Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1919. ATHER Time has finished recording the history of the Class of 1920 of Clifton High School and with a sigh of relief has lain down his pen. Truly it is no wonder the old fellow beams happily upon our departure from school. We have caused him no end of trouble, worry, and diffi- culties, by our four years of lively, animated high school training. Together, let us turn back the pages of this book of time and review the events of the past four years. In September 1916, sixty-eight Freshmen made their first appear- ance in Clifton High School. How our young hearts throbbed as we filed into the Assembly Hall! With anxious eyes wide with curiosity, we gazed about us upon the sea of faces, seeking for an acquaintance. From timid Freshmen we blossomed into Sophomores, then into Juniors, and we bloomed happily as Seniors. But are we changed? Undoubt- edly, with the exception of a few of our members who persist in re- maining small, the majority of us have sprung up and tower above many of our faculty. On October 21st, this unruly class, yes from the very beginning our boys and girls made themselves heard and felt, held its first meet- ing. Under the guidanse of Mrs. Grammar, Mrs. Ensminger and Mr. Dutcher we went through the very exciting business of electing our class officers. Mr. Litchfield had the honor of being our first presi- dent and during our entire Freshman year performed his duties very- well. It was in the early part of this year that we held our first social event—a Christmas party. The only real important work we accomplished was the drawing up of our Constitution. As Sophomores we chose Mr. Alyea as our President. It was in the very beginning of this year that we unanimously planned to take a Trip to Washington D. C. in our Senior year. Immediately we set about raising sufficient funds for this proposed trip and the first plan hit upon was our Luncheon Sales. These began by holding sandwich sales on a small scale and they proved so successful, that they were continued throughout our Sophomore and Junior days, under the super- vision of Miss Gates. While Sophomores our class became so unruly and mischievous it was necessary to appoint two sargeants-at-arms, in order to carry on our meetings in an orderly manner. 'This duty was given to Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Vander Schaaf. We have ever been known as a “money making class” and various plans were tried toward increasing our “Washington Fund” as our bank balance came to be known. 'Then, too, in our Sophomore days w-e chose our class motto— “Let us be known by our deeds,” and our class colors—“Black and Crimson.” From a much varied selection of colors we chose these two twenty-seven

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CLASS DIRECTORY. Hubert Alyea.......... Henry Balough ........ Maude Barnes ......... Jessie Barnes......... Viola Corrigan........ I thel Cummins........ Kathryn Eckhart....... Helen Gates........... Ada Hess.............. Veronica Hazell....... Edith Marrion......... Emma Marsh............ Emil Mihalisin........ Gustav Pasch............. Jeanne Powell ........ Fraser Rhodes......... Ruth Rodger........... Evelyn Shields ....... Jacob Shultz.......... Isabella Simpson...... Frank Staudt ......... Willia mYan Der Shaff Peter Van Lenten...... George Walters........ Kurt Wetzel .......... Donald Woodruff....... Princeton University . . . Stevens Institute ............ Business ............ Business Columbia University . . Montclair Normal .............Business . . . . Pratts’ Institute . . Montclair Normal .............Business ............ Business .............Business ..........Agriculture .............Business . Montclair Normal . . . . Rutgers College , . Montclair Normal ..............College Columbia University . . Montclair Normal ............ Business .. . Stevens Institute ..............College ............ Business ............ Business ..........Agriculture twenty-six

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and have retained them throughout our class life. Then, in the latter part of the year, in April of 1918, our country entered the war and our class lost the society of one of its members, Albert Zamborsky who joined the Hospital Corps. Then came our Junior year. It has ever held true that our class has a very changeable disposition and never could be content to keep to any practice for any length of time. So too with the election of our president. Each year has found us with a new leader at our head. As Juniors we chose Mr. Rhodes president and under his guidance continued to increase our Trip Fund. We held a series of informal dances and continued our Luncheon Sales on a larger scale. After a great deal of discussion and a collection of various patterns, our present pennant was designed and purchased. But somehow or other our pennant proved to be smaller than the rest and not wishing to be outdone by any other class we immediately set to work to remedy the defect. It was agreed upon to purchase a new pennant of the desired size; and our first pennant was presented to Miss Kroeger, our sponsor, under whose guiding hand we had flour- ished for two years. Next came the discussion of the all-important sub- ject of the Junior Prom. After many changes of dates and plans, the question was finally settled and proved a big success. It would seem as if our class has nexer favored Woman Suffrage, for in our Senior year we elected Mr. Mihalisin to the Presidency. Im- mediately upon reaching the coveted title of Seniors we set about carry- ing out our proposed trip to Washington. To work we went with a will. For months our girls busied themselves with the needle and plans were arranged and completed for our Senior Bazaar. It was the first event of its kind in the history of High School Seniors of Clifton, as indeed were our Luncheon Sales also. Those of you who attended this affair know what a wonderful success it proved to be. Our Ways and Means Committee then introduced the idea of giving a supper, which after a great deal of argument we held, and again raised our Trip Fund. Not at all willing to remain quiet, arrangements were begun for holding a Senior play. As our term was nearing its end, we de- cided to go to Washington before this affair. Discussions and argu- ments followed as to when was the best time to go. But like all other events, disagreements were finally settled, accommodations procured, and on the morning of May 15th the Senior class began its long looked for, long planned for, long worked for trip. The students themselves know what a delightful time was enjoyed by all, and of the pleasure and benefit we derived from visiting our capital. Never did a happier crowd ever arrive in Clifton than the Senior class, when tired out, full of delight at having visited their capital, they returned to their own Clifton City three days later. 1 hough our aim had been accomplished twenty-eight