Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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High LighTs of I936 DANCING CLASSES Under The direcfion of Miss Rablen, Mr. WheTham. and Mr. Andresen, The sTudenTs This year received lessons in ballroom dancing. One period a week was devofed To The insTrucTions, which resulTed in a larger TurnouT aT'The Friday affernoon dancing periods. IT wasn'T long before even The mosT shy gained enough confidence To go on The floor. The sTudenTs were Taughf noT only The walfz and fox-TroT buf insfrucfions also included several of The laTesT novelTy sTeps. The proiecf was so successful ThaT The conTinuaTion of These classes will be considered nexT year. STUDENT DANCES One of The major proiecfs of This year's STudenT Council has been The fosfering of all-sfudenf dances. This is a new idea, which was begun lasT year. The Council has gone even farfher, in esfablishing as a cusfom, aT leasT one sTudenT dance each Term. Only sTudenTs of B. l-l. S. are admiTTed and a very nominal admission fee is charged each couple. The firsf affair This year was a Thanksgiving masquerade. The gym was appro- priafely decoraTed wiTh corn sfalks, pumpkins, pilgrims, Turkeys, and horns of plenTy fesfooned abouT The walls. Mosf of The evening was spenT in dancing To The music of The Colony Club Orchesfra. The members of The band added afmosphere To The rusTic scene wiTh Their hill-billy aTTire. During orchesTra inTermissions, The gay revellers were enTerTained by Talenfed sTudenTs. AfTer The square seTs, Virginia reels and novelTy dances, came The Grand March during which The funniesf, mosT original, and mosT aTTracTive cosfumes were iudged. Prizes in The form of live-sTock lbunnies and ducksl were awarded The winners. All who affended were so enfhusiasfic for anofher dance Thaf The Council made plans for a spring affair. Being righT up-To-daTe, The Council announced This as a Leap- Year Dance. And did The girls Take advanfage of Thafl They noT only inviTed The boys buT called for Them, paid Their way, and Then cuT in on Them. For This dance The gymnasium was decoraTed in Carnival sTyle. Merry-go-rounds and wild animals in cages lined The walls. The Three hundred balloons which were hung from The ligh'Ts and ceiling lasTed abouT Ten minufes-and Then pop! bang! pop! As an added aTTracTion a gypsy forfune-Teller was presenT To read The palms of The merry- makers. The music of The high school orchesTra was Thoroughly enjoyed and sighs lof reqreT were evidenf when The sTrains of Home filled The gym. Everyone lefT however. in keen anTicipaTion of The STudenT Dances which They hope will be conTinued nexT year. BOXING AND WRESTLING The morning of April eiqhfh, from nine Till Ten o'clock, The STudenT Council sTaged boxing and wresTling bouTs in The gymnasium for The benefiT of The VarsiTy Tennis and golf squads. There were five no decision boxing bouTs, refereed by Mr. WheTham. and four wresTling maTches refereed by Mr. Caruso. The boxing carcl conTained l-l. Morse vs. R. Droshin. W. Terhune vs. R. Yeisley. F. Lucianna vs. D. Braun, J. De Nike vs. H. Shiphorsf, and E. Searles vs. J. Weaver. Those who wresfled were L. Coursen and V. O'DeIl, J. Osar and A. Mansius, C. Decker and R. Kell, J. Cleary and V. Babcock. This Term These maTches were looked forward To wiTh greaf anTicipaTion and a record group of boys was in aTTendance. Already among underclassmen The Emafeur pugilisfs are squaring off in preparafion for The nexT Wednesday before asfer. --RUTH GUENTER '36. THE NUGGET 29

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Hisfory of fhe Class of i936 Sepfember I932 marked fhe enfry of fhe class of '36 info fhe porfals of Bufler High School. During fhose firsf few weeks, mosf of us made ourselves conspicuous by such fhings as affending fhe wrong classes, and going home af fhe wrong fime. However, we soon became acquainfed wifh fhe regular rouYfine and seffled down fo hard work. S The summer of I933 was memorable for us, for in fwo monfhs fhe fransformafion from green freshies fo inifiafing sophomores was effecfed. ln February of fhaf year, we made our debuf info fhe social world, fhe occasion being a pafriofic dance. Alfhough posfponed because of sub-zero weafher, fhis affair was our firsf real success. We embarked upon our Junior year as dignified upper classmen defermined fo do our besf in all fhaf we affempfed. The climax of fhe social year was fhe Junior Promenade-our farewell gesfure fo fhe Seniors. Affer weeks of diligenf work, aided by our loyal class advisors, we fransformed fhe gym info a sunny Spanish pafio. lmmediafely fhereaffer we sfarfed in business by faking over fhe sale of candy affer fhe Seniors' deparfure for Washingfon. We refurned fhe following Sepfember, nof as green freshmen nor wise Sopho- mores nor even as dignified Juniors-no-we refurned fo B. H. S. as Seniors. We sfarfed building up our bank accounf in earnesf when we launched a magazine campaign realizing a fofal of fwo hundred and sixfy five dollars. Mary Shorf proved fo be fhe besf salesman for she secured 5I subscripfions. The refurns from our Chrisf- mas enferfainmenf furfher added fo our funds. Alfhough fhe profifs came fo us, fhe credifs musf go largely fo fhe unfiring efforfs of Miss Kefchum, our Senior advisor, and Mr. De Pue fhe musical direcfor. Good news came af fhis fime when we heard fhaf mid-year exams had been abolished. Wifh a sigh of relief we began fhe semesfer rafher lighf hearfedly. ln March, fhe newly selecfed play casf began rehearsals for fhe spring play. True fo ex- pecfafions If Won'f Be Long Now was presenfed before a capacify house-and became anofher greaf success-fhanks fo fhe casf and our faifhful coach, Miss Kefchum. To boosf our candy sales furfher, we held a popularify conffesf won by Carol Jacobus, a Junior. Our year's sale of candy under fhe able supervision of Douglas Braun, neffed us over four hundred and sevenfy dollars which added fo our ofher funds was enough fo make our dream of a Washingfon frip a realify. On April 30, we leff for a fhree-day four of fhe Capiffal Cify. Long affer ofher evenfs of school have faded info fhe pasf, we feel fhaf fhe experiences, fhe associa- fions and fhe fun of fhis frip will sfand ouf mosf clearly. We refurned fo Bufler ifo finish fhe lasf lap of our high school career, and a shorf lap we found if. Y Being more prosperous or daring fhan fhe lasf fhree classes we decided fo revive The Nuggef fhe high school annual. Under fhe guidance of Mr. Easferbrook, fhe sfaff worked diligenfly fo publish fhis volume commemorafing our four years af Bufler High School. A large share of fhe credif is due fhe business managers who success- fully collecfed ads despife fhe business slump. James Hannigan, our super salesman, alone collecfed fhree hundred and fiffy dollars worfh of adverfising. Now as we look forward Pfo commencemenf, we experience a feeling of com- mingled ioy and sadness, ioy because we have affained fhe goal for which we have been sfriving: sadness because of fhe severing of infimafe friendships and happy days spenf af Bufler High School. Affer reviewing fhese four years, may we wish 'for fhe incoming Seniors a year as filled fo fhe brim as ours has been wifh a mixfure of good fun and earnesff work. -RUTH GUENTER '36. 98 THE NUGGET

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BOY Bill Meier Bulclw Wliellwam George Biggio Beni Zuk James Hannigan Jack Nissen Allan Callwcarl Beni Zuk Jack Nissen Clark McKeon Harold Peferson Clark McKeon Douglas Braun Bulcli Wlieflwam Harold Pelerson Douglas Braun Howard Collins Jerry La Sala Jerry La Sala Allred Villa Harold Slwauger Norberl Loyzelle James Hannigan Richard Kell Bill Meier Howard Collins Waller Wilfeck 30 THE NUGGET Popular EIec'rions MOST POPULAR BEST LOOKING BEST ATHLETE CLASS WIT BEST DRESSED BEST ORATORS CLASS MICE CLASS SALUTES MOST CONCEITED DESPAIR OF FACULTY PRIDE OF FACULTY CLASS LOAFERS CLASS ANGELS MOST DIGNIFIED BEST THINKERS KNOW-IT-ALLS MosT PROMISING MOST REPRESENTATIVE CLASS CHATTERBOXES BEST DANCERS MOST CHILDISH CLASS CROONERS BEST MIXERS MOST ORIGINAL MOST RESPECTED MOST AMBITIOUS CLASS TARZANS GIRL Grace Cuslwmore Claire Wilkinson Evelyn Pisani Melissa Murplny Carolyn Mclieon Genevieve Ducca Annabelle Ricker Hilda Van Dine Annabelle Nissen Florence Madden Dina Gilberlsen Mary O'Leary Claire Wilkinson Genevieve Ducca Rulli Guenler Julia Adalisl Belly Sweelman Rullw Guenler Marge Mclnlyre Clwarlolle Reiclwwein Gay Armslrong Hilda Van Dine Carolyn McKeon Florence Madden Dina GiIber+sen Be++y Sweeurman Helen O'DeII