Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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COMMENCEMENT EPOCH IN THE LIFE OF A SENIOR When Miss Average Senior steps up to the platform to receive her diploma, she will indeed have reached a major milestone in her life. From a crowded four years just passed, mem- ories will come thronging. Miss Average Senior will doubt- less remember how as a freshman she was overwhelmed by new places, new faces, new studies—-in fact, a whole new life. When she attended the Freshman Masquerade, she met many of her present friends; and in debating that first year she led her class to glory. A year later, she strung hearts on wires and adorned the gym in red and white hearts and streamers for the annual Sophomore Hop. Dancing amidst this romantic atmosphere, she and her escort won the prize in the “lucky spot dance. The next year at Prom time, she went completely Hawaiian. As she stepped from the gangplank, a Hawaiian girl presented her with a gaily colored lei. In the tropical setting of palm trees, boats, and moonlight on the ocean, she danced away the evening. Opening her senior social year with Christmas, Miss Average Senior gathered hemlock, cut red and green crepe paper, and sang Christmas carols —all in preparation for the Community Sing and Dance. She danced around the beautiful Christmas tree sumptu- ously adorned with lights, and in her Page Twelve

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SCIENCE DANIEL CARUSO, B.S., M.A. Alfred University Adviser: First Aid Club, J. V. Football, Wrestling Club. EDWIN R. CONKLIN, Ph.B., Ed.M. Lafayette College Adviser: Ping Pong Club, Rod and Cun Club, Coordinator of Clubs Program. Inset: MR CARUSO MR VAN HEUSEN MRS MARSHALL MR CONKLIN Left Center: Right Center: MRS. MICKENS Bottom: MISS FOLEY MISS SMITH MISS HUXSTER MARY LOUISE MARSHALL, B.A. University of North Carolina MISS INGLIS DR THORNE Adviser: Home Economics Club, Fresh- man Class Activities, Freshman-Sopho- more Homeroom Representatives. GEORGE VAN HEUSEN. B.A. Colgate University Adviser: Varsity B. Club. Varsity Foot- ball, Varsity Basketball, Photography Club. HEALTH WILLIAM P. THORNE, M.D. School Doctor JEAN L. INGLIS, R.N. School Nurse CAFETERIA EDNA MICKENS OFFICE MARY L. FOLEY. B.S. Albany State T. C. Commercial Teacher, Clerk DORIS HUXSTER Clerical Service KATHRYN V. SMITH Secretary

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gay reverie pondered over what Santa Claus would bring her. Along with the March winds came the annual senior play. “The Late Christopher Bean,’’ a renowned artist, painted many beauti- ful pictures, which supplied the setting for the decorations for the dance held in the gym after the play. Soon after the Easter vacation, plans were com- pleted for the Washington trip. The class treasurers, through a system of in- dividual accounts, determined the amount Miss Average Senior had earned when she sold magazine subscriptions, Christmas cards and senior play tickets earlier in the year. This credit went towards her trip. So she packed her suitcase and left for the national capital. After an enjoyable three days, she came home badly in want of some sleep. A serious mood, however, fol- lowed close upon the heels of the gay- ety and lightheartedness of the Wash- ington trip. Looking forward to the solemnity, pomp, and dignity of Bacca- laureate and Commencement, so rich in tradition, Miss Average Senior prepared to spend her last weeks at school com- bating mixed feelings of regret and an- ticipation—regret for the present so soon to end, and eager anticipation for the future. Page Thirteen