Prospect Heights High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A 1 1 e -ef .L , for one dime. Cardinal and Scribe affracfed a crowd by selling rhymed forfunes fied fo very arfy peanuf souvenirs. To fhe beaufy and gayefy of fhe Chrisfmas season, Dolores Makemnos added her sparkling perform- ances in fwo of fhe finesf plays fhaf our school has ever had. Across our horizon came many celebrifies: Canada Lee, Margaref Websfer, Bess Myerson who was Miss America, Andy Russell who ap- peared af our Youfh Rally, fhe many disfinguished foreign speakers who honored us af our famous U. N. Assembly, fhe impassioned orafors who campaigned for fheir candidafes af fhe Roosevelf-Dewey debafe. In fourfh ferm, our war work reached ifs climax wifh fhe purchase of four ieeps and fhree field ambulances fhrough fhe sale of war bonds. We celebrafed wifh a jeep parfy. Af lasf we were seniors wifh a bursfing memory book of four years' good fimes. Today as we look back, we remember horseplay af fhe end of fhe pool, fhe brave girls in Drama 9I0, plans for forums, club parfies, all kinds of frolics. A cerfain amounf of sfudy, foo? Yes, fhere was Velia Coscarelli's mafhemafical genius, and Alice Yerchin's anfics in bio. We gasp as we fhink of fhe sfupendous campaign of our G. O. Presidenf, Margaref Turner, and fhe efernal haphazardness of fhe Publicafions Office. Mrs. Buckley's efernal pafience and calm will be a course of never- ending wonder always. There are all fhe prefecfs and subiecf feachers who have done so much for us. There's nof one of us who doesn'f find as she looks back, fhaf Miss Ficks was always fhere wifh her undersfanding ancl loving guidance, and wifh fhaf exfra liffle liff fhaf did so much fo make Prospecf Heighfs whaf if has become fo us. We'll fake wifh us all fhese experiences and recollecfions fhaf made high school such an advenfure. As we leave, we'll wave fo fhose whom we leave wifhin ifs walls, and say, So long, Cifizens of Prospecf Heighfs, you lucky people. W

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BY MYRA DRIMMER We, fhe Class of June I947, being of sound mind and body, having survived four years of secondary school educafion, declare our lasf will and fesfamenf, and bequeafh our worldly goods fo fhose who remain behind fo forge fheir way ahead in Prospecf Heighfs High School. To lovers of Shakespeare, Eileen Johnson leaves all fhe fexfbooks wifh Kilroy wriffen on fhe flyleafs, in 'l'he hope fhaf some exploring freshman will erase his name on fhe day fhaf Kilroy's whereaboufs become known. In fhe sforeroom of Gym 3, Philomena Cacace and Margaref Ryan leave behind an assorfmenf of gym suifs and sneakers for fhe benefif of fhe forgefful few who did nof realize fhaf fhey had gym on Monday. To all graphic arf girls, Rosemary Capobianco leaves THE RAZOR'S EDGE in fhe hope fhaf fheir pencils will always be sharpened. Efhel Halpern leaves her arfisf's smock, generously covered wifh skunk blue, fhaf color wifh a perfume all ifs own, fo fufure girls on fhe Cardinal Arf Sfaff. Louise Johnson, Gregg Piffman's niece, leaves her shorf forms fo all forms in P. H. H. S. Gail Whyfe, Pearl Dornblum, and Carolyn Domroe, leave behind a rhyming dicfionary wifh ifs fiffy-nine rhymes for fhe word cat Carolyn Klafh bequeafhs her mafh formulas and logs fo fhose of us who are sfill puzzling over 4y-3q. Evelyn Chasan, Kafherine Perperis, and Roslyn Safier offer a iar of cold cream fo all who aspire fo have fheir names in lighfs. Frances Bruno leaves her special beaker filled wifh laughing gas fo be used only affer midferms and Regenfs. She recommends if for drowning all sorrows. Gloria Alvarez leaves fo fhe fufure Head Arisfa Girl her inexhausfible energy, all-around good fellowship and a record fo make a genius blush. Paf McGovern leaves fo fhe nexf Edifor-in-chief of Scribe a special capsule designed by Carmela Pafundi, which is guaranfeed fo end if all when pains of headlinifis and newsifis become unbearable. Wifh fhis capsule, Paf also leaves her favorife boffle of green nail polish and her James Mason Fan Club membership card. Renee Bravin, Edifor of Cardinal, besfows a bag full of nickles and a privafe car on fhe I. R. T. befween our school and fhe Comef Press office. in fhe hope fhaf hereaffer page proofs will be here on fime. I6

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GLASS HISTURY In I943 when we enfered fhis school, everyone was singing a song, Oh, whaf a beaufiful morning, Oh, whaf a beaufiful day. If was a gay, opfimisfic song, and if became our special fune when we enfered Maxwell Annex. We were a bif frighfened, fo be sure. The live fhings in fhe science room scared us: fhe sighf of hundreds of faces made us slighfly dizzy. If fook four years of high school 'ro fransform us from five hundred liffle chicks scrafching for knowledge info a class of wise old seniors. Four years? If couldn'f have been so long ago, fhaf day we firsf learned fhe words of All hail fo Girls Commercial. We feel sorry for fhe new freshmen of Prospecf Heighfs who will never know fhe adven- fures of Maxwell Annex, fhaf building fhaf housed fhe coziesf lunchroom and fhe dampesf bridge. If was here 'Ifhaf Carmela Pafundi won fhe Traver Award and became Class Presidenf. H' was The scene of our Gay Ninefies Review, planned by Mrs. Woodlefon. Miss Wifherbee encouraged us, noi' only in lessons, buf of fun and nonsense in which our class always shone. One Sepfember day we enfered fhe main building which seemed more maiesfic fo us fhan any royal palace. We were geffing fo be much more poised, sufficienfly af ease fo eaf a hearfy lunch affer we had wafched fwo frogs being dissecfed. Regina Schwager enioyed fhe per- formance so much fhaf she immediafely ioined fhe Bio Squad. Doris Weinfraub began fo show fhe skill in commercial subiecfs fha? led her along fhe pafh fo Cardinal Business Manager in Senior Term. Lillian Gilash, Peggy Ryan, and Florence Zielinski began 'ro pifch a mean soffball game, and soon were fhe recognized sfars of Gym I. Violef Manos and Ann Kahn fhrew French phrases af each ofher fo fhe mysfificafion of commercial sfudenfs, who counfered by faking down fheir assignmenfs in sfen. The academics fried fo convince fheir commercial sisfers of +he advanfages of longhand, fhe abilify fo read back whaf fhey had wriffen. As fhe ferms glided by, each one was highlighfed by differenf evenfs, special fesfivifies, new excifemenf. Teachers and sfudenfs wenf ouf in greaf sfrengfh for fhe Nafional War Fund and planned a gianf carnival. Mr. Canale sold ielly apples, while his frusfy followers shined fwo shoes I4