Glen Cove High School - Profile Yearbook (Glen Cove, NY)

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TIIE REI) AND GREEN that next year’s Senior class will fulfill its obligations to the school in a very satisfactory manner. Ray Freedman. THE SENIORS AS SEEN BY THE JUNIORS No, proud Seniors, your perch is not so lofty in our eyes as perhaps it is in those of the timid, unsophisticated Freshmen. Truthfully, we regard you without awe but yet, not without a little jealousy. Perhaps the privileges we so envy in you are bestowed or rather assumed by you, yourselves, who in your glory and self contentment think them otherwise obtained. Nevertheless, the fact remains that you have them, but happily for us, not for long. All year, you, the Aristocrats of Glen Cove High, have been begging us Juniors to help you with the reminder, “Remember, you’ll be Seniors next year!” Well, we didn’t mind that, for you are right there. We gave you the help willingly—then what did you do? Oh, yes, you thanked us—really very graciously. But every chance you could get, you “razzed” the poor unprotected Juniors, who must take all and say nothing. Yet, say we philosophically, this is school life; so we must bear our troubles and think of next year, Our Year. When you came back from Washington, one would think, to hear you talk, that none but the Seniors had ever been there. Wherever a Senior was to be found, the glories of Washington were to be heard. Then you had the conceit to say publicly that the school could not get along without you because in your absence the “Tattler did not appear. It wasn’t that we couldn’t manage its publication, but because you did not authorize us to do so. Anyway that is a Senior institution. We knew well enough to keep “hands off. ’ Yes, you are probably saying as you read this, “sour grapes.” Maybe we are, but we can’t help it. But for Seniors you could be worse and we really have a lot for which to be thankful. Of course, next year, we are hoping to surpass you. We admit you have done many things for the school and yourselves and have a lot to your credit. In conclusion, we must say we II he satisfied if we can only be as good as the “Class of 26. This, though grudgingly granted, you must admit, is a great deal for us Juniors to concede. Catherine Couchlan. Class History M iss Brandhorst has always said that when we prepared our history lessons, we must have studied out of some of our own productions. That is perhaps true because a new history, produced from our own lives, is about to be published, it is now in the hands of its publishers. The Taller Publishing Company of the Glen Cove High School. This eagerly awaited book is “Hogg s History of the Class of 1926.” Our class has always been a very illustrious one and is the largest to graduate from Glen Cove High School. Small wonder! For it is almost entirely composed of girls. We number twenty-eight of the fair sex and ten of the sterner. Yet we cannot deny that our few hoys have held their own against us and were even brave enough to go to Washington with us. Our High School career begins January 1922, when some of us graduated from the Junior High School. In September, we were joined by other friends from the Junior High School, who had graduated in June and some from Locust Valley and others from the Parochial School. Hence. September 1922, was our real beginning as a class. We started out with true school spirit by organizing our class of over 100 at once. We certainly felt important. We elected class officers: Joseph Dioguardi, president; we chose well, for he has held this distinguished office acceptably throughout the four years; Lydia Stringham, vice-president; Sue Dah- [ 19 J

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THE RED AM) GREEN on the delightful bus tour of the city. After lunch we hustled into our coats and spent the afternoon at Arlington and Mount Vernon. Here the class was photographed. Saturday morning disappeared with our visit to the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. The former, a tribute of America’s sentiment toward Abraham Lincoln, is an unsurpassed piece of sculpture in both size and beauty. In the latter, most of our Seniors wore out a great deal of shoe leather, climbing and descending its 900 steps. In the afternoon some of the class went to the Senate while others visited the city of Washington. Sunday afternoon, after a special dinner, the class, bag and baggage, bade a tearful farewell to the “beloved” Cairo. Soon the train was carrying them toward Glen Cove, leaving a deep regret in the hearts of all that they could not have remained longer. The trip was a most delightful one. The class is very grateful to Mr. Gribbin and Miss Richards who were the main reasons for its great success. Because of Mr. Gribbin’s careful systematic planning, the four days were packed full of trips which we enjoyed to the utmost. The god of the weather seemed to smile on us. The hotel service was excellent. Everything went off with a smash and a bang.j On Monday morning we awakened to find ourselves back home with a long school day ahead. And it seemed incredible that the long planned trip was over. A WORD OR TWO TC THE JUNIORS The school year of ’26 is fast drawing to a close. In June thirty-six boys and girls will leave Glen Cove High School never to return. These thirty-six students are the Senior Class of '26. and as such, have had the responsibilities and enjoyed the privileges accorded to every Senior class of the school. Next September, a new group of boys and girls will enter this rank and will carry on the traditions of the school even as we, the Seniors of this year, have. There can be no doubt, that of all the promotions and advancements of the high school course, that that from Junior to Senior is by far the biggest step. That is not true so much in the externals or any minor privileges or honors gained, as in the development and growth of the student himself. A new vista of college or practical work opens up to the Senior. Things assume a different relative importance in his eyes, especially the system and event of high school life. School discipline is relegated to its proper place in the consideration. This does not mean that the Senior becomes refractory, intolerant, or bigoted, but rather that he begins to value the real purpose and the spirit of school discipline. Though he has perhaps lost the awe of a lower classman for authority, he has gained in i'.s place an understanding and respect for the social and punitive law of the school. While less chastened in the spirit than his Junior neighbors, he probably is more obedient to the spirit of high school regulations. Necessarily, the advance in maturity of the Senior causes an alteration in his relations to the other classes. A lack of interest in the petty discontents of the Juniors is likely to be dubbed conceit by the younger class. Sometimes, envy of the upper classmen’s peculiar responsibilities and enjoyments causes an outbreak. And, of course, the Juniors have, as all Juniors do, the persecution delusion: “The Seniors treat us atroc- iously and don’t appreciate a thing we do!” However, I am sure that no Senior either depreciates the Juniors’ co-operation or persecutes them in any way. Such grievances exist only in the minds of the Juniors themselves. After all, next September will see the present Juniors installed in the Senior room, and experience will undoubtedly teach them, as it has taught their countless predecessors, a more broadminded and tolerant attitude. It seems quite fitting and proper that at this time of the year, we give the Juniors some hint of the dignity and responsibility of their future status so that they may enter the last year of ' high” with some appreciation of what it means to finish one’s high school education. We, the present Seniors, are well satisfiec [ 18 J

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THE RED AND GREEN ringer, secretary; and Kenneth Trousdell, treasurer. We chose blue and white for class colors and paid dues each week. Our social activities began early, for we held a Freshman Party in the Kindergarten one afternoon. We were rather young then, so we played games and ale. At the Interscholastic Speaking Contest, held at Port Washington that spring, we had the honor not only of having Lydia String-ham, one of the members of our class in the contest, hut one of the winning team. We felt that we had added to our importance and finished the Freshman year with a wonderful opinion of ourselves. But alas in our Sophomore year, nothing seemed to happen except that we felt bigger than ever because we were no longer Freshman and other Freshmen had taken our places. By this time after some had dropped off from time to time, our class of over one hundred had gradually grown smaller until now at the beginning of our Junior year, only 40 of the clever and stronger ones had survived. At the beginning of the Junior year, however, wc were joined by Josephine Coddington who has furnished considerable “pep'” for our class. A few weeks later we were joined by Agnes Goughian. I am unable to tell you the day exactly. You can probably find out from Joseph Dioguardi. It was exactly at this time that we dropped the tame blue and white colors for the more sporty red and black. During our Junior year the city held a Clean-Up Week parade. The high school took an important part in it. Each class had a float and the class which had the best float was to be treated to a show in Hempstead. Our float represented Old Dutch Cleanser chasing dirt. Girls were dressed in blue dresses and white aprons and caps. They were chasing boys dressed all in black. On the float we had a large can of Dutch Cleanser and a windmill. To make a long story short, we saw' the show. At Class Night we gave the Seniors a party in the Kindergarten. We worked hard and had the Kindergarten prettily decorated. While this was in honor of the Seniors, we enjoyed ourselves just as much as they. Our Senior year has been the best of all. Although we have worked hard and accomplished much we have had many good times. To begin with we had a shock awaiting us at the very beginning of the year. Prim and proper Sue Dahringer, one of our very dearest classmates, had surpassed us all in speed in acquiring a husband. We were very sorry to have her leave, for we missed seeing her sunny smile and having her play for us at the piano. We shall always consider Sue one of us. We started out looking forward to all the events of our last year. We had a class meeting the second day of school. We decided to keep red and black as our class colors. Joseph Dioguardi was re-elected president; Agnes Coughlan, vice-president; and Lydia Stringham, secretary. On account of the enormous sums of money we expected to handle, Miss Richards was made treasurer, and Le Roy Dayton, assistant treasurer. The motto which we chose is ‘‘Non nobis solum”, not for ourselves alone. The day after school began, we chose our rings. We had a great debate as to which ring should be chosen, but in the end, just the right one was selected. About three weeks later, wc were just entering history class, when someone announced that the rings were here. We dropped uor books and ran up the stairs through the hall, down the stairs to the Senior room. Miss Brandhorst stood aghast and deserted. We all came straggling back admiring our rings. We couldn’t keep our minds on History that day, so Miss Brandhorst was very kind and made allowances for lapses. We have worn our rings ever since. Next to graduation, the greatest event of the year was our trip to Washington. With this in view, wre started to earn money as soon as the year began. Following the example of previous classes, we sold candy all year long. We probably would not have made half so much money on candy if we [20]