Albany Academy - Cue Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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THE l93'ICUE Q S 0 cu-xss Hurvtoaesouia Bedell-They laughed when he stood up at the Beck banquet, tell us, Wal- lace, just what was the answer to that story? Our editor has done his best to make himself believe that a certain resignation from a post' with the basketball team has broken Coach Morris' heart. Brand-As official and duly commissioned First Lieutenant Quartermaster in the Cadet Battalion of the Albany Academy, Clint did . . . no . . . er . . . or rather acted as . . . was, er, ah, blew his tin whistle smartly and clearly each week for the duration of ten seconds. Bridge-During the Spring, there was a movement afoot to rip up the board track land why not?l and with the wood build Doug an office at the back of chapel where he could meet his debtors privately. We also thought of making a statue of Doug draped in many a ripe and also rare uniform of historic vintage-the statue to be dedicated to those hardy souls who try to collect exchange bills. Clark-The gift of the class of '36-which reminds us that the clfss of '32 should replace the dead tree it left. William was another one of those cheerful oddities that make America's subways and street cor- ners the topic of such amusing satires. Cleaver-l-lolstein didwhis best to get himself nicknamed l-loke , but to us there is something very fetching about just plain black and white Holstein. Among Cleve's repertoire of daily questions were, Do we use ink?', and Can we write on both sides? Cohen-Could Paul's parents have had anything in mind when they initialed him P. A.? lthere isxa famous system and it hasn't anything to do with Notre Dame footballl. Paul is looking for five silent partners with which to incorporate. The son of Mrs. Cohen spent his year dancing and talking about it. Eaton-Cupid traded his bow and arrow for a machine gun when Ed stepped out. l-le looked like the original gold standard in uniform with all his medals on. Gibson-Chuck's main aims were to be a non-conformist at any cost and to throw Landay off his trail. What the Sixth Form didn't do to him and what he didn't do to the Sixth Form Room leaves very little for us to talk about. C-ormly- Now, there was a traveling salesman and a farmer's daughter . . . harumph, Douglas, harumph, Sweet Adeline , in fact life it- self, assumes a new meaning when interpreted by his ace bass voice. l-le had such a low voice that they had to move the bank notes down an octave so he could count the Clee Club concert profits, l-lannock-To Bea or not to Bea: that is the . . . Marsh was a baseball- hockey-football man with a one track mind. lf only he had had time left over to do some work he might have gotten into college on his marks. Heisler and l-lemstead-We will never be held responsible for splitting i this green pair lyou all know what green pears do to peoplel. john is about 5' S , l4Og George is about 5' ll , l55. You've probably seen if them around. 441 t uf'-ATTAEQ l ' ra li ' KHMXYV Page thirty-ooze R XX 1 ik? ig f., ,Jr

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X4-Ag! W F 4 if ,fi flgxfx 9 93 0 THE 1937 corporals and on election day the battalion was ready to march at Bleecker Stadium before the football game in which the Academy was subdued 46-O by the l-ligh School. The Dramatic Club play, Adam and Eva, came and was gone, the Cuidon passed in the conventional manner and, flat- tered at being allowed to attend, we appraised the Officers' Dance as the best of the school social events. Paul Cohen easily won the Prize Speaking award for the glory of our class and Wheeler, Hannock, Smith, Wilkins, and others definitely established the athletic worth of the junior Class above that of the Senior group. Clinton Brand acquired the Corporal's Cup, Wheeler, the Sergeant's Medalg and Edward Eaton, the Townsend Medal to bring to a close the Fifth Form year lsave for the matter of college boardsl and herald the beginning of the fuller life to be foundonly in the Sixth Form. Wilkins having been chosen major, captain of football, president of the Sixth Form and the Student Council, what were left of the honors were thrown open to the public. The battalion steadily improved in both ap- pearance and efficiency. For the first time all ranks were filled and the ef- ficient officers with Colonel Donner and Captain Townsend gave promise of a banner year. ln December Paul Cohen fell in love with Anne Morgan and climaxed with a kiss the joint C-irls' Academy-Boys' Academy pro- duction of The Cuckoo's Nest . Finally, Captain Eaton carried off the flags at the Cuidon Drill for Company B, and so elated were Colonel Don- ner and Capt. Townsend with the appearance of the battalion that they both appeared at the Officers' Dance for an exhibition of their ballroom technique. Clarence Thurston Thompson came, and Douglas Manley went, and johnny Wertime came and went, all to add to the confusion of this memorable year. As the banquets passed, as the often-to-be-recalled Cue trip ended with the return to the unstimulating Capital District, as this same Commencement Cue won its fight for existence, the Sixth Form be- came increasingly conscious that their twelve years at the Academy were quickly coming to an end. Competitive drill was not long in coming and the next week on june eighteenth we commenced with due honor. Thus, we, the class of thirty-seven, have passed on. lt has indeed been a memorable year. No one quite dared to simulate the experience of Stalky and the dead cat, but there have been moments: Who, for instance, was the cowardly villain, or if you will, the brilliant jokester, who from the height of some twenty-five feet, with careless abandon dropped a handful of wet towels directly over the unsuspecting person of Mr. Crawford? And who failed to arouse the mirth of Dr. Mc- Cormick with the alarm clock in chapel? And, once and for all, what was the true story of Mr. Midgley's window stick? These questions, my dear readers, remain unanswerable, or, at least, unanswered. lt has been a memo- rable year. 'av Page thirty l L -Wf- tt 5. if . x , kg N- . M. Q C

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U G12 THE 'l9l37 CHL l-lume-Dave was born with a silver soup ladle in his mouth. l-le resents any remarks about the way he's bringing Pearson up. lf fellows were ships, Dave would be a sailboat. Kreher-Books open to Mr. Kreherl A close rival to Van Wie for getting more homework done in class than most of us do at night lwhich still isn't an awful lotl. They say he can't figure out the Einstein theory. Balls, l'Vlr. Kreher, Balls! Possibly he'll turn out to be a genius, but maybe it's only that he's queer. Kattrein- Battling Bill lto our better peoplel led with his chin. l-le should have known they were only rubber bricks, and then too the boys had to have something to do. Landay-Tess is our red, Violence comes too, l-le's learned in matters Above me and you. 1 Larson-Hleem, the melancholy Swede , is having a suit made with the label on the outside so he won't constantly have to unbutton his coat to show people. Mayersohn-The K'White Sheep , Pretty Duckling , and so forth of the Mayersohn family. When you are misunderstood or have a joke that nobody appreciates, go to Arnyg he'll understand. lVlcArdle-Paul didn't mind the monotony of day in and day out of l-listory, but this day in and week out got his goat. l-le's tired of studying, so he's going to Notre Dame and play football. After he makes his first million there, he's going to retire and enter business . . . Pop is one of those people who speaks for himself, in fact Paul has been speak- ing for himself ever since we knew him. Meyer-Carl of the horse and huggy age . . . we don't know where the horse comes in, but we know . . . he was often represented to be that thing that is outside people's door when something else is just around the corner, but that's not so. You never found Carl out in the cold, Here was one person who never leaned on his shovel. Plummer-These days Pete has been spending his time wondering whether people were itching for a bruise, and trying to convince Coach that the track Captain trained lwe won't mention any namesl. Roche-Charley is the kind of a fellow that when you see a suit in a cloth- ing store window and wonder who the heck would ever buy that, he's it. I Smith-To Smythe goes the title, Done the Academy for lvlostn. We al- ways thought that in Spring a young man's fancy turns, but Charles' fancy turns regularly every other month. l-lonest, fellas, l may be fickle, but this time l'm serious -Smitty wanted to be a humorist. Thompson-The pin boy's enemy! They didn't mind an occasional crack on the knee, but, when you start heaving that sixteen pound missile at their noggins, they begin to run. Van Olst-Don was that little guy you used to see sliding under peoplels feet on the basketball court. l-le used to collect the Class dues, Meyer would spend them on his records. ' Page tliirty-two