Draper High School - Draperian Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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DRAPERIAN BCJARD Silence! Genius at work E281 Charles Billings, Dolores Borcleau, Geraldine Campriello, Frances Conway, MacKenzie Decker, Alphonso D1Cerbo, Joan Dixon, Joan Elliott, lrene Gajdys, Wendell Hallenbeck, David Ho'tslag. Douglas Jackson, Veronica Leier, Henry Maltz. John Mullen, Jr., Josephine Pasqnarella, Frank Rapant, Barbara Tormey, Cynthia Weisheit, Richard Weisheit, Earl Zimmer. -'-'- ,i .- V - i -H ' Editor-in-Chief - Douglas Jackson Assistant Editordn-Chief -- Frances Conway Business Manager -- Earl Zimmer, Jr. Literary Editors-Henry Maltz, Barbara Tormey, Josephine Pasquarella Art Editors - David Holtslag, Alphonso Di Cerbo Photography Editors-Veronica Leier, Richard Weisheit Grind Editors - Joan Elliott, John Mullen, Jr. Sports Editor - Jack Colquhoun Advertising Editors -Joan Dixon, Robert Cooke Assistant Editors - Mac Kenzie Decker, Wendell Hallenbeck, Dolores Bordeau, Mary Jane Robert, Donna Linstead Circulation Editors - lrene Gajdys, Frank Rapant Junior Representatives- Geraldine Campriello, Cynthia Weisheit, Charles Billings Y N' ' -i--U j.---VV- 1 ..r -' -U-...

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MILDRED WHITE Gentlemen prefer Blondes. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, Band, 1, 2, 3. 45 Orchestra, 3, 43 Tri-Hi, 2, 3. 4-g Interclub Council, 33 Junior Prom Committee, Winter Sports Club, 35 Canteen, 2, 3. ELLA W'I-II'I'I'AKER' Says little, does much. Tri-Hi. 2, 3, 4g President, 3: Vice-President, 4. FRANCES WNUK A refin ed lady. Cheerleading, 2, 3, 4, Bowling Club, 4, Chorus, 1, Library Club, 1. ZIMMER Thinks muchg speaks little. Draperian Board, 4. CLIFFORD ZAJAN Clif - lerifI! Intramural Baseball, I, 2, 3: Intramural Basketball, 1. 43 .lunior Varsity Basketball, 2 3, 4. MICHAEL DELLA ROCCO EDWARD MARTIN AUDREY DOW EARL MILLER JOHN FEULNER THOMAS RAKOSKE EDWARD KAUFMANN NORMAN SWART

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9 all was wa, Oh, my, it makes me feel so-o-o work-worn and weary to look back over these past four years at Draper! Could be those .ss terrific regents that make me feel this way - all sort of washed out. Gosh, I can still re- member how excited we were when we entered high school. It was all new and bewildering to us but very I wonderful also. Our class proudly presented, Mrs 0'Leary's Cow in the Junior Play Contest and it was rumored that we showed signs of talent! Let me recollect now- it was when we were soph- omores that we first start- ed to feel at home in high school surroundings. That year saw us before the T footlights again in another class play. Many of our musically inclined students, already having stage experience in the orchestra, band, and chorus, showed the f rest of us how to act like veterans. p Ouchl We first organ- ized - if one could call it that, in our junior year. There was much concern in our first semester as to g g g who belonged in which class. Our situation was confusing, but the sages of the class sadly foretold ruin unless there was more co-operation. Ruin was averted by the end of the junior year. Things had cooled off a little, but because of the mix-up two junior plays were given. The Little Red School-House won the contest, but Five for Bad Luck produced a Best Actress prize winner. The Spring of 1946 saw feverish preparation in the gym for that all-important date, May I7l ,7Le Cafe du Printempsn was the theme of the Junior Prom. It rained f like mad that night, but we didn't mind-we had stars in our eyes. But now I'm starting to wander. The Fall of '46 saw us full-fiedged seniors though V a few stubborn members maintained that this status had been ours a half year earlier. On the whole, the class was pretty well united. The first big event of the season was the Senior Play, Girl-Shyv. In spite of the fact that it was presented on Friday the thirteenth, it turned out swell-if I do say so myself! A word of caution: donlt ask Miss Graves about those re- hearsals, she wants to for- get them. This yearbook gave plenty of us headaches Qpass the Anacin, pleasej but it was finally completed. Mr. Farley is the person NOT to ask about this accomp- lishmentl The arrival of the Senior Ball meant the Junior Prom thrills all over again. It was a little extra-special, probably, because we were seniors just about ready to graduate. The Senior Trip was the climax of our senior activities and when it was over, we felt our time growing short, we wouldn't be together much longer. Then came graduation-the saddest and yet proudest moment of our twelve years' schooling. It meant the realization of our youthful dreams but also the end of the wonderful Class of 194-7. I'd better stop, now. before I grow sentimental and start crying!