Malverne High School - Oracle Yearbook (Malverne, NY)

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GRACE KRACKY is known to her intimate friends as Dolly. Her attractive appearance and pleasing personality have brought her many friends. Being an ardent lover of pets, she became a member of the Humane Club in her junior year and the following year was elected president. She has also participated in journa- lism, contributing her services to the Flashes and the 0utlook. Dolly also served on the business staff of the O'racle.', She served the class of '35 as a com- mittee member for the Sophomore Hop, Junior Prom, Friendship Dance, and the senior play. During her years in high school, she was a member of the Girls Chorus. In her senior year she held the office of secretary of her home room. EVELYN LEMKE. known as 'fLegs to everyone, is a typically popular high school girl. Although she has received several honor certificates, she has been mainly interested in sports. Legs has held the managerships of bicycling' and roller skating. A two year basketball varsity player, she also played a year of hockey and participated in volley ball, soccer, and baseball. She was a member of the Girls Chorus and also president of the Commercial Club, secretary of the Humane Club, and a member of the Domestic Science Club. She served on many committees during her high school career, including the Junior Prom, Senior Ways and Means, and the Friendship Dance Committee. She was also the typist for the Press Club. MABEL LUBBE, with her sunny disposition, bustled busily through four happy years in high school. Essentially a business woman, she headed committees for tea dances and various.club programs. Lu was on the Oracle staff and took charge of the secretarial work for the library, the candy sales, and many Dramatic Club and senior class activities. During ber sophomore year she was a member of the Book Club and sang in the Girls Chorus. Mabel easily won a place in the hearts of all the students and teachers by her loyalty and willingness to be of service. She plans to enter an office upon graduating from Malverne, and carries the good wishes of all her classmates with her. WILLIAM MAAS has worked conscientiously throughout his entire course in Malverne High School. For these efforts he received an honor certificate every term during his four year course in high school, no mean feat. In his freshman year he joined the Aviation Club and made many first class models, which, strange to relate, really flew. The next year he went European and joined the Spanish Club with the avowed intention of learning to speak the Spanish language. He learned to speak Spanish like a native. but not like a native of Spain. As a senior he joined the Chess Club, of which he was elected vice-president. He became a member of the business staff of the Oracle and greatly helped to make it a financial success. NANCY MCNAMARA. small, brown-haired, hazel-eyed colleen, has been chiedy interested in music, journalism, and dramatics. She joined the band when it was first organized and was in the Girls Clhorus for two years. In her freshman year she wrote for the Oracle, and as a sophomore and junior she belonged to the Dramatic Club. She's studious too. She earned numerous honor certificates while attending Malverne. These many years Mac has been casting designing eyes toward the medical profession. but believe it or not she doesn't want to be a nurse. She is planning to attend Johns Hopkins and become a doctor. It is a foregone conclusion that she'll have many patients. THOMAS McQUADE participated in mia-ny extra-curricular activities during his high school years. His club activities consisted of membership in the Archery, Rifle, and Games Clubs. Tom showed his ability as a business man by serving on the business staff of two Malverne High School publications, the Oracle and the Mule While a member of the journalism class in his junior year, he wrote for the Outlook and the Flashes Athletics held considerable interest for Tom, who made three major athletic squads: track and football in his senior year and basket- ball in his junior year. He served his class by acting on the committees which arranged the senior movie show, the Friendship Dance, and the Sophomore Hop. Ill

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PHYLLIS KAUFMAN, our blithe, black-haired, black-eyed dancer, has rounded out a fine high school career. She was attracted by athletics and participated in nearly all major girls sports, namely baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, and volley ball. The Art, Dramatic, and Home Economics Clubs claimed her at- tention.. ln both her junior and senior years she was elected vice-president of the Home Economics Club. Phee has proved herself a willing helper in class undertakings by serving on both Sophomore Hop and Junior Prom committees, taking part in the Junior Pet Show and assisting regularly on the senior candy committee. Her suppressed desire is to go through college and become a teacher, but she is planning to take dancing lessons and then go on the stage. DE ARMOND KEATING, a popular, vivacious person, came from Chicago in her sophomore year. She was one of the outstanding cheer leaders during her senior year, and was seen and heard at all games. Athletics claimed her for three years, and she received credit for basketball, baseball, swimming, hockey, and volley ball. She was also a member of the Hiking Club in- her junior year. During her course in iournalism. she was an active writer for the Vacuum Cleaner and Flashes She was also awarded several honor certificates for her scholastic work. Her plans for the future, like those of many others, are somewhat hazy, but with her winning personality and charm she will undoubtedly be a success in Whatever she does. LILLIAN KEEN, a dark-haired miss, entered Malverne in her junior year. Although she is seldom heard, Lillian is forever busy, and one never sees her idle. When she does have a few spare moments, she turns to her favorite pastime, making sketches. She is one of the very few who are gifted with artistic ability, she had the honor of winning second prize in the American Legion contest in her junior year. She became a member of the Sketch Club of which she was elected secretary. She has also achieved success in her scholastic work, she has been awarded several honor certiicates. After graduating, Lillian plans to continue her study of art. ELSIE KLAR, the envy of all Malverne damsels who yearn for really genuine curls, has had a busv high school life. She belonged to the Red Cross Club for three years. She likes sports and participated in all of them open to girls, in- cluding hockey. baseball, basketball, and volley ball. Elsie likes to sew and crochet and spends a great deal of her time making her ovwn clothes. She has a special liking for driving a car. The young lady has high ambitions: she wants to be either a teacher or a private secretary after she leaves Malverne. But don't say good-bye to her yet, for she is coming back next year for a post graduate course. DOROTHY KOELBEL, a wholesome combination of perseverance and intelligence, won a place among the seven students who attained highest honors. She is the first student ever to graduate from Malverne with a major in music. Dot took a prominent part in every annual musicale and this year played her own original piano composition. Tango She was a member of the orchestra and Girls Chorus, assembly accompanist. and general assistant to the music director. She was a member of the Press Club and Dramatic Club and was leading lady of the senior play. Journalism also attracted her, and she served on the editorial staff of the Oracle,', Mule, Campus Chatter. Flashes, and Vacuum Cleaner, besides reporting for a local paper. Her ambition is to become a music critic. FRANK KOELBEL, a tall, affable fellow, participated in many extra-curricular activities and also received honor certificates every year, proving that one can be active as well as a good student. ln his freshman year he was home room president, president of the Archery Club, Student Council representative, and an. active mem- ber of the Athletic Club. While a sophomore he was on the Oracle staff, president of the Aviation Club, on the Mule staff, the student police, and football squad. He showed his ability in dramatics when he enacted a role in the senior play. He was on the Oracle staff, football squad, and in the Science Club this year. V3 ,X

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JOHN WIEDFORD, known to most of us as Jack or perhaps Skippy, is another of our diminutive seniors, even though he has--we might say-- grown up since the title 'of senior was bestowed upon him. Anyway, Jack is one of our outstanding personalities and has earned honors for three years and obtained several certificates. Skippy has contributed to sports. He played baseball in his senior year and was a member of the Athletic Club while a freshman. Jack's happiest moment will be when he owns his own airplane, so he can fly around to his heart's content. Yes, Jack s hobby is aviation. He was a member of the Aviation Cluib for two years. We know he'll be successful in whatever he undertakes, but we'll wish him a Happy Landing! RUTH MEYERS is a. very active member of the class of '35, although she has been in Malverne only two years. During her senior year she actively participated in Journalism with her quips and puns for the Press Glub and more serious matter for the Column Club. She achieved the berth of associate editor of the O'racle. She received honor certificates during each of her years at Malverne and was treasurer of the Student Council during the first semester of her senior year. Ruth is extremely interested in the art of costume design. She wishes some day to be a successful designer of women's clothing. Her quiet but clever wit and frequent blusbings at the least provocation are typical of Ruth's likable personality. CATHERINE MURRAY has a pleasing and affable personality and a willingness to help when there's work to be done. She helped to make a success of many social affairs including the Sophomore Hop, the Junior Prom and the Friendship Dance. As a senior she not only worked on both the Christmas card and candy committees but also ushered at the senior play. For three years a member of the Girls Chorus, she became president in her senior year. She also belonged to the Dramatic and Humane Clubs for two years and was treasurer of the latter in '35. She earned several honor certificates and was a member of both the class basketball and volley ball squads for two years. Kay intends to study nunsing at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York. OSCAR NICKEL is called bv his intimates either Baron, Baron Munchausen, or iust Munchie. In fact, calling him Oscar is comparable to waving a red fiag at a bull or an orange flag at an Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. The Baron has been a mem- ber of various clubs. As a freshman he belonged to the Sports Club, the next two years he spent absorbing' the fundamentals of aerodynamics in the Aviation Club, and in his senior year he turned to the sport of bishops and quleens and Joined the Chess Club. In his final year he also served as a member of the business staff of the Oracle, After graduating from Malverne High School, he plans to work for a year and then matriculate at Brooklyn Polytech. WINIFRED NUSSLE is a very energetic worker, who has accomplished a good deal during her high school years. Slhe has received honor certificates every term and in her freshman year was awarded a medal for an essay about George Washington. She was an active member of the Glee Club, Dramatic Club, and Rrdmg Club. The Sketch Club also claimed her as its secretary and the Stamp Glub as 1i1S vice- president. She was a member of the Student Council and was the able art editor of the 1935 Oracle During the past two years Winifred, whose hobbies are stamp-collecting and sketching, has received several prizes in our poster contests. She intends to do secretarial work and to continue her study of art at night school. DEAN O'DO fi ' LL, one of t ven outstanding students of the classnreceived each y ar v-' or certificates istinction or with highest honors. His extra- curricu ctivities as edito - hief of Malverne Flashesw and as a member of th n ocial Cl were als ommendable. Student administration is a field in C x an ac ev d' p c prominence As president of a junior home room, 4,9 a uncil and member of the Activities Advisory Council, r lmax it was proper for Dean to be selected a member of fitted hi H es to become an expert accountant, for which he will seek train ein' L' S1 e . I, i ' I d Lx ' V 1 A ' l . the Natim-I H ciety, for which his scholastic aptitude and character so well ' . e ing at a New York City business school. i5