High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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CADUCEUS 19 4 0 Peggy's Inspiration and there's a Si Maroon cartoon. Did you know that Si was employed by the late Walt Disney until last year? Evidently the building isn't made of glass after all because we can't seem to see inside. Push an- other button on the Television set. Oh, it has made another building transparent. It's a broadcasting station. Bob Reid is announcing the candidates for mayor, Bob Denis and Doug Marvel, who have just finished their campaign speeches. The interna tionally-known dietitian, Anna Disccnza, and her assistant, Katherine Zografos, are being announced for their weekly half-hour radio program, sponsored by Roy St. Jean and Company, manufacturing execu- tives of pocket radios. Bob Denis seems to be rush- ing in the direction of the airport. Let's follow him. There's Thelma Barr at the information desk with her week-end valise covered with labels from all over the world. It looks as if she has fulfilled her desire to travel. Emara Abdola, the information clerk, is describing Tahiti to Alice Reed and Alberta Riggins, tired office workers, who are making plans for their coming vacation. Wilma Manz is selling tickets to Marie Labigalina, secretary to Senator Melvin Seltzer, who is too busy to get his own vacation tickets. Jessie Grant, Nick Guiggio, and Sam Weber just walked in from the field. Jessie's uniform signifies that she is an airline hostess now, while Sam Weber has attained his ambition for being a pilot with Nick Guiggio as his co-pilot. On the lounge, Martha Herchuch and Adclc Ghareeb, both in nurses' uni- forms, are chatting steadily. Jenny Carellas is try- ing to board a scheduled plane, but Irene Mossey, the airport reporter, is interviewing her. Maybe Jenny is explaining that she is on her way to Super College to give a series of lectures. [29] OH! Hold on to us. We're sliding off the peri- sphere. Grab something! Grab anything — only catch us! Look out! We're going faster and the breeze is flying so swiftly that we can't breathe. Be careful; we'll fall! There's the ground way down there—it's coming to meet us—faster, faster, faster, faster, faster—Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That breeze ringing in our ears was only the bell to end our daily study period. Gee, did someone have to hit us with that book? We weren't sleeping. We were in the World of Tomorrow. Yt-onne Tutntr Lucy Carra Yvonne Signs Off

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CADUCEUS 19 4 0 Lucy Prophesies (pAophoap January Class, 1940 We're on top of the perisphere. We don't know how we got here, hut now as we look around, there doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. Oh! We've got to get down and out through that gate, because it's the only one left open. They're closing it! What shall we do? Is there no way to get off this huge monster? It seems to be getting larger and larger. We could run for miles and miles and never reach the gate. Look! The perisphere is made out of glass. You can see right into it. It's rather hazy, and not at all clear. Look at that box in front of us! Let's push a button and see what happens. Goodness, it's bringing the objects in the perisphere closer and closer. Why, it's television! That huge glass building seems to be a heated football stadium. There's snow outside and the spectators are checking their coats as they go in. Say, there's Joe Zieminski in the spectator scats, and look who's with him—Gene McCarthy, Louie Lan- gone, and Don Bremner. Well, it's not surprising since it's a girl's team, and the quarterbacks are Louise Sullivan and Jean Jerrold. Milton Rubinow and Arnold Robar, the managers of the team, are watching rather wistfully. Let's take a look into the press-box. Well, if it isn't Jimmy Sullivan and Ignatius Topodas writing the sports column for the Television Scope! Arline Tetrault and Peggy Bridgman are right beside them doing their bit for the Universal News. Look how that spun-glass dress stands out in the crowd. Rita Delarm is wearing it—it's the latest style, you know. Clair Gelinear, who has an exclu- sive society column, seems to be conversing with Rita. The first half is over; the broadcaster, Joseph Maher, has just announced the score, 0—0. The band starting to march out on the field is led by Tony Mazza, while Virginia Dawes is directing the opposing team's band. The music seems to be giv- ing Peggy Maquade a poetical inspiration for her new book, Selected Poems, which is to be published next year. Who would think it! There’s Stephanie Wiegal patroling the field in a snappy new uniform. Vendor Guy Lucia is selling hot-dogs in concentrated pills to Hazel Frattezi, who knows she'll find at this game something for her gossip column. Well, the game seems to be ending with a perfect score of 0—0, while the spectators arc beginning to pass calmly through the exists on electrical runways which will take them directly to elevated roads on which their Gir-autos are parked. The few remain- ing persons, who seem to be wandering in the oppo- site direction, are passing an oval-shaped building. Can you read the poster on that building? The names in lights are Mary Contrino and Dorothy Shapiro, singing stars of a musical comedy. Say, Verna Clark, Marie Arsenault, and Jane Carey arc included in the supporting cast. Anna O'Neil is the dancing director; Roland Lalli, the art director; [28]

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CADUCEUS 19 4 0 Boh and Don iBallot Qamuvu CloAA. Class Robert Taylor.........ROBERT REID Class Garbo............LENA VECCHIARELLI Class Gridiron Star.........LOU LANGONE Class Politician............JOSEPH MAHER Mechanical Man.........HUBERT HATCHER Pcrisphcrc.............MILTON RUBINOW Try Ion................WILLIAM BASSETT India Rubber Man.......DOUGLAS MARVEL Cutest Female...............WILMA MANZ Cutest Male...........DONALD BREMNER Donald Duck.......................DANTE PROVINI Class Jitterbugs NICHOLAS GUIGGIO and ANNA O'NEIL Class Billy Rose................GILBERT BARKER Class Grover Whalen.......ROBERT DENIS Class Ned Sparks.............SAM WEBER Robot Giant................VERNON WAYNE Flash Gordon..............JOSEPH ZIEMINSKI Class Artist...........................SIMON MAROON Wittiest Boy..........................EDWARD BUCKLEY Most Successful Boy.......... ROBERT DENIS Most Successful Girl..................THELMA BARR Girl with Most Pleasing Personality MARY CONTRINO Boy with Most Pleasing Personality ROBERT DENIS Best Dressed Girl...........RITA DELARM Best Dressed Boy...................DONALD BREMNER Teachers' Delight, Boy......ROBERT REID Teachers' Delight, Girl..ALBERTA RIGGINS Most Popular Girl.........MARY CONTRINO Most Popular Boy...................ROBERT DENIS Class Girl Chums BETTY DAY GERALDINE SISTARE Class Boy Chums..........ANTHONY BALBONI DOUGLAS MARVEL Girl Athlete..............LOUISE SULLIVAN Boy Athlete...........................LOU LANGONE Class Crooner....................IGNATIUS TOPODAS Sleepiest Boy................JOE LYNCH Sleepiest Girl...............BETTY DAY Class Love Bird, Boy.......DANTE PROVINI Class Love Bird, Girl.MARILYN JOHNSON Wittiest Girl........................ANNA O'NEIL Mechanical Hub. [30]