Grover Cleveland High School - Clevelander Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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16 Tara CLEVELANDER Front row: D, Kerr, S. Randazzo, C. Rossi, H. Oirlialoro. S. Pascal. Back row: P. Mazuea, W. Blomberg, F. Sill, J. Hunt, F. Penna. First Place in Debating Won by Grover To the Debating Teams goes the glory of bringing the first trophy, emblematic of supremacy in interfscholastic competition, to the halls of Grover Cleveland. ln their third year of participation in the interfhigh school debate competition the Cleveland forensic stars were able to surprise debate enthusiasts throughout the city and win the coveted Board of Education award. Wiiiiiiiig and losing in the Fall debates and with a total of 12 judges' votes, Grover representa' tives rested in seventh place when the Spring debates took place. Then in one of the biggest upsets in the history of debate competition the Grover team surged into first place by winning both debates and accumulating 19 judges' votes thus giving us a yearly total of three debates won and 31 judges' points. Victory in the interfscholastic debate competition is determined first by the number of debates won and second by the number of judges' votes received. In each contest there are three judges who cast five votes each. These are split between the teams upon the basis of merit in argumentaf tion and presentation. When two or more teams are tied on the basis of debates won the decision goes to the team with the greatest total of judges' votes. The results of the Fall and Spring debates follow: Grover Cleveland, affirmative 8-Hutchinf sonfCentral High School 7g Grover Cleveland, negative 5fRiverside High School 103 Grover Cleve' land, aihrmative 8-Bennett High School 7g Grover Cleveland, negative 12W-East High School 3. The success of both teams depended largely upon the excellent coaching of Mr. Selig Adler and Mr. Frank Dressler. -

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THE CLEVELANDER 15 party were honored Qunior Class Officers-Floyd Sill, Clarina Rossi, Jean Doubles, Joseph Knepper, Rowena Thomson, and joe Manganelloj. Showing a decided improvement due to this injection of cheerfulness, the troops again began the ascent, this time with a great increase in vigor and enthusiasm. Before long, however, they encounf tered another battle, more serious and dangerous than the last two but not injurious enough to inflict serious loss. This was due to the experience and foresight of the combatants Quniorsl. After this conflict, the leaders called a halt and another furlough was granted fvacation-19351. Early in the fall of 1936 the peak of the Hill was sighted. This gave all a new hope for they realized now that all had not been in vain. Because of this a marked increase in progress daily was noted. One day, however, a sudden attack by a wild tribe caught some brave recruits by surprise. So well drilled were they, that they completely routed the enemy in such a fashion as to bring home the crown of the enemy ruler fDebate Team-trophyj. Now the leaders in battle were honored for their courage and bravery fSenior class officersj. Now came what was to prove the most terrific battle ever waged by the brave company of people-that with King Regents. It seems that he had never before been defeated and for that reason he was unduly proud and haughty. The scouts first sighted the enemy a short while after a glorious celebration in camp QClass Dayj. The scouts of King Regents were now in sight. Qur band fSeniorsj crept slowly toward the enemy, cautiously advancing step by step. Our gunners had a large supply of ammunition Qbrainsj. Finally the armies met on a small plateau fgymnasiumj in a terrible face to face conflict. Had it not been for the fact that the courage' ous army had been so well trained, and so expertly organized, the result would have been inevitable defeat. As it was, however, the army gradually subdued the enemy but only after a bitter battle. Thus they seized the land of King Regents. Now they saw at the very top of the Hill in glittering 'gold letters Graduation Night. Then, the allfpowerful band of conquerors gained confidence for now they were clad in strong armor. Wearing the peaked helmet of courage, the sturdy breastplate of hope, the keen sword of determination and the shield of loyalty, they started on their journey and began their battle with life keeping Browning's lines in mind: One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, tho' right were worsted, wrong would triumph. PASCAL MAZUCA C The Stranger . Silently the swirling flakes sweep earthward, Y And though the bleak cold day is not yet done, Shadows have lengthened with the dying sun. Through fragrant pine sounds call of lonely bird, And stalwart trees 'mid snowy haze are blurred. In the marshflands as the night has begun, He stands immovable as though benumbedg Fixed are his eyes, and speaks he not a word. Hopelessly stunned and ravaged by time's toll, His face is haggard and weary his frame. By whose hand was the light snuffed out in his soul? Can't someone help, by rekindling the flame? A cloud on the pale moon obscures my sight, The stranger vanishes into the night. THOMAS KENNEDY

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THE CLEVELANDER 17 Memories Warren Sweeney doing the Flea Hop at basketball games . . . Tom Kennedy talking behind his hand in the study room . . . Santo Bellanti working after school on problems found in old math text books . . . John Carriero trying to dodge playing the piano in the orchestra . . . Louis Privitera receivf ing a big hand after his Washington Day speech . . . Joe Carey's red cheeks . . . Mary DiGregoria unconsciously tearing up her Completed homework . . . Charles Cascio's rosefcolored sweater . . . Phil Taibbi surprising every one by singing so beautifully in a radio amateur . . . Mr. Ping's short assembly speeches- Help . . . Norma EC1dy'S Cl6mOI1St1'HtiOn of the sundry shades of iingernail polish . . . Joe Corbo and Tony Privitera creating poems to present to the charming substitute English teacher. The fun in Miss Geyer's thirdfhour senior English class when a note was passed to the pupils on April 1, telling them to blow their noses at 11:20 sharp . . . The trouble Miss Larson had in trying to get the girls to step in the foot bath fthey claimed it wore out their stockingsj . . . The hard time the orchestra had in getting the musical instruments in tune on Junior Day f1935J . . . The morning our Senior Boys were shoveling snow for the city and eating bologna sandwiches while the younger set of Clevelandites were going to school . . . The uselessness of entering the shower room when we had nice leaky pipes to drip water on us while undressing . . . The paper which accumulated in our desks while we were attending classes in other rooms . . . The freshmen boys early in the term trying to sit far away from the teacher in the studyroom and their chagrin at being asked to move. Mimeograph sheets of Campus Topics . . . Fire drill in the midst of an assembly . . . The debate in '35 that began an hour late because one of the judges forgot his appointment . . . Halls ringing with The Music Goes Down and Round . . . The bidding for football tickets in assembly . . . The first pictures our photography club took . . . The spurting of the water fountains giving more than one person a clean face . . . Winning the trophy for debating-dfollowed by placing first in the tenor and the baritone classes in the cityfwide singing contest . . . The squeaking seats in Room 212 . . . Prac' ticing new cheers in assembly . . . Boys trying to open windows in assembly pulling all the cords but the right ones. The number of priceless friends you made during your high school days . . . When the Seniors of '36 were Freshmen in '32 and had to attend every other assembly . . . And when we had to carry cafeteria chairs into the auditorium so that we could sit in the aisles and the trouble we had taking our seats back to the lunchroom . . . The Christmas spirit in the lunchroom- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells . . . The senior girls' baseball team being beaten by a team onefhalf its size . . . The RED TIE and GREEN BOW days of '36. Josephine Mineo getting locked in the Secretarial Practice Room . . . Joe Knepper buying a garter belt to keep his stockings up while playing hockey . . . Miss Marquardt leading the cheers at the basketball games . . . When Rose Shevlet was usherette at the spring debate and walked gallantly down the aisle to turn and find that nobody was behind her . . . Miss Moore giggling at the Senior Class meeting. The time Miss Middleton asked Norman Ventura to name a tragedy of Shakespeare, Norman's reply: Shakespeare's Macbeth, by Julius Caesar. . . . When Mr. Cavelieri asked Joe Corbo to sit at a girls' table in the cafeteria. Did Joe blush? I should say not. He liked it . . . When Frank Penna told Mr. Dressler's history class that the Pilgrims landed in Virginia . . . The stormy day when all the girls in Room 200 were on time and they didn't ring the tardy bell until 9 o'clock. Were the girls irritated and were their nice curls straight? The time Miss Geyer had getting Jeannette Catanzaro out of the room when she had her eye full of powder in 1932 . . . The time the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra came to G. C. H. S. When Mr. Kennedy was delivering a speech one of the musicians moved a little, striking the chimesg did Mr. Kennedy get the gong . . . When we had the bad weather everyone in school was thanking Old Man Winter because we received a day off, but the laugh was on us when we had a day subtracted from our Easter vacation.