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

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COMET Analogy Worm, Like a pin, Pincttes our mincts Anal forms A puncturect wounct there, That Inteects slowly Anct agitates us, Causing us to complain Anct to sympathize With ourselves. Photo by IOE MAGED MARIE PETROCELLI Page Seventeen

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T ermts Highlights It Was the Worst ol: times, it was the hest of times, it was the age of darli- ness, it was the age ol light, it was the time of failure, it was-it was our senior term. Oct. 15-Suzanne Peyser chosen president of the l.C.C. Oct. 18'-Beatrice Kaminetslcy and Marvin Greenwald appointed Arista leaders. Arista's term function, a slxating party, repeated hecause of over- whelming reception. Oct. 22-Senior class elects Caloinet, consisting of Romano, Peyser, Baslcin, Chisena, lVlagnil:ico, Ambrose, Gelo, Carlozzi and Fisher. Qct. 26,-Utrecht wallops Erasmus after seven-year lull as drum majorettes spur gridmen on to victory. Qct. 28-Utrecht elects its G. O. president, Sam lcooperman, who defeats rival Harvey Lemheclf loy 600 votes. Bell, Cohen, and Maurer are other officers. Oct. 30'-First issue of Utrecht NUHS appears after seven-Weelc clelay. Nov. 14'-Announcement made that Dr. Rogalin will leave Utrecht for Taft High School alter this term, culminating four years of distinguished service at Utrecht. Dec. QHG. O. Congress holds initial meeting. Reports on school hudget and expenditures presented for discussion. Dec. 15'-Seventy new memhers inducted into Senior Arista,-Dr. Leuchs presides. Dec. 14-Bugle and Drum Corps trophies lceep mounting as another victory is announced. Dec. 20-Arista distrihutes Christmas haslcets to needy families. Jan. 4HProm held as 100 couples crash the legendary 4oo. Jan. 10, 11-Concert again scores tremendous success. Composer of 'flut- door Overturef' Aaron Copland, attends. Jan. 15-Graduating editors of NUHS choose Jerome Balmuth as next termss Editor-in-Chief. Jan. 28-Seven hundred-odd seniors graduated in impressive ceremonies at Broolclyn Tech auditorium. It is a far, far luetter thing we do than we have ever done. It is to a far, far loetter place We go-- THE LITERARY EDITQRS. Page Sixteen COMET

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SPCRT SURVEY UNDER the guiding hand of Coach HAtoie Ahe Warchaizer, the 1940 gridmen went through their most successful season since 1955. lt was a cam- paign chock futt ot surprises and disappointment. After dropping its opener to Nlanuai Training on a last minute desperation pass from Bernie hturphy to Pete Kostatcos, the eleven put on a winning streak that hattted the experts. For the tirst time in the history of the school, the Buccos engaged the Peg-Legs of Stuyvesant, at Ehhets tietd on October 15. With Freddy Vveinherg htossoming forth as a remarkable passer, the Vvearers of the Green ran roughshod over the Manhattan eteven to the tune of 15-0. Vveinherg passed to wo touchdowns. He completed eievent tosses of thirteen tries. Boh Eckert completed the scoring with a 58-yard dropicictced tietd goat. The following week the gridmen topped a strong Poly Prep team, 12-O, showing a diversified attack. Xfveinherg passed for one touchdown and Tiny Tom Tomasuto scored the other, as the two ted the attack. Red Potters and Murray Schreiber ptayed hriiiiantty on the line. Garnering thirteen tirst downs, passing for 152 yards, and running for 189 more, the Buccos ciimhed att over the Erasmus eteven on Gctoher 26, to take their third straight. The tinat score, 13-Q, was no indication of the superiority of the Green and White. The two highlights were a 55-yard run hy Tornasuto, and a 40-yard touchdown pass, Fred Vveinherg to Joe Fopiani. Max Vvotte starred for the Buff and Blue. This inspired victory marked the turning point of the season, for after Octoher, the hoys just coutdnyt seem to move. The Big Orange of Jefferson took the measure of the gridmen, 18-O, with Duhenetstcy leading the way. For the Buccos, Blair De Ntaria was outstanding, tilting in for hoth Tomasuio and Vveinherg. Ray Benza returned seventy yards on one of the ixickotfs for the only Green and Vvhite threat. The injuries in this game were numerous, and when, on the fottowing week the hoys tangted with Lincoln, Vveinioerg, Sacchie, Gold, Fopiani, Licausi, DiGiuseppi, and Eckert were either out, or in poor condition. Though they outptayed the Blue and Gray for two-thirds of the game, the Buccos just coutdn,t push over a six pointer, and the Boys in Blue carried to a 19-0 victory. Weight totd the story, the Lincoinites outweigh- ing the Big Green 20 pounds to the man. A weetc iater, the Bensonhurst Buccaneers had the misfortune to run into a power-packed txftadison aggregation cruising along in high gear. The re- suit . . . 55-0, tetts the story. Bohhy Barton, Herh Brestow and Co. were just too much for an aiready crippled eieven. It was a disappointing ending to an otherwise fairly successful season, hut it certain added an ettective finishing touch. As for the individuals .... Vveit, there was ati-scholastic guard Murray Schreiber, who is going to he hard to forget. And how vividly we can remem- her the famous passing comhine, 40 to 41, VX7einherg to Keatst Freddy Vvein- berg completing 48 passes for 82 tries to estahtish himself as one of the city's outstanding tossers. And to the 1941 and ,42 eievents we can proudly ieave Page Eighteen CQMET