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Class Mis lory FRESHMAN YEAR Let us turn back the clock to September 9, 1945. It was warm and sunny, too hot for school, but there we were, a frightened horde of baby-faced freshmen, clad in Lord Fauntleroy suits. Suddenly, dark shadows covered the cobblestones of Montgomery and Warren Streets it was the return of the seniors. Shrinking back in awe, we watch- ed these scholastic giants. (I call them that because what else could they be if they had completed three years at English High School?) Aware of our insignificance and lowli- ness, we snuffed out our pipes, cigars, and cigarettes and crawled thru the doors into one building. Once inside, we brushed away the cobwebs and dust from our clothes and proceeded to look for our homerooms. As it was. the search proved futile and we were hopelessly lost, just then, a trio of khaki clad men came down the corridor. They prov- ed to be drill captains and were very polite. Yes, they would gladly direct us. Giving each of us a map and a compass, they told us to head for the teacher ' s cafeteria, which was to the left of the tile baths and swimming pools. We trouped down a flight of stairs, up a flight of stairs, thru one cross corridor to another flight of stairs. After wearing a few holes in our shoes, we located the teacher ' s cafeteria. There we were greeted by the nicest man, who politely told us, In there, knuckle heads. It was there, in the lunch- room, that we were completely outfitted with guides, maps, compasses and gyroscopes. At long length, the majority of us reached our homerooms. The others who didn ' t were delivered C. O. D. Although our natural, boyish exuberance was held in check by the worthy juniors and seniors, we still found o pportunities for innocent fun. We shall never forget the day LOUIE VADARO wore a turban to school when he had a head cold, nor the eye- glasses with the focusing lens which were the proud possession of FRANK SHEEHAN. None of us discovered the store where BOB HARTIAN bought his purple and pink turtleneck sweater. Two of our classmates became rich when their book, How to Tor- ment a Teacher. was published. Needless to say, it was the favorite reading material of nearly every school-boy in the country. The authors were AL VOZZELLA and JOE MULRENNAN. Other members who gained the public eye were: HAL WORTMAN, the inventor of the stringless yo-yo; DICK NUNES. who composed and published the Undecided Symphony ; LENTNIE SANDOCK who found a way to beat the bunch to second lunch ; and CHARLIE THEODORE, who, because of his color blindness, could never distinguish a red-head from a brunette. SOPHOMORE YEAR When we were ready to be sophomores, we came to realize our search for the fourth floor was futile. So, throwing away the escalator passes the seniors had so cheerfully sold us. we buckled right down to our duty of directing the incoming freshmen to their rooms. Waiting until the last of the freshmen had been hopelessly lost, we marched single file to the sophomore haven of Montgomery Manor. So anxious were we to get back to our be- lo ied school work that we scarcely noticed the rattling of the chains attached to our ankles. The first two weeks went quickly; we spent them, for the most part, in search of our lockers, Hey, has anyone seen No. X34296? STAN WARSHAW, courageous as he is. hardly winced when he discovered the housing shortage had forced a family of midgets to occupy his locker. When HARV FRITZ opened his, a spirit introducing him- self as LUKE SPOOK jumped out. MR. BROWN said we had a fairly successful year, however. It seems only two boys in our class failed to return from their locker-hunting
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expedition. I wish to point out that not all of the first two weeks was spent in searching for our lockers. That would be foolish. On the contary at least six days were spent fil- ling out book slips, program cards, A. W. cards, carcheck slips, loyalty checks, cut slips, etc. Did you ever try to write RICHARD E. KORDASZEWSKI in a one-half inch space. ' ' The sophomores must be a hardy bunch. Why, there were hardly any screams when the room captains twisted our arms and asked us to buy athletic pins. It has even been rumored, and this is just a rumor, that se eral of the boys offered to buy two or three, - WOW! At this point let me mention the cafeteria food. Not more than 30 7 of the students use acute indigestion as an excuse to get a sick pass in the sixth period. For the bene- fit of those boys that are not sure, it has been proved that the noises in the lunchroom around Christmas time are music and not sounds from the refrigerator motor. There is a mathematical equation connected with the lunchroom that we wish to pass on. It states: the confusion in the cafeteria is directly proportional to the square of the distance from the lunch counter. Remember, You heard it here first. What, it ' s time to go home! Hey Bill, hold that street car door open for me! JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Seated (left to right) President D mgl.i.s J. MacMastcr, X ' lce-President Johii F. Kennedy. Standing (left to right) Secretary-Treasurer Robert Kalogcros, Ex- ecutive Committee Members David Sok ' il and Henr Pransky.
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