Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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Senior Class History HREE Years ago our class as sophomores entered Columbia High School. In June as seniors we will be graduated, will leave to seek new fields, new activities. Some will begin at once to earn a living. Some will continue their education. But none will forget the three years we have spent here together. They have bee'' three happy, eventful years, important in our lives. As the time draws near when we shall leave Columbia, we survey in retrospect the events of our stay. In our first year here, we gave the Sophomore Dramatic Club the largest membership it has had. With Fred Gaertner as its president, the club presented several assembly plays, and our operetta. Crocodile Island , in the spring. Severol of us were admitted to Parnassian during the year. As juniors, we became more at home in Columbia, more acquainted with its traditions and spirit. The Guild, organized last year, found many juniors among its charter members. Several boys became varsity members of the football team in the fall. Herb Rainwater, in his second year as a regular, won fame for his ski!!. Frank Tomlinson. Joe Pelt, Joe Murphy, and Joe Zellers, were also found in varsity competition. Paul Auerbacher bolstered up the swimming team, winning many medals also in individual meets. Bill Woodman’s track prowess rose to real heights during the year. Our Junior Night circus proved a great success, and the dramatic ability of Bruce Stauderman was acclaimed throughout the school. Doris McGinity. as a junior, was chairman of the Assembly Committee, the only under-classman so honored. The Bishop Misbehaves was presented in November as our annual senior play. Sally Thayer. Dean Hoskin. Harry Smith, and Bruce Stauderman starred in this comedy, a recent Broadway success. This year under the direction of Doris McGinity. the G.A.A. has the largest membership in its history. The Guild, in its second year, is having another successful season. Joel Fantl, its president, is also editor of the Mirror. Malcolm Cross is one of the best School Council presidents we have had. With Dave Lewis as chairman, the Fire Committee has greatly increased the efficiency of the fire drills. This year, Columbia High School celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment. The Parnassian society presented The American Way , depicting the growth of high school education, a student-written enterprise. The Guild pub- lished a booklet containing representative work of students in the school. Many seniors were active in work on these projects, which celebrated the culmination of the work of fifty years in educational fields. Wc ore glad to have been a part of these activities, glad we hove found tangible expression of our loyalty to the school. We have learned much in our three years at Columbia besides what we have been taught in classes. We have found outlets for our self-expression in art, in dramatics, in writing; we have found a spirit of cooperation, of loyalty to standards; we have discovered the traditions and ideals of Columbia, and have tried to live up to them. So. when we come to the parting of the ways in June, it will be with regret at leaving behind us these three years in Columbia. But the spirit of Columbia will live on in our hearts as we go abroad seeking our ends. THE MIRROR—1936 Page Fourteen

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President—SAM CARRIER Vico PreJdont—FRED GAERTNER Secrotary—BETTY MIREAU Treasurer—JACK AMBERG SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL Page Thirteen

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(2. 3). Mirror Staff Latin Club BARBARA MARVIN ADAMS Barb Mirror Staff (4): Secretary of Home Room (3) : Civic Committee (2); Senior Play Committee (4) : G.A.A. (2. 3. 4). RICHARD M. ADAMS •Dick Swimming Team (3, 4): Fire Committee (4): Election Committee (3): Junior Night (3): Home Room Vice-chairman (4). ESTHER ALLERTON Sophomore Dramatic Club (2); Junior Drama tic Club (3); Junior Night (3): G.A.A. (2). JOHN W. AMBERG Jack Home Room Chairman (2. 4): Junior Night (3): Fire Committee (3. 4); German Club A2): Senior Class Treasurer (4). JOHN ANNIN Football (2. 3. 4); Baseball (3. 4): Junior Night Committee (3). MARY ASH Si» Sophomore Dramatic Club (2): G.A.A. (3); Commercial Club (3). PAUL C. AUERBACHER ’Venlly Lunch Roor Committee (2. 3. 4); Football (2. 4); Traffic Committee (3); Swimming (I. 2, 3 4): Fire Commitee (2. 3. 4). MARJORIE AUSTIN Mot» School Council (3. 4); Assembly Committee Chairman (4); Treasurer of G.A.A. (3, 4): French Club (2. 3. 4): Junior Night (3). MARY BACHER Kitten Commercial Club (4). Page Fifteen THE M I R R O R— 1936