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

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Here is how one of New York's newspapers acoveredn the story: MOTORMAN SUICIDES IN SHUTTLE CRASH AT TIMES SQUARE Passengers Safe as Driver, Desperate Because of Future Unemployment, Is Killed. Richard Pearson, a motorman in the em- ploy of the New York City Subway Company, committed suicide today at exactly 12:02 P. M. by driving his ushuttlen train into the Times Square station at a terrific speed. None of the passengers was seriously injured, several suffering from bruises. Pearson died in an ambulance on his way to the hospital. It was later discovered from Mr. Isaac Cohen, manager of the company, that Pear- son had been given two weeks' notice the day before the fatal accident. Mr. Cohen said: The news was a great shock to Pearson and he pleaded with me to keep him on the force in any capacity. He was very disheart- ened when he left my office, and even then I had a peculiar premonition that he would do something rash, but I didn't expect suicide. I am sorry that such a thing happened and I wish to tell the passengers of the New York Citv Subway that it will not occur again. Pearson, who was evidently at odds with the world, died with an oath on his lips. As the ambulance was carrying him through the congested downtown traffic, he turned feebly to one of the nurses. Damn! It was the last word he ever uttered. THE HUNTEIPS SONG I A translation from Schiller I With dart and bow Through hill and vale, The hunters go At daybreak pale. In realms of air, The eagles reign, But hill and cleft Is hunter's main. To him belongs What his dart brings, We hunt for all That creeps or wings. Eugene M. Lang. page seventy-three 5 -x Tqkywig s Q if .... Jf n-QU , 1- , jf' fl . six U . ill rf 5- I U1 f y, ggg gg , Q i t - RT X -JN ' ' 5 .. If 3 s z t A Nt , 1 ,7 y .. A A I

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lIONOR SECTIIIN Honor is defined in that most material of books, the dictionary, as consideration due, as to worth. Despite the fact that this defi- nition is so brief and ostensibly precise, honor is, nevertheless, a somewhat intangible thing. In school affairs, for the most part, the word is employed in referring to those whose characters are either worthy of note or outstanding in some way. The wearing of an Arista pin, school ser- vice award, or any such insignia does not merely indicate that he who wears the em- blem has performed some service. It also signifies that he has achieved distinction as a student through his work in making Harris a better institution. He is recognized as a leader among his classmatesg and the pin he bears marks him as one who accomplishes and builds. Therefore, with the express purpose of honoring those who merit it, this new sec- tion of the Crimson and Gold is created. Although they have received personal re- wards, students of such calibre and high esteem have performed their beneficial tasks in the past with but scant recognition. This semester, however, the Harris yearbook has undertaken the glorification of this group by the innovation of the Honor Section. page seventy-five