Nott Terrace High School - Terracian Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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councrl, Robert l'relrck Terrace Guard representatrye Johnny Hrllrams, charrman of the Ter racrrn and lrene Grnreckr correspondrng secretary The faculty adyrsers durrng the classs senror year yyere Nlrs Lawrence Ur Nleade and Ur Gloyer It was durmg thrs year that the new school LOIISIIIUUOII yy as yoted rnto effect beyeral members ot the class eyrdently took no stock rn the theory that no news rs good nt ws lhcse asprrrng young yournalrsts gaye notrte of therr skeptrcrsnr by yornrng the baby strff of the lrrbune, Terraces brweekly newspaper After seryrng an rpprentrceshrp durrng the sprrng term of 1930, seyeral class members were eley ated to st rff posrtrons 'Nate Owen was mrdr cdrtor rn chrcf and thereby doomed to wrrte lofty, rnsprrrng edrtorrals for the edrficatron of the paper s thrrteen hundred subscrrbers Barbara Wrnne bectme hrst page edrtor, whale Dorothea brlberkraus took oyer the edrtorral page, lryrng bhoor became sports chronrcler, and Rose Buttcrly was made fourth ptge edrtor ohn lurga, the class artrste , yvas made art edrtor of the publrcatron Durrrrg the sprung term of the semor year the staff was changed, wrth the exceptron of Messrs Owen and Purga, who retarned therr orrgrnal posrtrons jack Beary yy rs made sports edrtor ln the senror year the class clrmfrxed rts athletrc endeayors by producrng the hrst undefeated yarsrty team of prgskrn tossers rn the hrstory of the school from the team bteye Nlashuta, Bob Prredlund, oe De Nleo, Steye Bush, and Dave Guyon rll of the une 37 class, made the seetronal 'rll star team In basketball, a team deyeloped that won tyyenty hye of twenty mne games Nleanwhrle frye senror boys took oyer the golf team and earrred on rts tradrtronally fine record, and three members of the tennrs team, Irvmg Shoor, Johnny W rllrams, and George Brttner carrred the tennrs hopes 'Nolan and Company had therr brggest track and cross country seasons yyrth many new records bemg attrrbuted to the class September 1936 sayv Howard Hott elevated to the posrtron of class presrderrt The other II'C3.SLlI'CI' ln December, the class decrded to evtrrcate rtself from the hnancral hole rnto whrch rt had fallen ts r result of the .Iunror l rom 'l o gun thrs end a beneht y rudeyrlle performance entrtled the Brg Bro rdcast was conceryed ohnny lvrllmms w ts master of ceremorrres at thrs produc tron One of the outstandrrrg features was Gene Sennes slapprng off that ole bull hddle As the list great lrterary 'rtternpt of the class, the school rnnual yy as brought forth, fwe hopej johnny lVrllrams w 'rs made edrtor of the rlerracran, whrle 'Nate Owen Xl ally Vrets Dorothy Vrckery leggy Ryan, ohn lurga, ohn XVrllramson and jack Newkrrk, were elected charrmen of the yarrous commrttees lhe class thesprans were gryen therr long ayy arted chance rn the stupendous senror produc tron Nlonsreur Beaucarre Xlrss Brownell gurdrng and drrectrng us eyen to the end Drck Queern took the trtle role rn thrs effort at hrgher dr rmfr and rne Rogers played opposrte hrm rlhe perrod of the play was erghteenth century, and the usual quotz of fencrng scenes was rntluded rn the plot lhe supportrng czst rneluded I leanore Stone Vrrgrnra lVhrte Beth l rton Iors lirlcer Xlaryorre Crooks Ross Drake Ayery Sherry larl Glrndmeyer George Becker jack Neary, Charles Grothe lenard Prerberg Curtrs Hughes, Angelo Pacellr, Edward Hrrrrngton lrank Rowbotham xIlltOllbLIg'il'Il13.I'l, and Lours Petersen Joyce Patteson pa trently prompted the players-trme and trme agarn The general commrttee of the productron yy as under the charrmanshrp of Dorothy Y rckery The last socral functron of the class namely the Senror Ball rs strll a future eyent at thrs yyrrtrng Then too the clrmax of the class hrs tory rs yet to occur Commencement exercrses on Iune wrll be the final srgn th it the Class of Iune lggf has yornecl rts brethren alumnr . ,' 1 '. ' - - Y' ' ' ' H 1 y , ' , . , y. ' v -1 -1 l 1 4. y wr I 4 tl 4 . I 'ku rf P 'X .. g . ' . 'I' .Q - .1 .s.' V . . . U I Y,, I ' 1' 1 v N 1 v 1 ' 1 -I . A Y v v - .. , ,, - , - J 1 H ' H , , . . ' . . . . , , , 'z 1 ' . x 1. J A V v Y 2 ' J ,i i .I A I . Y v -. . . . ' ' ' ' -. . . y ,. . . y , ' y 'L I . . . n leaders yvere Peggy Ryan, vrce presrdentg Dorothy' Vrckery, secretary, and john lVilliamson, , . 1' ' ' 1' t ' ' 2 ' ' ' , ' '. , ' ' ' ' . ', ' , ' ' , 1, , ' ' ' ' y r - '- 1 3 f f J 3 - I ' ' - s ' , ' , . , , . , . - ' ' . . ns ', N v ' V ' - , v ' I 1 ' K s ' ,- A s I A K R :I ' u i 'z .. . js .,' ' ' . W , ' , i f. 1 . . . 1 ' , ' 1 ' . , , . . y' - V 'J A a 1 ' - ' l- I I . 1 n A -.. . . . s . . . .

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HISTORY OF THE .IUNE '37 CLASS 27 kg QCORDIXG to Don Frrer Nott Terraces atmospherrc prognostrcator, rt was an unsettled dax rn September 1934 that a horde ot xoungsters cornposrng the class y,v4wt of une 1931 descended upon thrs otherxxrse tarr rnstrtutron 5 V r X1 hen lrrncrpal 1 O Hoffman frxed hrs tcrdcmrc gvc upon the upturned faces ot four hundred frttx srx bewrldered upstrrts assembled en masse for the hrst trme on that memorable dax he xx as mox ed to whrsper, lt can t happen here' But hrs exclamatron proxed wrong for almost rmmedmtelx thrngs ot hrstorrc rmport began takrng place and contrnued to do so for three memorable xears Thomas Doyle whose red harr led hrm to transfer to Nlont Pleasant was elex ated to the leadershrp of the mass whrle Gertrude 'xlclxun llorothx Xrckerx 1nd Bob Clrrsxxold recerx ed the respectrxe posrtrons ot xrcepresrdent, secretarx and trcasurer The unusual srfe of the class led to the selectron of 1 double dose of deans xxrth 'llrss Llorse Brownell and 'Ur Iohn Nlccracken crackrng the xx hrp oxer them rn rll therr actrxrtres The class was more strongly molded xvrth the advent of the Freshman 1'rolrc At thrs rmtral house warmrng the arrax of waudewrlle talent that came to lrght assured the growrng success of the next three xears T O P ack Romeo Wearx gaxe the flrst of hrs super melodramas at thrs functron and George Owens sxxrng boxs sw ung rt for the dancers rn the grrls gym The first rnklrng of the athletrc prowess of the class appeared rn the freshman year when the male element Frgured largely rn undefeated freshman football and basketball teams Thrs establrshed a new record for the school rn both sports Durrng rts hrst sprrng at Terrace the class xxas moxed to haxe a shrndrg and brought forth the 7A Party, whrch rn turn, exposed Angelo Pacellr s rrrepressrble clown band The partx serx ed agarn as a proxrng ground for class performers xx ho later seeped rnto the T O P classrc ohnnx 1Vrl1rams took oxer the somewhat numerous rems of the class prarrre schooner at the outset ot the junror xear and Dorothy Vrckerx xx as made xrce presrdent leggx Rxan took oxer the class scroll as secretarx and 1Vallace Vrets became keeper of the class coffers The class mrde rts next brd tor fame bx placrng sexeral of rts members on the Hrst football team ex er to defeat the aggregatron ot our nerghbor school 'Xlont Pleasant Bob Frredlund Steve Nlfrshuta, john bhlrkey, and Stexe Bush xxere first xear men who starred rn the game About thrs tnne also the class began to trlce oxer the track and cross countrx spotlrght Don Nolan rn partrculrr began to crash thc exrstrng records xxrth lrttle regard tor the teelrngs ot hrs predecessors 'Next came the 313 Class Partx xxhere the cltss set another precedent brrdge and parlor games berng plaxed rn front ot the lrbrarx XX rth the frrst robrn of sprung came the unror l rom rl he 1 rom xx as acclnmed 1 socral success but the class upheld the rexered tradrtron ot xx rrtrng thc frnrncral report rn red rnlc ack 1 xnch and hrs band held forth at thrs functron and thc scene xx is the X rn Lurler Hotel leggx Rx an xx rs made charrman of the Prom cornnxrttee ind hrd thrrtx members ot thc class 1 hcr assrstants The class has plaxed a large part rn the selt gox ernment sxstem ot the school In Nlax 1936 VK frllace Vrets xx as elected bx the student bodx to the presrdencx ot the Student Councrl Other class members serxrng on the councrl xxere leggx Rxan thrrd xrce presrdent Dorothx Vrclcerx class representatrxe and recordrng secretarx 'Nath rn Oxx en charrman of the publrcrtx com mrttee, Howard Hott, budget commrttee charrman ohn Urllramson, charrman of the athletrc 52,83 L-:m?,, V V . V . . . . v ,4 x A re . x ,N r . V . . lf 1 - - - I I . 1 v . fr wi ,I -. . . - . . . . t.,, - N1 .. V ,. . . V . . I V . . ,., . . V, A 1,1 4 V. . . 4 4 4 4. ' .' ' .2 f. 4. I . . H V VV I, 4 . ...K V V u 1 .V . V . v . V . . - V 1 V . . , 4. 4 . . V . V. w. . V . V V V VV .V V 4 V . . V , . 4 , - U, 4 4 .VV .. . ,.-- . ' H V . VI V V 2 L v V A V A .L A V V 2 . V 4. V .. V . Y V '. i . Q v. v V V V sc rr Y V - . - 4 . 4 4 , 4 ' . wl v y v. V v I u ' ' . ' 1 4 V V V 4 . V V I V V . . . ., . . V V V . . , ..V , 4 . J Y . . V v . .. , V , ' . . .v ' c 2 .V V V V . V , . . s y V D K V 2 V V V 1 1 V l ' V .,V. 2, V lV V - -- . V ' 1 ' ' V V -Vs 4 -'X' - -' ' . - 4 V 4 , 4. . . T V . . . V V,-A - ' . . . V 4 4 . 4 V 4 7' ' V ' ' J ' I ' I V V .cV' ' . 4. 4 4 4 Ac 4. V' .V . V . . Z -K 3 . . . . V 1 V., V V . V . V . -- -4 - I - V, V.- V ' . ' V . ' - -s ' s 1' . . . I ' 4 4s . V ' ' - ' ' .vl T . 4 , 4 V Y ' s 4 . V . wv I A 4 4 4 I ' - - V . I 'V , A .4 s . V Y' 4 V s 1 I. V - . 4 4 . 4 , . . . V- - A - -x . VJ

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