Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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OUT OF THE FRYING PAN The ranks of men have been diminishing so steadily this year . what with the Armed Forces and other things that the girls began speculat ing morbidly on the dread possibility of an all-girl graduation. However, we kept stiff upper lips and sailed along nicely with Bill Campbell as President; Bill Syrett, Vice-President; Louis Snell. Secretary-Treasurer; and Ann Turley, Senior G. 0. Councilman; keeping firm hands at the helm. We found ourselves. toward our last lap. gazing reminiscently around the cafeteria, listening intently to Mrs.Short reading the order of the day, sentimentally fingering the wads of gum under our seats, saying 'Remember the time when---?' thinking in teims of our last basketball game, our last Sport Nite, our last Sider Press, running into Miss Sherwood's office for advice on our ‘careers', and being astonishingly polite to each other. We proudly sported Senior rings and keys. Honor Society pins. Thespian pins. Athletic keys. We lugged around Regent's Review books, and, towards June, we really pored over them. After much debate as to time, place and theme, we held our last Prom, in May. Everybody had a swell time, but we couldn't help wondering, audibly. ‘Where will we be at this time next year? Merrily we roll along 11