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

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mvmww mwwwwxmvvma-wm raWIWJI . WMMWM .SJen ior Cfadd ajwlics fory jreddman year ik Imagine yourself king, only to find yourself suddenly demoted to the status of a lowly sub- ject. That is the adjustment we seniors of 946 had to make in 1941 when we left the highest grade in grammar school to enter the lowest grade in high school. But in our innocence our hearts were young and gay and we had our plans all laid out for runningr the school. We were, as all freshmen are, we later discovered, full of determination and zealous to prove ourselves campus leaders. But notwithstanding our noble resolves, the Sod Buster party was the first event in which we played an important part. This was our freshman get-acquainted party, held in the gymnasium one afternoon a few weeks after the opening of school. Here we met our class adviser and other teachers who would guide us during the year. For entertainment we divided into groups according to the month of our birth- day and played games. In this way we became well-acquainted with our classmates and teach- ers. . . At about the same time, the freshman class of 745 accomplished something that no class had done up to then, or has done sincee the early election of class officers. . . But there is one date of that year we shall remember above all othersePearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. Our remaining years in high school would be different from those of any other graduating class, though at the time we did not fully realize the drastic changes lying ahead of us. We could not foresee in 1941 that when we were seniors in 1945 our country would still be at war. We could not foresee that many of our classmates would not graduate with us because they were in the Army or Navy. But the transition-for usefrom a peacetime to a wartime America was gradual. Not for another two years would our class feel the full impact of the war. FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS President .................................... JOHN HENRY Vice President ........................ BILL HAYWARD Secretary ............................... PATRICIA RIVERS Treasurer ................................ CHARLES HENRY Page Twelve . , ,- . V . Hi . .t -.... .x .. i.a...uuuw.,vm.z.;,uuiw;W.-as.a-.c w;..w.wgy.;v;.gm;.-.w12:.u-.ia'm-Wm. 1;. '..xv.uv'?d:'f .m MthLu-HW: Ao-MW' t 1.... ' ' ' v kT' ?mllxu -. Iv. -.,.:-v,r---e- ' - V- v ' 't ' SOPAOMOPQ year ik Socially our sophomore year was distinguished by the annual sophomore dance, a Halloween festivity. This was our first really adult social enterprise, because, as freshmen the year before, we had not been allowed to give a dance. We worked with enthusiasm to make this event a success and were satisfied with the result. From now on, we felt, we were bona fide citizens of Clifford Scott. . . Another significant happening of this year was the production of g6Double or Nothing', by our dramatic department. It was this play which initiated into the delights of dramatic production some of our classmates who were later to become leading Thespians. . . But as the year wore on weeand the rest of the school tooebegan to notice that the halls were getting emptier, and the groups of girls were thickening. Many of the boys were leaving for the service of our country. So in the spring we contributed to the making of a Roll of Honor and a Service Flag which were dedicated in an assembly program of moving solemnity. Already two of the service stars were gold. . . The urge to buy war bonds and stamps for the Buy-a-Jeep Campaign grew steadily. The war was moving closer to us, step by step, and we were beginning to realize its deeper implications for us. . . The day by day routine was calm and untroubled, however, and this is best proved, perhaps, by our re-election of our class president, secretary, and treasurer. SOPHOMORE OFFICERS President ...................................... JOHN HENRY Vice President ........................ JOYCE VIVENTI Secretary ................................ PATRICIA RIVERS Treasurer ................................ CHARLES HENRY vmu.uwua:.ukmm,.n, ;. m QHstSSE-B'Hi. QBHQO'GgiO. D ny-qme-o-m mEH hHOdUJ

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tguished llowekn lt social 'before, 106. We event a t. From izens of ppening mble 0r It was ights 0f ates who ;. . . But t of the 1113 were rls were eving for iring we f Honor ed in an Already Fhe urge ly-a-kep t movmg eginnlng s. . - The II'OllblCdv hapsa by ecretafya HENRY HVENTI RIVERS HENRY k-gg '- , yunior year Vk The fall of 1943 was a full one for us juniors. This was the year in which we took the I.Q. tests. They were hard, and now we understood why classes in previous years had struggled with them. It was a salutary experience for our egos, though. We had come back to school that September with the superiority complex that was expected of an upper classman. But the I.Q. tests took some of that out of us. We dis- covered that we were like everybody else- In December came those early morning glee ' club rehearsals for the Christmas Concert. So many of us were working after school to help with the war effort that we could no longer practice in the afternoons. We contributed in other ways to the war effort. . . Our financial support was spurred on by the Triple Threat Drive. This was a campaign to collect enough money from the sale of War Stamps and Bonds to pay for three types of jeeps-on land, in the air and on the sea. The sum was raised, and we felt glad that we had contributed our small share toward victory. Later on in the winter iiNight Must Fall,7 was staged by the dramatic department. Its spine- tingling suspense kept us on the edge of our seats throughout an almost professional perfor- mance. Some of us were understudies or helped on the stage crew to make the play a success. Many service stars, two more in gold, were sewn on the Service Flag this year. . . The war was coming very close to us now. Our own classmates were beginning to leave, steadily. We missed them, but felt proud, for we were aware of the sacrifice involved in their going. J UNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ................................ DAN MCCARREN Vice President .......................... EDNA TUTHILL Secretary .................. J OSEPHINE COLOMBRITO Treasurer ........................ FELICIA DOMALESKI .Sjenior C7 Adtory add Senior Cfadd Vk Before we knew it we were making appoint- ments for our senior class pictures. This meant that we would soon be spoken of in the past tense. Among us there were those who were ambitious and anxious to get out and make their way in the world and those who were equally ambitious and enthusiastic but wished to linger a while to do more for Scott. We stepped into the preceding seniors7 shoes taking over their responsibilitieseand fun. I think most of us will remember it as one of the best years of our life. Everyone looked up to us for so much that we felt unless we worked diligently every minute we would be responsible for the whole schooPs ceasing to function. Al- though the war had its sobering effect we were happy that our football team had done so well, that the bonfire was back, that our canteen, the Monkey Wrench, was organized, that the parent- teacher-student production, 66Our Town,77 was such a success and that we had a Senior Prom. But our main happiness was in having realized a goal. This last year had tied up all the loose ends and now we were ready to meet an adult world and take our place in it-wwe had matured mentally and physically. In one way we were like all other high school graduates-we mar- veled at the way the time had whizzed by. However, in other ways we were different. We were not unaffected by being the first class to have spent its entire four years in high school during a war period. We had a graver outlook, but the years behind us had prepared us to meet our responsibilities with courage. So we looked to the future, each of us confident that we had the qualifications for success in the brighter days to come, and determined to make our contribution to a better world as significant as that made by our classmates under arms. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President .................................. BILL GLASGOW Vice President ........................ JOYCE VIVENTI Secretary and Treasurer HHARRIET HOFFMAN Page Thirteen