Ruth Naniro and Ronnie Bennett

Caption: "Ruth Naniro and Ronnie Bennett [with ten other students around them] 'shine' the 'Big Apple' at the senior prom of the Manual Training High School in the Hotel Bossert and throw in a bit of the 'shag'..." The school, located at 237 Seventh Avenue, changed its name in 1960 to John Jay High School, and in 2001 the name changed again to Secondary School for Law Journalism and Research.