Gerard Hauck:  

You can contact me at jerryhauck on GMX dot com I'm not much of a writer, but I'll jot down a few memories from high school and college. --------------------------------------- High School Memories Making friends at lunch over pieces of cardboard with sauce and cheese on them, ... which made it easier to fast and donate our lunch money to the starving children in Biafra. Duper Day! (obscure reference to a day marked by eating many "Duper" ice cream sandwiches) Intramural basketball and bowling. Student protests that resulted in our being chained inside the auditorium, ... followed by a morning where students chained the gates at "the top of the hill" shut. Religion classes that ranged from,"Up on your pegs Beelzebub", .... to a more sedate approach that included listening to folk music like Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and pondering life with Brother Joe Freddie. Driver's Ed. Lake Varley (the water that collected between the school and the cemetery after a good rain). Saving carfare by hopping freight trains on Cooper Avenue and then walking through the cemetery to the back of the school. Finding a supplier for shirts with very very low collars, when the rules called for hair not to reach our collars. Ben the Hen (the bookstore/lounge, named after a peacock, who spent some time showcased in the window of the bookstore and lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn), ... dropping a quarter in the jukebox when leaving "Ben The Hen", to play Yoko Ono singing "Why?" to the great dismay of all those remaining behind. And if you don't like all that, ... you can meet me at "the top of the hill" after school and we will sort it out. ----------- College Memories Meeting more interesting, friendly, good hearted and sometimes confused people, from around the world; sharing our thoughts and new experiences. Meeting on "the hill" did not mean that you were preparing for battle with someone, as it did in high school. Instead it was a time to talk with friends, play guitar, listen to Marvin play the flute, ... and on rare occasions, study. Unfortunately, I have lost touch with most of the friends from that time of my life, but still have nice memories of them and send out good thoughts to those wonderful people. The Internet and social sites like this now make it possible to look up lost friends. However, I find in most cases that too much time has passed, and that memories that are clear and vivid to me, may have been minor ...Expand for more