Chatham High School - Chatter Yearbook (Chatham, NJ)

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THE LHATHAM LHATTFR the valedxctoran wlll be engraved on the scholarshlp cup the name of the Fest c1t1zen wlll be engraved on the cltlzenshlp cup and best of all CLASS Or 1931 w1ll be engraved on the honor roll cup showlng that the Senlors had the highest standmg scholastlcally for the year of 1930 31 1General talk Gosh what dumb thmgs we used to do when we were Freshmen Remem ber those awful class meetmgs Gordon used to We played Hop Scotch Miss Suydammle used to glve Roby the MllllC8Ht Who has the w1ll'7 I want to hear that' Marcla Here lt IS lreadsl I LXSS V5 ILL the Senlor Class of n1neteen hundred and thuty one of Chatham Hlgh School Chatham New Jersey be1ng of sound mmd and memory do draw up and submlt to all mankmd thls our first and last w1ll and testament Alfred Roby our class presldent leaves hls excellent French marks to Mlss Suydam as a pleasant remmder of h1m M1ldred Bo1v1e leaves her optlmlsm to Mrs Fosters Blology students Mlml Stokes leaves her poetlc talent to Albert Ford Marxe Fleldlng leaves her enthusxastlc cheermg at school games to the school as a whole Amos Engllsh leaves h1s extreme talkatlveness to Max that Max need not be such a shrlnkmg vlolet 1n the future Gertrude Blatt leaves her hook ln Mxss Dur gans closet for the use of anyone who despaxrs of passlng Algebra lMr Jeter and Mr Splcer w11l contr1bute the rope 3 Gordon Rltchle leaves h1s curls to Evelyn Leonard whose own strangely dxsappear on ramy days Katherlne Pugh leaves Charles Stuart to h1m self Edwm Storey leaves h1s long strldes to Allan Rleser that Allan may be 1n tlme for school hereafter Ruth Ortman leaves her love of Chemlstry to Mr SPICGFS future Chemlstry classes Mllllcent Tholen leaves her mult1c1pl1c1ty o1 male acqualntances to the undergraduate glrls Benjamin Tyson leaves hls scxentxfic mmd to Harold Thompson that Harold may bulld better radlos from now on Loretta Butler leaves her allblS to Thelma Page 14 Erland Kronberg leaves to future Sen ors a much read volume of Pomola wlth hopes that they wlll fimsh lt ln a shorter t1me than he dld Robert Bray leaves hls meekness to Hazel Lum INancy Jackson leaves her breath taklng ablllty ln wrxtxng hlstory unlts to be d1v1ded among next year s Unlted States Hlstory class so Mr Eshel man wont need qulte so much red mk LIHFJOFIS MacGregor leaves her heap of absence sl1ps to the hlghest bldder as a memento James Reld leaves h1s excellent record 1n Umt ed States Hxstory as a shmmg example to all puplls who are not mclmed to study Anna Muchmore leaves her sweet and modest a1r to Donald Kllloch that Donald may be the belle of the dances next year Florence Putnam leaves her or1g1nal handwrlf mg to Dallas Dobelbower that Dallas will be able to wrlte notes whlch no one can declpher Jeanette Weeks leaves her shaggy black eye more effectwely on next years Freshmen than on thls years Charles Guerm leaves has grm to Dorothy Karl Ohve Kmg Bray leaves her nonchalance whlle 1n Physlcs class to future Physlcs students that they need not be so startled by Mr SPICGTS ex ploslons Marcla Butterworth leaves her place on the first honor roll to Raymond Balltelm Myrtle Rlley leaves her studwusness ln Latln to Allan Rleser the needs It ask Mr Lynchl Ruth Whlte leaves her shrlnkmg shyness to Oscar Laurle W1ll1am Bell leaves hls croomng volce to Teddy Jamlson that Teddy may be even more xrreslstlble to the weaker sex Carolyn Huff leaves her blushes to Mr Lynch wlth hopes that he wxll use them And now havmg consclentlously set down plans whereby the school may be absolutely wxthout fault we appomt Mr Montelth our chlef execu tor wlth full confidence that under hls supervlslon our plans w1ll be well carrled out The Class of 1931 1 General talkl Gordon Somebody go ln and turn the radlo on and well dance as we dxd ln the lunch room remember that party We played Murder and murdered MISS Partrldge She screamed dldnt she M1ldred Ill say By the way dld anyone ever find out who dld It I never have Gordon Gosh I dont know Ben If you couldn t find out ln a fake murder how do you suppose you re golng to do lt ln a real one? W 1 J . - Y J ' ' Y' 1. L 11' ,- .. . ,, ,- N . , . . , v ' Y ' ' ' x y . . . . - ' VYVYYYYY j ' . ' ' ' . . . . 1. ,. 1 1 . V ' S V. ' I I A v ' v ' ' . , , - Know' ye, thereforei by these presents, that we. brows to MI.. Jeter that he may frown even I I ' - ' 1 , 1 l 1 1 v ' ' . H V . ' ' ' ' . ' ' ' . . Y . 1 q 1 ' . ' ' - 1 - ' . . , . V ' I H 11 I Y . ' . . - - - . . L. - 1 . I , . . . ' - 1 . 1 L1 v 1 ' in V .

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER The Rang., tontroxersv About the end of May there was a d1v1s1on In the Junxor class over the anclent rzng questxon Half of the class wanted xactly what the other half dldn t The tongue battle raged for a whxle and after the votes wer Counted some Walked home wlth downcast and ome wlth elated faces The New Freedom But the rmg controversy was forgotten among the act1v1t1es of summer vacaton and the Senlors entered school ID Sep tember wlth happy faces They entered 1n on the enjoyment of the new freedom They were free to walk up the front steps and ln the front door whenever they pleased and they were free to walk up the mlddle alsle ln chapel Under the able adrnlnlstratlon of Alfred J Roby Jr Presldent and Gertrude Blatt Vlce Presldent helped by the cabmet rSecretary of State Robert Bray and Secretary of Treasury Myrtle Rlleyl the varlous buslness of a Senior year was managed well Exutmg moments A senlor year as everyone knows IS full of excltmg moments One of the first of these was the arrxval of the rlngs and pms followed by a week or two of constantly shmmg them An eye wltness tells of one gurl who cleaned her nng very lndustrlously every 13 mornlng ln hlstory class' Another 8XClt1Dg tlme w as havlng the plctures taken The whole school was excited when the Basketball trophy whlch Semor boys had helped to wln was pre sented ln chapel At the tlme thls 15 wrltten each day has more and more excltement because lt w1ll be all over when you read thls But thls IS a hxstory so hlstory must be told In the three one act plays as well as ln Sher lock Holmes the Senlors played lmportant parts You all remember how well Marjorle Mac Gregor Nancy Jackson Alfred Roby Benjamm Tyson Earl Kronberg and all the rest played thelr parts so we need not tell you Then too ln the lunchroom Fveryone had such a hne t1me that Mr Jeter had to use all hls strategy to get them out at 11 30 The 1 losmg Days There are many many thmgs whlch wlll happen but whlch cannot be recorded here Each Senlor wlll carry away h1s own mem orles and each underclassman wlll have some memory of the Senlor class But after thls hrs tory has been for otten perhaps even after thc Senlor class and all who know them have been forgotten there wlll stxll be a remembrance of us left ID Chatham Hlgh School The name of 1 1 . , .' ' .' 1 ' 1 l ' r ' v 1 . e ' ' . .. . 1 Q . ,' . 2 ' 4 T-T-T ii,- Y T A , H ' L ' -, ' , - y v the Seniors had a dinner-dance all by themselves D . A -Q - ' u y vr 1 ' ' ' v - l ' H vm ' ' l . . . l 1 -Q y y ' ' v' ' 5-' 4 tvs.. , ' . . . U s , ' . b - . . Y Y. 1 .

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