Forest Hills High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Hills, NY)

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v 0 ,J n n 15' :' 'hz '33 1? as ,, ff A M 3 H .rg s ' ff P. a... lg 'f' . 1 .6 it it Qu 4 aaa .Mafory My salad days: When I was green in judgments, ,-4 Shakespeare The first day at Forest Hiiis was a thriiiing experience, one which icept recurring in our minds and hearts as we witnessed each succeeding group of freshmen. The thought of going to high schooi had made us ieei aduit, but somehow, on that first day, we couidn,t seem to achieve that air of poise and maturity which we had so urgentiy hoped for. And how we envied the seniors with their jaunty hats and air of superiority. They were so woridiyg they didnit worry about anecdotai cards, about being iate to ciass, or about finding the proper classroom. And they weren't afraid of marshals .... Nothing seemed to faze themi But not even the many iittie fears which seized us couid taice away from the pride and expectancy we feitg some day, oniy a iew short years away, we too would be big, wise, wonderful seniors. Perhaps that short iittie boy fthe one who could never find his way to class, peering so seriousiy through his horn-rimmed giasses wouid be the vaiedictorian, and when you received the first issue of the schooi paper, you vowed that some day you wouid be on the BeaconU staff, maybe even an editor. Life was wonderful then: our tight iittie worids had now widened to inciude aii of Forest Hiiis High School, and the vastness of it overwhelmed us. We were enthusiastic about everything, and we went to work with a zeai. We bought CLO. cards the very first day, and we were terribly proud when our section was commended in assembly for having IOOWJ. By the time we mastered the mysteries of the combination iocic and couid distin- guish between the hot and cold iunch iines, we were about settied in our new home. We had become friendly with our ciassmates, and some of us were beginning to achieve reputations. AI Vviener, finding his gym ciass unstimuiating, sat on the iioor and read a comic booic, 'consequently receiving from Mr. Howlett his first iecture on the proper behavior of young gentiemen. The teachers, too, were beginning to assume definite proportions for us. Mr. Vvigier was the mad chemistu who icnociced us out with his poisonous gas experiments in General Science, And Mr. Mcindoe piagued us with Time magazine tests, when most of us were just iearning to read the newspaperi Aithough Play Production was as yet beyond our reach, when they announced the presentations of You Can,t Take It With You and the Royal Family we bought ticicets for the whoie famiiy. Enthusiastic audiences haiied these productions as unsurpassed amateur performances. One of the outstanding successes of the Forest Hiiis sociai season was the mem- orable Junior Prom, the first of its icind to be held in our schooi. The gym was breath- taicingiy ioveiy, decorated in a winter theme of muiti-coiored iights and snow Hakes. Science was the subject of the most fascinating assembly of the year. A capacity crowd watched with amazement the fantastic effects oi stroboscopic lights on objects