Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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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

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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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MARCARET ACKERMAN Junior Prom Committee 3; Girl Re- serves 1 ; Home Economics Club 4. JOHN ADALIST Senior Service 4; Assistant Candy Manager 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Sophomore Dance Committee 2; Forum 4; Cheeleaders 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Basketball 4, Manager; Debat- ing Club 1, 2. 3, 4; Dramatic Club 3; Science Club 1 ; Rod and Cun Club 2, 3; First Aid Club 4. PEARL V. ANDERSON Dramatic Club 2; Girl Reserves 1 ; Home Economics Club 4. FLORA L. BARTLETT Transferred from Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Massachusetts; Senior Servce 4; Senior Play 4; Forum 4; First Aid Club 4. ROBERT BAUMAN Maple Leaf 3, 4; Rod and Cun Cub 4. MARJORIE L. ACKERSON Senior Service 4; Business Club 4; Movie Club 3; Camera Club 4; Home Economics Club 3. WALTER AHRENS Transferred from St. Benedict’s Pre- paratory, Newark, New Jersey; Senior Service 4; Candy Manager 4; Com- munity Sing Committee 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Junior Prom Com- mittee 3; Hi-Y 4; Interclass Baseball 3; Varsity Football 3, 4; Varsity Basketball 3, 4. NORMAN APPEL Senior Service 4; Varsity Track 3; Varsity Basketball 2, 3; Interclass Soccer 1, 2, 3; Interclass Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Interclass Baseball 1, 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Rod and Cun Club 2; Camera Club 4. HENRY BAUMAN Wrestling Club 3; Interclass Touch Football 1 ; Rod and Cun Club 3, 4; Chess Club 4; Clee Club 1. ROBERT BAYNE Clee Club 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Inter- class Soccer 2; Interclass Baseball 2; Rod and Cun Club 2; Harmonica Club 4; Varsity Coif 2, 3. 4; Automobile Club 4. WE KNEW THEM BY: MARCE lunch money late buses and tardy excuses M. ACKERMAN MARCE collecting movie photos and autographs M. ACKERSON JOHNNY plaid tie floods of oratory school spirit J. ADALIST STREAKY candy order blanks love of a good argument W. AHRENS ANDIE a pearl in an apron domestic inclinations P. ANDERSON DEAK good nature one of the Fire Fighting Four N. APPEL FLO flowing ribbons unique coiffures “Daddy said” F. BARTLETT HEN artistic decorations on book covers and papers H. BAUMAN BOB his main worry—meeting M. L. sports deadline R. BAUMAN BOB jitterbug suspenders bow tie harmonica ditties R. BAYNE Page Fourteen