Rensselaer High School - Crest and Shield Yearbook (Rensselaer, NY)

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CLASS PROPHECY ' ' ' DORIS SLAWSON Place: Rensselaer High Schoolroom. Time: june, 1948. Chamcters: Suzebel ....,.... ...... M arcia Grainer Angie ...... .,...... G ertrude Fox Steve ....... ........... S taats Fasoldt Aloe ........... .,..... C Leorge Rajkovich Teacher ....................,.................,.........,. Doris Slawson Tearlien In today's lecture we are going to take an imaginary tour around the United States. Everyone should know about this country we live in. It so happens that in our travels we are going to visit several states tl1at are interest- ing and important. Also in our travels we are going to visit cities that are now the homes of certain people who once went to this same school. l believe that these people were graduated in the year 1938. That class has spread all over the country. I'm sure you must have heard about the famous class of '38. Sieve: Say, thatfs the year Red Best was graduated. You know the fa111ous first baseman for the Deroit Tigers Tenclzeiz' You should know someone else too, the New York State Senator now in Washington, D. C. Angie: Mr. Paul Vadnais? ls he from Rensselaer High School? Suzebel: QRomanticallyj Uh huh! And his fiancee was graduated then, too. Eleanor Faas is her name. Tenrlier: Well, now you can see that there are famous people scattered all over who used to co111e to this school, who even sat in these very seats you're now occupying. Shall we start? Have you any choice about the way we travel? joe: Yes, I'd like to leave from the Albany Airport. A fellow by the name of George Rajkovich is a grease monkey up there. Tenrlier: All right! Now imagine we're flying. Think our altitude is 3,000 feet and our speed is 175 miles per hour. Our pilot is Ed Bell, flying one of Canady's planes. Suzebel: Are we going to eat at the Kathabel Cafe ? That belongs to the Phelan twins. Angie: All you thing ol' is eating. l'm eager to see some of Miss Irene Hewitt's paintings at the Museum of Art. Tearlier: l'VCll, children we won't be able to spend all ol' our time in New York. joe: What are those buildings there with the playground? P Tenrlier: That's the Smith Nursery run by Gertrude Fox. Angie: If we go to Hollywood. do you suppose I can have my hair waved by the stars' coifieur, LeRoy Frost? Suzr'lu'l: l'd rather hear a talk on dieting by Elsie W'isharl. the famous dietician. joe: l'd rather meet Ralph Mason, the Swing Man himself. Angie: Agnes Sfckles? The concert pianist. Teru'l1er: Children! I appreciate your enthusiasm and l'm glad you know so many alumni but you can scarcely call the work of these serious. You should have less levity. Know people whose work is really important. Such as-ah-ah. Suzebel: Dick Carlson is still trying to get a date with her.

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AURELIA SULLIVAN .................,.................,....A,,.......... NORMA SWEET ...... PAUL VADNAIS ....... STUART WILT ........ ELsm WISHART ...... You're always studying history, We know you do not like it, So to you I give these matches, When you're through with the vbook, light it. Norma Sweet is the quiet sort, Her voice is of very low toneg So to make herself hear all around I'll give to her a megaphone. Raul Vadnais is our President, He also has a mateg To him I give this little book To keep track of his dates. This little boy he wants to be An aviator ace, This baby airplane should help To put him in his place. We wonder if you ever would Make a lot of noiseg This drum -will, if anything could, Make you lose your poise. ' ..- ,I it Mil V .,....Matches Megaphone ........Date Book ......Airplane ........Drum

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Teacher: Please! We'll now go to Washington, D. C. Steve: Oh boy! Our pilot is a girl this time. It's Laura Russel. Teacher: In Washington we might see Eleanor Gardner, the President's secretary. Aloe: Aren't. they building a monument down there? Teacher: Yes, Staats F asoldt is the engineer. Suzebel: Oh, he married Peggy O'Sullivan. Angie: I wish we could go to meet the Pulitzer Poetry Prize Winner. Teacher: Oh yes, Donald Leonard. But We must keep on going. Sazegel: Let's go south and see where George Featherly grows the tobacco for his pipe. Steve: Doug Childrose, who took the place of Red Ruliing, the Yankees' number one righthanded pitcher, is down there. joe: And say, Ernie Robison just Won the Davis Cup. Suzebel: I've always wanted to go to Florida. That's where one of our alumni went on her honeymoon. Angie: It was Grace Drew who went in the D. P. W. truck, wasn't it? Teacher: When we leave Florida, we'll go across the country to the Mexican border. Steve: That's where Jack Felts, the Warden at Alcatraz, captured those kidnapers. Teacher: While in Texas we must visit the famous Dandy Dude Ranch run by Inga Holtz and Erma Peters. Angie: In San Francisco can we meet Aurelia Sullivan, the woman who founded the private school for the children of movie stars? Teacher: And perhaps we'll meet Dorothy Lasher, the math teacher who hase become the rival of Einstein. Steve: l'd like to go to see Dot King dance. ' joe: What about Margot Griebsch and her all girl band? Angie: Personally, I'd rather meet Katie Griebsch the famous opera star. Suzebel: I'll take Marion Sornberger and Stuart Wilt as the movie's greatest lovers. Teacherz' Suzebel: we'll dispense with such remarks. The nearest you'll be allowed to get to the movie stars will be to meet Beatrice Fonda and Mary Ewashko, secretaries in the office of M.G.M. Suzebel: Can't we even see Charlotte Sangmaster, the model American nurse? joe: Isn't Dot Potter a script writer in one of the studios? Suzebel: Yes, and she wrote Love Under Fire which was changed to Fire- 1nen's Holiday. Teacher: All right! You may turn your face to the wall. What were you saying Angie? Angie: Can't we go to Alaska and see the hospital founded by Shirley Primmer? Suzebel: I bet Bill goes there often. Teacher: What did you say? joe: She said Ken Morton is a fur trader up there. Teacher: Well, let's start home. Steve: We'll fly home too, I hope. Suzebelr Let's visit Reno. Mary Grogan just drove out there in her Ford roadster.