Arts High School - Vignette Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Seniors of 1946: The curtain falls on the last act of your Arts High School pageant. You have acted well your parts, you Seniors, one and all. A new and larger drama now begins, produced on the stage of life, where each must take his part, some with laughter, some with solemn dignity, others wea- ried with honest toil. The scenes will change from time to time, for some the scene will be an office in a busy department store or industrial firm. A quiet peaceful room in a vineclad cot- tage will be the stage setting for some; another may sit in a concert hall filled with admirers lis- tening to you, a great singer or violinist; again, an artist’s studio will attract the audience. So far your acts have been more like re- hearsals than those of a play. Now the real drama is on, and to play your part well this time will call for real courage and effort. Your aud- ience is the world, and the applause you receive will come only when beauty and meaning are in the work you do. We do not know. we cannot tell what part is set for each, but my sincere wishes go with you. In whatever role you have “Act well your part, there all the honor lies.” Loyally yours, Vi, iG VICE Catlin Today’s world - and tomorrow’s - has need of the same spirit of democratic cooperation which, matured in your school life, finds graphic expression in these pages. Be true to it beyond these portals, for while it lives within you the brotherhood of man on earth - faint and ephemeral though it may seem to some - still shines, beacon-like, amid the storms and shadows of our days. ie Landobfhi Five

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The rise of a Nazi party Gave birth to a world all sore With problems craving solution; The Globe was cast into a war: Our foes were sly and deceitful, The fox confronting the lamb. We needed the courage of men Who would back up Uncle Sam. So when the bugle was sounded, And fife and drum played their tune, Thousands of youths rushed to the ranks; — This strife must end;— and soon. Twelve of our Arts High students Answered the nation’s call, Boys who had studied in peace here, Who had once traversed these halls. So alive, with so much to live for, They fought for a brighter place To realize their hopes and ambitions And those of every race. Twelve gold stars now Stand for them,— each for a life they gave. Let’s keep their spirit moving; The peace they died for, let’s save. —Adele Schwartz MopEsTINO COPPOLA GEORGE A. PETERSON Epwarp DiLuzNIewskI HERMAN SANDLER JosepH HARRINGTON WALTER SEIDMAN Joun A. HeEppEs WittiAM SAUNDERS Frank M. Marson RoBert WALLACE JAMES Murren FRANK ZINNO Four

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PROLOGUE The curtain rises on our “Vignette” The cast is ready. The stage is set. We've worked and planned to put it through, And now we proudly present it to you. Shakespeare said in that immortal age, That “all the world is but a stage”. In which we each fulfill a dream. So on the theater we based our theme. Arts High for us has been the stage, And helped us through youth’s glorious age. These years of joy we wish ne’er to forget. That’s why we present this play, “Vignette”. Rose Greco