Carteret Academy - Carteret Yearbook (Orange, NJ)

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Whof Would Mr. Granf couldn r confer wifh parenfs for fwo hours over l'he phone. . . Moore invifed fha seniors for a weekend blow- ouf on his snazzy boaf . . . Rough Roy ever gof downrigh+ +ough wifh 'rhe Carferel' boys. . . Schaffer were cured of fhal' mysferious pain of his-in fhe head. we frusf? . . . Mr. Barreff forgol' fo give fhose beloved lO0O word vocabulary lisfs in Spanish. . . Grayson Wyman were a ladies man wifh his 'lype of office work. . . Mr. Hammond had his way wifh 'rhose large creafures in his classes. . . Lewis lubiquifousl Dodge suddenly sfopped being splashed all over The school . . . Mr. Defenfion should forgef 'ro have his affer- dinner cigarefle. . . Big John Gilmore Kelly ever wenf berserk in defenfion wifh a bufcher knife. . . Mr. Miller subsfifuled his famous Jimminy Cric- kel's for somefhing-sfronger . . . Reinhard decided 'lo use Professor in fhe place of Sir fo Mr. Miller. . . Mr. Laify made fhe big swi+ch -vofed a sfraighf Democrafic 'lickef nexl' fall. . . Knobel gol' fo school af 6:30 insfead of 5:30 'lo review his dear Physics. Mr. Perry simmered down and was nof so bois- ferous and rambunc+ious in French. . . Goog. . . goog. . . goog. . . goog. . . googly eyes Tallagnon wenf sfark mad in gym. . . Mrs. Smifh didn'+ love all her precious Carferef children. . . Happen I f? Vicfor Ceasar decided fo enfer fhe Unifed Sfafes Nafional Spelling Bee. . . Miss Powelson had a free period in which fo cor- recf her sfudenfs' masferpieces. . . . Praff did nol go fo Hackeffsfown on his leisurely weekends. . . ' Mrs. Daher had some really slow pupils in her efficienf Reading Clases. . . Moore up and boughf a snappy new l956 Buick fo add To his car collecfion. . . . Mr. O'Neil forgof fo say Nufs and cracked a few of fhe 'rougher ones in gym. . . Teddy lphilosopherl Granf should blasf away af his sfudies. . . Simons were caughl using hol' crib nol'es during final exams. . . Levenson boughf Vi'ralis fo comb his unruly hair. . . . Olsen losf his hof 'lemper af 'rhe speakers in Assembly. . . Tieger won The Big Surprise-SlO0.000 on TV for Carferel-. . . Medlin were forced fo keep his moufh shui for five minufes during fhe day. . . Pena ever learned 'ro speak fha King's English before he graduafed. . . Savino disclosed how he beal fhe draff rap recenfly. . . The Chemisfry class all 'lurned ouf fo be nuclear physicis+s. . . . The faculfy had cockfails af fheir Monday affer- noon meefings. . . Every ofher day wetre a holy day al' school. . . We were all violinisfs and could 'rake The affer- noon off. . . 29

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Senior Song Hifs Aufumn Leaves .............. Goodbye summer T hello school The High and Migh+y .............. New Year'S Eve. Summer'rime ........ Whal we all long for wiih +he greaiesi of anlicipalion. Sixfeen Tong ,,,..,,,,,, The seniors carrying Their books home. Oh Wha+ A Beauiiful Morning ............ Saiurddy morning. 'Love ls A Many Splendored Thing .. Dick PraH's lrips +o. . . 'Rock Around The Clock ...,................ Carlerei' school work. 'Some'rhing's Goi To Give ............................ Us. 'She Wo.uldn'+ Say Yes .... Mrs. Grace P. Smilh 'Teach Me Tonigh'r .... Mr. Miller and his classes. 'Slow Boal' To China ......,. Moore-al' The end of a marking period 'Fooled .....,........ Lewis Dodge in geomelry class. 'Burn Thai Candle ...,..,..... Nigh+ before exams- al home. and al fha Dorm. 'l Forgive ...........,.,....,. Mr. Arihur N. Hammond. 'So Long-l+'s Been Good To Know You .... Dear old Carferef. 'Honey Babe .........,....... ,.....s.......... M rs. Smi+h. Momen'rs +o Remember ...... The New York Trips. Oh Happy Day ..............,..,........ Carolan's and O'Connor's +ouchdown. Dragne'r ................ Mr. Deieniion-lSchoenfeldl l Am ln The Mood ...................... Our homework. Tha+'s My DGSire ..................,..,.. Cul ring school. Side By Side Copying each o'rher's homework. Slaugh+er On Tenih Avenue ..,. Mr. Hammond- afier +he exams. Time On My Hands ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Siudy Hall, Trying -.----.--... To ger away wilh The mos'reslr. 50mellWlV1Q'S lViiSSiHQ .............. Michael Levenson. Confused ------- ....... Roberi Kunz .

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Class The life of a sTudenT, like ThaT of an adulT, is one of environmenTal adiusTmenT. By The Time we were ready To graduafe from grammar school we were wholly acclimaTed To our surroundings. We knew our Teachers. Their de- mands. Their personalifies-we had arrived. Then There was graduafion. lT was wonderful. The wonder of iT all, however, lasTed only for a shorT Time. The vacafion monfhs were soon over. IT was The cool monTh of Sepfember. High school was in The offing. lT was a maTTer of adiusTmenT all over again. We had To adiusf ourselves To new Tasks. new faces, new problems. new insTrucTors. IT was buT anofher Type of workouT so ThaT we mighf be- come menTally supple. inTellecTually flexible, scho- lasTically resourceful, psychologically resilienf. Our Training ground for all o This was Car- TereT School. Those of us who in The lower grades had ap lied ourselves diligenfly found The firsT few days ofpour adiusTmenT To longer-assignmenfs quife easy. Those on The oTher hand who were noT so blessed in The pasT found iT a Terrific problem as- similaTing all The maTerial required in high school- ThaT is, sfudying four subjecfs a nighf. parficularly having To sTruggle wiTh a new language where everyfhing was foreign. Algebra. being so exacT. cerfainly Taxed our paTience. Science and English were wiThin The realm of possibilify. This firsT meal neverfheless was decorafed wiTh TasTy desserf- achievemenf TesTs-for our delecTaTion. shall we say? Some of us acquiTTed ourselves nobly-ofhers . . . well . . . ? The firsT year of fooTball was an excellenT one wiTh a 5-I record. The bumps TaughT us someThing -how sofT we were. The Chrisfmas dance was mosT successful. The reHy girls. The colorful dresses, and The good Time had by all lincluding The Teachersl cheered us up immeasurably. This was The feasf before The slaugh- Ter-Mid Year Exams. As To These-no commenT. LeT The pasT dead bury iTs dead. The second semesTer. The going was now a Trifle easier, The road passable, The goal clearer. BaskeTball followed. Some of us played on The Junior VarsiTy. The VarsiTy had a commendable season-a I5-4 record. Baseball-The Junior Var- siTy had a 5-2 won losT. The VarsiTy's record was fair. However. The Training in endurance sTood us in good sTead for whaT was in sTore-Final Exam- inaTions. This was a challenge. We meT iT. The resulfs musT speak for Themselves. Arnold Toynbee. The hisforian. Tells us ThaT we all need a wi+hdrawaI period To resT and geT a beTTer perspecfive on Things. Vacafion was our wifhdrawal period. and a welcomed one, Too. H isfory Says The French proverb- C'esT le premier pas qui couTe llT's The firsT sTep ThaT counTsl. The firsT year was our firsT sTep-our premier pas . We were now sophomores. This was The year. We knew all There was To know. The poor frosh were mere Tyros. We sTood our ground. especially againsT The volley of apTiTude TesTs. They were noT so formidable as in The previous year-noT ThaT The resulTs were any beTTer. buf aT leasT The ice was broken. even if some of us did fall Through. Working on The Cavalier and The HillTopper offered anofher inTeresTing challenge. IT was one Thing To wriTe a paper for class and anoTher To wriTe for publicaTion. ThaT was where exacfness counfed. Our eyes became Trained To uncTuaTion. spelling, senTence coherence, and The likje. Again, iT was fine basic Training-anoTher aspecT of enviro- menTal adiusTmenT. The Clubs were also inTeresTing. We discovered ThaT we goT ouT of Them iusT whaT we puT inTc Them. ThaT was a real lesson. The more given. The more received. lf we came away empfy handed, The faulT was noT owing To oThers-iT was owing To somefhing in ourselves. ThaT was iusT whaT ThaT line from Shakes- peare meanf llearned in Mr. Hammond's English classl: The faulf, dear BruTus, is -noT in our sTars, BuT in ourselves, ThaT we are underlings. We had never realized ThaT. Though we had eyes we could see so liTTle-aT leasT, noT unTil CarTereT opened Them a biT. FooTball-iT was Tough buf rewarding, if noT in games won, aT leasT in The more inTangible values-fair play. selfless cooperafion. bodily re- sisfance. The record was 3-3 buf The experience was Thirfy Times ThaT score. The ChrisTmas holidays were a heaven senT re- lief before Mid Years. The second semesTer goT off wiTh a good sTarT. Caesar was no longer so redoubTable a char- acTer-in facf we rafher liked The fellow . Shakes- peare was righT when he described him- Why, man, he doTh besfride The narrow world Like a Colossus . . . This in a way Tied in wiTh our English. Dramafics, under The experT guidance of Mr. Hammond-our English insTrucTor and connoisseur of Broadway plays, TaughT us voice modulafion, dramafic poise. and effecfive elocufion. ln baskefball iT was The besT year since I948, We won The New Jersey HeadmasTers' Tourna- menT-and fourTh place aT The Glens Falls Tourna- menT. Our Junior VarsiTy in baskefball scored a 4-2 record.