Valley Stream Central High School - Cadet Yearbook (Valley Stream, NY)

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,f aylxlgf E-CT? E- E' ak 2 if 2.-5 il 2 icq 4 fi 5 I I Ill! I Wa The Class uf 1954 of our exrstence Lrke MacArthur we would return I 111 Z O S Z 0 'I' :J UO fb 1 2 E 3 Ui m :: cn. :- D S : UQ 2 E moves on So goes the Class of 1954 The hrstory of our three years at Central rs wrrtten for keeps It IS these three years that wlll remaxn as rmportant step prng stones between Central and Lrfe In the crrsp fall of 1951 we made our debut rn Senror Hrgh When the novelty of mormng sessron wore off we were ready to exhrbrt our Stuff The frrst xtem was the organrzatron of a Coke conces sron rn the gym lobby durmg all home basketball games Next on the evenrng of anuary 26 1952 we transformed those basketball courts mto magrc wrth the Wrnter Wonderland dance Suddenly rt was sprmg and the clrmax of every school year the One Act Play Contest Our entry was a mystery comedy 'Murder IS Fun Next day we consoled ourselves w1th the promrse Wa1t'll next year' In the meannme we had made Central avsare So we drd return one September mornmg rn 1952 There was only the trme to shake the last b1t of sand from our shoes before we were plunged mto the fxrst of our many busmess transactrons For ten frantrc days as representatrves of the Curtrs Pub lrshrng Company we plred Valley Stream resndents wrth all sorts of magaznnes As soon as all returns were tabulated we saw to rt that these same people had seats for our hnlarnous comedy Out of the Fryrng Pan Wrnter the basketball season and Coke concessson plus programs contmued to keep us rn the publrc eye At thus same trme we were mvolved rn preparmg for a magmfrcent unror Prom On the nrght of May 22 success was realrzed as three hun dred couples danced m the Garden Ctty Hotels Grand Ballroom to the excltmg tango Orchlds ln the Moonl1ght suggesting our class colors of or Chld and s1lver ' . ' U g nxnnnzixxxiiltiillzl II . v I . ' . V' : i 4y ' . l ' c.. , lxzzxx:nll.lxn.arrIs11x n 'AVR . . ummlllllnmlmmllvl llunll,tnmlhlllllullllllllll - f 5 ' L-.iq ----'f -f' , -- . . . . , ',L.f 1 I G Ewa . ' 'l 'i'-' I ' . - - X I Z -4' . T' ', rt . , 1 Xu 1 4 Q ' ' , . x .- gy' I , M I I . V g . X to 'O 5 Q 'Q 1251 'O ,L j - , - ' ' Q, v an 0 . . - 4 1 ' . . fp ' I Z ' ' 4 l .- . A - X Q 4 1 . . . - ,cl 5. I . . . ' ' 1- ,i - ,. f J.. ' . ik 41 J,-1 , , ' .. 1I1-1-nnnuananunulnnuullllluuannnunnnnnlnx'. 3' U ' .4 ' gfggglpggofaa pagan- oaoovoo o. 341, 0 1 ve- - 0 . it . 1 . gi? gl U ' L IK 0 Q 0 0 o o Q9 o 0 -5 -

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75 In pprelziatiml W'hile looking in retrospect at our three years in Senior High School, we the Class of 1954, must pause for a moment to pay tribute to a most deserving man - Mr. Robert Stevenson, our class social adviser. Every school week lor three years Mi. Stevenson has helped patiently to resurreet progress out of the turmoil and din emitting from room 50-1 where first the Soph, then the junior, and finally the Senior Councils of the Class of '54 have met. He hu given generously of his energies in helping to further all our projects, sharing with us both the temporary distouragements and the thrilling achievements. Now, as graduation dravms near and we realize the culmination of our Class team- work, we pause with gratitude to salute Mr. Stevenson, our ever ready helper and our honored friend.

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It was fortunate that the Prom was so outstand mg for only two weeks later we were once agam oblrged to wart t1ll next year That was the One Act Play Contest We had changed our tactrcs and en tered a farce entrtled Goodmght Please And so another year a most successful one ended For the last trme we pushed open Central s doors 1n September 1953 Thls tlme we drdnt wart to empty the sand Takmg over the candy stand we began to reap profrts A second mnsslon for the Curt1s Company was completed Buslness contlnued brxskly w1th the sale of two hundred Semor hats rn one day' CADET staff heads thought fought collaborated and argued and fmally came up wrth a most re markable theme 545 CADET was also the frrst to be entered rn a yearbook contest More frrsts came wrth the announcement of Brother Rat as Senror play We were frrst to present th1s rolllckrng com edy 1n a hrgh school and 150 Senrors trred out for parts grvmg Brother Rat a good start on 1ts way to a tremendous success Between rehearsals we agam took charge of the Coke concession and the 1ssu1ng of programs at basketball games Only the One Act Play Contest barred our way It presented a prob lem and by gum we would not be lrcked' Hot on the heels of the contest came the mem orable Senxor Dmner And then for the last txme the Senror Class assembled together as we received our drplomas symbollc of three wonderful years at Central Garden Cxty Hotel - . . U u ' s - 11 - H - . f- H - v - y Q 1 ' ' . , . . . . . . . , . , . . . r , - ' . , , . - s y 3 ! 1 1 , . l w