De Veaux High School - Chevron Yearbook (Niagara Falls, NY)

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IDWER SCHHHL AT the present stage of your lives, your interest is held more by airplanes, blowing bugles and learning the rudiments of games than by your academic work, all of which is natural. Indulge in all outside activities possible without neglecting school work for an early knowledge of likes and dislikes in extracur- ricular activities will pay dividends in time saved later. Enjoy every moment ofyour face time for as you grow older and advance in school you will find many hitherto open opportunities no longer available. The studies which you now toil over are essential in that a comprehensive understanding of your work now will make your later subjects much easier. Don,t fail to do your duty now and regret it later. We hope that you all realize what is ahead ofyou and the numerous difficulties which will undoubtedly confront you. We have been through those years and have solved those problems. We offer you the solutions. Heed our advice and we are sure you too, like us, will feel, on the culmination of your school life, that you are prepared to meet what lies ahead. Take it, use it, it is the least we can do for the future leaders of our Alma Mater. BACK ROW: PRICE, WADSWORTH, MACBRIEN, MANZEL, IRVIN, MATsoN, BURHYTE, GLOSSER, PETTiT. MIDDLE ROW: ENDRES, R., WILLIAMS, H., GARRETSON, SWARTOUT, HUDSON, SPRY, SNEED, SHELDON, HEIL, KNOX, N. FRONT Row: JONES, JOHNSON, R., TUCKER, STEBBINS, E, MR. GILLET, HOSLER, GATES, FLAHERTY, SPONHOLZ. Thirly-thrce

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BACK ROW: HEINZE, R., Cox, HAMLET, DIPERSICO, STEBBINS, 1., ENDRES, W., TILLOU, PEET, BLEW. FRONT ROW: CRAINE, HARE, HALWIG. DICKERSON, R., MR. OZANNE, KNOX, B., FRANKS, DARLING. Thz'rty- lwo CLASS OF 1946 WITH the passing of Foundefs Day and the beginning of a new year, members of the Freshmen Class emerge from the obscurity of under class activities to attain prominence on the campus. Your new position somewhat bewilders you, but donit give up striving, even for a moment. The more determinedly you meet your present problems, the easier these next three years will be. Be not content to follow the example of the Seniors, hut aim to do better. The Senior leaves school with a lump in his throat. Before leaving he likes to he sure that his successors will carry on with the same unselfish, determined spirit that enables DeVeaux to retain its rightful place among the Prep. schools of the Nation. This responsibility will lie with you soon. Now is the time to make yourselves worthy to carry on. This can he done by spending more time studying, and in extra-curricular activities. Extra time spent in this manner will be well rewarded in later life. But not all the stress should be put on school activities. At the beginning of this new era a change will take place within each member of the Freshman Class; he will begin to realize the importance of his responsibility and will become more mature. Truly the Freshman inherit a degree of prominence and they should strive to make it more pronounced.

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Thz'rty-j'aur CLASS PBDPHECY JUNE 19, 1970! SIR, PVT. LAUROESCH desires permission to speak to !-. He got no farther, for, in view of our old school friendship, I ordered him to relax and stand at ease. At first he did not recognize me. No doubt the 3 stars gleaming on my shoulder straps confused him, but presently he realized to whom he was speaking and told me Why he had sought an interview with so important a person as yours truly, Lt. General R. C. Heinze. I looked at the strange apparatus Lauroesch had placed nearby on the table and wondered if it would work. Only one way to find outl. Pvt. Lauroesch flicked the switch and we eagerly peered into the viewplate. First swaying palm trees and sparkling blue-green waves breaking upon a beach of shining yellow sand met our view. A small platoon of infantry was plodding along the beach with Lt. Ernest Feher in charge. At the tail end of the motley crew Sgt. Meredith loped along. Needless to say a goodly CU crowd of grass-skirted Polynesian beauties followed the irresistable CU combination, but Pvt. Lauroesch and I, breathing a silent prayer for the dusky members of the weaker sex, passed on to the next scene. Our startled gaze fell upon a very amazing scene. A handsome crimson- haired major, whose wiry locks in days of yore had ruined many a pair of stainless steel barbers shears, hurtled through space in a P-59 on the tail of 6 or 7 Zeros. The Zeros exploded and Maj or Watt, with but a cursory glance in their direction, sped on into the distance. The next scene to appear before our eyes was the company street of a southern army camp. In the middle of the street a perspiring exasperated corporal was vainly trying to teach 2 very awkward rookies the fundamentals of drill. The tall fellow with the curly blond hair couldntt seem to execute about face correctly. This was apparently due to the fact that he had once been cadet captain at some obscure military school and never had had occasion to make use of that particular movement. He also protested the fact that all good privates were expected to attend prayers at least 3 times a week. His companion, who at one time had been lst sergeant at some pseudo-military school, was smoking a big black Cigar and insisted upon addressing Corporal Chudy as Hey, you in a Connecticut accent. We were so amazed at the next scene that we had to look twice before we could believe our eyes. 80 it was true after all. There he wasl Captain Thomas