Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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i 1 CLASS HISTORY The second freshman class to graduate from Mont Pleasant High School first entered its Alma Mater one cold, icy February day in 1932. We tramped down the long, long corridors to the auditorium, the size of which made us open our eyes in amazement, and entered to hear Mr. Spaine Welcome us with You are not to be spoken of as 'Freshmenl here, but as 'Sophomoresf You have al- ready passed your freshman year in junior high school. Apparently, as we later found out, our principal was the only one who thought of us as Sopho- mores . To everyone else, we were mere Freshies . Following lVIr. Spaine's advice to walk around the building a few times and find our home rooms, we started out. The bigness amazed us more than anything else. lVe peeked through locked classroom doors and saw the new walls and the new desks with scarcely an initial carved on them. To our dis- appointment, we were unable to see the gym, famous as being one of the best in the state and, incidentally, as having one of the largest and best floors for dancing. VVe had no Freshman Rally to help us become acquainted, but llflr. Spaine accomplished this purpose in another way. He assigned two or three from each junior high school to the same home room. VVe did become ac- cuainted very quickly, but for the first few days we were very downcast at the thought of not even seeing our former classmates in home room. Then we very quickly assumed the well-known Freshman appearances and habits that had been joyfully cast off by the now sophisticated 2A's. A Freshman never realizes how anyone else can tell that he is a Fresh- man. If only we could have seen ourselves looking at the shiny numbers on tops of doors and wearing a rather bewildered look on our countenances, we would have known. Our home work was done faithfully, even to the point of missing a movie. Our main purpose was to be in class before the bell rang, and we stayed awake worrying about report cards. To be nonchalant like the Juniors was our secret ambition, for we dared not hope to have that appear- ance that only Seniors can have. VVC had been Freshmen, 2A's and then, quite painlessly, excepting for a few Regents, we passed into the position of Juniors. The first term was quite uneventful, but we were aware that we were slowly approaching the envied rank of a Senior, During our 3A term, we finally organized and elected as president, VVilliam Dietz, as vice-president, Frances Chamberlain, as secretary, Sixteen

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President - NVi1liau1 Boehm Vice-President Richard Hallahan Secretary - Ruth Kerley Treasurer - Jack Miklowitz

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Lucile Hawkins, and as treasurer, Richard Hallahan, but more important than the election of our offiicers was the unanimous selection of Miss Brakebill and lVIr. Meara as our deans. Now, as Juniors, we were content to arrive in class just as the bell rang, for we still were just a little afraid to be late and brave the withering glances of the teachers. We pretended on our scornful faces utter disinterest in a D or an F, but often we were really a little worried. Once in a while we for- got to do our home work. Then, at last, after struggling through several Regents, we were Seniors. VVe no longer feared being late for class. Report cards worried us less. Most of us were now acquainted with hir. Spaine, hav- ing at some time discussed with him the subject of skipping school. We often depended on something similar to a miracle to get our home work done. During the two and one half years at Mont Pleasant, certain students were foremost in various activities. One of these is Marvin Dwore, who We hope will some day in the near future become the country's star tennis player. A double team composed of lllarvin Dwore and Francis Chamberlain may some day be practically unconquerable. Besides athletics, many of our class- mates will be outstanding in other activities. In later years, Anthony Barbieri will be a fiery orator in the United States Senate and will have as fellow sena- tor none other than George Bernadt. Undoubtedly, Virginia Hogan will be successor to Madame Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. VVhen we finally became 4A's, a great event happened which was of as vast importance in our little world as the election of the President of the United States. The officers elected for our class were: William Boehm, presi- dent 3 Richard Hallahan, vice-president, Ruth Kerley, secretary, and jack Miklowitz, treasurer. VVe were not quite so irresponsible as we had been as 4B's, for our day of graduation was approaching and a feeling of uncertainty was hanging over us. Even the stars cannot foretell what will appear on the Regent papers. On a Friday night, November 16, the second annual presentation of Hi-links was given in our auditorium. The performers included one of our classmates, Perry Vedder, and his partner, Georgie Hall, who literally brought down the house with their tap dancing. VVe believe that Perry's name should be in lights on Broadway right now. What gave us a pleasant glow of satis- faction was seeing our faculty return to school under the careful eye of Prof Stone. No one could resist laughing at Mr. Delehanty singing The Man on the Flying Trapeze and attempting to dance to its tune, and Mr. Sherley singing Poor Little Buttercupf, Juliet Morhous and Romeo Jordan enacted the balcony scene as it has never been acted before. The climax was reached when Romeo began to eat Wheaties in the manner of Popeye and Seventeen