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

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Cfaoa .Maier it was on a bright September morning in 1949 that a mob numbering over iive hundred trooped through the sacred portals of Forest Hills High School, their home for the next four, or possibly more, years. They plodded along, clutching in their moist little hands the postcards on which their names had been inscribed. They also carried the incriminating evidence that really marked them as Freshmen : the big blue Home Contact Cards that stuclc out like sore thumbs. Vvhen their shalcing could be controlled they spoke thus: What school are you in? Forest Hills High School, of course. Don't you lcnow that Forest Hills is divided into three schools: Forest, Hill, and Parlc? Now what school are you in 7' 379. After the tirst few weelcs of buying swimming pool passes, lioor spots in the gym- nasium and elevator passes, threats of washing the Senior Staircase with a toothbrush. and cringing at the sight of dreaded marshals, we settled down to the slow process ol malcing our imprint on the school. When October rolled around, some of the Big Time Operators of the class put on their Sunday best, and after sufficient prodding by the parents, got up enough nerve to aslc that cute young thing in General Science to Black Magic, the tirst dance of the season. The dance was the debut of the freshmen in school social lite. And then. on a cold mid-December night, the curtain rose on Play pro's production ol Arsenic and Old i.ace,n something that very iew ol our freshman drama critics will ever forget. in the first year, the impression the freshmen made was faint, but we were acquiring the Forest Hills tradition. irwin Schmalberg and Harry Friedland, interviewed by a Beacon reporter, said Lunch was their favorite period and the girls were pretty. A girl interviewed at the same time said Lunch was her favorite period and the boys were horrible. Our first year was over and we were ioolcing forward to the peaceful summer ahead of us. The summer was liar from the peaceful one that we had hoped for, as war had hrolcen out in Korea and once again our country was battling to iceep democracy sate. Sophomore Year The Fabulous Five Hundred were augmented by three hundred novices from junior high school. The extra-curricular activities were banned, but that didn't iceep us big wise sophomores down too much, although it did perhaps hinder us from showing the school how versatile we really were. in December a concert was given and members oi our class were prominent in both the orchestra and the band. Martin Yudell, our class nightingale, was made a member ol' the All City Chorus, and Louise Falcetti ofthe All City Orchestra. Our first election made Herbert Henschel a senate representative. David Kissinger copped a prize in the G.O. talent show with his hot trumpet playing. Pierre Sprey won a scholarship to a French drama group and Mitch Zucicer was sent to a Junior Red Cross convention as a representative of our school. That year in the assembly the class saw two plays: As You Like it and A Christmas Carol. KP' 'Riga 11 ef X X rf ff F7 .Q ii ,gf ar Q f-sg ,V 'S' iii . ff .Mira . 6- .Gff ' f an itil ,ff tj , ,i If 51 if J

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JUNE 1953 MISS MORHOLT .Iechcafion To in-nuty and lo lfllilil, To joyous memories we will vilerisll liorvvvr. To lasling frienclsimips deeply rooted in our lwaris. To all wllo vc-nlure iorlil wilil spiril nncl clelerminnlion, Xve, lime seniors oijunv l933, clecliralc- our Forvsfvr. If, I'IIII.II'I'S IJ, KISSINGER N. SFIIICK A. CLASS R. XVEISS

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: i ik x QW raw .A,mpT,, kr' ., , it ff li,,a , I 6.3 A, ann. ' - Ce 5 'jg 'fl' fm 1 fi M9 left 1 'Lili if:f.:R:i' i 4 ' X, ll f fi . ff? 639 .' :f 0.79, fi ia .. c fit Q i i f Q X it it X .ix , e . 'kt Iunior Year Our songbirds l.ottie Glauber and Pieter Vvijdenes inaugurated our Junior Year by singing with the All City Chorus. ln Marc'h, Anya Fourman won second prize in a city-wide contest, VVhat the Bill ol Rights Means to You. April was the month ol tht- URoaring Twentiesn appropriately produced by the P.T.A. Many ol our classmates demonstrated their talents in this show, which was brilliantly emceed by George Porges. A month later, Play Pro presented the delightful Out ol the Frying Pan in which Judy Hyman and Eddie Stern distinguished themselves. The pleasures ol our Easter vacation were dimmed by the tragic death ol Tony Herbert, who would have been graduated with us this June. Commemorating Music Week, the first week in May, the Band, Chorus, and Orchestra combined their talents to present a Music- Festival. Later that month the Orchestra made its television debut, with Morton Gould as guest conductor. Excitement ran high during the G.0. elections. Nlitch Zucker became CLO. Presi- dent: Mike- Glantz, vice president: iris Solofl, secretary: and Stan Sulzer and Carl Hochman. Hill and Forest School presidents respectively. F.H.H.S. students were enlightened by the phenomenal award-winning series. HAre You Ready for the Service? A lorum discussion ol the picture, with Marian Bachrach, Debbie Berlatsky, Bradley Davis, and Joan Goldhirsch participating, followed. ln the month before summer vacation, something called school spirit climbed noticeably lor the First time since the resumption ol extra-curricular activities. Forest Hills became aware of its bowling team, with members Luddie Gottlieb, Dave Gold- man, Jay Stekler and Al Mohr, and of its fencing team. in which Len Charney, Dick Everett and Don Gellers were doing a more than competent job. The new editors on the Beacon managing board were Anne Bartlett, Miriam Kaplan, Paul Karan and Nina Schick. All ol them had worked their way up through the positions of either assistant or associate editors. Hardened by our lirst three-year language Regents, we anticipated our . . . Senior Year Starting us ofl with a bang, Art Fertman won second prize in the Fisher Body's model car competition. The presidential elections found Eleanor Anclewelt distributing carloads of lKE buttons to everyone f ?i. ln this, our final year. the major assignments lor lrene Nowikas, history reporter lor the Beacon, were the Junior UNESCO Conference, Victor Besso's victory in the city-wide Ml Speak for Democracy contest. and the selection of Marian Bachrach as honorary chairman ol the Mirror Youth Forum. Play Pro presented Three lor the Money, a series ol one act plays, stage-managed by Eddie Langbein and business-managed by Eda Green. Features were: Eddie Stern, Beverly Baumann, and Greta Kerr in Trial by Moonlight : Dick Mead as the condemned man in The Valiantng and comedian Billy Chiswick in The Vveddingf' Aside from our thespians, the track team-Erv Philipps, Paul Karan, John Fistere. Art Fertman, Marshall Fox, .lack McElroy, Eric Dattner, and Little Siegal- distinguished itself by winning live trophies. Lynn Carruthers showed her artistic talent by winning second prize in an art poster competition. The St. Gaudens award lor art was presented to Stephanie Woods.