Mynderse Academy - Myndersian Yearbook (Seneca Falls, NY)

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CLASS OF 1941 FRANK JAMES AMIDON, Frankie Radio Club (1); Debate Club (4); Le Cercle Francais (3, 4), Vice-President (4); English Club (3), President (3).JEAN DOROTHY AMIDON—Intrainurals (1, 4, 3, 4); Tum- bling Club (1, 4, 3); (ilee Club (1, 4, 3); lamplighters (3); Junior Play (3); Junior Party Committee (3); Physical Education Demonstration (I, 3). . . . MARJORIE LORRAINE ANDRE, Marje —A transfer last year from Rochester, New York at Rochester High School: lx Cercle Francais (1); Camera Club (1, 4); Library Club (4); At Mynderse Academy: Camera Club (3, 4); English Club (3), Vice-President (3); Junior Prom Committee (3). . . . HAROLD THOMAS BAIITRAN, “Snifter —Basket! )) (1, 4, 3, 4); Football (4, 3); Baseball (4); Intramurals (1, 4, 3, 4), Awards (1, 4, 3, 4); Microphone (3, 4), Magazine Editor (3), Editor-in-Chief (4); State School Press Conference (3, 4); English Club (3), President (3); Boys State (3); Responsible Youth Conference (3); Class Treasurer (4); Class President (3); Junior Party. Play and Prom Committees (3); Senior Play and Ball Committees (4); Senior Play (4); Bookkeeping I State Contest Award (4), Bookkeeping II State Championship (3); Camera Club (3); Block M (4); Junior Rotarian (4); Myndersian (4;. . . . ANGELO FRANCIS BIANCOXI, Ang —II Circolo Italiano (4, 3, 4), Italian Play (4, 3); Camera Club (3, 4). . . . ROBERT JOHN BORDEN, Hob —Football (1, 4, 3, 4). F. Amidon A mid on M. Andre II. Hartran A. Bianconi R. Borden J. Brady W, BrignaU L. Brown G. Burchim D. Burrows M. Cafolla JAMES WALTER BRADY, Jimmy (ilee ( lub (1, 4, 3), Librarian (4), Operetta (4), Choral Festival (4): l itin Club (3), Janitor (3); Debate Club (4, 3, 4); Syracuse Student Congress (4); Football (4, 3, 4); Basketball (4); Track Meet (1); Tumbling Club (3, 4); Intramurals (1, 4, 3, 4); Physical Education Demonstration (4, 3); Senior Ball Committee (4). . . . WILLIAM HENRY BRIGNALL, BilV —Radio Club (1); Tumbling Club (4, 3); Camera Club (3); Junior Party and Prom Committees (3); Junior-Senior Party Committee (3); Junior Play (3); Senior Play (4); Microphone (3, 4); Wig ami Rouge (4); Myndersian (4). . . . LEO XVILLIAM BROW N, fays' —Intrainurals (1, 4, 3, 4); Band (4, 3); Junior Prom Committee (3). . . . GRANT WARREN BURCHIM —Glee Club (1, 4, 4); Band (4, 3, 4); Orchestra (3, 4); Junior Prom Committee (3).... DONALD NYE BURROWS, Don —Debate Club (4); Microphone (S); Camera Club (3).. . . MARY ELIZABETH CAFOLLA—Tap Club (1), Secretary and Treasurer (1); (ilee Club (1, 4, 3, 4); Typing Contest (4); Orchestra (4, 3, 4); II Circolo Italiano (4, 3, 4); Intrainurals (4, 3, 4); Junior Prom and Party Committees (3); Junior-Senior Party Committee (3); Senior Ball and Play Committees (4). 15

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CLASS HISTORY Remember four years ago? Eugene Gustafson was our president. Everyone looked down upon us and called us kids. Rut we showed ’em when our hillbilly skit won the prize at the Junior Party. Then we proved that it wasn’t an accident by writing most of the Glee Club Operetta and capturing the leading roles. We also made history when our boys’ intramural basketball team walked away with the championship. Of course, we far outshone the sophs at the Frosh-Soph Picnic and closed the year with the feeling that we were definitely “somebodies.” We intrusted the leadership of our sophomore year to Roland Lind. We had lost some of our cockiness; and although our boys retained the basketball championship and our warblers were again operetta stars, do you remember how quiet the year was? In fact, it wasn't until the Frosh-Soph Picnic that we regained all of our old boisterousness and went forth to repeat our success of the preceding year. Didn’t things start with a whirl junior year? We had no sooner elected Harold Hart ran, Xorma Gustafson, Janice Olinstead, and Roland Lind class officers than the Junior Party was upon us. All the classes co-operated by putting on skits to carry out the Gay Nineties theme. Will you ever forget our Junior Play. “What a Life.” with Rill Rrignall as Henry Aldrich and Dick Trumble as the detective who solved the case of the missing band instruments? We brought down the house by just being natural. Then came the Junior-Senior Party with its Kookoo Kollege. The gym shook with the jitterbugging of students once considered the quietest in Mynderse. Late in May, Harold Bartran, Roland Lind, and Stephen Kelleher were chosen to attend Empire Roys’ State in Syracuse. In June, Harold Bartran and Anthony Sinicropi were selected to serve as Junior Rotarians for terms of six months each. The highlight of the year was the Junior Prom. The theme was “An Old Dutch Garden;” and Norma Gustafson was crowned queen in a setting of tulips, storks, wooden shoes, and windmills. The events of our senior year are not difficult to remember. We chose Anthony Sinicropi, Helen Marsella, Janice Olinstead, and Alex Lamanna to lead us through our last year in Mvnderse, and then turned our attention to the Senior Play. The group that had clowned its way through its first three years in school surprised Mvnderse with its seriousness in presenting a mystery-drama, “The Thirteenth Chair.” We had the audience practically on the stage in an effort to see “who done it.” With December came the ball. Decorations were Christmas trees against a background of blue and silver. Queen Helen and King Roland reigned for the night. Next, Alex Lamanna’s losing ticket team entertained Harold Bartran’s winners in a post-play pay-off at an informal evening party. Now we are looking forward to the annual Junior-Senior Party and awaiting with a mingled feeling of joy anti sadness graduation when we will sever all ties with life in Mynderse and enter into a new existence. Just to prove we could be decorous even with the temptations of an Indian theme, we give you this annual, the 1941 Myndersian, as a remembrance of our last year in Mynderse. For what success we have achieved in school our gratitude goes to our class advisers and especially to Miss O’Brien, who has given her patience, advice, and time in guiding our senior activities, preparing us for graduation, and extending her friendship to everyone of us. 14

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CLASS OF 1941 MARY ROSE CALABRO—Tumbling Club (1); Glee Club (1, 2, 3), Operetta (1, 2, 3); Intramurals (1, 2, 3, 4); II Circolo Italiano (2, 3, 4); Camera Club (3); Junior Prom Committee (3); Microphone (4). . . . DOMENICA ANNE CARACCILO, “Dec (ilee Club (1, 2, 3), Operetta (1); Intramurals (1, 2); English Club (3), Secretary (3) ; Junior Play, Prom and Party Committees (3); Junior-Senior Party Committee (3); Hearth Club (3); I a Cerele Franca is (4); Senior Ball Committee (4).... JOSEPH GEORGE CARISSIMI, “Joe —Football (I, 2, 3, 4); Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4); Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4); Block M (2, 3, 4), Treasurer (4); Tumbling (1, 2, 3); Junior Prom and Party Committees (3); Senior Ball Committee (4); II Circolo Italiano (2), Italian Club Play (2); Myndersian (4) ANNA MARY CARROLL—Intramurals (3, 4) CHARLES JOSEPH CARROLL, “Chuck Glee Club (2, 3, 4), Operetta (2, 3, 4); Band (2); Latin Club (3), Cantor (3); Junior Prom Committee (3); Knglish Club (3), Treasurer (3); Class Treasurer (1); Senior Play (4); Prize Speaking 1); Myndersian (4). . . . ('ARMEN ROCCO CEO, ( arm —Intramurals (1, 2, 3, 4), Awards (2, 3, 4); Sports Night (2, 3, 4); Baseball Manager (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3); Junior Prom and Party Committees (3): Camera Club (3); Commercial Contest (2); English Club (3), Treasurer (3). M. Calabro D. Caraccilo J. Carissimi A. Carroll C. Carroll C. Ceo E. Chalkcr A. Clark K. Conley M. Conley F. Crull G. Cumm ELWYN VICTOR CHALKER—Glee Club (2, 3) ANNA KATHERINE CLARK—Glee Club (1, 2); Lamp- lighters (3); Junior Prom Committee (8). . . KENNETH HI (ill CONLEY “Kent Radio Club (1): Latin Club (3); Junior Play and Party Committees (3); Junior-Senior Party Committee (3); Senior Play and Ball Committees (4).... MARGUERITE ROSE CONLEY—Hearth Club (2, 3, 4), Treasurer (4); Library Club (1, 2, 3, 4), Vice-President (4); Glee Club (1); Junior Party, Play, and Prom Committees (3); English Club (3), Secretary (3). ... FREDERICK CRULL, “Fr«T—Junior Band (1, 2, 3) GEORGE PAUL CUMM, “GeorguT—Intramurals (1, 2, 3, 4); Physical Education Demonstration (3); Tumbling Club (1, 2, 3, 4); Radio Club (2, 3); Senior Play (4); Junior Play (3); Cheerleading (3); Camera Club (3); Wig and Rouge (4); Myndersian (4); Glee Club (4), 0| eretta (4). 1G