Arts High School - Vignette Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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ARTS HIGH’S ADVENTURE A good yearbook should paint a picture of what school-life has been for the senior class during the preceding years. In an attempt to paint our picture vividly, we have created a character whom we shall call Artie. The purpose of this figment of our imagination is to give you, the reader, a better insight into what school has been like for us, the seniors. As we retrace Artie's high school career, it is interesting to watch the changes that come over him. His development, stage by stage, is so very familiar to all of us that we can’t help remembering ourselves in his sometimes awkward and sometimes pleasant positions. He changes from a painfully-shy freshman, who wouldn't dare dance with a girl, to a very self-confident senior who considers himself quite a Lothario. But that is getting ahead of the story. So let us now permit Artie to tell it in his own words. HI THERE! My name is Artie. After being comfortably planted in grammar school for eight years, this uprooting has caused an unexplainable turmoil in my brain. This huge building appears to me, as an overpowering giant, waiting to get me in its clutches. Oh no! I must think of going to high school as an adventure, a high adventure, Artie’s High Adventure. Surely the thought of new teachers, new friends, and a new school, should not affect me in this manner. I have chosen a school of the arts, where opportunities are limitless, and rewards endless. I must set my goal and outline a pattern for obtaining it, with Art, Music and Drama, as a foundation for the rich, full years ahead. Why then are there these constant fears and anxieties? Vm new. Vm a freshman!