Sea Cliff High School - Cliffonian Yearbook (Sea Cliff, NY)

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THE SENIOR PLAY HP thamplon presented on Nlarch Oth and 10th by the Class ot 54 was played on both ewenm s to capaclty audlences It cm be called the lJlg1,6Sl hut IH the hrstory of Sea Cllff Hlgh lf one IS to judge by the comments heard after 1ts productlon The scene was lard ln the llvmg room of the Burroughs home ln knotley England Can you lmaglne what happened when a Jane Burroughs Uhlllam s Nlotherj Mary Burroughs fXxllll3.ITlS Slsterj John Burroughs tklllllam s Fatherj George Burroughs thlder Brotherj David Burrou hs doun er Brotherj Iady Ehzabeth Galton Iord Brocklmgton Wllllam Burroughs lThe Champlonj Slmmons Antomette Mr Nlooney Hr Coykendall Parl of Lhuftlel h NIHFQUIS of Harroween Baron Holloway Mayor of Knotley Frank Smlth Dlnner Guests prodlgal son returned as Gunboat Hxll rams the lxghtwexght champlon of the world to a conserxatwe and socxally cllmb mg fdmllV3 Because of his return a con ndence game was exposed resultmg ln 1 severe trouncm for the vlllam and a ro mance for the hero Fmally Father Bur roughs was convinced that the fatted calf should be kllled The cast of the productton was follows Grace Barlow Judith Bryant Vhlllam Barlow George Johns Bruce Woolley Margaret Jassey Vhlllam Heathcock Henry Hollman Gerald Fmkelstem Theresa Annunzlata Thomas Dempster Donald Harris Ward Slmonson Sidney Carlson Ray Maldment Robert Burns Xernon Bogart Jack Lewls George Smlth DICKENS ASSEMBLY OORINC back over the calendar of our tour year term the class of 34 sees a h1 hll ht 1n the productlon of DICBEHSS 'lale ot Two Cltles at our Sophomore assembly This was an out standlng prof ram and even now two years later lt hi not paled mto unrecogmzable blmkness is hue so mmy of the fe itures of hl h school days lt ml ht bc bectuse we llked the l lc o Iwo C ltles or lt mx ht be because we entered whole heartedly mto the produc tlon the was Nllss Parson interpreted ll for Ll: But the tact remains that as we the class ot 1904 stand on the threshold of the wlde world ind turn to look back our CITNISIUHID eves dwell on that Sopho more silhouette As we lmver on the pncture we see the Fngllsh setting the wlgged gentlemen of the court 1n all their dignity the Judge, played by Donald Nhller, the attorney eneral Vhlllam Barlow, and hls contem porarles It seems llke yesterday and yet we know, many of us that years hence when we choose to close our eyes and see a nn our h1 h school davs thls picture of our classmates ln the lale of Iwo Cltles w 1ll remam alw tvs a fond yesterday lhose who partlcxpated were Grace Bar low Brlan Exans Ylxlllam Barlow George johns lhlllam Heathcock Laura Terell I-dward 7endle Prank Pearsall Donald Hirrls Ihoma Demp ter S1dneyCarlson Donald Nllllcr and joseph lilo uirdl Pagr Sz wntca rz - , . ., . 1 Q H v. CC ' ' ' e ' A V . M Y . , V . f ' r ' - I . K 7 V ' L ' ,X ' '. . ' v Q . C - V U. N. , . , . ir i rs C - L f ' . , . . .. ' 1 .4 ' 'v ' - 4 ' r 7 4 1 , . . 1, . . . - i . . . ,., . . 1 . . . , . ' rt , . . . . 7. ,, j, . ' r as Y. . , . , y- - v .. . s U . , ' U ' U ra r- - W- --V -f-- -- - A ,, , , ,,,, ,, , H ,,,, ,, ,,,, .,c,,,, A,,c Y V U WHWWH, u I Y' ' 4 H ,Y ,,,,, ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, , ,,,,,,Y ,c,cc, ,,,, , A , , ,,,,cc , .. . U . H 777777777 Y YNY Y - - V E E 7 .H ,WH ,,,t -. .t.., , ,ctt, ,jack Ford L 1 ' A, . 1 y Y Y YV YAY' YY Y F . A , , , , ,H . , ,, ,,,,,..- ,,,,,,,,,. WWW-, A . , , v V. I . f ' H f frrrf ' ' 7 y ' I , . , - ' ' , - 1 A rs 1 1 - W I Y, v , . . . . . I so' 'U s u y U F5 rw . ' V- . ' i. N , . V . . ., - U ,. . . - f V I V Pi , . I r v . P7 Y 1 Y ' , s . ' s ' . 7 7 , 15 ' . - C - v 1 - I - 4 1 - . U2 ' 'U . , . ' ' f , i , r-v rs ., 7 Q - -- ,,,,. . ' As . ' or ' ., . ' , zu-, ' ' ' 2 A 1 d ' .' . ' . ., . , . . , f . i 42- , -. v 1 - , ' v' - :C , s , ,, , , . . v ' ' v I . Z , , , 5 , . , , , 1 - 7, Q - 4 5- y y , Y. v ' 2 Y J ., A . . , . , . . . f-. 3, ' ' , , - 1 ' tl ' ' ' 5 - 2 , , : 5 . . , S 5 1 ' ' ' I . ' - ' 2 ' 2' Z . V ,qv Av3lL x A I

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CLASS I-IISTCDRY NCE 1n the dear, dead days be yond recall 11921 to youj when some of our 1llustr1ous Sen1ors were mere toddlers just out of thelr svsaddlmg clothes they declded to matrl culate, and thus Mr DeGelleke was blessed w1th another bunch of happy eneavourers Our only memento of the prlmary grades was a SCFICS of sparks touched off by that age old feud that you all don t know the half of CBarlow vs Barlow, Th1s feud at present, IS at ltS ebb and lt looks as though Barlow may QUIK for more 1mpor tant aCtlVItlCS But to Jump back agam through tlme we find that everythmg was serene untll the fifth grade when we were glven our first gllmpse of Mr Knapp, that b1g bad man from Syracuse It seems that hls wlfe, teach1ng us for a few days was hav1ng trouble w1th a couple of boys now not ln the class The Mrs declded to call up the boss It IS a mystery to me to thls day who won that battle we heard on the f1rst stalr 1and1ng In the Seventh Grade we rece1ved a shockmg experlence whlch explalns w1thout doubt the love of some of our Semors for the flamboyant In short the roof fell down The class at the Hand 'lhe roof began by releasmg several small pleces of plaster It was exceedlngly amuslng for several of the boys who took part1cular dellght ln teas1ng may we call her Iggy? to see several pleces land on her lovely noggm Although she was not hurt she looked sort of rumpled around the gllls Then a few m1nutes later the roof dec1ded to become more mtlmate and about one thlrd of It came down ThlS was the coup d etat but lt was the last straw for us We scrammed, as collo qu1al1sm puts lt From the 1nter1or of an adjomlng room where the class was con tlnued, we s1lently cursed our luck for not gett1ng at least a llttle b1t hurt and gettmg our names 1n the papers At last came the F1ghth Grade we were the supreme be1n s of the grammar school As was always the case when we wanted to do somethlng we dld lt Vhshmg to enter that mxsterlous sanctuary of hlgher learnmg, we forgot fr1vol1ty at least a l1ttle of lt and passed all our regents exams practl Page Szxtecn cally 1ntact As IS the custom every year we were the largest class ever to graduate from grammar school XVh1Cl1 one of us w1ll ever forget that memorable nlght graduat1on, when Presldent F1nkelste1n spoke up proudly ln defense of the fifty seven varletles' It comes tlme now to enumerate Olll deeds durmg our br1ef but happy four years 1n hlgh school VK 1th the add1t1on of numerous worthy scholars from Glen Head and Glenwood at the beglnnlng of our freshman year we have stead1ly come to be recogmzed as one of the finest classes 1n our school s hlstory We have real1zed th1s through the embodlment of two ldeals loyalty to our school and a blfldlllg class sp1r1t Nor have we g1ven the second ldeal preemlnence over the first No matter what phase of extra curr1cular act1v1ty you take athletlcs, clubs, muslc or drama vou w1ll lnvarlably find that lt owes ltS very l1fe and leadershlp to the class of 1034 Through all of these we sought no personal ga1n but only somethlng more tanglble to brmg honor to our school As to our funct1ons as a class, we leave the ODIHIOH of them to the judgment of the rest of the ways been successful In our efforts to please we have always been successful Our presentat1on of the Senlor Play The Champlon was popularly con sldered o u t s t a n d 1 n g Beneath all th1s there has always been burn1ng a zeal ous class Splflt whxch we have enjoyed for four years The class of 34 has won the athletlc plaque two years ln successlon a last1ng symbol to our fraternal emot1ons One of the finest partles we have had was after the Senlor play when the Sen1or Class advlsers IVIISS Herr1ng and Mlss Scott 1n Vlted the entlre Sen1or Class to the1r home A thoroughly enjoyable tlme was spent 111 danclng, s1ng1ng and eatlng wh1le not one present restramed h1s or her enthus1asm for a mutual good tlme It IS thus we close th1s h1story Wllh th1s summary any class no matter how great or how small lf dedlcated to the hlgh 1deals and honor of IIS school, IS not w1thout lts reward D HARRIS 0 -'- -.- . CC ,, ' . . 0' , ' Y . y . .- ' Y- . . ,. . . , . a ' . 1 1 . . , ' ' I . . , . , . , , . . c 9 - I . . , . . - - h . 1 h l- tlme had at ltS helm Mrs. Hull of the Iron SC O01 our part es and dances ave a . , . . , ll ' 77 - 7 . , , . . . ' . . - - 1 l l l 1. ' 3- . 1 ' r ' - u, e . . . . I ,. . , . -7 . . . 'W ,

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FRESHMAN TRIP TO THE MUSEUM H goody, goody' Nlr Byers IS goln to take us to the 'Xiu seum' The Frosh danced about and clapped the1r hands much to the dlsbust of the Senlors Xou xe guessed lt those Frosh were we For weeks we talked about the tr1p and dlscussed the wonders we were golng to VI hen Saturday arrlxed thlrty of us pxled 1nto a bus and bubblmg oxer 111 our Iareshmanlsh fare ya IISKCHIYI 'Nlr X 1zetelly7j wav, we started our rlde to the Cl 1 Xl hen we reached the Nluseum how ex er thmgs began to occur Dutlfully gatherxng around Nlr Byers we all were sllent wh1le he spoke QTHOL GHT I th1nk It was the only t1me durm, the year that thls phenomenon occurred SECOND 1'HOL GHT Ask Nlr Byers'J Hls ques tlon was XT hat do you want to see flrstg' Of course there were th1rty d1fferent answers' Durmg the tour of the blllldllig one l1l Cl8I'llI'IU was bodlly wlthdrawn from the 1nter1or of an anclent Haw11an klyak, by an 1rate Quard Two sentlmental dears sat ln a dark cubbyhole watchlng a m0V16 about L1fe under the sea QI have the1r names J JUNIOR SENIOR DEBATE PR ta ' Ihe dav had finally ar r1ved when 1t was to be Hnally and def1n1tely declded whether or not the Ih1l1pp1nes should be glxen the1r 1n dependence Semors VI alker XX h1tmore and Adalr adxocated lndependence wh1le Tumors jassey, Barlow and F1nkelste1n up held the n ,,at1ve XT hen the two th1rty bell called the stu dent body to assembly the Semors pre mptly lost the1r calm d1g.,n1ty and uffered a relapse of nerx ousness along w1th the1r jumor opponents 'XI1ss Parsons was s1ck Q or was lt an excuse to get awav from 1t all J but 'X11ss HCFTIHU w1th the alr of a martvr as umed nervousness enough for 1 h After the mtroductlon of Nlartha Luy ster Senlor XT alker the hrst speaker for the negatwe contended that cond1t1ons were satlsfactory and home rule should be hranted Tumor Barlow agreed that con CIIIOITCI were ,ood but only under L S rule In turn Semors XX hltmore and Adau and jumors Jassev and Fmkelstem had the1r say then the rebuttals were g1ven by Jassev and Xdalr HX reat suspense hung over the audl torrum as the judges Mr D1ckey Hrs took and Dr -Xlten retlred to compare notes and make a dec1s1on Upon the1r return the class of 34 added another vlc torv to IIS l1st the jumors had won' SENIOR PROM 'X unforgettable moment ln the l1fe of the class of 1934 was the Semor Prom on Frlday nlght December 1 The xmnasnxm decorated as for a har xest festlxal was the settln for the dance tood YITUSIL was proxlded bx the Lock wo 1d Coleman orchestra and thlQ exerx ClHl'lClI'l Semor knows IS the unportant feature of a p illX The 1rls lo rked beau t1ful and the bovs exen IIT the1r Illl-01111 il attne were 1 ant 1e1ux Ihe patrons Parr Ivtghfr an and patronesses from the sxdelmes smlled the1r approval and even Hr DeGelleke looked happy as he watched the eldest members of hls school fam1ly Phe DICIUTC of the Sea Cllff hlgh school ymnaslum colorful w1th pumpkms and tornstalks and autumn flowers the punch bowl corner lrlled w1th gay and laughlnh boy and Qlrls the popular alrs played by the muslclans w1ll l1n er long, 111 the mem ones of the stud nts who attended the1r tliss prom cc . 1 . V - s v ' v Y ' . I ' V . . U . va ,, ' . . A r v w , , ' U ' ' , LL ' 7 Y .V . i V Y . l 1 . v , , , ' Y 7 . . See. ' . ' y 7 ' . . . ,. U . ., . . . . a ' , , 1 AL - an ' 6 U . . ., . . , I I 1 ze . U . 1 , 1 . - v I . 7 v ' - , ' an T5 tv- , v Y . . ' , , 7 , 14 - an ' 1 , , . 1 Y V' ' . ' ' - 1 ls- . . . ' ' H 1 ' ' v a Y . . Y 1 , I . . . .7 . . - i o 1 , - K 7 ' ' U T l . ' V I . Y . - 3 , . 1 . , I V . 7 . - . ' 1 , . ' 4 Y 1 SO' . ' ' - ' . ' 1 , , 1 . . ' . ' ' ov ' ', , b Y A A I5 - Q 1 y 1 I ' ' ' Y , - u , 1 . , 1 . - 1 . , . . . U V. . , e ' 7 . . . . . Q y - -. ' f 7 T' ' . . . X 1 - Y lfri . . - Av 1' A l I - 7 9 V - ' 1 . ' 7 y . . . 7 0. V ' - V u . l 5- L 7 ' x ,f 1 ' 1' ' ' I U ' ' U ' ' ' r' , 1 ,., . ,., . 7 1 I . , . V v r, .F . . v C , J - . 1 - 4 . 3 L My v V, V Y , , U rg K . , . 5 . K N1 , ' z ' ' . g' 1 ' ' - Q ' 1 ' g f' - ' ' , . ' ' Z 1' Q 9 . ' ' ' . ' gill' I 1 ' 2 J 'z . 1' l'1 11