New Rochelle High School - Rochellean Yearbook (New Rochelle, NY)

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MR. CLIFFORD S. BRAGDON Superin+enden+ of Schools OR Mr. Clifford S. Bragdon and all associaied wi+h 'rhe school sys+em, +his year +ermina+es noi' only a decade since +his school was cons+ruc+ed, bu+ also a period of grea+ service rendered by him +o fhe communily of New Rochelle. As Superinlendeni' of Schools, Mr. Bragdon has held +he respec'r and affedion of bofh s+uden+s and facully for his undersianding of problems, educafional and social. H' is wiih much regre+ 'thai' we see Mr. Bragdon leave and we exfend fo him our sincere wishes +ha'r good luclc may conlinue +o aHend him.

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l l FACULTY F. LORETTA COONS Assislanl Principal: Algebra B.A., N. Y. Sfale College for Teachers: M.A. in Eclucaiion Adminislralion, Bosfon Universily: N. Y. U.: Columbia. MARIE W. BOWERS .............. Laiin B.A., Ohio Wesleyan: M.A. in Lalin, Columbia. VINCENT CIOFFARI ...... llaliani Spanish B.A., M.A. in Romance Languages, Cor- nell: Ph.D., Columbia. VERA GIDDINGS COLE Economic Geography B.A., Smi+h: M.A. in Educalion, Teachers College, Columbia. JANE CONARD ............... Librarian B.A., Ohio Wesleyan: B.S., Simmons Col- lege Library School. CLIFTON T. EDGERLY .....,,..... French B.A. in Greek and Lalin, M.A. in French, Spanish, Halian, Darlmoulh: Ph.D. in Ro- mance Languages, Yale. JOHN J. FISHER .......,.....,,. Biology B.A., Sl. Johns: M.A. in Biology, Columbia. ELSIE L. GLEASON ............. English B.A., Universiiy of Kansas: Columbia. NANCY M. GLEASON ..,.. English B.A., Oberlin: Columbia. GEORGE E. GREELEY .. , ..French B,A., Bowdoin: M.A. in French, Columbia. NELLIE M. HALL , . . Commercial B.C.S., N. Y. U.: Universily of California: Fordham. GORDON A. HARVIE .,.... lncluslrial Arls Filchburg Normal School: N. Y. U. ARTHUR B. HUSSEY .. . ,....... Physics B.A., Baies: M.A. in Educalion, Brown: Columbia. CLARA V. JONES ....,,..,..... German B.A., Oberlin: M. A. in German, Columbia. JEANETTE L. McGILL ,.........,. English B.A., Oberlin: M.A. in English, Columbia. GLADYS J. NEWELL ......,...,,. English B.S. in Eclucalion, Bridgewafer Slafe Teachers College: Columbia. GLADYS B. SKINNER. Physical Educalion B.S., M.A., Teachers College, Columbia. REBECCA SYMMES , ,....... lvlalhemalics B.A., Norlh Carolina College for Women: M.A. in Malhemalics, Columbia. ETHELWYN WARDLE ............ I-lislory B.S., M.A., N. Y. Slale College: Columbia. JEAN M. WILSON .... Medical Deparlmenl

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l ,, A LETTER TO THE SENIORS Dear Seniors: V While gelling oul lhe Rochellean, and looking over old ones, we came across menlion of so many evenls lhal have happened since our sophomore year, lhal we iusl had lo wrile lhis lo remind you. Remember lhal firsl day, when you pul on a dare-anylhing-once expression, and lried hard nol lo gel losl loo many limes, bul failed in spile of direclion signs. Remember how you found yourself in a class wilh kids you never heard of. And sopho- mores weren'l allowed lo go lo assemblies, and when lhey' did, il was all aboul lomalo iuice. And you developed a flaming School Spiril, and wenl around shouling: Beal Ml. Vernon! , or Down wilh While Plains! And everylhing was lerribly exciling, even Regenls. And afler vacalion, you relurned in lhe fall, very sure of yourselves as Juniors, and you began lo be somebody around lhe old school. You were very blase, and fooled faround mosl of lhe year. You lried lo forgel lhal you were really inleresled in school, for lhal wasn'l dignified. You concenlraled on being bored wilh il all. Conversalion ran on lhe lines How many limes have ,lyou gypped lhis week? when you knew perfeclly well you had only cul aboul lhree limes ih your life, ,and you had a prelly miserable lime of il. G. O. eleclions were coming up. Everybody said Dick Weber didn'l have a chance in spile of Harry Henn. Cule poslers appeared, everybody wenl polilical, and blollers, and lhrow-aways were scallered everywhere. You were mad 'al your besl friend, because he or she was a friend of so and so's campaign manager. Eleclion day came. Dick won. Everybody was lerribly exciled, for no parlicular reason, and lhen school was oul. We came back feeling snooly, as seniors, bul discovered lhal we had less freedom lhan sophs, because lhey're so young, and lhe iuniors slill have a year lo become dignified, so we're lefl lo keep up lhe dignily, and il becomes boring afler awhile, so you slop being dignified, and figure lhal afler lwo years of hard work, you deserve lo loaf for lhe lasl year. Bul, you find lhal you can'l, nol if you wanl lo graduale. So you compromise, and do as lillle work as you can unlil June. Senior essays creep up, and you aren'l ready. The year is so packed wilh evenls lhal you lhink you'll die afler gradualion. Bul you don'l! And lhe Big Nighl comes, you gel your diploma, and every one congralulales you. Then il's summer, and you say you're Free, bul you find lhal High School was more free, and you lhink some day you'll go back lo a Class Reunion, bul you neveri do. All lhe same, you'll lell everyone whal a swell lime you had ih school, and show lhem your Rochellean. You slarl lhinking of lhe Old Days, and lhen afler awhile you close lhe book. Bul: you won'l forgel! And lhe Class of '37 Marches On! Yours lruly, THE STAFF