Albany Academy - Cue Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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0 0 Q 0 THE COMMENCEMENT CUE STEPHENS-l'Tiger will be remembered by those famous words uttered to his mother as the chauffeur shut the door of the Packard- Nuts, all we have is chickeng l won't eat any more of the stuff !ia VANLOON- Winks must be more than l8: his hair couldn't get that messed in l8 years . VANAERNAM-jake tried Duke as a last resort-he'd tried all the other resorts land l do mean resortll VAN KEUREN-No one ever used the Academy uniform more practically than Vang he found it a much cheaper way to get to New Haven than the train. Van is remembered chiefly for his sister's picture. WEND-jerry is very careful about his dress. For instance, the day he rode to school to Parade, he was very careful to roll his white ducks to the knee so they wouldn't get mussed. WERE-Theo is an idea man. l-le wants to buy Indian Ladder and modern- ize it by installing an escalator. lndian Escalator-nice, what? WOOD-Charlie's great double-cross, Why Pacifism is Impossible ranks with the Great Ping-Pong and Tit-Tat-Toe Scandals of other years. Providence Street will miss its Noel Coward, Dr, Bellario lthe fiendl had everything Emperor jones did, Page thirty

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l25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 0 0 0 0 OAKLEY- Strong Cieorge was embarrassed by the number of ex-class- mates that shook hands with him at the Competitive Drill. Still, we suspect he and Bolton were the only ones who appreciated Colonel Donner. PEARSON-The problem child grown up-just a problem now. Spends days and nights telling himself stories about geniuses and millionaires who couldn't get through High School. The intelligent can but won't,' type. PERKINS-Everyone thought Perk was foolish going way to Amsterdam every Friday night. l-le didnit look half so foolish when he came to school Monday morning in the same clothes we left him in Friday driving a 6F Chevie. PURDY-Our john can be neatly described by one word-'inoln l-lis only nightmare is the ever-present image of joe Venuti batting balls all over the lot with a stradivarius. RICHTERS-Ceorge amuses himself by racing to the station and just miss- ing a train he wasn't going to take anyway. The morning he came in five minutes early, Mr Nason sent for Benny to check the clock. ROCKEFELLER-The demon of the marble floors leaves his last class at the first tinkle of the last bell and is half way down Academy road before it stops. l-le likes l-litler, jean l-larlow lshels still playing in Stuyvesant Fallsl, C. lVl. T. C. Camp and just can't wait for us to declare war on Russia. ROONEY-Cap Townsend has a special job waiting for Andy when the next war comes. As a conscientious objector , Andrew will pick up all the dud shells, lecture to japanese soldiers on the value of Christian ethics and cover the Chinese waterfront. SLINCERLAND-Sling's answer to the Admission Director's question, 'il-low much are you passing? was About forty yards. SMITH-Glen is resigned to this education business. l-le was the only man in jo l-lenry who sat still during Newton's experiments. STEINA- the muskratis pal . Arthur was known for his love of wild life and his hunting expeditions to the Country Club lmuskratsl, Buck- ingham Lake lrabbitsl and Woodlawn Avenue lother wild lifel. Page twenty-nine

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I25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 0 0 0 0 CLASS WILL We, the Class of l938, having come to the end of our days in this, our Alma Mater, do hereby bequeath our entire supply of worldly goods to our beneficiaries as follows: CLAUSE l: To Dr. l. F. McCormick an option on the Acme Lockorial Insurance .Agency and a copy of How to Win Friends, Gold Star Mothers, and Lower School Prospects. CLAUSE ll: To Mr. l-larold T. Stetson, the copyright on his lunch- room call Quiet, please! so that he will no longer be forced to tolerate the insubordinate imitation of the lower three forms. CLAUSE lll: To Mr. Earl Sharpe, a trip to Canton with the fervent hope that the japanese will understand his French better than we did. CLAUSE lV: To lVir. Evan A. Nason, a personal appearance tour in the better theatres of the United States to display that famous act of magic, The Hand is Quicker than the Eye. CLAUSE V: To lVlr. Lawrence Pike, a publisher who will accept his book and a public who will read it. CLAUSE Vl: To lVlr. joseph B. Lindsey, a class of fifty who wonit do it my way , two new fists to rest his chin on, and a bright red toupee. CLAUSE Vll: To Mr. Lyman B. Owen, a monocle, a checked scarf, a contract for directing super-colossal epics for the Acme Theatrical Syndi- cate, an introduction to Carole Lombard and a bottle of Aspirin. CLAUSE Vlll: To Miss Georgia Shute, a bouquet of orchids. CLAUSE lX: To Mr. Herbert l-lahn, the blonde in the red dress, a short beer, and a bookcase full of trash. CLAUSE X: To Mr. Rankin Boone, a Super-Shell roadmap to Kentucky and a commission to lead the next bonus march on Washington. CLAUSE Xl: To Mr. David A. lvlidgley a job as press agent for Nor- man Thomas and a leather-bound copy of the Times Union's American Weekly. Page thirty-one