Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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—— IUI) SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The class of nineteen hundred and thirty has been one of the most active and most progressive senior classes within recent years. Though respectful of tradition, the class has introduced a number of innovations. Every project undertaken has been executed with good will and sincere effort. Throughout the four years play has gone hand in hand with work, and the result has been a happy blending of strenuous effort and good times. In the freshman year only a small number of the present class had yet entered the school, but in this group were many who were destined to be leaders in future school years. Most of us commenced our high school career as sophomores. This was a period of acclimation, but also one of very marked activity. Many of our boys were on the varsity teams, and one of our sturdy athletes was elected to captain next year’s football team. In the interclass debate, our team came out victorious in the finals, scoring a defeat over the seniors of that year. We presented a play before the school, entitled “Thank You, Doctor”, which was enthusiastically received. A class party was held, a forerunner of the elabor- ate affairs to follow in the last two years. Generous contributions from the treasury were made to the Vermont flood sufferers, and to the school scholar- ship fund. Installed as Juniors, and fully aware of our responsibilities, we set about making a good year. We had gained a reputation by the spirit and activity of our sophomore year, a reputation which we were intent upon maintaining. Again our boys and girls made envious records in athletics. In our Junior Prom, a gay night of music and laughter, given in honor of the Alumni, we established a new bond of friendship with the seniors by inviting them to attend. This act of generosity has now been firmly enrooted in school tradi- tion. An unusually clever and entertaining assembly program was presented be:ore the school. It consisted of a picked chorus of boys who sang well- known college songs, representing a Columbia reunion, while at the same time vivid tableaux illustrating the songs were enacted by other class members. In preceding years the junior class had given annually a public show called the Junior Vaudeville. When our turn came to present the accustomed entertainment, we took it upon ourselves to alter another school tradition and thus called our show “Junior Night”, an appellation which has continued to be used. And now our Senior year! Our play, given at Thanksgiving time, entitled “Merton of the Movies”, was a creditable success. The Senior Ban- quet, held in March, was the occasion of good fellowship and merriment, where class talent was much in evidence, and class spirit soared high. Then through the spring months, with members on the teams, we have sped rapidly to the close of our high school career, on to our goal, Class Night and Commencement! As we pause upon the threshold of our Alma Mater, we cast back a last, long, lingering glance. We have had a happy time, and as we say good-bye we pledge ourselves to be ever worthy of the ideals Columbia has instilled in us. Twelve