Clifford J Scott High School - Tartan Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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.Mafory 0 flw E DIFFIDENTLY entered the w1de halls of East Orange Hrgh School and were a l1ttle skepttcal of all these older classmen who spoke of elevators from the basement to the thrrd floor lt was hard to get used to not go1ng home for lunch the self respons1b1l1ty the teachers seemed to expect and that 1ns1gn1f1cant feelmg that came from bemg the youngest denom1nat1on m a sea of faces Presently however we were assrmtlated mto the pattern we cheered the team as lust1ly as any semor at the fortleth Thanksgtvmg game agamst Barrmger We contrrbuted our b1t to the annual carollmg before Chrrstmas and sang hearttly for the operetta The Pirates of Penzance on February fourth and ftfth N1ght mares obsessed us after hav1ng thrllled to the melodrama of R U R a play of robots The Juntor sentor prom was one of the year s h1gh spots We found the graduatton dance an equal success The basketball team won n1ne out of f1fteen games much to our dehght None of us got seaslck on the annual Hudson tr1p rn May as we danced to the E O band Suddenly we found ourselves d1st1nct1ve we had been assrgned to transfer to Scott the new h1gh school A l1ttle wary about chang1ng schools aga1n we had made a lot of frlends at East Orange H1gh Schooleand a l1ttle curlous about what next year would brmg we started our summer vacatlon SOPHOMORE Prestdent Kenneth Fellows Vlce Presrdent George Vogel Treasurer Katherme Mattern The new school had been named for Cllfford I Scott former superrnten dent of schools We would have to work hard to make our school worthy of the name Could we be as respected rellable and efflclent as he? The goat was worth the venture We had to adapt ourselves to the sudden change from mcrdental underclassmen to paramount personages to top the school unttl graduat1on Tradltrons and extra curr1cular act1v1t1es would start Wllh We fabr1cated orgamzatlons to sat1sfy our every wrsh The drama TIC club The Stage Door was founded the f1rst two cop1es of the Baqpxpe appeared an orchestra and a swmg band were lntroduced archery golf r1d1ng and modern danclng h1ghl1ghted the ernbryon1c club program Scarlet and gray were adopted as Scotts colors Am1dst 1n1t1at1ng precedents we found t1rne for hockey basketball football and baseball The dramauc group presentmg a Mexrcan comedy The Red Velvet Goat and the modern dance adherents shared the honors of our f1rst evenmg per formance on March ll Scotts f1rst dance was the Spr1ng Sport Hop held on May 6 Our f.1rst choral success ln the Chrlstmas concert was seconded 1n the operetta Chxmes oi Nonncmdxe rn May Scott s half day exams orxgmated 1n the f1nals and wound up our sophomore year Page S1xteen Q . 1 1 'R , . , 1 1 f i i' 1 1 . 1 . 1 I 1' W W ' n I if W i' 1 . . . . . , , . I W Q I ' I 1' Q Q' ' . - i i Q , . L Secretary Iean Davls . , ' i Q 1' . . . . . . . . us. . - , . : 1 2 , , . . . . , . , . , , . , . . . . . .. . ' 'R Q 1' , , , , . , l l C I n . I l Q ' ' ' . ,. . . .. . . . , , , 1 . L'

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we .gznior Cfadd Presrdent V1ce Presrdent Secretary Treasurer ARTHUR ARMSTRONG RICHARD IDEAL MINERVA FELLOWS EARLE SHCTWELL O lCEl'5 Seated left to rlqht R1 hard Ideal Mtnerva Fellows Arthur Armstrong Earle Shotwell Durmq the two years that I have been your aclvlser your Wrllrnq ness enthus1asm and cooperatlveness have made workmq W1th you a pleas ure You have establrshed an envlable record of accompllshments you have set many fme precedents but most 1mportant of all you have Justlfled my tarth ln you Now you beqm a Search for personal success May you succeed 1n that quest may you cult1vate a de s1re to work and may you never forget that true happmess comes only from sharmq your success W1th others 010' .AJVIJBP CHARLES R COLLINS Paq Flftrwn ur ' o ' ' ' ' x , , A I A I 1 'I f I - , . E, 4

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Cami o 7940 l UNIOR Presrdent GGOYQS Voqel V1ce Pres1dent Arthur Armstrong Secretary lean DGWS Treasurer Lulse Weyhenmeyer We began our rumor year more confrdently now that we were upper classmen and no longer neophytes An eff1c1ent student councrl and a receptton comm1ttee were started The country acclcumed Scotts Mrcro phone booklet The swrmmrng club was orgamzed 662 out of the approxrmate 750 part1c1pated rn sports seven recelved basketball letters and fourteen football awards The pep songs H1gher Htgher Let It Wave and We Flght were composed Carol s1ng1ng and modern dancmg were featured 1n the Chrrstmas celebratron Our two mam eve mng programs were a presentatron of three plays Iomt Owners In Spam Happy Iourney and Four on a Heath m Ianuary and the operetta B0hen11U.11. Gul 1n March At the Jumor dance rn May we trred all the steps we had practrced at second lunch dancrng a regular ntterbug ex h1b1t1on by the students resulted Semonty seemed nearer and surer when we recerved our school rrngs 1n the sprrng SENICDR Vlce Presldent Hrchard Ideal Secretary Mrnerva Fellows Treasurer Earl Shotwell Last September we entered Scott to fmd ourselves sen1ors at last every one was suddenly more serlous more mature We accepted added respon s1b1l1t1es more easlly and naturally School mterests became a part of us agam before we knew 1t We cheered wrth pr1de our 35 football men frghtmg to w1n yelled new cheers sang wrth the band rn rts frrst year of pubhc appearance And when Thanksglvlng had long smce passed a foot ball dmner revrved that season for us N1neteen heroes recerved gold foot balls as an accolade of rnerrt Student partlcrpatron rn school act1v1t1es contmued rn the establlshed Student COUHC1l 1n the Receptron Cornmrttee 1n the new Wrltmg Cl1H1C and ln the Cafeterra Commrttee Choral achrevements reached a new htgh wrth the Chrtstmas Concert featurlng part of the Messlah and the sprxng concert 1n Aprrl The Ivory Door was harled a dramatrc success both the snowy mghts 1t played rn February The boys escorted the1r favorxte grrls to the Senlor dance ID Apr1l dancmg the1r best and sm1l1ng the1r nrcest smrles Well they knew May l7 was lust around the corner On the l7th Scott was topsy turvy Grrls ushered dates made weeks before hrther and yon mernly tak1ng the gen tlemen s part at the Socral Commlttees Leap Year Dance Our trrbute to leap year pard we rushed from one recrtal to another dance orchestra and vo1ce then settled down to d1scover 1t was almost lune Confr dence gave way to wlstfulness Had we the years to llve over what changes would we make? How close had we come to our goal? Had we partrcr pated 1n QCllV1l1eS as rnuch as we should? Were the tradrtrons we 1n1t1ated worthy tradrtxons? Had we made our school truly a frrendly school? Had our venture succeeded? Suddenly we became engulfed 1n last thmgs fnal exams belng Scotts frrst graduatrng class sxgnmg yearbooks farewells Then on Iune 21 proud yet somehow humble we recerved our d1plo mas Our days at Scott were over Page Seventeen O i 1' - - V . . Q 1 1- - ' ' 4 Q Q i' ' ' ' 5 1 . . . .. . . ll ll l ll 1 Q Q ' ' I I 1 1 Q i Q ' . . ll I I ll I 1' 'R 1 n 1 v 1 I - - -- Q Q 1- - - Presldent Arthur Armstrong : . - . . , , . . 1 I . 1 1 - , ,, , , , . . . . ,. , , . . . . . . . . ,. , ,. , . ll I ll - t A 1' i' 'I ll ll . . R 1 i' - I 1 I . 1 , ' Q 1' i ' ' I I V - I . . 1 Q Q ff . . , 1 , , - - - a 1 Q - . , 1 1 Q - . 1 Q 1' Y . . I A - O