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

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The Qllumtt Harry Zuckerman was given the assign- ment of the Senior Prom for the Nuhs. Before the write-up, he was warned that only the truth would be accepted. When his copy was handed in, the following line was noticed. Among the most beautiful girls, was Walter C. Leonard. On being repri- manded for this quite obvious error, he replied: My orders were to write the truth. And that is where Mr. Leonard was: Among the beautiful girls. Simno: Something is preying on my mind. Witz: Donlt worry, It'll die of starva- tion. Pa Friedman: I hear my son made a ninety yard run in the big game. Barney Hyman: That's true, but did he tell you that he didn't catch the man ahead of him. Moe Giller: Got a match, Sandy? QSan- dy gives him a marchj And I've forgotten my tobacco. Sandy: Are ye sure ye hae no tobacco or pipe? Giller: Yes. Sandy: Then gie mae back mae match. FAMOUS LAST WORDS Mr. Sternberg: You may go. Mr. Deutsch: This is where you vote. Mr. Cullen: It's all in the text. Mr. Moses: Ain't she beautiful. Miss Oliff: Anything you want. Miss Margolies: Why aren't you like my Mr. Yudell: Take two tactics. annex students? . Mr. Appel: If I had you in the army. Latora QR.O.T.C.j Tells us the reason he has such a cold is because somebody played the Star Bangled Banner while he was taking a bath. Mr. Leonard: Qcommenting on Ralph's essay workj If you would put in more of a personal touch I am sure you could do better. Strafacci's next essay ended as follows: And by the way Mr. Leonard, could you lend me two bits? All our life we have had a penchant for writing poetry. Finally, we turned out a piece which ought to rank with Shelley, Keats and the rest: There was a young man from Bordeaux, Who took his girl out to a sheaux, When the bouncer got through The young gentleman knough That next time he must take along deaux. Mrs. Lederman fat dress rehearsal of The Boor .j Where's our fur coat, Nel- son? Didn't I say to dress for a Russian scene? Nelson: Oh, that's all right, I've got on two suits of underwear. How to attract a service squadder Qfor girlsj. 1. Ring a fire alarm box. If that does- n't work 3. Comment unfavorably of the service squad. If that doesn't work 4. Scatter papers near the main office. If that doesnlt work 5. Praise communism. And if that does- n't work its probably not a service squad- der. Twenty-Jevefz -

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fitbe Qlumet gif me the correct time, please? Central: We are not allowed to give correct time. M. Weiner: Vell, what time would it be if you were allowed to give correct time? The New Utrecht High School Math Club set out to find the square root of two. Un- confirmed reports are that several members of the club have been attacked, and several bitten by a roaming pack of vicious quad- ratics. Their lives were saved only through their presence of mind in seeking shelter under a radical sign, from which a rescue party of Math teachers are endeavoring to extract them. According to Mr. Deutch the only way you can make a freshman understand any- thing is as follows: 1. Tell him what you are going to say 2. Say it. 3. Summarize what you said. 4.Write him a letter. Whoever said, Experience Teaches, nev- er heard of prom crashes. Mr. Rosenzweig: What do we use soap for? M. Allen S.: That's what I'd like to know. Miss Burrows had been lecturing on the wisdom displayed by animals and birds. Having finished her discourse, she invited her pupils to ask questions bearing on the subject. Morton Cytron asked: What makes chic- kens know how big our egg-cups are? This is just about the Final of the term that the Freshman discovers the rushing theme song. You know, those Little White Liesfi Twenty-Jix ' Bob Sherwood wrote a little poem about how you could tell to what class a student belonged. We changed it so it would be suitable for New Utrecht. You can always tell a Freshman By his very timid looks You can always tell a Sophomore By the way he marks his books You can always tell a junior By his nonchalance and such You can always tell a Senior But you cannot tell him much. Aaronoif: fat box officej I want three seats. Ticket seller: Sorry, but we're sold out. Aaronoifz You mean to say you havenlt even 3 seats you can sell me? T. S.: That's it. Aaronoff: Well, I call that blamed poor management. Mr. Starts: Toddy, spell 'ferment' and give its definition. Toddy: F-e-r-m-e-n-t, to work. Mr. S: Now use it in a sentence so I may be sure you understand. Toddy: In nice weather, I would rather play tennis out-of-doors, than ferment in school. Miss Mullins: Give the definition of water. Limpid: A liquid that turns black when you put your hands in it. Mr. Bravermen: Tell me three kinds of publicity. Angelillo: Well therels the telephone, telegraph, and-tell a woman. Frenchy Ball: What shall I do? I want to surprise my sister on her birthday. Zimmerman: Why don't you hide be- hind her and yell Boo!

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! Harry Al Przzzick an 1 . fy Edzior p 5 5,0 of Qi ks Sport: TRACK The newspapers were all announcing the downfall of the New Utrecht track team. The fact that New Utrecht had fallen was already established. There was one thing left to do and the tracksters did it-they got their Irish up. Every man on the squad from the lowliest novice to the loftiest regular pulled and gave ev- erything that he had for the sheer joy of again entrenching the Green and White at the top of the ladder. This is the re- sult: a victory in the Columbia meet, 3 out of 3 firsts at the Penn. Relays, and a clean sweep of both the R. P. I. games at Troy and the P. S. A. L. novice meet. One cannot place his finger on any ten men on the team and say, They are responsible for Utrecht's fine showing. Every boy that is in any way connected with the track team can throw out his chest with pride, and feel sure that he has done his bit. To the esteemable Mr. Barney Hyman and to his assistants William Schoenfield and Sol Furth go the plaudits and the whole-hearted thanks of the entire stu- dent body for their untiring efforts throughout the entire season, and for put- ting the New Utrecht track team where it belongs-out in front. The managers Herb Weinberg and Herman Feingold also deserve a word of graditude for their ceaseless work. An event that has always found Utrecht supreme is the shot put. This year has been no exception. Emil Bonavita has sur- Twenty-eight IPO passed all his previous efforts this season, and at this writing he has broken the R. P. I. meet record with a put of 51 feet 8 inches. His running mate Willie Wohle has been improving steadily, un- til now in his fifth term he has already reached 50 feet. Also in a scoring posi- tion we find Sam Simon who performed so extra-ordanarily in the novice meet and also Willie Uchitel and Guilfoyle have stepped out of the ranks of novices. Now Levine, and Mangiamelli will have to decide between them who's next to break his novice. joey Abrahams and Sol Mandelblatt are probably the busiest fellows on this squad. While joe was taking a second in the hundred and a first in the 220, at Troy, Mandy was taking a first in the high hurdles and a second in the low. At the Penn. Relays Abrahams and Mandelblatt were both on the championship sprint and mile relay teams, along with Steve Chia- rello and Pete Merriam, who took the 880 at Troy and Captain Eddie Friedman. Eddie evidentally, is getting his share of the bad breaks, being spiked at the Colum- bia meet and disqualified at Troy. The novice meet uncovered some ex- cellent men. Foremost is the 1200 yard relay team that took a second place. It was composed of joseph Greenspan, Nat Mur, William Suffren and Hugo Capella. All of those boys with the exception of Greenspan are graduating this term. The novice games also brought forth Sam Si- mon as a high jumper of merit, and Si- mon who is nearing six feet bears watch-