Vineland High School - Record Yearbook (Vineland, NJ)

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TOMORROW

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Many seniors well remember the magazine sale question— finally defeated by a scant two-vote majority. That was early in the school year, hut we were not discouraged. Instead, we were determined then to do what we believed to be right, though hardships were certain to come our way. Who will ever forget the most violent hurricane ever to he experienced in these parts, blowing down trees and causing so much damage that all the schools in the district were closed the next day, or the Senior Class play presented under the direction of Miss Florence Ferlanic? It was given De- cember 1. in the school auditorium and was a great success. The proceeds added a backbone to the class treasury of approximately five hundred dollars. Football season came and left before we were aware that the winter months were upon us. Mill- ville heat us for about the first time in eighteen years. The basketball team paced by Carl Haught brought Vineland its first Camden Suburban League basketball championship. Carl, climaxing his fourth year of varsity competition, set a new scoring record of 1,026 points during his high school career, a mark certain to stand for sometime to come. In the second semester, the war and world affairs were brought closer to us through the Rotary Club's program of weekly speakers. Their experiences were indeed profitable to us and always inter- esting to hear. Before going on further we must not forget the eventful weeks before Christmas vacation. Lois Keen, most cooperative senior, planned and held a food sale that was successful to the extent of a $17.50 profit. The Christmas program, planned and presented by students of Mrs. Payne's seventh and eighth periods college prep English classes gave V.H.S. students an insight to Senior originality and ability. The evening of December 15 was the date of the Senior Semi-Formal, a heartening social success. Frankie Testa's orchestra played in an atmosphere of dim lights and colorful decorations of Christmas holly and cvcrygrccns. Mr. Homer Fleming, popular boys' gym teacher, left V.H.S. after four short months for another position where the housing problem was not so acute as in the Vineland area. Not long after that we lost our girls' gym teacher. Miss Jane Driscoll, to the government for whom she became a physical in- structress. As our own contribution to a more total war effort, the Junior Red Cross did its many tasks such as rolling bandages, holding collections in cooperation with the Student Council. Many boys served as mail carriers during Christmas time to relieve the manpower shortage—and maybe to make a bit of pocket money. Onward we marched down the V.H.S. highway, and before we realized it, the winter months had retired and in their place came an early spring. With this rebirth of nature our class—in fact the school—became aroused with the excitement accompanying thoughts of the fast approaching annual Junior-Senior Prom, which took place May 18, and was a gala event. It was on Thursday, April 12, that the “most unkindcst” blow of all was dealt our senior class— the school—the entire world. Our President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, passed on. We had special memorial services in assembly the next morning in honor of the great humanitarian, and schools were closed at noon in deepest respect and mourning for the man whom most of us had always known as President. Truly our class was the first actual war class. Not only did we enter V.H.S. as freshmen the year the United States declared war, but we were graduating with the death of a man who had died in service to his country and on the eve of world peace. April passed on into May. Exams came and went. Close at their heels came the final approval which marked us as graduating seniors. The confirmation of the fact that we were actually graduating caused us to don the usual dignity of those about to leave their high school days behind, which we ac- quired as smoothly as the slipping on of our caps and gowns. As usual, during the latter part of every school year strains of “Pomp and Circumstance could be heard throughout the school, and we Seniors in our caps and gowns were practicing for the big day. No longer were we a part of the underclassmen who looked at the seniors with envious glances as we ourselves had done in previous years. We were they -the graduates of 1945—only we found it did not feel as good as we thought it would to be getting out. The idea of leaving the high school we had grown to love—the high school which had been the center of many ot our good times during the past four years—actually saddened us as did the thought of closing this book of our life forever with the bac- calaureate services and finally commencement. And now, realizing the task of rehabilitation of this war-torn world and the preservation of world peace which confronts us, we straighten our shoulders and lift our heads while we march “Forward” as the hymn to which our graduation song was written by Betty Sprague, tells us to do. Graduation day is upon us, and we have come to the end of our V.H.S. highway. Perhaps each of us will take one look backward quickly before we turn upon our main road of life. 80

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Column on —on l fi: E. Lipin an. R FuKcr. J. Bonjorno. E. Campbell. E Sprague. E Oliva. J. Joreph. T. Laffcny. R Sather Column two: R. iJiTomo. w. Callo. H. Henderson. M. Schricbcr. r. Galzorano. P. Forcinito, S. Ma»irangel«. D. Baualim H Dough. ertv. Drum Major. ' Column iliret E. Du». G. Sprague. R Bradway. F. Donato. L. Co,top. I. Treedman. R. Fuber. R. Galia. lanfo I i8uldiarcY Rc.d i?d Gray gOCS marching down thc field, and in the lead is the colorful V c;an2 High School band. Always an attraction at the football games, the band, under the direction ot Mr Enrico berra, displayed a snappy appear ance at all our home games this year. During the football season, thc group did its share by providing the music and effects for cheers and songs on thc field and during pep rallies. It is said that practice makes perfect. Every eighth period was the time for this, and if your class happened to be in a room close enough to the annex you would he fortunate in being serenaded while you were studying. At commencement exercises it was the hand that played Pomp and Circumstance” as we seniors marched around thc track as VHS students for the last time. President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Student Leader Director ' - Edward Oliva Thomas Lafferty Edward Campbell ' ' - John Schenk ' ' Joseph Bonjorno Mr. Enrico Serra 82