Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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4 S Q V e .f .I .en li M .4 X 7 K' if i JAMES RYAN of 52 checks the classroom clock, at left, to see if it's feeling well. Some imaginative Sophomore brought the clock in so that students could learn to tell time-or something. It was handyw particularly during those long, three hour exams. STUDENTS FORSAKE the comfort of their desks, at right, and pile in the front of the room for a short study huddle. They are Ernest Malchiodi, Charles Teney, William Coolehan and John Lopez. All were working on their Spanish vocabs. study six subjects llonm 2-58 Q .,,. My k y . 5 A . ss.i 1 . , FRAMED by their classroom window, above, four members of 52 peer in on the rest of the class. They are William Abrams, Thomas Russell, Stanley Griffith and Alfred Zucker. Window was something new in 52. Installed last year, it provided excellent cross-ventilation. I 1 ft. x Rn.: ROOM 58 AT STUDY, above. Unusual looking boy in the center of the room is a new student who didn't get along in his last school. Students kidded him because he was short. lActually, he's Jeremiah McCarthy in artful disgulse.l 'I' THREE 52ERS POOL their knowledge in trying to work out a difficult geometry problem, above. They are James Driscoll, James Enright, Joseph Nolan.

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,W y may 5 ' Asif 0' X ,411 LITTLE THOMAS BRENNAN, center, isn't very big for Sophomore year but is gifted with a fine pair of hands. His classmates Tim McCann and Frank Brennan, at left and right, as well as Richard Duffy and Joe Gubleman, in back, show no concern over their classmate's swollen paws, which incidently, are courtesy of U. S. Rubber. . . . lloonl 2-52 W, gs, xl is KQ, 1 l BN . , f P Tlie oph 0' -+A NOEL BLACKWELL lof 52l, ot right above, catches up on the world of sports early in the football season. Students often brought papers to school-something to read during the long subway rides from distant points in Queens and Brooklyn. Below right, three 58ers pool their brains in an effort to master their Spanish vocabulary words. They are Thomas Bartollotta, John Wyer and Lorenzo Lavacca. All were good Spanish students. fj,. I ,f-A.. 1 J -J'-1 'J 4 HANGING A PICTURE-Mike Breheny and Gerald Leonard 5 take care that a picture of Our Lady is hung carefully in Room 52. Y 5 5 08

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x 1 wif di.. N. . GETTING their Mechanical Drawing boards from the closet, above, Juniors Joseph Mraz, John Brugger, lawrence Gray and Theodore Sammon avail of the short break afforded by the locker trip for a short gas session. Most students liked Mechanical Drawing. If anything- -it taught them neatness and patience. Stu- dents had to complete 88 difficult draw- ings. ROOM 3-53 is a Business class. They do Mechanical Drawing and Bookkeeping in place of latin and Physics. Home Room teacher is Brother Kernan. This half of the group are: Left to Right-First Row: Herbert Nick, Thomas Murtha, Theodore Alvino, Theodore Sammon, Thomas O'Neil, Richard Mercado. Second Row: Manuel Torrado, Stephen Burke, John O'Brien, John Davis, Norman Langford, Robert Junior Netusil, John Fierst, Peter Danois, Thomas Gorman. Third Row: John Coleman, Thomas Ryan, Michael Brdey, Edward O'Halloran, James McGovern, Anthony Bonilla, Rogelio Rodriquez, Mario Dell'Anno, Francis Bracco. RE-ENTERING CLASS following lunch, Juniors Ben Rosal, John Farrer, Michael Brdey and John Fierst enioy a story lby Fierstl about his recent football iniury. Like many other Ricemen, Fierst played football for a local neighborhood team. If Rice had the facilities, they could have a very good football team. 5. xi enjoy a varied prngram AT LEAST ONCE EACH DAY, some forgetful unfortunate, after a frantic desk cleaning, throws his homework in the basket. Here Jim Melia, who is in 3-54, patiently roots through the trash basket in search of his lost bookkeeping homework. He found it, slightly crumpled, at basket's bottom. 't'