Albany Academy - Cue Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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HUMCOJRES lUlE I1ACON4Shc had Dick worried by constant talk of a Scarborough lover until she made the mistake of showing him to us. Dicque never could comb the Queechy sand from his hair. Always the last to break a tradition, we called him the Conservative . BOARDNIAN-Harry always brightened up those long, lonesome evenings. If we all had the Boardman technique, what couldn't be done? He nearly ran out' of weeping towels this year. BOYNTON-The genial proprietor of the 847 Club never really could stomach the Albany girls after spending the summer with those glamorous lovelies at Madison. Ach spent about half his last weekends in Connecticut and the other half talking about them. Oh, those flowing locks, Ach! BROWNELL- Brownie', came to school with hay-seeds in his hair, but heis gradually losing some of them in the company of our Albany city-slickers. How about some of those corn squeezings, Brownie? BURROWS- Stop throwing those light-bulbs around, Edgar. Burrows stopped eating his lunch early-wonder why? If we didnlt know ulagof' better, we might think he was sleeping. CLARK-The big frog in a little pool. Rumor has it that those stripes were tattooed on his arm. K'Bob would have made a good basketball manager if he had come around more often. CONNERS-The Rabbitl' never did get to know the boys in Company D very well. We said good-bye to Bernie every week for months before he left for the Army. Don't forget to remember us to Mr. X the next time you see him! COONS-How about coming into town tonight? Ture, ture, said the Altamont- Fox, I hope the bus isnit late. Maybe he will stop answering Mr. Holmes' questions by saying L'You got me when he's stumped. Some one always pops up with the answer, I donit want you . FOLEY- Fluff with his open, innocent face fooled a lot of us. His most famous remark seemed to be, She's just out of this world . Please tell me, I won't tell anyone. How are those driving lessons coming, Fred? FULLERTON-Skinner was laziest office-messenger to plague the staff in recent years. f'Where are you going, Ave? fXQ'Zn81.! To shine my shoes, XXQZSL! Colonel. QI-ley Kyff , Hey Bac , Hey you.j They'll make you shine your shoes at West Point, Ave. GAMBLEWQ: What, sir?', A: The sparkplugf' At Long Tom's last party he explained how to use the trap. He looked like a little coonl' when he came back from Florida. GOLD-Bobby and Buck seemed to be carried away by the decorations at the Society Dance. To Bob we leave a razor blade and a book named The Improved Way of Selling Defense Stamps or Two for Twenty-Five? GREELEY-'fGamble,-I mean Greeley, the famous misconception. Hil had Mr. Anthony beat by a mile with his famous good-will talks at the Girls' Academy. We don't understand Hil, but maybe they do. HEADLEY-Sorry our dances bore you, Ty. Guess you couldn,t stand the long distance between Loudonville and Peyster Street, so you had to foresake the wilderness for a more civilized spot. Ty has been in the groove for the last four years. HOLZWORTH- Right shoulder, ohms Ei' Avery bafHed us for two months with his Green- bush accent before our trained interpreter, the jovial Math. man, translated it into English. We never could Hgure out what happened to him that night at Scholtzfs after the Guidon. JAMISON-Always great on humming, der fuehrer could be counted on to brighten up any class with the latest funeral march. Bob never did get to hold that seance we heard so much about. - CC 24 75

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nothing to fear. During that plebe year, when Mr. Easton's red hair and Mr. Paul's dictionaries were the only frightening aspects, the then-innocent Ed Lucke and our preacher Bob Jamison joined the throng. The school year passed-punctuated by both Mr. Eastonls and hir. Paul's frequent outbursts. We left both embittered. The second form year was noted mainly for teachers Fred Bowman and Anson B. Moran. lvfr. Bowman was later hired as a double for Governor Dewey and could tap-dance too. As we became freshmen, noisy Harry Boardman, cute Irv Burrows, reliable Bob Clark, and naive Malcolm Riley joined us. We learned about skiing from Mr. Owen, Shakespeare from Mr. Pike, and Mr. Midgley carried on Miss Davcnportls good work. The outlook for the following year was bright, for the societies loomed there. How we dreaded those initiations! We were surprised and delighted to learn from Mr. Brown that there were people less scholarly and of less intellect than we tilliterate Mexicans in Boulder City, Arizonaj. We were alarmed in Chapel one day by Mr. Brown's violent outburst: Either sing it the right way, or Iam through, through I At the end of our fourth form year, both Mr. Brown and Mr. Stetson left. . Then came the fifth form, and Mr. Meislahn took over. Immediately the enrollment jumped. Wfas this a sound increase, or was it inflation? I VVe don't know yet, but those two outcasts from Poker Flat, Bernie Conners and Larry Foley, several out-of-towners, Blubber Wemple, quiet Roger Sheldon, mysterious Harry Southworth Cwe donlt understand him yetj, Chief Peckham, Bluebeard Gold, and unassuming Avery Holzworth descended upon us. Colonel Conners, with the aid of a pair of loaded dice and a roulette wheel, picked sixteen of us to be sergeants two were on our way up in the worldj . And so we were seniors-and a pretty bunch. This year we acquired the Altamont Fox QCharlie Coonsj, Red Brownell, and the affable Earll' Parkhurst. Again Colonel Conners rolled those dice, and sixteen of us became officers in the battalion. Then came our Hrst parade as officers, the dances, the OB. and Scholtzls party, the 847 Club, Bernie's farewell party, the carnival, the competitive drill, the sixth form dance,-and now graduation. The school, shaken at our departure, is still standing fwe have left it for next yearls classj. We have had a good time here, and now we are ready to go out into the world, head held high, chest lifted, and heads reeling,-ready to inflict our various temperaments on the services and colleges of the country. 4'Hold on to your hats- herc comes the class of '45! 442375-

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KYFFIN-In spite of his good looks, the kitten never could be inveigled into a date with them fickle wimmin . John never could quite throw Lucke out of the window. When he could put the check-rein on his wild young energy, Jinx would put on his best English accent to get the demerit slips. LUCKE-He really takes seriously being our class, number two steady. Wish we could have seen more of Ed, but those nursery rhymes had to be told. Who do you think you're kidding, Ed, the Colonel, the teachers, the redhead, or yourself? IVIARDEN-Herels our vote for the potential class lover f Aw, I don't know any girls. j The first ten years are the hardest, Bill. How about naming Dartmouth's athletes for the last hundred years, Ears? Mouse's dry humor brightened many a poker session at the 847 Club. MOESSINGER-Everybody thought Red was a woman hater until they saw him in action at the l'Royal'l. Doesn't drink, doe-sn't smoke, howls he make out with Cuffy? Keep saving yourself for that Lake George belle, Red. He made 357.23 and two Als QU on Mr. Midgley's radio. MORRIS-That summer on those dashing expeditions to Sehroon Lake and Pennsylvania, Barr and Harry formed a famous partnership. Barr found Albany quite tame after those starry Timlo evenings, and was often to be found in Troy. The fat man used to drive the truck at Timlo-maybe the steering wheel did break, maybe the sand did grip the wheels, but there was no evidence that Barr used the brakes. PARKHURST-The big boy from Schenectady had a smile for everybody. Jovial Parkie surprised us all in the Vincentian game with that tremendous wallop. PECKHAM- Whatta ya think, Chief? Don't know, Moe, Ugh! Chief always had the French class waiting for his next word. He's working on a book called Why the present-day Indian is so reservedu. PIKE-Ellery Queen is known as the logical successor to Sherlock Holmes, Dave is known as the logical successor to Roy Wooster. Oppressed by our somber society, Dave, alias Michael George, sought refuge in a Manhattan penthouse. C Hey Mike! Hey Pikelnj RILEY-At the end of ,the 1920's the little red man immigrated from Czechoslovakia. He and the great depression hit America at the same time. Malcolmls exploits in the realm of collegiate charm at Connecticut College have kept us guessing. When he came back with a sunburned face, someone compared Riley with the poem, 'fThe frost is on the punkin . ROSS-Joe does everything in the Academy but his homework. How do you get by, Joscef? You don't do your homework, you don't do your themes, you don't do your classwork, but Illl have to give you an 'AY' Oh, well, such is lifemwhere there's pessimism, there,s Ross. SCHOLTZ-One of the big men around school, f'Shortiel, took great delight in his toy soldiers. Jim had a lot of faculty friends, and was untouched by the rebellious spirit. As far as social life was concerned,-strictly aloof. SHELDON-Roger joined the Navy to escape Sam Baeon's classes. ,Hal ha! Rog, it crossed you up. They have them at Sampson, too. Maybe the Navy can tear Mr. Studious away from his books. Good luck, Salty! SOUTHWORTH-An episode on a test paper on Monday morning- Mr, Webber-I knew it last night, I knew it again this morning, but I don't know it now. Love, Harryn. One teacher says, When I see you out there running the mile, working so hard and so determined, I admire you, but when I get you in my history class . . . . Silence is golden. SPORBORG-The bag takes our vote for 'fthe origin of the speciesw. He has that caveman approach, about as subtle as a Mack truck. Q: Taking this down, Sporborg? A: No, why should I?', STEVENS-When Chuck got his tooth fixed, the dentist gave him gas. He never did wake up. I didn't know we shouldn't do that. Oh, those exotic weekends! WEIVIPLE-Clark was loudest when bemoaning his fate and the tough breaks chance gave him. The Dumb Dutchmann delighted in skipping the Schenectady bus so he could hitch-hike to school, in leaving his English class to see the nurse and in complaining untiringly to the teachers. Come on, Gee! WILLIAMS-Is this trip really necessary, Pete? Cuffy ,planned to get admitted to Williams College on his name alone. Dr. Fischoff saw more of him than the Academy did. C4 25 D