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

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DEDICATION To Mr. Philip Smith, we, the editors, dedi- cate this, the January, 1934 Crimson and Gold. page three

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FGREWORD There is drama attached to the progress of an educational institution-the drama of dreams realized only after long toil and struggle. On the stage before our eyes passes the long line of Harris men. Their march is accompanied by music in a slow, steady crescendo that is ever-increasing in purity and intensity of tone. At first the parade is a halting gloomy one. But as the years roll on, the tempo grows faster and the step of the Harris men becomes quicker. A reason for all these changes exists. In the beginning the varsity magazine was aristocratically formless. Its policy was the Senior policyg it meant nothing to the main body of the school. Then men with ideas and hopes began to shape a definite policy. The magazine was to have more significance for Harris. Now their ideas have been al- most realized. The trend to make the Crim- son and Gold truly representative of the school has been heartily endorsed by the staff this semester. We have labored dili- gently to maintain our stand, and we have endeavored to add a worthy stage in the metamorphosis through which the book has been passing. We have sought to create a Crimson and Gold which will be remembered in Harris history for having reached one of the very highest notes of accomplishment in the crescendo of progress, and which will take a proud place in the parade of Harris enterprises. page two

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PHILIP SMITH Mr. Philip Smith is the moderator of Townsend Harris student self-government. Literally, a moderator is an arbitrator, a mediator, and not a person who restrains or restricts. Our tall, kindly math instructor is all that the word implies. He is the guardian angel of the General Organization and the guiding force of the Insignia Committee. In his official capacity, he does not com- mand, he counsels. It is this calm, level- headed observer who reviews our problems with a quiet, contemplative air, and it is he who then gives us the fruits of his wisdom. His counsel can he depended upon to the utmost degree. Many are the students who have been the grateful recipients of the mod- erator,s advice. YV ith keen unerring eye he has perceived minor defects of character, which if allowed to flourish would develop like insidious weeds into major faults, and he has helped to eliminate the evil. By dedicating the Crimson and Gold of 1934 to Mr. Philip Smith, we have endeav- ored to express the heartfelt thanks and gratitude long due a personality of so high a calibre. We sincerely hope that we have succeeded in conveying our sentiments. page four