Gloversville High School - Oracle Yearbook (Gloversville, NY)

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JUNE l937 Your Junior year . . . You bore yourself with dignity now As befitted a member of the Class of '37, And began to look down on the lowly Sophs As you 'd been looked down on once yourself. You cut down a bit on the gum-chewing And didn 't buy more than three packs a week . . . You began to search the Herald's gossip columns Half-hoping, half-fearing to see your own name included. But you never found it. It seemed That everyone else but you was being written about. You vowed you'd do something exciting And crash the colunms before the year was up- lfut, somehow, you never got around to it . . . As the snow started to melt and became Hpackyn There 'd be snowballs flying all over the campus. You had to duck your head as you went up the path Or else get beaned by a whizzing chunk of ice. You began to realize how the Lost Battalion felt When they were being cut to pieces by German machinegun fire. A Senior at last . . . You suddenly realized it would do no harm If you buckled down to a little real studying. You began to do your assignments regularly And felt pretty good to see your marks on the up-grade. That winter you began to attend the basketball games. There'd be a dance afterward and sundaes At the ice cream bar on the way home. Remember the Saratoga baseball game? You looked down with disgust VVhen the big GHS first baseman came to bat in the seventh VVith two on and our nine trailing by a single run And a rowdy Sophomore screeched in your ear, C'MON BOY, KNOCK IT A MILE! But then when he swung on a. fast ball, Connected, and sent the pill humming into the outfield, You forgot your dignity and jumped to your feet, Knocking over your bottle of orange soda. The gaudy liquid Flowed away in sparkling rivulets, though you didn 't know it Till some of it dripped down in your shoe. April . . . and a sudden hustle-bustle . . . Homework . . . story for the Herald . . . Senior theme to write . . . You breathe a sigh of relief when the rush is over. May . . . boning for the Regents . . . Constant interruption of routine . . . Calling cards exchanged among the Seniors . . . Pictures to be taken, blanks filled out, clothes to be bought June . . . and graduation . . .

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Graduation Reverie Dedicated to the Class of 1937 13,11 BIARVIN lairsmrrz, ,LST Now that the time has come at last For parting from GHS, YVe recall all the pleasant hours we ,vo spent 'Mid these scenes of scholastic success. Remember that day back in 534 lVe entered as lowly Sophs? Though the Juniors were told to go easy that year lVe were careful-with even our coughs. WVe'd come over from Estee with just the intent Of raising a choice bit of Cain, Chewing Beech-Nut and Wlrigleyis to our hearts content WVhile the Seniors looked down with disdain. . avaescssscfseise Remember that lirst Johnstown game . . . How you yelled yourself hoarse when A Red and White end plucked a pass out of the air And sprinted forty yards for a touchdown? . . . After you had gotten your first tough workout in the gym Your muscles ached so for a couple of days That it was torture to move. The next time you didn it feel it so much And after that you were O.K .... Remember Bob Alpert? He was one swell cheerleader. ln fact, he could make you yell your lungs out When he came out on the platform with three good-looking babes Who ar-ted as his assistants and hollered, O, K., gang, Let 's give 'em the old Red and White yell! Are you ready? lQet's go-o-o-oi Then you cut loose, your voice lost in the swelling clamor That rose in a great wave toward the ceiling Threatening to jar it loose . . . You were sort of girl-shy at first . . . But after you began talking to that cute little brunette Who sat back of you in your third period Algebra class tReme1nber?J You forgot your shyness And soon got up courage to ask her to teach you to dance. 7 THE ORACLE

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28 THE ORACLE Last Will and Testament Rnom All men bu Gfhese Dresents: We, the proud, stately, grand and 0.I'fIlt6ll 1.0577 Graduating Class of Glotfcrwizfillc High School, lacing of questioamlnly sound mimi, reason- ably sounfl rlispositiofn, anrl collectively sound liofly, and not acting mzrlcr fraufl, duress, menace, or the mzfluc iufluicincc of liquor, rlo llcrclzy make, pulilisli, owl rlcclorc this momentous flocumcuf our fmt, last, owl only Will and Testament, and do llf'l'lH'flllI'lll'l1 girc and llcqucuth the following: l ins'r: To the budding Class of '38 a worthy goal for which to strive--that dizzy pinnacle ol' success an d accomplishment, surpassing all others, achieved only by our graduating Seniors. Sncoxnz Also to the Junior Class the occupa- tion, control, and complete mastery of the second Hoor of the school building-where the Sopho- mores fear to tread - oh yeah '? Tninn: To Mr. Vfarde the privilege of scrap- ing together as numerous and impressive a bunch of aspirants for glory on the cinder paths as has been his fortune this year. Fou1:1'H: To Duke Miller, our mighty and masterful mentor of brain, brawn and breathing exercises, the hope for a more successful athletic season than this past one has been. l ir'ri-lx To Miss Tefft the task of choosing t'rom the ranks of the class of '38 two such able and polished troupers to play the leads in the next Senior Play production as Gene Goossen and Dolores Havlick were in Seventeen , SIXTH: To Mr. Campaigne, our able journal- istic advisor, a younger and more eager group of cub reporters for him to tear his hair over in the process of molding them into a compact, eliicient, smooth-running Herald staff. Snvnxru: 'l'o Mr. Yickery a fresh crop of test-tube breakers and nitric-acid spillers, who will undoubtedly muddle things up generally and make life perilous for innocent bystanders in the yChemistry lab. ' EIGHTH: To Mr. Young, the Safety ,Driving teacher, a brand-new bunch of budding motorists to complete the wreck of that antiquated vintage oi' 'QT Chrysler over in the l'lstee Auto Shop. NINTH : 'l'o Mr. lferguson the right to enthrall many another History C class with his thrilling lilood-aiid-thunder tale of death and destruction, entitled, llow I iWon the NYar Single-Handedng or, Kaiser Bill, Here I Come! 33 TENTH: To Mr. Crandall and the rest of the Faculty our most sincere thanks and undying gratitude for making our years within the portals of GHS some of the happiest we have yet experienced. And now, ye lowly Juniors land Sophomores, tooli, hearken to these gems ot' benevolence which certain individual Seniors condescend to let fall to you - like a few welcome drops ot' rain falling from a brazen sky upon the parched desert sands beneath: 1. Dick Furlong, head man ot' the llerald staff, bestows upon some worthy successor to the throne, as yet unnamed, the right to take up the torch in the still-raging battle against dat ol' debbil Mimeograph. 2. Chuck Getman, nonchalantly as is his wont, leaves his masterful redhead tech- nique to any aspiring young man who cares to go on the make for some carrot- topped lassie. Louis Gattie is the most likely recipient of this magnanimous gift, but, as he himself remarked, Pm no red- head specialistg I'll take on anything! 3. Audrey Brott confers upon some slightly terriftie Junior eoquette the right to in- trigue most of our brawny gridiron heroes as she has done so ably. At this writing, Jane Gillis seems to be the most logical successor. 4. Harold Sherman bequeaths a supertlous portion of his masterful tactics with the fair sex to the one Junior liothario who can handle the assignment -- none other than Billy Oberg! 5. Elsie Buff bestows solne of her ability as a quibbler, that inexhaustible supply ot' energy, and her astounding facility of be- ing many places at one and the same time on that bustling 1nan-about-the-school, M r. Howard Stanton. Also she leaves her Oracle editor's post to a little lassie who, after doing yeoman service as assistant ed. for two years, certainly rates the job - Jean McCabe. 6. Milt, Lazarus leaves a bit ot' that healthy Florida tan to any Junior who looks as though he needs it. 7. Jane Murphy and Florence Speare, officially deadlocked for the title of GlslS Giggler No. l , donate their inimitably