Who is Schwartz from Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and what is their importance?

chwartz, Appears in The Grandstand Passion Play of Delbert and the Bumpus Hounds - Friend of the narrator, equal to him in the playground hierarchy at Warren G. Harding School.

Appears in The Star-crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski - Joins narrator, Junior Kissel, and Flick in the parade in front of Josie Cosnowski's house in an attempt to catch a first glimpse of the new girl in the neighborhood. Schwartz, Flick and the narrator are also in the Buick that has just given them a ride home from school when Flick asks Schwartz if he thinks the narrator will get lucky that night.

Appears in Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories - In this story, Schwartz plays a bigger role than just a companion. Here Schwartz is shown to actually be a close friend and confidant. Schwartz has a tendency to be very organized and meticulous about things. The Prom is no different. He has his date, formalwear and corsage lined up long before the narrator does. He joins the narrator on a double date to the prom, including the event at the Rooster afterward where he has his first taste of two double bourbons. Ever the friend, he joins the narrator in the bathroom of the Rooster in one of the more painful and embarrassing of the rites of passage.