East Rockaway High School - Rock Yearbook (East Rockaway, NY)

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ENGLISH MRS ROSALIE BECKER Always smiling . . . petite ... recently married . . . informative classes . . . problem solver . . . didactic way of teaching. Happiness is wearing contact lenses. MISS PHYLLIS KIPP Enjoys giving hard tests . . runs orderly classes . . . reports on graduate school . . . rules with an iron hand. Happiness is bewildered students. MR RAYMOND McCOY New addition to English department . . . good sense of humor . . quick wit . . . holds an interesting and informative class. Happiness is a Cool Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. MR TORD BECK Good-looking . . . always blowing a whistle . . . stands by his “animals” . . . line coach par excellence . . . millions of muscles . . . can be heard for miles . . . “Psych-up . . . can bend steel in his bare hands. Happiness is a 100% performance by all. MR JOSEPH CINQUE New addition to the Rock Pile’s English department . . . teaches Great Expectations to the 9th graders . . an avid supporter of oral reading in class . . urges his classes to use imagination. Happiness is a two-page synopsis-analysis.

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HISTORY MR EDWARD CROWLEY “Sec me after class’ . . well- dressed . . . Professor of Trivia . . . “You WILL” . . ultrabrite smile . . . never loses his temper . short answer tests easy going. Happiness is a “volunteer ” MR. THOMAS FORBES Idealized by the opposite sex . . . illegible handwriting . . respected (or is it feared?) . . . expressionless . . . focuses on the gory details in history. Security is having a football team. MR RUDOLPH LINN Let it suffice to say” . . . the voice of E.R.H.S. . . . Known for his nicks (Biddle) ... up the down window . . . knows Georgie Washington and the Group . . . Needless to say a capable and efficient instructor. Security is sunglasses in January. MR JACK RICHERT Patient . . . new and effective teaching method . . . “boo-boo’s” . . . famous brother . . . secret meetings 10th period. Misery is 8th period lunch. MR. HOWARD X. POLLACK Pushes Pollack’s preposterous predecessors . . . unbearable jokes . . . unusual approach to history . . . “brier speeches at assemblies. Misery is a gutter ball. MR PETER K1LCOMMINS Tall. slim, and “nice” addition to our school . . . calls Rock Rivalry “mass mayhem’’ . . . teaches the 7th. 8th and 9th graders social studies. Happiness is a 5 lb. 8 oz. bundle of joy.

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ENGLISH MR LUTHER KIRSCH Walking Webster . . . “lateness brings few or no comments . . . master of sarcasm . . attends numerous school functions . . . never without a comment. Security is a 65 on the English IV Regents. MR MARTIN SEVERINO Hippy at heart . . . Anne Frank’s best friend . . . distinct manner of speaking . . . Wait ’til the sun shines----!” . . gives his regards to Broadway ... all around nice guy! Happiness is being bom a star. MRS. FRIEDA JAFFE A mother to all . . . cultured . . matchmaker . . . Mrs. J. . . . advocates class participation . . likes small and intimate classes. Security is knowing she’ll forget. MRS MARION HOWARD Intelligent and dedicated ... reserved . . . believes in choral reading of poetry . . . absent-minded ... patient. Happiness is an empty study hall. 19