Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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THE NUGGET One fall day in September of 1914, a “Freshie” who signed his name Arthur Worden, followed the crowd into Butler High and arranged for an extensive stay. Since that time he has engaged in a tireless pursuit of the fleeting bug of knowledge, and now we find him a quiet, well behaved and intelligent young man. Proficiency in composition writing has made Arthur the historian of the class of ’!8. Class Historian. Class Baseball Team. STINGS “Far from the gay cities.”—Butler High. I am the very example of politeness.” —Samuel Jacobs. “Yon shall know him by his feet.”—Bill Dugan. “Short and sweet.”- Minnie O’Dell. A bed I make of him to whom I speak.” John Scott Poole. She talks ye gods- how she talks!”— Helen Hyatt. “Thy face is like a benediction!”—Mar- garet Prescott. Move not so fast, you will grow weary.”—Lenora Tintle. How I would like to be a sport.”— Elizabeth Muller. “Oh, solitude! Where are thy charms?” —Eva Stewart. “A boy as frank and shy as nature can produce.” John Adkins. “Am I not in sport clothes arrayed?”— Caspar Petrone. “I am nothing, u not critical.”—Harold Decker. She- The man I marry must have a physique. He—Aw. gee! Have a heart! Won’t a flivver do? Anyone answering the following exam questions may consider himself well edu- cat'd : 1. - How does Long Island Sound, and w! at causes it? 2. —Who invented Keats, and what are they used for? 3. —If it takes a flivver ten hours to travel to New York, how much will a flve- cent bar of chocolate cost on a Susque- hanna train, running backwards to Ham- burg at the rate of two miles per hour? Use logs and give equations. 4. —Who painted the Red River? The White Mountains? What did he use and who told him to? 5. —Who did Captain Kidd, and did he get his goat? 6-—Did the Merchant of Venice spend the Twelfth Night in the Hamlet of Mac- Beth? 7.—Recite the Declaration of Independ- ence and the Constitution of the United States backwards. 3.—Bound the Alimentary Canal and name its tributaries. 9-—How many words in the dictionary and name ten that have been omitted. 10.—Describe in detail the method of using Jersey mosquitoes to drill oilwells. 18

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THE NUGGET Hazel Ryerson. One September morning a demure little maid by the name of Hazel Ryerson tripped over the door-sill into Miss Perkins’ room. Those luminous brown eyes of hers easily won a place in the hearts of all her instructors. Hazel has from the first given us all much pleasure through her intimate acquaintance with Orpheus. On our Glee Club, too, she was the lead- ing spirit. On leaving. Miss Ryerson is quite different from what she was when entering; that was an angel. • Ruth Sheffield. Here’s to Ruthie! She is loved by students and teachers. She has a reputation for being the pleasantest girl in school. We do not ask you to take our word for the aforesaid,—ask our late history teacher. She and Elizabeth are known as the Siamese Twins.” Wherever you find the one, there is the other also . We are sure that she will be very successful in life if she follows the straight and narrow course” she has em- barked on. We doubt if during the four years Eva Stewart has attended this school she has spoken more than fifty times. In spite of this silence she seems to obtain good marks in her studies and is certainly not lacking in friends. » Leonora Tintle. As a Freshman. Leonora was a very quiet little girl. Times and things do change, however, and in four years Leonora has learned to talk. She is very active in the chemistry class and will some day sur- prise the world with some new chemical invention lessening the work of the housewife. 17

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THE NUGGET The History of the Class of ’18 N the momentous year of 1914, two very important events came into being. The first was the Great War. The second was the ('lass of '18. These first two events were alike in that they both seemed worthy of little consideration in the beginning. During the early life of this class there were no noticeable attempts at united ac- tion. However, as we became older, we began to think, work, and act as a whole. Class spirit became veiy evident, and as time passed, this has grown until now every member is a loyal worker for '18. Another event, which in fact was the third event during the year of 1914, was the arrival of Mr. Crane as Principal of Butler High School. Since then, he has always stood ready to help and advise the class in all matters. The future Seniors were, during those first few days, more bewildered than at any other time in our educational career. The chief causes of this embarrassment were the environment and the indecision as to what course to pursue. After a day or two. however, school work moved more smoothly. Of course, as freshmen, the sophomores taught us to consider our- selves the simplest of the simple. After we had passed our mid-year tests, we be- gan to realize that next year we would not be despised freshmen but ambitious sopho- mores. Early in 1915, the annual attack of spring fever fastened itself upon us. Several forgot their school work, to answer both the call of the fishpond and the forest, and also that of the business world. Before leaving the room we occu- pied as freshmen, the class of ’18 placed on the wall a clock—a token of the fresh- man year. At the opening of the fall term the Class of ’18, somewhat diminished in numbers, registered in the High School as Sopho- mores. This year there was no confusion. We felt confident because we had been there before.” We were no longer the lowest class, and although only one above it, felt as proud as if we were Seniors. It was while we were Sophomores that the first thoughts of concerted action occurred to us. We organized a baseball team, but were beaten. That, at least, was a start. It prophesied of great things we were to do in future years. As Juniors we elected for our President, Leo Rowe; Vice-President, Myrtle Bush; Secretary, Caroline Kretzler, and Treas- urer, Harold Decker. In the spring of our third year, we gave a comedy at the Goldy Theatre. The story of the play. Brother Josiah,” is this: An old farmer, Josiah Armstrong, and his wife and son, come to the city to his brother’s home. His brother, Wellington Armstrong, was a wealthy broker, but at this time his confidential man informed him that because of his extravagance, his financial affairs were in very poor shape. Another wealthy broker, Mr. William Le Blanc, was in love with Wellington Arm- strong’s daughter, and he offered to help him out if his daughter would marry him. Josiah. however, after hearing of Le Blanc’s plan for swindling his money, comes Torth and pays all of his brother’s debts. He also exposes Le Blanc as a horse thier, and finally states that after Le Blanc had left his wife, Josiah had taken his son to bring up as his own. Wellington Armstrong’s daughter also marries the man of her heart, a young author. The cast of characters was: Josiah Armstrong--------Harry Haenigsen Wellington Armstrong Burton Lamscha Josiah’s Son-------------------------Paul Clark William Le Blanc Leo Rowe A Young Author-------------Harold Decker W. Armstrong’s Confidential Man Albert Falk W. Armstrong’s Butler----Donald DeLazier Mrs. Wellington Armstrong Caroline Kretzler 19