Abraham Clark High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Roselle, NJ)

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ADOLESEENCE TO ADULTHOOD The 'lime is nearing whentjhe Class of l942 will pass on from l'he friendhf, proleclive wallsjjlbraham Clark High School, QE lo make ils way successfully, we are confidenly lhroughlhe slruggles and lriumphs, 'lhe sorrows and joys of life. Though we be forever separa'l'ed by dislance, may we be Forever uniled by lhe spiridr of our six years of comradeship during our preparalion for lhe fulure. ' Therefore, we include lhis chronicle so lhal, al some faiedislanl dale, while paging lhrough lhis monumenl To our class, we may lhink back and recall lhe many pleasanl experiences lhrough which we, lhe mem- bers of lhe Class of l94'E, have passed .......... , For our firsl glimpse of an infanl class, we musl look in on one day in May, back lhere in l935, when we firsl assembled in whal was 'l'o be our new 'Alma Nlalerl l'l was lhen Mr Freilseld Forelold our coming exislence and evolulion: how we were lo be ulillle fish in a big pondf' and how we would Finally emerge as lheubigfishl in 'rhe same pond. Then, on Seplember 7 J936, lhe Class of l942 was aclually 1 born. None of us will Forgel our firsl assembhf, up on lhe sheliz ibm Racing from class 'lo class and darling in and oul among lhe huge Seniors was greal funn ihal is, aicler we golf over our nervousness and fears of l'he firsl few days inuhigh schoolf... Soon come our firsl real concerled efforl' as a body-- lhe Magazine Campaign. We didn'l do badly alall.. Enlhusiasm ran high in our new advenlure. There were even a Few lucky ones who proudly carried ou'l' lheir bils asubugsu QA in our firslq Spring l:rolic, Rise and Singl l'low we swelled vvilh pride! Came Sep'l'ember, l937. Wasn l' i'l'grea'l no'l 'lo be lermeduinfanls' anymore? Now lhere was aclualhf a class beneaih us. We were Eighlh Graders, and prided ourselves on lhe faci. We were cer'lainly well on our way. Why, al' 'lhe end of lhis year we were

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Eighlh Graders, and prided ourselves on lhe Facl. We -were cerlainly well on our way. Why, al lhe end of lhis year we were lo choose our courses For lhe nexl four years in lhe real, honesl'-lo-goodness Senior High School. FM l958, anolher Seplemloer, and anolhergreal mileslone. W We now need no longer have hul a grade-number, we were Freshrnenf The lille dd sound imporlanl. We were imporl'an'l,'l'oo. Some of us received recognilion in lhe Gospel Trulhf a delinile sign of ourugrowing up. And when lhe Spring Frolic rolled around lhere' were several ninlh graders wilh speaking parls. H' seems lhal each fall loroughl wilh il new horizonspeiwifor wilh lhe Fall of l939, '42 ascendedanolher slep. i-'I This was Jrhe year For lhe Sophislicaled Sophomores lo organize 'lheir class. Our inilial organizalion meeling was held November 22, when we were inslrucled how l'o go aboul carrying on our class l'unclions.An execulive board was elecled, and lhey, in lurn, chose our class advisors. lvln l'l. Nlonroe Gordon and Nliss 'Dorolhy Odell were selecled 'l'o guide '42 lhrough lhe years. -l'hen came lhe ldrsl eleclion. On Uecernherlzl, clohn Rolloff was voled class presidenl, Alvin Ryan, vice-presidenl, Be'l l'y Leaming, secrelary, and June Nebglt, lreasurer... Some of lhe hoys of lhe class played in Varsily gamesgffg lhis year .... Of course lhe loig evenl came on Nlay lOlh-- Jrhe firsl social funclion ol' Ql2,.'lhe Sophomore Hop, en- lilledufapring Swing wenl over wilh a bang Leo Birch wasdeclared uswellf and everyone lileed 'lhe lnlacli decoralionsd... Towards summer, we all piled inlo buses and wenl on a class lrlp lo lhe World'S Fair Q We gol oul lo an earbf slarl in l94O, as juniors--onbf one more peg up Jrhe ladder, and we would reach lhal all imporlanl Senior Yearfl.. On Oclober l8, Dick lVluller was elecled Junior class presiclenl onawrile-in vole, Louise Toloiasson was voled vicefpresiclervl, Claire l'lolcomlJe,secrelary and June Nelnel was again our 'lreasurer .... The -.lunior Winler Carnival came on January lT There cerlainbf were nice decoralions