East Rockaway High School - Rock Yearbook (East Rockaway, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 70 of the 1937 volume:

1937 THE ROCK-1937 Volume I Published by the Senior Class East Rockaway High School East Rockaway, Long Island FOREWORD We have chosen for the connecting theme of our book, the early History of East Rockaway, for we feel that we can more nearly measure our own achievement by contrasting it with that of the hardy early settlers, and that in contemplating their ways, we can find inspiration for our own. TO HAROLD F. STUDWELL For six years we have worked with him; for six years we have received the harvest of his knowledge and versatility. Perhaps no other man, in a similar position, will present us with the opportunities for pleasure in work, extended friendship, and abundance of activity that he has. No other man can ever give us the desire to work and the freedom of action that we have obtained from him during our stay in this school; hence, to Mr. Studwell we respectfully and affectionately dedicate this year book. FACULTY Harold F. Studwell Marjorie B. Barron Donald G. Brossman Jane E. Catterall Ruth Creighton Franklin A. Davison Gordon M. Dunning Harriet Emmick Henry H. Fordham Elizabeth M. Gordon Charles E. Halford Rosalie C. Harsch THE HISTORY OF EAST ROCKAWAY East Rockaway, called Near Rockaway until 1869, had its early beginnings in the 17th century when it began to develop as a seaport. East Rockaway inlet, then Hog inlet, gave the village the distinction of being the only spot of the locality connected with the Atlantic. Naturally enough, a trading center developed here. Farm and sea products were shipped via packet boat to New York and staples were brought back to the farmers. A grist mill was set up by Joseph Haviland at the head of the East Rockaway channel in 1688. The mill prospered and passed through various hands until it came into possession of the Davison family who have held it for over a century. Education was not forgotten, however, in this busy little town for prior to the Revolution, a school was built on the site of the present village hall. The booming shipping trade threatened to make Near Rockaway the largest village on the South Shore. The peak of development came in Civil War times. There were four general stores, a hotel, a mill, a lumber yard, a coal yard, ship yard and close to forty buildings in the business area. In 1869, an attempt was made to change the name to Atlantic, but duplication was discovered and the compromise name of East Rockaway was decided on. About a half century ago the Montauk division of the Long Island Railroad was built and East Rockaway was left high and dry. Other villages prospered; East Rockaway declined commercially. The shipping trade fell to almost nothing and it was not until the Long Beach division came through that the village began to recover. Then summer residents and commuters started to come and were responsible for much of the later development. In 1900 the village incorporated with Lloyd Johnson as president and progressed 8 steadily from that point on with the greatest building development coming during the 1920-1930 boom. Stories of Near Rockaway's people provide interesting information and amusing lore about the early village, but a few men in particular, were unique. Joseph Haviland, the original mill owner, was given a grant of town land and the liberty to erect a grist mill at Rockaway swamp to grind the town's corn for 1 12 part thereof . Alexander Davison was the original trader of East Rockaway; he started off with nothing but an empty boat and came back with a ship full of lumber and supplies. Alexander and his crew often put out from the village dock with an empty ship, anchoring in the bay until they had a load of oysters and clams. They then proceeded to New York to trade part of the shellfish for staples, and sailed on up the Hudson to Albany to trade the remainder of the shellfish and the staples for lumber. The town's rugged individualist in the Revolution was Colonel Richard Hewlett of the Queen’s Royal militia, the only resident of Near Rockaway to fight on the loyalist side. For his valor, Colonel Hewlett was accorded the general treatment for Loyalists, confiscation of all his holdings and property. He then went to Canada, but in 1795 his wife and sons came back and regained possession of their property. In general, the outstanding characteristics of the founders and those who followed them in the development of this village were: courage to face problems, canniness in business matters, and confidence in their ability to succeed. Turning now to consideration of the members of our Senior Class, we hope that they, too, will be able to draw upon these same inner resources in finding places for themselves in this new world of today. 9 VIRGINIA DAVIS Business Manager Margaret Alfano Dorothy Betts Dorothy Bedell Gerard Byrne James Dennis Albert Doxsey Virginia Dyer Miss Barron JACOB FRANK Editor -in- Chief ART ASSOCIATES Mary Lou Bremer Dorothy Goshen BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Eileen McGovern Louise O'Donnell Joseph Noonan Virginia Smith LITERARY ASSOCIATES William French Josephine Keller Louise O'Donnell Adele Mulligan Kenneth Pearsall Jean Pollock Edward Schmidt Robert Schoenfeld Virginia Smith Arthur Talley FACULTY ADVISERS Mr. Bormann Miss Gordon VERNON KIPP Art Editor Edith Jungmeier William Tuohy Katherine Tschan Joseph Tuohy William Walker Alice Wiese George Zimmerman Mr. Safford SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Sing a song of seniors —and sing it in loud, happy tones for the class of 1937 has been known as a fun-loving, animated group. Today we become reminiscent and think of ourselves as tenth graders in the old building that was a village relic but a haven of amusement to us with its creaking stairs, rattling windows, flapping shades, and leaky roofs. In the eleventh grade we recall vividly the day the conscientious souls of the class who had paid class dues were reimbursed because payments were few! Each year we have held the enviable position of being the first to experiment with new courses, new activities, new experiences for we have been seniors for many a year as the school has added grades. This year we have done quite a few worthwhile things; we have sold Tasty-Jell and athletic schedules, have presented tea dances and moving pictures. The grade school students will tell you how exciting our thrilling mysteries were! Of course, we feel obligated to remind you that we did publish this yearbook by spending time in drawing sketches of school celebrities, planning lay-outs, puzzling over what not to say in personal write-ups, and 12 in pursuing possible advertisers! JACOB FRANK Jake is a man of many activities! If you go to a meeting of the senior class, you will find him presiding; if you steal into a Courier writing session, you will discover him busily giving assignments. Seeing him with editorials in one hand and a box of Tasty-Jell in the other, we often wonder how he keeps his accounts straight. Student Council 3, President 2; Football, Manager 2; Basketball, Manager 2 3; Baseball 2, 4; Courier 2, Editor 3 4: Boys’ Hi-Y 3, Corresponding Secretary 4; President of Senior Class 4: Editor of The Rock 4: Varsity R 3 4. Secretary 3: Chief of Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4. WILLIAM FRENCH Frenchy has a Jekyll and Hyde personality, but paradoxically his two natures are both pleasant. In school he is quiet and calm; outside he is animated and talkative. Courier 2 3 4; Baseball and Basketball, Manager 2; Student Council 3; Hi-Y 3 4, Corresponding Secretary 3; Varsity R , Vice-President 3 4: Football, Manager 3; Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4; Vice-President Senior Class 4. KATHERINE SOLINGER Kay, our merciless treasurer, who extracts the shekels with finesse and skill, is destined for a title in a beauty contest. Hi-Y 2 3 4: French Club 3 4; Latin Club 3 4; Secretary-Treasurer, Senior Class 4; The Rock 4; Rock Rivalry 4. 13 MARGARET ALFANO We like best to think of Margie in a paint-besmeared smock, working on senior murals for Rock Rivalry, for that vividly recalls to us her talent in art and loyalty of spirit. Hi-Y 2 3 4, Vice-President 3 4; Courier 2 3, Art Editor 3: French Club 3 4: Play Scenery 2 3 4: Art Club 3 4, President 4; Rock R ivalry 4: Rho Gamma 4: The Rock 4: Hall Monitor 4; Riding Club 3 4; Basketball, Manager 4. WILLIAM BAKER In taking photographs and trading them with other enthusiasts from Hoboken to Hollywood, and playing epoch-making varsity ping pong, Bill has found plenty to keep him a member of the Senior bachelor set. Courier 3: Hi-Y 3 4: Ping Pong 4: Traffic Patrol 4: Rock Rivalry 4. DOROTHY BEDELL Dot' is our nonconformist. Reliable reports from Joe Tuohy, traffic patrolman at the southwest corner, tell us that not once in the past year has she crossed Ocean Avenue between the yellow lines. Orchestra 3: Biology Club 2. DOROTHY BETTS Come to the East Rockaway High School Prom and pick the girl who is the most graceful dancer, who is dressed like a sketch from Vogue, and who is teasing her partners unmercifully; you will know that is Dot Betts. Hi-Y 2 3 4- Basketball 2‘ Courier 2: Latin Club 3: French Club 3 4: Riding Club 3: Athletic Council 3: Class Secretary 3: Rho Gamma 4: Hockey Manager 4: The Rock 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Basketball 4. FRANCIS BRAUER Frannie is an ardent sports devotee; he is either a star, a substitute, or a supporter of practically any form of athletic endeavor you can name. We have a confidential report that the Cubs are counting on him for the pennant race in 1945. Baseball 2 3 4; Basketball 2 3 4; Courier 2 3: Football 2: Gym Team 4' Soccer 3; Track 3 4; Varsity R 3 4. MARY LOU BREMER Patsy sound the calls on her bugle in the Girl Scouts with the same energy and intensity that she uses when she cheers her head off for the Rocks . Senior Play 2: Dramatic Club 2 3 4; Courier 2; Art Club 3: Latin Club 3: Cheer Leader 4; The Rock 4. GERARD BYRNE Gerard speaks with a faint drawl and is absolutely fascinated by work: he can sit for hours and look at it and then repose with enviable nonchalance when assignments are called. Track 3: French Club 3 4; The Rock 4; Football 4. 14 WALTER CASPER Wally combines the versatile qualities of a vaudeville comedian and a one-man-band. Wherever he is, Wally always drives away our troubles with his matchless wit. Basketball 2 3 4; Football 2 3 4: Courier 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 2 3; Hi-Y 2 3 4; Senior Play 2; Varsity R 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4. ALMA CRAIG Although one of the two girls in the masculine chemistry class, Alma has carried herself with honors through the intricacies of lab experiments; maybe her blue eyes help! Riding Club 3 4: Hockey 3 4; Hi-Y 3 4; Latin Club 3; Rock Rivalry 4. 15 MARY CRONIN Mary is one of the late starters in East Rockaway's first Senior Class. We would heartily recommend her as a model for the famous slogan, Ipana for the smile of beauty. Dramatic Club 3: Glee Club 3; Secretarial Club 2 3; Spanish Club 2 3. VIRGINIA DAVIS Interested in the whole world of school life, Ginnie is a rare person who can wield a presidential gavel, make 90 in all her subjects, and fill her other waking hours with good fun in sports and social life. Hi-Y 2 3 4; Basketball 2; Courier 2 3; Soccer 2; Senior Play 2 3; Riding Club 3 4; Latin Club 3 4; French Club 3 4; Dramatic Club 3 4; Table Tennis 4; The Rock, Business Manager 4. JAMES DENNIS Our famous Doughnut King , the Senator, is noted for his fine parties, atrocious automobiles, and bizarre haberdashery. Courier 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 4; Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Senior Play 4. RODNEY DIRKES Give Rodney a ticket for a railroad trip and a camera and you will make him supremely happy. Our only hope is that he isn't given a ticket to California before June or the various clubs whose money he is so efficiently handling will be in distress. Courier 2 3 4; Boys' Hi-Y 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4. ALBERT DOXSEY Al can solve the most intricate chemistry problems, speak fluently on anything from the New Deal to Nebuchadnezzar, support the Republican Party with ardor, and yet remain thoroughly human, witty, and likeable. Student Council 2 3 4; Courier 2 3; French Club 3 4; Rock Rivalry 4: The Rock 4: President Junior Class 3; Hi-Y 3 4. DARNLEY EVERSLEY It is not so much the size of the dog in the fight, as the size of the fight in the dog. Tut is our B-man . The B stands for boxer, banjo-player, and Boy Scout. Boxing 3: Glee Club 3 4; Gym Team 3; Orchestra 2 3 4; Soccer 4; Football 2 3; Track 3. DOROTHY GOSHEN Dorothy, our brown-eyed librarian, patiently answers our impatient and indefinite requests for the smallest biography you have or that crazy magazine we have to read for history” with amused endurance. Glee Club 2; Senior Play 2 3; Basketball 2 3; Soccer 2; Art Club 3 4: French 3 4; Hockey 3; Basketball 3; Track 3: Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4. HENRY GUTERDING Henry is as restless as a windshield wiper except when he's enticing melody from the piano keys and rowing the middle-aged whaleboat, Admiral Sims, down the canal. Senior Play 2 3: Courier 2: Football 3; Track 3 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 3. WINIFRED HAGGARD Popular, pretty, and petite —Winifred is a clever conversationalist and a charming companion. Student Council 2 3: Courier 2 3 4; Hi-Y Vice-President 2: Latin Club 3 4; French Club 3 4; Corresponding Secretary 3; Riding Club 4; Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4; Hall Monitor 4. HERBERT HOWELL The bounding main will capture our helpful Herbert. His friends will miss his droll humor and ready advice when he goes to the New York Merchant Marine School. Courier 2 3; Hi-Y 3 4; Soccer 3; Latin Club 3; Rock Rivalry 4. EDITH JUNGMEIER Having first taken careful aim, Edie throws herself wholeheartedly into a thing; talented and traveled, she is a valuable addition to any art group or club as official, member, or critic. Hi-Y 2 3 4, Recording Secretary 2, President 3, Area Council 4; Courier 2 3 4; French Club 3 4; Play Scenery 2 3 4; Gallery Club 3 4, President 3; Student Council 2 3, Secretary 2; Riding Club 2 3; Rock Rivalry 4; Basketball 2; Hall Monitor 3 4; Hockey 3; Athletic Council, Secretary 3' The Rock 4; Baseball 2 3; Swimming, Manager 2; Tennis 4; Soccer 2. JOSEPHINE KELLER Will someone please tell us why Josephine, the damsel with the German correspondent, is late to school every day, when her hair does not need curling and her house isn't across the bay??? Dramatic Club 2; The Rock 4; Rock R ivalry 4. 16 '7 MARTIN KILCOMMONS Lefty is an able person. For three years he has held the position of star basketball guard, slugging first baseman, and ground-gaining fullback, and he has held them with ease. His popularity was attested to by the Courier poll early last year. Football 2 3 4, Captain 3; Basketball 2 3 4, Captain 3; Baseball 2 3, Captain 3; Hi-Y 4; Varsity R 3 4; Athletic Council 3: Traffic Patrol 4: Courier 2 3 4: Gym Team 3: Boxing Team 3: All-Scholastic Basketball, Class B, 3. VERNON KIPP Vernon is the Rembrandt of East Rockaway. He has proved that the best way to get back at an enemy is to draw his caricature, as Erick will testify. Football 2 3: Basketball 2 3: Baseball 2: Dramatic Club 2 3: Gym Team 3 4: Wrestling 3: Courier 2 3: Varsity R 3 4: Track 2 3 4; Rock Rivalry 4: The Rock 4. JACK KLIPPEL Jack's impeccable appearance is always refreshing. When there is work to be done, he leans forward and seems seriously to have his shoulder always against an imaginary wheel. Baseball 2 3 4: Basketball 2 3 4: Courier 3: Hall Monitor 4: Hi-Y 3 4: The Rock 4: Soccer 3. ERICK LASS Trustworthy Erick is the baby tank we have so successfully used at guard for two years. His vicious chalk and blackboard feud with Kipp has caused much merriment throughout the year. Football 2 3 4: Varsity R 3 4: Baseball 2: Courier 2; Hi-Y 4: Rock Rivalry 4. EVERETT LITTLEFIELD If Everett's rather antiquated vehicle should suddenly succumb to wear and tear, we feel sure that he would be delighted at the opportunity to tinker with it. EILEEN McGOVERN We don't hear Eileen very often, but when we do manage to catch her soft voice, we are generally listening to something more than chatter. Hi-Y 2 3 4: Courier 2; Dramatic Club 2: French Club 3 4: Latin Club 3 4; Ping Pong 4: Rock Rivalry 4: The Rock 4. ADELE MULLIGAN Adele is the girl who has supplied Wally Phillips with paper all year. Incidentally we wish we had her knack of looking angelic whiie muttering appropriate witticisms. Dramatic Club 2- French Club 2 3 4- Rock Rivalry 4- The Rock 4: Latin Club 2: Tennis 4. IRENE MULLIGAN Irene is the quieter and more subdued of the Irish twin combination. Gerard says she is more affable than her sister. How does Gerard know? French Club 2 3; Latin Club 2 3 4. JOSEPH NOONAN Our classroom philosopher, Joseph E. Noonan, sage of East Rock-away, and exponent of the theory that life is a vale of tears, has seriously tried to reform us. But we, alas, remain impervious! Gym Team 3 4; Football 2; Soccer 4. LOUISE O'DONNELL The girl who hands out O'Henrys and Fudge Bars in the lunch room with such regularity, has done much to help us in the same enthusiastic, loyal way. Hi-Y 4- Courier 2 3 4; French Club 3 4: The Rock 4; Rock Rivalry 4. KENNETH PEARSALL The word versatility’' describes Ken, for we have seen him not only on the basketball court as center, but also on the stage as dastardly villain, and beloved hero, and in the orchestra as star trombonist . Football 2 3; Basketball 2 3 4; Baseball 2 3 4; Operetta 2; Orchestra 2 3 4; Choral Club 2 4; Varsity R 3 4; Athletic Council 3; Soccer 4; Table Tennis, Captain 4; Traffic Patrol 4: Rock Rivalry 4; Senior Play 3 4. WALTER PHILLIPS When we see Walter, the Howard Hughes of the macadam, dreaming in class, we know he is thinking of all the radios he could be taking apart and putting together. Courier 2 3. JEAN POLLOCK Considerate and friendly, Jean Pollock figured in two events in the past year that were news: Jean got her homework assignments in on time, and she spoke with enough volume for the whole class to hear her with ease. The Rock 4. HILLIARD PROCTOR Hilliard, the third of the railroad coterie, was twice elected President of the Boys’ Hi-Y, and we think his outstanding accomplishment was getting this club under way after previous attempts to found it had failed. Courier 2 3; Traffic Patrol 4; Hi-Y 3 4. 18 19 WILLIAM PROSCIA Here is one of the most courageous seniors! What other boy, Wally of course excepted, would have donned grease paint and a tom-tom to prance around the gym floor on Rock Rivalry night! Hi-Y 3 4; Football 3 4; Varsity R 3 4: Traffic Patrol 4: Rock Rivalry 4. HELEN RENDALL When we enviously see Helen capably driving the famliy car to school and generously picking up some straggler at every corner, we sense her characteristic kindliness and generosity. Hi-Y 3 4; Dramatic Club 3. GEORGE RYDER George is as quiet in class as Sandburg's oft-mentioned fog, but on his motorcycle, rending the atmosphere with raucous poppings, this gentleman is in his element. Track 2 3. EDWARD SCHMIDT Earnest Ed does his job with the same resolute steadfastness whether he happens to be our dexterous stage manager or our hawk-eyed outfielder. Baseball 3 4; Hi-Y 3 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Basketball 4; Soccer 4: Stage Manager, Play 3; Traffic Patrol 4; Track 4; Varsity R 4. ROBERT L. SCHOENFELD Bob is voted as the Barrymore of East Rockaway by those who have seen the school theatricals, but only his classmates know he is a silver-tongued orator. Courier 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 2 3 4; Football 2 3; French Club 3; Hi-Y 4 Senior Play 2 3 4; The Rock 4; Varsity R 3 4. MARY SEELY Mary isn't quite so contrary as the nursery rhyme suggests but we do wonder why she likes to get up at 5:00 a.m. to go rowing. Latin Club 2 3 4: French Club 3 4; Hi-Y 3 4. OWEN SIMONSON When called upon to deliver a spontaneous talk in class, Ownie may be a bit nonplussed, but tell him to pole vault over a bar, take out that halfback, or get a few baskets—he not only knows what to do, but also does it. Basketball 3 4; Football 3 4; Track 3 4; Baseball 3; Varsity R 3 4; Gym Team 4; Choral Club 4; Traffic Patrol 4: Orchestra 4. VIRGINIA SMITH Ginny is our class real estate woman, who can tell you what houses have leaking faucets and smoking fireplaces. In spite of her big business ventures, she manages a secret social life that makes us envious. Basketball 2; Baseball 2; Soccer 2; Dramatic Club 2 3 4; Courier 3 4; French Club 4 Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4. ARTHUR TALLEY 'Art'' has much to be proud of: a fine scholastic record, a reputation for staunch character, and the friendly feeling of his classmates. Courier 3 4; Boys' Hi-Y 4; Stamp Club, President 4; The Rock 4. KATHERINE TSCHAN Kay is the third of the Tschan clan to be graduated from the East Rockaway Schools. She is well-liked in school, yet we judge her greatest popularity comes after 3:30 p.m. Hi-Y 2 3: Courier 4. JOSEPH TUOHY A smiling good nature backed by an iron will and preceded by countless freckles is Joe Tuohy, whether he is conversing, stroking a ping pong ball, or talking in class. Football 2 3; Baseball 2 3 4; Courier 3 4; Hi-Y 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4; The Rock 4; Table Tennis 4; Soccer 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Operetta 4; Choral Club 4. WILLIAM TUOHY Fish is a whale of a fellow no matter in what light you may consider him. Our good-natured stalwart collector for the Courier is destined for big things. Baseball 2 3 4; Basketball, Manager 4; Choral Club 4; Courier 2 3 4; Football 2 3; Orchestra 2 3 4; Operetta 4; Varsity R 2 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4. WILLIAM WALKER Bill is as sturdy and dependable as The Rock and can always be depended on to give the humorous angle to a situation. Absent-minded Bill has been known to answer questions aloud in the middle of a test! Football 2; Basketball 2; Hi-Y 3; Gym Team 3; Boxing 3. ALICE WIESE Alice will probably reach the dozen mark in going steady by the time this yearbook reaches you. Her smiling personality and lively parties invite the fancies of many young men—spring or no spring. Dramatic Club 3; Courier 3 4: Hi-Y 4. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN Zim listens faster than you can talk, freely admits that there are two sides to every argument—his own and the wrong side, and in an argument is adamant. Handball 3; Tennis 4; Baseball 4. AUTOGR APH S SENIOR SNAPS 1. Alma Craig. 2. Edie Icinda exposed to the sun. 3. The traffic squad. 4. Dot Betts m the age of innocence. 5. Mary Cronin and Henry Guterding, a very loving couple. 6. Mulligan twins. 7. Pat Bremer and Marge Alfano in the Dear, dead days. 8. Art Talley and Joe Tuohy. 9. The person behind Marty must be ticklish. 10. Hilliard Proctor in a congenial mood. I I. Bill French and the apple of his eye. 12. Jean Pollock. 13. Oh. for the life of a sailor! 14. Marge and Ken—what's the little story? 15. Vernon, our art editor, hiding the soup kettle. 16. Helen Rendall. 17. V. Smith as a little tyke. 18. The handsome lad is Bill Proscia. 19. Those soulful eyes belong to Franme Brauer. 20. Dot Goshen. 21. Alma Craig in rompers. 22. Winnie Haggard poses on the stairs. 23. Hold that tongue. Marty! 24. Louise O'Donnell. 25. Wally Ears Casper. 26. Rodney Dirkes really doesn't want to cry. 27. Oh! Mr. Muller! 28. Kay Solinger. just a little snipper. 29. Senator James Dennis. 30. Patsy at her best. 31. Henry Guterding and Darnley Eversley. 32. Frannie Brauer. 33. Dot Bedell behind bars. 34. Ginnie Smith a-settin' on the steps. 35. George Ryder in his youth. 36. Alice Wiese training a lap dog. 37. When at Woods Avenue. 38. Three graces—Marge, Mary and Ginme. 39. Mawrster K11ppel. 40. Ed Schmidt is camera shy. 41. Wally Phillips. 42. Just plain Bill. 43. Our alma mater. 44. Pat, Va. and Hel en enjoying noontime gossip. 45. A serious little man is Arthur Talley. 22 SENIOR SNAPS 1. Guess Who? 2. Ed and Louise—are they still that way? 3. We never knew this before. 4. Ken between two fires. 5. Permanent steadies. 6. Mary Seely as Medusa. 7. Winnie, another sit-downer. 8. Mary Seely enjoying company in the bath- tub. 9. Isn't Ginnie cute? 10. Just pals. Alma and Winnie. 11. Eileen McGovern, just a babe-in-the-woods. 12. Owen, dressed to kill. 13. Joe and Jean, a studious pair. 14. Kay Solinger in her bawth.' 15. Dot Goshen, squatting pretty. 16. Tootie riding the spare. 17. Two little cut-ups. Wally and Bill. 18. Eric, the Viking. 19. Alice Wiese, sophisticated lady. 20. What's biting you. Hill? 21. Not a Shirley Temple doll—Kay Solinger. 22. Oh. what the wind is doing to your locks. Mr. Halford! 23. Half of the Doxsey-Davis combination. 24. Margie, sweet and shy—looking. 25. Pensive Herbie Howell. 26. Not a flattering picture of good-looking Ginnie. 27. Robert Louis Stevenson Schoenfeld. 28. Ain't love grand? 29. Dot Betts, leaning on a non-masculine shoulder. 30. Smilin’ Jack. 31. Darnley. the villain, choking his dog. 32. George minus his pony. 33. Mulligans, alias the pixilated sisters. 34. Our school hero. 35. Gerard Byrne, bathing beauty. 36. Eileen slightly worn out from a hockey game. 37. Bill and Eddie coiffured a la gay 90 s. 38. Kay Tschan—rather decollate. 39. Wally Phillips. 40. Hilliard Proctor glarin' atcha. 41. Robert with a capital R dominates this snap. 42. Rodney, the little man in overalls. 43. Winnie Haggard; the curls grew later. 44. Dot, another hockey fan. 45. Three musketeers. 46. That Eversley boy again. 47. Wally Phillips in a Three-for-a-dime. 48. Nice grinnin', Owen. 23 J U N I O R S President................................... ROBERT PASTOR Vice-President ...........................HELEN LANGDON Secretary ALICE VAN WlCKLEN Treasurer HELEN O'BRIEN Sponsor ................................MISS BARRON Always foremost among the organizers of social events, the juniors have sponsored a tea dance, a sport dance, a Prom , and a scavenger hunt. Students who attended the last event mentioned, especially John Glucksman and George Beeck, the winners, know what fun everyone had racing about town looking for a White Castle hamburger box and a tintype. SOPHOMORES President................................ JOHN McNAMARA Vice-President .......................................ELAINE GRIFFEN Secretary.................................. ELAINE WOOD Treasurer..............................................FRANK MATZKE Sponsor ...........................................MRS. JOY In December, 1936, the hustling class of 39ers took to sea with the entire class acting as crew, and piloted their ship to third place in Rock Rivalry. The fight and ability the class showed then will stand it in good stead when 1939 travels the Senior Trail. FRESHMEN President RICHARD PASTOR Vice-President RUTH O'BRIEN Secretary VIRGINIA KRULL Treasurer.....................................THEODORE KOPP Sponsor MR. LANGWORTHY This Ninth Grade will be the first class to spend its full four years in the new high school. The class is a very active one, and even now is making rap d strides towards its senior year. If you are in any doubt about the identity of the students of this class, we will remind you that they were the southern darky cotton pickers at Rock Rivalry. EIGHTH GRADE Greetings to the eighth graders! These students have entered into sports and clubs with so much enthusiasm that we can easily see them as leaders four years from now. Although not very old yet, they show promise! SEVENTH GRADE Already the seventh graders, the first students to enter East Rockaway High School with the opportunity to have their full six years here, have shown their eagerness and interest in school affairs. They have not minded being teased by the high school high-and-mighties and have quite faithfully supported all activities. 24 ACTIVITIES a Writinq this yearbook in 1937 we look back at the amusements of the past with interest and hope these we are about to discuss show as much enthusiasm, for although early East Rockaway did not have the advantages of our present day recreational facilities, the residents enjoyed themselves, nevertheless. The summer was too warm for the strenuous game of baseball so that it was played in the winter and often the snowfall was so thick the red ball that was used could not be seen. No mitts were used and both sides generally averaged twenty runs a game. Ice skating and sleighing were also important methods of passing winter time. A two horse sleigh carpeted with straw, people, and buffalo robes, in that order, would go whisking o’er the snow, generally stopping at someone's home for a surprise party. The sleighers brought their own music, a fiddler, and refreshments. The square dance, the lancer, and the Virginia Reel were the popular terpsichorean fantasies. Walking was the main means of getting together or goinq any place. Barnyard gatherings generally saw horseshoe pitching contests, croquet matches, and ice cream feasts. Swimming was popular, but the circuses and carnivals that came every few years attracted little interest. There were no plays or dramatics in the old days. Elections were such important events that huge tents were set up and speakers from party headquarters in New York gave orations. Drinks, food, and favors were passed out at night and a torch parade was held. In 1888 there was a great parade with over 1500 marchers. Old East Rockaway showed individuality in diversions for about 1882 there was a test of endurance. East Rockawayites journeyed to the Lynbrook depot where there was held a ten hour walk around a half mile course. Contestants could run or walk, but they had to keep going for ten hours. The one who covered the most miles was the winner. History, alas, does not tell us the name of the victor. 26 STUDENT COUNCIL Senior Class ALBERT DOXSEY, Secretary WINIFRED HAGGARD Junior Class ROBERT PASTOR, President Sophomore Class HERBERT FRANK, Vice-President Freshman Class ROBERT McGOVERN Eighth Grade GARRETT EELMAN Seventh Grade WILLIAM GILLES Sponsor...... MISS BARRON The Student Council is the student controlling board, or ruling organization, of the high school. It dates back to the days when the old Woods Avenue School was the East Rockaway High School, and the now famous slogan, Down by the Creek,'' was absolutely unknown. In those days, however, it was the older students who had the authority in the school, and the lower classes merely obeyed their commands; but now the Student Council is made up of representatives from every class in high school. Throuqh the work of the Council a study hall was opened during lunch hour, a new Webster's Dictionary was bought for the library, and a timber path was made for bicycles. Summed up in a few words, the Student Council is the ruling body of the high school, that initiates programs, activities, and policies. 27 President HILLIARD PROCTOR Vice-President JACK KLIPPEL Recording Secretary ALBERT DOXSEY Corresponding Secretary JACOB FRANK Council Representative ROBERT PASTOR Sergeant-at Arms WALTER CASPER Sponsor MR. HALFORD President VIRGINIA DAVIS Vice-President MARGARET ALFANO Recording Secretary HELEN OBRIEN Corresponding Secretary IRIS WELLEBIL Treasurer MARY SEELY Council Representative ELEANOR MOORE Sponsor MRS. JOY BOYS' H I - Y The Boys' Hi-Y is one of the groups that have come into being as the social branches of our school life have spread. This organization is two years old and is a branch of the Nassau Boys' Hi-Y, a division of the Y.M.C.A. The purposes of this organization, to do good and aid in social betterment, are very abstract. To further these aims, discussions or ''bull-sessions.' are conducted. This season Mr. Studwell inaugurated a series of talks by speaking on The Marks of an Educated Person. The club is being increasingly felt as a good influence whether it is practically distributing Christmas baskets or theoretically discussing life's problems. GIRLS' HI-Y To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character. In these words the aim of the Hi-Y Club is given, the aim that the girls try to exemplify. This year the club r r r r i has sponsored dances, cake sales, and card parties to raise money for charitable purposes and has had discussions on ethical subjects and a series of talks by professional women. 28 President JOHN McNAMARA Vice-President HELEN OBRIEN Secretary MARY LOU BREMER Treasurer MARTHA FLANNERY Sponsor MISS GORDON President LORRAINE McGRATH Vice-President ELIZABETH HOWELL Secretary PAULINE DYKE Sponsor MRS. REILLY SENIOR DRAMATIC CLUB The Greeks may have founded the art of the drama, but it remained for the Dramatic Club to make it popular in East Rockaway High School. Members from the three upper classes have at some meetings seriously concentrated on pantomime, fundamental acting principles, and diction; at others they have listened, while sucking lollipops, to informal reports on current Broadway plays. (The lollipops are a Dramatic Club custom.) This year the club has given publicly The Queen's Husband , by Robert Sherwood, and a one act melodrama of the 1890’s. JUNIOR DRAMATIC CLUB The applause still ringing in their ears, after the finish of At the First Tee, the Junior High Dramatic Club was spurred on to further conquests this season in skits called Big Business and Francis vs. Frances . This club for dramatic expression composed of members of the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades strives to give rudimentary training to its members in order to prepare them for more advanced work in dramatics. 29 MR. FORDHAM Director MR. FORDHAM Director C H O R A L CLUB After the Christmas assembly we hummed Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly , and after The Gondoliers”, the melody of List and Learn . Why? The Choral Club sang so well on both occasions that even the most unlyrical student felt urged to warble. The club under the direction of Mr. Fordham offers a course in music for which a quarter unit of school credit is given. The work in this club gives the student a musical background that may be carried throughout life. ORCHESTRA Whether the orchestra be playing a stirring march that sets our feet a-tapping or a soft lullaby that sends our thoughts a-dreaming, we find ourselves marveling at their performance under Mr. Fordham. Any East Rockaway High School student can tell you the accomplishments of this group, of the pleasure they seem to find in improving their technique in ensemble playing, and of the growing musical consciousness they are giving all of us. In addition to the students listed, fifteen others are enrolled in the band which is the most recent development of the music department. 30 LATIN President CAMERON JUDGE Vice-President IRIS WELLEBIL Secretary-Treasurer ALICE VAN WICKLEN Sponsor MISS KANE President ALBERT DOXSEY Vice-President ELIZABETH PEABODY Secretary VIRGINIA DAVIS Treasurer HELEN OBRIEN Press Correspondent GENE KILLEA Sponsor MRS. STONE CLUB The pro-consul will take charge of the forum due to the absence of the consul. Don’t be alarmed, folks. If you chance to hear those words some Monday night, you will not find yourself back in the days of Caesar’s Roman Empire, when Cicero swayed the masses with his silver-tongued oratory, but at a meeting of the very alive Latin Club. This club was formed last year by Mrs. Stone, to further the interests of the students in the so-called dead language . The meetings, presided over by the president or the consul, are well attended, for games are played, and songs practiced in Latin. Because of the efforts of the officers the meetings have been so interesting, that it is now one of the favorite clubs of the school, even though to become a member one must have a high average in Latin and wear a Roman toga to school for a day. LE CERCLE FRANCAIS Petit a petit I’oiseau fait son nid—in other words our French club took time to develop but now ranks as one of our leading activities. This group is very, very exclusive but once you satisfy the scholastic requirements, you are a member of a selective, instructive, and interesting group. French club members hold their meetings largely in French and take part in projects, plays and discussions of the language of France. If you should ever pass a room out of which comes a variety of sounds of an incomprehensible nature, you are hearing our Frenchies holding their monthly talk-fest . 31 President MARGARET ALFANO Vice-President LORETTA NEUBERG Secretary VIRGINIA RENDALL Treasurer RUTH PHILLIPS Sponsor MR. SAFFORD President HARVEY COLUMBINE Vice-President WILLIAM STOCK Secretary CHARLES ULLMAN Treasurer WILLIAM HOERNER Sponsor MR. BROSSMAN C A L L E R Y CLUB If you want to make crayon caricatures, or paint daintily in water colors, or grow loftily ambitious with oils. Gallery Club will give you the chance. This club is an outgrowth of the Art and Marionette Club which devoted its time and efforts to the making of puppets. The marionette show planned by this group did not materialize, however, and the present club was formed to help the student create a freedom of expression and to help train him in the line of art work in which he is most able. During the year several small exhibits of work done were held and at the close of the year a large one man show of the work of the one student showing the most promise was open to students. From the exhibits planned came the name Gallery Club. AIRPLANE CLUB The encouragement of the constructive hobby of building model aeroplanes is the purpose of this club. It was started three years ago in the Woods Avenue School under the sponsorship of Mr. Bormann and became affiliated with the Junior Birdmen of America. It is now under the advisorship of Mr. Brossman. The members, the majority of whom are in the shop classes, are aviation enthusiasts. Through their efforts aviation publications have been added to the magazine rack in the library, and airplane movies and several contests have been conducted. 32 R H O - C President ELEANOR SMITH Secretary ALICE VAN WICKLEN Corresponding Secretary ELLA GLEASON Treasurer DORIS MITCHELL Sponsor MISS RUDIGER President JACK KLIPPEL Vice-President WILLIAM FRENCH Secretary WILLIAM TUOHY Publicity Agent MARTIN KILCOMMONS Treasurer ARTHUR GRAF Sponsor MR. DUNNING A M M A Who gave our cheer leaders those smart-looking jackets? Rho Gamma! The object of the Rho Gamma is to spread and advance the interest of girls' athletics in the East Rockaway High School. Only girls receiving a major R are eligible. The duties of the club are to determine the requirements necessary for letters in sports and to regulate all matters pertaining to girls' athletics. The social activities have been very successful, with a tea dance given in the gymnasium on Friday, September 25, 1936, and an informal Thanksgiving dance on November 20, 1936. Many socials have been held including a Christmas party at Miss Rudiger's home and formal initiations at different members’ homes. VARSITY ' ' R ' The members of the Varsity R Club are of the athletic aristocracy for each must have earned a letter in a varsity sport. Coach Dunning suggested this organization in 1935 to promote athletics and to create a closer feeling among participants in all sports. The group deserves a word of praise for its fostering and stimulating interest in East Rockaway High School Varsity Sports. 33 Editor JACOB FRANK Associate Editor JOSEPH TUOHY Treasurer RODNEY DIRKES Sponsors MISS CATTERALL and MR. DAVISON President ARTHUR TALLEY Vice-President ANDREW DURSO Secretary Robert McGovern Treasurer WILLIAM GILLIES Publicity ROBERT IRWIN Sponsor MISS HARSCH THE COURIER The Courier is coming out today! When we hear that cry, we know we are soon to read of all the important happenings of the school and some of the trivial but tempting tid-bits. Since its first publication four years ago as a mimeographed sheet, the Courier has advanced in popularity until now it has almost the 100% cooperation of the student body. We never begrudge our three pennies once a month for this newspaper. STAMP CLUB If you were suddenly attracted by a large book whose interior resembles a kaleidoscope of bright colors, you would probably discover not a picture book but a stamp album of one of the members of the Atlas Stamp Club. This club with approximately 25 members collects stamps and has held contests and awarded prizes of stamp sets to its members for the most interesting story behind a stamp and the most valuable exhibits of sets of stamps. The most interesting stories behind a stamp were told by Arthur Talley and Robert McGovern who received duplicate first prizes of a set of King Edward VIII stamps. The second prize went to Jane McGovern and the third, to Robert Irwin. The best exhibits of a set of stamps was shown by Vincent Nalbach who won a set of Grecian Air Mail stamps. Arthur Talley won second and Dorothy Hemingway, third prize. The club is a member of Stamps, Jr., an organization sponsored by the weekly magazine of philately, Stamps. 34 Hall COPS Traffic COPS HALL COPS” The Student Council established the Hall Cops in the Woods Avenue School when it saw that carelessness in the halls might cause objectionable disturbances and even destruction of the creaking stairways. When our new school was opened, a more complicated set-up was necessary to cope with enlarged conditions. Todaj between periods and at dismissal time you dare not step out of line, run down stairs or bang locker doors, if you do not want a severe reprimand from these efficient hall cops . TRAFFIC COPS Thirteen is known as an important number. Perhaps, the traffic squad was foreordained to be successful with its thirteen members and chief. The squad was organized early in November of senior boys under the supervision of Mr. Langworthy. Distributed over the school grounds, the boys have worked so conscientiously that they have established a precedent. Some of the squad's efficiency has come from the cooperation of the East Rock-away Police Department, and from the kindness of the Automobile Association of America in providing badges for the student cops . Both pedestrians and motorists have benefited by this system that has been enforced by seniors willing to endure rain, cold, and snow to serve the school. 35 RADIO CLUB Radio Club was organized in October, 1936, by Mrs. Samuel Grossman who is a licensed radio amateur with the call W2JZX. Members have been studying in preparation for their future examinations for licenses with the help of Robert Berler, a Long Beach amateur and student of R.C.A. Technical Institute. In September the club expects to have an amateur radio station in the high school and is confident that by next Christmas it will be sending and receiving messages by means of the ether with Afghanistan and the Malay Peninsula! ROCK RIVALRY Where were you on the night of December 4, 1936? At Rock Rivalry of course! To anyone who cannot give the required answer we shall explain that Rock Rivalry was our first annual inter-class competition night. Points were qiven to the classes placing first in basketball, booth decoration, refreshments, and cheering. Spectators saw weird sights; grass-skirted senior girls playing vicious basketball with white-capped Dutch maidens of the junior class, sophomore sailors sitting in their ship cheering in opposition to freshmen darkies standing in their own cotton field, sophomores selling cider and doughnuts from a Pop-Eye stand, and seniors barking'1 native pineapple juice from their grass hut made from the tall grasses bordering Mill River. The money the gay affair netted the activity fund was $198.10, but far more important to the student body was the spirit of closeness it aroused among the students of each class. Since this is our yearbook, we of the senior class of 1937 cannot resist telling you that we won this first Rock Rivalry and have the silver cup donated by the Girl Scout Drum Corps in our possession! 36 THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND Royalty came to East Rockaway on December 19, 1936, when the Senior High School Dramatic Club presented Robert Sherwood's comedy, The Queen's Husband. The cast practiced royal eccentricities tor eight weeks during which the prescribed trouping atmosphere reigned. The last two weeks of practice were the most hectic and interesting of all because Mr. Brossman began to experiment with cannon explosions and falling plaster. On the evening of the play, after Mrs. Reilly had applied Prince William's mustache, Mrs. Suits had pinned on all of the king's many medals, and Margaret Alfano, Edith Jungmeier, and Robert Pero had given the set a last appraising look, the curtain went up on the much-talked about production. Then we saw Robert Schoenfeld playing the part of a hen-pecked king in a legendary kingdom, a king who was constantly being nagged by Doreen Payne, his queen, for playinq checkers with the butlers and collecting penguins. We admired the princess, Frances Dillon, who managed to out-maneuver the villainous, scheming government officials, Vincent Nalbach and Kenneth Pearsall, to elope with her father's secretary, John McNamara. As the scenes went by, we saw the other characters: Georqe Young, the critical butler; Virginia Davis, the inquisitive maid; Harold Murphy and Joseph Gleason, soldiers; James Dennis, the Pwince , with his monocle; and Herbert Frank and Frank Berkowitz, radicals intent on chanqing the government. With the curtain call past, the audience in a merry mood left the auditorium for dancing in the gymnasium, and were joined by the happy actors, free of grease paint and the dignity of royalty. THE GONDOLIERS Main Cast of Characters Duke of Plaza Toro George Beeck Luiz Owen Simonson Don Alhambra William Tuohy Antonio Vincent Nalbach Inez Catherine O'Regan Marco Leonard Terry Guiseppe Kenneth Pearsall Duchess of Plaza Toro . Doris Pearsall Casilda Marion Willms Gianetta Eileen Flannery Tessa Martha Flannery These gay Venetians with twenty-five other singers of the chorus presented The Gondoliers, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, on May 14 and sent us home from their production humming its captivating melodies. The operetta was based on a humorous mix-up that came about when William Tuohy or Don Alhambra presented the real heir to the Throne to be brought up as a gondolier by Catherine O'Regan, or Inez. Many complications followed with the wrong gondoliers, Leonard Terry and Kenneth Pearsall, crowned as joint kings. As things became hopelessly tangled, Inez confessed her secret and the operetta ended with more glorious songs. The whole student body showed by its enthusiastic applause that it appreciated the work of the choral club and especially of Mr. Fordham in this and all his other musical ventures. 37 BOOSTERS Alanson Abrams American Legion Auxiliary Jack Babitz Marjorie Barron Belle's Stationery Store Benkert's Bakery Bennet M. Bolton Henry H. Bormann Donald G. Brossman P. M. Brown Mr. Mrs. J. Milton Cartmell Jane Catterall The Courier Austin Crary Mr. Mrs. Thomas C. Davis Franklin A. Davison J. W. Davison Mr. Mrs. F. Rodney Dirkes Mr. Mrs. W. Donaldson Mr. Mrs. F. W. Donelly Mr. Mrs. Arthur M. Doxsey Mr. Mrs. G. M. Dunning Harriett Emmick H. H. Fordham Jacob Frank The French Club Herbert E. Fry Charles H. Glucksman I. J. Gnatowsky Elizabeth M. Gordon L. Greenstein Mr. Mrs. Henry Guterding Charles E. Halford Rosalie Harsch J. C. Hawk ins Richard Hermanson Agnes Hickman Mr. Mrs. C. B. Holsten Ethel V. Joy Junior Auxiliary American Legion Post 958 Mary Kane Mrs. William J. Killea Mr. Mrs. Jack Klippel H. H. Koch Ladies' Auxiliary, Howard Lathrop Post, V. F. W. Phillip Langworthy Miss La Selle Mr. Mrs. A. H. Lowman Lynbrook Lion's Club Mr. Mrs. F. X. McGovern Stephen Trombley McGrath Mildred Marshall Mr. Mrs. H. J. Meyer Mr. Mrs. Durand R. Miller Charles Muller Mr. Mrs. Dewey Munson Nassau Shoe Repairing Co. Mr. Mrs. John J. Pero Mr. Mrs. Hilliard N. Proctor Annabel Reilly Grace Rudiger Thomas H. Ruppel Carleton L. Safford Mr. Mrs. Harry A. Schilt Mr. Mrs. A. H. Schmidt Wallace T. Smith Dorothy Stone Harold F. Studwell Frances P. Suits J. Talburth Arthur Uris Village Service Station Mr. Mrs. W. A. Walker Miss Williams Mr. Mrs. F. Willms Mr. Mrs. Harry J. Wellebil Elizabeth Yetter 38 FOOTBALL LETTER MEN: Erick Lass, Co-Captain: William Proscia, Co-Captain; Owen Simonson, Thomas Moore, Vincent Nalbach, John McNamara, Leonard Terry, William Cornell, Harold Holmes, Arthur Keefe, Raymond Straub, Eugene Tucker, Woodrow Gleason, Walter Casper. Martin Kilcommons, Robert Pero, Manager. Andrew Dyke. Mr. Dunning, Coach. SCHEDULE October I 3 October I 7 October 23 October 28 November 2 November 5 Manhasset Oceanside Friends Academy Lyn brook Oceanside ...... Long Beach ..... Robert Wilson. Edward Cotter, g five out of six games played, and went down to defeat by a orange and black fine sportsmanship. II came Opponents East Rockaway 6 0 0 13 0 25 6 7 0 21 6 13 12 79 40 S O C C E LETTER MEN: Arthur Graf, Captain: George Beeke, Herbert Frank, Joseph Gleason, Herbert Howell, Jack Mercer, Kenneth Pearsall, James Rendall, Edward Schmidt, Albert Shady, Jack Sterret, James Drum, Manager. SQUAD MEMBERS: James Alfano, Frank Berkowitz, Darnley Eversley, William Killea, Frank Matzke, Joseph E. Noonan. Mr. Dunning, Coach. In 1936, soccer was given the standing it deserved, as East Rockaway turned out its first varsity team. This squad, which contained eighteen members, twelve of whom were lettermen, played a six game schedule. The Rock boosters did extremely well in these contests as they built up an impressive record consisting of four wins, one tie, and one loss. These results, which are very encouraging, indicate that this recent sport addition has a highly promising future, under the orange and black banner. R SCHEDULE Time Place Opponents East Rockaway October 5 Garden City 0 1 October 2 1 Woodmere 1 0 October 27 South Side 0 0 October 29 Baldwin 1 2 November 4 South Side 2 3 November 7 Woodmere 0 2 41 HOCKEY RIDING SQUAD: Eleanor Smith, Captain: Bernice Clemente, Olive DeMott, Dolly Doron, Jane Furey, Ella Gleason, Lorraine Kiely, Betty Kleespies, Doris Kohlus, Doris Mitchell, Eleanor Moore, Lorraine Webb, Dorothy Betts, Manager: Miss Rudiger, Coach. Freeport Malverne Lynbrook Opponents East Rockaway 5 0 4 I I 0 When crisp autumn weather came, these girls were donning knee guards and racing down the field after the fast-moving white puck for this year hockey took the place of soccer for the girls. This was the first varsity team in this newly organized sport and because of its inexperience only three games were scheduled but next year East Rockaway expects to enter the hockey league. Marjorie Lott, Manager Prepare to Trot! Trot! Heels down! Knees in! — and so go the riding master's commands and we are off for a glorious ride on our favorite horse whether it be Cherie, or Snowball, or Bluebird. The first riding class was organized in the fall of 1934, and is now one of the most enthusiastically attended activities of the minor sports. The boys and girls have been riding at Hempstead State Park at least once a week under the supervision of Miss Rudiger. At the time The Rock was going to press, these equestriennes told us they were hoping to be proficient enough to have a paper chase on horseback some fine May day, and that they had elected Eleanor Edwards to fill the position of manager left vacant when Marjorie Lott moved to Valley Stream. 42 GIRLS TABLE TENNIS BOYS TABLE TENNIS Team Helen O’Brien, Captain; Virginia Davis. Rosalind Elterman, Elizabeth Peabody, Ruth O'Brien, Madeline Ludwig. Lorraine Kiely. Christine Trost, Eileen McGovern, Edith Meagher. Loretta Neuberg. Elaine Wood, Manager; Mr. Davison. Coach. The East Roclcaway Girls' Table Tennis Team had a very successful season considering the fact that it was the team's first year in the league. Competing against veteran teams of both Class A and Class B, the East Roclcaway girls were able to win three matchos out of seven. Three of the four defeats wore matches lost by 3-2 scores. Helen O’Brien was the outstanding player of tho season; she won eight matches and lost none. Lawrence SCHEDULE Opponents 3 East Rockaway 2 South Side 3 2 Baldwin 2 3 Woodmero 4 1 Lynbrook - 3 2 Central 2 3 Malverne 0 5 17 18 Won 3 — Lost 4 Members Kenneth Pearsall, Captain; George Young. Cameron Judge. William Baker, Stephen Burke. Albert Doxsey. Frank Smith. Arthur Graf, Joseph Tuohy. Robert Pastor. Martin Smith. Manager; Mr. Davison, Coach. If you had wandered through the lower halls any night during table tennis season, you would have seen those demons of the green table showing their prowess. Table Tennis was one of the new sports inaugurated this year. Under tho able direction of Mr. Davison, two teams were organized. Although not so ox- perienced as the players with whom they compoted they have always striven to better themselves and dosorvo to be com- mended for their spirit and endeavor. SCHEDULE Opponents East Rockaway Malverne 5 0 South Side 3 2 Baldwin 3 2 Oceanside 2 3 Lonq Beach 4 1 Woodmere 4 1 Lawrence 4 1 Central 1 4 Lynbrook 3 2 Won 2 — Lost 7 29 16 43 BOYS BASKETBALL Martin Kilcommons, Captain; Kenneth Pearsall, Captain; Francis Brauer, Walter Casper, Edward Cotter, John Glucksman, Harold Holmes, Arthur Keefe. Thomas Moore, James O Brien, Saul Robinson, Owen Simonson, John Sterret, Raymond Straub, Leonard Terry, Robert Wilson, George Young. William Tuohy, Manager. Mr. Dunning, Coach. Though our basketball team did not win championship, they acquitted themselves with marked perseverance and sportsmanship. The whole school received more enjoyment and excitement than they bargained for in the Woodmere, Oceanside and Long Beach games. Future squads and audiences might have received hints on whole-hearted playing and cheering from these games. December 15 Nassau Collegiate Frosh SCHEDULE Opponents Home 39 East Rockaway 33 21 Manhasset Away 26 26 January 5 Manhasset 22 41 8 Lynbrook Away 28 12 15 Malverne . . Home 28 21 22 Woodmere Away 23 30 26 Woodmere Academy Away 36 38 29 Long Beach Away 20 16 February 5 Oceanside Home 26 24 16 Nassau Collegiate Center Away 18 19 19 Malverne Away 21 20 23 Woodmere Academy ...Home 23 33 26 Woodmere Home 26 24 March 5 Long Beach Home 31 25 12 Oceanside Away 22 18 44 GIRLS' BASKETBALL Cathe nine Alti, Captain; Elam© Oriffen, Captain; Oliv© DeMott, Dolly Doron, Ella leason, Marion Hulse, Evelyn Jelley, Doris Kohlus, Doris Mitchell, Eleanor Moore, Evelyn Morano, Doris Smith, Eleanor Smith, Alice Van Wicklen. Margaret Alfano, Lucille Bonagura, Managers. Miss Rudiger, Coach. The girls' basketball team opened their season with a victory over Lynbrook. Perhaps this victory was too much tor the girls because the next game marked a defeat from Malverne. This was a well played game and it was only in the last few minutes that Malverne pulled ahead with the game ending 25-19. The next game marked our second defeat, at the hands of Woodmere, which was not a very exciting game because of Woodmere's successful shooting from every angle. We could score only 17 points to their 44. In the game with Long Beach, our next opponent, we won 20-19 by making a basket in the last few seconds, but the champions from Oceanside soon discouraged us by winning 11-40. Later in the season we played a non-league game with Freeport and added another victory to our list with a score of 16-20. When we returned Malverne's game, the girls played exceptionally well, winning a two point victory that placed us tied with Malverne in the league. The score was 17-15 as the whistle blew. In our return game with Woodmere, we led through the whole game up to the last few minutes of play when our opponents forged ahead with two baskets. This was a different game from the first and we lost to the score of 21-26. We have not as yet won a game on our own court. Even when Long Beach visited us we were unable to break the jinx. They won 21-25. In our last game of the season we travelled to Oceanside, where the girls put up a hard battle but lost to the more experienced by a I 2-44 score. So ended our basketball season. Out of nine scheduled games, we won four, two league and two non-league games. 45 BOYS' TRACK BOYS BASEBALL Francis Brauer, Walter Casper, William Cornell, Henry Guterding, Harold Holmes, Vernon Kipp, Owen Simonson, John Sterrett, Eugene Tucker. Mr. Dunning, Coach. SCHEDULE April 21—Triangular meet for Lynbrook, Baldwin and East Rockaway. May—Long Beach at East Rockaway. May—Garden City at Garden City. May 22—Class B Athletic South Shore League meet. When the Rock went to press the probable line-up for this season was: Francis Brauer, Harold Brown, William Cornell, James Drum, Jacob Frank. Joseph Gleason, Arthur Graf, Harold Holmes, Martin Kilcommons, Jack Klippel, James O'Brien, Robert Pastor, Kenneth Pearsall, Saul Robinson, Edward Schmidt, Owen Simonson, Raymond Straub, Eugene Tucker, William Tuohy. SCHEDULE May 4 Oceanside Away May 7 Malverne Home May 1 1 Woodmere Away May 14 Long Beach Home May 18 Woodmere Academy Home May 2 1 Oceanside Home May 25 Malverne Away May 28 Woodmere Home June 7 Long Beach Away June 4 Play Off. 46 GIRLS TRACK The members of this year's team are: Jean Allen, Dorothy Collins, Olive DeMott, Dolly Doron, Jane Furey, Ella Gleason, Marian Glucksman, Betty Judge, Gene Killea, Virginia Krull, Madeline Ludwig, Doris Mitchell, Evelyn Morano, Margaret Morrill, Eleanor Smith, Shirley Solinger, Bertha Vobor-nik: Mary Lou Bremer, Manager; Aurene Steinburg, Assistant. The girls are looking forward to a very successful track season. After defeating Lynbrook, their rivals, last year, they are very anxious to repeat the victory. At the first meeting about 12 girls reported. We expect to schedule about 4 dual, 2 triangular meets and enter the league meet at the end of the season. 47 GIRLS BASEBALL Last year the girls had a very successful baseball season. They played seven winning games, losing one to Baldwin 7-6 and tying one with Oceanside nine-all. At the first call for candidates this year all the veterans turned out plus some new material which looks very good. Our schedule will be: Lynbrook, Oceanside, Woodmere, Central, Mal-verne, Baldwin, Freeport. The squad will probably be: Catheri ne Alti, Muriel Bonagura, Olive DeMott, Rose Dunn, Ella Gleason, Marion Glucksman, Elaine Griffen, Doris Kohlus, Beverly Lillis, Doris Mitchell, Eleanor Moore, Adele Mulligan, Irene Mulligan, Eleanor Smith, Ruth Wetherington. Miss Rudiger is Coach. C Y M TEAM Albert Shady, Captain; George Beeck, Francis Brower, William Cornell, Walter Gerry, Joseph Gleason, John Glucksman, Arthur Keefe, William Killea, Vernon Kipp, Dewey Munson, James O'Brien, Eugene Tucker, Frederick Gleason, Joseph Schmidt. The boys listed above are East Rockaway's contortionists who can turn back flips, soar over the horses, and almost hang from the bars by their ears. Organized last year, the team chose this season's captain, Albert Shady, on the basis of points given for skill in performance. Seeing these gymnasts perform at the Parent's Night Exhibition in April, some of the stiff-jointed members of the audience began to consider rather longingly the career of an acrobat. CHEER LEADERS Eddie Meehan, Captain; Mary Lou Bremer, Marion Glucksman, Margaret Moon, Frances Muller, Billy Parks, Edgar Schultz. When we see these lively cheer leaders jumping up and down and urging us to yell for Alma Mater we forget the effects on the voice of an evening's yelling and join in— East Rockaway—Rah! Rah! Rah! These students deserve credit for their splendid co-operation in stimulating the school spirit of East Rockaway. Early in the season the Rho Gamma gave a Thanksgiving dance and with the proceeds bought jackets for the cheer leaders. 48 HUMOR Sometimes we think that we of today are the only ones who have an appreciation of the ludicrous. Looking back to early village days, we discover discreet mention of the comical. For instance, in the I870's there was horse races on Main Street and farmers came from as far as the North Shore and distant Island points to see them. The excuse they gave to come to Near Rockaway was to get some New Orleans molasses, a particularly fine brand, tasting like honey. Another fasorite old time custom, a practical joke, we have been told, was to place a dead snake conveniently near the road in a lifelike pose, place a club nearby, and wait for some brave citizen to come along and re-kill the snake. For fear that we might forget the spontaneous moments of laughter that we have had from people and happenings in our school days, we have listed a few on the next page that we may remember our youth when we are antiquated grey-beards and quavering grandmothers. MOMENTOUS DATES FOR OUR SENIOR YEAR September 16, 1936—Gerard Byrne speaks of looking forward to his summer vacation of golf. September 20, 1936—William Walker thinks assignment is beinq given during History C test and laboriously copies questions while others are answering them. September 28, 1936—Vernon Kipp does not drop books during a single class all day. The age of miracles! October 5, 1936—No test tubes are broken in chemistry; of course, some are missing. October 22, 1936—No one had a cold in Mr. Dunning's gym class. October 27, 1936—Virginia Davis starts her long career as ticket seller. November 5, 1936—Jim Drum didn't limp into gym. November 17, 1936—Miss Gordon learns how to pronounce Bill Proscia's name. November 22, 1936—Wally Casper wriggles over for a touchdown while the referee isn't looking. December 3, 1936—Robert Schoenfeld finds his book bag in the Seniors' grass hut made for Rock Rivalry. December 13, 1936—Joseph Tuohy, during study of the Civil War in History C, has brilliant thought of seceding from class if written outlines are demanded. December 16, 1936—We definitely give up trying to read a certain teacher's handwriting. 50 January 3, 1937—George Ryder learns how to pronounce constitute in law class. January 6, 1937—Jacob Frank appears in English without Indian nuts. January 12, 1937—Robert Schoenfeld reads a poem beginning, I am the mob, the crowd, the horde. February 8, 1937—Rumor hath it that Dot Goshen got mixed up and poured cocoa in the library and dusted books in the lunchroom. February 20, 1937—Dick Young in English stands to read a poem but laughing, stops, and giggles, It's such a funny first line. As the class waits in suspense, he orates, Long aco, I learned to sleep. February 26, 1937—William Baker gives an oral talk and it is not on railroads. March 8, 1937—George Zimmerman decides typing is a foolish invention anyway and goes back to his own patented longhand code. March 22, 1937—Seniors form S.F.T.S.O.C.E. (Society for the Suppression of Constitutional Essays.) March 23, 1937—Seniors write essays. March 24, 1937—Katherine Solinger and Dorothy Betts begin serving sentence of five hours' imprisonment for playing hookey. April 7, 1937—Mr. Brossman’s boys turn domestic and fry eggs in home economics while the girls hammer metal in shop. April 8, 1937—Miss Creighton is still cleaning up eggs the boys burned on the stoves. April 12, 1937—Margie Alfano and Eldert Hitchcock were not seen holding hands today. May 4, 1937— Lefty Kilcommons after spending two fruitless days crawling under desks in chemistry class trying to give someone a hot foot , succeeds in finding Schoenfeld's toe. Master Robert limps all day. May 10, 1937— The good old summertime has arrived and some of the lads and lassies go dipping in the Mill River. May 22, 1937—An unworried chem class did not study during today's assembly. (Someone saw Mr. Langworthy trying out a moving picture.) June I, 1937—Chagrined seniors are sorrowfully talking over the prospect of concrete sidewalks and green lawns leading to school. However, most of them are praying they will not be here to be benefited by them. June 7, 1937—Professor Langworthy makes a fire extinguisher with a doubled concentration of acid but when he puts it out of the window to shoot off, his creation backfires extinguishing half the class, messing up the room, and ruining the ventilating system for the moment. June 12, 1937—A long journey nears its end; the seniors are at last pondering over the future. June 23, 1937—(Graduation) Finis or ????? 51 SENIOR SALLIES Heed Ye! When we reach the school Our cars must be sedate And heed the latest rule, The seven mile an hour rate! —Arthur Talley. Contrast Studies are a dreadful bore See those listless glances— But what an animated group We see at all the dances! —Mary Lou Bremer. Gym Song Swing your arms up, down, across Ready now—jump, over the ' hoss! —William Walker. Grapevine System Tender words of love still pass Unseen by teacher in History class Notes to Dot from Kay or Ken Notes to Ken and back again! —Virginia Davis EPITAPHS Jacob Frank Oh, Jaky was a sulphurous lad Whose tongue could give off fire When he was really feeling mad We ran for cover from his ire! —William Walker. Fat Boy Lass This boy fell down and broke his leg He said his name was Erick The people sent for an ambulance And also for a derrick. —Vernon Kipp. Wee Willie Walker Wee Willie Walker Groaned aloud and sighed: He never could catch up with time And so he up and died! —Vernon Kipp. Robert Louis Schoenfeld Beneath a tombstone fat and wide We laid him down at eventide. We had to do it, sad to say For his stomach had its day. —William Walker. Complaint English 4 and History C Gosh , how they can bother me! —Edith Jungmeier. Recipe for Success in Locker Management Tug and pull and sweat Curse and shout and scream To vainly try to get Books from the locker's beam! —Robert Schoenfeld. Ain't It the Truth? Oh, nature gave us the ground and place While only Heaven could make the space But who could have built the school you say Why of course it was—P. W. A. —-Jacob Frank. On the Idiosyncracies of a Certain Senior Schoenfeld groaned aloud one day Then began to wheeze The windows shook until at last, He recovered from his sneeze! —Vernon Kipp. Edward Bottle Schmidt He was a fielder on our team Back in the good old days Until a ball was twirled with steam And knocked him in a maze. —William Walker Kenneth Herman Pearsall Dear reader, we will give a tip On how our Kenny died He put his trombone to his lip And blew out his inside. —William Walker. Jean Pollock Silence sealed her doom they say On a bright and sunny day When over the edge of a mountain peak Went puzzled Jean still afraid to speak. —Jacob Frank- Edith Jungmeier Of Edith's coming the angels sang With fervor and devotion And each and every trumpet rang For the lass of perpetual motion. —Jacob Frank. 52 EAST ROCKAWAY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY C-V-MOTORS, Inc. Chris. Schratwieser, Pres. DODGE • DODGE TRUCKS • PLYMOUTH Sales and Service 290 Merrick Road Lynbrook, New York Tel. Lynbrook 74 Compliments of BAKER LEE 53 COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND PEOPLE'S HARDWARE STORE BENJAMIN MOORE'S PAINTS • HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS Phone Lynbrook 1439 Davison Plaza East Rockaway, New York WALTER S. MILLER, Jr. Lynbrooks' Finest Shoppe Tel. 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