New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Ghz Qlumet Twenty-four something went wrong with a spotlight right in the middle of The Boot and the sun stopped shining . . . Someone called it an eclipse . . . Since this is a Senior Issue we'll give you a few intimate details az Za Skolsfey, about the graduating thespians who made the matinee what it was . . . Ruth Paul has held G. O. offices galore and now is Vice President of the Senior Class . . . she helps edit the Comet . . . when she's in the mood . . . Intends to go out for dramatics in college . . . Blanche Peshkin loves angel cake and milk, is inspiration for all sorts of poetry . . . Morris Zolotow, or Zorris as he was rechristened divides his time between edit- ing the Comet, eating in Charlies, seeing shows gratis and acting. . . Insists he is a Communist but no one believes it . . . He tries to act nutty because he has an inferiority complex and wants to get the center of the stage . . Dave Livingston can debate fhe says so himselfj . . . really, a pleasant fellow . . . Aaron Schlenoff is the New Utrecht correspondent of the Eagle . . . Talks very fast . . . makes love unsuccessfully . . . Irving Grodstein has visited insane asylums, captained the service squad, edited the Natur- alist . . . he also acts . . . Walter Nels-on is a silent, taciturn Swede . . . You'll admit he's got lungs . . . Flossie Sachnoff drew a nude cherubim for The Wonder Hat . . . On the opening day of the production it was decided to expurgate the cherubim and half fthe lower halfj was out off . . . As a fitting finale to it all, The Wonder Hat is going to set a new precedent for gradua- tions when it will be presented with the original cast intact at the Academy of Music, june 24 . . .

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lllllflfs lllll 'flllf NIAITIRTIZIZ c The second annual Dramatic Matinee pre- sented during the early Part of May proved to be a great success . . . The Wonder Hat with a stellar array of names made the biggest hit . . . no reason in particular . . . Did you know that Ruth Paul and Zorris ad libbed their way all thrru The Wonder Hatj' on Friday after- noon? . . . Blanche Peshkin looked darling in her costume . . . The song she sang was a snatch from The Mikado . . . Dave Livingston grew bored with being bored . . . At rehearsals Dave could never stab Aaron Schlenoff at the right time . . . Ruth Paul built up her part nicely . . . donityathink . . . ? The jest of Hahalaba was an eerie thing . . . It would have been eerier if the flash had exploded when the devil, Abner Kantor was supposed to appear. . . It failed every day. . . Kantor deserves the accolade for valiantly act- ing on Friday altho suffering from a swollen chin . . . Nobody ever thought Irv Grodstein was much of an actor until he turned in an ex- cellent performance as Sir Arthur Strangeways . . . Isidor Hurwitz the Alchemist had a dif- ferent make-up every day... Walter Nelson certainly made those or- chestra seats rattle when he started in to yell at Leo Galli . . . What a booor!', . . . It was hard to believe Lillian Schlossberg was a 20th century rah-rah girl when she put on her long, black dress . . . Charley Steinberg, MD., the erst- while Medico, was arofund every afternon help- ing the girls with their make-up. . . He stated in no uncompromising terms that many was the time he had made up Jeanne A'ubert, of Amer- icals Sweetheart . . . On Thursday afternoon Twiefzty-tim-ae

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Ghz QZUIIIBI fl Mr. Ehrlich was training his orchestra for one of their public performances. We will go back to Poco mino mosso, the place you make a Poco mino messo, out of . The other day, Ruth Paul and Morris Zo- lotow were looking up where certain words originated. After a while Ruth suggested that they look up exaggerate. To this Zor- ris repliedg Why waste time looking that up when everybody knows that exaggerate originated in the Nuhs office. The Second Annual Dramatic Matinee presented by the English Department was perhaps more successful than that of the pre- vious year. The plays presented were The Wonder Hat, The Boor,', The jest of Hahalabaf' Credit for the presentation is due Mrs. Lederman. who directed the plays, Mr. Serwer who staged the plays and Mr. Rosenzweig whose advice greatly helped. Believe it or not, said Mr. Bernstein in his history class the other day, Queen Elizabeth was tall and thin, but a stout Pro- testantf' 2 x Z os ' , -,A M 3:22, oe 17 . Weifzfteifz During the regrettable absence of Moe Weinstein,our energetic little School Notes editor, this column has been written and ed- ited by jerty Meadows. Blanche Gold: Charlie, are you positive that this is beefsreak? Charlie: Sure itls beefsteak! Wossa mat- ter? Blanche Gold: Well when I find a horse- fly buzzing around a steak, darned if I don't get suspicious. Miss jamer: Where do we find mangoes? Pigeon B: Where woman goes. M. Weiner: Qcalling centralj Vill you Twenty-Jive