All Saints Commercial High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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All Saints Commercial School was rapidly increasing thanks to the teachers to whom we gave our knowledge in the freshman class. JUNIORS! This term brought the joyful news that Father Mulz had been appointed pastor of our church. As administrator of the parish, Father Mulz and the students had become well acquainted, so we rejoiced indeed. We immediately prepared for him a welcoming reception, at which we spent a happy time. After the reception we returned home in a downpour of rain to spend the day as we pleased. Duning this term we presented two very interesting assemblies, Over the Hills , and The Hour Glass . Both produced the desired result. At the former tears flowed copiously, and at the latter serious thoughts had a very sobering effect upon our audience. SENIQRS! Ah! At least we had reached our goal. We were the most important people in the school fso we thoughtl. lt was rather gratifying to see the timid freshmen bow to us when they met us in the corridors, and step aside for us on the staircase. But alas, our happiness was marred by one sad event-the death of our beloved goldfish. This heavy loss was quite unexpected and stole from us our usual joviality. Even in his last moments on earth, our dear little Goldie was not deprived of water, for the salt tears fell fast and free. After the burial we resumed our studies in a very subdued mood. We learned that by doing excellent work during the term, we would be entitled to exemption at midterm. This was no hard task for such brilliant students as we thought ourselves to beg however, we worked with a vim. The joyful time of exemption for some and midterm examinations for others passed quickly, and the Easter holidays brought our last school vacation. On May 13 we had our senior play, which will not soon be forgotten. The seniors, making a very pretty picture, sang Bigger and Better , revised by Dominga Durlacher. Then followed a lively and intensely interesting play entitled Our Aunt from California . The climax of the afternoon was The Death of Blessed Imelda , dramatically presented. Finally, the seniors sang The Stein Song , also revised to fit the occasion by Dominga. Thus ended the history of the Senior Class of june 1930. Amidst tears and heartaches we said goodbye to our beloved Alma Mater, nevertheless, we have the consolation of having formed friendships that will endure throughout the yearsg we shall always look back upon the days spent in All Saints as both profitable and enjoyable. Fare-thee-well, Alma Mater! Fare-thee-well! With tear-dimmed eyes we realized that the announcer had signed off. Dorothy Waldeck, '30 Lucille Harrigan, '30 Page 20

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All Saints Commercial School .History of the Class of 1930 06026 NE evening we were lazily listening to the radio when suddenly we were startled by the sound of a familiar voice and the utterance of a familiar name. We listened carefully and heard, This is Station A. S. C., Matilde Stravitsch announcing. Please stand by. As a special feature on the air, today Dominga Durlacher, editor-ingchief of the June 1930 Excelsior, will recount the History of the june 1930 graduating class of All Saints Commercial School. We know that many of the listeners will be eager to register at this well-known school after they have heard the annals of the outstanding Senior Class in the school's history. Address all communications to - All Saints Commercial School 23 Thornton Street Brooklyn, N. Y. 'Flushing Avenue! Watch the doorsl' warned the conductor when a group of giggling, excited girls left the train. Those were some of the freshmen of 1928, destined to be the senior class in the history of All Saints Commercial School. The first days of the freshman term were spent in becoming acquainted with the ever-helpful teachers, sociable girls, rules and regulations of the school. After this, we began our work in earnest. On the arrival of midterm exami- nations, we overtaxed our intellects to impart to our teachers our goodly supply of knowledge. This acquired knowledge was used by the teachers at the ex- piration of the term to mete out to us very distasteful tests. Notwithstanding, we came through with flying colors, which naturally was to be expected. Thus, our term as freshmen came to a close but our freshness and simplicity remained. SOPHOMORES! Upon reaching the second term, our timidity dropped from us like a cloak, and from shrinking violet buds we blossomed into self- confident flowers. With foresight of what we would be when we had fully blossomed, the teachers watched amid sighs of ecstasy, our blooming. We entertained the faculty and student body by two splendid assemblies. judging from the deafening, thundering applause we received, we decided that our effort to make our assemblies the most entertaining of all those presented during the term were rewarded. Meanwhile, our surprising store of knowledge Page 19

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All Saints Commercial School A School Dany At 8:40 sharp the bell always rings. Then promptly we get out our Steno thingsg And through this period we do blunder, Until the bell outside does thunder. Then our period of Spanish begins- And do we make a merry din, Reciting verbs and how they form Reflexive and imperfect, the period long. As 10:40 o'clock draws near, We leave our classroom, oh so dear. We type with might and main, , Promotion sure in June to gain. The forty minutes pass like nightg Then to our classroom trip we light. Our Bookkeeping teacher there we meet, Who checks our ledgers clean and neat. Our program is disturbed by lunch: As we return we have a hunch That 'rithmetic will be our fate- For this, of course, we can't be late. Our English meeting then we hold, And variously our features mold, When to the class the speaker relates How Rebecca almost met her fate. Thus through the day we gaily go, Trying to learn and wanting to knowg But from without comes the sound of the bell, And thus we end a joyous spell. Margaret Metzner, '32 Page 21