Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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HISTORY OF T.HE CLASS 012 1928 On September 8, 1924, about forty students stood waiting for the new High School doors to open. We were not strangers to one another-incidentally, three of us had gone through school from the first grade together. It was a terrible come-down for us to be called Freshies and similar names when only three months before we were looked up to and respected because we were the graduating class of the Verona Grammar School. At last the doors were opened and we were glad to go to the room assigned to Freshmen because there were no upper classmen there. Our teacher, Miss Helen Hosp, was a Freshman to Verona High School that year also, and we were glad to have her as our representative on the faculty. Another new-comer was Miss Helen Maxon, our music director. She took the place of Miss Louise Lawrence. We worked diligently at our new and interesting tasks, but were interrupted by class elections. Donald White was elected President, Harmon Driscoll, vice-presidentg Isabel Nelson, secretary, and Dorothy Kientz, treasurer. During the year Donald White resigned and Harold Littleheld was elected President-thus personifying the long and short of it. ' The hike was the next big event. None of us had to be carried home although some required a little assistance. A few were taught how becoming black paint would be as make-up. We again started to study. Then came the senior Hallowe'en party at which we were entertained. After this dance we looked forward to the one we would give to the school later on. Before our dance, however, the High School plays were given. They were enacted by the Seniors, juniors and Sophomores under the direction of Miss Winifred Bostwick. The Freshman class helped to sell the tickets. Our exams came in january--our first in high school. The dances given by the Juniors and Sophomores were very successful. These parties gave us ideas and increased our anxiety for our own. At last came our party. It was held in April, 1925, and was attended by almost all of the members of the school. Class night and graduation were the last big events of the year. At these times we realized that in three more years we, too, would be getting our diplomas-if we passed our Freshman year. SOPHOMORE YEAR The beginning of our Sophomore year was just the opposite of our Freshman year, in that we, the Sophomores, made others fnamely, the Freshmenj feel small and did to them as had been done to us. After the opening of school and the beginning of work, class elections were held. Harold Littlefield was elected president, Louise Richter, vice-president, Miriam Lent, secretary, and Estelle Morgan, treasurer. This year Leona Hawkins entered our ranks. This year, too, Miss Winifred Bostwick left and Miss Grace Wilson became teacher of English and French. 15

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RUTH WALKER Faithful to every trust, gentle, loyal, kind and just. Glee Club, 3, 4g Basketball, 2, 3, 4g Captain of Basketball teams, 3, 4g A. A., 35 Editor-in-chief of Shadows, 45 Operettas, 3, 4. MISS HELEN HOSP CLASS DEAN 14

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The hike was held in October, 1925. This time we held the reins of the party and we didn't check them. Possibly we overdid the job, but our victims, the present Juniors, are still living. The Hallowe'en Dance was the next social event on the program. The seniors were the hosts and hostesses. They presented prizes to the wearers of the prettiest, funniest, and most original costumes. Just as classes quieted down the High School plays were given, in which we had no part. Examinations were taken and were followed by a period of hard work. The Juniors gave their party and about a month later we gave ours. It was at this party that Campbell Moore introduced a new foot-twister while holding a plate of cake in his hand. The plate did not break. In April, 1926, the Boys, and Girls' Glee Clubs gave their first operettas, coached by Miss Maxon and Miss Hosp. The operetta given by the girls was Lady Frances and the one given by the boys was Freshies. A part of the proceeds was given to the Washington Trip Fund, and the rest to the Instrument Fund. JUNIOR YEAR We entered the school as Juniors with a decided decrease in number. Of the forty that had enlisted there were but half left. This year a new teacher, Miss Imogene Cook, took the place of Miss Mary Bostwick. The class elections were held and Thomas O'Neil was elected president of our class, Italo Rolandelli, vice-president, Louise Richter, secretary, and Leona Hawkins, treasurer. This year we had no special part in the hike-we just went along to watch the fun. The plays were given in December, 1926, by the Juniors and Seniors. This was the first time we had a part in the program. The Juniors gave The Twig of Thorn, the Seniors gave Much Ado About Nothing. The plays, coached by Miss Hosp, were very successful. The Examinations intervened between the plays and class parties. After the class parties in April, 1927, the Glee Clubs gave their operettas. The boys gave Cleopatra and the girls, Heartless House. On Class Night in 1927 we, the present seniors, had quite a prominent part. We decorated the auditorium and gave and received knocks. At this time a Junior, Dorothy Kientz, won a five-dollar gold piece because she was the best classical student in the High School. SENIOR YEAR At the beginning of our Senior year nineteen students entered the class. We had two new-comers-Albert Szekely and Olive Toner. Class elections were held and Harold Littlefield for the third time was elected President. Italo Rolandelli was elected vice-president and Lona Hawkins, secretary and treasurer. Mary McDonald was elected historian. Miss Hosp was our class dean. The Senior Hallowe'en Dance vas given. This was the first social event at which our school dance orchestra played. The second time they played was for the High School Play which was given by pupils showing the greatest ability irrespective of classes. The play Alice Sit-by-the-Fire by Sir James M. Barrie was a great success. Two of the bright lights in it were seniors-Estelle Morgan and Harold Littlefield. 16