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

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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

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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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