East Side High School - Torch Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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7 '79te ti Uti H John Smith Our Classmate November 18. 1938 — September 6. 1956 But if the while we think on thee, dear friend. All losses are restored, and sorrows end. 24

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 244 The First Year We will always remember our first day at East Side. During registration, every one stared so. we felt as though we were on exhibition, wondering if we did. or didn’t pass inspection. We spent our 9B term at Ann Street. Oh! What misery! We had to carry several books back and forth every night, because we didn’t have lockers. To make matters worse, they had us climbing up and down four flights of stairs all day long! What we got out of it, besides an education, was a backache. ln.9A we came to the main building. How many times we admit walking in a complete circle around the entire school looking for our lockers. Every day we were pestered because we wouldn't submit to the traditional elevator ticket joke. We remember going to the football games and then coming home with sore throats, because of cheering so much. It was the year our team won the City Championship. and we were so very proud to be students here. The Second Year Boy. did we rib the poor Freshmen. After all, we were Sophomores and were no longer orphans. During our Sophomore year, we became good friends with each other, and spent most of our study periods talking about boys, clothes, more boys, movies and girls. We had our first election of class officers and the results were as follows: Dave Smith.........................President Tom Cheesman....................Vice President Pat Morelli........................Secretary Lydia Policastro...................Treasurer The Third Year During our Junior year, we walked around the halls waving away to everyone, making sure they saw our school rings. We had our first class dance, and we named it the “Roaring Twenties Dance.” Let’s say it was our “coming out” and we thought for sure no one would come. But. people came and the gym was packed. After the dance, we piled into cars and raided Cortez. What pizza! Came January and we once more were busily campaigning for the election of new officers. The newly elected officers were: Jack Geraldo...........................President Tom Colluci.....................Vice President Gloria Feijoo..........................Secretary Toby Battipaglia.......................Treasurer 26