Manual Training High School - Prospect Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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looked! Could these blase, sophisticated young ladies be the pig-tailed girls we had known? Could these superior young gentlemen be the boys of last term? Now that we were in the Junior year we were more in the swim. We had a chance to be prominent. and were even eligible for Senior Arista, where Many are called, but few are chosen. A great surprise and a delightful one awaited us that term. Dr. Lamb was appointed disciplinarian, and he introduced us to all the joys of detention, probation, suppression and suspension. And now at last, we are completing the long awaited Senior year. We thought that when we were Seniors we might have a bowing acquaintance with Dr. Snyder, but instead, we are very intimate with Dr. Lamb. We thought we had social obligations before, but they were nothing compared to those that claim us now. Eighth grade dance, Kid party, Senior Prom, Beach party and Senior day all follow each other in rapid suc- cession. And how the money rolls out! No wonder a Senior is always poor. All good things come to an end and here we are at the parting of the ways. That thought makes us a little melancholy but the memory of four glorious years will lighten the gloom. That memory will cheer many lonesome hours and rekindle in our hearts our love for our Alma Mater, dear old Manual High. -..,..O...... The Boy Senior Sees the Future Graduation is generally accepted to be a time of great and universal rejoicing. It is the end of the trail-the end to which all successful students must come sooner or later-the Rome to which all academic roads lead. It is the culmination of all effort-the reward of faithful ser- vice. Yet to me graduation has always pre- sented another side. It is not only the end of the course - it is the end of friendships which have endured through four years of pleasures and disappoint- ments-of joys and sorrows. Some of my best friends are those which I have made in High School, but I know from the experience of other graduates that those friends must now leave and live in memory only. The friends with whom we now swap lies over sodas will soon be gone-forever. Far off colleges will claim them. Now and then a letter will come back telling of individual achievement-but the ex- aggeration will have no thrill in it. We shall meet, perhaps at Alumni reunions- but there will be something lacking-the conversation will seem strained. A word now and again-a long pause-each will seek for a common topic. Finally one will say, 'Well, Ed, see you later. I must run along. Glad to see you again-so long! and off he goes. . You think of the old days of long- winded arguments over nothing, and you wonder if he is the same chap. He is changed. So are you. Another old friendship is ended. Yes, graduation is and should be a time of rejoicing, but it has another side. Where are the friends of yesteryear? illoil- Last Will and Testament Whereas Cwe were told this is the right way to startj, and whereof Cwe know not of what we are writingj, and whereunto wherefore Cwe really have no reasonj, we, the Senior Class of June, 1923, do, in accordance with all precedent and happy custom, it having been done sundry times and oft before, declare this to be positively our last will and testament. Whereas fthe lawyer said we should use this againj, being possessed of the few senses which the Faculty has left us, Twenty-seven

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JM I 3 C5 L if IVVA Hwsmcnel i , .- 7 1 , 'T' , we 1 + ef, . ' gm. ' - v .... ,ig Good-Bye N ow that all the preliminaries of grad- uation, such as ordering rings and pins, consulting dressmakers and telling what gifts you would like, are disposed of, nothing remains but to take our Regents, and-graduate. Since Regents are such trivial matters when compared with the kind of gift we want for graduation, we feel that there is nothing left but the most pleasant and at the same time the most distasteful task of all, to say good-bye. Shall we say the usual thing, that we can never repay our teachers and friends for all they have done for us, and that we shall never forget the happy days spent in the Manual Training High School? How much better to omit the words and to prove by our deeds when we have left school how much we honor and thank our Alma Mater for all she has given us! After all, words are easily spoken and more easily forgotten, deeds are the more permanent proof of our gratitude. And so with the promise to try our best in everything and to accomplish our tasks according to the highest ideals we know, -that is how the class of june, 1923, would express its appreciation and thanks. The Girl Senior Reviews the Past It seems almost superhuman, but could you possibly go back to the day four or five years ago, that first saw you honor- Twen t y-:ix ing this school with your presence? Can you review with me the time spent, and the events that occurred, in those four years? Does your mind permit such a task? It does! Let's go! When we gentle creatures of the weaker sex entered Manual we came in by the back door, so to speak. It was in the Annex that we Hrst saw the dawn of a high school education. All our subjects and the method of injecting them into our craniums were new to us. The most popular club in the Annex was the Literary Club. For proof, ex- amine the Senior records. However, we enjoyed ourselves there, and what nobler purpose could any club serve? Don't think by all this that the girls were the' only freshmen. Far from it, but of the boys I can say nothing. Let them speak for themselves-and they do, much too freely and unnecessarily. Now for the Sophomore term. Know- est thou the meaning of the word? It is wise young fools. To use the vernacu- lar, Webster said a mouthful. We cer- tainly thought we were wise, and quite likely, we acted like fools. That term, double session was introduced-O Double Session, what crimes are committed in thy name! In those days we were ambi- tious, and took as many as five subjects a week. Now we are brilliant if we take three. Another summer passed and again we returned to school. How different we

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and having profited by the modest opinion of themselves which the duly celebrated Class of january, 1923, be- queathed to us, we feel that at last we are fully capable of undertaking the ponderous task of making our will. The girls insisted upon joining us, although we protested vehemently. VVhy should they make what all their lives they've had. Whereas fthis makes three timesg we aren't a bit superstitious, but we won't use it again, lawyer or no lawyerj, we are fearful lest we should by chance take with us more than is our due, we hereby wish to palm off on the Class of January, 1924, a few of those gifts with which we have been excessively endowed: CHE. Butt-My political ability. Kay McDonald-My unsophisticated air. Veronica Willicombe-My complexion. Ed. Dutcher-A record for the ages. Mildred Renwick-Sunshine. Irving Morrow-My courtly bow. Gertrued Zimmermann - My house- wifely virtues. Les Rounds-My curly hair. Charlie Lauer-Speed. Florence Heitman-My credulity. Buck Eadie-My marksmanship. Irma Halvorsen - My last minute minutes. Fred Siyufy-Thrill artistry. Louise McGuire-My dramatic talent. Reg Strachey-My attractive person- ality. Dorrie Haight-Inquisitiveness. Bob Gould-Giggles. Dot Erdmann-A reputation as an all- around girl. Bill Bolte-My handwriting. Marie Schretzlmeir-My dreams. John Benson-A few inches. Elsa Larsen-My demure ways. Bill Coots-Invitations. Twenty-eight Ellen Graham-Sociability. Milton Meyer-My oratorical skill. Henry Miller-Technique. Gerry Roycroft-Grit. George Parker-My parking ability. Wilhelmina Bishop-Manual spirit. Wilbur Wolf-My appetite. Mike Schneider-Anchorage. Percy Greaves-My unfailing attend- ance. Evelyn Rhatigan-Earrings. Al Counsellor-Good fellowship. Archie McCleary-Freckles. Marjorie Edelmann-Volubility. -.g,.,...L Class Index Subject- Artists - Morrow, Benson, Miller Hagquist. Bankers--Prodis, O'Malley, Heitman Sussman. Chemists-Crawford, Kullman. Doctors-Stewart, Lipscher. Epidemics-Shifters, Cake-Eaters. Flirts-Carlson, Rhatigan, Meyer. Girls-Look around you. Heart-breakers - S i'y u f y , Meyer Rounds. Idiots-Turn to the mirror. jewelers-Pin committee. Killers-Turn to Heart-breakers. Ladies-The Senior girls. Merchants-Haase, Edmunds. Nice People-You and I. Optimists -- Renwick, I. Halvorsen Eadie. Politicians-Carlson, Butt, Foster. Quick Lunch Hounds-All of us. Riders-Renwick, Haight. Students-Prodis, Lipscher, Blinder. Teachers-McGuire, Cochrane. Utility Men-Ambler, Yalan. Victors-Graduates. lVriters-Strachey, Rounds. X, Y, Z-Unknown quantities. I