The 1941 Yearbook

The 1941 Yearbook "ERE WE PART"

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Published by the Graduating Class of '41

Class Colors

Maroon and Gold

Class Flower

Gardenia

Non Sibi Sed Omnibus

Not For Self, But For All

Greer School

Hope Farm, N.Y.

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FOREWARD

In writing this book, it is our sincere hope that the students who remain may not forget the Class of '41. We therefore
have tried to prepare a better yearbook with better illustrations so that those who read it may be always reminded of the happy years we spent at Greer School.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Class of '41 wishes to express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Board of Directors of Greer School for making possible our education; to the Faculty, who have helped and guided our scholastic achievements; and to our House Parents and to all other Staff of Greer School for giving generously of their time and abilities to encourage us in spite of failures and to inspire us with a need for better citizenship and education. Let it not be said that we were ungrateful.

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To one who has unselfishly lent her services at Greer School for thirty-four years; one who, as assistant director, has done much in providing for the welfare of the students, by helping us in solv-ing our daily problems; we, the members of the Senior Class of '41, in order to express our app-reciation and great esteem, do dedicate this book to Matilda Misner.

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GREER SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Arthur W. Butler, President
Henry R. Labouisse, Jr., Vice President
Mrs. Henry R. Labouisse, Jr., Secretary
Charles C. Gifford, Treasurer
Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Treasurer
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Mrs. Henry G. Barbey
Miss Charlotte M. Boyd
The Rev. Roelif H. Brooks, S.T. D.
Mrs. Charles C. Gifford
Mrs. Russell A. Hibbs
Mrs. Charles B. Kaufmann
Edward Pulling
Theodore B. Russell, M.D.
Mrs. Theodore B. Russell
Mrs. Alfred Seton
Mrs. Frederick Sheffield
Alan DeForest Smith, M.D.
The Rt. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D.
Mrs. John W.F. Treadwell
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Philip E. Donlin, Counsel

GREER SCHOOL EXECUTIVE STAFF

Frederick G. Behrends, Director
Matilda Misner, Assistant to Director

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GREER SCHOOL STAFF

Frederick G. Behrends, Director

Matilda Misner, Assistant to Director

Mapledoram Fink, Administrative Principal

M. Josephine Thomas, Supervisory Principal

1st Row Left to Right

Carolyn Adelsberger, Dietician; Corabelle Tolin, Secretary; Pauline Riley, Seventh Grade;
Louise Williaims, Greer Cottage; Mapledoram Fink, Administrative Principal; Josephine
Thomas, Supervisory Principal; Eunice Vassar, Social Worker; Margaret Hull, Home Eco-
nomics; Pluma Swain, Fourth Grade.

2nd Row Left to Right

Ralph Anderson, Gate House; Ward Bell, History, Civics, Eighth Grade; Robert Lull, Mathe-
matics, Science; Mable Sidelinger, Upper Primary; Margaret Heifner, Daisy Cottage; Gertrude
Sutton, Plum Cottage; Mary Arnold, Science, Physical Education; Lovetta Brown, Crest
Cottage; Matilda Misner, Assistant to Director; Lille Linnekin, Clothing Buyer, Main House
Hostess; Alvera Bowen, Nurse; Nette Anderson, Gate House; Martha Countryman, English,
Assistant Librarian; F. Bud Gasper, Farm Superintendent; Jack Heifner, Daisy Cottage,
Physical Education; Harry Klein, Maintenance Superintendent.

3rd Row Left to Right

Eldred Ross, Music, Science, Latin; Marie McKinley, Head Camp Counselor; Nellie Morton,
Marcy Cottage; Charlotte Day, Lower Primary; Elizabeth Lyman, Commercial;Mary Nunn,
Bookkeeper; Helen Fink, Sixth Grade; Helen Musson, Rapallo Cottage; Madeline Stumpf,
Ledge Cottage, Guidance; Thelma LaQuay, Fifth Grade, Librarian; Alfred Musson, Rapallo
Cottage, Religious Education; Orin Bacon, Crest Cottage, Work Supervisor.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

September 6
October 12
October 26
November 3
November 5-8
November 8
November 20-24
December 19
Dec. 21 to Jan. 2
January 24
January 31
February 15
February 28

April 4
April 5-14
April 25
April 29
May 30
June 8
June 9-11
June 13
June 13
June 13
June 13
June 14
June 14
June 15
June 16-19

Opening Day -- Everybody rushes to flood the classrooms???
Y.P.F. Hayride -- Hay made while the moon shone
Hallowe'en Party -- Cider had pleasant effects
Annual Exhibit -- Greatest Fair yet
Quarterly Exams -- First real dose of scholarly puzzles
End of first milestone in the school year
Thanksgiving Vacation -- Off for gala Thansgiving feed
Christmas Play -- Traditional occurrence went over big
Christmas Vacation -- Off to disrobe our Christmas surprises
Semi-final completion of our picturesque year
Reports Issued -- Results mistaken for optical illusion
Valentine's Day Dance -- When hearts are blended
Trip to N.Y. to witness "Twelfth Night" -- Good trip in spite of snow
storm
Spring Vacation -- Hindered for many by measles
End of 3rd Quarter -- My! how time passes
Reports Issued -- So far advanced and oh-so-poor a showing to date
Mr. Behrends returns from Panama -- He looks like a million
Rhetoricals -- Better than ever
Y.P.F. meeting at Greer -- Plenty of new faces
Final Exams -- We couldn't concentrate anyhow
Reports Issued -- Little interest in marks -- just interested in passing
Class Supper -- Boy, what a feed
Awards -- Covered with glory
Class Play -- "Two Can Play" with seven in it
Commencement -- Not the glad occasion we pictured
Senior Dance -- Oodles of Alumni and good wishes
Baccalaureate Sunday -- A sad and solemn occasion
Regents Exams -- How could we study with thoughts of only Oppor-
tunity Ahead

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ROGUE'S GALLERY

	VALEDICTORIAN TOSHIKO HIRATA (Tish) Manhattan, New York "Knowledge is power" Entered in January 1938, in the ninth grade. Lived at Crest. Member of the Cottage Council. Basketball, baseball, hockey.
	SALUTATORIAN ALEXANDER EMILE DEEB (Mose) Brooklyn, New York "You never know what you can do until you try it" Entered in June 1935, in the seventh grade. Lived at Daisy. Editor of Ere We Part. Mem- ber of the Student Council, and the Young People's Fellowship. Manager of all boys' sports.
	JOHN TYLER ROGERS (Johnny) Manhattan, New York "A man is known by his friends" Entered in April 1932, in the third grade. Lived at Marcy and Gatehouse. Class Presi- dent. Member of the Cottage Council, and Young People's Fellowship. Football, basket- ball, and baseball.

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	GRACE JAMES (Jessie) Manhattan, New York "Her smile is her fortune" Entered in February 1936, in the seventh grade. Lived at Crest. Class Vice-President, Chairman of the Annual Exhibit. Member of the Student Council and the Young People's Fellowship. Hockey, basketball, and baseball.
	AGNES HELEN BEHNKE (Aggie) Long Island, New York "Art makes favor" Entered in September 1929, in the second grade. Lived at Plum, Greer, Crest, Ledge. Class Secretary. Member of the Cottage Coun- cil, Young People's Fellowship. Captain of the cheer leading squad. Hockey, basketball, and baseball.
	GLORIA LYNDE SMITH (Smitty) Long Island, New York "A fair face is half a fortune" Entered in October 1928, in the first grade. Lived at Plum, Greer, Crest, and Ledge. Class Treasurer. Member of the Student Council and Young People's Fellowship. Hockey, bas- ketball, and baseball.

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	OSCAR JAMES CARDOZA (Ozzie) Manhattan, New York "A little man may cast a great shadowr" Entered in October 1938, in the tenth grade. Lived at Gatehouse and Rapallo. Member of the Cottage Council and the Young People's Fellowship. Football, basketball, baseball, and track.
	KENNETH DAVIDSON (Kenny) Manhattan, New York "No wisdom to silence" Entered in July 1935, in the eighth grade. Lived at Gatehouse and Rapallo. Member of Young People's Fellowship. Football, bas- ketball, and baseball.
	BIRCH HINCKLEY (Birch) Monticello, New York "Business is the salt of life" Entered in October 1938, in the tenth grade. Lived at Daisy. Member of the Student Coun- cil. Manager of football, and baseball.

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	MICHIKO HIRATA (Mish) Manhattan, New York "Sincerity is the essence of happiness" Entered in January 1938, in the ninth grade. Lived at Crest. Member of the Young People's Fellowship. Hockey, basketball, and baseball.
	EDWARD ALBERT STOREY (Ed) Brooklyn, New York "Laugh and enjoy life while you are young" Entered in September 1939, in the eleventh grade. Lived at Daisy. Member of the Young People's Fel- lowship. Football, hockey, basketball, baseball, and track.
	DORIS WOELKE (Dot) Long Island, New York "The blond with the Spanish feet" Entered in July 1937, in the ninth grade. Lived at Ledge. Member of the Student Council, and the Young People's Fellowship. Cheer-leader. Basket- ball, baseball, and hockey.
	ERNEST ZARAKOVITIS (Ernie) Manhattan, New York "If speech is silver, then silence is golden" Entered in October 1938, in the tenth grade. Lived at Gatehouse. Chairman of the Young People's Fellowship. Football, basketball, and baseball.

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PROPHECY

Oct. 28, 1950

Dear Dairy:
Today I received a letter from Grace Jones. She's been promoted to Vice-President of the New York Savings Bank. Is she pulling in the dough!
Looked in the New York Times, and what should I see but Gloria Smith's name challenging Morgenthau Jr.'s position of Secretary of the Treasury. Wonders never cease.

Nov. 7, 1950

Gosh! I am now assistant Art Director for the McCall's. Also found out that Johnny Rogers, is the youngest critic on the Tribune, and has acclaimed Kenny Davidson's Tough, But Oh So Gentle, best play of the season.

Dec. 1, 1950

Today I had my personnel department hire a photographer. What a small world! It turned out to be Mish, an old pal of mine. She told me that Tish is President of Wellesley College.

Dec. 27, 1950

I'm awfully sleepy, but I just had to jot this down. Tonight I went to a dinner party in honor of the Nobel Prize winner. It was none other than Alexander Deeb, who has discovered a cure for Conky on the Bonky. He will revolutionize science!

Jan. 5, 1951

VACATION! Argentina at last! I'm staying at Ozzie's cattle ranch, which, they say is known throughout the country.
We went to the Fiesta; here I saw in lights, Doris Woelke. She is known as "Madame La Zonga," and has a three-year contract.

Feb. 14, 1951

An Alumni reunion on the 12th! Met many old classmates. Ed Storey told me that he is football coach at Notre Dame.
The same old Ernie Zarakovitis. Today he wanted to sell me some Mexican Jumping Beans to jump the sales of our magazine. Incidentally, I didn't buy any.

Mar. 8, 1951

Last night I went to the President's Birthday Ball. Guess who was receiving? Birch Hinckley, who's become his social secretary. That's the biggest wonder of all.
This afternoon I saw something in the movie sports review that didn't surprise me. Miss Countryman had become the proud possesor of the International Sailing Cup.

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BOYS' SPORTS

       Greer School enjoyed one of the best football seasons it has had in a number of years. Playing under a strenuous schedule, Greer won five, lost two and tied one; which is a very commendable record. Outweighed in every game, a fighting Greer eleven pulled many a lost game out of the fire. The highlight of the campaign was a scoreless deadlock with a heavily favored Rumford eleven. This was a moral victory in the eyes of Greer rooters for it not only broke the jinx Romford held over the Red and White for six years, but also broke their skein of 29 victories without a tie or defeat. Hats off to coaches Heifner and Russ Carpentier and Greer School men for a fine season.

       The basketball season did not turn out as well as expected in regard to the won and lost column. The varsity five could not click as a unit, and consequently could never get started. The team played fine ball at times, but wasn't consistent enough. Near the end of the season the Greer five reached its peak by displaying its hidden talent and true form. Although there were many disappointments, the Greer men kept up their fight, and with better luck the season would have been more successful.

       Hockey, a popular but slow sport due to the lack of ice at the proper times, had another good season at Greer. The Red and White skaters were victorious three times, went down to defeat twice, and tied once. The Greer six turned in some brilliant victories; shutting out Hackley 4-0, and blanking Millbrook 1-0.

       In baseball the Greer nine, facing a heavy schedule which included sixteen games, started the season off at an amazing clip by winning four out of the first five behind an airtight defense and superior pitching. Later in the season the pitching slackened a bit, the defense cracked, and we lost games that should have been won. Greer School rooters and the squad were confident of a good season.

       Track, although still not a major sport and comparitively new on the sport roster is rapidly reaching its peak as an outstanding sport at Greer. Handicapped by the lack of a track, which all the boys are looking forward to in the near future, the track squad has made steady progress each year since the origin of the sport. With the help of Mr. An-derson, track coach, the team came along in fine shape and had an excellent season.

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GIRLS' SPORTS

       This year's offerings in the line of girls' sports has been very exciting for us. School opened in the fall with field hockey as our gymnastic attraction. Many of the girls part-icipated and at the end of the season found that we had developed some hockey stars. This was proven by our record of being undefeated in games by the close of the hockey season.

       Unlike the hockey team, our basketball team had an unlucky season. The varsity team played a very hard game, however, and came very close to defeating our opponents several times. Maybe if we had some of "Jack's bean-stalk" on the menu, we would grow a little and have a better advantage. Although we haven't many tall girls, our players are fast and they showed a great deal of skill in the game.

       The Junior Varsity showed a very good season. They won three games and lost one. From appearances, we are promised an excellent future varsity team.

       Baseball took us out on the athletic field again. The spring seemed to be a tonic to the baseball team and they showed a very good exhibiton of soft-ball playing. Who can tell, from the wonders our players show; baseball may not stay on the men's field.

       This year of physical education, which has produced a healthy and happy group of girls, has been due to the coaching of Miss Arnold and Miss Riley. Their patient training was appreciated by all the girls. We sincerely hope that they enjoyed this year of sports with us as much as we enjoyed cooperating with them.

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		JUNIOR CLASS

	SOPHOMORE CLASS

		FRESHMAN CLASS

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