Manhasset High School - Tower Yearbook (Manhasset, NY)

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PROCTORS Rau' Out'-T. Austin, D. Braznell. Rau' Tun-H. Kitch- ener, j. Bennett, G. Thompson, G, Riggs, l.. Thwaits, j. Diefendorf, R, Ferguson. Ron' 'I'br't'ew-IW. Craig, N. Barrow, A. Fincke, A. McGeeney, J. Stein, A. Cleaver, S. Carstens. FALL S last summers vacation drew to a close and we began comparing adventures, we found that most of us had had our fill of the midget auto races, the movies, the beaches, the days of loafing in the sun, and the summer romances. tSounds fantastic, doesn't it?j Anyway, the seniors were looking forward again to the opening of school, for this was the year they had been waiting for ever since their bib-and-diaper days up in the balcony. Wlieri school opened, everyone met in the audi- torium to learn about the new schedule and be assigned to home rooms. The lordly seniors sat prominently front-and-center in the auditorium, in Manhasset's throne of leadership, the senior seats. Realizing from years of experience that you must know your enemies, we first took an apprais- ing glance at Manhasset's new faculty members. In room I5-the library in days of old-we found Miss Olivia Way, our new librarian, setting every- thing in order. We then moved on to the sciente department, where we found another new teacher, Miss Ruth Seelbach. Although we didn't know it at the time, Miss Seelbach was destined to win a place in the seniors' hearts with a history-making explosion in one of her chemistry classes. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Rau' OW-li. Fowle, A. Cleaver. Rau' Tim-A. .MC- Geeney, N. Barrow, H. Kitchener. Rau' Tlvrn'-M. Holmes, F. Kruse, N. Lane, E. Block. Rau' Fam'-V. Thompson. Run' Filff'-M. Craig, S. Carstens, M. Cote. Ruiz' Six-C. Rapp, -I. Moghtader. G. Riggs. Rau' Sezwz -R. Ferguson, D. King.

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During the hrst week of june the senior proc- tors met to decide upon eight junior proctors who would start working with them then so they would be trained to be the scjuad of '48-'49, The eight juniors chosen were Ann McGeeney, Lucia Thwaits, Joanne Stein, jack Diefendorf, Sylvia Carstens, Hugh Kitchener, Marilyn Craig and Nancy Barrows. Most of the clubs and activities spent the spring in organizing work for the future. The English Club planned its magazine, The Pen Point, while the French and Spanish Clubs ended the year with parties and invitations to new members, as did the 5:25 Club. The M. H. S. D. G. also had a hnal tea, at which they elected a new staff of oihcers headed by Ann McGeeney as president. The Cub Reporter chose its new editors, who, headed by Elizabeth Block, wrote the last issue. On june seventeenth the National Honor So- ciety chose Alice Cleaver, Derry Kruse, Nancy Barrow, Nancy Lane, john Moghtader, and Sylvia Carstens as its six new members. The final and most important election of the school year was the G. O. election held during the first part of june. The final results were announced at the G. O. Election Dance on june fourteenth. The new officers were: jack Diefendorf, presidentg Hugh Kitchener, vice-president, Lucia Thwaits, secretary of Student Congress, joanne Stein, secre- tary of the G. O., Anne Finclce, treasurer: Dol White, assistant-treasurer, and Ann McGeeney, head of proctors. Now that all the activities were over, we had only the final exams to look forward to. We set- tled down to hard work and study for the ordeal ahead. The seniors alone were exempt from final exams, could Hit about gaily with no worries concerning oncoming trials. So we studied and crammed, and by some miracle, we'll never know what, we managed to scrape through. Then came the busy hours spent by the juniors decorating the gym for the seniors, the night of graduation, and finally that wonderful, wonderful senior frolic. TOVVER EDITORS Rim' Uut7A. Finclce, A. Cleaver, E, Kelly, Rolf' 'lfzw-F, Kruse, D. King, W. Braznell. T. Austin, V. Thompson. COLOR GUARD C. Frame, E, Wake-111, P. Deely, W. Mcliillop

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ln the English department we encountered Miss Barbara Ann Wilken. Skinny, er-ah-Miss Wil- ken, was, however, to teach freshman classes, so with a sigh the upper classmen departed. In the physical education line both the boys and the girls had new instructors, Miss Dorothy jor- gensen, and Mr. Edward Walsh, who coached the Senior journalism, and Radio Workshop. Much interest was displayed in these courses, and the Creative Writing students even printed a booklet at the end of the semester containing their short stories, poems, and radio scripts. The next thing that came to our attention was the annual change in schedule. It was a little con- TOVUER STAFF Rau' Om'-XV. McKillop, j. Stein, N. Barrow, A. Fincke. Kelly, B. Fowle, H. Powell, A. McGeeney, -I. Bennett. Razr' T11'r1-W, Braznell, L. Thwaits, A, Cleaver, G. Thompson, N. Smith, R. Martin, -I. Larie, G. Dunne, M. Cote, S. Carstens, Rau' 7'brw-j. Moghtader, K. Brinkman, M. Craig, H. Kitchener, W. Martin, R. Kiefer, R, Schmorr, C. Theiss, rl. Arnold, A. McDowell, G. Bogner, E, Smith, Rau' F0lH'iF. Kruse, T. Austin, A. Sands, R. Zeiller, G. Riggs, D. King, D. Guder, football team, and managed to break Manhasset's depressing losing streak. Manhasset introduced five new courses last fall for seniors interested in English. These were Prac- tical English, World Literature, Creative Writing, fusing, even to the seniors, who couldn't laugh too hard at the confused freshmen until they got straightened out themselves. There was considerable controversy over the twenty-minute period between the fifth and sixth