Knox School - Rose Leaves Yearbook (Nissequogue, NY)

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:kai CORALIA GONZALES 55C0rky79 San Salvador, El Salvador Entered Knox September '52, Golf Club President '54, College K. A. A. Repre- sentative '53, K. A. C., Sketch Club, Spanish Club, Dramatic Club, Music Club, K. F. A. A., Fencing Club, Riding Club, Golf Club, White Team, K. A. A., Rose Leaves Staff '54. A small bundle of dynamite-full of laughs and jokes-ardent Prince of Wales fan and sole supporterAStewart Grainger heartthrobl- Why do you like to go to church on Sunday Corky 9fNever a dull moment around youfHere's to you Corky. I've taken my fun where I'1'e found il. P0 T GRADUATE ROXANNE HENSLE GiR0my99 Cooperstown, New York Entered Knox September '52, Rose Leaves Staff '54, Spanish Club, K. F. A. A., White Team. A shorthand and typing genius-a craving for chocolate chip cookies- Oh, Christ- mas! -her sense of humor-our private secretary-a nature lover-her own car, and she drives it!-our favorite Coopers- tonian. Books are keys to wisdom's treasure: Books are gales to lands of pleasure. A wie: .ff i we K xQ..w'r? Y 4

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We find a certain Knox alumna-a graduate of '54-poking in and among old trunks and boxes in an attic room. Her small daughter is helping her to find whatever she is seeking, and eventually they do find the object of their search. Having uncovered a very fat looking scrap book filled with clippings, programs, pictures and the like, we see our ex-Knoxite open the book to the first page, on which is a picture of the Senior Class of '54. Let us snoop a bit further and move closer to hear what the mother is going to say to her-prospective Knox daughter. Looking fondly at the photo of the Seniors she begins- SEPTEMBER 29-I remember it all so clearly. The 50th Anniversary Senior Class came back to Knox that day. We arrived a day early in order to get ourselves and the school prepared to meet the new students and the old under-classmen. SEPTEMBER 30-The next day the rest of the school arrived. We did a good job of greeting those frightened new girls, I remember. Made them feel right at home from the first. We knew then we were really seniors. OCTOBER 1-Oh, it was so hard getting up at 7 o'clock that first day of classes. The first real hint of autumn was in the air as I got up to close the window. Those radiators never seemed to work when you wanted them to! OCTOBER 19-Song Day at Knox! All the new girls had to know the school songs--or else. Most of them didn't, and that's where all the fun began. OCTOBER 24-The Holbrooks came to Knox to portray four famous scenes from four different plays. I remember being tickled to death to be able to help behind the scenes-working the lights and curtain-because afterwards, as I had been hoping, I was introduced to them. OCTOBER 29-Initiation day was always a high- light at Knox. We would all file down stairs into the Rec Room, giggling self-consciously and telling all the new girls to be quiet. It was sup- posed to be a very serious affair, of course, and then we would all go into complete hvsterics when the K. A. A. board came in wearing the most ridiculous-looking ghost costumes. Then followed all kinds of scary initiations. NOVEMBER 14-That night Bernice Kenyon, who used to go to Knox before my time, read some of her lovely, oetry to us. NOVEMBER ISF,-gfhat night in Vespers we had a Code of Iblaor Candle Light Service to initiate our bra, new honor system. It was a wonderful serviq? remember. We all felt so proud of being the class to initiate such a step forward in our student government. NOVEMBER 21-A large group of Hamilton boys came over and we had a marvelous supper and informal dance. It was especially wonderful for me, for that's how I met your father. 44- 0UR1954 NOVEMBER 25-The first play of the year, St. Patrick's Day by Sheridan, was the silliest thing I ever saw-one of those crazy farce things where you split your sides laughing and sort of roll out of the door when it's all over. NOVEMBER 26-Thanksgiving Day! Always a mound of wonderful food, but that year for some reason it tasted better than ever before. I think, if I remember correctly, I had exactly five helpings of everything. Isn't that awful! As a matter of fact, I weighed myself afterwards and found I'd gained fifteen whole pounds. I was on a diet then, too. NOVEMBER 28-The Fall Horse Show was mar- velous that year. Everyone did so well-even the beginners. The advanced riders for qualified, as they were calledj did some really wonderful jumping. I think I held my breath every time one of them jumped over a fence. I was really petrified someone was going to break her neck. A very good baritone, I think his name was Walter Scheff, came to school that night to put on a benefit concert. We really thought he'd be one of those long-haired typesg but he surprised us all, for he turned out to be quite charming, and had a really good voice, too. He pleased us even more by singing many of our favorite songs. Yes, that was quite a night! DECEMBER 4-Aquacades were always fun at Knox. I wasn't much of a swimmer, so I just sat and watched the whole show. It was a very beautiful one-a water ballet type of thing. DECEMBER 12-Bevel was always one of the most beautiful things I remember about Knox. The whole school joined in to make it what it WHS- and it was really something! It included every- thing-from a big feast in a medieval manor to a Nativity scene, and everyone in school joined in to make it good. DECEMBER 16-Christmas Vacation always had the most wonderful way of rolling around just when you needed it most. You would forget your complexion and diet awhile, for new, more immediate problems would take their place, such as what to take with you, or what to wear to the Groton-St. Mark's dance. JANUARY 5-There was always one bad thing about vacations. They always ended eventually! Coming back was never really bad, though. There were always so many things to tell your friends, and the new dress you couldn't wait until Sunday to put on. JANUARY 9-S. A. T. Day. How we all dreaded it! JANUARY 22-The Roses and Whites had a big swimming meet. Of course I was there rooting for my team, and my roommate was there root- ing for her teamg the whole thing was all very exciting.