Watervliet High School - Spectator Yearbook (Watervliet, NY)

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secretary, Doris Hopsong and treasurer, Ted Baxter. There was an increase in dues because of the many social events of the year. The juniors proved their brilliance by acting in the Christmas play, Why the Chimes Rang . Miss Jane Gabriels directed the play and the following students .were featured: Tom Boghosian, Ronald Powell, Gladys Lacerda, Phyllis De Poli, Gerald Terrill, and Anne Wunderlich. ln February, a long awaited time arrived-we chose our class ring. All the class enjoyed choosing the one they thought was best. A ring committee was made up and students who volunteered to work on-the job were congratulated. .The campaign between Bill Gensicki and Hack Harris for Student Council president will never be forgotten by the classes of W.H.S. Campaign speeches were read over the sound system each day for a full week. On the voting day, everyone cast his ballot and waited for the news. When the votes were all counted and Bill Gensicki had won, homeroom 209 felt deeply honored. The semi-formal Junior Prom was held at the Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany. The committee heads for the Prom were Fred Gloeckner, Bill Gensicki, and Gerald Terrill.. Music was furnished by Paul Erwin, and Shirley Jallon was crowned queen. At the end of the season, we had again obtained the championship in baseball, our fourth straight Principals League championship. In soccer we ended the season with a record of five wins, three ties and two defeats. The basketball team's most important game was playing Glens Falls at Convention Hall. Our boys in the closing seconds of an overtime game lost by one point. SENIOR YEAR After patience and hard work mixed with fun for three years, we are very proud to be called seniors. This is the year that everyone looks forward to and waits for patiently. The thought of graduation appears in every senior's mind. During the past three years each one of us has had problems which Mr. Sanders' kind and understanding manner has helped many of us solve successfully. The ofiicers chosen to represent us in the last year are the following: president, Fred Gloecknerg vice-president, O Robert Harrisg secretary, Camille Cutieg and treasurer, Louis Romeo. In November, the Junior-Senior Party was held in the gym with the Solid Senders providing the music. The Senior Ball: an April event, was a success as always. As a result of the efforts of some outstanding seniors and our faculty advisor, the Senior Ball will be remembered by many graduates of 1947. ln May, the senior play, You Can't Take It With Youu, was given. It was directed by Miss Jane Gabriels, head of dramatics, and the cast consisted of the following: Gerald Terrill, Gladys Lacerda, Patricia Carofano, Frank D1-Brick, Howard Stanley, Douglas Williams, Robert Knott, Fred Gloeckner, Marilyn Doust, Dick Burns, Shirley Ray, Bill Gt-nsicki, Ronald Powell, june Morrison, Camille Cutie, Herbert Fleck, and Warren Carr. i The Class of 1947 extends its sincere gratitude and esteem to Mr. Sanders, our principal, our teachers, and our class advisor, Miss Ellen Barrett. Their untiring efforts in helping us when we were in difficulty will never be forgotten. We shall always be grateful to them for their willingness to direct us on the path to success. y PETER CORNELL ' SUBJECTS English is, you all must agree, Very important to you and to me. In class each senior is a saint Although outside he still says ain't . In our grin class we must, of course, Do gymnastics on the horse. We vainly try to vault with charm But end up with a broken arm. H is for history which all must take, - Forty-hve minutes a day we forsake. We study and learn about Faraday, But 'throw back erasers which come our way. llealth, arithmetic, law, would be fine If we could only get ninety-nine! Subjects would not then cause pain If answers would only sink in our brain. Pity not us, but our teachers all, Who stood us winter, spring and fall. In their friendly hands we placed our fateg 'Tis for them we cheer as we graduate! MARION LABELLH Page Tavehtyrlrree

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS 0F 1947 FRESHMAN YEAR September, 1943, should be remembered by all of Watervlict High School. It was the freshman year of a brilliant class--the Class of 1947. -The first d-ay was the most confused and tiresome of all, especially to beginners. We were brought to the audi- torium where we listened to some teachers discussing the various courses. After the talk, teachers led us to our homcrooms on the first and second floors. The freshmen encountered many mishaps, such as failing to find certain rooms, but it did not take long to get adjusted. Before we knew it, five weeks had passed by and that meant studying for the tests. We surprised both the teachers and ourselves by passing with Hying colors. The freshman class were certainly proud of themselves when January had gone by and they found that they had a half unit to their credit by having passed a half year subject, namely, civics. Before the Christmas vacation, we organized and elected our class officers. Miss Ruth Murray, homeroom teacher of 209, whom some lucky freshmen, including myself, got for a homeroom teacher, aided us in the election. The officers chosen were the following: president, Ed Kapelag vice-president, Ruth Levack, secretary, Rita Kristof, and treasurer, Paul Skinner. During our freshman year, dues were collected weekly. It seemed the students took finances seriously, for at the end of the year our treasury was full. Many freshmen participated in sports, especially in basketball. On the freshman team were Teddy Baxter, jimmy Wiseman, Ed Kapela, and John Sally. W.H.S. came in second in the Principals League. Baseball in the spring found Watervliet winning the championship again with the aid of a new freshman star, Hack Harris. We were proud of W.H.S. because of a banner year in sports and we felt that we were part of the success. iWith the arrival of spring, came two important school events. In May, Mr. Saunders had a special assembly at which he presented the honor students of the Senior Class. Each freshman wished that he could be on the stage as an honor student in 1947. In June, according to custom, all classes go to the auditorium for Moving-Up Day. The freshmen become sophomores, sophomores become juniors, and juniors become seniors. It is a sad day for the seniors, as we shall soon realize. Following Moving-Up Day came June finals, which meant study and cramming. The time flew and soon all the exams were finished. We certainly were glad when at last we had two months to relax. SOPHOMORE YEAR -When vacation was over, we found ourselves struggling once again with our schedules, in addition to making new friends and renewing old ones. We were sophomores now and looked up to by freshmen. The task of getting to a room in two minutes flat now was as easy as rolling off a log . Perhaps this year, some of us could get the sixth period free and lounge on the davenport in the library. The librarian, then Miss Lcttis, helped us considerably in picking books suited for us. English teachers liked this practice because both they and we knew book reports had to be in on time or else . Now that we were sophomores, class officers had to be elected to lead us through a successful term. The election was held in the auditorium, and the following were chosen as officers: president, Gerald Terrill, vice-president, Marion Mackay, secretary, Ted Baxter, and treasurer, Fred Gloeckner. Basketball began and at the end of the season, W.H.S. won the Class B championship and the finals in the Saratoga play-offs. Watervliet proved to be skillful in both baseball and soccer by winning the pennants. All of the Sophomore Class looked forward to the Sophomore-Senior Party, a social event given to the seniors by the sophomores. Miss Murray aided us again, and thanks to the committee chairmen, the party was a huge success. The music was provided by Charlie Randel. The gymnasium was deoerated in various colors by students of the Sophomore Class. jane Meyer and Travis Mosier read the Senior Roll Call. Many prizes were awarded and everyone seemed to have a. pleasant time dancing and drinking coke with his best girl. ' Before anyone had realized it, June just around the corner . Moving-Up Day then made jolly juniors out of us, a title which all of us liked. JUN1o1t YEAR Our year as juniors was one of the happiest periods of the whole four years. The feeling of satisfaction, confi- dence, and courage made everyone ready to smile. Now, we realized that teachers were real human beings. We knew that if a problem arose, a teacher would help and be a real friend to us. In our junior year we were accus- tomed to everything in the school. We also noticed a change in ourselves as we developed from children into adults. People spoke to us as men and women, not as children. Teachers had more respect for us, knowing that we were upperclassmen now. 'In September, 1945, Miss Ellen Barrett, a new social studies teacher, came to join the faculty of W.H.S. The Junior Class chose her as advisor for the coming year. Miss Barrett organized the class for the election of officers. The students who represented us this year were the following: president, Fred Gloeckncrg vice-president, Bill Gensicki, Page Twenty-two

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CLASS WILL INTRODUCTION: Wills in general are very formal expressions of legal genius loaded down with declarations in high sounding words and phrases which accomplish the sole purpose of proving that lawyers are smart people. This author is of the opinion that, since everyone knows that lawyers are smart people or at least ought to be, after six or more years of higher education, the aforementioned high sounding words and phrases are inconsequential and totally unnecessary in a document of this type. Therefore, I do not advise anyone to take for an example of a general will the following, which is the last will and testament of the Class of 1947. The members of said class are unsound in mind and in body and have only a hazy idea of what a will is, anyway. Without further ado, here it is. Our first bequest is to the underclassmen, which consists of one set of faculty, sometimes eccentric and always sorely tried but otherwise perfectly fit and fully capable of handing out colossal homework assignments. They also seem to derive a terrific amount of pleasure from using the red pencil on examination day. A little advice to you juvenile delinquents: We wish to state that the aforementioned individuals should at all times be treated with due respect and consideration, especially before report cards and finals. Professor James Wiseman, the book-worm, leaves to the Watervliet High School library his personal collection of fifteen thousand rare and interesting volumes, like Forever Amber . Teddy Muscatel Baxter leaves his rare ability to miss the school bus by a split second to that glamour boy of Port Schuyler, George Williams. CI think he's cutej don't you?j To the future residents of the History Forum of l03 we bequeath Miss llanrahan's mighty line, Why should l buy a minstrel ticket when I get a minstrel show from you people all day long? Is it entitled Hanrahan's Minstrelsn? Hmmm? Marilyn Doust leaves all rights, stakes, claims, and copyrights to Maplewood and all this section implies to . . Marilyn Doust. Gladys Lacerda leaves her snappy wardrobe and a new book she has written, entitled How to Catch tln- Menibers of the Male Sex , to Marion Pollock, or perhaps some other junior who needs them more than Marion does. To all students who have trouble handing in their book reports, we leave that great literary achievement, The Book Report Digest , complete with novels, short stories, essays and plays. Doug Williams leaves the residents of the Troy-Schenectady Road in peaceful slumber. No longer do they wake up screaming at Doug as he flies by in his flivver with no mufiler or water in the radiator and with fifteen members of the Latham school district riding in the rumble seat. The Class of l94'7 cheerfully bequeaths its part of Frear's corner to next year's seniors. f'l'wenty girls signed a petition against this bequest saying, We don't intend to budge. l Don Muth leaves his share of Montgomery Ward and Company fthe firm of high wagesl to all underclassmen who intend to work there. George Slicko and the rest of the woodpcckers from Ill leave that new vocabulary word to Funk and Wagnalls. T he word is stratis . The meaning? You'll have to ask George. To Professor Sanders we nitwits leave all of the telephone receivers still in their places. I think that you will find that the prankster no longer attends Watervliet High, Prof. John Sally leaves his unique system of note-taking to all hidden Rembrandts of the lower classes. His system includes drawing pictures of the head of the girl seated in front of him, or possibly an original portrait of the instructor or even perhaps a game of tick-tack-toe. Barbara Aylesworth presents her fifty boy friends fincluding Eddiel, and her flirtatious eyes and mouth to Diana Carofano. 'To Bert Cehowski and the rest of the cheerful waiters and waitresses in Gil's we give the last booth where most of us have carved either our names or initials on the table top. Page Tavenlyfour