Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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RICHARD WEISSMAN has been glvmg us all mferlorlty complexes for eleven years what wxth hxs knowledge of law rallroads French and Just about everything else In addition to memorlzmg the encyclopaedia Dlck has found time to play volleyball soccer and Jv basketball smg ln operettas and the Glee Club work on the Vlctory Bank and help the Extenslon Soclety He mtends to prepare for a caree m law at Columbia or Harvard I would rather be nght than be presxdent' H, IJ!! r ffl, I! ff 713 'Ajff lf' 7 rl 'WMI MIIMUD ffffffff' THROUGH THQ AQNZMJ K- I Most Popular ED STEWART and BETTIE MITCHELL Most Bashful ALEX HOLLAND and CAROL ANNABLE Most Athletlc JOHN DOUGLASS and CAROLE LEVENTHAL Best Looking ROBERT BENFARI and ARIEN HAUSKNECHT Cutest JOHN DOUGLASS and IRENE MENDELSON Best Natured RICHARD KAISER and ANNETTE I-IEZINGER Most Musical ED STEWART and BEATRICE FRIEDMAN Most Sophisticated JOE STAVENHAGEN and IRENE MENDELSON Best Dressed ROBERT BENFARI and MARILYN ROGOVIN Most Dramatlc LARRY NATHAN and MARILYN ROGOVIN Biggest Fllrts RICHARD BROSNAHAN and ARIEN HAUSKNECHT Smartest RICHARD WEISSMAN and CAROL ANNABLE , f ,fy 5- Y . f 7 off ' . Y I ff , M15 fix 'J 4, I, f AA I. I K ' J M, , ,, I , . 4 f' 1 ' l I f , ' , , , IVA. If lr!! 141 ' L vi I T I ' In , I f . ' 4' I A I I I ' . V4-4 g ' 1 h I 1 ' 26

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TERESA TAMARGO who IS affectionately known as Peppy has been a zealous cheerleader a worker for the Extension Soclety and a member of Phi Gamma She has also belonged to the Glee Club and the Art Club She hopes to go into merchandlslng wlth the ultrmate mtentxon of becommg a buyer and lf her taste ln her own clothes IS any mdlca tlon she ought to be a great success We ll see you rn Bonwlt Tellers Peppy' What are we here for? AUDREY TANCREDI has a radxant goodness whlch expresses It self ln her mdefatlgable efforts as chaxrman of varx ous commlttees for the Settlement House Bazaars thlng else she does For the past four years we have been the fortunate reclplents of Audreys supernatural ab111ty to ferret out every forthcom 1ng test and excltedly spread the alarm Be prepared' NATHAN WEISS one of our more energetlc semors dur mg the three years he has been at Adelphl has gone out for baseball football and basketball A staunch supporter of all school actxvxtles Nat proved hrs usefulness at this years Extenslon So c1ety bazaar Nat IS headed for Ohio Wesleyan Though he has not yet declded upon hrs lxfe work we are sure he wlll do well ln any held he choos s He serves Ins patty best' ' ' ll 37 , , . , , . , Q , . . , , . .. ., . 7 in her work in the Red Cross Club and in every- . . , ' ' KC I! , . 1 . . , . ,

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CLASS HISTORY OR TWELVE YEARS the 1llustr1ous class of 48 has been treadmg a path of fame to graduation Many of those who started wxth us 1n the first grade changed to dlfferent treadmllls but others took their places and helped our happy throng reach the1r present helghts of attamment What fun It IS to remember our early years' Under the Inspired gu1d ance of Mlss Otls we made and operated a store and post office In th1rd grade we put on our first pageant a lavlsh extravaganza whlch would be the envy of Cecll B DeM1lle Thls was an Amerlcan Indlan productlon ln which we sewed our own be frmged and wampumed costumes ground corn w1th a mortar and pestle made a bark wlgwam and composed songs whlch we sang leapmg around a cerernomal fire before the eyes of our startled parents Then 1n fourth grade we nearly enbalmed our teacher ln an elaborate Egyptlan tomb CThe tomb was really the cloakroom whlch we transformed by palntmg authentlc hleroglyphlcs on the wallsj The fourth grade was also a theatrlcal year memorable for the masterplece Sokar and the Crocodzle and our part ln The Seven Dwarfs In the fifth grade there was an event which foreshadowed the mcomparable Adelphxc of 48 Our class sent forth its first Journallstlc efforts ln the form of a lxterary magazlne whlch had wide clrculatlon fWell among our parents anyway'J That was the year of the Renalssance We dressed as knlghts and ladles forged ornate shlelds and fiashmg sabers of burnished card paper The Gllbert and Sulllvan operettas started the next year and for many years three of our number had solo roles whlle the rest of us caroled merrlly 1n the chorus as japanese gentlemen Brltlsh sallors and Arcadlan courtlers All these ventures were pronounced hlghly successful Our soclal studles projects wxth Mrs johnson taught us much that we were to Fmd very useful ln reports for Mr Cayne Mlss Corcoran Mlss Palmer and Mr johnson When we reached the exghth grade we complxed w1th trad1t1on and graduated About thls t1me our unsympathetlc elders were go1ng around w1th superlor youll find out smlles announcmg You now cease to be blg frogs ln a lxttle pond and become llttle peepers ln a large one We soon dlscovered as awed freshmen that thls was very true but gradually began to hop about as gally as the blg frogs As sophlstlcated sophomores we established a place of respect xn the eyes of the upper classmen by glvmg a Wham bang Sophomore Hop and our members supported substantlally Mr Llbbys Glee Club the athletlc teams and the honor roll Thrs was also the year of our first theater ven tures Our xntroductlon to Shakespeare was As You Lzke It after which we really went Shakespearlan trooplng en masse to The Tempest and Hamlet The Junior year brought source themes but through this vale of tears there shone the hope of becomlng that exalted all powerful belng 27 P . . . , . Y 1 ' - I . . . - . v , 9 ' Y V ' LL ,V ' ' 7 . , , . , . . . . . ' 7 . , . . . - board, and created a stained glass window of rainbow-tinted tracing ' 7 1 ! I . U , . y . ' ' ' As v vw ' - , . . ,, . . ' Ct ' I9 ' ' Cl Y! ' 1 . . . , . ' Y ' 1 . ' ' ll H! ' 5 v ' . 1