Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 19 2 4 FRENCH NOTES. At a meeting of the students of the French Classes, January the 4th, Le Cerelc francais of Clifton High School was organized. The following were chosen as officers: Alfred Moro.....................President R ut h H asey..............Vice- P resident Elsie Kallen....................Secretary Alice Hornby.....................Treasurer The programme committee, consisting of Maria Schideman (chairman, Millicent Geo- ghegan, Elsie I)e Camp, Erna Hardt and Henry Reuter, hopes to soon arrange some interesting programme for the members of the club. lei et la. L’argent est comme le temps; n'en perdez pas, vous en aurez assez. Precaution. —II va pleuvoir? —Oh! non, le barometre est au beau. —Alors, je peux prendre mon parapluie ncuf. Pourquoi J’Etudie le Francais. J’etudie le francais pour apprendre a lire “Vanity Fair’ et Vogue’’ avec intellegence. Comme J’aime rouler les “rs”! On parle francais a Paris! Voila une raison. Le francais est la langue universelle; voila pourquoi je l’etudic. Comment lire les menus des dameux restaur- ants sans une connaiessance du francais? Et aussi, je desire savoir en avance ce que je mange ! —Depuis la guerre beaucoup de livres anglais emp’oient des expressions franeaises, n’est-ce pas ? —Oui, il faut alors savoir le francais pour lire l’anglais. La langue francaise est une langue exacte. Combien de grands mathematiciens et scientis- tes sont francais; et eombeien de grandes idees on trouve chcz eux. “The Americans are so affectionate,’’ exclaim- ed a young French salesman newly returned to Paris after a winter in New York. “Not in- frequently as I have entered an office and have stood bowing in the doorway, has some one call- ed out, ‘Je t’adore, je t’adore!’” (Shut that door, shut that door!) EL CIRCULO DE ESPANOL. El circulo de espanol se reorganizo durante el semestre escolar pasado con la senorita Sharp como madrina. La primera reunion sucedio en la ultima parte de octubre, los oficiales siquicn- tes siendo clegidos: cl Presidente—el Senor Joseph Jehl. el Vicepresidente—el Senor James Austin, la Secretaria—el Senorita Georgette Con- nors. el Tesorero—el Senor Karl Shroeder. Una comision social, consistiendo en los miembros siguientes, fue nombrada por el presi- dente en la misma junta: las senoritas Werner, Guilfoyle. McLain y los senores Clough, De Luca, y Stevens. Un mes mas tarde una segunda junta sucedio. Una diversion “El Doble Robo” fue presentada por la comision social despues que el asunto regular se llevo a cabo. Este club se limita a los estudiantes que ban tenido por lo menos un ano de espanol. Se espera que mas estudiantes que ya no han juntado y yue han estudiado el espanol, perteneccran a este club en el porvenir. CHISTES. Un hombre di jo a su amigo: “Yo puedo decir—Yo tengo calor—en siete idiomas.’’ “Esta bien!’’ contesto su amigo. “Asi Vd. podra decir a todo el mundo como Vd. esta adondequiera Vd- vaya.’’ Un hombre noto que su amigo no habloba muclio a la fiesta, asi le dijo: “Amigo mio, su seso pareee cansado esta noche porque Vd. no habla muclio.’’ “Si amigo mio, mis pies me lastiman mucho.' Un nino, que lloroba, dijo a otro nino: “Yo, perdi un peso.” “Como?” contesto su amigo. “Porque el hombre que lo dejo caer, lo oyo caer.” Un hombre vendiendo una medicina desde una plataforma dijo: “Si la medicina no hace el trabajo, ustedes pueden tener su dinero. Hace diez anos que yo vendo esta medicina y nadie ha pedido su dinero.” Una persona de entre la muchedumbre grito: “Sus hombres muertos no dieen cucntos.” PAGE SEVENTEEN

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 1924 HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY From time to time either half or all of the High School gathers in St. Peter's Hall for an Assembly. Books, entitled Twice 55 Com- munity Songs,” were bought at the beginning of the year, making it possible for every person to have a copy and thus join in the singing of our well known American songs. Besides the chorus singing, Mr. Nutt has developed an en- thusiasm for the athletic teams by cheers, etc. The orchestra has also had a chance to demon- strate its ability and has served greatly by playing for the marching in and out of as- sembly. We have also enjoyed their programme numbers. We are glad to see solo musical numbers on the programme. When there is a feeling of co- operation between the private teacher of music and the public school system, then we can look for greater progress in the community. T.et us hope there will be more and more of this co-operation in the future. CLASS OF JUNE 1925 With the coming of our Junior year our real class spirit became manifest. We are certainly making good, considering the poor spirit we showed while we were Sophomores. Thanks are due to the earnest efforts of our sponsors, M iss Wallace, and Miss Musson. On September 25, we held our first class meeting and elected the following officers for our Junior year: President, A. Argauer; Vice- President, J. Jehl; Secretary, A. Bruverc; Treasurer, G. Meyers, and Historian, G. Meyers. At this meeting we discussed the Junior Prom. A prom committee consisting of Mr. J. Dobel, chairman; Miss I,. Adams and Miss C. Mezzanette, was appointed at the time. We also chose our class colors—green and gold. Our Christmas candy sale certainly deserves to be mentioned as both the boys and girls did their share to make it a success. The girls made the candy and the boys attended to the orders. Thus ended the first half of our Junior year with fine prospects for the future. C. M. June '25 A THEATRE PARTY One day in October a party of seven students chaperoned by Miss Hoffmeister went to New- ark to see The Merchant of Venice.” Four of the High School teachers joined us later. David Warfield took the part of Shvlock, and i was the outstanding character in all the scenes in which he appeared. He was especially strong in the scene in which he discovers that Jessica has run away with his ducats and his jewels. Portia in her scarlet gown and black cape and hat made a most dignified and stern lawyer. Launcelot, the clown, amused us with his ridiculous antics. The last act, the moonlight scene in the Venetian gardens, with its sweet music, twink- ling stars, tall trees and velvety grass together with the soft blending of beautiful colors— blues and greens and gravs,—was indeed beau- tiful. Then last of all David Warfield—no longer Shvlock the Jew but David Warfield himself— appeared for a few moments to acknowledge the applause of a most appreciative audience. I think that much good was derived from seeing this play. We understand it better now and everyone who went enjoyed it. THE JUNIOR 2’s The class activities of the Junior 2’s this term not only added a neat sum to our treasury but afforded us a lot of fun besides. There was a great calamity at one of our hot dog” sales. Miss Vischia and Miss Battel had a debate on “Shall we sell the hot dog that Marian dropped on the floor?” Miss Vischia took the negative side and won. Consequently we lost ten cents. During December, we conducted a home made candy sale which met with great success, due to the efforts of some of the girls. At a class meeting to boost the sale, donations were asked for. Tournier hurriedly made his way to the door, but upon being told that a pound of sugar was all that w'as wanted, he resumed his seat much relieved. Probably conscience stricken he donated his sugar and ordered some candy besides. A. B. HORNBY, June ’25 FEBRUARY CLASS OF 1927 Our Class has been very active this term. We started out with a cake sale in October, which was a success. During October, Novem- ber and December we sold personal greeting cards and this netted quite a large sum. On January 19th, we held a hot dog sale which proved equally successful. B. LAMBERSOX PACE SIXTEEN

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 1924 Mo ro vl. EIli.b'V v n. A 4cKe.6 f ,Tvx drk vy x Sc boof Spir-ix . vcpue sixers V .« DcUuca Cd I} RAvxgv ft tfl embers of tke Rc WcVor S'Vaff spoke iro aw Rssembl j ai St. Petev-'o Wa V u.c.a I9Z4 $ HARK!HARK! On November 21, 1923, the Free-hand Drawing elass, under the chaperonage of Mrs. Grammar, visited the Museum of Natural His- tory in New York. The particular object of the trip was to see the different designs used by the Indians in decorating their pottery, and to see many other Indian relies. Among other objects of interest which we saw were the Florida Swamps, the reptiles, Indian caves and primitive weapons. A PEEP AT THE YEAR 2-1’S Well, the “Sophs” have certainly had a suc- cessful scmsester in the channels of originality. Who was it that sold armbands at the football games? Who distributed the school colors, and, I ask you, who supplied the boys with school emblems on their trip to Norwood? Why, w’c did of course. We elected the following officers in Septem- ber: President, Irma Peters; Vice-President, A. Morkish; Treasurer, R. Scrafin; Secretary, G. R. Connors, and Historian, S. Soltis. We extend our hearty thanks to our faithful sponsors, Miss Vorrath and Miss Wright, who worked diligently for the success of the class. To Mr. Nutt we owe the privilege of selling armbands in the corridors and we wish to thank him and the members of the class who rendered the affair a financial success. We are especially grateful to the class mem- bers who have paid their dues. G. R. CONNORS. JR. June '26 PAGE EIGHTEEN