Corcoran High School - Glen Echo Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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at Almost as famous as the character himself, Chaplins derby typified his character portrayal. Charlie Chaplin was the sereen's greatest co- median because in his best films like 'lThe Gold Rushi' and City Lightsu he managed to achieve a fine balance between laughter and sadness. His movies were ridiculous, in- sane, beautiful, haunting, tragic, hilarious. awful, and unforgettable, like life itself. In his brilliant creation of The Little Tramp he played all of us-one person alone against the forces ofan absurd existence, trying to find beauty, love, and happiness, at least for a little while, with the odds against him at every turn. In one scene Chaplin, as the Tramp, would be stealing money from a church poor box fthe Tramp was hardly a perfect personj and inthe next held be tenderly presenting a girl he loved with a tlower. With the Tramp everyone could identify for we are all thieves and lovers, tramps and gentlemen, impossible mixtures of all human traits. Chaplin the Tramp was also Chaplin the Genius. fi ' ..-:.,.,, Q '- Although he was a small man, Charlie Chap- lin managed to portray his image in many unique situations. A typical facial expression brings back mem- ories of Charlie Chaplin in his famous movie City Lights. 09 Do s

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I If I Toasting the tremendous success of one of hved It up m spite ofthe circumstances CIIQCIIF bums out How he could make us laugh! Politics, sports, religion and the learned snobs', were targets of this 'tmaster of satire? He was a genius in the art of comedy, a connaiseur of the Hpunch line. With his rythmical stride, he would lead us into the same hysterical laughter. How welll miss him now, Groucho was the inspiration of many comedians, and he even had the envy of the play boys, for he was always surrounded by pretty girls. Often accompanied by his broth- ers, Harpo, Zeppo and Chico, he led us many times into the rarely visited land of fantasy. Intluencial is a mild word when describ- ing one of comedy's immortal giants. When the Marx Bros. put their heads togeth- er a disastrously funny situation was bound to result. PRIN7 E SMEARS THE GRINS A graduate ofa famous New York City performing arts high school, Freddie Prinze found early fame in his role of the Puerto Rican Chico in the T.V. their many schemes, the Marx Bros. always of his professional success, fame and fortune evidently weren't enough for this very funny and talented young man who took his own life in his early twen- ties. M . l ,, . , Striking a familiar pose as Chico Rodriguez, Show Chlco find the Man ' In Fhls Sn' Freddie Prinze spent most of his time in and U3U0U C0medY, he C0-Starred Wlth Vet' around the neighborhood garage, where he eran comedian Jack Albertson. In spite Worked.

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Middle to Far EAST The Middle East has always been thought of as a place rich with oilmen. In a land filled with shahs, shieks, and emperors, it has been described as a playground for kings and queens, prime ministers and ambassadors. This para- dise hardly seems a place where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It also seems the least likely place for na religious war. In reality, the Middle East is in constant turmoil. There are many different conflicts going on, but the most involved is the one between Israel and Egypt. The conflict concerns who has the right to the Holy Land be- tween the two countries. The Jews against the Palestinians resembles the argument between the Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The United States is becoming more invloved in the conflict and has taken a role as the Hmiddle mann. We hope this turbulence can be settled peace- fully. The historic meeting of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat kicked off a peace effort between Israel and Egypt. The return of the Soviet spy satellite to the earth in early February caused widespread fear over possible radiation contamination in both Canada and the United States. The satellite was sup- posed to self-destruct before it could reach earth, but radioactive remains were found in northern Canada near Great Slave Lake. United States and Canada troops and planes were equipped with radiation sensors and sent out to comb the area after inhabitants re- ported citing of 6'meteorite . The Soviet Union later agreed to re-imburse the Canadian government for their ex- penses in the search and recovery of the satellite's remains. The remains of the Russian satellite were found in Canada after a long search. ' 1. A f, as I. - - Q, Fi ii. rr E Vgtzbfiifgig R A giant for Mid-East peace, Anwar Sadat was chosen as g'Time Magazinefs Man of the Year for the part he played in the peace negotiations. One ofthe central characters in the peace talks, Moshe Dayan as Foreign Minister is one of Begin's most influential advisors. I . ,. .Ja,.Mfa-f asa.. www-mans.-mffm em..raw:amewrmx'gsswewrmmwmmwwawwamamww-f.a.,s,.,.....t.m.,,m,,a W, , W K,