Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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They, Plan Our Future MR. FREDERIC W. COOK Mr. Cook, our superintendent of schools, is a visitor familiar to us all. He and his perplexing questions are always a welcome interruption to our classes. His thoughtful remarks are general- ly helpful and we are not likely to forget them soon. MR. HENRY R. HUBBARD Quietness, orderliness, and de- pendability are the well-known qualities of Mr. Henry R. Hub- bard. His familiar figure is seen early and late about the school, bent upon some urgent business. We ask Mr. Hubbard to accept our affectionate re- gards and utmost respect, which he has won during his many years as vice-principal of PHS. DEAN ELEANOR REPPERT Dean Reppert is a newcomer to PHS this year. Already she has shown us that she is essen- tial here by the good work she is doing. The girls are especial- ly grateful to Dean Reppert for the “motherly” advice and coun- seling she has given them this year. DEAN GEORGE A. SMITH Who is Dean Smith? Why, he is that jovial gentleman who al- ways has a smile and a cheery “hello” for you. He will help you with your problems and give you some sound, “fatherly” advice. By the way, boys, the Dean believes there are no “bad bo ys” in this world.

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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.”

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Commercial Left to right: Miss Adella L. Wother- spoon, Trenton Teachers; Miss Ethel Al- bright, B.C.S., Rider; Mrs. Ruth Wyer, B.S., M.A., Columbia; Mr. R. Walter Clement (head), B.S., Bates; Miss Nora Conahey, B.S., Columbia; Mr. G. Carl Persinger, B.S., Indiana State, M.Ed., Harvard; Miss A. Minerva Derbyshire, B.S., Rutgers. Absent from. picture: Miss Marie Maurel, B.S., Rutgers. Fine Arts Department Seated, left to right: Miss Florence Firth, B.A., M.A., New York University; Miss Helen Morton, Temple; Mr. Arthur F. Hopper (director) B.S., M.A., Colum- bia; Miss Alice Lindsley, Mechanics In- ,V stitute; Mr. Jules Wiesmann, Mechanics Art; Miss Kathryn Patton, B.F.A., Uni- N versity of Kansas, M.A., New York Uni- j versity. } Standing, left to right: Mr. Meyer Frischling, Newark School of Fine and . Industrial Art, N. J. State Teachers Col- lege, Mr. William Gordon, B.S., New York University; Mr. Henry Oesting, Ringe Technical, Mr. Kenneth Ball, B.A., Montclair, M.A., Columbia; Mr. Kermit Whitehead, Rutgers Summer; Mr. Ernest Hill, Newark State Teachers College, Mr. George Wharton, Rutgers, New York University. English Department Seated, left to right: Mrs. Marie Blair, B.A., De Pauw; M.A., Columbia; Miss Florence Firth, B.S., M.A., New York University; Miss Dora G. Lock- wood, B.A., Syracuse; M.A., Columbia; Miss Olga Achtenhagen, (head) B.A., Lawrence; M.A., Columbia; Mrs. Edna B. Buckelew (also counselor) B.A., Mount Holyoke; Mrs. Charlotte W. Meinecke, B.A., Smith; M.A., University of Maine; - Miss Alice L. Egan, B.A., Smith. Standing, left to right: Mr. William V. Sette, B.A., Columbia; Miss Bernice N. Fisher, B.A., John B. Stetson University; M.A., Bucknell; Miss Ruth LeFevre, B.A., Hood, Columbia; Miss Elizabeth H. Hage- man, B.S., Columbia; Miss Jeanne Birt- whistle, B.A., New Jersey College for Women; Mrs. Ruth L. Kahn, B.A., Mont- clair State Teachers; Miss Ann Demovic, B.A., Montclair State Teachers; Mr. George R. Strub, B.A., Clark. Absent from picture: Miss Roxanna B. Love, B.A., Mount Holyoke; Miss Lucy J. Bonney, B.A., Radcliffe. Miss Josephine Miller and Miss Cath- Mr. John Sierge, placement counselor, Holding the important position of sec- erine Moraller, of the library, help us to has helped many students in finding use- retary to the Victory Corps is Mrs. find the kind of books we like to read. ful war jobs. Doris Meyer. 7 U |