Father Baker Victory High School - Hageota Yearbook (Lackawanna, NY)

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A Um Q -1 ix FIRST ROW: M. McHugh, M. A. Ramsey. SECOND ROW: J. Grisanti, M. J. Guttner, P. Downs, M. Peters, M. A. Ulrich, C. Posster, J. Fisher, K. McCarthy, M. Globa, P. Eusanio. THIRD ROW: J. Buczek, M. E. Brandle, A. Muhlbauer, S. Bamberg, J. Hotnich, C. Drzewiecki, D. Stachura, M. Horlein, S. Scheuer, L. Kulczyk, M. A. Mellerski, B. Eckert, B. Vitale, M. J. Mendyk, C. Nemeth, M. Lalley. 48 FIRST ROW: D. Croglio, C. Duhan, L. Schell. SECOND ROW: B. Bevan, K. Felser. THIRD ROW: F. Kramer. JUNIOR HOMEROOM 205

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The Time: Wednesday morning, Sep- tember 4, 1957, the place: Baker-Victory High School Gym, the event: the opening day of our Freshmen Year! As frosh we were assigned and resigned to The other building. We were inaugurated into the busy schedule of high school life with the changing of classes and the meeting of new Teachers every forty-two minutes with only three minutes y to change classes. A period of confusion and Great Expectations existed, with aldaily mixture of basketball and dancing in the gym after a frolicking lunch period. Friendliness, good cheer, or iust plain mischief pre- vailed on our first Christmas, Assembly Day, after whichi was- .spentl our rfirst Christmas vacation as a high schoolstu- dent. Student was right, for we returned to find our firstlmid-term -exams! In the limelight that year were' broken f'limbs of the human variety, as lfreshmenfboys Took on the world of sports. Come June, were you one of the top ften 'fAll-Stars in Ec World or iust -a brown and gold Tie winner? As the y'ear.came,-to at close, so did the stay of the Holyj,'Crosls Fathersl On June 8, 1958 a farewell dinner fwas held in their honor to thank thernffor being a part in starting us. well'on-Your Journey . Q t f Our return to Baker-Victory found the Franciscan Fathers with us. The first few months were spent in getting acquainted with our new quarters in- the building which houses Baker-Victory proper, the student body other than Freshmen, and the segregation of the boys and girls. Ex- citement reignedfsupremeiin,sports during the winter months as B-Vtllcopped third prize in a sudden deathulbasketball game between B-V and Bishop: Timon., B-V de- feats Timon! Dramatics arrived at B-Vsforp the first time with the .presentation of Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter , introduc- ing to B-V a spotlight on fstage activity as well as the many other activities iand organizations which we suddenly dis- covered exist in this building. On June 6, 1959 the Sophomores lowered themselves to go on a picnic with the frosh, but class status and segregation were soon for- gotten, when a glad time was had by all. We came back again, in September to find that we're not last in the milk line anymore. Juniors now, we were invited to the Ring Ceremony, to view those Sen- iors who will have since started on their Journey . Off-key voices resounded from thefront of the classic stained-glass win- dow and Nativity scene at the Christmas Assembly, filling the student body with the holy spirit of the season. Again the spotlight fell on sports as we tie for first place in the'Bishopf'Burke-,Djgvigsion for bas- ketball. Thenf-camefthe Asilverg and blue clouds ,drifting precariouslyfgover our heads at our first prom, Fainifd5l5 , held at the K. of C. Hall on May g2.0I .?1,960. Made it at last! First in the. line! October 3, 1960, a proud p'rocesSglQn Of Seniors left the Basilica bearingfthefring of their school. A gracefullglaiichgof blue and white streamers g,reets1.u's!:a5iWe enter .the gym that evening torucelebrate the re- cepytiontofl-our ringsg-at-io'uF Ring Dance. Agaiinfdramaticsenters the scene with the favorable arrival of The Lively Arts of Sister Gervaise . Our Sing Along Club was, responsible for the strains of Sweet Violets '1TCresQunding in the halls at all timesfof thejrdayg-and year. Dramatics has a double hit ftliisiyear after the success- 1 'ful run of Barterf'. Christmas Assembly, Senior year, oufilast, provoked a longing to stay, ast'.wei,realize that next year others will be standing in our places. The spot- light thisQfyeafr shines clearly on every part of our Qsgfhool life, football, basketball, gsodallity,-QQdraimatics, because this is the lastltirnemfor it all, it has to be perfect this -1 P ,gyealrfWOur two last events of the years , Class Day and Prom Night, will come too soon and leave too rapidly. The Class History, Prophesy and Will, will be left as reminders of our Class, and Prom time will be a memorable occasion for all Sen- iors . . . the long-awaited social event in the Hotel Sheraton, on May 19, 1961. We look to the future-we will be the first graduating class which began as Freshmen in The Baker-Victory High School. Certainly, a strong motivation for our Journey to Success !

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JUNIOR HOMEROOM 'Tl FIRST ROW: D. Schaab, J. Leary, R. Weber, D. Gross. SECOND ROW: G. Baker, D. Schmiir, A. Cebulski. THIRD ROW: M. Kumiega, A. Brauch, R. Snyder. FIRST ROW: C. Gagliardi, R. Kardas, G. Jarkins, D. Miechurski, J. Ring, G. Gersfner, H. Schuster, J. Skora. SECOND ROW: P. Labedzki, M. Herrmann, K. Jaromin, G. Riedel, J. Regan, R. Sumera, G. Granda, J. Patton, D. Soda. THIRD ROW: S. FIis, D. Connelly, T. Besf, J. McCann. FOURTH ROW: T. Andrus, E. Rath, R. Corcoran, P. Kirker, J. Smith, G. Tomasulo, J. Smifh. 49