Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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24 THE PARTHENON Lefkowitz, Bernard— Lefty”............... C. P. French 70 16th Avenue.......................Undecided He lives by asking questions.” Perhaps if Lefty keeps on asking questions some day he will know something. That is if lie asks the right party. However. Lefty is a hard worker and does his best at all times, especially on the Parthenon Board. He has been prominent in the French Circle. Science Club. C.lee Club and the Rostrum. He is also a member of the A. A. and served on the Newark Day Reception Committee. Levitt, Jess—‘Jess .........................C. P. French 7 Baldwin Avenue.... University of Pennsylvania Very great in the littlest things.” Jess is usually located cracking jokes in 31 or hanging around some dangerous female. Anyhow they know his secrets because they found out that he helped the Science Club. Glee Club. Orchestra. French Circle. 4R-4A Reception Committee. Thalians. Radio Club, Rostrum, Pageant. A. A . Class Baseball and the Senior Acropolis Board to get along. Loder, Myrtle— Myrt . .....Gen. Spanish 38 Meade Street..................Study of Organ. The music in my heart 1 bore. Song after it was heard no more.” Here’s the one and only one. Myrtle Loder. famous pianist. )rchestra member in 1920 and 1 B entertainer in ‘21. for did she not serve on the IB Reception Committee? She was also a worker on the Parthenon Board. Girl’s League and Thalians. We wish Myrtle much success as she furthers her studies and takes up the study of the organ! Maier, Ethel— Spuds”....................General Spanish 130 Broad Street........Montclair Normal School “O, thou art fairer than the evening air. Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.” Tis Spuds” we welcome now. The inspiration of the Science Club. Glee Club. Spanish Club and Gamma Tan Sigma. Dependable? Just look at the responsibility she shared when on the 1B Entertainment Committee. Class Day Committee, and when Gym aide and Captain. Ethel is a Pin Ball player, too. So here’s three cheers for Spuds” if you think the quotation over drawn, take a look at her.

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THE PARTHENON 23 Hummel, Gertrude—“Gert”.....................Gen. Spanish 87 S. 11th Street...................Post Graduate “To wield the tennis racket in the air. In swimming and in running no other can compare.” No matter what kind of girl’s athletics you attend you will be sure to find •‘Gert taking part. She is active in hockey, basketball.pinball. Not only is she athletic but she is also musical, as she is a member of the Orchestra 19. ’20 and ’21. She is also a gym aide and was on the IB Reception Committee. Kirk, Mildred—-“Circe”. C. P. Latin 522 Summer Avenue.......................Business When you look in those eyes the trouble begins. Needles and pins, needles and pins Circe” is always ready to laugh. She seldom is seen doing otherwise. Perhaps that’s one reason why she’s pop- ular. She served in the Glee Club, Science Club, Spanish Club. Thalians. and on the 4B-4A Reception Committee and the Newark Day Decoration Committee. She also had a part in the play. A Sunny Morning.” Krout, Ruth .............................. Gen. Spanish 107 N. 7th Street...................... Undecided All is not gold that outward shineth bright” (Her hair) Ruth, like her friend Gertie, is also athletic and can be seen playing tennis any fine day. Ruth has joined the fol- lowing: Basketball, hockey, pinball. Spanish Club. Girls’ League and Parthenon Board. She has also been a gym captain, aide in the gym exhibit and a helper in the IB Reception Committee. Lawshe. Aurela— Rila”............ . . .C. P. French 365 Mt. Prospect Avenue..................Vassar Her air. her manners, all who saw admired!” So calm, so reserved, so dignified from morning till night is Rila.” And yet all these characteristics did not hinder her from joining the French Circle. Science Club and from becoming Chairman of the Big Brother and Sister move- ment. She was also a gym captain and a member of the Sigma Tan Alpha Sorority.

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THE PARTHENON 25 Megaro, Josephine— Jo” ....................... Gen. Latin. 88 Seventh Ave.............College. (Undecided.) Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.” If Jo’s brain was as inactive as her tongue I am sure she would not have joined the G. 1 . L. ’18. Italian Club, Bird Club. IB Reception com.. Girls League. However, she is more than a friend to tltose with whom she does associate. Metcalfe, Robert M.— Bob”....................G. P. French 239 N. 5th Stree........................College. Devise, wit! write, pen! for I am for whole volumes in folio” Bob” is another hard worker for the Blue and White. 11 is attention has been directed to the Acropolis in parti- cular. He was Associate Editor of the Parthenon and a member of the Regular Acropolis Board. Phi Nu Epsilon. He was Chairman of the 4B Social Committee and a mem- ber of the 4A Social Commission, and served on the Class Color Committee. Bob” was also a member of the A. A. Napoliello, Electra— Bobby”..................General French 126 Stone Street................... Undecided Thou dark haired angel of the evening.” Bobby” has a classical name and is also a classical girl. She is bright and has often been on the Honor Roll. She is a hard and sincere worker. Therefore she has taken part in the Italian Club. French Circle. Bird Club. Science Club. Girl’s League. IB Reception Committee. We are sure that it was scholarly attitude which gained her the office of chairman of picture committee in the Italian Club. Osterweil. William—“Oysters”...............C. P. French 63 Howard Street.......................Rutgers On their own merits modest men are dumb.” Yes, it’s absolutely true, every word of it. Facts cannot deny it. argument cannot change and everyone knows it. Even Oysters himself admits it. We. therefore cannot go against irrefutable evidence and the truth must be dis- closed. That’s why Oysters belongs only to the A. A. and French Circle. Well, lets be done with it. Our victim is bashful ! !