Haaren High School - Quill and Hammer Yearbook (New York, NY)

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T E ,iw '11 1 'IT , i f f, ' vb I 1 A an 'Ti wg, s. X My I K vflwi I v ' swf .M ld' il A ' ! 1 If 'nf' 2 'MY I 1 ' -1 X. .fl ., .v , I , , . ii., . .- lf? F. fl 'I'- 1-': ' i qlliiiffei-I h I, -Inky 2 T .,, . - Q gg? .- ' sg . . M. .X 'fc ' sggfx ll, 3 K: six L- 'wx my X N I J. ex vangua- IT SEEMED HOURS WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU PAGE EIGHTEEN WILL WE WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . fhaf February day in I946. If was regenfs' week and fhe school in ifs silence awed us, fhe Iiffle freshmen. We spoke in whispered fones. We were ushered info 'I'he audi- forium and kepf waifing for whaf seemed hours. Occasionally fhe silence would be brolren by a group of seniors laughing hilariously as fhey observed us fhrough I'he door. Suddenly we heard a sharp spine-fingling voice. If was one Docfor Herman Manfell. He reminded us of fhe responsibilifies we young aduII's had. His final words we shall nof easily forgef: . . . And fellows, if you ever need a Iiffle advice or help, due fo some difficulfy or frouble, consider fhe faculfy, your feachers, as personal friends. Come fo us and WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU! Affer fhese words of cheer, we loosened up a bif. We observed wifh a pang of disappoinfmenf, fhe Iaclr of females in fhe school, and as fhe horrid realizafion came fo us, fears could be seen in fhe eyes of some. WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . fhe monfhs wenf by speedily for some and fediously for ofhers. By I947 we had gone fhrough basic and were habifuafed fo high school life. Mosf of us learned fhe Iiffle dark secrefs and infrigues of fhe school. We no longer wondered why fhe rooms facing fhe shellac facfory always had fhe windows closed or why vulfures flew in circles around fhe school. WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . Doc Brown sfand- ing maiesfically in rubbers and umbrella in hand, shouf- ing above fhe falling wafer, Rub ii' in, rub if in, boys. I'II feach you how fo falce a shower yef! . . . Murray Phillips sfrumming his guifar in fhe audiforium and singing in a barifone, EI Rancho Grande, while fhe sfudenf body were af affenfion singing The Sfar- Spangled Banner. And fhe fime a caf exifed from Mrs. Dardenne's organ during Mr. Franzen's inform- afive few words in fhe assembly and saf on fhe organ and Iisfened affenfivelyg affer which he ioined fhe school in singinq Here's fo Dear Old Haaren. WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . Back in '47 when fra- difion was casf aside and fhe school received a much needed painf iob . . . The G. O. elecfions fhaf year broughf forfh such worfhwhile fhemes as, We cannof bring fhe girls baclc fo Haaren buf we shall endeavor o . U'

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THE Q ILL AND HAMMER Business Manager Murray PIu+chok Edifcr-Ari' Edifor Alfred Perillo This is your yearbook and here are +he edi'rors l who have made ii' whaf H' is. They have iniroduced as T original ideas fo recall for you fhe old familiar places. H' is +heir hope +ha+ you are 'favorably impressed and +ha+ you will spend many happy hours wifh your January I950 Quill and Hammer. LITERARY STAFF: Ginsburg, Danville, Severa, Schwab, BUSINESS STAFF: Bromberg, Rollins, Calcaierra, Finocchiaro, Sofnsfein, Hanoka. Russo, Papa, Weidman, Randonis, Vaccaro. PAGE SEVENTEEN

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EVER FORGET? if elecfed, fo have waifresses in fhe lunchroom, and remember, a vofe for Blue and Gold is a vofe for Blue and Gold! WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . I948. If found mosf of us faking regenfs examinafions for fhe firsf fime. Those upper fermers who had experienced fhe ordeal before were in no way sfingy in fheir advice. Some advocafed clever mefhods of passing fhe exam wifh gyp sheefs concealed perhaps under a callous on fhe palm of fhe hand, or faffooed under fhe finger nails. WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . Field Day, when fhe school casf aside ifs books and devofed ifs fime fo afhlefics. How proud we were when fhe sfudenfs beaf fhe faculfy in fhe annual Sfudenf-Faculfy soff ball game. WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . our senior year, when freshmen and midgefs became synonymous in our speech. We referred fo freshmen as fhe liffle ones Barnum's pygmies, whichever suifed our comic fasfe. When we were nof faunfing fhe liffle ones we were busily adiusfing ornamenfs on our recenfly acquired senior hafs. Remember fhaf poor fellow who gof a concussion when he fried fo add a felevision sef? Some may look back af our senior year wifh pain, remembering fhe high finance each sfudenf wresfled wifh. One sfudenl' puf if mosf apfly when he sfafed, Lisfen, Bub, fhose ain'f money bags under my eyes! Ofhers remember fhe ghasfly shock af seeing fheir yearbook phofographs for fhe firsf fime. The general reacfion was a long drawn ouf, Ahhhhhhl WILL WE EVER FORGET . . . fhose lasf monfhs af Haarenl Remember Celebrify Nighf when such sfars as Vic Damone, Alan Dale, and Dizzy Gillespie adorned our sfage wifh fheir falenf. If was fhis nighf fhaf Haarenifes heard for fhe firsf fime, and probably fhe lasf, Vic Damone and Alan Dale imifafing Jimmy Duranfe fo perfecfion, due fo fhe faulfy public ad- dress sysfem . . . and who shall forgef fhose musical programs during assembly when fhe nexf number, Number 3 on fhe Hif Parade, was greefed by a round of applause, only fo furn ouf fo be Debussy's Clair de Lune. . . WILL WE EVER FORGET? . . . No, we will never forgef because fhese have been fhe besf years of our lives. U Q N, W5 ' XY' gras ' ' gr . ffl gif ,fig , ' ' I lf I, .mg , IQ 'f ' THE LITTLE ONES P4 W' ' I D 'Q' f P -- .1 1, L Ti cyl y I . D if 'af I I' , K NUMBER 3 ON THE HIT PARADE PAGE NINETEEN