West Side High School - Lamp Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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 The icy chills of winter greet us with a new, exhilarating vigor. As we forcefully tread through the cold and sparkling, white snow crystals, we. the most robust of the West Side stalwarts, think of the new assignments which wc must successfully undertake. During the winter, we are usually busy writing extensive term papers or preparing ourselves for the college board exams. Although we work assiduously. at times our thoughts stray to the approaching holiday vacation which extends its visions of festivity to us. After this welcomed occasion, we are ready to resume our scholarly duties as we await the arrival of spring. NOW I KNOW why they’re called term papers. They take a term to write.

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YOU HAVE ONLY ONE LIFE, so why not live it conservatively? LOOKS LIKE THE REFEREE tossed that coin into orbit. TIME TO REDECORATE the lockers. REMEMBER, filling out organization cards can be fun. KNOWLEDGE, knowledge, knowledge, Mr. Ormond’s well known offer of food for thought. Following a much needed summer vacation. we return to West Side and look forward to the business as well as the pleasures of the fall term. Filling out the organization cards, a task with which we are quite familiar, is the first obstacle in our path. Next is the reactivation of our lockers which will soon become book-ridden and. at times, a bit untidy. But soon we become adjusted and turn our sights toward the main autumn activities: football for the boys, and twirling and cheerleading for the girls. After a successful grid season, we yield to the cold north wind and anticipate the experiences which winter holds for us.

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WEST SIDE TEXTBOOKS change hands the last time for the seniors. To us, the graduating seniors, the arrival of spring is virtually synonymous with graduation. Although we must retain our academic standards and ready ourselves for last-minute study, the senior activities and the apprehension of graduation occupy a large portion of our time and thought. As we receive our yearbooks, we get ready to return our text books, an exchange for which we have thoughtfully, sometimes eagerly, awaited. We sadly note that we are cleaning out our lockers for the last time, but we joyfully don our caps and gowns as we realize the new problems, pleasures, and goals to be found on the horizon. Thanks to West Side, we can meet and conquer this new horizon—this new season of our life—with confidence. LAST MINUTE STUDYING isn’t so After all. better late than never. bad. A LOT OF TIME and effort went into this treasured product.