Ossining High School - Wizard Yearbook (Ossining, NY)

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. With the tives from each homeroom holiday season came the class plans for the HI-Iolly Hop, the annual Xmas dance. Among the more athletically- inclined class members were those out- standing Varsity basketball players, Jim Oliver, Tom Doty, and Artie Schmidt. Time marched on, and on April 13, a Friday, the class gave its Spring Dance. At last it was June, and Seventh 'Heaven, the long awaited Junior Prom d unforget- was a pe table Junior year. Then with high hopes and great an- ticipation, the class of 1957 entered its senior year led by Joe Costa, Robert Kaplan, Louise Whelan, and Peter Buhl. Many of the most outstanding and enthusiastic members of the class looked forward to leading the various athletic, language, literary, and service groups in the school. As October rolled around, the first senior dance of the year, '4Stairway to the Stars, a replica of the Junior Prom, was held. Later that month, when individual senior Wizard pictures were taken, much ado was made about haircombing, tie straightening, and lipstick applying, he- fore everyone was presentable. The sen- ior play, uCaught in the Villain's Web, highlighted the first half of the senior year. Holly, ivy, mistletoe, and a huge evergreen, plus a good deal of senior talent, added zest to the merriment and festivity of the Senior Christmas Party. With mid-winter came the various in- terviews of secretarial schools, colleges, and N. Y. S. Employment Services, the anxiety of College Boards, State Teachers, Exams, and Nursing Tests. As the final months of its stay at OHS drew near, the class of '57 went all out to make its last dance and the second class party a huge success. And now, when graduation is upon them, the class of '57 may appropriately bring to mind A. E. Watsonis expression, HFANAFIQ' FIND A NEED AND FILL IT. rfect way to en an

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CLASS HISTORY OW as the final days for the Class of 1957 draw to a close, many are the Seniors who pause to recall their five fun and work-filled years in OHS. Those first few months in 1952 were certainly hectic-not only to the stu- dents but to the teachers as well. With the onslaught of 1953, the 1957 uballs of firei' seemed to be out to bet- ter all previous school records. First, they elected Ed Mattson, Dave Peter- sen, Ken Engkvist, and Dot Pennington, to lead them in this year of 1953-54. The class next found their social ad- visers in the duo-combination of Mrs. Harriet Mahoney and Abe Fischler. During the year, the class of 1957 dis- tinguished itself by placing 55 of its ranks in the Scholarship Group, and more than 85 per cent of this number remain on even 'til today, a record in itself. In February, the class gave its first all-school dance, uCupid's Rendez- vous. A big hit! Late in June, the class elected its officers: Tom Tarbox, Agnes Consalves, Willa Hansen, and Denis Hanlon. This was tl1e year the class ordered its rings down by the trophy case, the OHS teams were cheered on by the vivacious enthusiasm of Willa Hansen, Judy Mead, and Susan Reischmann. Decem- ber found the OHS hockey team sparked by Curt Rosenkranz, Ralph Trapasso, and Roger Kerr. As March approached, applications for the Lead- er's Club, Key Club, and ABC were being busily filled out before the dead- lines. In May, all thoughts turned to publicizing the class Moving-Up-Day dance, thus ending an outstanding year, 1954-55. The Junior year loomed ahead at last. With a feeling of responsibility, the officers, Ed Mattson, Dave Petersen, Willa Hansen, and Louise Whelan, met in room 305 and formed a class execu- tive council, comprised of representa-

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SENIOR PLAY HIS year,s senior play, uliaught in the Villain's Wfebf' a lneloflrania in three acts by Herbert Swayne, provecl to he an extraordinary presentation with a perfect balance of suspense anfl COIllCfly. The play concernefl the melodramatic story of Felicity Fair, a victim of amnesia, who was hirefl as a nurse for Mrs. Regina Larkfielrl, a neurotically ill woman possessing a keen mincl flevoterl to alll2llClllllilliiIlgI.M Dorothy Pennington ably portrayecl Felicity, While Mallreerl Macken gave her usual viva- cious performance as the matchmaker. The object of her pleas for matrimony involve her son, Malvern, excellently enactcrl hy Donald Dykes, who aclmires Felicity, ancl Nella Hargrave, the daughter of one of Mrs. Larkfielfhs best frienfls, Mrs. Hargrave. Do- lores Sehiele and Barbara Wzirreri nobly fulfilled these roles. However, the plot thick- ens with the appearance of the villain, Cyril Bathingwell, our inimitable Joseph Costa fneecl we say niore?l, who claims poor Felicity as his wife. Despite Cyril's wiliness, the story enfls with the murcler of the im- poster, Cyril, anrl the happy marriage of Felicity and Malvern. Due to the efforts of Miss Jones, ancl the excellent set flecorations by Mr. Globcrman the play was a huge success.