Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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RUSSELL MACDOUGALL Office Assistant; Inter- class Basketball; Baseball. “My life is one dent'd horrid grind. BESSIE BOOTH Latin Club; Schuyler” Poetry Editor; Library Club. “In her tongue the law of kindness.” ANNA COFFINGER “Come what will, I’ve sworn it still, I’ll never be melancholy.” HARRIET BROPHY Girls’ Baseball Team; Class Basketball. “To live is not merely to breathe, it is to act.” DONALD EDDY As natural as life and twice as large. ROSE MULLEN “Schuyler Circulation Manager; Dramatics; French Club. “Queen rose of the rose- bud garden of girls.” GRACE RUSSELL French Club. Treasurer; Orchestra; Round Table Conference; “Schuyler” Ac- tivities Editor; Library Club; Student Librarian. “Thou large-brained wo- man.” ELZIE NACY Baseball; Inter-class Bas- ketball. “A nice unparticular man.” DONALD HINKLEY T y p i s t : “Echoes” and “Schuyler.” “D” stands for Donald, dancing and de'ilishness. MARGARET PERKINS “Peg” “Happiness comes from work, not play.” HARRY BROPHY Interclass Basketball. “It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.” Ten

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RAYMOND OKUMAIN “Jake” Varsity Basketball: Li brary Club: History Confer- ence; English Conference: Student Librarian; Round Table Conference. What greater tribute than this He followed the Gold- en Rule. MARGARET WII ITT IG ‘Teo” Basketball; Publications, Dramatics in 1931-32. Divinely tall and most divinely fair.” FREDERICK Me FEET K R S Freddie” Freddie is always up in the air about something — especially airplanes, croon- ers, and women drivers. FRANK FOGERITE Hawk-eye” Athletic Association; Base- ball: Basketball; Schuyler Boys’ Sports Editor A woman is only a wo- man, but a good cigar's a smoke.” MAURICE PATRICK Baseball. To take things as they are—that's my philosophy.” AILEEN CUMMINGS French Club: “Schuyler , Class Editor. What is life without laughter?” ROBERT LANSING Bob” Dramatics. A wictim of connuhial- ity.” CLARA WINNEY French Club Secretary; Library Club; Student f.i- rarian. Mix reason with pleas- ure, and w isdo in wit li mirth. MARIAN EDDY Glee Club; Varsity Base- ball and Basketball. Stately and serene.” FRANCIS CHASE Pop” Senior Class Vice Presi- dent; Dramatics. I’ve never dared to be as funny as I can.” Nine

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Qllass 3rajjheru Today, June 25, 1953, 1 have just completed a tour of the world in which 1 came across most of the Senior Class of 1933. One year ago 1 left Schuylcrvillc, where the only persons of the class remaining were Harry Brophy, who had pur- chased the Brisbin Orchard, and Maurice Patrick, who ran a dairy farm. I took an airplane from Fred McFeeter’s flying school in Albany to New York where I met Joe Szekely, who was to accompany me to Hungary, where he directed the Budapest Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Opera House and, as guest artist, rendered a few solos on his violin. We went to a vaudeville in which “Pop” Chase was advertised as the leading comedian of the time. After leaving the theater, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch, where 1 was destined to have one of the greatest surprises of my life. As we entered, a very dignified head-waiter approached us. 1 immediately knew 1 had seen him before and my suspicions were soon verified by the fact that no one could pos- sibly trip and land as gracefully on the lap of a very astonished lady as did my for- mer classmate, Kilmer Myers. Instantly I called his name and to my amazement, the lady also said, “Well, if it isn’t Kilmer Myers.” The lady turned out to be “Marc” Nacy, who had been carrying on social work in the great metropolis. She said that very often she secs “Gert” Brown, who is secretary in one of the offices of the Empire State Building, and Elzie Nacy, who has taken up professional baseball. After a long conversation, I left for my hotel to make ready to board ship in the morning. On my way I stopped and purchased a magazine, and imagine my surprise when I read “Editor-in- Chief—Ruth Esmond.” We set sail amid the usual hustle and bustle of departure but little did we realize that on that same boat there were thirteen other persons of the class of ’33. The first person I recognized was John Martis who was the steward for our cabin. The next familiar thing was a voice. Of course it was “Bill” Loomis! He was speaking to a group about the diplomatic relations of the United States and Great Britain. He was well informed on this subject since he had changed his opinion that most politicians are crooked, and had accepted the position of ambassador to England. We finally checked his flow of oratory by introducing ourselves. Later we strolled the deck and “Bill” told us that he was accompanied by his staff among whom were Anna Coffinger, secretary, and Ernestine Miner, stenographer. As we approached one end of the deck we heard several feminine voices raised in heated conversation. There’s no need to tell you that it was the “S. H. S. Trium- virate” Alice Smith, Aileen Cummings, and Rose Mullen. After the first surprise was over, they told us they were going to tour France with a group of other French teachers. Most surprising of all was that they were at that moment waiting for “Nonie” Bennett and Mary lloey, who were going to Paris to finish their artistic education. Eleven