Harley School - Comet Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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CZ... As the mist clearswe see our genii ushering in the tiny characters to the first grade: Jay, Billy, Lee, Sara, Betsy, and Nancy and we ..... Remember When: In the First grade Jay was so cute in baby overalls ..... We entertained i?l with puppet shows . . . . .We assisted at making our own birthday cakes. . . . . Mrs. Broadbrooks handed out pills CM. and M. 'sl during rest hours .......... Remember When: ln Second grade the girls got annihilated by the boys ..... We spent the night in Mrs. Allen's chicken coop ..... The amazon Mrs. Town moved in to help Mrs. Allen ..... Nan and Ricky ioined us .......... Remember When: In Third grade we fought for our Treasure Island down at the creek ..... Mrs. Mac enchanted us with tales of Mr. Fix-It ..... We gave our famous rendition of Allah Baba and The Forty Thieves ..... Mary came bouncing in with her sausage curls askew .......... Remember When: In the Fourth grade Arthur came, and was promptly nicknamed Be-Be lshort for Be-Be-Brainl . . . . .Nancy and Mary gouged Gaylord Whitaker's eyes out. . . . .We hired Mrs. Roth to be our star pitcher because we discovered what excel lent aim she had in the classroom--with books ..... . Remember When: In Fifth grade we went on strike daily at 2:30 on the dot ..... The girls had confidential talks on the playhouse roof while the boys hid below straining their ears ..... We made our debut on Broadway with The Six Who Pass While The Lentils Boil .......... Remember When: ln Sixth grade we drove Mr. Hixon so crazy that upon catching Lee chewing bubble gum, he wrapped it round her head--she appeared with a poodle cut the next day ..... We took a bus trip to Mrs. Mac's and Allen hit an innocent pedestrian on the back of the neck with a hard boiled egg ..... We went to the Hydro Electric Plant where Mary had a free ride on a freight platform ..... Our post-office games were the scandal of the Lower School ..... Our mothers couldn't understand why we all had headaches--they hadn't heard of our daily hitting-each- other-over-the-head-with-encyclopedias-game .......... Remember When: ln Seventh grade Jay took advantage of inflation and sold precious bubble gum at .25 per ..... We had a true confessions between boys and girls down at the creek ..... We constructed a horror house such as Harley had never seen before or since--fthe remainder can still be seen in the form of an iridescent skeleton on the wall in the lower hall, ..... We took weekly museum trips with Mr. Whiting ..... Nan had a sailing party ithat was before the days of drawbridges, . . . . .We danced f?l every Saturday night to the tune of Mr. Mc-Donell's lilting voice: Step together forward, step together back ......... . L

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add We, the Class of l954, being of one mind and sixteen bodies, do hereby declare this to be our Last Will and Testament as of Friday, June the eighteenth, l954. Jack leaves Guenther to figure it out for himself. Lee leaves her conversational ability in the library to Mrs. Kane. Brian leaves his blunt comments unsurpassed. Mary leaves her autographed copy of EMILY POST to Susie Natapow. CGI'mle leaves Carlos without a ride. Jay leaves his quaint and unique grammar to Mrs. Edey. Billy leaves his Tux Shop to that Absolute Opportunist--Wilse. Judy leaves her organizational abilities to Jack Levy. Ricky leaves his good manners to Roger Huff. Allen leaves his ability to be in twenty different places at once to Saucy Russell. Jean-Luc leaves the intricate workings ofAmerican Democracy to President Eisenhower. Nan leaves Samoliland in the health office. Arthur leaves Madame 's free periods free. Guenther leaves weight gained by Mrs. Anderson 's cooking to Rindy Holohan. Doug leaves his Harley spirit to Lester. John leaves the path between the subway and the school well-trodden. The CLASS leaves Mrs. Bakker. Witnessed by: The skeleton in the lower hall Signed by: Samoliland

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kidfory Remember When: In Eighth grade Allen had two classes with Mrs. Edey in the B. E. CBefore-Edey, days, whereby he promptly came down with appendicitis ..... Mr. Davidson displayed his hidden talent as an actor in the line: What? A worm in my spaghetti? ..... Nancy gave Mary a surprise party and Mary was so surprised that she immediately burst into tears ..... Mr. Hamlin, our science teacher, left in the middle of the year--we never could figure out Whyll ..... Marvin joined the ranks for three years ..... Every other week end we invited ourselves over to the Davidsons' for another class party .......... Remember When: ln Ninthgrade we liked Mr. Davidson fand his parties, so much, we kept him as our homeroom teacher for an extra year ..... Judy blew in flike a tornadolf and fifteen minutes later Ricky asked her to the Christmas formal--fast work! ..... Before we know what had happened, Judy was elected chairman of our May Dance, which we considera milestone in our career of accom- plishments, even if we did only make 52.87 ..... The Columbia girls seemed to be the topic of conversation among the boys while the girls were busy having crushes on various school pres- idents ..... Jack signed up, and Carmie became one of us ..... For some reason we allwent to the Arena quite regularly after that .......... Remember When: In Tenth grade we said good-bye to Sara, Betsy, and Nancy, only to hail Doug, John, and, a brief visit from Chip ..... We planned one class party after another--right down to the last pickle, but somehow they never quite came off ..... We felt the loss of Mr. D. ..... Billy decided to take things in hand and gave a sailing party to keep our minds off final exams--we never forgot it, especially Marvin, who didn't feel too welll ........ . Remember When: In Eleventh grade our shrewd Englishman, Brian, sauntered in ..... This was the money-making year ..... Our auction netted us S60 ..... Mary's giraffes sold like hot cakes ..... Our faithful girls sold pop and candy fwhat they themselves didn't consume, ..... Our Spring Formal was the best ever, although baked ham could have been better than chicken salad--think so Bill and Jay? ..... Nan gave one successful open house after another .......... Remember When: In Twelfth grade Jean-Luc and Guenther sailed in from Europe ..... Nlarvin and Chip departed . . . . .We embarked on our unforgettable United Nations trip, Mary taught us some new rules of etiquette, we were just waiting for her to drop that mysterious purse spilling its contents in the middle of Grand Central ..... Samoliland became an official member of the class ..... We became the first class to have a couch in the smoking room--such luxury ..... Of course we're all wondering why we need asmoking roomwith Al's training rulesl--Ahem, boysl .... . Mrs. Edey undertook to teach us the difference between Shakespeare and Shaw .......... And thus the pages of l954 's Class History close and the doors of the future open wide.