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

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Presldenf Elias Schonberger and Dr. MacEwen THE UPPER C--A SELF-PORTRAIT by B ruce Low He still makes futile attempts to sell some unsuspecting Lower C an elevator pass or spot number. But now his mind is conjuring new pranks to play upon the lowly freshmen. The Lower C no longer buys the elevator passes because he usually walks up and down the stairs anyway. Spot numbers aren ' t worth buying because one usually gets the wrong number. He is now monarch of all he surveys, he is the high and mighty Upper C. Well does he realize that this is the end of his pranks and practical jokes and that next term he will have to work to stay where he is. So he becomes an epicurean for the day and eats, drinks milk, and has his fun while the time is ripe. He struts about with a decided air of supremacy. His face Is contorted in a curious expression as he thinks of how Upper C ' s used to rag him when he was a Lower C. But now his day is here and he makes the most of it. His pet peeves are the class assemblies, ai which he is rarely present. If he is present, though, he delights in booing and sneering at the comedians who make a vain attempt to amuse him. Yet, despite all his faults, he ' s only human — and an Upper C. CS Se FORTY-EIGHT

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A SEAWORTHY VESSEL by Leonard SItomer The good ship, January 1938, has successfully completed its third voyage on the Harris Ocean. In reading the ship ' s log we find an interesting account of this journey. With great anticipation the boat set out on this perilous voyage, thought by nnany to be the most dangerous of the six which a vessel must complete in order to be graduated into the merchant marine. The ship was reinforced with a new set of officers consisting of Murray Bogatin as captain; Arthur Goldstein, first mate; Marvin Tol- koff, ship ' s scribe; Albert Coe as treasurer; and Leonard Sitomer as G.O. Representative. Also on board was Commodore Begg of His Directorship ' s Staff. These efficient officers wasted no time in chart- ing a course. At an early meeting they voted to give a refund of ten cents per member to the first English section reaching 100% ship membership. A membership card is priced at 25c and includes many benefits, such as the privilege of participating in all activities on ship- board and of visiting various ports which the council may decide upon. The particular pride of the ship ' s crew is the bulletin which is issued at intervals of three weeks to those sailors who have purchased a membership card. Commonly called the Courier, this periodical is used primarily as a means of giving information to the crew. The first issue contained nine pages and was hailed throughout the length and breadth of the Harris Ocean as one of the best ship ' s papers ever seen. In the athletic competition held between the crews of the dif- ferent vessels, the representatives of Lower B acquitted themselves nobly. The ship ' s officers are proud to announce that there is a sum of money safely stored away in the hold of the ship which has been accumulated by their thrift and which will be increased during each voyage. When the final trip is taken through U. A., this treasury will be used to defray some of the numerous expenses which will fall upon the crew at that time. C sf FORTY-SEVEN

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UPPER C ACHIEVEMENTS by Melvin Kornreich The second term in Harris, the Upper C ternn, is one of organi- zation. The boys, united by a common interest — the class, begin to know each other. This term ' s Upper C council was not only a representative body in a political sense, but in an actual sense; they were average Upper C ' s, vigorous, and resourceful. President Schonberger, one of the most active executives in the school, piloted his group skillfully through the dangers of the legislative ocean. His council was one of the few in which the use of the chalk and eraser did not prevail. The absence of Dr. Mac Ewen, who is quite an experienced faculty adviser, a the beginning of this semester, left the council on its own, but to the satisfaction of the Doctor everything worked out well. Treasurer Goldstein announced the surprising fact that on the first day of dues collection twenty dollars was collected. If class spirit is determined by this, the Upper C ' s need not worry. The coffers of the treasury contain a surplus which would open the eyes of many older class councils. Bruce Low, class journalist number one, steered the class paper to heights perhaps never reached by a similar publication. At the beginning of this semester, he edited a fifteen page issue of the Sundial, crammed with information for the Junior High School students. This, more than anything else, has made the Junior High, usually not interested in class affairs, a loyal class member. The Lower C reception was not the only function offered; a baseball game supplemented the customary activity . Facing Lower C in the inter-class tournaments. Upper C con- quered in all sports. The Upper C ' s are yet young and have almost their entire career In Harris before them. The best we can wish them is that Dr. Mac Ewen ' s words come true: There is every prospect that they will be most satisfactory both in scholarship and in extra-curricular affairs. OFFICERS OF THE UPPER C CLASS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer G. O. Representative Faculty Adviser Elias Shonberger Melvin Herman Richard Rothstein Robert Goldstein Benjannin Weinstein Mr. Mac Ewen FORTY-NINE