Trinity School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF I944 The war was over, twenty years had passed, I had returned to Trinity at last. The picture of the class of '44 Brought back some pleasant memories of yore. I .sought the denizen of Room 19, And asked him of the ones l lllllllff seen. Along the alphabet from A to Z ' He went through all of them, including me. Bengtson went into banks, the poor, poor soul, .lust eking out his bread from what he stole. Billyou, with his same schoolboy dash and fire, Preached sermons every week, and taught a choir. Russ Brown played tennis still, In factf, said he Ted Schroeder or Don Badge had naught on mef' Craig became a Park Avenue M. D. Great was his fame, exorbitant his fee. Juan deOnis, a hist'ry prof of note ' Reeled of important happenings by rote. And Evans, high in the Fire Department Weltt with the little F lowlr where'er he went. Finch took a junior executive,s seat While planes and rockets were Phil FTftlllCllll,S meat Soldier of fortune and globe-trotter too, Clicker was now a general in Peru. Hadley, a stalwart G.O.P. and firm ' Was still campaigning, shouting No ninth termlw Mechanic, Hastings had just what it takes, Though unsuccessful, he got all the brakes. Heard, on the Daily News as city editor Out-edited each and every competitor. Heath went into finance, a genteel trade And worked his upward way till he was made. Holland, a veteran coming from the war. Took charge of a prep school - he asked for more. It seems that Inwrighfs voice did finally change He'd sing while riding back home on the range. An engineer at work for Henry Kaiser, Koch was much wealthier but not much wiser. Marsden became a Chem. engineer But changed for advertising, so I hear. 44

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WRESTLING TEAM NQUES'l'lUNABl,Y, the I944- Wrestling 'lleam eannot lie said to have had an extremely sueeessful season. ln view ol' the faet. however, that this was 'l'rinity's very first year in interseholastie competition. and that her opponents were of the highest ealilier, the reeord is not one of whieh to he ashamed, Under the alsle guidanee of Nlr. Harrison lBreak his arm if you ean't reaeh his neekl Seott, the raw material of the team was molded into a line eondition, within a few weeks after the lneginning of the season. Stan Napier was eleeted Captain. and the remaining memliers of the squad were arranged as follows. aeeording Io their weight elasses: 95 Llp. Class Sehafer l35 Ll: Class Baird IOS Lli. Class P. Smith L10 Lh Class Napier IIS Llr. Class del Rio H-5 Lin Class Seudde lf.'5 l,li. Class Meliee 155 Lil Class Bell I30 l.Ii. Class de Haas H15 Lli. Class Harris The three meets which Trinity partieipated in with Ueeanside, Lynlbrook and Nlalverne, respeetively, all resulted in losses for the Blue and Cold. All of our matmcn gave their very hest. hut the marked superiority of their opponents was the deciding factor against them. With the experience gained this season, and a large numlier of the squad returning next year., the prospects for the i945 Wrestling Team are very hright. and we sineerely wish them the hest of luek in their new enterprise. Seated: Oliolensky. Napier. Hell. Harris. Stevenson. Holeomlie. C. Smith. Ass'I Couch. Slumling: lfoueh S4-olt. Sehafer. l'. Smith. del Rio. Seudder. Mt-Kee. de Haas. Baird. Wluruiger. Popham. I3

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And Mae, the Humphrey Bogart of his time Played heroes, or men steeped in heinous crime. His name resounding through the business whirl, Merriman was a billionaire in erl. Miles sold insurance, with briefcase and all That was his payoff, ,cause he was so tall. Poor Stanley ended as a soda jerk. He lost his pile and had to go to work. And Parker went to F rance, sent by lend-lease The U. S. once again returned to peace. On twenty-third street stands a Pete,s Cafev Wliicli Rigney owns and manages today. On poor old Rivers let us have some pity. He's still behind a desk at National City. Rodes disappeared among the South Sea Isles On him was little data in our files. A research doctor, Schleussuer was superia Till he was caught by one of his bacteria Seredin was U. S. ambassador, And Russian women thronged his open door. Walter Roy Silbersack had made a name A bigwig in the advertising game. Consulted by all in every railroad matter, Smitty was less impulsive, but much fatter. Some people call him Reverend or Father But we call Perry Perry, without bother. The only rhyme that we could find for Cookie -- A ppropriate, perhaps - he was a bookie. Tansill had made a fortune of his height Sans stilts, he changes gleaming marquee lights. Annapolis grad and high-up navy man Warren eommandered our fleet in Japan. Whiteley invented some goo-stuf for the hair, Although his once-blond head was shiny bare. As a hog-caller, Wikstrom made a sound That brought the piggies in from miles around. Wilson, dear little fellow made a pile, As Bob Hope's stooge, he rolled them in the aisle Designer of great airplanes was Zabriskie His ships were fine, but flying them was risky. And so I found about all my classmates And learned of what had been their sundry fates And when all these things had been told to me I sadly took my leave of Trinity. 45