Port Richmond High School - Soundings Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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Last Will and Testament Y'Ve are not a radical group nor are we conservative-still we are conventional and with this in mind we hereby walk in trodden paths and leave to the posterity of Port Richmond High School-a will. Everyone will probaby read this but nobody will pay much attention to it. Piflle! XVhat's a will among seniors? Nevertheless- 'l'o the freshmen we bequeath bigger and better green elevators. '1'o the long-suffering Crows Nest staff we bequeath an office what am-l 'l'o Miss Krell QMrs. Goldwassert we bequeath a carload for a boxfulj of blackboard erasers marked Privatef' To the grade advisers we bequeath fewer and smaller l'reshies. To Mrs. Benner we bequeath a ready-willing-and-able Arista-cracy. 'l'o tlte General Organization we bequeath one and only one political party which will not demand student government in the study halls. To the earnest sophomores we bequeath more sheepskin for diplomas and- 'l'o the juniors we bequeath our moth-eaten petition for a football team. 'l'o the XV.P.A. men at work on the future Port Richmond High athletic held, we bequeath a hve-hour week. Qlf Mohammed won't come to the mountain--Q To Miss Rossinsky the lost-and-found-attendance clerk we bequeath our thanks for the value received on your fond remonstrances. To Mr. Patrick Driscoll we bequeath a private boiler room. 'l'o Mr. 'l'oll'sen we bequeath an assignment other than Croufs Nest. To Mrs. Ross we bequeath an automatic diploma tier-upper. To Mrs. Dollin we bequeath a Laboratory with shiny, glass showcases. To Mr. Michaud we bequeath a hope for less faineants and dumbkopfs. To our beloved principal, Mr. Yvilliam Halloran, we bequeath fame and triumph as the leader of the students of Port Richmond High School. To May Anderson we bequeath our competitive spirit. QHitch your wagon to a ninety-nine, pernt ninety-nine per cent, May.j 'l'o XVarren D'.-Xllessandro we bequeath a Less-XV:ark-ltmr-XVarren-YVeek. To joseph Maloy we bequeath all the 99's we missed. There are plenty. 'l'o the Cafeteria eaters we bequeath a slogan- Variety does not have to be the spice ol' life. flt is far easier to adapt yourselves permanently to a Swiss cheese sand- wich than to have to change your taste every day, don't you think? To the next seniors we bequeath a speechless graduation. To Miss Fleischauer we bequeath a few assorted writers in the Periagua staff to correspond to Dickens or Thackeray or Wells. QAI1, Ecstacylj To Mrs. Pavis we bequeath some of those delightful encyclopedias. To the Dramatic Club we bequeath the memory of grueling rehearsals and the thrills of first nights. The stnell of war-paint still lingers to recall the fun. To Miss Prowiser we bequeath some midnight oil for marking homework. To the Cheering Squad we bequeath the memory of our red, perspiring faces and the glimpses at our tonsils at a Curtis versus Port Richmond game. To the art teachers we bequeath some individualists. To Miss Vroom we bequeath a few more basso profundosf' 'l'o Minnie. the piano in the Girls' Gym, we bequeath another leg. 'l'o the stall of a future SOUNDINGS we bequeath a better Last XfVill. Signed: 1938 SENIORS Witnessed: Dinty, the Boiler Room Cat. Notary Public No. 8162? 'H

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It ,fo p- 9- '-iet Q C Q O F y 'E' 'G 0- . p 3 , af 15 I A' JZ f -1 5 L ,ZF , ! ui . iffy.. ry.: Q lip. L' l l liz ri 45.5 iii Q in 2- ft' o 1. lico. French, History! Eco. French, History! On and on they march before me. screaming. Regents! My book is opened before tne but my spirit-it's4it's4 tv-a-w-nj. Such a beautiful night. but it seems strange for Christmas Eve. No fragrance of pines and ltemlocks or quiet flttrry of snow flakes do their part to arouse the yule spirit. However we long since decided to sacrifice these as rects of Christmas for a vacation in 5 the health-giving sttnshine of Miami Beach, Florida. Since our arrival, we have had the good fortune to encounter many of our class- mates of the i938 group of Port Richmond High. Last evening we ran into jason Horn and Roy Howard. Evidently they are still pals. although -Iase isa big shot on The Xrzt' York Tinzrhs' editorial board. Roy. however. is a medical student slaying to become a capable surgeon. Xve inquired of them abottt Gertrude Smith and Lillian Grossman who always seemed to be around Jase and Roy. Gertrude is still talkative, they said. but in a more serious sense. for she is a struggling woman lawyer. fXYe hope she ltlls that giggle under control.j Lillian is a teacher. Yes. they are still friends. This afternoon, while lolling on the beach, we made a few new acquaintances. One told us that Emanuel llosephson, a YVest Point graduate. is now a lieutenant in the army, and that l.eonard Sagar has turned his hobby of photography into a business He also told us that Constance Piazza is a chemist. and Robert Meachem a navy man. ln the evening we danced and tonight the music was grand but mirabile dictu' who should be tickling the ivories but Milton Levowitl. lidith 'I'elefson came across the room to greet us and tell about herself and others. She's a nurse now. From her we learned that Claire Le Blanc has joined the white parade also. Claire is at the Presbyterian Hospital. New York. in the maternity ward. Her troubles are indeed little ones. She mentioned that Olga liissell is still wrapped up in athletics. and Yictoria Yeamans is writing poetry. lt seems that Eleanor Kalmus has devoted her life to pleasing her man. and junior. lidith suggested that we get a table and invite all the 'fgS's present for a conversation abottt our fellow graduates. Phil 'l'hiel, now a naval architect and in Florida on business, came over. He in- formed us that Pat Stone was down here covering a news assigtnnent for The Herald- Trifztute. just then we spied Pat talking to a group of familiar people. Remember Rudolph llastown? YVell. Pat told tts that he had become renowned as a Union Square oflicialf' William Brady fa bigger lrislnnan than every is now pounding the beat on Broadway as a New York cop. while Fred Miehe is a famous musician and critic. I felt st! young and kiddish again after her talk of high school days. What memories --- Helen! I thought you were going to study this afternoon. XYhy you've been asleep! Yes mother, l've been thinking-dreaming-prophecyingf'

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I ' 'I I I VICTOR S. BENT Official Photographer Of PORT RICHMOND HSOUNDINGSU 1938 PORTRAITS nm! COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHS PANORAIIIAS and BANQUETS AERIAL PHOTOS - MOVIES lI05 CASTLETON AVENUE STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. A COMPLETE LINE of CAMERAS PHOTO SUPPLIES and MOVIE EQUIPMI-1N'l' TRADE IN YOUR OLD EQUIPMENT C0nf11c1'14.s'.sa1'r1: One pifftnre is better llzmz ffm llzomarzrl Zl'07'd.Y.H