Rutgers Preparatory School - Ye Dial Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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Gamma House HE spirit of good fellowship which filled the Gamma House this isgefj, Q year is due to a congenial group of boys and the friendly and able x T supervision of the two house masters Messrs. Perkins and Downie. C , J i? 2 7 X 'L c P 43 ' -f . - , . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, whose hospitality IS well known in the house occupy the first fioor apartment except on Monday and Wednesday evenings when Mr. Perkins lives in the hall, surrounded by a multitude of eager seekers for help in Math. The students will never forget his unending patience and his generosity with his time. Mrs. Perkins, too, is often surrounded by students of an altogether different type, she is a teacher in Rutgers Primary School. The other occupant of the first floor is Mrs. Andrews, whose cheerful dis- position and kindly smile help to make life in the Gamma House much easier. Mrs. Ai' plans all the meals for the Prepsters and gives out the allowances, both important activities. She even has time to serve an occasional cup of coffee, or dispense aspirin to some distracted student. Mr. Downie, first aid in times of language difficulty, or when a boy needs a stamp, a cigarette or a cup of cocoa, makes his home on the second Hoor. His collection of fine recordings has been a joy to the whole house-not to mention the gentleman himself. Dave Henry, Jerry Tooey, Phil Baer, Jerry O,Brien, Arny Sherman, and Ted Fox fill the remainder of the second floor. Dave will go down in history as The Young Man who Sang with the Bandv. Tooey, who is scientific rather than his- trionic, bases his claim to fame on his elaborate communications system. The other four are loyal native sons, and the arguments as to the merits of Hasbrouck Heights, Lebanon, Brooklyn, and Baltimore are many and vociferous. They also have a collection of fine records to supplement Mr. Downieis classics. The third floor is sacred to the Seventh grade, as represented by Bill Graff and the Rie Twinsv-who really have individual names. Pool, basketball, base- ball, nature study, and small doses of commando work, make up the avocations of the twins. Herbert and Henry are often urged by their associates to teach them to speak Czech, but their eHorts to date have not been too successful and the language of the house remains English-or a variety thereof. Yes, life in the Gamma House has been busy, harmonious, interesting, and all hope that the associations formed this year will be enduring. Beta House Qf W' sf HEN all is said and done the Beta House remains the center of Qi most School activity and IS the most frequented house on the X Q X 2 3' Campus The fact that the Beta House houses the Prep dining-hall do with it. As we enter the Beta House we hear a great clatter and we wonder if the house is falling down. On closer observation we see it is Paul Simonson falling, as is his custom, up the stairs. Paul is in a great hurry because he thinks it is dinnertimeg he is very surprised to find it is only 5:15 p. m., that the afternoon study hall has not even begun, and that it is more than an hour till dinner. Most of Paul's talents lie in the musical field. He puffs a mean harmonica and plays the baritone. He is also in the Glee Club. Continued on page 36 5 I IK , Q Ninn Q . . . ti 'ik If - 9 'TQ 'j 5- . ' to f X 3 - - is Yay J and kitchen may have something to L 1, . , ,. V , Page thirty-four

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middle of the night to write poetry, he will have to get out of bed in the morning with no help, and as even the thought of getting out of bed without a struggle sends a shudder down Spence's spine, he ruefully submits to F red's threat. Before we can see who lives in the next room the sounds of Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, strike our ears and we know that this is George Tracy tuning up. In the far corner is jack fLippyj Livergood furiously strumming through the pages of Familiar Quotationsv, so that when he writes Suzy to-night he can impress her with his newly acquired knowledge. As we leave them, the strains of Without a Song accompany us into the next room in which resides Betsy Holley, the lovely young lady of the Delta House, daughter of Mr. Holley. But as Betsy has work to do, we pass on to General Holley's room, reverently doff our hats to the Stars and Bars on the wall, and sit down in the congenial atmosphere which inhabits this abode. We have a short chat, but Ah, how time .iiiesl We're reluctant to go, but we must, so on to the second floor. As we quietly enter the first room on our left, Paul Cauif hurriedly thrusts a late copy of something or other under the bed, and Dick Fiske pushes Batman 81 Robin into his desk. Whew',, says Paul as he gazes upon us with relief, I thought you were A. Zf' h Well, we know they want to get back to their studies, so we leave as silently as we came and go into the next room. This we find empty, as its former occupant, Bill Cambacz, is now in the Army Air Corps. And what is that Bang-Bang-Bangv? That, my friends, is Caplan pound- ing his typewriter. Bob rooms alone now, as his room-mate Murray Feldman, is in the U. S. Navy. But what is that knocking on the wall of the next room? On investigation, we discover that the knocking is caused by Toughy,' Magee violently tacking up another Varga girl calendar. At his desk, lerry Warner is writing to someone in Ceneseo, we wonder who? His mother, no doubt. We must shorten our stay here because we are afraid of the omnipotent Magee. Mr. Grove is the school's Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, all rolled into one. Among his other attainments, he is a master of Latin and German, and directs the JGlee Club and Band. We listen with delight and watch with amazement as his nimble fingers play our requests. But here again ,we cannot stay forever. We must hurry onl A Five boys live in five separate rooms on the third floor, at least they are supposed to! However, as we enter the first room, all are inside-the unholy five. Bill Pfaff, whom you will remember we originally met downstairs, and Mad Bussianv Potosky, both have their ears glued to the radio, Dink Cod- dington is at the desk writing to a certain somebody in New Brunswick, Cale- donian MacKay is sitting unobtrusively in the corner with his Trig and a box of candy, and jack Betz finnocent owner of the rooml is somnolently reposing on the bed. They are all so preoccupied that they do not notice us come in, so we leave the same way. There is a sixth empty room, on the third floor, where lived until Christmas Lloyd Ienssen, but he, too, is now serving in the Navy. Well, our visit is over, and although loath to leave we regretfully descend to the first floor. Coodbye, Delta House! Scene of many happy memories. Page lhirfy-thru'

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mel 1 2 1 W Mr. Hogan at home . . . Roll Call . . . You dummy . . . Wintertime . . . Summertime . . . Mr. Allen . . . To be, or not to be . . . Have a leg . . . That fatal grade book. l'ugr' lf11'l'ly-lin