Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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he End Of A Chane ne We have seen the end of two chapters in our life span. The first one was very short. We remember only the high spots of that part of life we now call childhood—birthday parties and our first train ride, the sea shore in the summer, and the sleighrides in winter. The second, those years in grammar school, brings to mind the school plays, the Hallowe’en pranks, Christmas caroling, and finally — graduation. We really thought we were quite grown up then, didn’t we? Now we know differently. We’re approaching the end of the third, the most important one now. Whatever we remem- ber of the past will seem insignificant compared to the memories of these four years of high school life. Remembering “him” in the football games of our freshman year—at those sophomore swim- ming meets, putting a little something extra in- to “his” backstroke, ’cause “she” was there watching. Our first Junior prom in the eloquent- ly, decorated gym, and so proud of our first “formals” and escorts. That unforgettable com- mencement that brought a lump to his throat and tears to her eyes. But there were little things, too, such as get- ting a cut slip or seeing our name in the Entree linked with “that certain one.” That swelling of pride in our hearts whenever we made the honor roll. The empty feeling in our stomachs because of that first “F.” The excitement over the new schedules each term. The thrill of see- ing our names on the prospective graduate list. Cutting a spring day to go on a picnic. The Junior and Senior plays, the pep rallies, the football dances, the class meetings, signing year- books, saying goodbye. All these things we must turn our backs to, for we have yet to live. Someday, though. we can again look upon them. The tangible football schedules, yellow with age, play programs scribbled with com- ments, the crumpled remains of a corsage, the tarnished athletic awards, the yearbook, the intangible memories which we hold so dear. But just now, we must look ahead, for the future is more important than the past. And now we must simply call it “the end of a chapter.”

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WY , ; if fe4 MR. WALDRO J. KINDIG Principal SENIORS: “Never in the experience of mankind has there been so great a challenge placed before the youth of today. Sen- iors leaving our secondary schools are being asked to shoulder a great share of the burden of war and, at the same time, to create a vision of the kind of world we should like to live in after this conflict. “Many of the classmates are now in the armed services. Others will enter those services in the summer; no one in the class will be untouched by the war effort or its effects. “Let us then dedicate our energy, tal- ent, and training to the prosecution of Merely A Parting this war and to the reconstruction period of peace that will follow.” “ So-Long if WALDRO J. KINDIG, Principal MAG Ahead Ws Se It has often been said how difficult it is for many people, e specially students, to get accus- tomed to and fully acquainted with a new friend in one year. Since the very first meeting with Mr. Kindig dictates to ’ Miss Eleanor Mercuro, Secretary. our new principal, that statement lost all mean- ing, for Mr. Waldro Kindig has imbued with each and every student a common friendship, an inspiring atmosphere. % After graduating from Ohio State University, Mr. Kindig returned to his home town, Napo- leon, Ohio, to teach. Later he taught in Dela- ware, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Mt. Holly, New Jersey; and Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1935, he received his masters’ degree at Columbia University. He succeeded Dr. Galen Jones as principal of Plainfield High School last Sep- tember. Only two of his many achievements this year have been leadership in the Victory Corps and tenor membership in the faculty “barber shop” chorus. His first year in PHS is memorable, especial- ly to the departing seniors who have found in him a most devoted and enthusiastic friend. He has set a fine example in saying: “There can be no freedom without responsibility, no liberty without self-discipline.”