Manhasset High School - Tower Yearbook (Manhasset, NY)

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l5.icli to boogie-NXfoogie on our reliable con- cert grandg goldfish were frozen with liquid air: and an irrepressible band of Dutchmen took the school by storm and were called back for a repeat performance. XX'h.1t some ol' us think ol' most when we look back on the fall ol' '-i8 are the school dances. 'l'here were the cookies and Pepsi-Cola. the stags CUB EDITORS Run' Um' --l. Moghtader. C. Johnson, li. Block, N. Lane, R. Ferguson. Run 'l'1wM-S. Carstens, N. Barrow, A. Mc- Dowell. -I. Stein. A. Cleaver. lurking in the shadows across the gym from the band. the freshmen who were always highly ex- cited by the occasion, and had to run. not walk. across the dance Hoof. the sophomores holding hands, the sophisticated juniors. .md. ol' course, the seniors, laughing and dancing for one ol' the last times in their high school career. Yes, this year. as in all others. the first term had swept by before we could even get a good hold on it. Wiimter was beginning to show signs of its long siege in Manhassefs busy halls. and on the way to school we were just noticing that the tree had lost almost all ol' its leaves. Good old winter-that's the time to improve marks and get caught up on back work. we said. and plunged eagerly into the second phase of the year. T. 17 ' ART Cl.l'l5 Ron' Um -C. l..lNVl'k'l1LL'. li. liramell, D. Clark, XV. BLllIlL'l'. F. Schlamp. Rau' 'lim -.l. Millang, P. llurling, G, Miller, bl. -lostvn, P. Coulter, C. King. S. Sher- Wnucl, Htllll, vl. l.k'k'. R. Tllcltll, Neudhedel. lf. liarseinean, D. Aspinall, Al. Kavnitz. rl. Dlarvis. D, Zignone.

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GREEK CLUB Rau' 011:-R. Parker, D. Wliite, C, Gross, E. Smith, E, Kelly, L. Lord, ,l. Edwards, ul. Suellau, W, Vassilliw. Razz' 'l'u'r1-E. Leonard, nl. Leffler, B. Walker, S. Liehrecht, C. Theiss, M. Holmes, M. Frame, F. Kruse, P. Fain, A, McDowell, E. Lic-herherr, Sogan. Ruiz' Three- P, Bitner, -I. Henderson, B. Staples, M. Harding, S. Peterson, C. Lane, B. Tracy VI. Maynard, C. Moore, B. Sharkey, J. -lahn, li. Woolstnn, B. Fowle, G. Dey- ereaux. Run' F0111--Al. Burrows, M. Henahan, M. Heimerdinger, C. Bogner, M. Huffard. 7 hne performances. We were touched in the third act when, as Beth lay on her death-bed, tears coursed down jo's face. No Broadway production could have been as heart-rending as was the M. H. S. production, Ann McGeeney handled the role of Mrs. March with her usual excellence, and jimmy Foster, Elizabeth Block, Jaroslav Drabek, and the rest of the cast also gave splendid per- formances. Behind the scenes were assistant-direc- tor Sylvia Carstens, who headed the production staff, Maryann Holmes, the stage manager, and Sandra Longyear and Dorothy Durham, the scen- ery heads. The production, as always, was the result ot long hours of practice and study, com- BIRD BANDING Rau' One-B. Hicks, H. Durham, T. Poulson. Razz' 'I'u'u-A. Mackey, M. Kodet, M. Heimerdinger, N. Lane, M, Holmes, E. Russell. Razz' Three-T. Gutman, R. Kline, M. Miller, A, Demmerle, F. Schlamp. mf..i. mln plete cooperation by everyone involved, and, ol' course, the excellent supervision of Mrs. Hansen. Right after the play ended Saturday night, M. H. S. was already discussing the possibilities for a rec- ord-breaking spring play. Manhasset High's other outstanding entertain- ment group, the Music Department, also got off to a surprisingly good start. As a matter of fact, the Swing Band, under Mr. Websters direction, amazed us all with its jet premier performance. The band as a whole sounded almost professional, and the rhythm sections were Usharp and gone. The orchestra, Linder the ambitious supervision and direction of Miss Vandenbroeck, also gave us some exciting moments, Of course there were still a few of those untimely squeaks and odd sounds, but think a minute-if there weren't, how would we have any claim on our orchestra? Well, the point is-the orchestra played diflicult, ad- vanced pieces, and although their job wasn't pro- fessional, it was very good for a high school group. In connection with the New York State An- ual Music Festival, Manhasset sent Helen Anne Fitzpatrick, Carolyn Rapp, Marian Chisholm, John Moghtader, and several others to the Port Wash- ington concert. Besides these instrumental assemblies and those presented by the choir, we enjoyed many others. Johnny johnson banged out everything from

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CUB STAFF Rau' One-L. Pearlman, P. Costello, B. Fowle, B. Wloolston, K. Morris, C. McKennv. H. Powell, E. Kelly, G. Riggs. Rau' Two-E. Sogan, E. Pitkin, C. Desmond, M. Craig. J. Stein, J. Larie, J. Martin, S. Wittschiebe, G. Bogner, B. Ferguson. Rau' Tbrec- C. King, J. Millang, J. MacDougal, D. Young, C. Coburn, P. Bitner, B. Reilly, B. Hodgkins, M, Mezey, L. Thwaits, J. Moghtader. Rau' Four-L. Macwritt, J. Arnold. C. Moore, E. Saluey, J. Bennett, J. Jahn, J. Edwards, S. Carstens, A. Cleaver, T. Austin. Rau' Fire-P. Coulter, M. Smith, A. McDowell, A. McGeeney, R. Martin, N. Smith, C. Theiss, B. Mulvehill, J. Shumway, N. Barrow, R. Morris, A. Sands. Rout SMSG. Thompson, H. Fitzpatrick, E. Block, N. Lane, P. Sweitzer, C. Johnson, M. Holmes, T. Backett, D. Roberts, D. Durham, E. Lieberherr, J. Suellau, C. Rapp. A. Wfilliams, K. Lent, I TER OOKING back on the winter of 1948-49 we'll all remember the basketball victories over Port and Great Neck, the Senior Prom, the Tower Assembly, the money raising ability of the fresh- men and especially all the little, seemingly insig- nificant events which made up our school year. We seemed especially susceptible to the drive bug. The first big campaign was waged by the Service Committee which aimed to beg, borrow or steal ssoo from the students. The plan this year was to collect money in two big drives dur- ing the year on a type of Community Chest basis and then to allot it to the Red Cross, the March of Dimes, the Cancer Fund, the Save the Children Federation, and other charities. Jinx and Tex Mc- Crary started the drive on November 5 with an assembly program, and then everyone, from fresh- man to senior, dug deep to bring his own class's contribution total up. The freshmen made a name for themselves by contributing more than any other class, making the school's total about 5500. The school witnessed soph president Lee Edwards'