Harrison High School - Harrisonian Yearbook (Harrison, NJ)

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Do You Recall l'Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumberls chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me. Evelyn Villanova falling on the floor? Kathleen Pistachio being ejected from Commercial Geography Class? Vince Yankowski walking around the corridors in Mr. Burke's Lab coat? The Peddlers selling megaphones and emblems during the football season? Persistent, weren't they? The feud over the 1941-1942 Optimist ? Our search for Ads for the HARRISONIAN? Eminently successful. The fun we had assisting with the Sugar Rationing Registration? The headaches that resulted when we counted the applications and they refused to balance? The sale of War Stamps every Monday? Vince, Leo, and Sam painting the snare drums for Our Band? The thrill of our football victory over Dunellen -the first in a long, long time? The magnificent showing of the Band at West- field? Even the natives were enthralled. The day at the Fordham-N.Y.U. game with Mr. Manning and Miss Jordan? The poses we assumed for our yearbook pictures? Dot Stypol's misadventure with one of Schrafft's tables? The practice sessions of the Band down at the Dust Bowl ? Mr. Manning obtaining jobs for us at the Bingo? The loose stones in our class rings? Georgie Catrambone and his New York Times ? Mr. Grant purloining Edna's candy? The first appearance of the new majorettes? Eleanor Narwid's graceful slide in the mud at the Westfield game? The parades at Wildwood, Kearny, and Lyndhurst? Page Sixty-two The struggle we had getting out of Miss Ward's classes for Band practice? Vince Yankowski's favorite expression- After all ? The shock we experienced on hearing our voices reproduced on the mirraphone? Our new basketball court? What a pleasure to watch a game! Waltzing Matildau? The hours spent in preparing copy for the HARRISONIAN? The admiring glances of Claire Coles and Muggsie McGarry? The long list of failures in Commercial Geog- raphy? Were we that bad Mr. DiSabato? The trouble the girls had getting fellows for the Prom? Could it be the Draft? Colin Weir's habit of teasing the girls in his Home Room? Kay Pistachiols admirable technique in wrangling free periods for us? Our first air raid drill? Edna winning first prize at Lyndhurst? Were we proud? Jerry Smith's white skirt-the cause of -so much trouble? Ruth Smith running countless errands for the teachers? Jean Kearney, the official custodian of the teachers' checks? Edna's difficulty with the whistle at Lyndhurst? A big blow, and such a small sound? The strange disappearance of Hugh McAllister when he was to have his picture taken? The broken seats in Room 334? The thousand admit slips We used up in four years? The Junior Red Cross dance in March? Sam Latini ever silent?

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The garlic someone deposited behind the radiator in Room 534? The canar in the ventilator in Miss Wardis g Y History class? Archie O'Donnell's countless arguments in the same History class? The fine spirit of unanimity and cooperation dis- played at class meetings? We're only kidding! Mr. Doherty and the fine model airplanes he made for the Government's Aeronautical Bureau? The congas and rumbas exhibited by Connie Mantras? The day Flo Van Liew trotted into Home Room with her dress on inside out? Peggy Noon accidentally beaning our janitor on the head with the door? The black-out shades in the court? Marilyn Hyman losing her dickie. Mr. Barber laboring under the impression that Chris McArthur's red socks meant the end of silk stockings? The difficulty we had trying to tell the Gibbs twins apart? We still can't Frank Kacperowski's snoozes in P.A.D. Cal Graves ever coming to school on time? Ditto for Rich Millroy? The amazing ability of our boys sleeping with their eyes open? The general exodus on days when we had sub- stitute teachers? Sam Latini and the mistletoe he used to good advantage? Virginia Coppola's suggestion of an educational trip? Jean Kearney's agility on the basketball court? Our futile attempts to have our baby pictures in the HARRISONIAN? Dot Stypol, Kay Pistachio, and Muggsie darn near freezing us out of Commercial Law? The sessions we had with the dictaphones and comptometers in Office Practice? The house without a roof that Georgie drew? What a commotion it caused! The mysterious someone who jabbed Leo McManue at that gay Christmas party? The first Captain of the Band, our drummer boy, Leo? The swell times we had at the American Legion Home? Sophie Nesgody's shrill laugh? Frank Canning,s picturesque introduction of Don- ald Duck? Mr. O'Neill's pantomimes? The colossal production presented by the first row inmates of our English class? Charlie Kramos' perfect teeth? The perpetual kidding Florence Lasky was sub- jected to? Larry Latini and his bass drum? Rita McGuigan's sunny disposition? Edna and her purported P.G. course next year? Mr. DiSabato's observation that Vince was blow- ing his brains out with his trumpet? The horde of children who escorted the Band dur- ing its practice marches? Where did they all come from? Those never-to-be-forgotten 7:30 A.M. classes? What a cruel world! The mouse that made the Auditorium his private domicile? The Band Concert before Easter vacation? The fear and trepidation that filled our hearts when report time rolled around? Mr. Burke's room-always in a state of healthy dis- order?. It should be-we used it for everything! Our first bride--Thirza Ellingsworth? Those pleasant trips to Caldwell? We realize the foregoing recollections have merely scratched the surface. We have undoubtedly missed a host of other pleasant and humorous happenings of our four years of schooling. We beg your indulgence, and trust you will add your own particular memories to this list. They will serve to keep ever fresh the happy days we spent together, the friends we made, and the joys and sorrows We shared at our Alma Mater. Page Sixty-three