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

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THE CLEVELANDER 19 C. Contest Winners First Row: Marian Austin, Margaret Leith. Back Row: Samuel Pascal: Margaret Maraschiello. A, Deelamation Contest In the annual Cirls' Declamation Contest held at South Park High School, Novemher 17, 1936, Ivlarion Austin won first place. She skillfully delivered The Mother ofthe Unknown Soldier, taken from Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews' Yellow Butterflies. American Essay Contest Annually the American Legion sponsors an Americanism essay contest which is promoted hy the Buffalo Evening News. This year the topic was Americanism As Shown in the Life of Grover Cleveland. Mzirgziret M. Leith, a representative of Grover Cleveland High School, was rated as one of the winners and was given a trip to Wasliiiigttiii, D. C., during the Easter vacation. Solo Singing Competition Margziret Nlaraschiello, mezzo soprano, and Samuel Pascal, dramatic tenor, were winners in the cityfwide solo singing contest. Both competed in the state contest held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium in this city.

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18 THE CLEVBLANDER Debate Team captured the trophy. Then came Junior Day. For heroism, leadership, and initiative, oiiicers were elected to represent the class. Among them were First Mate Gilbert Sauer, with assist' ants Mary Castrianno, Elinor Sorenson, Charles La Mendola, Jedidah Montgomery and Joseph Bruckf lier. Their Junior Day Ceremony completed the year and they were promoted to the station of senior' ity. Once again the curtain was lowered on a memorable year. ACT IV-SENIORS REPORT FOR DUTY For the last time, the curtain was lifted and these young men and women assumed responsibility as the Class of 1937. Early in the fall, the lighthouse was sighted and they knew their work as earnest, hearty seafarers had not been in vain. They became an invincible armada which won victory over many obstacles. With mingled joy and sadness they enacted their last scenes, Senior elections, Class Day, and Graduation. Equipped with passport, the diploma, they anchor now peacefully in a quiet and beautiful harbor. The magnificent clipper has docked, and each lifeboat sets out for a diff ferent shore, perhaps crossing one another's path, perhaps never to meet again. Winds may roar about those tiny vessels causing them to dip and sway, but they shall fight desperately for they have passed the tests of seaworthiness. There will be times, also, of splendor, when glittering blue water will be matched by lofty white clouds, days of tranquility almost equal to that of the pacific' harbor of high school. May these ships meet with no disasters but sail smoothly onward ever sturdy, steady, and erect! And so-the curtain falls on the denouement of a truly happy drama. lcil The Rainbow It rained today, 'twas cold and grey, And all the world lay still. The birds, they slept, and all was wet . . When from atop the hill . . The sun came out, in glory shone, And from my window pane The clouds turned white and all was bright, And no more fell the rain. The birds flew forth and filled the air With song . . . and children played. The trees shone bright, it was a sight To see what the rain had made. The grass was wet and to the eye, It looked like velvet green. The air was moist, the breezes danced, All shone with silvery sheen. Then lo . . across the azure sky, In colors, oh, so bright, A rainbow spread its gorgeous band It was a splendid sight. The blue and orange and rosy red, Entwined with dainty pink. And as I stood, in wondrous gaze, Its beauty I did drink. SALVATORE MARSIGLIA

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20 THE CLEVELANDER The Prophecy of the Class of 1937 TIME: A day, any day, a long time away. SETTING: A Radio Studio-G. C. H. S. Let us today pay a visit to the best broadcasting studio in town-G. C. H. S. We are arriving there just in time to hear Joseph Vispi give us our setting up exercises. Joseph Vispi: Hello Everybody! Today we have a new book of calisthenics. You may have this book free. It is the present of the Abulone-Cheesman Life Insurance Company. This book is strongly recommended by those prominent bodyfbuilders, Dominic Di Gangi and Carmen Zupa. Our first exercise this morning is one recommended by Patricia Brady, the famous dietician, and also by her staff in that school for the reduction of surplus avoirdupois, Pauline Sanucci, Jeanette Ricotta, Cassie Jiambra, and Bernice Franks. Ready! Turn over! Lie down! Get up, take a deep breath! Count to ten. Good Morning! Announcer: That was Joseph Vispi, advocate of your daily dozen. Next we have none other than that perfectly grand personage, Miss Virginia Werkley, who will endeavor to tell you a famous recipe. This program is sponsored by the James Noble Cooperative Sea Breeze Company. Slogan: If you want the air at your beach hot, just send for the Noble man. Some of the experts at this type of work are Joseph Maloney, Ray Limpert, John Lettieri, Frank Dragone, and Arthur Buscaglia. Miss Werkley: I just must tell all my radio fans about the perfectly ducky recipe which I ref ceived in this morning's mail. It came from the Recipe Giver and Getters' club of Buffalo. The club members are Angeline Ligotti, Anna Scordata, Ida Ragusa, Angeline Reina, Anita Ringo, and Adelia Sanucci. This recipe is How to boil water. The directions are: Put some water in a pot! Light a fire under it and let nature take its course. Announcer: News Flash! Right from the west side of our own city, folks, we have the most exciting bit of news of the week. Taking their cues from abroad, Anthony Bandinelli, Michael An- zalone, Vincent Alberti, James Barnes, and Anthony Cassaro, have formed the AntifRegimentation Society to protest against the regimenting of our youth in schools in order to afflict them with such revolutionary ideas as the value of learning. This society has a ladies' auxiliary in which Mary M. Lauria, Kathleen Traquair, Mamie Cipolla, and Theresa Ciszek do their bit to aid the cause. Announcer: It is my pleasure at this time to present that silveryfvoiced song bird of the air- ways, Margaret Maraschiello, who will entertain you through the courtesy of the Robert Bundock Eraser Company, whose slogan is, The only man who never makes a mistake is a woman! Margaret: Do you remember Gilbert Sauer and Walter Sloan? Announcer: Yes. Margaret: Well, they're writing a column now that they call Around the World in Seven Min' utes and Why It Can't Be Done. Announcer: I think you had better sing, Margaret. What will it be? V Margaret: An old favorite, Eleanor Radecki and Marion Dalgeish, the music critics, simply raved about it. It is called Oh Lovely Night. Announcer: Thank you Margaret! That was lovely. And now we will turn the microphone over to that connoisseur and critic of the silver screen, Jeanette De Salvo. Jeanette: How do you do, fans and fancies. There is a particularly good movie at John Smith's Buffalo this week, called Man's Last Stand, starring Frank Ciocca as the last man and Jane Di Carlo as the siren who is determined to subjugate this last bulwark of rugged individualism. Other players in this picture are: Samuel Serio, who plays the seemingly bashful suitorg Ruth Wyckoff, the ener' A