Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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Standing (left to right) Mr. Arnold Stark, Mr. Michael DeMarco, Mr. Herman Mendelson, Mr. Franklin Standish, Mr. Voris Linker, Mr. Stuart Benjamin, Mr. Peter Iosso, and Mr. John Wenker. Seated (left to right) Mr. Theodore Gnagey, Mrs. C. LaRue Crosson, Mrs. Josephine Conover, Mrs. Joyce Paul, and Mr. George Pontz. Not in the picture: Mr. Theodore Mellotte, Mr. Carl Strony. Senior an d Ofh icerd Senior Guide—Henry C. Gray Class Secretary—Linda Barbarosh Page 6 Senior Guide—Rita C. Mears Class President—Jim Roberts

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BIG BLAST '1 addition, built in th 1 oc“’ OP' ’ - DLA! The new school addition, built in the proved advantageous to all, as it pro lack of concentration on acadennV — .— 1957-1958 season, all, as it provided an excuse for tion on academic endeavors. Sarsaparilla Craze Grips C.H.S. The leader of this ill-fated rebellion staged in May, 1957, was promoted to the rank of ''class hero” in reply to his famous request: Could I be class hero, please, huh?” i I THIRTEEN CAUSES FEAR shivered as an unlucky number of thi u“rs was welcomed in September, 19e SOMTA ACTS The SOMTA committee contributed to education by establishing the Curtis H. Threlkeld Scholarship in honor of retiring teachers. - A en Senior £)rcuud leaved The recent dramatic offering was greeted with such enthusiastic notices as: absorbing” . . . Tribune, and top-grade” . . . Times. (Leonard Tribune and Marvin Times are both enthusiastic friends of Senior-class members.) a 7 yr 'tte Ted Sports swimming teams conti interscholastic swim' our class’ class to Senior ad d A , ‘At Sreadii ined PRES»' IDENT ELECTED ial election of 1957 produced Howard v «dent of .C.H.S. The president was c a U Washington by some, but ° e w -uch of Bruschi s T ! t , --idered V % 1 s x-N Q JCi i • The presidential election of 1957 prout». .. Bruschi as new president of.C.H.S. The president immediately likened to George Washington by some, others felt that Washington lacked too much of Bruschi s administrative zeal and popularity to be considerer for comparison. ... i STUDENTS ENSLAVED innocent sophomores were attracted an , clubs and committees, devices esfX longing the length of the school ’ ‘beauty and the beat RATED UNBEATABLE Night product''- 1 ’ y Qw Sfas „ V 4.c junior Night production, beauty and the beat,” scored an immediate success, prompting Brooks Winchell to write, Don’t they mean 'beast’?” and Walter Atkinson to remark, Don’t they dig capital letters?” The play may go down in history as the last of the tradi tional original Junior class presentations. d Audent beend the sophomore Vear’ ero£ in the rong lun Page 8