St Nicholas of Tolentine High School - Tolentia Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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I , FVCSLIMGU' I 9 'I 7' VY Freckle-faced and slightly heavy, Tolly arrived in Tolentine in 1947. Her uniform was brand new and Nd very shiny. Her feet were adorned with white socks and moccasins. Her hair was straight because she was CD not very skilled with the curlers. She was willing and eager and very wide-eyed. , 4 She attended all the games and joined clubs whose l meetings coincided. She studied and played with , painful earnestness. She gazed with awe at the upper classmen and could not wait to be a senior. She was very self- conscious and giggled when she saw a fellow any closer than twenty feet. ,Sophomore V748 49 Turf' W5 3 l - A ku ll. . l l In 1948 Tolly was an old hand at Tolentine. She acted big to the freshmen and could not believe that she had ever been like THAT. Tolly was definitely getting better looking. The old uniform did not fit as well. It was too short and way too wide. Her freckles were getting lighter and her hair, with the nightly aid of bobby pins, looked really smooth. Tolly's uniform pockets were usually stuffed but her capezios were oh! so sharp. Tolly was much more sophisticated. Rudolph's and Elsie's were seeing her more and more often. Boys no longer rattled her at twenty feet. They had to get within ten to upset this young lady.

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Weakner: Strawberry short cake Onions Sweet Pickles Cream cake Skating Egg Salad and Pickles Singing Boys Dancing Men Dancing Tea Sara Jean Basketball Eating Records Convertibles Basketball Cake Me Ice Cream Singing Eating Pet Peeve Getting up Fatty S. Being called Murph Homework Latin at 8:15 A.M. Crowds Rising bright and early Alarm clocks Crowded Buses Brother Men's suede shoes The Navy Straight hair Getting up Oxfords Having to exert myself Snobs Open windows Freshmen Red hair Homework Steel rimmed glasses Lateness Fondeft Remembrance Favorite Song Summer '50 Thinking of You The Berkshires Stardust Atlantic City '50 Our Very Own Ride in Sister's car My Hero Summer '49 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue September 26, 1950 My Foolish Heart Summer '50 Rockaway '50 Rockaway '50 Prom '50 New Year '50 August '48 Summer '50 Christmas '47 Summer '49 Poconos '50 Easter '50 July 8, 1950 The Prom Senior Year Senior Year Prom '50 Summer '50 15 In the Still of the Night I Can Dream Can't I So Tired I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded You Are Always in My Heart Who No Other Love I Can Dream Can't I You Belong To My Heart Canadian Capers Because Nevertheless Silent Night Painted Desert Because Thinking of You You Always Hurt Ambition Secretary Get where I'm going Fur coat Teacher Roller Derby R.N. Secretary Marriage Happiness Honeymoon in Hawaii College Prom To get married To own a red convertible Graduation from college To visit Ireland To be on time R.N. College To get a man To have an ambition Physio-Therapist Success in life The One You Love To board at co-ed college

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I' Mak JUNIOR xg. 1947-50 tafogy man, no less! Tolly was really on her way in '49. An upperclass- She had just had to get a new uniform and she l fl ,-4 Miss Tolly Senior was the big boss in the school. She was proud of the sparkling ring on her finger. She was looked up to by the freshmen. She had that grown up look and lived up to it. Tolly was going out into 'the adult world in a short :ime and consciously or not, she. was preparing her- self by working part time and taking on responsi- bility. She went steady with a dreamy fellow and dreamed of a dreamy Prom. She wondered what color gown to get, pink, white, maize? No matter which, it was Jeautiful and so was Tolly on that big night. Tolly worried about what she would do after grad- uation. She wrote away for catalogs, visited schools Jf all kinds, filled out applications, made big de- :isions. We wish her success in whatever she does. managed to dress it up quite a bit. She added a dif- ferent belt, turned up the collar of her blouse and pinned it with a cute scatter pin. Of course, the ox- fords did not add to her glamour but Tolly added plaid shoe-laces and changed the dumb shoes as soon as she reached the locker room. School work had her a little worried. Those four regents loomed on the horizon, but Tolly jumped into the fray and managed to defeat the four horse- men. Tolly's freckles were disappearing and her figure was improving. She was a real sophisticate! Boys, oh, excuse me, men did not bother her a bit. Search H50-Sl 'h1Zj a'l 0 W is C9 Lf vu x iw l V. al, 1 l A s .ff