Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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a semor' After wadlng through puddles of parllamentary procedure letter forms and essays wrltten dur1ng the depression we drowned our sorrows m a Llvmg Verse Havlng found the theater excursxon a source of pleasure for all we attempted It agam as Jumors Nothxng could have appealed to us more than Ingrld Bergman 1n joan of Lorrame Many of us st11l look back on It as a very speclal event of our llves We also enjoyed Henry V and State of the Umon and at the same t1me obtalned a lot of knowledge the pleasant way Our last year has brought us Amerxcan hlstory reports a senlor toplc Chaucer and other such trlals but we ve kept a stlff upper 11p Cstlff from fear of those final examslj Havlng behaved IH the studxous and royally dignified manner wh1ch becomes an Adelphl senlor Clt serves as an mspxra t1on to the underclassmen you know J we are about to graduate We leave behmd forever sad sweet memorles unsat sllps and study hall detentlons To all those who have suffered Wlth and for us namely our teachers prxnclpal and our headmaster we leave battle scars and gratltude We pass on wxth the sure knowledge that we have glven to them such varled experlence that the future can hold for them nothmg new or astonlshxng IN MEMORIAM HOLLIS SPOTTS Smce the begxnnmg of llfe It has taken the best men to establlsh ldeals prlnclples and foundatlons on wh1ch the condxtlons and standards by wh1ch we lxve are set up Babe Spotts was a man of pr1nc1ple and ldeals belxevmg ln respect loyalty and honesty as the symbols of manhood Through h1s ct1ons speech and command he has set an example for us the men of tomorrow to follow Hls sportsmanshxp persever ance and d1l1gence ln carrylng 1nto effect those thmgs wh1ch he so strongly upheld have been mstllled 1n us and though he IS no longer w1th us physlcally h1s Splflt w1ll prevail 28 - v ' ' sl - 11 1 s 1 ' 1 Q . , . . . x v ' i 1 - v - 1 1 - v - 1 1 ' T l s - ' - - as 11 1 s 0 1 9 1 .. , . , ' 1 v , .

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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

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