Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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THE N U GGET interclass championship were as follows: Freshmen versus Sophomores; Juniors ver- sus Seniors. The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen with an overwhelming score, but the Seniors were obliged to do strenuous playing to win a victory from the Juniors, who were ahead at the end of the first half. The final game between the Seniors ami Sophomores was, therefore, a very exciting event, with much vigorous rooting for both teams. The final score was lfi-18 in favor of the Sophomores, and the interclass pen- nant for the season of 20 21 was, consequent- ly, presented to them. THANKSGIVING DONATIONS A few days before Thanksgiving, posters were placed on the bulletin boards. These posters requested every student in the school to donate articles such as: fruits, vegetables, or canned goods. These donations were sent to the Paterson General Hospital for use among the patients. As the reports indicate, goods amounting to an estimated value of 9192.03 were received. This donation sur- passes that given last year, and the Butler school hopes to aid this worthy cause even more in the future. THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The organization of the high school orches- tra was one of the progressive features of our year’s work. Butler High has always needed an orchestra, but, up to the present time, it seemed that the honor of playing for the school was not sufficient inducement to the students. Through the efforts of our new principal, however, a pianist, three violinists and a cornet player volunteered early in the year, and under Mrs. Eilenlierg- er’s enthusiastic supervision, developed into an organization we are very proud of. The first public appearance of the orchestra was at the Senior Bazaar at Christmas. Since then it has added to the success of several entertainments given by the commercial de- partment as well as rendering excellent ser- vice at the inter-scholastic debate between Butler and Sussex. COMMERCIAL CLASS ENTERTAIN MENTS On December 18, a Christmas entertain- ment was given at the Opera House by the members of the commercial department. The cheerless auditorium was converted into a very attractive room, with a prettily decor- ated Christmas tree as the chief object of interest. The program which was varied, and informal, proved amusing to the large audience of students and visitors. Especial approbation was bestowed on the clever lit- tle costume dances which were arranged for by Miss Schroeder of the Physical Training department. At the conclusion of the pro- gram. Santa made his appearance, and much laughter greeted the comments as he distrib- uted mock gifts from his pack, giving each member of the faculty a present designed to cure his distinguishing whim or foible. I ater in the afternoon, tlie Sonora Four furnished music for those who remained to dance. .. Recognizing the pleasure derived from the former entertainment tin Commercial Club prepared for a similar social activity on March 17. This time a more pretentious program was presented, the most note-worthy feature of which was a one act playlet and a debate. Home-made candy was sold by a group of girls wearing dainty caps and aprons. Again dancing was provided, and both visitors and students remained to con- clude the celebration of St. Patrick day. ATTENDANCE RECORD The attendance record of the Butler school for the past year is one of which we are proud. Last year our school stood thirteenth in the state and first in the county, with an attendance of 92.8, yet this year we have surpassed this high record by maintaining up to the end of May a iiercentage of 93.2. It is interesting to compare this record with that of previous years. The school year end- ing June, 1918, showed a jiercentage of at- tendance of 87.5. The following year the attendance increased to 91.8 as compared with 92.8 last year, and 93.2 this year. The number of pupils who have been neither ab- sent nor tardy shows another interesting comparison. For the school year ending 1918, twenty-one pupils were neither absent nor tardy. This increased in 1919 to sixty- six. last year to ninety-two. and this year up to the time of going to press, one hundred and nineteen have maintained a perfect record of attendance and punctuality. The Senior class lias done its part in maintaining this splendid record. During the past year its percentage of attendance has been 97.85. the highest of any class in the high school. Page Thirty-one

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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

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THE NUGGET DEBATING TEAM Levora Rodda, Louise Faux, Georgian» Miller, Dorothy Snover. Annual Interscholastic Debate The Butler High School again took part in the regular interscholastic debating con- test, meeting as their opponents the Sussex High School in Butler on March 18. The But- ler team defended the negative side of the question: Resolved, That the principle of the open shop should be maintained in American industries. The judges selected were Addison Rosecrans, Esquire, of Pater- son, Rev. J. P. Strohauer, pastor of the Presbyterian rhurch, Franklin, and Mr. II. V. Houyoux of the Franklin Vocational School. By a vote of two to one the judges decided that the Sussex High School had the better of the argument with our team. The Butler student body turned out almost en masse to support its team, tilling nearly the entire one side of the auditorium. The newly organized high school orchestra played several selections until eight o’clock when the students, nearly two hundred strong, marched in to the tune of a rousing march- ing song. From then until eight-thirty, songs and cheers followed each other in close suc- cession and kept the big audience entertained and interested. Considering the distance. Sussex brought a g»H d delegation and ably upheld her end in the singing and cheering, making up in enthusiasm what she lacked in numbers. Principal R. J. Eilenberger pre- sided, nd the whole program was carried out with dignity, courtesy and good spirit that reflected credit on both high schools that participated in this interesting event. Many favorable comments were heard con- cerning the splendid spirit shown by the stu- dents and team, especially from the judges who rendered the decision. One judge said: “I wish to say that it was the most success- fully conducted debate that it has ever been my good fortune to witness and revealed the amount of work and study which made it a success on both sides.” Another of the judges wrote: “Both teams did so well that it was not easy to pick the winner. Your school and team made a splendid impression from the time they entered until the end. There was not A dull moment during the evening. You can be well assured that they si ke the truth when they sang. ‘There are no fleas on us’.” Page Thirty two