omnrscent faculty advrsor, and the club, controlled by Senrors In therr places, stand the all powerful Lower Classmen the organrzatron supported by Upper C s and the teams managed by Lower B s A new era rs dawnrng upon Townsend Harrrs Ha The new freshmen wrthrn a few fortnrghts, have establrshed a class con strtutron, set class dues, and rssued an edrtron or two of the offrcral class organ Lrkewrse the Upper C class has soon set the semester s socral functron and turn therr thoughts and bodres todards mental and physrcal combat, whrch rs rndulged rn wrth an unparalleled zeal In a lrke manner the Upper and Lower Bs unable to cope wrth the sprrrt of rnnovatron collaborate rn a boat rrde outrng whrch due to the large amount of those partrcrpatrng proves to be a tremendous success The Lower Senror occupres rtself rn preparatrons for the followrng term s C Sc G , choosrng an entrre staff, rmmedrately The Lower A s stage too the one affarr whrch wrll probably resrst rnnovatron as long as Harrrs contrnues to survrve namely the Lower A Banquet The Upper A s realrzrng the necessrty of stagrng essentrally a Senror Affarr drscard the trme worn, moth eaten dance, rn favor of a banquet They are also requrred to rssue the Crrmson and Gold, whrch appears semr annually And thus wrth these humble comments, whrch we hope wrll be regarded not as mere words, but rather as those of an eye wrtness, we present to you a brref outlrne of Harrrs lrfe, a prctorral portrart of classes ' 1 1 1 I . . A 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 7 1 , - , - . . . . I ' 1 . . , 1 , . . . . 7 - . . , . . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' Y Q! YY ' ' ' ' , . . . . . . 1 . . . , 1 ' 1 , - Page Seventy-une

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Lower AST in numbers, and aided by the usual number active members, the class of january'1931 has ended the fifth term of its existence in Harris with a determined purpose to pursue the footsteps of its predecessors. Throughout the whole semester, the entire class has kept in mind its impor- tance as a unit. It was evident that the class council was well aware of the numerous activities a Lower A was expected to undertake, for, within a few weeks, the governing body of the class had appointed Stephen Grob, editor of the Crimson and Gold of January '31, And in a brief length of time, plans were concluded for the staging of the traditional Lower A Banquet. The council, enjoying the benefits of a large treasury soon appointed a banquet committee which so efficiently fulfilled its duties that the affair was a tremendous success In addition to this, other class committees were appointed with a View towards the great tasks facing the students in the Senior semester Under the capable leadership of Murray Nathan the Lower A class has earned for itself a niche in the Harrisites hall of fame It has repre sentatives in every field of extra curricular activity One can recognize at least two Lower Seniors on every Harris team and in both the publication of the Stadium and the Crimson 84 Gold Lower A is well represented In such a class can be found many of the prominent men of Harris Melvin Edelstein, leader of class sports, became captain of the baseball team Murray Nathan of the Arista, was twice class president Stephen Grob, editor of the C 81 G is a member of the Stadium Staff Raymond Nathan was the editor of the Lower A Scroll, which stood among the foremost class papers DeKorp, Fensterstock, Siegfried, Theil Salk and Sindeband also did fine work for the class s success The Officers MURRAY NATHAN Pfemienz ALFRED GoLDsTE1N Vzce P1 efzdenr RALPH DIGIA T1earme1 THEODORE BENJAMIN G O Rep Englzfh Repieyentalzves Sxuoowrrz, BAKER, SIEGFRIED, ScHAMEsT, HERSKOWITZ 7 ' 9 9 - ' , . . . n . 5 7 S , g .t . ,, Q .. , JONAS SALK ...,.................,............,...........r ..,.................,.,......................,. S ecretary Page Scwcttty-tltrcf