Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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History) of the Class of 1924 All class histories are more or less alike for each class goes thru the same series of events in their four years of High School work. Yet each class dif- fers from every other in class person- ality—that indefinable quality that makes each group distinct. But events, not personalities, entirely make history. Briefly to recount those usual events of our first year together—the election of the first class officers, when the greenness of 1921 was still very evi- dent, the distinction of having a mem- ber of our class on the Butler High School Debating Team and two mem- bers in the High School Orchestra, the usual number of academic casualties before June 1924. The Sophomore year was character- ized by our increased appreciation of our own importance and was made mem- orable by the Sophomore Dance which we gave at Pompton Lakes. Of course we were supposed by that time to have become at least slightly serious. How- ever, that is too far in the past for us to remember. In the Junior year we blossomed out socially, being a bit more united since our numbers had been appreciably de- creased. At Amateur Night in April 1923, a new type of school amusement, we carried off the second prize, a pen- nant; the first prize, a silver cup being awarded to 1923. In athletic circles we were also winning all the interclass baseball games which were played and boasted several members of the basket- ball team. But the Prom was the crowning event of the whole year! Shall we ever forget the anticipatory thrills and actual pleasure of May 18, 1923? The Community House in Pomp- ton Lakes was the scene of the festivi- ties. Both girls and boys of 1924 covered themselves with dust and glory in an endeavor to transform that home- ly room into a fitting setting for the guests, and they succeeded! Our colors, blue and silver, combine charmingly with greens, and a lavish use of these produced an artistic effect in decora- tion that was in itself a reward for ex- pended effort. And now the Senior year! We have done so many things as a class that we will never want to forget—our trip to Newburgh on Columbus Day to visit the famed headquarters of Washington, our hike to Federal Hill for a hot-dog roast, the Halloween party in October, 1923 where we were the guests of the Juniors at an unusually hilarious and successful Barn Dance, the production of “The Templeton Teapot” to enter- tain the High School at Christmas time, the Senior Dance in the Gym on Janu- ary 10, which was so very successful, the Valentine party which the Class of 1924 gave the Juniors where we played games and danced, the “movie” pre- sented at the Lyric under our patron- age to lay the foundation (plus the dance proceeds) for our Washington fund. The biggest success of our Senior year was the production on April 25, of “Peg O’ My Heart” with an all-star cast. From the play we realized $400 which, added to the amount already in our treasury, swelled the fund almost enough to cover the cost of our trip. Now even our long-anticipated trip to Washington is over. It beggars de- scription—but we’ll never forget it! Just one more event in our history as a class—commencement—and after that the class of 1924 will exist com- pletely only in our hearts and in this history. Our four years together have ment a great deal to us in work and in friendships. Here’s to B. H. S. that brought us together!

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HELEN T. WALDRON Wally” Senior Play Class Debating Team 4 “Faithful in little — faithful in much.” MARGARET E. WILLIAMS Mary' Vice-President 1 “Her friends—they are many, Her foes—are there any?” . . ERNEST MAN DEVI LLE Mink’ “Bashful, quiet, and shy And nobody knows why.” 19

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3UTLER HIGH SCHOOL PARTY AT MT. VERNON