Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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THE NUGGET School Life From the Freshman Viewpoint. In our ntudy room, we sit, Up and down the aisles vte flit, An easy mark for snubs and scorn, We’re often made to feel forlorn; But tho confronted by things strange, We hope in time, school life will change. Through Sophmorc Eyes. Ours would be a happy lot, For our joys would never stop If we were not suppressed, And the teachers weren’t distressed Just because we have a little fun. As the Juniors See it. Blamed for all deeds of mischief, Sure to be scolded each day. School life for the Juniors Has difficulties strewn in the way. No matter how plausible our pretext, It’s a crime to be found in the hall, And as for innocently entering the cloakroom, The faculty won’t believe it at all. According to Senior Perspective. School life is well worth living; For tho some days are dark and drear, We’ve found that the joys were plentiful As we’ve passed into each new year. And now as our paths are dividing What a wonderful pleasure ’twill be To look back and feel we’ve passed thru Our four years so successfully. By Faculty Standards. “Each for allf And all for each; All for all, And each for each. ” If each of us could recognize The Source of all as One, And feel oneself a part of all This Good, from sun to sun. Could know the joy of honest work, The blessedness of giving, The peace of mutual helpfulness, Of reverent, kindly living. Could find in service, happiness, With fun, good cheer and mirth, We’d have right here in Butler, now, The finest school on earth. ’20-21 Chronicle SENIOR BAZAAR A very attractive bazaar was held by the Seniors during the week preceding Xmas. The isolated room adjourning the Park Hotel building, was artistically decorated in green and red floral designs. Small round tables were placed about the center of the room, upon which hot chocolate and cake was served by students in Japanese costumes. Against the walls were draped booths from which candy, cake and handmade articles were sold. A special table was provided for the sale of quaint foreign articles which at- tracted a great deal of curiosity from the unusual number of people who were present. During the evening the high school orches- tra rendered a number of popular selections. As a result of the bazaar, over a hundred dollars found its way into the Senior treasury and the class felt greatly encouraged to con- tinue social activities. THE SPANISH AND FRENCH PLAYS On the last Friday in April two short plays were given on the high school lawn by the Spanish and French departments. The most attractive was of course, the cos- tumes. Those in the French play represented the time of Louis, the fourteenth, while in the Spanish play, the dress of the present Page Twenty-nine

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THE NUGGET Mystery Surrounds Murder Body of Scottish General found near Palace Grounds—Motive SCENE, May 2- Late last evening, the bleed- ing and mangled body of Banquo was found near the hidden path that leads to the royal palace. Accompanied by his son, he entered the grounds early in the evening and at the eastern gate they turned their horses over to a groom, who seemed to have been the only person to witness the dastardly deed. The groom claims that shortly after leaving his master, he heard the latter call for a light, which was at once supplied. Almost im- mediately cries rang out and he distinguished Banquo’s voice urging Fleance to escape The groom ran to the nobleman’s assistance, but received a blow that rendered him uncon- scious. When he recovered, he dragged himself to the palace to report the murder. r Crime Unknown King Macbeth is grief-stricken, as he hovers around Banquo’s body lying in state at the palace. A close relationship existed between the two noblemen as they had been associate generals in the service of King Duncan; and the King has stated that lie will leave no stone unturned in Lis efforts to discover the identity of the murderers. The hiding-place of Fleance is unknown, and despite Banquo fs command to his son, as stated by the groom, the authorities are inclined to connect his flight with the murder. The entire sea coast is patroled by the police force, and it is thought that the murderers will shortly be brought to justice. —PAUL 8. RICHARD8. Ode To A Curtain Curtain blowing in the breeze, Whispering messages to the trees, Tell me, curtain, do you know In what course our lives will flow? Do we childish to you seem? Will each hope prove but a dream? Or has that soft breeze told you That we all great deeds will do? You have watched us day by day, Seen us stumble on our way, Seen us fail, then courage take Will we of life a success make? rmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmma ------------ Page Twenty-eight

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T HE NU6GET day was represented. As a whole the two plays were very interesting in bringing out the costumes, action, and speech of the French and Spanish. VISIT THE SCHOOL-WEEK The school week in February, beginning with the 14th and ending with the 18th, was set aside as “Visit-the-School-Week and our parents and friends were Invited to visit us at that time. No special program was arranged as tin» faculty preferred our I arents to see us at our regular classes. A special invitation was extended for Thurs- day, however, as Dr. J. Howard Hulsart. County Superintendent, was to be present, and had agreed to address the patrons. Thus, as we expected, we had only a few casual visitors until on Thursday, when more than a hundred assembled to visit the school and hear Dr. Hulsart’s excellent talk. Ice cream and cake were sold in the Domestic Science kitchen and the work of this department, as well as that of the Manual Training, was on exhibition in the basement. A fire drill, held early in the afternoon, was also an inter- esting feature to many visitors. THE MIMOH FROM The “Junior Prom ’ which was held on the evening of May 21. 1920, in the Y. W. C. A. at Pompton Lakes, was the most talked of social activity ever given in But- ler High. The “Y” was predominantly decorated in the Junior class colors, orange and black, but. there was also some recogni- tion of the Senior class colors, red and white. Excellent music was provided by the Brown Brothers, a colored orchestra from New York, and although the night was inclement, there was a large number present. During the intermission, the musicians entertained by telling jokes and “jigging . The refresh- ments were served by a committee of Fresh- men girls and the artistic favors, which were designed by Miss Lyon, attracted much atten- tion, as each was distinctively unique. OIK FOOTBALL SEASON The football season of 1929-21 will go down in the annuals of Butler High School as a most unfortunate one. With every pros- pect for a successful year, the team as well as the school, was plunged into the deepest gloom by the fatal injury to Lester Bres- lauer, in the Fast Rutherford game. Out of fj respect to our hard working loyal “ »us,“ the ; remaining games on our schedule were can- ! celled. The boys who were on the squad 2 at the time were as follows: David Uingle, j James Pratt. Harold Scinski. Roland Ricker, Hervey Ricker, Lewis Knglert. James Lyon, Harry Cook. William Kiel. Lawrence Pro- J vost and Arthur Landmoesor. THE NEW YEAR'S DINNER As a reward for winning the Liberty Five game, the team was tendered a turkey at » Mr. Scinski’s home in Rivcrdale on New » Year’s Day. Before the dinner was served, J we had music furn island by some of the boys | who brought their instruments with them. When dinner was announced, there was a 2 football scrimmage in the dining-room and when the meal was over, it looked as if a cyclone had struck the table. After having • a little more music, or noise, we went to !' Paterson to a theatre, which entertainment 2 every one enjoyed, especially Mr. Eilenber- j ger. Those who attended the dinner were: ■ Mr. Bustard, Mr. Kilenberger, Mr. Scinski, Harold Scinski. Hervey Ricker, Willard J Kales. David and Jacob Ringle and Edmund | Aldous. i • THE INTEKILASS BASKETBALL GAMES i This year, great enthusiasm was shown by 2 the boys over the interclass basketball games. J Each class had what they declared to la “a ; championship team.” The contests were 2 staged on an elimination basis. In the open- J ing game, the Freshman boys were defeated | by the more experienced Junior team, but, j nevertheless, showed a tine spirit of sport- manship. The Sophomores and Seniors fought J an exiciting battle, but experience» and size j told, as the latter won by a close margin. • The Seniors then played the Juniors for the 2 championship of the school. The game was 2 interesting throughout, as the Juniors turned | defeat into victory during the second half « and thus won the school championship. When Miss Schroeder called for volunteers |! for the girls’ class teams, a splendid spirit | was shown by those who were selected to 2 • try out. and after two months of practice. J the teams seemed to be rather evenly |j matched. The preliminary games for the h Page Thirty