Samuel Gompers Vocational Technical High School - Artisan Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1949 volume:

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Wdllen jrlnudrq Principal 9 s v N Q 141-twqn Stuff ASSOCIA TE EDITORS Herbert Blumenthal Dennis Mylson joseph Vassallo Rxchard Marks Sam Elsenson Slmon Glserman Wxllram Rrvera Arthurson Wrltshlre Danlel DeCesare Joseph Guxdo Krrkor Chakmakjxan Joseph Ponepmto Carlo Bellon Fred Greenhut Sheldon Flscher 2 ART John Cagllone James O Rourke Eugene Lewrs Romxldo Pastormo CLERICA L Angelo Urnco James Ruane PHOTOGRAPHY Alex Evangelxsta Joseph Segretl Walter Vllblg FACULTY ADVISER Mr Harry Shefter o George H. Duncan Joseph Angelillo For we cannot tarry here e must march my darlings we must bear the brunt of danger e the youthful smewy races all the rest on us depends Pioneers' O pioneers' Walt Whitman ..r- bedicatzon Because thls free and democratic country m whxch we l1ve IS not the work of one man but the concerted ef forts of many men we the class of Nmteen 1'ortyNme choose to ded: cate our book to the Pzoneers It was these men who undaunted and un afraid laid the cornerstone of thls natxon Chief Swat MR. EDWARD Dear Graduates Back IH 1849 thousands of men struggled across the plalns to reach the gold fields of the far West Those who took part ln the rush became known as the 49 ers I am 1n formed that the co1nc1dence of your class numerals w1th th1s colorful chapter ln our natlon s hlstory has resulted 1n your adoptmg the name for your class The choxce IS approprlate and may be symbollc You present day 49 ers are start1ng on the Journey of lrfe as those of long ago started the1r trek to Cahforma All Journeys have to be prepared for yours and the1rs Those who wm through to the goal w1ll be those who have not neglected therr preparatnon and who possess the necessary strength of character Those old tlmers faced many dangers Some fell by the wayslde Most of them would not be de feated and they reached the1r goal They were self rehant courageous hard workmg ploneers and they helped make our country great They knew the lmportance of teamwork Yes you can learn a lot from a study of the days of 1849 Now as you leave your school to go forth on the Journey of llfe seeklng goals I wlsh you all a safe journey and hope that you l1ke the 49 ers of old w1ll drsplay the same sp1r1t of teamwork and character that gave success to them and just as the ones they left behmd looked forward to hear1r'v of the1r progress so we teachers hope to hear of yours Srncerely EDWARD N WALLEN Prmczpal , . and hardships. You can learn a lot from their experiences. . . , ' 'D Xl' THE Knowing not what was before them carmg not what was behmd the fearless Forty nmers pressed forward mto the wxlderness ln search of newer peace and securrty These men had a job to do It was they who had to forge ahead to hack out of forests what was to be our great C1tleS and our flourlshmg farms Flrst came the coonskm garbed men who had to iight Indlans to w1n peace Then arrived the homespun farmers who were to start our great corn and wheat belts More and more ploneers followed A man named Perry m order to secure more frlends for our country led an expedltlon to Japan Some tlme later a cousm of h1s by thelr mutual uncle Sam at tempted to ploneer rn a newer way He started a League of Nat1ons for bettermg natlonal relatlonshlps H15 name was Woodrow Wxlson Exploring to the south went Admlral Rlchard Byrd Through these exploratlons we clalm an area called Llttle Amerlca To the north many hardy men went to chop a c1v1l1zat1on from the frozen wastes of Alaska Reahzmg the necesslty for mamtarmng good relatlons a ploneer by the name of Franklln Delano Roosevelt establlshed what he called a Good Nerghbor Pollcy whereby our country helped our nerghbors to the south ln return for thelr frlendshlp and understandmg Symbollc of the lnternal expanslon of our peace lovmg democracy were the Forty Nmers and thelr followers They sought somethmg more than gold or glory They made lt posslble for our country to attain the prnnacle of securlty lt has today become a haven for the oppressed provlde a home for the homeless and offer a protectorate for the persecuted Now one hundred years later new Forty Nmers appear the Class of Nineteen Forty Nlne Our Job IS to attempt to follow ln the footsteps of the great men who have preceded us for we too are ploneers But lt IS not gold for whlch we search lt IS somethlng more valuable We must find the means of msurmg ever lastmg peace ln thls world and grvmg a sense of securlty to all men ln all countrxes George Duncan 6 T X -- X ' 1 f , Y Y Y u Q 7 1 - ' ' u ' ' yu Y ' ' ll . . ,, . 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'-IG ' I 1' .. , ,f fzfw, ,K 'A fimwk 5 z Q2 s 1 if i M-J ff M vi . 2 as s an -+! f ,cf ,il ,JK 13 fri EM ja S .Q Kaclz f'l7il5u'i f fe f V lk Q Thxs was the day' At last a Gomperlte' I left my house wlth a some what nervous feellng accompanled by a forebodlng that thls was to be an lmportant day m my llfe I had walked a few feet when I was swallowed up by a lumberlng 1ron reptlle whxch carr1ed me away Lucklly It moved ln the d1rect1on I wlshed to go so I stood complacently awaltlng a chance to dxsembark I accompllshed thls and proceeded to my destmatlon The 1ron gate was open when I arrlved so I entered Immedlately I was set upon by a group of monsters wearlng large p1ns w1th the word Senxor on them Belng momentarxly bllnded by an array of the gaudlest t1es I had seen I submitted to thelr demands I found myself the proud owner of dozens of assorted passes to the gym spots and the swxmmlng pool I began my search then and there for the aCt1V1tleS that would be available to me through the use of my passes Wlth the cry of rookle st1ll reverberatmg 1n my ears I ventured out lnto the dark unknown Cwe got out at five o clock thenj my first day at Gompers Hnlshed That 1n1t1al term was a tough one The former blg shots of grammar school were on the recelvmg end of the puns Oh how many egos were deflated' Do you remember your Fzrst meetmg w1th Mlster L1fton and how you thought he was only a well dressed student? Does Mlster SChlff still mlx Engllsh wlth chess stamps and gupp1es We had our Fnrst Fleld Day and from the look of some of those polo and sweatshirts we decxded that teachers are human too The summer vacatlon over we began agam that r1de to Samuel Gompers upper freshman Oh how we howled at the new rookles taking revenge on them for our slx months of verbal lashlngs and how we would draw ourselves to full hexght when Semors came near so as not to be mistaken for these new 111 bred peasants And then we found the elevator Some of us whlpped out our passes and attempted to make use of them After llstemng to Johns brogue and staggermg un der the strange looks that came over hls face we retreated hastlly EQ, fav ,..- Z1 --f--1 12 il :Wm T l e I fi c c P A-L, 'M It I ' . 14 f .', 49 - -13 3' . ' I my 0, r 1 - ' l'l 1 x f t , HIE, ,X u g ! HZ! L f L' ' W In our second year we began to learn our chosen trade Yes men we began to notlce the belles of Gompers Mlss L1pk1nd Mrs Engelberg Mlss Pearlman Mlss Pertz and Mlss Bekassy At -la-r first we men electr1c1ans mechanlcs were lndlg H nant to find women teachlng us After a brlef per1od under thelr comblned femlnme charms 1dea after all Av I however we decided maybe It wasnt such a bad A great tragedy occurred 1n our sophomore year Presldent Roosevelt d1ed The awesome sxlence that hung over the school for weeks follow 1ng can st11l be remembered Then ln keepmg w1th the tlmes our school went on strlke We didn t sympath1ze wlth the mmers tugboat owners or truckers We were backmg the gym teachers m thelr iight for more whrte pamt for the yards and s1lk lace gym shorts Another Fleld Day came along rowmg on the lake fallxng nn the lake Who pushed me anyway? R6C6lVlI1g our spots IH dldnt need them We saw a General El6Ctf1C exh1b1t1on of the magxc of electrlclty and as a result some of the Auto boys are st1ll shortmg out batterxes to see the sparks This was the term that we were destlned to taste Johns cooklng We stood nervously m 11ne awaxtlng our turn to be served It was then that we first saw John sllce meat and I do mean sl1ce When he washed a plece off the water went rlght through It It was not unt1l several terms later we found out that due to the thlnness of the pxeces a certam drawmg teacher was usmg them for traclng paper It was also thls year that we first met Frank and became loyal devotees of Italian cooklng The Junlor year meant somethmg to us only two more years to graduatlonl I wonder lf you st1ll remember the poor battered remnants of the student caught ln the lunchroom scramble outside Room 209 Thanksglvxng Day But then what was one casualty when turkey was belng served? The two places wlth the hlghest attendance on holldays Salnt Roch s and Saint Paramount s Then tragedy struck' The monltor system was dropped No more could we make our lunch money by chargmg admlsslon to the rookles returnmg from Frank s Those were hard days We began to know teachers by thelr first names There were Panama B111 Peaceful Pete and Brother Max Gompers students reached the pmnacle of raclal and I'6l1gl0LlS understandmg Some of the fellows to further demonstrate thelr freedom from blas took off on Jewlsh and Cathollc Hohdays not to men t1on the Chlnese Greek and Hlndu ones These boys were really tolerant' 13 1 I I U v g f I L . ' I V ky If : ' ' ' , . , S ' ff-I ' , ' , ' . -- , y v y ' - f 1 I ' ' I of , . . . . 9 I .I . . , Q' U x I ' I . J , . V Y ' - . ' 1 ' . the gym, we again snatched our passes from our pockets only to End we . , . . . . . 7 8 , . . . . . . ' tt ' YY , . . . v . , on . , . , ' 9 ' if ' V1 LK YU ' Y 9 CC 77 ' u ' Y . , . . . , - ' I I I ' n A... 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Summer came and Gomperltes went some to Rockaway some to the Catskllls and some poor souls to work That glorlous ten weeks ended all too soon and we returned to the drudgery of marchmg rn lock step through the halls We st1ll wondered why Mr Wallen had that Flfty callber machlne gun on the wmdow We also had canned music mtroduced ln the lunch room but th1s was soon drscontmued because of a malady pecullar to all Gompers students they love to smg We still thmk the teachers secreted the phonograph away to the Nlcotme Nook Slowly but surely we became seventh termers Mr Dman became a constant menace to any boys found talkmg about plumbmg ln the sewers The Tech boys learned to walt wxth Mr Bedell Mr Garfunkel was already an old frlend Speakmg of tremendous s1zes how many muscle sore Semors can remember or more than lxkely forget the Calxforma Redwood Tree they had to carry to leave Rooms 208 and 209 Once agam our passes were whlpped out but thxs t1me we sold them and four hundred rookies began thelr search for the elevator as we had four years before L1fe 1n the lunchroom was pretty much the same Imposslblel Mary was st1ll passlng out the salaml sandwlches and we kept looking for the salaml The G O Mov1e was Gaudalcanal Dlary Mr Ollvet decxded thls had been a blg mistake because fifty Senxors left the next day to Jom the Marmes He was a llttle relleved when forty mne were turned down QThey couldnt pass the lxteracy test l As we approached the top half of our Senior year we began to hear rumors about a certam dxctatorxal overlord by the name of Barker It became nothlng to see Senlors shudder and famt at the mere mentxon of bxll for graduatlon by one of his Majestys underlmgs Shocked by the amount we would need we declded to make the supreme SHCFIHCC we would go to work Congress passed the draft b1ll The Semors passed out The hats came and most of us looked good wlth them on our desks And then Semor Day the tables turned revenge' Now teachers had to iight to stay awake while we droned away The term flew by like the lunch perxod between mathematics and sclence and pretty soon we were ln the audl torxum practlcmg for graduation Then came another day The same feeling we had that first day stole over us We walked through that 1ron gate to shake hands wlth our frxends of the past four years reallzmg that some of them we would never see agam We were happy we were graduatmg but deep down we wlshed lt was just another Frlday and we had to re turn to school on Monday 117' I U 4? f Q. 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X , ff 15 Cqmp Ire 4leA Father T1me weaves swlftly the Pattern of Fate T1me goes on but memory remalns of events that were so much a part of us Typlcal of these are the excltmg moments when we watched the Blue and Gray athletes support and l1ft hxgh the banner that stxll waves amldst the roars of those we leave behmd Stop M1ster Hlrzler and ask hlm whether he can forget the hectlc days of colorful Tony Popelsky and Gus Montalbano two of the fmest athletes ever to don the Blue and Gray pac1ng thelr team to basketball champlonshlps and wmmng forty four games over the route Ask M1ster Lopat whether he remembers how thls pa1r helped bu1ld the champ1onsh1p softball teams of 43 44 and 45 Do you recall that resoundlng game agamst Haaren Hlgh School when jack Costello thrllled the throng wxth the blggest one man show ln the annals of our hlstory slxty elght pomts 1n one game' But these days are gone and soon along wlth the others before them go Albert Lnllo Alex Popaduke Romeo Coluccl Angelo Uff1C0 Denms Taltt and Lou Ballardmx hustl1ng ballplayers whose Splflt and w1ll to wm has never been doubted Thelr type of play IS typlcal of the basketball teams record of one hundred and three won and twenty one lost through the years Gompers adopted Baseball lnstead of Softball ln the sprlng of 1946 and after a startling debut fimshed second They captured the champlon shlp 1n 1947 behmd thelr great lefty fnreballer Whltey Nebor Of M1ster Lopat s great team of that year only one remalns Rlchard Scagnellx and he too will bow out thls graduatxon M1ster Welson s splrlted Soccer team d1d not wm any champlonshlps but the boys took the1r respons1b1l1t1es ln hand and played the qualxty of ball that has lmproved with every game Thls year s Co Capta1ns Mxcheal Alt1er1 and Simon Glserman w1ll be two serlous losses to the team The Swlmmlng team was dlsbanded 1n 1945 but back agam lt came two years later Mr Schoenfeld s boys started slowly but as we leave here ln january we are confident that hls efforts ln the long run wxll be rewarded Of all the varslty teams the swlmmlng team w1ll be the hardest hlt Included 1n those departmg w1ll be George Duncan Andrew Wowk Alex Chucka Norman Tullman Stanley Hxnden jack Glazer Alfred Seybold and john Pxngol So fellow graduates thls IS an lnformatlve summary of sports 1n our trmes tlmes filled w1th proud feellngs of satlsfactlon that our colors have flown hlgh along wlth the leaders and w1l1 contxnue to do so 1n the future as our Blue and Gray athletes glve thelr all ln the cause of sportsmanshlp and frlendly strlfe Denms Mylson 16 , . is 11 11 H 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - O' ' - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . H . ,, . , . , . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . . . . . 1 . . . , . . ' ' 1 1 . v 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 BASKETBALL TEAM BASEBALL TEAM CRear L to RJ Mr Hlrzler Coach CL to RJ Venere Mr Lopat Coach Grlz CFront L to RQ L1llo Urrlco Ballardml SWIMMING TEAM SOCCER TEAM CRear L to RJ Wowk Glazer Seybold CL to RJ Alt1er1 Mr Welson Coach Chucka Glserman CFront L to Rr Hlnden Pmgol M Schoenfeld Coach Duncan Tullman x ,f 3 , 1 'A N L . Q, ' Colucci, Popaduke, Taitt zaffi, Scagnelli K V 17 STUDENT COURT CRear L to RQ Chakmakjlan Calmbacher Ferrantelll Cortez Gollo Phllllps Greenhut fFront L to RQ Spera Duncan fDefense Attorneyj Mr Wem traub Advmser Francomano CC1erkj Hmden CProsecutorj Cvlazer Cjudgej Tullman Cjudgej HONOR SOCIETY CRear L to Ri Hmden Took maman MafZ1g1l3HO Angellllo CCenter L to RQ Terranova Adams Advlser Oettmger W11tsh1reCPres1dentj Blumen thal Jack CVICC Pres1dentj CFront L to Rr Brown Fran comano Taltt Egurln RIZZO SENIOR COUNCIL CRear L to RJ Marzmotto Rose Ponepmto Amen CCenter L to R Q Tullman Taxtt Conte DAmbros1o CFront L to RJ Chakmakpan CSecretaryj Glserman CTreas urerr Mr Barker Adv1ser An gelxllo CPres1dentj W1ItSh1f9 R1vera CVICC Presldentj xf' I J V f I f ' U ' ' .I V , , U ' ' Y - . . Phillips, Tullman, Golditch, Mr. I I V , - Y - . Q ' ' 9 - , I I LIBRARY SQUAD CL to Rr Bellon Mr Coburn Librarian Oettinger Phillips DeCesare Francomano Blumen thal GOMPERS VOICE fStand1ng L to RD Pedersen Sunshine Eisenson Angelillo Guido Tullman Blumenthal Sisko CS1tt1ng L to RJ Terranova Jack Rizzo Mylson CSports Editorj Duncan fNews Editorj Golditch CAssoc1ate Editors Wxltshlre CEd1tor ln Chiefj Greenhut fFeatures Editorj Evangellsta CPhoto Ed1t0I'D Cag11oneCArt Editorj DeCesare Tookmanian DRAMATICS SOCIETY Rear, L. to RJ Ponepinto, Guido Amen, Altieri CCenter, L. to RJ LaRocca Alamo, Angelillo, Miss Bekassy Adviser CFront L to RD Giserman Evangelista ! Y - . v - - 1 . Y . , . ' Mr. Bernstein, Adviser, Glazer, , , . . . COLOR GUARD QL to RJ Mr Goldway Murphy Marzmotto Rose Pucc1o GLEE CLUB CL to Rr Mr Bosoagnazza Ad vlser Thofnas Roberts Dowdell Kmght, Scott TICO BOYS CRear L to RJ MafZ1g11af1O R1 vera Scott enter L t R Q San Schwartz Nagy CFront slttxngy Rxvera LUNCHROOM SQUAD CStand1ng L to Ri Spera Con forti Rizzo Grobelny Caglione UFYICO Slater cslttlflg L to RJ Grosnoiif Getzler Perez Mr McLachlan Wiltshire Swift ORourke mfg: if PROGRAM OFFICE CL to Rr Mr Bertisch Wilt shire Lander Rizzo Mr Gold way Rubenstein Fiore Hellman GYM LEADERS CL. to RJ DeCesare, Sacchi Brischetto, Brown, Urrico Singer, Wiltshire, Mr. White Adviser, Oettinger, Fischer COn bar, L. to RJ Figueroa Tosta, a at , p f X , xc l ' bd KYLE 'Lf 5 , . .... Wi.. - Rfrmrvd kv JOSEPH JOHN ANGELINLLO Pres1dent KRIKOR WILLIAM SIMON WILSON CHAKMAKJIAN RIVERA JR GISERMAN Secretary Vxce Presldent Treasurer 1 ,F I X -'--l i ' sl f ,, ' ,.,-- . . I I A Y ' 1 J X It X l' I F Y ?or tc, - Win em f' CLASS BABIES CLeft to fight, Greenhut Scagnelll ROSSI Schwartz CLASS ATHLETES QLeft to flghtp 'Vlustxch D Ambroslo Moses A1t1er1 MOST LIKELY T0 SUCCEED CLeft to fight, Flore Phllllps Plcarlello Egurm LASS SCHOLARS CLeft to fight, Ferrantelll Maresca Wlltshlre Flore CLASS POLITICIANS CLeft to rlghtl Glserman Chakmakjlan Rlvera Nagy POPULARITY KIDS fLeft to fight, Pedersen Guldo Bellon D1Menna w1.g .dl f , HANDSOMEST fLeft to fight, Angelillo Duncan McCoy Cremmins DON JUANS CLeft to rightj Cortez Vega De1leFemine, D Agostino Wagon Wh eel We must have appeared much like the boys at the annex when we first entered Gompers We were frightened and bewildered besides being curious We soon became acqua1nted wxth some activities behmd Mr Sart1 and Mr Kroll ln Machlne Shop and got to be more on the ball 1n the fourth term w1th Mr Kovarik That was when some of the daring few ventured to Franks for lunch Then too Glserman gave his much dls puted theory of Klll or Be Kxlled durmg an auto theory lesson In the fifth term our group started an exploratory and radlcal ldea of Mr Maher s Thxs was to have llve auto IH B6 Wlth the capable super v1s1on of several teachers we accomplished close to nothing Many of us wondered whether Mr Wald and Mr Maher were d1sappo1nted nn us because after we left l1ve auto was dlscontlnued Stathls and Ryan were equally disappointed because they were under the lmpressxon that l1ve auto meant cars that could talk In the slxth term the group met Mr Schuhmacher and Mr Donaldson in Heat Treatment At thelr suggestlon Vassallo went fresh water fishing but all he caught was a cold Mr Dman llked to talk about h1s work especlally Wheeling West V1rg1n1a One day we had an exh1b1t1on of underwater welding wlth a wooden dectrode Hoffman was so fasclna ed he welded hrs house to C1ty Island Vega tr1ed to weld Cxocca to Cohen but Mr Olivet yelled to Splna You cant sleep ln my class and Splna dazedly replied If you d1dn t talk so loud I could' We entered our last year wlth Mr Undremer at the wheel I can st1ll remember the first shop talk he gave us Boys I don t want you to work too hard Accuracy IS secondary If you get your Job accurate to ten thousanths of an lnch I11 st1ll accept It We laughed at the Senlors then because they had to wear tles Cooney IS st1ll wlth us because he forgot to wear his one day Then came the day' Most of us were prepared We had brought our handkerchlefs Amen brought three and Bellon two Altxerl was trying to cheer Moscowltz but he just kept k1ck1ng the rookle he had found wander 1ng rn the halls Frlzler moaned 1n a corner and Levxne was releasing h1s pent up emotlons on Alamo who just stood there and replled Yeh m too' Kushner and Lander stood by thelr favorlte lathe moppmg up each other s tears Mr Undrelner dlstrlbuted the report cards There was sllence Then someone sm1led then others then all We were Seniors' It soon became a common slght to see the sllmlest of overalls adorned by the loudest tue ever created The Senlor hats arrlved and Lohbauer who had not ordered one spent the rest of the term gomg down to Mr Tupack to get the extra one One day we came to school knowmg that we no longer would collect any more grease from Mr Shefter s car It was graduatlon' School was over and we were amazed to dlscover that lt wasn t a relxef after all' Slmon Gzserman Carlo Bellon 26 u 1 - 1 s gg 99 ' ' ! ' I . n Q a ' 3 9 - Cl ' ' 79 ' 1 , . . . . i I . . . , ' , . . . . . . . . ,, . IU l , . . . ' . . , ' , . he didn't have enough voltage in his generator. During an economics class, . ' ' Y If 7 ' '99 ' ' it ' Y 77 9 Y ' , sn 1 ' 9 - . , . . . ,, . , . , - l v l l y U y C, ,, . . . , . . . . ' Y . 9 9 ' I 1 ' 1 Y I . , , , , lb:-nie 11144 tem 1 14a W IQ S X I 'W 5371, X Q gi x35 NNN F BOM ss ch j' Q Nx Q Q CF to RAPHAEL MIGUEL MICHAEL LOUIS DAVID JOHN JOSEPH ALAMO AMERICUS AMEN ANNUNZIATA Let me start it. ALTIERI I'11 End her yet. Who's next, please? Athletic kid ' fx. Mr Bergman showing the transmission of an uncovered wagon 3. ii 'Q 'I fx CARLO MARIO EDWARD JOSEPH JEROME COHEN DANIEL BELLON CIOCCA The bean-1 EFIMENKO The K1I1et y The Clason Pomt kid Blceps Danny I X ,J xr- 1' , gm ' 1' Q35 ' If I S I - ,Q W , r A K ei :fri 1 . f if 'iii I . -. ,K EA I I :If X A In Y-,V 1 n , .225 X I x WALTER JOEL FRIZLER ANTHONY Whe1e's my penny? FISCHER E Beer? Where? ' The City Island kid .f JOSEPH ALOYSIUS HOFFMAN CHARLES NORMAN HOPPE Nice girl, huh? Those tools were used to repalr the Carson Cnty stugecoach, explains Mr Schuhmacher IRVING KUSHNER The phllosophet fff' ,,,4ff-ff I BERNARD LANDER Stout fellow ANTHONY RAYMOND LaROCCA Soft heart ll Q . ,, . 5? Q 'Y I ,I xf fyff- I I ,N fri, . : f ' ' ,A - f of 1 HAROLD LEVINE WALLACE DAVID 'PAUL DAVID JOHN FRED Give him a cigar. LOHBAUER MADSEN MARESCA Assorted Nuts My good,Fard johnny Springs , 53 'Z , W 5 W Mr Donaldson watching the welding of the East and the West vwffu RICHARD COSIMO ROBERT JOHN HARRY MICHAEL JOSEPH MASILOTTI MCCOY MOSKOWITZ NEARY One word s enough Smiling Irishman rease it up' How did I make rt' S. YU 7 f s R I -5 lf . k K Z ,. -' . J. V V 'qftlirji 30 . It ,D v 15' V :va f i .V .4,,-Af ANTHONY JOHN RONALD PETER JOHN JOSEPH GEORGE JO-HN PICARIELLO ROSSI RYAN SPINA Reckless driver Repeat that please, What now' The Eghter Mr Fisher ouflmmg the route of the pioneers ANGELO STATHES JOHN ANGELO ANGEL LUIS VEGA WILLIAM WRIGHT Who me? VASSALLO , The Samt Is that right? Professor I X A ' b R, I I . 1 if 1 31 e en Square In thxs way I start thxs story Not of glamour not of glory Not a tale of anclent lore But of frlends and nevelmore Years ago this story started How for passes we once bartered' How we bought them by the score' Now to use them nevermore Days of gladness and elat1on Days of ohn and constlpatron And the math twas such a bore But tw1l plague us nevermore Marks somet1mes became a menace Seem them our folks would pen In our house behmd closed door Go out at night? Nevermore Auto short and superhet Frome Macbeth tales of gore Now to read them nevermore Read our books spake bout our als Now and then we d meet our pals Sweepmg up that shoproom Hoor They wlll sweep lt nevermore These adventures now we m1ss Yes ltS good to remlnlsce Of frlends and Joyful days of yore E er forget them? Nevermore George Duncan fVV1th apologzes to Fdgar Allan Poej . . ' g us ' v Taught by teachers in a sweat: . ' of - v . . b . ' v U . . U. 4 Q me men Eff rua.,- 11:3-1-9 ggnv-s-9' ,,,--.----fu-f-ff ,iii 51:1 GT ---- EQBMS Q-0- t ,...':'.-- ' I 5-suv fgnlv' ,lr ',o Q4 la ff 3 IF V 7, in-.Q gil L A s ' 55- V 5 +45 n :Q 5x1 1541 6 J Q 7 ,ff H - f fav as T ' 'I Q X Y-21? ,gxx 1 1 ,ff my X010 f xi,-X lmb W' m f K 9? X?'l5?'itw sf' ' QS' 3 N -In QVRM I' flectnc xiif 0 'HL -1 'JI xl' Wh!- P ' Xxx ve: T 33 O - W A 4' ' ' ' 6, IK -- A -' f H m ---M ' ' - , U Y N ' ............... F 'v'. 'alLl,fI1f ' 'S K A K ', IW , YV Y Mfg . ' f ,Q . , 2 4 ' . 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'ffl' I in ,fi f W Y 5 4 '75 ' w ' -1 1 WA' ' X A ,Q xy ' ht ug W I I A A ' 1 .5 y ' J Cqnd e lbrqepmg Boy It s cold After ten years St Mary s Park st1ll looks lxke a m1n1a ture mountaln covered w1th snow Say I wonder what s go1ng on at Frank s I thlnk Ill go down and see the old boy It seems lrke only a few years ago that we too were s1tt1ng 1n h1s sandwlch emporlum It was our first term ln Gompers We found ourselves rn Mr O Donnell s shop and soon began to hear bells ln our sleep Greco who always had as part of h1s equrpment some whistles and horns came to school one day wlth a water plstol Thls ln ltself was a perfectly mnocent actlon untll he armed It at Vllblg A horrlble dlsaster occurred when the latter ducked and Mr O Donnell recelved the llquxd mlssxle squarely ln the eye The basketball games were patnently awaxted by all the boys We had real school sp1r1t Of course the fact that xt gave us a chance to get out at three o clock had nothmg whatsoever to do wlth rt Mr Baer was one of our mstructors 1n our Junlor year Along wlth Mr Rlckerby he began to teach us the real Job of an electrlcran to bulld the Panama Canal Thls was our first contact wlth hlgh voltages Pollack ln defymg the teachers warmng to be careful hooked up a Job wlth a short ln lt The result was that he was left hanglng from the chandeller Even though we may not Want to remember motor control who can forget the tlme one of the motors started to run away The shop began to fire extlngulsher but the contraptlon wouldnt come off the wall How wonderful lt was to be ln our shop the only one 1n the school to have 1ts own choral soclety Ceven lf It d1dn t meet Wlth the approval of the teachersj Butch D1Menna Marmaccxo DelleFem1ne and Gallasso were the pI'lf1Clpal members of the cholr There was also Rlvera The Mad Rhumba Kmg who alded the quartette by drummlng out the rhythm on the table wlth h1s fingers Durmg the Seventh term we found ourselves partlcxpants 1n the tra d1t1onal feud between those two fug1t1ves from an electrlclan s nxghtmare Mr VanGemert and Mr B1 Dman It was 1n the plumbmg shop that Taltt burned hls pants off Zaccarlo to prove that he was as strong as the former proceeded to pour the molten 11qu1d onto the palm of h1s hand To thls very day he probably doesnt shake hands wlth anyone In the basketweavmg shop the slngers that had done so much to entertaln us last term reorganized They formed a program entltled The Armature Hour Mustlch s contr1but1on to the newly formed muslcal was an mterpretatlon of Louella Parsons Slster Slater who enjoyed the slnglng of the Mills Brothers would lmltate all three of them at once to the chagr1n of Mr VanGemert who also llked the slnglng of the Mllls Brothers 34 O O , , , . . . . - I ' 9 ' 1 ' 7 ' 7 . , ' . , - 3 9 ' ' ! 9 ' Y , . . , . . . , . , . . , 1 ' . . , . . . 9 fill with smoke and flames. Caglione, a very quick thinker, ran to get the . . . , K, ,, . . . . . ,, . ' . ' I . . . . . . , . v KK 9? ' ' ' Y u . , . . V . , ' ' LS !7 . , . . . . . ll ' li u . . n ' I , , . Y a As Senlors we found that everyone respected and held ln reverence a teacher who went by the name of Mr Barker but was suspected by all to be the relncarnated Scrooge from Dlckens Chrlstmas Carol Mooney was called for one day and I m sure he hasn t stopped shakmg yet although Scrooge I mean Mr Barker only wanted to know what per1od he had lunch Santo was found one day commlttmg the unpardonable crlme of not wearlng a t1e He spent the rest of the month wearlng about a half dozen at once exhxbltmg all the symptoms of a tra1ned peacock The Jane Addams dance was attended enthuslastlcally and even those that couldnt be there enjoyed hearlng about It It was funny how Sltzer was able to speak so strongly and clearly when he had a few g1rls on each arm and what a l1ne he had And so we came to the last day We felt a l1ttle nervous the mght before graduatlon but everythmg went by so rapldly we had no tlme to feel anythmg Yes 1ts cold now but the memorles are st1ll warm The peaks 1n St Mary s Park were covered wlth snow then as they are now As I come closer to Frank s I can see the rookies eatlng the1r sandwlches Oh how I wlsh xt was the old gang that Hrst year and we were wonder1ng whether anyone would get caught that day W1I11am Rwera and George Duncan i Q.. A fff f nffnrq,-'.:l5'f ' U1 ll X v, -15?- f- --S -AX , . ' Y ' ' 1 14 ' 19 , . V U ' , . . , . ! , . . . . , . , . , . . . . 3 1 ' , . , . . . . - . I , I A 1 , -A , , 4 - . . I , . I i l bf l Xl !. 1 C , , I ' , ' A 4 1 N I 1 I 1 J Q, f x x . ' X I l l X xx . Q f if x'v,. . n ' L 1 - ll lu E -- I 1' , 5 ll k 5 2 - M, 4 1 f yg x , ,. .Ygqt-'A . 2 S ? E ? M' 2 wmv f - 5 -5, ', E 1 '1 - Z -1,-,..l ff Y if gql WN.. 'Yi LOUIS CARLO BALLARDINI Love 'em Dodgers! 8- kwa, Q, K EUGENE KENNETH BAUER He's got will power. X- . . . 9 I N -. , Q RICHARD WILLIAM EDWIN ANTHONY BOOTH BELLINO Like in telephone New York's my town. ' Mr Baer directing the wlnng of the only log cuban ln Gompers ROBERT GEORGE BRADFORD JAMES BROKER BROWN Nature Boy Mr America ol' 49 JOSEPH PATRICK JOHN PAUL CAFFREY CAGLIONE Four years at Frankenstems hard labor X 1 x 11117 CI'83f0l' D -PQI lx . f 3 ' T3 , x' I -. . 9 i fl Q Li, g 5 Y of X I Qi , 'X '1'1'fq.f5 ing X 36 XV F N In ,L I If LLI' 6 I xlfbxx V Wxb ' ,L We 'X M ,, X ggkf' I .fig TONY CANGEMI ALEXANDER PHILIP ANTHONY AMELIO IRNO DiMaggio s my boy THOMAS COCOZZA COLETTI CHUCKA How s by you' Brg boy Country boy X 4, 'x Y M-.QQ Even Alexander Graham Bell started m a small way says Mr Connors U-1 vs ROMEO JOHN JOHN DANIEL JOHN JOSEPH MARCO THOMAS COLUCCI CREMMINS D'ALESSANDRO DELLEFEMINE My boy Ben Oh, fobrmy' Caught rn a hair rard Ladies' man , I Q NL . r JC. Af' 1 f IL li X L , 4 1. lt? -7 X J 6 xy A I ' 5 'If N IN In I V f f Y- Ca 1' f ff - - ! I Q ' x .Q fm.J Y W.. I I 82. In C' 1 , B' P mx 'C' X X A , 'G zl' A ' I A 4, 5 4 T' Q, l --,:l,. f . A+ , I ,' I ?f ' fe' l .1-ui l f' 3. Xu' 'J A ' ii 2 51' IX. 'l' ' 533 K V V fans X. all ' rf , I 'ix 'VA' 4, y 3? I fu W f A V- 9 ' ' in , 2,1 I Q- ,Q 6: FRANK JOHN JAMES ' A MO DERARIO DICAMILLO DIMEN A The Geek Mr. Powerhouse ' . Nfou carft discourage -A-M N' ,ae X , ' Y . A O jlfyullvli- P l , 'V SEBASTIAN HENRY DISALVO I. V. terror '51 .1 4 J X' me. .l xv., Mr Callahan demonstrating how a bell summoned the U S Cavalry WILLIAM ELVIN PHILIP DRUCKE HYMAN EGURIN ROBERT JOHN DOWDELL A fine D A Muscular sensation ECKERT Gompersjrugfj f The proud Semor '-Q-J J Q f Y fl rf- .V I A J ' . , A ff A ' ' , , 1' , - ' A 'I JI l If ffl!! J I I 1 jj ' ' ' -ji. ,. l. J 38 .1 ,ffj I Qkhj' I 'J ' H, I , f' ,I lj, ' r 1 . 'l ' 'V f 3 x sf,,.j Jcfffyy r,,f SAM EISEN ON The lfftfet eral 4 .vu .,L4f 45 4, I l.,n'.x 'V' I JACK ERBSTEIN I'lI go to work soon. CHARLES ARTHUR ANTHONY ,V L FREDENBERG EDWARD ' Wlzo knows? GALASSO Two gun Toni Spl ce that cable, sh uts Mr D n, orlll h the law on y Q 1 WALTER ARNOLD CECIL T HALL HAROLD GEORGE LAWRENCE GOLDITCH Silence IS golden HAND GIANNICO Switch happy Poetry on wheels k Take 75' F xl' Km 1 L i o . ina ' ave ou. 13 I , E 5 . jj I' . V 'cf -. 1 1 Y 1 I, -in ' X M ' x X I 'A I ' , Y 1' X 5 LOUIS EDWARD HARRIS The Thin Man SEYMOUR JULIUS HATKIN At long last STANLEY A. HENDERSON Kid Ambition WALTER CLIFTON HOFFMAN Stretch Mnss Blurberg and Mr Kaplan proving thu homesteuders neeageggsl then: du I,100 G-M-rl Mm, if -nur' JOHN BENEDICT EDWARD JOHN ALBERT H LILLO JACK JACKNITSKY J Hopped up hoopster Buster the hustler The flying ussz J VU fa JOSEPH JOHN LIPORACE Mlghty mouse WNV ' U l 0 f . Q 0 I . Sh 'F 6. f si t 4 :- ..,, I ,Q 4 1 . . ' A I Ly ' X40 5 W, A 1 , f f 7 ' K , K f J ff F' 1 I V I Y II!!! ,J fg v 40-p -ff X , WGFM rj 1205 f ff 'f off-f-fl X , f fine fi-6:0 SAVERI MICHAEL EN MA OF Y LOUIS MARCIALIS DOMINIC LOUIS LOPUZZO Moe of t . Wine, women, MARINACCIO It's a breeze! M I4 women .... Baseball and Ballantine W ANTHONY FRANCIS MARKOWSKI Drmks are on t house f' and thats how A T 8. T got ns start, concludes Mr Garfunkel JOHN PATRICK JOE MARZINOTXQR d'ULLIO MASSARI MARZIGLIANO Longfellow 57 1 The flymg Dutchman Watch lt blow' he X ,G 11 X W O, L O X I XL ' I , x ., ll I ' Il ' ' .. I f 'A . N - . , x xi x' ..' 1 nf U - . 3, , 1 . l 3 - - 'i 3' 4. 1 4 F 41 f DANIEL MCLAUGHLI N The smiling Irishman JAMES JOSEPH MOONEY Pollach did it! 4, . -.. J 14,5 by J PETER CHARLES MURPHY The strong silent type MUSTICH A- 1 ANGELO HARL S new .52 if ll - '. I 5 Following the irall of Daniel Boone under Clnel Scout Olivet s supervision JAMES MICHAEL O ROURKE RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ What s Frank s menu, PENA XJ Hey luddus' K Q-s. DANIEL ANGEL ANTHONY PEARLSTEIN PEREZ Always trymg The Gzllette kid Y I vc I fi 1' 1 f my ' f' 4g A v ' f A A 'K ew, 'I ' Q V: Z! I - I ig A I p . l . y . 1 1 -i . .a . I .1 M-w fl' v U i 0 V N - f 42 A. L 1 ' . N , l 1 . 1 X y l ' Q ,cimly If 5 J CARL GEORGE PETER I dunno. JOHN JOSEPH PETERSON, Jr. St. fohn's bred .The gullibjey fish , , DOMINICK ' L' ' ' View .ff ' jf WLWyVl.LfAJv 4 J JOHN PING L MICHAEL 7 1 S QPOLITO N 1Jff'k'-fl? Spanky 'TBA ' 'NIQ The P A system and Mr Halpern help rehve the excmng days of bulldmg a new country HERBERT JOSEPH ALEX P PADUKE LOUIS ANTHONY ROBERT DUN POLLACK So Blvd Cowboy PUCCIO RADLIFF J The human conductor Wanna buy somq Blondie I 11 nl x fgi W I v, E if ef sf. if I OK 'B I , , Li 1 O N iff W 'w Q I J I I x. u- f ' I 1 J 7 43 , fl 1 l ' N' fx 'X Mr ' ' 'ix 5... n F I . , 4 K , ' 1' J- P, ,,, Q , v', ' x RALPH ANTHONY COSIMO MICHAEL FENTON ROSE' lx FRANK EMANUEL RIVERA RIZZO Barker's bam - ROSENTHAL Fellows, please! Rough time . if I, A fly-by-night of. . my Mr Tupuck showing how the old trudmg post has changed JAMES PATRICK RUANE Springs JOE HAROLD HENRY JOSEPH RUGGIERO SANTO God s little acher Future Harry ja 3? . . . . ,fn f iw' 1 X 353sfQf57 A . , , X 44 I ' Q. 4 - 1 , '. - 1 I .. s .1 .. N! 5 L I HAIG DERN A I 'RICHARD PETER ROBERT JOSEPH WALTER SARKISIAN ' ' V'-P: SCAGNELLI SCHELLDERFER SCHIMANKE Who's got a raz0r?' Love 'em-leave 'emi Foreigner from Queens O heavenly slumber. . . ' ' T i Th t, my boy, says Mr 0 Donnelh IS where Dangerous Dan McGrew stood FRANK THEODORE RAYMOND JOSEPH RICHARD ISIDORE SISKO SCHMIDT ANTHONY SEGRETI The Srsko kid Lrve and let Irve SCIMECA Watch the brrdre Z' uf, ll a ll . I Il' .Il i x 1 Y K A Alias Tachine - ,n iff- 4,9 ' LJ, , I R my uh I I I i I , ' , 3, , 44. . fn 1, 45 L4 .rw v' J,., W KK 1- ex 'Hx E V JOHN CHARLES SLATER P1ck me a wmner Grab the weup , c d M S I , th y ng th ugh the window RICHARD DENNIS W TAITT CHARLES RALPH ANTHONY SWIFT Advgnce wnh caution TERRANOVA A Welder barbell sales- 1. Terry the terror J' l I I E 46 I f f f ARKE4' ANGELO EDWARD VALLE HAROLD WILLIAM TOOKMANIAN SALVATOR Valley forged VIEBROCK Mr Dmans poop stick URRICO 5,44 --Definition of tacrturn OH the blackboard EW 2 .JV WALTER RICHARD ARTHURSON VILBIG BALFOUR The rock WILTSHIRE 1 , A N On the Express to Suc- cess I 1 L, ,I elf-I Ry qv ,,.Jf.,A ,a , f TED JOSEPH ZACCARIO The last word 1 , I' -- ,I ROLF PAUL GROBELNY Never oo late My 62 M45 47 Smoke 5191141 Here we go into th1s cruel cruel world What will become of us upon leaving Gompers9 We don t know But what has become of us during our three years in Gompers we do know I can readily remember the first day of the bells and buzzers in the third term Yes what fun It was to wire up a bell c1rcu1t the first perlod and listen to lt rlng the next two perlods Of course some of the boys would be confused at first with many wires runnlng back and forth across the boards burglar alarms rmgmg annunclators dropplng Ah that was the life' Come in at 10 00 in the morning and go home while the moon IS rismg at 5 00 P M But the fourth term saw us getting up bright and early to be in school at 7 50 and Mr Blocks face greetmg us in front of 202 Ah yes Mr Block and electronics We were really learning fast By the end of the first week we knew how to solder and by the end of half the term we well we still knew how to solder' We spent the other half of the term 1n Machine Shop playing nurse maid to a lathe We learned safety rules by the dozen' One of the favorite practices of the boys was dr1ll1ng mckels full of holes and mounting them on key chams But Mr Newman sa1d there was no cents to that Now we were ready for Radio ltself What the boys learned most was how to use the tube manual and 1ts value But the greatest occasion were all wlred up was really someth1ng One person would stand over it w1th a fire ext1ngu1sher and the other would be ready w1th the first a1d kit while Mr Leeb plugged in the set with the wmdow pole from behmd his asbestos su1t back ln the tool room which was fire proof Then came the sixth term and super heterodyne receivers and the code class just to show the progress made our speedster Scherf was able to take two words a minute by the end of the term' The seventh term was a sad day for the boys because Al Ronner left us to work wlth the A S P C A When Mr Kellerman heard of this scandal he lowered his head and sa1d The poor kid is really going to the dogs We were taught to service commercial sets and the long awaited shlpment of new equipment and test instruments arrlved Our boys bullt up the shop and helped arrange th panels Too bad we had to leave before we had a chance to use the stuff We finally made it the eighth term' The boys were building Walkle Talkles The only thing wrong wlth them was they wouldnt walk We thought life would be easy but a Mr Barker was around to make llfe miserable The boys were really t1ed down We had to worry about our Ham llcense which meant llfe or death mostly death That wraps up three wonderful years which flew by llke nothing at all It will be good to be gomg out into the world and the field of radlo but st1ll we will often thmk of those days joseph Angellllo joseph Guido 48 O of them all was building our first radio sets. Plugging them in after they Pqtla lh der fvfw U Iii 41' ,....2. I M3 1 gh -Q-n lk QW H 'lx 'DMX H-I H mi fab? Y e4dl0 fly O Wg N ' W ,j ru o X QQ' gl K., ' ,QQ , QR f S gf MQ X ' S '- X S 15' CX Qnx if -5 N 1 -, l if ifx..--5, ' Ur ? I, I I I Il .f- -Q- ! hi., g' W' V0 X 'i43f'N1' J Q i- 3 x M 1 if , 5, gig - t 6 Xfx ? Jim, 'M H 5 4 rv----...,... ? San pr, I ,xx ', qi, a 5 S xx 9-A 1 X X 'Y if an W? gf' Q51 V E l 5 v 5E:1. ' gy' 2 ' ,Lx nig Q 4i,',! 'ul I.: ' Vrlr i -- , W '-5 I ' '7 . W 1 H C 1 '-, ' lx f I . K f ,ev , ,f ja-I i 2, L ' X O'Ro,JRKE I Cnouout lf! I ANDREW JOSEPH ALFRED JOSEPH LARRY J. BINDLER FRANK BONANNO BENKO BEVACQUA What did I do now? One of the bunch Information bureau Let's see her picture l . . t Y A S V Imagine llow helpful u radio would lluve been to the defenders ol tlle Alamo, sides MIL Adkr K 9, - I ' . ' . . A JOSEPH BOSCO One day sailor 50 ' JOSEPH LAWRENCE BRISCHETTO ALFRED BROWN A girl? Whats that9 There you go' I , MICHAEL NICK FRANCIS JOSEPH AUGUST ANTHONY JOHN CHURCHILL CARDINALE CERVEN SINDONE No relation to Winnie Look at the kid! Anchors Aweigh Now, when I was in service . . . 'W y the Pony Express went out of business, as the sulalecf of Mr Smith s lesson SEYMOUR COHEN JOSEPH ANTHONY ANIELLO ALFONSO FRANK ANTHONY Jessie the Ind CONTE CRISCUOLO DAGOSTINO The Lover A child of nature The Vet X .r 'gg WLLA Q, mi lr I' ' n' ' . ' I . X RVN N Q' ' . . , , 'X' .'- I Q fig ' 1 x 1 ' ,51 N 7 51,40 x, 1 ' ' 1 . NEIL D'AMBROSIO Hello,-what's this P ALEX JOHN' MANUEL PETER PAUL EVANGELISTA FIGUEROA FIORE Nellie! That's me man. Pistol Pete, Alias WZYZF V Honest! I can't stop laughing lndmn smoke signals must have been eusuer, says the boy to Mr Molltor HAROLD ABRAHAM FOX lconfess-Sherman did Whos got the home 1 work? JOSEPH ROBERT GETZLER GERUSHALME Where s the gyp sheet? u ' - . ,, 4 Q5 A 'tj , - VF! I I-' 52 . . --IU., ' ' t -'A . , ' 1 1 V 1 , t H X v-- ' I JOSEPH ANTHONY GUIDO Mr. Pop. U. Larity GEORGE ERIC HELLMAN Look fellows! It works! .,'..s,,- 0 f . ...I '+-ly J -JX .,,. .l -'. ' 'N-' -1 M- 1 GERALD MICHAEL' PAUL THEODORE LEONE MARQUEZ Sleeping beauty Wait a minute, Huh! is Mr Bernstein dlstnbutlng report cards to terrified Forty Nmers JOSEPH MARRONE Worth my wexght m gold FRANK MAZZIA JOHN JAMES Frequency Modulatlon MCINTYRE Q f On to St Mary s Park' f 5 2271 N15 Q ,f - . A 4 ' ' , 0 jx X ,ffiufyxaxe DONALD MITKOFF NY FREDERICK Walter Mitty MORRIS LINCOLN MURPHY What you all mean! The great emancipator DENNIS THEODORE MYLSON Ladies' home compan- ion What would Klt Cuson have done with thai, chorfles Mr Keller JOSEPH GEORGE BERNARD DOMENIC AN NAGY NIERENBERG THONY PICCOLINO Hot lips The a swet man Big Dom ' ' . mum 'K A , . 1 I 4 D vnxgakk . I Iv-V,-4 40. A ki -A U I x -., 1 , . ' X4 Q - U 1 ' ,pta - . 54 V I V M, 1 Nav N EDMUND PFENNIG JOSEPH ANTHONY ANTHONY ANGELO ROBERT RAMOS Its the tectxfier PONEPINTO On the beam QUARANTA Nellzes pest Okay' Thats a bet' Mr Klemhandler has lust asked what Buffalo Bull had to pay for cabbage LOUIS RHUBACK Louie the Arab FRANK MICHAEL STANLEY JOHN RICIGLIANO RUBENSTEIN Strong silent type Whats in a name? f 55 l J , I in p 'X 1 v ' ' 1 , J 5 N fi Q Awff' - S ff VIN, A , ' .., i 3, V 1. , 4 2 I O I X ' a , . , . , . n I. 1 5 .'.'xl ' ' 4 ALLEN RUBIN GEORGE JOSEPH Stop fooling around SACCHI ' f ' Ol - . .J-::..-.16 :. -T . I f ' A - 55-'F N ,,, ,,,, , M ..., J A X 3 ' mf -:m e . I . 'T Llffsiffi .- - X-mgggzflwsi I ' TS fig? 5353 X? ,S AIX We ' RW if 5 I 3 ef fe X px 5. I , 1, eg 3 Q ..,,,, , JM -.f,gfW' K T V 21,5 K Q M W X Q K N , ,es ! Q we +V, g 'W f X51 mi., U g, w fs Q G. L. We WILLIAM HOWARD HAROLD SAPAT SANDHOP Teacher told me! Where's Schlitt? I is Mr lumber! conduchng a secret meeting of ihe Junior Alchemists Fir LEONARD SCHERF IRWIN PAUL JOSEPH EMANUEL Trger boy SCHRIER SCHWARTZ SOLOMON jg FC' Whens the next holr I came I slept SCHWARTZ Jf ,X ft-54.1 day, Oooh' Mr Barker' , 5 M of , I, 5 4 H x l f L, V I - -- - 1 id: 4:12 '4- , I ' -JP L 'I N Y ' - -' S ' 56 ' - P : '. ' -- x X 3'- A u Nxxe, . ,LO H-Basso profundo 7,5 7 V'!L?l X U 4 - N I 01.9, oaiflf' , X- TQIEODORE ULISHA scoTT TEDDY SANFORD SHERMAN Wake me up next period BENJAMIN SIMON I overslept, teach! i564 RONALTJ ALBERT SINGER Henry Sing-Lee I! you watch closely you con tell when the lndmns are coming, commons Mr l b MICHAEL ERNEST ALBERT JOHN ZAPATA ANTHONY TOSTA TUCKETT The Doc Mighty mouse But I didnt do xt' LZ. if f f fl. 4 ll ' ' ll ' . ee ' V ..x' , , 3 4 1' '-f s-Ll li Q vm .3 '-wg, fs f ps - ' f L1 fl- arg- x ' g K f ' yy 1' 57 . .'ol. 05,4 LA., j .I 4. .NL f i ji -L , A f-,QV .'fn'4 A-PQ. A ml age To be preclse It was actually three years eleven months and eighteen days ago that a group of neatly attlred healthy lookmg young rookles paraded through the halls of Gompers looklng for room 428 Thls was the exploratory class for freshman who dldnt know what they wanted to be Mr Schlmel after sellmg us some second hand pots and pans told us we wanted to be englneers The next thing we knew we were sophomores and technlcal sopho mores at that' Some of our learned tutors were Mr Cformulab Mltchell and Mr CSm1th Brosb Sterllng We also met Mr Undremer 1n whose shop we learned to sharpen penclls ln a lathe and manlcure our finger nalls on a grlnder A dally experlence was bemg caught 1n the lunch room tlde Our boy General DeCesare generally dashed ahead to save a table for the twelve lucky boys who thus wouldnt have to eat on the Hoof It was Tullman who supplled us wlth the lunch passes As Junlors we encountered two teachers we were destmed never to forget Mr Trlebel fand hls llve wxre halrj and Mr Callahan who taught us how to wlnd armatures Glazer st1ll clalms that a Spllt phase motor hnt hlm and Sjoberg s hands are st1ll gomg ln clrcles Well we wound up that term Cjoke sont but not unt1l we had that memorable snow ball Fight or the Battle of the Tool Room m the Plpe and Cable Shop The slxth term flashed by faster than Gunther Moses domg the m1le Th1S was the term of condensers aerlals and resxstors All the radlos worked except for a few mlnor defects One was that they dldnt play Another phenomenon occurred when Francomono Spera and Confortls radlos plcked up only KWXZ from Rome My nerves are st1ll yumpmg from S ybold s chargmg and d1scharg1ng hls condensers We also dlscovered Franks where a Gomoers boy could slp h1s mld day bracer ln peace We slowly cllmbed the ladder of success some stumblmg and fallmg but we reached the Senxor year We m t M1ss Pertz and became famxllar wxth the law of smes cosmes and tangents We ran mto Mr Mltchell agam and studled advanced algebra At the races with Mr Bedell became a common occurrence The electlon created qulte a commotlon ln our class wlth Hmden and Glazer clalmmg Moses was votxng for Wallace because the latter had once been on the Squeedunk track team We survlved the A C torture chamber and soon were practlclng for graduatlon Chakmakjlan was st1ll glvmg 81 and Duncan went on wxth hrs weekly poll Are you golng to be an eng1neer7 But we knew these were the last days 1n Gompers The old debates between Lmardos and the Boys as to who was better st1ll went on but It was to end all too soon Graduatlon' No more frxendly arguments no more Jokes' Well we were out And as we left we reallzed the fun we had had and a lump came 1nto our throats We knew why too' Qumto Bludegrema 58 1 v v , . - v . , v y - . . . . , sa yu 1 s 1 Q v - - 1 . . , . . . . - v 1 v as as - - - v 1 v . . , ., . . v u ' . . . A , . . . . . , ' s 1 v D . . . . C , , . . ' ' an ' uv . - , ' as - ' nv y . H 99 - - v . . , . v - , . , . Prmpec tom Q' 470, ia A Q m W 2 V J ff X 1 Z X f f 5 mfW' Tec X .Q . it W s X 4 , Fw A f N N Z X' LXOPQ6 WV ps E' H f -xl. 'X 22115 093 ff 1? Ml wk X X . 1 X 5 ' R' X ff 1 W4 , f M, ff 'K ' j XX' 2, ' I J ff X J I , 4' J N J nm ! ' f I wg? ff Q X fi ff fr I f X ve E I X' Q X58 'X QX X ,,ff ' 1' U X 3,93 Mfg? XY XS' - X A' ., ' X Q: NX W ' XZ ll-g X In HERBERT LOWELL WILLIAM ARTHUR ALEXANDER JOHN CORTEZ BLUMENTHAL CALMBACHER VICTOR CONFORTI Latm lover Me and my gal Our llttle diplomat Tax: m1ster9 gg Q This ns how we wired Sun Francisco after the earthquake! asserts Mr Bed ll DANIEL DeCESARE FRANK JOHN Roman General FERRANTELLI Fire-ball Frankie 60 SHELDON FISCHER Happy-go-lucky 5252552 PAT JOSEPH JACK GLAZER ANTHONY JOHN FRED NORBERT FRANCOMANO The way I see It GOLIO GREENHUT Hey! Aw cmon fellas! Little Toot A 1 M124 DJ HAQIGE Frgurmg out the overland route wnh Mrs Krause PAUL GRUPPER STANLEY HINDEN GEORGE LIM LEW A W 0 L But' But' Mister Be Regents or bust' dell 61 A ' X I - ' A gc' A Vx h ' 2 J ' 'O H.. 3 M, V if LM f 5 if X A as X wk . Y . Al if if 'wt STATHIS GEORGE RICHARD ERICH GUNTHER MOSES HANS JOHN LINARDOS MARKS The Flying Human OETTINGER Ya wanna bet?-Put Quick Wit But what does phase up! mean? 'Thar s gold In them ihar experiments, says Mr Pappas JOHN PEDERSEN RONALD CHARLES JACK SAUL GEORGE HAROLD Evelyn s boy Pete PHILLIPS ROSENTHAL DUNCAN Carrot top Five o clock shadow Gompers Shakespeare px! X Q V I I O I - 1 Y EK, V .M .1 ,gi-,Adi 62 M! ,J . ' ,QV K , Q' r 'J IA E ,- s s V -li ALFRED LUDWIG RALPH SJOBERG FRANK CHRIST SEYBOLD Wanna trade stamps? SMIRNIS Human Fuse Westmglzous Willy ANGELO FRANK SPERA Im sleepy A Q39 This is where you starl dlggmg, suggests Mr Mullun ROBERT EDWARD NORMAN LAZARUS ANDREW WOWK SUNSHINE TULLMAN I'm broke. Moonbeam Get me a girl. I 64 Sir 5s ST Ns ,,..... -'iw I A11 the past we leave behmd We debouch upon a newer world varred world Fresh and strong the world we sezze world of labor Proneersf O pzoneersf THE END qs M .i X .1 - ,, f- X- , xl x x x ' xx ' x A xx .N Qi Q Ikx , ' . 5 A0 - I X 1 A L 0 V' ' ' ee x 4 , . V- ' . V ! Q - h ,,.f' . q .. A. ' xl, . ff , f M107 K X! , h : Q f 4 x. . ' X, I - hi Q h X' r w .Y v 1 a K X X Q X . - ' K . - X X W F , - - 'I It -QQ i I A ' s . , - x - e N 5.x nd the march Walt Whltman l sd A f fggg' .,.. : 11 5 N1