Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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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

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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 SENIOR SECTION 1923 CLASS DIRECTORY Helen Bruyere..... Georgette Connors. Margaret Csik..... Mary Dudasik...... Geraldine Gaede.... Marie Hagens...... Betty Jordan...... Ethel Schmidt..... Helen Stewart..... Tanette Tanis..... Mike Ainato....... James Austin...... Emil Bondinell.... Robert Clough..... Marius DeMattia... Maurice Karp...... Albert Kattermann Joseph Kiel....... Peter Kievit...... Mario Sala........ Samuel Silverstein Allan Tumarkin.... Herbert Uhlig..... Herman Wittig..... ......Montclair Normal .......Montclair Normal ..........Newark Normal ...........Post-Graduate .........Medical School ................Business .......Montclair Normal ......Montclair Normal ........Drexel Institute ...........Post-Graduate ....School of Pharmacy ...........Post-Graduate ...........Post-Graduate .................College .................Stevens .University of Michigan .................College ....New York University .. .New York University ................Business ................Business New Jersey Law School .................College ...........Post-Graduate CLASS HISTORY February Class, If 2 1 Four long years ago, fifty-two eager children made their way to the portals of Clifton High School. We stood in awe of the principal and teachers and scarcely dared breathe for fear of breaking what seemed a magic spell cast over us. The sensation of being a Freshman! Too awful to relate! We took our place as lost sheep amongst the upper classmen. True to form we held our first meeting short- ly after our entrance to High. Maurice Karp was elected our first president. During the year we accomplished a few’ things such as the selling of sandwiches and rose-bushes, and holding an afternoon dance. We were so very disorderly at class meetings that Austin was elected Sergcant-at-Arms to keep order. With our Sophomore year came bright pros- pects for our future trip to Washington, and with Mr. Everson as president we started anew by holding cruller sales, which netted a men- tionable profit. This year, when our two year pupils were about to leave us, we took a trip to West Point. Soon after this Mr. Everson left us, and Miss Stewart took the chair as presi- dent. Sala was elected our next president, and as gallant Juniors our hopes soared high. A Spring Dance and a bazaar made us realize that we were getting wealthy. But Alas! with the Junior Prom faded our wealth, leaving us as far behind as ever with the acme of our am- bition-Washington-beyond reach. We showed remarkable judgment in again electing Karp as president for our last year. We were nearing the end of our career in good old C. II. S. and Washington still seemed above the clouds. Money was what we needed, and what we didn’t have. This did not daunt us, however, and we started to plan money-making schemes in earnest. Cup cake sales and rose- bush sales gave us a sum of money, but it did not exceed the two hundred dollar mark and that would not take all of us to Washington- At the beginning of the last term, we held a meet- ing to decide upon the final means of making money. A minstrel show was not approved of by many, so we decided upon a musical comedy, “Miss Boh White.” A great success was real- PAGE NINETEEN