Arts High School - Vignette Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Another new and exciting instructor in the art of good English who has won the friendship of each of us is DAVID JANOWITZ . . . Fashionable tunics of most spectacular lines and color have como from the expert teaching in gentle GRACE JOHNSTON’s classes. Her kind helpfulness has mado our Costujne Design classes most enjoyable . . . We cannot in such a small space enumerate all the times that without our typing teacher, MILTON KAPP-STATTER, we could never have reached success in our activities. He has been our constant guide and we will hold him in our fondest memories ... As sweet and understanding a lady as ALICE KEEHNER none of us has met, and for it we love her. Especially in English class, she constantly encouraged us. We give her special thanks for helping us make this scroll a success . . . For nutritious meals and delicious desserts, for fond memories of our school cafeteria, we thank EILEEN KNIP-PING and her staff . . . Because of her knowledge of the world and its affairs, our EMILY KRUCK has made us more conscious of history-making events. One of our ablest art teachers with a most interesting avocation, designing fabrics and wall paper with his charming wife, is our SEYMOUR LANDSMAN. He has always made our art classes more enjoyable . . . Guidance in the true sense we have all had, and our probloms of the future have taken on now lights. Many of us arc more sure of what careers and interests we are seeking because of GLADYS LONGLEY ... In the field of science and chemistry, JAMES LOWRY has been our expert source, and as our friend, he ranks high ... A truer appreciation of art and its possibilities of the past and the future, we have found in the classes of VERNA MEEK . . . For a keener comprehension of biology, we are indebted to ROCCO MISURELL, and surely for a clearer outlook on problems of health and life, the boys thank him. He gets our gratitude as advisor of the School Service Club and the many advantages it offers. His work with our stage crew is to be commended, also, for this is a vital part of our school life.

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Each time we see a curtain rise on a dramatic performance, how can we but recall the pleasurable moments in our little theater when ANNE SHIRLEY COZZENS taught us how to tread the boards. Deep in our memories, thoughts of all those successful plays will ever remain . . . Practise hard and be rewarded” is the lesson none of the male students will ever forget, for it is a constant reminder of ROBERT CRISWELL. a very popular physical training instructor . . . That cry has also reached the young women athletes of each gymnasium class, and we find MARGARET CROSS, not only training the maidens in keeping physically fit. but helping us in many other activities as well . . . Thcro is he whom we shall never forget, who will be brought back into our lives each time we hear great music, our maestro, ACHILLES D'AMICO. Our orchestra could not have been without the grand assistance of this fine man ... If some of us are among the chosen of the world who are able to visit our foreign neighbors to the south. ♦ hey will be more appreciative of their native customs because of THERESA DAVID. We give thanks for being shown the way and given an understanding of this civilization we dwell in by RUTH EDDY . . . The experience gained in her classes was invaluable . . . Many a clearer head can bo found on the subject of numbers and the like because of MARGUERITE EMMETT ... To the troasurc house of books, our librarian, EDITH GUSTAFSON, has led the way . . . We all know and appreciate the hours of accurate work spent by kind ALMA HAYES on items important to each of us . . . With us but a short time, yet gracious ROSAMOND HOPPER has added to the many pleasant memories we hold of working with our art teachers . . . Stimulating and inspiring is GLADYS HOWARD. We cannot find words enough to express our appreciation for her help in our publication. Working with her and knowing her is an experience that we will never forget . . . We give many thanks to SARAH HOWE for giving us the opportunity to model in clay. We have spent many hours after school in her pleasant company, fashioning our creations intelligently with her help.

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For the sewing of the most stylish robes and tunics, we could not ask for more careful and helpful guidance than from our newest friend, DAISY RAMEY. Her patience with our sewing problems will be remembered by the maidens of Greece . . . “An endless source of energy is the conclusion we have reached about RUFUS RICKEN-BACHER. It must be the secret of his being able to give so much for our interests, both as SCOPE adviser and organizer of the Student Council. He is another whom we count as unforgettable, and a most interesting person ... A more capable manager of records we could not hope to find than FRANCES RINDNER. with al-ways a ready smile to greet us all. ... A combination of dynamic personality and top art teacher is our ISABEL STEWART. She has a gift for teaching, and each time we have had her in class, it has been an experience that will live forever in our memories . . . Thanks to our understanding health instructor, CATHERINE SWEENEY, all the girls have a true picture of life and health, and will bo happier young women because of it. We have all taken a keen liking to LEONARD MORRIS. In his-tory class he has enlightened many a heart. But most of all we give special thanks, both the fellows ho has worked with, and we, the onlookers, for a truly great job of coaching. We want him to know that now we can point to our baskotball team with pride . . . Another new teacher has come to us in DOROTHY NEUSS. Her English classes will be written in our book of pleasant memories . . . More harmonious chords are heard within the portals of art and song, in the pleasing programs given by our new friend, MARIETTA PAPA-RO . . . ROY PERRY, a genuine friend of us all because of his casual manner and sincere teaching, has been making science just that much more clear for some of us. His classes will always remain dear in our memories . . . Out of the work shop of patient, helpful GEORGE PETERSON, have come some fine pieces of workmanship, from stage sets to lamp bases; and in his mechanical drawing classes, some future architects have been born. To him, the youths of Greece are grateful.