Schenectady Vocational High School - Voice Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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Uhr Hnirr wlllooin 30399 By jane Dill, ll-B English I The girls in Laurel Hall of the Sunnyview Boarding School were feeling very sorry for eighteen-year-old Jean Flinch. Next week on the 25th would be their Graduation Day and Jean looked so sad and lonely. While the other girls in room. 303 of Laurel Hall ad- dressed invitations for the graduation exer- cises and wrote enthusiastic letters home, Jean sat by the window crying. One dreary night she had told the girls about her tragic childhood days. .Jean's mother had died four years after Jean was born and her father had taken care of her to the best of his-ability, with occasional help from the neighbors. Then one day, when Jean was thirteen years old, Mr. Flinch disappeared and she had never heard any- thing from him since. Friends and detec- tives had looked everywhere for him, but in vain. After the excitement had died down, the neighbors had taken theliberty to send her to the Sunnyview Board-ing School near Chicago. o , This was a rare treat for Jean at firstg but as time went on and she grew older, she became lonesome for some parents like those of the other girls, who could be near her when she needed them. And here was her graduation+the time when she should be so happy. But how could' she-she had no family? On the day that Jean sat in the corner crying, the seniors were scheduled to take a boat ride to Pampose Island. The girls were going to pack a little lunch and they in- tended to stay on the island for supper. The most enthusiastic of the girls for this idea was Violet, one of Jean's roommates. That morning when they were writing let- ters to be sent home, she said to the girls quietly, I think this boat ride will be a good thing for Jean. It will keep her mind off her mother and father, and may add a little color to her cheeks. The rest of the girls quite agreed with her and they approached Jean cautiously. Are you ready to go now, Jean? We're ready. - ' e But Jean replied: 'Tm-ready, all right, but I don't want to go. I'd rather stay here and go to bed, I'm'not feeling so well. The girls coaxed her to come, but still she refused. Realizing it would be no use for them to coax Jean any longer, they said good-bye, and started out with lunchebaskets in hand. . I P , M As the hours went by, all that could be heard in room 303 was the tickrof 'the big grandfather clock in the corner. By the window Jean sat, embedded in her thoughts. Finally Jean decided shef could not stand the headache any longer and walked over to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. After taking what she thought was an aspirin, she slipped on a kimona over her' clothes and went 'to bed. 'H ' H Four hours passed and as the girls came back from their boat ride, they beheld' the Sunnyview Boarding School in flames. Its screaming occupants were emerging from the building. The noise of sirens was heard and down the street came the Fourth Hook and Ladder, followed by a chief. V p Miss. Winters, principalof the school, scanned the excited girls to see that no one was missing., She discovered that Jean was not among them. Quickly summoning a fire- man, she told him that one of her girls was missing and must be in the building. The fireman addressed was a good-looking, well-built man about thirty-five or forty years old. He was a newcomer to, Fire -Sta- tion Number 2 and had not had a chance as' yet to show his bravery, a quality which is not lacking in a good fireman. - A When he had applied for a job in the fire station a few weeks before, he had said to the chief, I was in an automobile accident several years ago and was hit on the head: ever since then I have been unable to re- member my name 'or where I lived. All I know is that I have a child somewhere. But you may call me Jones and I'll show you 2 5

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E112 Hnirri Student Council Hugo Brinkwart entered office with zeal and determination to carry on the work be- gun by our former president, Ann Duzynski. He appointed four committees to see that this work was properly executed. The various committee have worked con- scientiously -in their fields. 'The Student Council's sole purpose is to make the two buildings, Union and Broadway, more united, and to promote the welfare of the students. The members who composed the Student Council this year are: Room Representative Alternates Edward Kruszewski Lottie Pikul Ray Cannice Ramon McCasland Florence Manley Dorothy Martin 225-Donald Fitzpatrick Raymond Herbert Much gratitude and appreciation is due Miss Van Aller for her untiring eiorts to make the Student Council so successful. -Richard Sowers -May Champlin 8-Esther Musco 9-Esther Richter 11-Dorothy Bloom 15-Irene 'Topetro p 2 7 Print Shop For the first time, several members of the June Graduating Class are Printers. Included in the number of those who will receive di- plomas are: Ernest Bailey, Joseph Gaworecki, Joseph Grubar, Charles Lindstead, Joseph Mazur, John Palmer, Thomas Pidgeon, Al- bert Rossetti, and Leroy Van Patten. Several of the graduating printers are planning to return here for post graduate work, while some are going to finish their fourth year in either Nott Terrace or Mont Pleasant High School. It is hoped that the business conditions will improve so that the graduating printers can show their skill to large printing con- cerns of this fair city or others. 1 Caroline: Wasn't that a splendid lecture Miriam gave us on the culture of Prunes ? Gladys: Splendid-she is so full of her subject. journalist Club There are thirteen students who joined to- gether to form the Journalist Club: Carmin Baker, Irene Poltorak, Jane Dill, Achsah Potter, Richard Lohman, Mary De Masi, May Champlain, Margaret Hicken- looper, George Blake, Frank Ettore, Dorothy Houck, Eleanor Hollander, Ruth Railsback. This group with the aid of the printing class has published six issues of the Voice and the Year Book. The C. C. Club The C. C. club stands for the Cook Capers Club. During this semester they have had many interesting programs which were based on the project of the week. These programs were given on Fridays and every girl had the re- sponsibility of planning one of the programs. On June 10 the club had their final program in the form of a picnic carrying out the pro- ject of packing lunch boxes. The oflicers of the club are: President, Elsie Keelerg Vice President, Doris' Bradtg Secre- tary and Treasurer, Florence Manley. The members are: Dorothy Darling, Mary Miller, Helen Gourlay, Sadie Sorrentino, Evelyn Wil- son and Mary Trigolette. ' I Scholastic Awards The following pupils will receive a scholastic award. They have received at least an average of C ,and have had no unexcused absences or tardiness. Charles Lindstead, Morris Williams, Caroline Yannone, Irene Poltorak, Ruth Railsback, Car- mine Baker, Lillian Sproul, Joseph Gaworecki Mary Genre ,Hugo Brinkwart, Concetta Santa, barbara, Irene Topetro, George Blake, Dorothy Martin, Dorothy Houck, Eleanor Hollander, Achsah Potter, Dorothy Bloom, Jane Dill, Esther Museo. Visitor: Are you sure Mr. Clark is not in? Eleanor H. Do you doubt his own word? ...wi 24 M..

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Shadow Roll Uhr Nairn that I can work if you hire me. Just give me a chance! It was not a usual occurrence for the chief to employ a man right off the bat, but he thought Jones was sincere and so hired him. If he did not prove himself worthy, they could discharge him. Now here was his big chance. He inquired what room the girl might be in, and Miss Winters replied: Room 303-it's the last room on the fourth floor. It's on the east side. The hook and ladder truck was moved quickly toward the building. Slowly, but as rapidly as could be expected, the firemen hoisted the ladder up' the side of the build- ing. The smoke which surrounded them was terrible-it was almost suffocating. Jones footed his way up the ladder as best he' could and finally came to a closed window on the fourth floor. This must be the room-it should be according to the instructions given by Miss Winters. With a swing of his axe he smashed the glass in the window and climbed over the sill. The thick smoke poured out and it was evident to Jones that in a very short time, this room would be in flames. As the fireman went through the window of room 303, he found that Miss Winters was right. A young girl could be seen lying on the bed. Jean had taken a sleeping tablet instead of aspirin and was apparently un- conscious. As he lifted the girl off the bed and started back for the windows, his face turned ghastly pale, and at that moment his memory returned. Everything in the past came back to him. He remembered now, it was his daughter for whom he was search- ing. Didn't this girl whom he was carrying look like his own daughter? Still looking at the girl, he descended the ladder. When they had almost reached the bottom, Jones stopped short and almost dropped Jean as he exclaimed, My daughter! I've found her at last. For there on her arm was a scar which he recognized as one which she had received from a fall several years before. After the excitement of the fire had died down and the girls had been sheltered for the night, Miss Winters looked for Jean and ...ji-,gel 26 her father. She found them talking over the years they had been separated. Although Jean was feeling sorry about the fire, she said, Dad, I'm really glad it hap- pened. Now I have someone here for Gradua- tion Day-and to really knowit's my father I Mr. Flinch said nothing, but Jean could read in his face what he wanted to say. Miss Reed ....... Ann Duzynski .... Ray McCas1and --- Mary Rodriguez .... ---------- Ann Duzynski - -- - Achsah Potter ------ Ann Root ---------- Joe M? Francis Canders .... --- Leonard Szenbrot Jessie Livingston Florence Collins Caroline Yannone ........ Gladys Folmsbee Thomas Pidgeon .... Irene Smiarowski .... Herbert Bond ...... Tim McCormick .... Myrtle Smith ..... Ralph Bailey --- Clara Johnson .... Joe Mazur ......... Margaretta Keller Irene Topetro ....... Pat Maney ...... Leroy Van Patten Irene Poltorak --- George Carl Thomas Funk .... John Palmer ..... Richard Lohman - Joseph Gaworecki Annie Miller ....... Edward Kruzewski Eleanor Hollander ------- Joe Grubar -- - Sam Carhide ------- Jane Dill - - - Bruno Amedore - - - , Don Sawicki - - - - Leta Edwards ----- Joe Olszak -------- Lena Forte --------- Dot Houck Connie Santabarbara Freda Hesse - - - Albert Rossetti --- Esther Richter - - - - Mack Pareene - - - - Albert Kulson - - - Albert ' Rossetti Carmine Baker Charles Lindstead Theresa Domanowska Richard Sowers ------------Lottie Pikul Father: Well, son, how did your .exams go ?77 Albert Rossetti: Dad, doctors say cv..- versation at the table should be pleasant. 1534...