Roxbury Central High School - Record Yearbook (Roxbury, NY)

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Reading Club Essay JUST A STUDY HALL - RUDOLPH GORSCH, JR. Everything had gone all right, so far. The first three classes of the day had passed, and all had been uneventful. English I, English IV, and Social Studies seemed to be my best classes. Fourth period, however, always brought about a sour note into my working days, for this was the period when I was the Study Hall Supervisor. This study hall was made up of most of the refined gentlemen in high school. There were thirty-two of them, to give you the actual number. Each one of the thirty-two knew his place when he was in mj study hall, and he usually sat in it. The final bell rang with an ominous clatter. It sounded as if the end was soon to be, and some days I had almost wished that it was. The bell brought our fine fellows hurrying from all parts of the school where they had gathered to discuss the stratagem for overthrowing my study hall. The seats where they sat had been previously agreed upon by a popular, but secret vote of the students in study hall. A seating diagram had been drawn up by a boy who was a genius in classroom ag- gression. They voted for it, or else! The 'or else' usually meant that they were on my side. The vote was very popular with the students and was secret from me. The seating arrangement placed the boys with good throwing arms in the back of the room. Those who were aces with paper-wads were grouped in the middle; and those more proficient with spit-balls sat painfully close to my desk. The question now was: when would war break out? I was looking for it to start any moment. I Jumped as the door was opened, but it was only a tardy stu- dent entering. This student was an expert with a ruler catapult, so I heard a low mumble as he was instructed as to his strategic position. As for me, all I could do was to sit and wait. As I leaned over to look in one of the lower drawers of the desk, it happened! Their first action was a resounding volley of blackboard erasers which was de- signed exclusively for the purpose of setting up a civilian 'smoke' screen. This maneuver gave them about five minutes until the 'smoke' cleared away, to throw missiles at each other and at disliked objects which adorned the room. When the translucent cloud of chalk dust finally cleared away, I found all the erasers confiscated by the pupils and saw them all, supposedly, hard at work. The only visible articles which would give out any hint of the disturbance, were a rather large white mustache on George Washington, and the absence of Andrew Jackson from his position on the bulletin board. Other than these two items, the place remained an innocent classroom. I could not punish any particular one for this outburst, because most of them were deeply involved in the outburst. I could not punish them all, because I knew there were several completely innocent boys in the room. I warned them to calm down and then I sank back into my seat. I thought that if I gave them enough rope, one of them would, as the proverb states, hang himself. The second wave began with the usual chalk dust screen. Their target for this round seemed to be the waste paper basket which sat near the front of my desk. I heard the crashes of numerous but unknown items as they either dropped into the basket or bounced off the 'blackboard,' which was the front of my desk. By the time the dust had lifted, everything was again in order, and the ex- pected calm had been draped over the classroom. 7 --Continued on page Sk

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Record Board First row: Jeanne Boerem,Jo Harrington Second-? »: Helen Cammer.Mlss Root,advleor;Glnnle Gaines,Wayne Stahl,Chub Etts Fern Hlnkley,Loretta Johnson v f Third row: David Munsell.Blll Decker,Pat VanDyke.John Hopkins,Nancy White, Gary DuMond.Pat Horse,Gall Sears,Elwood Christian,D1 Collins,Gary Hlnkley EDITORIAL STAFF Helen Canuner EDITOR-IN-CHIEF-----------------Wayne Stahl Elwood Christian Diana Collins BUSINESS MANAGER--------------Glnnle Gaines Bill Decker Gary DuMond ART EDITOR----------------------Chub Etts j0 Harrington Fern Hlnkley ART STAFF---------------------David Munsell Gary Hlnkley Loretta Johnson BUSINESS STAFF------------------All Seniors Gall Sears „ Nancy White TYPIST------------------------Jeanne Boerem pat Morse John Hopkins Pat Van Dyke 6

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Maintenance First row: Charles Bhultls.Mrs. Wheeler,Mrs. Miller,Ward Roberts Second row: Omar Orlffin,Herbie Van,Lee Todd,Bud Long,Marshall 31auson,Bob Finch Mrs. Miller----Cafeteria Cook Mrs. Wheeler-----—-—------------ - Assistant Cook Robert Finch----------------- -------Bus Driver Omar Griffin (First Semester)--------Bus Driver Bud Long——————Bus Driver and Head Mechanic Ward Roberta-------------Bus Driver and Custodian Charles Shultis—------------------Night Custodian Marshall Slauson---------Bus Driver and Custodian Lee Todd--------------------------------—Custodian Herbert Van Valkenburgh (Second Semester)Bus Driver 8