Harley School - Comet Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Seventh grade brought joan Haften- kamp and Meyer into our midst. CWe didn't know human beings came that small, Marge lj This year was our famous first attempt at Macbeth with Barbie as our able Lady M. In Paul Humphrey's absence Mike did a splendid job of learn- ing the title role on very short notice. Eighth grade found us welcoming Mary Coye and something resembling a string bean, named jefferson. Our great- est social whirl took place this year when post office transactions were carried on in various wreck rooms. Ninth grade came along and there we were yearning for the Big Three who had left us at the close of the eighth grade. But we kept pretty busy because this was the year Morgan popped in on us in Algebra class! The boys seemed to prefer the boiler room but smoke issued forth from the girls' locker room when one of our jeunes hlles produced a cigarette and we each had our first puff-such madness!! We really expanded in the tenth grade. N oemi was our representative from South America but it was hasta la vista to us and Hbuenos dias to the ninth grade be- fore we realized it. Cay Wade trotted in and Sally left the Old Trail for a new one. Our English classes had added color when Moz decided to come to Harley-New joisey's best, natch! The class treasury nearly went bankrupt because one of our new additions, Bill Kimsey, always had empty pockets. In the eleventh grade Suzie Green flashed in like a bolt from the blue, amid giggles and hysteria which have never ceased-to amuse us! Harley gained an ace mechanic when Bob Hershey arrived. We also acquired a jazz fiend, an artist, and an allergy victim in the persons of Peggy, Connie, and Marilynn. In the same year a stray man from M.G.M. who called himself Bill Hulbert came to thrill all us giggling girls! jerry arrived and put us on the scent of a Junior Roost which we have been insulating ever since. What we saw when we opened the door to our homeroom this September nearly bowled us over. Twenty-eight pairs of arms and legs sprawled all over, trying desperately to fit into one small room. When we began to distinguish faces we found several new members had been added to the class of '48 to make the grand total. The Kennedy twins decided to come back to their Alma Mater after a leave of absence of eight years. Betty Baker and Dave Chase entered our class and Dan made the journey all the way from Italy. We feel that this year has been an espe- cially stellar one for us. In spite of the fact that we are such a large class we have had some pretty wonderful times together. We are particularly proud of what we think was an outstanding Christmas Dance, and our trip to Albany was an experience we shall always remember. That is the history the class of 1948 has made thus far. But we are determined not to stop here, for Harley has given to us something that is diflicult to repay. We shall try, each in his own way, to contrib- ute to a future history of which Harley will be proud.

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CL SS HI TUBY-1943 The class of IQ48 had its beginning when Norm .-Xlling and Barbie Deshon refused to take naps in the nursery. On their promotion to first grade, Marty Frey and the Big Three - Jack Middleton. Joe Briggs, and Dave Kearns-joined them. Sue Pulsifer came along with her bangs and pigtails in the second grade. These were years filled with birthday parties and playing Kick-the-Can around the play- house. jackie appeared on the scene in third grade with long blond braids that curled at the ends. This was the year we made history! Remember the village we built Ollt where the tennis courts are? The boys had real bark on their houses, but the girls ran into some difficulty-their's blew over! NVe had a wild birthday party at which Mrs. lNIcGlashan slid down the falls into the Devils Bathtub. Life con- tinued at this break-neck speed and we whizzed through fourth grade. adding Paul Humphrey to our number. Our ex- pansion program really got under way in the fifth grade when four new members came to our class-Midge, Pete, Mike, and Bob Jobe. That was the year we learned all about whales and boats and things Qsee cutj, and gave our unforgettable version of The Tempest. Catastrophe struck in the sixth grade-Jackie cut off her braids Y Not only that but we had a premature atomic explosion in the form of Ernestine. But she fizzled down enough by the end of the year to be the angel in our produc- tion of YVhy the Chimes Rang.

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GERTRUDE B. BRIGGS Our senior class will return to Harley, as others have done, to renew old friend- ships and talk over old times, but one of our friends will not be there - Gerry Briggs. Our memories of good times with Gerry are too numerous to count, and so are the times when we have sought the understanding which we always knew she would be ready to give us, with the char- acteristic friendliness and simple humor which is so typically Briggsy. She has successfully led us through two operettas and has put her heart and soul into making the singing at candlelight and commencement efforts that will long be remembered. Gerry, we'lPmiss you! ' 22 EMILY A. NEAL Sincerity, honesty, spontaneous gaiety, her frank appraisal of our problems and little subterfuges-these, to us, personify Miss Neal. Through our years at Harley she has been a staunch friend-pulling us up by our bootstraps when we got lazy, praising us if we deserved it. Her ability for making the right suggestions just when we most needed them saved our necks many a time. Outstanding in our life at Harley has been Miss Neal-a friend in need and a friend indeed!