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

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All Saints CCo.imim1eircia1ll School Class Prophecy, June, 1930 QXSCW5 A' O-HUM. Another day. Pray, wash, dress, breakfast, school. Same old grind. School? Today's Saturday! With a bound you are at the window and you see s - u - n - s - h - i - n - e. You must get out-you are out -out of the house and out of the city. You are running along the shore through the apple orchard, out on the beach whose silver fingers reach out to touch the sparkling waters of the Sound that reflects the blue of the sky in a deeper shade. You throw yourself down and gaze at the fleecy clouds gamboling like sheep across the heavenly field of blue and forming prophetic pictures. The breeze brings the hum and bustle of the city to your ears and you see the entensive plant of the Zipper Ice Skate Company. Dorothy Gressert, discoverer of the great Zipper lce Skate, is collecting a check from the treasurer, Doris Brush, while the president, Dorothy Waldeck, looks on. ln the next room a meeting of the Board of Directors is taking place and Mabel Bassler and Mary Daley are efficiently proving to the Chairman, Margaret Mohr, what expert efficiency experts they are. Anna Cwreiner hovers in the background, pencil in hand, waiting for words of wisdom to spread among the employees through The Zipper. The head bookkeeper, Matilde Stravitsch, is discussing an account with the credit manager, Anna Eiter. Marion Stubing is bidding farewell to the sales manager, Dorothy Horsting. Marion is the Company's representative in Spain-though why they need ice skates in Spain, the clouds do not tell you. You next hear the pounding and mild uproar of the St. Louis Star going to Press. Antonine Matzkewitz, secretary to the City Editor, is rushing to the desk of Gertrude Wapenhaus, who runs the Woman's Page, frantically waving a copy of Rose Giammalvo's poetic contribution featured in the Star ln the same city you see Catherine Breitsch acting as court stenographer while Margaret Lukacsy pleads the case of her client at the bar. You are brought back to New York, and the sea drums words, words, words in your ears. Who is that tall, stately nun walking along a lane at Lake Ronkonkoma-with a shorter nun, a novice? None other than Mother Whooley and Madame Fleming, now Religious of the Cenacle? Now back to the city! To think that Margaret Farren is a lecturer of Current Events at all leading clubs! Helen Lux is doing her best to make a client, Anna Auer, Chrysler-conscious. Anna is private secretary to the President of one of the most successful business corporations in New York. A louder roar drowns out the voices and you are at the Long Island field of the Eastern Airway Express Company. Katherine Jackman is in the pilot seat of the tri-motor passenger plane bound for Philadelphia and St. Louis. Kathleen and Catherine Cunningham, fresh from the glories of an' extended appearance at the Palace, Page 42

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All Saints Commeirciiall School IX. Catherine Breitsch and Mary Leonard bequeath to the Sophomores, their accuracy and speed in shorthand. X. Margaret Lukacsy and Elizabeth Ell leave their bookkeeping ledgers to the juniors, with the hope that they will use them to the best of their ability. , Xl. Dominga Durlacher leaves her unusual literary talent to all the students of All Saints Commercial School to be used for the future success of the UEXCELSIORH Xll. Matilde Stravitsch leaves her knowledge of elocution to whoever may succeed her as star orator at the assemblies. XIII. Helen Lux leaves her melodious voice to all future entertainers, especially to Dorothy Daly and Theresa Vitulli, who, we are well aware, do not need it. XIV. Eva Ghler and Dominga Durlacher bequeath their dramatic talent to the members of the dramatic society to be distributed equally. XV. Peggy Fleming leaves her charming personality, winning smile, and sunny disposition to all the pupils. We know they will greatly appreciate them. XVI. The present librarians bequeath their important positions to Peggy O'Sullivan, Adelaide Volk, Marcella Walsh, and Kathryn Hanrahan. XVII. Rose Giammalvo, Gertrude Wapenhaus, Florence Burkhardt, and Lucille Harrigan leave their places at the supply cabinet to Roberta Thompson, Mary Perry, Florence Conlon, and Gertrude Worth. The present workers expect, in gratitude, promptness in serving their schoolmates. XVIII. Gertrude Wapenhaus, Rose Giammalvo, Frances McKenna, and Pauline Oswald leave their positions in the cafeteria, together with the required courtesy fwhich, by the way, was always shownl, to those who possess the necessary qualihcations. XIX. Dominga Durlacher and Lucille Harrigan leave the candy and cracker counter to those who have promised to abstain from sweets with the hope that it will not prove too great a temptation. XX. We extend to our best love of all, our Alma Mater, our loyal promise to cherish, protect and honor her always. IN WITNESS WHEREGF, We, the june Graduating day of june, in the hereunto attached our name and affixed our seal this Zlst Class of 1930, have Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty. Graduates, '30 Eva Ohler, '30 Lucille Harrigan, '30 Page 41

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All Saints Coimimniceireiiaill School are waiting for their manager, Mildred McLeod, who has the bookings of a mid-Western tour. You reach Philadelphia. Pangs of hunger prompt you to go to a tea-room of which Anna O'Toole is proprietor. A snappy orchestra, directed by Mollie Murn, offers the most popular gems from current musical hits. Many of these pieces are the work of Eileen McCarthy, who writes words and music for Irving Berlin, Inc. The orchestra is made up of Seraphina Troina, pianist, Gertrude Bowers, banjoist, and Isabelle Dillon, saxaphonist. You pay your check and wander into the business section of the city. You see the offices of Florence Burkhardt and Marie Stadler, who inform the world that they handle stocks and bonds. Anna DiMaio, their cracker-jack saleslady, is inducing Eva Ohler, a new and brilliant success in the operatic world, to buy American Utility at 126. You return to New York by bus and alight in the vicinity of' Lexington Avenue. You stroll down Lexington Avenue for a few blocks, stopping here and there to glance at the window displays. You are attracted by the establishment of Catherine Fischlein, Florence Marz, and Madeline Springer, who are interior decorators, and take their models from early colonial times. Your stroll next takes you to the fashionable business residence of Marion Fahey and Lillian Bennett who specialize in ladies' apparel. You meet Regina McCullough who acts as supervisor of the sports department. Marie Greulich and Margaret Daunhauer are enthusiastic over the frocks that are being displayed by Katherine Zinsley and Pauline Oswald, mannequins. Marie and Margaret proudly boast of their platinum, diamond-studded wedding rings. You wander out and drift up the avenue. In front of the New York Telephone Company, where Helen Clark and Harriet Dunn are supervisors, you stumble over Margaret Cantwell, who is rushing about with a determined look in her eye. She grabs your arm and as you hurry along Broadway, she tells you that she is bound for the Atlas Advertising Agency. Her purpose is to confer with the manager, Helen Broedel, in regard to the account of the Cressert Company where Margaret holds the position as secretary. You meet Evelyn Travis, bookkeeper for the agency, at the entrance to the Paramount Building. Evelyn tells you that Celestina Scutari, champion typist of New York State, is visiting Frances Trusz and Pauline Stalzer, who are in the production department of the agency. Margaret bids you a fond farewell and you saunter to the Hotel Astor. You have occasion to go up to the roof garden where the studios of the National Broadcasting Company are located. Here Ruth Spaulding and Anna Hodnett, R. K. O. comedians, are discussing future program arrangements with Loretta Zopf, an announcer. In another part of the studio, Antonia Gennusa, successful short-story writer, is conferring with Alice McCarthy, who illustrates her stories, in regard to a new contract with Hearst's International Cosmopolitan. You are smitten with a desire to go to Brooklyn and jump into a snappy collegiate cab, a fleet of which is owned by Doris Brush and Frances McKenna. You cross the bridge and are driven to the doors of the American Sugar Rehning Company where Elizabeth Ell is exporting manager. Page 43