Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Physical Education Dept. Seated left to right: Mrs. M. Snyder, Savage School; and Mrs. R. Gilbert, New Haven. Standing left to right: Mr. W. Brann, B.A., Oberlin, M.A., New York Unievrsity ; Mr. J. Liddy, B:S., Rutgers; Mr. BE. Pearcy, B.A., Salem, M.A., West Virginia; and Mr. H. Bruguiere, Panzer College. Absent from picture: Mr. H. Stine (head), B.P.E., Springfield; and Miss M. New- son, B.S., Russell Sage, M.A., New York University. Age sor Mh ance Science Dept. Standing left to right: Mr. A. H. Otto, B.S., Lafayette; Mrs. L. Beers, (head), B.S., Colgate; and Mr. E. Nelson, B. A., Montclair State Teachers. Seated left to right: Mrs. N. P. Has- tings, B.S., M.A., Columbia (also Coun- selor) ; Miss H. G. Moore, B.S., Swarth- more, M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Mr. C. Dunavan, B.S., Wesleyan, M.A., Columbia, Absent from picture: Miss G. Moodey, B.A., Smith, M.A., Columbia; Mr. G. A. Smith (also dean of boys), B.A., M.A., South Dakotag) Mra Hoe Ra Kastlers Bas. Franklin and Marshall, M.A., Columbia; and Mr. H. Hubbard (also assistant principal), B.A., Harvard. teQem VV. Jaond. Social Studies Dept. First row—Miss Hedwig T. Michalska, B.S., Trenton State; Miss Margaret V. Smith, B.S., Syracuse, M.A. Columbia; Mr. Henry Banta, B.A., Amherst, M.A., Columbia; Miss Helen Bond, B.A., Alle- gheny, M.A., Columbia (head) ; Miss Ger- aldine M. Cooley, B.A., Syracuse; Mrs. Josephine Currie, B.A., William and Mary. Second row—Miss Alice Ariel, B.A., Montclair State; Mrs. Eleanor Reppert, B.A., Swarthmore, M.A., Columbia; Miss J. Eleanor Johnstone, B.A., Geneva; Mrs. Marie Blair, B.A., DePauw, M.A., Colum- bia; Miss Florence Firth, B.S., M.A., New York University; Mrs. Constance Kinne Bush, B.A., M.A., Wisconsin; Mrs. Marcia T. Westpfahl, B.A., Skidmore. “Thank you for calling’’—Miss Sadie “Take some dictation’’—Mrs. Lily Lei- Bodenheimer, attendance clerk. “Your finger will soon be entirely vers, secretary to Mr. Arthur F. Hopper, “Yes, I'll file it on record’’—Miss Ad- healed’”’—Miss Marie Whelan, nurse, ban- director of the industrial and fine arts ria Galbraith, measurement and records. daging the finger of Irwin Bussel. department.

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“Where Ever Thou Leadest” Senior Officers Left to right: Bill Brown, Vice President Gloria Ashton, Secretary Blaine Starkweather, President Elsa Thielhart, Treasurer A Parting Smile te a Grand Year The first day we entered high school was a new Milestone for us. We were awed by the size of the buildings, the number of pupils, shy in the presence of the sophisticated seniors, thank- ful to the helpful juniors, annoyed by the arrogance of the sophomores, scared at the mention of the Dean’s Office, but far too wise to fall for that “elevator gag.” We elected Janet Hand and Kevin Fitzpatrick to lead our class through the pitfalls of freshman year. None the worse for wear but far wiser in the ways of PHS, we entered our sophomore year. The much coveted “upper seats” in assembly were ours. We could look down with an air of indifference acquired by sophomores upon leaving the lowly ranks of the frosh. We elected for our class officers, Kevin Fitz- patrick, Ralph Jacobs, Bob Maguiness, and Helen Christensen. Come junior year, we saw the final success in our struggle to have a Student Activity Ticket. We started off with a bang by electing Blaine Starkweather, Ralph Slonim, Bette Smith, and Ann Pederson as class officers. We presented not one—but two Junior Plays, “The Valiant,” starring Bruce Bassett, Char- lotte Kantor, Ed Yelle, and Abe Gerber, and the extremely funny farce, “Funny Business,” with the hilarious Davy Kay, Russ Carpenter, Ken Kessler, Sara Hill, Marion Erickson, Bette Smith, and Ralph Jacobs. To top off a year of activity and good times we had a “solid” Jr.-Sr. Prom with music by Gint Dexter’s orchestra. In September ’42, we welcomed heartily our new principal, Mr. Waldro Kindig, a true friend and adviser. Together we have seen a lot of precedents set in PHS. We established a High School Victory Corps, the first organization of its kind in the history of the school. We replaced the outmoded Student Patrol with the Senior Honorary Society, an honored innovation, with Dick Kern as its first president. Upon return from an extended five week winter vacation, with our class officers, Blaine Starkweather, Bill Brown, Elsa Theilhart, and Gloria Ashton, we decided that senior plays were a thing of the past. By Spring those of us who hadn’t fallen by the wayside or joined Uncle Sam’s forces were here to graduate. Our “Prom” topped last year’s in spite of the rationings. Our lives in PHS have been like music. For some that mu- sic has been as sweet as that which emanate from Glenn Miller’s Sax Section, for others it has been as tough (to graduate) as the “rides” that Benny Goodman takes, but for most of us it has been as “solid” as Harry James. DA 5 foes ‘omy, ruromey “Ste “d