Rogers High School - Binnacle Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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THE C A OPH ECY 1937 SOMA ADELSON une the warm sun pleasantly streamed through the glass brlck walls of my l468th floor apartment gently a lrght breeze swayed the tower of the lofty buldlng to and fro as I cursed the fates whlch decreed that my airplane be ID the repalr garage leavxng me stranded here Rapldly I swrrled a chair about my head and prepared to toss xt through the wall suddenly my attentlon was caught by the latest copy of Pageant the Weekly PICIUTCS Magazlne whlch lay upon the floor Absent mmdedly I Hlcked the pages une the month of roses weddmgs and graduatlons Graduation' Why now rt was une 1937 twenty years srnce that day when three hundred Semors mgerly and tremblmgly fingered those precrous documents their drplomas From the prmted page a face famlllar to every taxpayer and ewen those that dont looked up Emmala ames the captlon read flrst woman presrdent of the U S and her Secretary of State MISS Beryl oslm who have recently returned from the hrstory makxng apanese peace conference whlch ended ln war I turned to the back of the magazine Pageant Goes to a Party one of those very excluslve partres grven by Ruth Palley the Emily Post of V957 and attended by such celebrltles as Eleanor McCarthy author of the 3 000 page best seller C-one wrth the Tornado Reed Easton dlstlngulshed dxplomat now filling the Important post of LJ S ambassador to Abyssmla lVlltchell MOSk0VlCh naval authorlty and statrstrclan famed for the knowledge by name of exery shlp 1n the who IS explammg how she drscowered the mxssmg element to an awed and astonished audience lncludlng Paul Champlm hlmself no stranger to the newspapers because of hr discovery of the secret of eternal youth and Donald Johnstone edltor of the metropolitan tablord The Newport Daily News a llvmg example of the classxc Horatro Alger theory of from newsboy to edltor Enthrallmg by her words an equally worshrpful group IS Rheta lVlart1n mternatlonally known lecturer on the subject Whlther Waverlng XVorld3 Pageant VIEWS the Faces rn the News Theresa Ferrazzollx ardent communist agltator who recently was arrested because of her rabid speeches In the left hand corner Elsie Lltman the best dressed woman on the tennls courts wlctorlously leaung the Wlmbledon grand stand court beslde her picture that of Charles Bunker representatrve of blg buslness feet on desk crvar ln mouth who mforms us the depresslon IS just around the corner Eugene Tartagllno and Henry Anthony recently awarded the silver medal for publrc SCTVICC because of thelr brrlhant work ln perfectxng an operatron by whrch hve m1HUlCS of chatter from the tongue of a cluckmg woman IS succeeded by five mmutes of sllence Wlllram Wlllxtts archltect of telewlslon tower the tourrsts haven The wery stern gentleman rn the rrght center IS Paul Dunham commander rn chref of that great Y T - : . . V 1. . , . . . . lt 2 y . ,I - , ' - ' . ' . , , , V , U 4 3 . , . . , - , J , ' - .l . - ., - . .. UI . ' ' ' . ' , . I . . , . . , . . . . A . A . ' , - . , U. S. fleet. That calm countenance belongs to Beatrlce Belofsky, chemlcal expert, I I r . - . . I V . 1. . . ,' V V 1 I v I ' I V Y Y ' Y ' 1 , L . 9 1 3 V ., - - Q 1 ' ' . , . . . . . V. . . , V V V Y V Y ' Y ' , .

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To Mrss Cofhn we lease a board eraser wrth handcuffs attached thus leavrng her but one unsolved and unsoly able problem that of flndrng chalk We the ever late boys of Rogers leave to hlr Walsh a contarner for tardy sllps bearrng the gold leaf rnscrrptron XX ASTE.BASls.E.T To Mr Nlahoney we leave a brand new yelocrpede wrth balloon trres and three wheeled brakes or rf he prefers a handsome red scooter lo Mr Hendy we leaye a selectron for hrs next concert Organ Crrnder s blvrng lo hlrss 'North s home room puprls we leaxe a collectron of slrps bearrng varrous srgnatures to spare them many trrps to the Dean when they are two or perhaps three seconds late rn returnrng from lunch lo Nlr Huntrngtons Physrcal Geography class we leave rndrxrdual cols and prllows so they may better accomplrsh than apparent obyectrve srxth hour XVe the boys of Zll lease to Srdney Rosenthal an alarm clock guaranteed to run fast so that he may get to school at least rn trme for lunch I Soma Adelson lease the monotonous routrne of recervrng four As a term for four terms a year for four years rn successron to Anrta Chase Io Mahlon Dunn we leawe surtable atmosphere for hrs antrcs rn the presentatron of a cage I Paul Champhn leave Rogers Hrgh School as the logrcal succe sor of Professor Ernstern To Frank Andrews we leaye nothrng more aesrrable to hrm than a long and drfhcult mathematrcal problem requrrrng no less than half a doz '1 sheets of paper for rts solutron I Stewart Smrth leave my artrstrc abrlrty to an able and worthy successor Lours Walker Frant wrth the hope of attarnrng some would be actors wrth dramatrc abrhty lrlce ours next year I ohn DeRoy leawe the Athletrc Assocratron wrthout rts best all star athlete I Frank Sarrrs wresthng champron deluxe leave the Wrestlrng Team a new champ rn the person of Wllllam Furtado the Band we leave as a contrrbutron a much needed solo rnstrument the bazooka the R O T C we leave an especrally dedrcated march The Parade of the Wooden Soldrer the Debatrng Team we leaxe a unrque noy elty an audrence the Football Team we leaxe someone of the srze and stature of Irvrng Nemtzow thus proxrdrng a mascot To the Basketball Team we leave a supply of wheatres and the hope that the energy therern wrll carry the team to the New England Tournament We the Graduatrng Class leaxe Rogers Hrgh yes rn sprte of oft expressed oprnron to the contrary reluctantly and half heartedly hurng spent at least four perhaps hve but most Irkely srx happy years rn thrs school THE CLASS OF 1937 Srgned sealed pubhshcd rnd declared the sard Graduatrng Class as and for therr last XX rll and lestrment rn each other s presence who hue at each other s request here wrth set than signatures as witnesses Srgned Eceetsra TARTAGLINO Wrll Maker Xvrtnesses Baldwrn Sryer President Anne Crrten X rce Presrdent , . - . .' ' ' C ' J ' , - . .- 7 - v f - V I U , , . A. - . . . . , ' . A ' ' ' ' ' . I l - v . Y .Y . - 1 V l ,. . G A, Q , -U . 7 Y Y . , . . . - v -' r v , I , Y , V NA , A , V . . . 1 , 7 . , I . . S Y , . ' I U U I . I . Xve, Lulu lVlar Harvey, Beryl Joslin, and Margaret lVlcGuirk, leave Miss Y I .I Y 7 . I 7 I To ' l - ' , . To .... ' ' ' ' , H - ,. To ' ' ' ' ' ' . To ' ' ' ' 1 ' V. . ' I 'll 1 ' U Q y V l W 7. v . D - .L , , - . , 1 , , , . Y . Y . . . ' -., V Vi , 'L X V I 1 n Q , -K . . ' . z . ' , ' 1 ' . ' - 'A BSA . s 1: ,' Sl I . . A. ,

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organrzatron the Boy Scouts of Amerrca More current celebrrtres Cyrrl Allen banker and BUBDCICI' Raymond Rrpa emrnent phrlosopher and presrdent of the Arnerrcan Federatron for the Promotron of Peace that darmg avratrrx Ena Ro s wrth trophres captured on a recent huntrng trrp rn Nl rrs Mrs Beryl Crane lead r of the select sophrstr cated 400 socral set and Prank Andrews matnematrcran who at last has conquered the supposedly rnsoluble problem of trrsectrng an angle wrth strarght edg and compass on y' Pageant Presents a Page of People from Newport a Representatrve U S Crty here on the front page of thrs sectron exposed to the crrtrcrzrng glances of mrllrons of hostrle eyes smrle the faces of Hrs Honor H Russell Barker Mayor of Newport Barbara Braman Chref of Polrce and Rrta Au trn l'1re Ctrref lllbert Angel owner of the local crnemansron whrch drsplays rn brrght lrghts rts rewrval of that old classrc of the black and whrte two drmensronal day Mr Deeds Goes to lown typrcal Newporters Bertha Brrdge owner of Bertha s Lrttle Tea Shoppe George Lees drctator of the Loyal Local Brotherhood of Amalgamated Sky lane Cleaners Morton Kosch and George Ryan leadrng local lawyers and for a sup r clrmax Norman Chase farmer from Portsmouth one of the suburbs of Newport upon whos farm gold was dr cowered rn the Portsmouth Gold Rush of 1953 No rt cant be yet rt rs' Rogers Hrgh School but a new drfferent and amazrngly modernrstrc 300 story glass sky tower staffed by such teachers as Ellen Blrven lrbrarran rn the Norman Lrbrary lVlarron Barker Englrsh teacher Arnold Anderson head of the Scrence Department Marte lewrs conductor of the Rogers Orchestra and Lulu Mar Harvey drrector of dramatrcs rn the huge new audrtorrum wrth real green velvet curtarns Pageant goes to the V-Var Front Well forty years ago the patrrots of the U S decrded to frght rn France That was bad yery bad But now now theyre frghtrng rn Srberra to make the Srberrans safe for democracy and to crrcumvent the rabrdly caprtalrstrc Russran government ln charg of op ratrons rn Srberra r General Mrchael Bunker alded and abetted by such brrllrant stratevrsts a Bordon Caswell Lester Frredman Rrchard flrrghtrng Drckl Fullerton and Frank Wrestler Sarrrs To help carry on the war rs a valrant corps of nurses rncludrnv Blanche Andrews Isabel Brown Wrnrfred Maxwell Lorrarne Chartrer and Alrce lreeney here prctured embarkrng for the front lrne Here rn Amerrca the dreary problem rests on the shoulders of srx weary overcome by responsrbrlrty men the Supreme War Councrl composed of Gaspero Xmorouso ohn Booth Wrllram Gray Frank Smrth Kenn th Trout and Ralph Mrrman Pageant Revr ws the Entertarnment Xvorld At hom all rs peace and quret a theatrrcal season has just closed w hrch rncluded that smash hrt of hrts Ghosts of 57 starrrng the soprano wrth the vorce of gold Alrce Bulha r cent recrurt from the opera and that old trme slapstrck comedran Bob Ashton A hrgh lrght of thrs musrcal comedy was the danclng of Anna Vasrlrou ballerrna or the Amerrcan Ballet corps On the rarnbow creen technrcolor the old fashroned term w rs the prcture Romance rn a Rocket starrrng Beverley Vvrllramson and that s nsatronal new drscowery Franchot lVlars Frank Martrn rn the good old trmes who recalls to us oldsters Robert Taylor of many years ago The candrd camera shot rs of Martha Helgesen Glamorous exotrc star and her publrcrty agent Harold Hoffman ln the realm of musrc never before hue so mrny stars slront nor shone so brrllrantly The orrgrnal of thrs full page portrart rs none other than Barbara Ly nch woman trombonrst who put the trombone on the map On th opposrte page frddler Esau lnrredman who set the world afrre by playrng hrs xrolrn contrnually for three long days an all trme record Perhaps we wand r from true musrc but that quter contortronrst rn the center of the page rs only Lours Feldman famed orchestra leader and rmentor of scrntrllatron he new ya77 compared to whrch sn H10 of twenty Nlnilg 120 l11Cl 1ll0Uf 1 mUCl1 fltylltm 19 1 Bach fugue Pageant s Vllorld of Scrence and Amusements Harry X ay ro dryer for lost treasure rn the Yucatan coast expedrtron financed In nabob Frederrck Gly nn of the teel mrlls Norma lxane antrque collector drrxes one of the last exrstrng rutomobrles rn the L S 1 - . , 1 v ' r Y . 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