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

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A PICTURE IN CONCENTRATION-Joe Sullivan was so intent K' 1' upon his Spanish quiz that he didn't notice the photographer. ,li A lullllllls Room 52 .e -9 'su ,,5,?,.. K .. iff- e ez: , 35315 IQ, ,. ' JG' A to jam., f in , ,gf ee. i .Q ,sit - -11 K fa' I JIM CONNOLLY AND WILLIAM GILLAN avail themselves of windowless door to watch action in corridor. Gust of wind slammed door and the glass shattered, providing ideal picture frame. ROOM 3-52, with only 31 students was the smallest class in the school mainly because their class- room was equally small. Religion teacher was Br. Murray. Others included: Br. Unsworth, Spanish ll, Br. Lasik, Bookkeeping: Br. Doyle, English Ill, Br. Bradley, lntermediate Algebra, Br. Vranka, Physics. They are-left lo right-First Row: Robert Steiner, Eugene Hagan, Albert Haley, John Lopez, Daniel O'Brien, James Connolly, Frank Cikutovich, Donald Foley, Joseph Sullivan. Second Row: Richard Mellas, Michael Gill, Joseph Oliva, Patrick Lenihan, Thomas Reilly, James McCoy, Harold McShane, Arthur Stukas, William Whelan, Terence Bray. Third Row: Nicholas Lopano, James Quinn, John J. Walsh, Michael Cotton, James Toner, Richard Dillon, George Godas, Louis Casabianca, Gerard Saviola, Francis Murray.

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WILLIAM GORMAN APPEARS FRIGHTENED by photog- IMPROMPTU STUDY SESSION before physics tests winds up a gas session rapher's menacing flashbulb. Actually, poor Bill was for Mike Breheny, John O'Brien and Phil Lavelle. All three were good more frightened by the Spanish II test he was doing. students. Mike played Varsity Basketball, John was a track star. Phil Class found Spanish hard, but easier than Latin, which stuck to- his books and made the honor roll all year. was too filled with subiunctives and whatnot. ' PROOF-READING their vocation proiect are Ed Schloernan, Joseph LONG TREK EACH MORN from Buchanan, N. Y., causes Kompel, Charles Teney and John McCarthy. Class published an interest- Frank Brennan to work up a big appetite. Here, he is ing folder on various religious orders. caught attempting an unscheduled sandwich break. Frank received suspended sentence. USING THE HUNT AND PECK system Thomas Keenan, below, types his stencil for the vocation booklet. Looking on is Br. Lasik, producer and director of class' assorted THREE MEN ON A TEST. They are, below, Noel Blackwell, Andrew proiects. Bishko, and John Hughes-pictured during a lengthy Latin quiz.

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JUNIORS-MOSTLY FROM 3-52-LISTEN INTENTLY to speaker during an infrequent assembly in the auditorium. Generally, Juniors studied harder than ever before. With many colleges now basing acceptances on the first three years of high school and early College Entrance Board tests, the college- anxious third year students tried their best at the books. Junior year was smaller than usual, with only 189 versus 210 Seniors. LATINIII a n d Mellas. Students found Spanish interesting, but were confused by the many Spanish idioms which they had to memorize. Workbook provided over 300 pages of practice, however, and the boys soon SPANISHII 'Mr THREE BOYS FROM 52 CHECK Spanish text book against the work- book. They are Harold McShane, James McCoy and Richard 1 Al Q Z'