Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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NEILL ACKERMAN 310 Richmond Avenue South Orange . . his well-performing Fury . . . capable past homeroom chairman . . . always trying to clear those congested halls . . . Physics Club 2, 3; Homeroom Chairman 2, 3; Sophomore Orientation Committee 4; Traf- fic Committee 2, 3; Chairman 4; All-School Production: Ticket Committee 3, 4; Senior Play: Ticket Committee 3, 4; Executive Committee 4. WILLIAM ACKERMAN “Bill” 423 Elmwood Avenue Maplewood . . . torn between medicine, the stage and the Olympics . . . in- citing riotous cheers . . . highly explosive . . . Parnassian Society 2, 3, 4; Pre- Medical Club 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; Track Team 2, 3, 4; Cheer Leader 4; All-School Production Cast and Chorus 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3. STARR ACKLEY 36 Kendal Avenue Maplewood ... an Army brat . . . who has dimples? . . . last to drive the Mercedes . . . Personality Club 4; Homeroom Vice-Chairman 4; Bookstore Committee 2, 3, 4; Sopho- more Orientation Committee 3; Nominating Committee 3; Student Exchange Committee 4. IRIS MICHELE ADLER KIH 52 Cottage Street South Orange . . . one reason why blondes aren’t having much fun ... a dancing doll with that inborn rhythm . . . “surprise me if you can. I’m a merry jest!” . . . Jazz Club 4; Pan American Club 2, 3; Personality Club 4; Platform Club 4; Homeroom Social Chairman 4; Pep Com- mittee 2. ANN AINSLIE 327 Warwick Avenue South Orange . . . her love for sailing and sports . . . her beautiful red hair . . . great “aid” to the South Orange Library . . . G.A.A. 2, 3, 4. DENISE ALBOUM 59 Highland Avenue Maplewood . . . always a smile . . . that long wait till October . . . com- patibility with both sexes . . . Le Cercle Fran ais 2; Person- ality Club ; S.O.S. 4. RICHARD C. ALSTON “Itch 50 South Crescent Street Maplewood • • . his relentless desire to be- come a great swimmer . . . So who needs parties? . . . Where’s the water? . . . Jazz Club 3; Swimming Team 3, 4. ROBERTA ANDERSEN “Bert” 19 Vermont Street Maplewood . . . always seen in a yellow convertible with the Kansas Kid . . . frequent trips to the mailbox . . . her wittiness . . . Business Education Club 3; G.A.A. 2; Homeroom Secre- tary 2; All-School Production: Properties Committee 3. Page 11

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1965 1962-63 The year of awe. O Columbia, thou shalt teach us, finally were in high school, Hail Sopho- mores” and the frantic search begins: the new wing, yes, you’re in it, a swimming pool, yea! ugh! and told from the beginning that we’re the class of ’65. The cougar roars and the football team is good, very good, top in the state, only to bow to Montclair after being demoralized by the Cuban missile crisis. The cougar bloody, but unbowed; and basketball even brings a crack in the solid wall of school policy, and now the new cry, Let’s go, Cougars.” The year of biology. Scrounging through mountains of earth worms living or dead, the deep freeze of the winter, books, books, winter softens and the Hub brings his new administration wheel- ing in on a jeep. John Ciardi comes to Columbia and with him Spring, the bright green salvation of weary students. Columbia ceases to hang bulkily about us now, it fits, and we fit, and the near- ing summer gives tell-tale signs of the year’s end. End it does, seniors outward, juniors onward, and we sophomores, up one rung, vacating the bottom of the ladder. 1963-64 The year of planning. Juniors, juniors, ecstasy and PSAT’s, a fresh new outlook, looking down as well as up, spirit boils, and The Crucible explodes, a Junior Play with meaning and impact. The Junior Class wears black, Mr. Woudenberg tells his story about rabbits, and the day ends in dis- belief and agony. JFK snatched from our sight and placed on an eternal pedestal so near and yet so far. The painful murmur of drums, John-John salutes, and we the class of ’65 move forward, knowing only too well that something irrevocable has been left behind. The year of the license. Jim Beatty runs and speaks, college time stalks slowly around us, and the Joff ends the second winter with Let them come to Columbia.” And come they do: SAT’s, Achievements, Merits, and college interviewers. A message from the Peace Corps and from New Jersey’s Senators. The beginnings of the Presidential campaign and the Republican primaries in New Hampshire and California. Barry’ll never make it. Our two days of Spring vacation given back and added on to the end of the year. The warmth of summer and another graduation, close, but still not ours. 1964-65 The year of anxiety. It’s our turn, and we don’t seem so big or so terribly wonderful. The year starts with a suntan, but is soon paled by the humiliating realization that IBM efficiency has given each of us a number. Almost the year of numbers, 00035, 310-750, and for some, even Avogadro’s number. Seniors now, the reward for spending two years down under: yearbook pictures, college applications, interviews, Boards again and again. Hectic days, but still the routine of tempered normalcy: a good football team, and the Student Talent Assembly reveals to us what we have in our own school. Election tempo catches us up in its fury, (we’ll vote next election), cries of immor- ality and who is William E. Miller? The half-year. January and it’s over except for minor details: classes and exams. Rest, relax. April, yag, and our residences for the next few years are decided. May, June, and swirls of memory. The year of reflection. O Columbia, hast thou taught us? We and no one can judge, not now, but later, next year, the year after. All of us on different roads, all the roads endless, but all starting at Columbia. Can we do it, can we be what is expected and more? The three years swarm before us in a frenzy of melancholy and bliss, the class, the game, the bell, a teacher’s face, peering from the onrushing waters of memory. Here then the pride, the joy, the distinction, and the firmest knowledge: If we can’t do it, nobody can. Page 10

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JERI LEE ANDRECHYN 7 Everitt Place Maplewood ... to Rutgers or Plainfield, that is the question . . . creative with ink and alphabet . . . “Funny Girl” . . . Fencing Club 2; Future Teach- ers of America Club 2; Jazz Club 3, 4; Pan American Club 2, 3; Personality Club 4; Show- case Club 4; Eligibility Com- mittee 4; Sophomore Orienta- tion Committee 4; Foreign Exchange Committee 4. JUNE ANDREWSKI “Lammiepooh” 76 Riggs Place South Orange . . . never changes her mind (not for three years, anyway) . . . attracted to the aDONis type . . . ever running to the mailbox . . . Arts-High: Designer Club. DORIS ASADORIAN “Doree” 21 Courter Avenue Maplewood . . . “friendship is the wine of life” . . . always enthusiastic . . . “crucible cast on in five minutes” . . . Le Cercle Fran ais 2, 3, 4; Future Teachers of America Club 3, 4; Jazz Club 3: All- School Production Chorus 3; Junior Play Stage Manager 3. ROGER ANTHONY Moe” 531 Prospect Street Maplewood . . . one for parties . . . part of the two-wheel set . . . that tur- quoise beast with a Chevy engine . . . CHARLES APPLEBAUM 41 Plymouth Avenue Maplewood . . . his ability to do every job well . . . his commanding per- sonality . . . those good looks Homeroom Chairman 2, 3, 4; Elections Committee 2; As- sembly Committee 3, 4; Foot- ball Team 2, 3, 4; Nominating Committee 2. BETH APPLEBAUM “Apple” 320 South Harrison Street East Orange . . . petite figure, white Corvair . . . vivacious and unpredictable personality . . . love makes her world go round . . . Jazz Club 2, 4; Folk Music Club 3; Pan American Club 3; Personality Club 4; Homeroom Chairman 3; Finance Commit- tee 2, 3, 4; S.O.S. 4; Student Exchange Committee 4. FRANCIS ARKENBERG “Tad” 342 Meadowbrook Lane South Orange ... a future electrical engineer . . . reserved but resourceful . . . homework to be done in “homeroom” . . . Traffic Committee 2, 3. VICTORIA L. AUBIN Vicki” 118 Boyden Avenue Maplewood ... a certain guitar player’s favorite listener . . . that little Deuce Coupe . . . that famous homeroom romance . . . Electronics Club 3; Showcase Club 2; Homeroom Secretary 3; All-School Production: Dancer 3. Page 12