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

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Teacher: Suzebel! You know if you don't stop I'll send you to the principal, Miss Flanigan. This is only an imaginary trip, but it is important and your conduct is unseemly. Now where are we? joe: Coming into Chicago. That's where Shirley Cross, famous business woman, lives. Steve: Ethel Barnett is one of her secretaries. Angie: Oh yes, and that reminds me, in Chicago is that large Mickey Mouse Memorial Librar headed b Marerie Burhans. Y Y J Teacher: Yes, and we'll have to go to the Ford plant in Detroit. Mary Mee- gan is Mr. F ord's secretary. joe: And Helen Cook is the commercial artist who does all of his advertising. Steve: That's the mail plane we're passing. Max Hartnagel flies it and drops love letters to his girl friends from coast to coast. joe: One of the air hostesses on that line is Elsie Karwelat. Angie: lf we stop in New York again, can we see the fashion show in Virginia Hicks' Gown Salon. Tenclten' Did you know that Irene Fish is the designer of those exclusive models? ' Sieve: Say, let's go to Rockerfeller Center and see the news commenator, Ken VVheeler. joe: Yeah, and let's go up in the Adirondacks before we go l10l1lC. Mildred Reed has a sanatarium up there. Angie: All right, and you know Marcia Grainer lives on one of the highest peaks. Her husband is a forest ranger. Sieve: Theodore Michel has a hunting and fishing club up there some place. joe: On our way down how about stopping at Eleanor Dusenherry's apple farm? .S'Iffw: ll' we land at Schenectady, we Cklll have that state trooper, Fred Rabe, escort us home. q Angie: Yes. But if we land at East Greenbush, we can visit the Nursing Home of Jeannette Phelps. joe: VVell, I want to visit the Capitol and Robert Chestnut who is janitor there. Steve: Virginia Dearborn is secretary to a Senator. T6!It'lII'l?f Do you know that Mabel Betz is a teacher in Albany Business College? Suzebel: VVe may meet her there if we ever graduate from here. VVhat we need is a new bookkeeper in place of Elizabeth Barrington. She's too accurate about our marks. Angie: Well, why couldn't we have either Elsa Leslie or Betty Conlon? They're competent secretaries. Steve: Say, has that fellow, Roger Rounds, invented anything yet? Suzebel: No, he's still trying to Gnd a quick way to make a fortune so he can marry Madeline. Terzrlzen' Suzebel, you may go to your next class. loe: Oh, did you know Miss Goss is leading the community sing at the Ritz? Tenclzer: As I was saying Suzebel, go to Gym. I do hope Miss Heritage will be able to do something with you. Angie: Oh, teacher will the girl in the public library help me with my reference work. What is her name? It used to be Antoinette Klump. Suzebel: She'll help you all right-if she's not too busy watching Herbie junior. Teacher: That is all. You are simply corrigible. Class dismissed.

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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.

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CLASS HISTORY - - - IEANNETTE PHELPS One memorable day in September, 1934 the members of the class of '38 set sail on the sea of knowledge. Our destiny, the port of graduation, we real- ized could be reached only after a long voyage of four years over a much traveled and unknown course. We were, as freshmen should be, self-conscious, pathetic-looking, and bashful. Much to our chagrin we were invariably lost in the halls, or we stumbled breath- lessly in the class room five or ten minutes late. All the rules and regulations of the school failed to stay in our memory. Our progress at first was slow and awkward. During the early part of the year the seniors favored us with a recep- tion where we were the entertainers and the seniors the entertained. By the time we were Sophomores, we had learned the principal nautical terms and were well on our voyage. As did our Freshman year, our Sophomore year slipped quickly by. Thus one-half of our voyage was complete. The next year as juniors we organized and elected our officers: George Featherly, presidentg Antoinette Klump, vice-presidentg Betty Flanigan, secretary, and Ralph Mason, treasurer. As 1 remember, a series of events soon followed which were to raise funds for our Washington trip. Among them was the sale of writing pads, a roller skating party, and a food sale. During this year girls from the History A class presented a play entitled A Dish of China Tea. The girls in the cast were Mabel Betz, Marjorie Burhans, Peggy O'Sullivan, Betty Flanigan, Dorothy Lasher, Doris Slawson, and Jeannette Phelps. A junior year book was another project we attempted. It included every junior's picture and baby picture. 1938 at last! and we were seniors! At our first class meeting we elected Patil Vadnais, presidentg and Fred Rabe, vice-president. Betty Flanigan was our note catcher and Ralph Mason, our financier. Our senior year was the most interesting, perhaps because it was the most active. VVe had an opportunity this year to initiate the Freshmen. Needless to say, we made excellent use of our opportunity for friendly revenge. The first item on the list to raise money for our Washington trip was a Roller Skating Party. Mfith this accomplished, we gave a food sale. Both of these were a success, but netted hardly enough for our extensive plans for Washington. Next came our presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado We wish to extend our appreciation to Professor Clark, to Professor Selley. to Miss Wriglit, to members of the faculty and alumni for their cooperation in making our oper- etta possible and successful. On Friday, March ll, 1938 our interclass basketball tournament was held. Our senior team came through with Hying colors fthat is, the blue and Whitey. The trophy awarded was an Inter-Class Championship basketball banner. Other items accomplished were a food sale and card and bingo party. Then came the event looked forward to for so many years. Our trip to Vlfashingtonl We left the Monday after Easter for a six-day trip to New York, Philadelphia, and the nation's capital. We arrived home tired, but a good time was had by all. In May the student body assembled in chapel and Mr. Clark announced the Commencement speakers. Dorothy Lasher is valedictorian. Helen Cook, Betty Flanigan and Mabel Betz are the other speakers. In a few short weeks we shall receive diplomas, the reward of four years of study and perseverance. But no matter what the future holds in store for us the memory of our high school days will always be dear to the class of '38, of Seniors to look down on the rest of school. It has always been done