Wayne Cypen
Mr. Perrin was one of my favorite people at Beach High. He was a history teacher, but I don't think I ever took his class. I got to know him when he was the faculty advisor for National Honor Society, and I was the President. We worked together very closely during my junior and senior years. He and I came up with the idea of selling doughnuts before school as a fundraiser, and it was a great success. At our year-end banquet, the club bought him a silver tray, and, as a gag, we put a bunch of doughnuts on it. Mr. Perrin knew that Yale was my first choice for college [aside--Kyle and Melanie Cohen, that was due in large part to your father], and he would often greet me by singing, "Boola boola, boola boola"-- which I actually didn't even understand till later. Mr. Perrin was a history teacher, and I remember he basically called the 6-day War in 1967, citing the Middle East as the next big trouble area before the war broke out. I remember he once showed me a picture of Lenin and Lenin's wife (not the most attractive of women) and said, "Look at that. Is it any wonder he was mad at the world?" I realize as I write this that is not a very PC observation, but remember the times. I've thought of Mr. Perrin quite often over the years and wondered what happened to him. Seeing his obituary makes me sad, but it also tells me he lived to the age of 92, which is pretty darn good. You could see back then he was in very good shape and was probably an athlete in his younger days. The picture of him in the obituary looks very much like the way I remember him. I would like to read the entire obituary. It looks like he moved to Gainesville, and I'm sure he did some great stuff in his life. My condolences to his friends and family. Wayne Cypen, Miami Beach (Class of 1968)