Gloversville High School - Oracle Yearbook (Gloversville, NY)

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ROCK Nineteen years ago, when my friends and I applied the first of many layers of paint to the rock, we had no idea that the act would become such a pop- ular pasttime. I feel very proud to have been part of establish- ing this great tradition. In my fifteen years of teach- ing, I have seen many different designs and logos appear on the rock. Johnstown even gets into the act every so often, like the year they tarred and feathered our beloved piece of granite. Some of the pieces of artistry done by our students have shown painstaking effort while other attempts have been done rather hurriedly. I do feel that it's a shame when some of the designs, which have obviously taken the art- ists a lot of time and effort to prepare, are painted over so quickly. However, whether a fancy design (original or using a stencil) or a plain old Class of —it's the spirit that counts. I hope that spirit lives on for a long time at G.H.S.. Keep on Painting and Long Live the Rock ! Mrs. Marnie Boardway Left: Mrs. Boardway relives her historic first painting of the Rock. Below left: Mr. Harris and son Danny continue a tradition of faculty school spirit at C.H.S.. Below: Sly Sylvester contem- plates his runners.

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Above: Dave Bakyta studies the slant of the green. Below: Star field hockey player Phyllis Nicolella is surrounded by her fans: lenny Sonn, Laura Merwitz, and Becky Carguilo. WE KNOW . . Identifying Unerclassmen What's the difference between a freshman and a sophomore? Between a sophomore and a ju- nior? A year, some might say. Others don't know. Actually, besides a year, there are other important characteristics. Consider the freshman, the easiest student to recognize. Looking somewhat like E.T. , the freshman has big, bulging eyes that never shut, a long neck that never stops rotating from side to side, and slippery hands that books continually fall from. It's no wonder he looks like this; no fresh- man wants to look uncool by carrying around a map. So he perks up his eyes and his neck and becomes vulnerable to the learned underclass- man who tells him that the gym is on the third floor. Now, the sophomore is a bit tougher to spot. No longer the youngest of the school, he is like the middle child of a family-not too heavily pam- pered or too heavily stressed into leadership. His eyes, now no longer too enthusiatic about the hallways and classrooms of G.H.S., look forward to the coming months and years and to the viscera of the Drosophila melanogaster. The junior is by far the most optimistic of the underclassmen. With a Prom to look forward to, the junior's eyes seem to dance and he walks through the halls observing everyone, as though wondering who his (or her, of course) prom date will be. The junior never refers to his time left at G.H.S. as two more years, but a year after this year we'll be seniors! And being a senior-well, that's the best there can be. Above Left: Freshman Lori Filipelli and Colleen Sullivan pre- pare to wash Mr. Ffarris's son Daniel. Above Right: Mary Jo Maynard finds the perfect setting for an artist. 5

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SOLID Color after color, layer after layer, the Rock becomes more solid, not only beneath coats of paint, but in tradition itself. We have seen and heard students' feelings toward the rock but have you ever wondered how the teachers feel about the rock, and the custom of paint- ing it? Suprisingly, all of the com- ments this roving reporter re- ceived were positive. Mr. Ri- venburg stated that he loves it and says, it's a great way for kids to vent their feelings and release their frustrations. He also said that it's good, clean fun as long as it's not deroga- tory, and it's better than paint- ing the school. Mr. Holmlund, being a little more concise, said I like it. All of the teachers agreed that it was a symbol of the school. Some even went as far as saying it was our mascot- more popular than the Husky or Dragon. Mr. Peterson compared it to Prudential, having security by getting a piece of the rock And in the words of Mr. Col- lins, Not everyone can be a jock, but everyone can paint the rock. If you ever wondered about the faculty's feelings towards the Rock-now you know. The Rock has their seal of approval. Left: Mr. Rivenburgh seeks a quiet mo- ment on the C.H.S. campus. Top: King of all he surveys, our affable Principal, Jack DeWeese, on the Rock. Above: Faculty members accompany students on wilderness trek. From left: R. Abel, Mr. Arpin, J. Ashe, Mr. Cranmer, R. Abel, and Mr. Subik. 7