Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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Senior Officers GEORGE DOMINGUEZ President JOSEPH DOMINGUEZ Vice-President MARGIE HURT Treasurer During our under-class years at Butler, we never realized how busy senior year would be. In order to fill our class coffers, we held fund-raising activities. In our magazine drive, we amassed the sum of $8000, which we have used to finance our class trip, Senior Social, and class gift. This was all done under the leadership of our class officers, working under the supervision of our advisor, Mrs. Lewis. Below. President George Dominguez discusses with Mrs. Lewis one of the many problems facing the senior class. 28

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THE CLASS OF 1962: A HISTORY 1958-1959, Freshman Year We entered Butler in September as the lowest form of humanity — green, scared freshmen. We struggled with names, new schedules, unfamiliar courses, and rules. Will any one of us ever forget the first time we got lost in the labyrinth that is B.H.S. ? However, we soon felt that Butler was our second home. Football season began. We felt self-conscious at first about yelling cheers, but soon we were consumed by the burning spirit of all Butlerites. Our own freshman team was undefeated. The Freshman Halloween Party gave us a chance to meet our fellow classmates — all three hundred strong. We danced, sang, played games, and tried to recognize our disguised friends. Winter came. Once we got used to high school, we fell in love with it. This newly-acquired sense of confidence let us relax and enjoy life. We became part of Butler. Some of us took part in the Christmas musicale; we went to the wonderful Christmas dance, held at the elementary school. We went to basketball” games — and then were suddenly snowed under with homework, notebooks, projects, exams and exemptions (for a lucky few!). In the spring, pressure relaxed a bit. The Freshman- Sophomore play, Little Darling, enabled us to show everyone just who the Class of '62 was. This feeling of class pride was to be carried on for the next three years. 1959-1960, Sophomore Year At last really acclimated to Butler life, we entered our sophomore year filled to the brim with enthusiasm. After the long summer, a new crop of pea-greens” took our place, and we greeted old friends with laughter and reminiscence. Most of us fell victim to Sophomore-itis,” that strange disease to which almost all succumb. We felt pretty cocky (pity the poor freshmen!), but recovered suddenly when first semester grades were given out. This was the year when we began to make our mark in Butler's history. We planned and took part in so many activities — the Latin Banquet; the Sophomore Hop, traditionally a square dance, and a huge success; Spring Concert. We were experiencing our last days as under-classmen. 1960- 1961, Junior Year We entered school full of upper-classman superiority. Our class and the Class of '61 were close, and shared in almost everything. We were light-hearted and gay, but not for too long. We soon began to feel the responsibilities of this most demanding year. School work never seemed as rugged as in our junior year — term papers hit us all for the first time. More was expected of us than ever before. In the spring, at Honor Society inductions, many of us were rewarded for our work, and for having attained the high goals of scholarship, leadership, char- acter, and service. We out-shone ourselves in many respects. Butler's football and baseball teams were Lakeland Conference and Morris County Champions; we won awards for our publications. Our dances and activities were very successful. The Junior Prom, held at the Mazdabrook Country Club, was the most rewarding experience of all. We had worked hard on this dance; the evening was perfect. It hardly seemed possible that three years of high school were drawing to a close. As we said good-bye to the seniors with a twinge of sadness, we realized that we soon would be taking their places. 1961- 1962, Senior Year We have had a long, hard trek since September, 1958. We will never forget our years at Butler High — a wonderful, happy time. During our senior year, many of us eagerly awaited graduation, yet now that the time has come, we realize how much we will miss these old halls. What have we done in this, our last year at Butler? That is the story of this book , . . 27

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ANTHONY AIELLO Jersey Avenue, West Milford Dancing 1,2; Movie Program 1,2. BARBARA ALLEN 19 Woodland Court, Kinnelon Honor Trip 1,2,3,4; Maple Leaf Editorial 2,3,4; F.T.A. 3,4; Math Club 1. JUDITH AMUNDSEN Summit Avenue, Butler Glee Club 1,2; Art Service 1; Math Club 1, JAMES ANDERSON 14 Woodland Court, Kinnelon Science Fair 1,4; First Aid 1; Movie Progran 1; Track 4; History Fair 3. NORMA ARMSTRONG Pepperidge Tree Terrace, Smoke Rise Band 1; Choir 2,3,4; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Maple Leaf Editorial 3,4; French 4; Girls' Harmony 2. JANE AULT Hemlock Lane, Smoke Rise Student Council 2,3; Honor Society 3,4; Honor Trip 1,2,3,4; Cheerleader 3,4; Glee Club 1; Nugget Editorial 2; Science Fair 1,2,3,4; Girls' Harmony 1; History Fair 3. BARBARA BABCOCK Route 23, Butler Dancing 1; Movie Program 1; History Fair 3. ELIZABETH BAL Mountain Glen Lakes, RD 1, Butler Choir 2; Glee Club 1; Nugget Business 4; Science Fair 3; Dancing 1; Movie Program 1; History Fair 3. 29