Mineola High School - Signet Yearbook (Mineola, NY)

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News otes ibblmgrs The Seniors Another Senior class, after coming up from the ranks, is now ready to go out into the world. Their smiling faces will be seen no more about the halls; their brilliant record will never more be equalled; their athletic at- tainments will never again be paral- leled, but such is fate. You can learn a lot about what they did by reading the Senior “writeups” and other news items. Here is only a short summary, a calendar of the year’s doings: Oct. 22, 1925—Birthday dance in the afternoon. Great success. Nov. 24—Invitation dance. Large crowd attended. Feb. 15-16—Theatre benefit, Century Theatre. Entirely unnecessary to say it was a success. Feb. 23—Social dance. Just another success. March 27—Senior play. Best play ever given by a Senior class in Min- eola. April 8—Seniors left for Washington, D. C. April 9-10—Seniors visited points of interest in the nation’s Capital. April 12—Seniors returned to school. May 5—Birthday dance—still another success. And now we have the class day exercises to look forward to, on June 19. On Tuesday, June 22, we have our diplomas handed to us, and on Wednesday we shall be the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Ball. Junior Notes On May 20, the members of the Junior class held their Spring picnic at Long Beach, where an excellent time was enjoyed. The class has begun arrangements for the Junior-Senior Ball in June, which promises to exceed those of previous years. Sophomore Notes We regret to state that our Sophs are still in their dormant state and their only accomplishment since the last issue of the ALOENIM was a theatre party at the Hempstead The- atre on May 6, where they saw “Oh, What a Nurse.” Sunset Supper As a new means to raise money and have lots of fun, the members of the Gii-ls’ Athletic Association held a “Sunset Supper” on the playground, east of the school on Tuesday even- ing, May 18. All courses of the sup- per were sold on the grounds, and each person cooked his own meal over the several fires built there. This affair added quite a sum to the treasury of the association, and everyone enjoyed himself. We regret to say that our music teacher, Miss Tinkham, was compelled to withdraw from her musical instruc- tions here, due to illness. Mrs. Ingles has taken her place, and is proving herself an excellent substitute. Senior Play Just a few days, after the last issue of the ALOENIM came off the press, March 27 to be exact, the Seniors gave their play. Its name was “Barbara Makes A Splash,” and its character was a comedy drama. Unlike many school plays, this one had a good plot. Due to the coaching of Mrs. Clendenny, it was a huge success. Just a little too late for the last issue of the ALOENIM, we received some interesting news of a former graduate of Mineola. Edgar G. Smel- tzer, Jr., of the 1923 class, earned a diploma in March from the State ] Institute of Applied Agriculture. Ed- gar had a high average in studies and athletics, winning the William Wen- I nick Athletic Trophy cup. 12

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A L 0 E N I M SENIOR SAYINGS Anna: Show me something origi- nal. Peg: No, I have to work. Millie: I’m starving. Bee: Oh, you fresh— Pat; You must know. Harry: Now, if I wasn’t good natured. Allan: Oh, Gee,—me, fish? Bill: Aw,—G’wan, you make me sick. Iranklin: Get away, I’m a woman- haLil.‘ v. 0.: Now, Allan. Lil. Katz: This class has some nerve! Joe G.: I’ll bet you a nickel. Joe F.: Lend me your Spanish., quick. Bergen: I’ll show those girls. Fred De B.: SH-sh-h. Red McL.: Roll ’em, girls. Red Nuhn: Chiselers. Alfreda: I’ve got a Spaniard. Muriel: I’m mad now. John: Give me a knock-down. New Plays in the Senior Class “Vagabond King” ..............Allan “Dearest Enemy” Muriel “Tip Toes” Mildred “Sunny” ...................... Anna “Student Prince” Franklin “The Trouble with Wives”— Joe Gramer “Artists and Models” Jimmie McL. “The Bunk” Fred DeBrava “Hush Money” Fred Gibbons “Is Zat So?” ................Yossel “No, No,. Nannette” .... Elwyna “The Cradle Snatchers” Pat “Puppy Love”....................Peg “Sweetheart Time” Bill “The Girl Friend” Lillian von 0. “Song of the Flame” Lil. K. “Thb Jazz Singer” John “One of the Family” Bergen “The Cocoanuts” Arthur “By the Way” Harry Looking Into The Future Arthur Gersbach— Movie Director Fred Gibbons— Professional Golfer Harry Cornwell— Sheik of the Screen Lillian von Oehsen— Vamp of the Screen Allan Holzweiss— Drug Store Cowboy Anna Thomas— Proprietor of a Collegiate Shop Benjamin Jones— Headliner in Barnum and Bailey’s James McLaughlin— Editor-in-chief of “College Humor” Bergen Simonson— Ranchman Franklin Simonson— Big Butter and Egg Man John Boles — Campus Heartbreaker Elwyna Van Alen, Elizabeth Roche, Beatrice Ramagli— College Instructors Bill Ruckh— Maurice Muriel Brink— Maurice’s Partner Fred Nuhn— Jockey Margaret Britton— Galli Curci Margaret Britton, Margaret Benedict, Probationers Joseph Gramer— Senator Mildred Wiencko— Keith’s Headliner in Charles- ton Act. —Trio Plus. Favorite Owners of Favorite Songs “Let’s Talk About my Sweetie”— Lillian Katz. “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” —Lil von Oehsen. “Honey Bunch”—Alice Moore. “I’m Just a Little Girl”—Evelyn Brown. “Then I’ll Be Happy”—James Mc- Laughlin. “Crazy Over Horses”—Fred Nuhn. “Somebody’s Lonely”—Edna War- ner. “Why Don’t You Marry the Girl?” —Allan Holzweiss. “Nobody’s Business” — Muriel Brink. “Sweet Child”—Elizabeth Roche. “Say It Again”—Grace Osborn. “After I Say I’m Sorry” — Tom Casev “Give Me a Little Kiss, Will ya? Huh?”—John Boles. “You Do, You Know I Do” Bill Ruckh. “Too Many Parties”—Mildred Wien- cko. “Oh, Boy, What a Girl”—Bergen Simonson. “Has Anybody Seen My Girl”— Wellesley. —Trio

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A L 0 E N I M M. H. S. Wins Rutgers Cup In a debate with the Lynbrook High School team on March 24, Mineola won a unanimous victory, thereby earning the Rutgers College Cup for intercholastic debating. The subject was: Resolved that the United States government should adopt a separate unified air force. This is the first in- terscholastic debating team that Mine- ola has ever had. It is composed of Joseph Gramer, captain; Mildred Wiencko, Arthur Gersbach, Lillian Katz, alternate; and Miss Rooney, coach. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Class Officers President—Benton E. Warner, Jr. Vice President—Harry Sill. Secretary and Treasurer—Ethel An- derson. Class Motto—I press toward the mark. Class Colors—Blue and White. Class Flower—White Rose. A one-act sketch, entitled “Ted’s Chum” and a cantata, entitled “Rip Van Winkle” are being prepared for the Junior High School Commence- ment program. The graduates are: Fred Brinkman, Elizabeth Bryant, Gladys Burt, Evelyn Cronn, Viola Dean, Catherine Druck, Mary Drury, Englebert Enstasser, Kathryn Fisher, Muriel Florence, Arthur Hausen, Richard Huber. William Jones, Walter Kanvy, Hilda Katz, James McGuire, Myrtle Munson, William Nash, Stella Pegusky, Harold Sauer, Ernest Schlawiedt, Harry Sill, George Snyder, Stanley Stepkoski, Grace Robertson, Eugenia Tworkow- sky, Eugene Zaiser. Ethel Anderson, Lewis Beaton, Maybelle Caddick, Florence Davidson, Frank DeBrava, Clifford Decker, Jack Derounian, Frank Dilzer, Aaron Faivus, Ethel Frank, Gwendolyn Har- vey, Donald Haycraft, Samuel Holmes, Beatrice Kirkham, Rudolph Klein, Edward Kuntz, John Maser, Kenneth Mellon, Regina Meyer. Cleveland Monroe, Lillian Payne, Thomas Roche, George Roppelt, Lois Sinclair, Esther Slaten, Irwin Smith, Charles Snugg, Marie Snugg, Dorothy Sokolowsky, Jack Thornet, Claudine Tillotson, Benton L. Warner, Jr., Carol Webber, Hedwig Wolsky, Elmer Zapp. ANCIENT HISTORY (Revised) By the famous Professor John F. Boles, B.A.A., B.S.A. Earliest man underwent many diffi- culties that resemble those that our grandparents with their hoop skirts, high wheel bicycles and polkas under- went without the help of the short skirts, the “flivver” and the Charles- ton of today. Man in this early stage depended upon nature for his food and clothing, sometimes as vainly as we depend upon Congress. But he was clever, and it is not long before we find him in an advanced age, help- ing Egypt build herself up for the British to conquer. (To me the pho- netic signs resemble shorthand, be- cause I can understand neither). Metal was discovered by an Egyptian, smelling copper burning in his fire. Since then copper has been known as a scent. The Pyramids were started at this time, and according to ancient tales, it took a hundi’ed thousand men twenty years to build one. Which all goes to prove that, the bricklayers belonged to a union and struck now and then. Boats were built in the cities near the sea, and they had to depend on the wind for locomotion, because gas- oline had not been introduced as yet. The ruler, or Pharoah as he was known, owned a town house, several country estates, several carriages of high horse power and many fine ships. He probably went south in the sum- mer to escape the heat, as the remains of a castle have been discovered within two hundred and forty-three miles of the South Pole, and it shows unmis- takable signs of the work of Egyptian bricklayers. The tombs of the dead rulers were built and hidden so that it would be impossible to find them until, or shortly before, the Florida land boom that astrologers of that period predicted. The idea of this was that the discovery of these tombs would raise the price of Egyptian real estate. The decline of Egypt began when the horse was introduced. The foreign “bookies” soon broke the Egyptian populace, and Egypt never fully recovered financially. Many new kings ruled, and then Alexander in far away Greece, hear- ing of the vast amount of undeveloped real estate in Egypt, made plans to