Franklin K Lane High School - Senior Echoes Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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.Shame camoudaged by Wavel Mabbitt and Irma Royce. Class officers were for their junior year: President .................................. Norma Warrick Vice President ...,... ............. F ern Richison Secretary .,.......... . ........ Phyllis Schlotman Treasurer ......................,........,,.,..... Wilbur Yana I practically burst my glass shield with pride this year. Cyril Donohue was added to the varsity basketball squad with Dean and John. Every minute that I pass, one of these juniors was on the go. They were in Dramatics, Sheco Staff, Glee Club, G.A.A., basketball, track baseball, F.F.A., band, tennis. Phyllis Schlotman was the Glee Club pianist. Then they really poured forth their talents with one of the best proms and banquets ever presented at S.C.H.S. My friend, Gym Clock, told me all about it. They really had things fixed up right. The theme of their prom was Blue Moon while the banquet was given as an Indian feast. Their stunt night was nothing to be shunned either. Summer again, but this time when September came I was wide awake waiting for my friends to enter the assembly for their final year. I did not know until then how attached to these kids I had become. There they were full-fledged seniors in all their glory. Missing from the group were Gerald Magruder, Charles Gaiiield, Bill Garner, Ada Brown, and Irma Royce, Virginia Walsh of Chicago and Kathryn Sowers of Donovan took their places as new students in the senior class. I felt very depressed when I thought that this would be their last year where I could watch and enjoy their antics. Yet whenever I was thus dejected, I would always perk up and start gaining time when one of them came into view. The senior officers were: - President ..,......... ......... D ean I-Iungness Vice President ....... ..........,... J ohn Clark Secretary .......................,.......... Norma Warrick Treasurer ..,....................,,....,.......... Wilbur Yana These seniors were all polished leaders with brains in their heads. They were oiiicers in every organization. Dean, Cyril, and John played on the first five of the winning Ram team. Other seniors won awards and claimed recognition in several contests and clubs. Phyllis Schlotman was again pianist for the Glee Club. Indeed I am proud of this class of 1947. They gave a riotous play called Quiet Everybody . It was acclaimed as a smash hit. The Shehian on which thev worked so hard was a masterpiece of perfection. I had almost adopted them as my children. Then one spring night I heard the soft strains of Pomp and Circumstance ' pouring its melodic strains through the corridors. My entire system stopped. No, it couldn't be, I said, but the inevitable had come. This grand group of boys and girls were marching up to receive their one-way tickets, in the form of diplomas, into the world of their own choosing. I felt I would never be able to move my hands againg but then I knew that, when this class of 1947 entered into the world, they would be making time move as it should. They would still be leaders making improvements and making life happy for some other clock. I know life in S.C.l-I.S. will never be the same without that group of laughing, friendly kids. They will give and receive great happiness in the professions they choose no matter what they may be: marriage, clerical work, nursing, journalism, law, engineering, farming, medicine, etc. I shall forever remember this class with ever minute which passes. The best of luck to the class of 1947. 1 -Norma Warrick. SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1947, being of inadequate minds and disorderly bodies, do hereby draw up our last will and testament, signed and sealed on this 31st day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen-hundred and forty-seven. ARTICLE I . We, the Seniors, leave our seats in the west side of the assembly to the juniors. We 1947

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Shana G.A.A. 45 Music Festival 43 Christmas Vesper 43 Operetta 4, Shehian Staff. Ronald Lambert: Senior Playg Stunt Night 1-35 Prom Committee 3. John Clark: Basketball 1-2-3-4, Baseball 1-2-33 Track 1-2-3-45 Tennis 1-3-43 Senior Playg Glee Club 25 Shehian Staffg Stunt Night 1-35 Vice President of Class 49 Christmas Vesper 25 Sophomore Class Play. Wavel Mabbitt: Bloomington High School 1-25 Prom Committeeg Stunt Night 3. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Do you know who I am? Naturally, you do not. Well, I'll have to tell you. I am the assembly clock that has been ticking off the hours at S.C.H.S. for these past years. You say that clocks don't talk? Meet the exception to this rule. I have broken the rule because I want to tell you the history of the class of 1947. Besides I am getting sick of the same old tick-tock. It's monotonous. The story begins like this. I had been spending the summer of 1943 very peacefully, too peacefully for that matter. I craved some excitement and change, and that is exactly what I got. On September 1, I woke up with a very strange spectacle before my eyes. I saw a group of twenty-five very stupid-looking, gangling youngsters. This must be the new freshman class, I thought to myself. Immediately this new group captured my interest. I knew that I would enjoy the next four years of my life with the aid of these greenies. I liked this freshmen classg they had ambition written all over them. I learned through a notice on the bulletin board who their class ofiicers were. President .................,.................. Norma Warrick Vice President ....... ........ R olland Light Secretary ............. ................. W ilbur Yana Treasurer ...............i .,................. P atricia Goin Student Council ............ Phyllis Schlotman and Dean Hungness i p Class colors .............,............ Maroon and White Their class motto confirmed by first conception of this class. It was: Not to the top, but climbing. I really did like the way these boys and girls went out for the activities and sports. There was no grass growing under these young feet. Their first year ended much too swiftly for me, and the summer seemed to creep by. Then on a very bright September morning, I was awaken by the shouting of voices. Yes, school had once more begun. In my excitement upon seeing my now sophomore friends, I almost broke my main spring. Yes, there they were again just as carefree and go-getting as ever. I noticed that Ronald Smith and Andrew Fry were no longer present in the class ranks, but in their place was Jean Stevens, a newcomer, from Rockport, Indiana. ' This year the class oflicers were: President ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,.,,... N 011113 Warrick Vicg President ,,,,,,,. ....... F ern RiCl'liSOI1 Secretary ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,....,........,,............ Nina Hall Treasurer ,,,,,,,,...,,,,,,,,,,,.....,.....,.. Cyril DOHOIIUC The momentum of things increasedthis term. Besides all of the other activities, some of the classmates received real recognition in the sports world. Dean Hungness, Robert Smith, and John Clark won places on the varsity basketball team, while Frances Busick and Norma Warrick became cheerleaders. The class had a picnic, a dance, and took a great part in adding a new kind of sparkling zip to the high school atmosphere. But, alas, summer vacation again came, and- I was left for three more bare and lonely months. I need not tell you how happy I was to ring my bell designating the first day of school in the fall of 1945. My heart sunk when I discovered the absence of Robert Smith, Ray Burton, and Don Smartzg Ray and Don had been taken by the Army. This scar in the class was F 1947 t -

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Shwmn leave our aptness in financial affairs to them also. We, the Seniors, give our ability to cut up and act like maniacs to the sophomore class. We, the Seniors, hand our quiet assembly manners to the freshmen. We, the Seniors, will to the remaining students in Sheldon High School our pictures in the library, our marked-up books, our dates, our cars, our jokes, and the faculty. ARTICLE II Virginia Walsh gives her athletic ability and strength to Phyllis Morgan. Her cheerful ways go to Betty Brown. Donald Faupel wills his women-hating mind to Teener Mayotte. His jokes are given to Don Arseneau along with his giggle. Rolland Light bestows his motor scooter to Mr. Hollingsworth. His numerous Good- land admirers are left to Benny Mabbitt, Robert Young, Fox Busick, and Don Arseneau who already have a fine start. Cyril Donohue wills his kelly green shirt to any other true Irishman. His cute grin goes to Bob Long. W Helen Gaffield gives her ability to make A's in shorthand to future commercial students. She presents her attitude towards the male species to Janice Allsbaugh. l Wilbur Yana leaves his keen sense of humor to Betty Hall. His blonde hair and business-like manner go to Eddie Johnson. Pat Goin bequeaths her conversational aptitude to Ruby Cunningham. Her seat in world history class goes to next year's history students with the guarantee that it is only slightly used. Wavel Mabbitt honors Frank Clark with her ability to talk at a record-breaking speed. fMaybe Frank could combine this characteristic with his singing talent and become another Phil Harrisl. To the sophomore girls Wavel leaves her brother, Benny. Rosalie Meents gives her ability to really change from a jolly junior to a dignified senior to Retha Connor. She leaves to Pete O'Connor her artistic abilities and her secret of getting a.ong with Mrs. Somerville. Kathryn Sowers leaves her walk to Joanne Courtright. She leaves her high I. Q. to all of the lower classmen along with her characteristic of the eye-brow lifting. Dean Hungness wills his beard to any freshman having trouble with peach fuzz. His weakness for blondes and his build go to Johnny Fry. Jean Stevens awards her.long hair to Letha Connor plus her athletic talents. She wills her numerous boy friends to any girl who is looking for rare species. Frances Busick leaves her low-pitched laugh to Lois Bennett to give her that Laureen Bacall eifect. Frannie's spindle-shanks and her winning personality go to Velma Berry. Doris Glasgow gives Louie Mae Wilson her title of ping pong champion. Her heighth goes to her cousin, Verna Mae Ewen. Norma Warrick wills her red hair and her love for red-headed men to Jean Hungness. Her boisterous laugh and gum-cracking go to Emma Jane Goosey. John Clark relinquishes his eccentric ways to Jimmy Johnson. His permanent wave machine goes to Bill Strickler who would probably look very cute with curls. Nina Hall gives her ability to go steady to Betty Foster. Her charm and sweetness go to Don Smartz, plus her commercial talents. Fern Richison bestows her griping about English themes to future students. Her love for horses is presented to Paul Clawson along with her sparkling soprano voice. Ronald Lambert wills his scientific mind to Phyllis Brubaker. He leaves Glenna in the hands of the Mabbitt boys thinking he has done a wise thing. Phyllis Schlotman honors Jack Kirk and Joe Eagle with her talents at the keyboard, Her feminine ways go to Betty Dayle Garfield. The senior class leaves its brilliant minds to future Sheldon High School students, and we hope they will enjoy their days in Alma Mater as well as we have. To the teachers, we hope we have left many pleasant memories. In witness hereunto. we do hereby set out hand and seal this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord. nineteen hundred and forty-seven. NVitnesses: Class of 1947. l?47