Garden City High School - Mast Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Our Year HE school year of 1950-51 opened on Sep- tember 7th, thus granting attendant students the doubtful privilege of being present at one of the earliest opening days in Gee Cee history. The big day was duly heralded by editor Duhr- ing's first issue of the Echo and one of Mr. Langley's famous letters which have become a Garden City institution. There had been a few changes in room loca- tion since the previous spring, and as a result, students who were sick in the first weeks spent quite a bit of time hunting for the medical room which seemed to have turned into a girls' dor- mitory during the summer. Of course the new students, including our German exchange senior, Hans Meinicke, were no more confused than newcomers usually are, although Mike Steven- son, a newcomer in November, pulled an original one, when, in leaving a room after class, he opened a door and plowed headlong into the closet. We guess Mike has learned to find his way around by now though. Another new addition to the building was the public address system, over which morning no- tices were to be read. ln addition, the system strengthened Mr. Thompson's control over de- linquent students because now he could call anywhere in the building for them. Also, the few students arriving before homeroom period in the morning found it quite pleasant to do those last minute English compositions to the tune of The Skaters' Waltz. G. O. ticket sales began in that first month. At its close the drive was S100 short of its S2926 goal. Out of the six grades, a higher percentage of freshmen bought G. O. tickets than any other class, with the seniors second. The football season began on September 23, on this day and the following Saturday the Troians took their only decisive losses of the sea- son. A new group of performers was introduced at this time, the Troianettes, who performed drill exercises at all home football games and some basketball games in the winter. After the Port game, September 30, the sophomores inaugu- rated our social season with the first dance of the year. An early and profitable lS8OO netl Senior Bridge was held on October ll, ably managed by Karen Wroldsen. The affair left the seniors feeling quite wealthy and made it possible to cancel class dues until the second semester. A week later, all class treasuries swelled a little more as the eighth grade led the school over the top in the magazine drive.

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On October 24, Garden City's parents made their annual visit back to school and found the student grind iust as confusing as ever. After a musical sendoff by the chorus in the auditorium, the parents stumbled through their classes to meet all the whip-wielders, new and old, in Gee Cee's school system. With the coming of November, the tirst Masquers' production rolled in. The play was Junior Miss and Sistie Uudy Gravesl Sime, Sharon lthat voicell Eister, and Janet lbored to deathl Howe surely did it up fine. And close on the heels of the play came the girls' yearly chance to get their men. The Sadie Hawkins Dance was held in both gyms on November 6th, waltzing in the boys' gym, square dancing in the girls'. No sooner had the school recovered from the dance, than a new crisis presented itself. Our earnest students discovered that first marking period was over and nothing could be done about it. After everyone had crawled out from under his report cards, it was discovered that there would be a long Thanksgiving weekend in which to recuperate. Most of the kids needed it, too, after that Thanksgiving Eve Senior Sea- sonal Dance! November left us, finally, after two more im- portant events had taken place. The first was the publication of the Garden City High School