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

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Senior Officers 1 ' ' THE GENH OF Traveling through NRHS on a magic carpet the class of 'io watched four wonderful years speed by all loo quickly. lfarly in our senior year we chose as our leaders. Leon Selig. Ralph Gutmann. Iudy Channel and Del- phine Geronimo, and in their capable hands we placed Aladdiifs Lamp. as a guide in all our ventures. Fred Levy brought fame to the class by winning a National American History Contest with oxer lo.ooo competitors. while all our sports teams added more billiance to NRHSE career. In the VVestinghouse Science Talent Search we had fifteen honorable menf tions. an unprecedented event in this school. VVC helped Macbeth plot Duncan's murder. and we aided Hamlet in his indecisiong we began to see atoms TI-IE LAMP and molecules before our eyes instead of legendary spots. Our personal problems almost took precedence over the 'kljroblems of Democracy. while our lan- guage teachers tried to make us parler francais and 'Ahablar espanol. VVe applauded, as our Thespians, under the able direction of Pop Burke. presented nye successful productions. Bill Miller. hard-working editor of the Herald. led the paper to first place in the 26th annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association Conference at Columbia University. Although the year was hectic. it was successful. and we will remember it always.

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selves in sports, creative writing, class committ-ees and other activities. fTreasurers Richart Sturt, Genevieve Agnifilo, and Iudy Robinson were entrusted with the class dues.j The Iunior Year brought many favorable changes- some unexpected. The WIAA football championship, Are You With It fmystery dancej, Iunior Prom fprofrt 35.275, the arrival of class rings and the Round- up made this our most successful year. Remember the unewsletterw? Al Katona, Gertrude Erlenmaier, and Frances Borden, who was secretary for three years did a splendid job as class officers. Such skilled athletes as Biagio Fatone, Edwin Golden, Cornelius Lalli and Alan Levy distinguished themselves in football, while Norman Meyer and Phil Rella were outstanding in cross-country. Several students won literary awards, and many others did extremely well in other fields. Then came the news of our transfer to New Rochelle High School. Melvin Plotinsky, Ralph Gutmann, Mary Ann Erhard and Norman Meyer were elected to represent the class in formulating plans to make our senior year the best in history. With all these mem- ories behind us we shall never forget those wonderful days at dear old I.E.Y. CLASS HISTORY - N.R.H.S. The Lost Angels of NRHS found themselves after the Hrst two weeks as freshmen and were determined to compete for honors in all school activities. We contributed our journalistic skill to the Hugue- not Herald, for Richard Yaffa, and Bill Miller were Kid-Bits reporters, and Louis Rukeyser reported the class activities to the Standard-Star. Helene Fried- land was the eight grade winner of the One God contest and Anita Holmsten won honors in the Na- tional High School Poetry Anthology Contest. William Gmelin displayed his talent in l'Harriet.l' Helene Friedland and George Murphy were elected secretary and treasurer respectively, and Leon Selig was Scrub Manager of the basketball team. The ninth grade started the year rolling with a traditional Open House in October and then elected Richard Yaffa and Alyce Kryla president and secretary respectively, as its officers. Sports proved to be a big success for both boys and girls. Intramural basketball, ping pong, and Coach Daniel P. O'Brien's Red Wing basketball team were extremely popular. Many of the boys also participated on the track team. The chief interests of the girls were ping pong, volley ball, and basketball. Ioyce Hiller was an outstanding member of the Girls' Basketball Honor Team. As sophomores we began to take our place as a prominent class and started active participation in school goings-on. Dick Yaffa and George Murphy played football. Dick was elected our class president, Charles Cornell, vice-presidentg and Iudy Channel, secretary. Iohn Maffucci and George Murphy played basketball. Some of us played in the band and orches- trag some sang in the chorus, while others acted. At the end of our sophomore year we felt as if big things were ahead, and they were. In our junior year we were ably led by president Frank Hummell, vice-president Adele Derecktor, and secretary Iudy Channell. The brilliant cheering of Lois Rogers, Alexia Foster, Carol Chisholm, Ioan Fishstein, Adele Derecktor, Gail Cannon and Pat Andrew led Dick Yaffa, Phil Dopo- lous, George Murphy, Frank Bruno and Howard Sweet to a series of victories on the football field. On the literary side, Mary Fitzgerald and Herbert Green won honors in a National Poetry Contest. De- serving of honors were Bill Miller, Mary Laub, Alyce Kryla, Zelda Gafein, Louis Rukeyeser and Ellen Rosenwald who did excellent work on the Huguenot Herald. With this successful ear behind us, we were read Y Y to become rfect seniorsf, Pe As we hesitantly strolled the cause-way last Septem- ber-some of us for the first time-all of our thoughts were the same. This is it. Our last year. During previous high school years we had all had our full share of successes and failures, but in different schools. The task at hand was a hard one: to make one big spirit from three groups of students. Then as Seniors, we resolved that regardless of where we spent it, we'd make it the most wonderful year yet. - And we did!

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ROBERT A. ABRASH The Current Events. Student Feder- alists, and Chemistry Clubs have held Hob's attention. He was a member of Phi Alpha Fraternity and worked on the Rochcllcan. His interests lie in sports. chemistry, and Dixieland jazz. PAT ACOCELLA Ack participated in the band, was president of the Ping Pong Club, and G.O. representative. His inter- ests lie in travel and photography. He hopes to become an electrician after graduation. ALISHRT C. AIJAHOIJY Al, who won Hrst prize in the VVestcbester Cancer Poster Contest. is quite the fine artist, and a mem- ber of the Rochellean Art Staff. Be- sides art, Al managed the hockey team, was a member of Photogra- phy. Scholarship, and Spanish Clubs, and was president ,of the Audubon Club in his junior year. IACQUELINE MELIND ADAMS lacque's ambition is to become an actress, and she promises to be a good one. She was a member of the Sock and Buskin Dramatic Club and Tower Players. She also partici- pated in the Spanish, Tennis, and Explorers' Clubs, after-school sports, and worked on the Rocbellean Art Staff. In her iunior year at I.E.Y. she won an American history essay contest. IOHN ADAMS If you see lack riding around in a powerful new Cadillac, you'll know his dreams have come true. His other interests are reading, science, history and western movies. He has also received a varsity letter for thc rifie team. CARULYN ADELISERG Attractive Timmey intends to take up child psychology in college. VVliile in school she was active in Social Service, Current Events. Spanish and Conversation Clubs. She worked on the Iunior Prom and Spanish Club dances, and was a member of the Herald business staff. GENFVIEVH AGNIFILO Ienny is quite the busy soul. To account for her great activity we land she was a majorette, G.O. represen- tative. member of the All-City Stu- dent Council, Sophomore class treasurer, Senior homeroom presi- dent, secretary-treasurer of the French Club, A Capella Choir mem- ber, and dance chairman at l.F.Y. CARLO ALAIA Small in stature but tall in genero- sity. Carlo has added his bit to the school. He was a member of the Hockey Squad. After high school. he hopes to go to White Plains lnstitute and fulfill his ambition to become a technical engineer. NICHOLAS Al,lKliR'l'I Nick was a member of the Rochellean Art Statf. a fellow Hi- Y'er, and played varsity basketball. He likes sports, Commercial Art. sleeping and eating: his gripes are Monday through Friday morn- ings. His goal in life is to travel around the world. HAZFL ALEXANDER A gal tbat's full of fun. Candy hopes to become a secretary for a large Firm. She comes from A.L. H.S. where she had been active in the Italian and Traveling Clubs, G.A.A., and Chorus. Aside from school work, Candy enjoys danc- ing and art. She hopes to visit Mexi- co someday. GABRIEL ALFANO Gabe, formerly of both Leonard and Young, loves boats, and can't wait for the day when he can own and drive a boat. He was a member of the General Organization. WILLIAM li. ALLARI7 Sports-minded William was a mem- ber of the track, ritle, crass-country and basketball teams, and the G.O. He plans to attend the New York State Maritime College. William's favorite subiect was drafting.