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

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THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE COMMERCIAL Miss Marjorie Barron—Typewriting, Shorthand 1,2, Secretarial Practice Charles Halford—Salesmanship, Business Management, Business Training, Bookkeeping 1,2 HISTORY Miss Jane Catterall—History A,B,C Mrs. Ethel Joy—History C, Civics, Economic Citizenship Mrs. Elizabeth Yetter—Social Studies SCIENCE Philip Langworthy—Chemistry Richard Hermanson—General Science, Biology, Physics Frederick Hoppen—Junior High Science SPECIAL Carleton Safford-History of Art, Representation, Design, Mechanical Drawing 1,2,3,4 Miss Jane Duffy—Junior High Art Miss Florence Cruickshank—Nurse Mrs. Rosemary Lenz—Home Economics 1,2,6 Junior High Economics Robert Lenz-lndustrial Arts 1, Woodworking, Junior High Shop Miss Elizabeth Gordon—Public Speaking Carleton Safford—Journalism Miss Agnes Hickman—Library Henry Fordham -Junior High Music, Rudiments of Music, Band, Chorus

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THOSE WHO SIT AT Our mates, petty officers and capable masters make up the able officers that have brought the S.S. Rock into safe harbor. Our firm admiral, Dr. Studwell, has guided our vessel with a steady keel into the calm waters of knowledge. As we roam the decks on our brisk morning stroll, we smell the tantalizing odor of coffee and we know that our java-loving science prof, Mr. Hermanson, is, as usual, having his morning bracer-upper. The clinking of jars and test tubes belies the fact that Mr. Hoppen is up and about and probably giving Oscar, the alligator, his daily bath. The fast tempo of Mr. Fordham's accomplished musicians cuts through the air to the steady accompaniment of Mr. Carter's morning gym classes. We nearly stumble over two queer looking persons on stools, working on some surrealistic farce just to discover that they aren't from Greenwich village, but rather roaming impressionists from the art classes of Mr. Safford and Miss Duffy. Suddenly passengers come dashing by us with their eyes wet with tears. Curiosity compels us to peer through the port hole. Mr. langworthy's chemistry class is being teared apart by tear gas. The suffering chemists have fled to the whiteness of Miss Cruick-shank's hospital-cabin to be calmed and treated. A door opens—the clicking of typewriters and the command of Miss Barron, '.'Keep your eyes off the keys floats out to meet us. Comment-allez vous? Je suis tres bien-et vous? Another language greets us and the cosmopolitan students of the Miles. Davies and Langenus parlez-en-francais in the American Way. The large cabin on our right opens to the domain of Miss Hickman. In this library, the classics rub shoulders with best sellers and no feelings are hurt. In the history corner we see Miss Catterall delving through a volume of The War Years for some samples of Lincoln's wit to give her History C classes. As we pass on, a dramatic reading of Macbeth interrupts our journey and we turn to see students of Miss Gordon's literary class greatly enjoying the Bard's great masterpiece. Nearby, Mrs. Reilly's enthusiastic description of a verb prepares the junior high school for many verbs to come, while Mrs. Yetter commands the pioneer spirit of the colonists in her eighth grade social studies class. We round a corner and descend upon Mrs. Suits and Mrs. Keyes solving the mystery of x—what for their math classes. We pass on and as we near the mess room a delicious aroma of some savory concoction announces the success of Mrs. Lenz's cooking class. We enter a long cabin and the deafening noise of machinery tells us thatwe are in one of Mr. Lenz's smooth-running shop classes. Mr. Davison and Mrs. Joy take great pleasure in simplifying the labyrinth of math for students and as we pass their department, a long, sunny cabin brings us to the business department where Mr. Halford displays his skill in economics and salesmanship. Miss Rudiger and Miss Tice are instructing their girls in the speed passwork of basketball in the gym while Miss Kane's Latin classes are translating Caesar into We came, we saw, we conquered and thinking of what a marvelous cheer it would make. OFFICERS OF THE S.S. ROCK AND THEIR ASSIGNED POSITIONS ENGLISH Miss Elizabeth Gordon—English 3,4 Miss Mary Kane—English 2 Miss Agnes Hickman—English 3 Miss Adelaide Langenus—English 1 Mrs. Annabelle Reilly—Junior High English LANGUAGES Miss Adelaide Langenus—French 1 Miss Mary Kane—Latin 1,3 Miss Margaret Davies—Latin 1,2, French 2,3 MATHEMATICS Franklin Davison—Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, Advanced Algebra Mrs. Frances Suits—Junior High Mathematics Mrs. Ethel Joy—Elementary Algebra Frederick Hoppen—Commercial Arithmetic, Junior High Mathematics

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1941 ROCK STAFF • BUSINESS STAFF Edward Sherman—Business Manager Associate Business Managers Phyllis Campbell — Agnes Freel, • Beverly Boes Barbara Clemente Irwin Deutscher Janet Dunn Mary Gibson Lorraine Hermes Assistants Paul Holmlin Edith Kelley Betty Jane Keyes Warren Patterson Kathleen Smith John Yetter Richard Hall LITERARY STAFF Betty Howell—Literary Editor Loraine McGrath—Associate Editor I I I Assistants Kay Smith Betty Donaldson Barbara Clemente Ann Higgins Anna Dunn Phyllis Campbell Rosemary Mullen Rita Knierim Agnes Freel ART STAFF Lowren West Fred Mott Ralph Reid Roger Mackin • FACULTY ADVISERS Miss Elizabeth Gordon—Literary Mr. Carleton Safford—Art Miss Marjorie Barron—Typing Mr. Franklin Davison—Circulation and Advertising