Riverside High School - Skipper Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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8 THE SKIPPER treasurer, Ruth La Vere, secretary, Cecil Caldwell and Claire Lee, marshals. Events of our Junior year were brought to their climax when the class as a whole occupied the limelight on that day of days, Junior Day, in May, 1934, when, as we thought then, we surpassed even our elder brothers, the Seniors, in dignity and stateliness. CHAPTER IV-Satisfaction Senior year-a year of mingled dreams and memories-a year of new responsibilities and greater prominence! Eager but dignified we began it, serious and somewhat sad we see it ending. This school year has been one of achieve- ment for the Senior Class. Its members figured prominently in scholarship, athletics, dramatics, speaking contests, and school publications. In April the Class organized and elected as officers: Richard Pawlowski, president, Elizabeth Keefe, vice-presi- dent, Ernest Bodnar, treasurer, Eleanor Fink, secretary, Frances Parker and Harvey Wolko, marshals, Marvin Rubin, prophet, Howard McHenry, historian, Ruth Proseus, Class Poet, Louis Pfohl, Class Day Song writer. Besides the achievements of individual members, the Senior Class offers as its greatest claim to distinction, the inauguration of a Class Year Book, the first in Riverside High School. You have now the history of our class up to this day, Senior Class Day. It is a meager account, doing little justice to the events of the past four years. But it was written by Youth, and Youth dwells not in the past but in the future. The last page of this history is not yet written upon. Its blank whiteness tells mutely that this work is not yet Hnished. On this page will be written the account of an important event soon to come, the culmination of the high school career of the Class of ,3S, the grand finale to four happy years at Riverside, our Graduation Day. Howard McHenry.

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THE SKIPPER 7 CLASS HISTORY The Class of 1935 presents to Riverside High School a mythical volume bound in memories. It was written by the members of the class in collaboration with Father Time. On its purple cover in words of gold is written: The History of the Class of 193 S Opening the book we find on the first page a Dedication: To our teachers for their uidance, assistance and atience, durin our Q g . . . . . . ,, four years at Riverside, this book is affectionately dedicated. CHAPTER I-Disillusionment Once upon a time, fit begins, as all good books beginj there came to Riverside High School a group of awkward, innocent creatures fresh from Grammar School, so fresh indeed, that they were immediately labeled Fresh- menf, This was in September, 1931. Strangely enough, the year is noi famous in the history of the world. On the contrary, unheralded and unrecognized the Class of '35 was introduced to the perplexities and presupposed glories of high school life. Immediately, we met our first disillusionment-Homework. -Something new was this, but not for long. Homework, homework, and more homework, made us hatefully familiar with this phase of our new life. And fortunate it was! We had need of this knowledge when in January, 1932, we first met the nemesis of all high school students, the Regents Examinations. Disillusioned we were again, but battered and bruised, we managed to survive and struggle on. With brief respites, holidays and Easter vacation, we pushed ahead regard- less of the pranks of the Sophomores and the indifference of the Juniors and Seniors. In June, once again we battled the Regents and exhausted and dispirited, we closed our first year at Riverside. CHAPTER II-Readjustment Refreshed by the Summer vacation and with spirits revived, we entered our Sophomore year. We ridiculed and molested the new Freshmen according to the ancient right of Sophomores. We acquired a new dignity and began to actively participate in school activities. Regents in January and June came and went, and we treated them with the indifference of hardy veterans and Sophomores. CHAPTER III-Unification With the beginning of the Junior Year, high school life took on a new significance. A realization of our importance, a feeling of satisfaction banded together a heretofore heterogeneous group into a unified class. In school activities we won additional laurels. In May the class assembled for election of officers. From several worthy nominations there were chosen the following: Howard McHenry, president, Cora Gleber, vice-president, Howard Love,

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THE SKIPPER 9 CLASS PROPHECY TIME-A summer's day in 1945. The scene opens in the palatial office of Richard Greene, scientist and inventor par-excellence, famous for his invention of toothless combs for brush haircuts. Professor Greene is sitting at his desk, avidly perusing a copy of that famous art magazine, Ballyhoo, and at the same time fondly, almost rever- ently, recalling his happy days at Riverside High School. A knock at the door is heard and before Professor Greene can utter a come in , the door opens to admit Charles Braithwaite, famous criminal lawyer, he has just finished a successful defense of Otis Lewke, who has been charged with stealing -that is-stealing the show from Clark Gable Wolko in his latest motion picture hit, Hansel and Gretel. Without further ado the conversation begins: Charles-Qexcitedlyj Well, have you Hnished it? Have you finished it? Don't stand there gaping at me like a fool. I asked you a question. Greene-Cnonchalantlyj Finished what? Charles-Your invention! your invention! What do you think I'm talk- ing about? Greene-O-oh, I thought you asked if I'd finished my science magazine. fHolds up copy of Ballyhooj. Charles-I-Ieavens! How can you be so calm at a time like this? Do you know, that you've created the eighth wonder of the world? Greene-Yes, I know, and already I've been threatened. Charles--What! Greene-Yes. My wife told me that she'd crown me if she found me fooling with that crazy contraption any longer, but shshsh!-she doesn't know that I have it perfected. Charles-Will she be surprised when she finds out! Greene-You said it! She said I was crazy, but that's what they said about Edison. Charles-How about a demonstration of its magical powers now? Greene-O. K., but first I'1l have my office boy bring it in and I'll explain the mechanism of it. Connors! Connors-Qhurriedly coming in and tripping over his feetj--Ye-Yes, sir? Greene-Bring in the invention, Connors. Comzors-Yes, sir, right away, sir. QTrips again on way out.j Charles-Connors must have fallen in love or somethingg he seems rather listless. Greene-Why, yes. Since it's now legal to have more than one Wife, he's fallen hard for the cute little Anderson twins and he's very, very unhappy