Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH S C II O O L FEBRUARY 1926 TO MY MOTHER Down in the deepest depths of my heart. There is a corner, secluded, apart. In it a love that will live on forever. Through years of happiness, sorrow, endeavor. A love for one who has always been true. Don’t blush, mother darlin’. I’m speaking of you. Warren Piaget, June ’27. SAY, RUDDY Say, Buddy, does it seem to you That life is kinda hard. Because you’ve had a scrap with him, Your good old friend and pard? Say. Buddy, get that look right off Your face and smile again. Because, up in the sky, the sun Is shinin’ just the same. Say, Buddy, don’t you think that he Ain’t worryin same as you; lie is, old boy. Now just perk up And cut out feelin’ blue. Sav, Buddy, there's another day A-comin’ with the sun, Bringin’ hopes that he’ll come back Again to be your chum. Warren Piaget, June '27. CLOUDS Oh clouds, why do you rain. Or huddle close to-gether, When you could float in your quiet sea And bring this world fair weather? Oh clouds, you must be sad Forming your opaque wall. I know you wish condolence now Before your rain drops fall. Oh clouds, your cause of life Is worn and rather shattered, But you’ll find rest, when to the winds Your vapors cold are scattered. G. R. Connors, Jr., Feb. '2(5. ME PAL Aw mister, go easy, Can’t you see he’s a pup? He’s lonely and starvin’. Just too weak to get up. In the way? Let me see If I can’t help him out. I’ve wanted a comrade. Gee, I almost could shout! Come on, pup, I’ll help ya, I know where there’s bones, And mabee I’ll get milk From kind Missus Jones. Years ago, on the street, We happened together. And through thick and thin, We’ve laughed at the weather. It’s been only a week, Since he lay down to rest, But it seems like a year— Oh, I spose it was best. He was old, gettin’ weak, Though his eye still was bright. And he always was set For a game or a fight. Well, he’s gone, went to sleep With a wag of his tail, And his brown eyes a’sayin’— “Pard, I’ve got to set sail.” I am a man grown. Though I’ve married a gal, I’ll never forget him— For that dog was me pal. Warren Piaget, June '27. MODERN POETRY What I like about Free Verse is this: First It doesn’t have to scan. Then you make a very long line like this one. And then A short one like the above. Forgetting rhyme, this makes a nice beginning. So I’ll end now before I spoil it. G. Connors, June ’26. PAGE TWENTY

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 1926 TO A SPARROW What strange thoughts are yours, oh sparrow. Speeding yonder through the sky? Do you think of Him who made you? Do you wonder how and why? As you wing your way above us, Are we ever in your thought? Do you marvel at the cities That the hand of man has wrought? Have you love of mate or sweetheart Stirring in your feathered breast, Giving added power to you, Flying homeward to your nest? Or is your life just the living. Each day thoughtless of the next. And your brain, a nerve cell merely, Bv no worldly problems vexed? Can it be that, as we see you Passing swiftly through the sky, You are like a Glowing ember, Simply made to be—and die? I for one can not believe that You, of God and Nature born, Are deprived of dreams and visions, Are of love’s sweet pleasure shorn. It must be that somewhere in you, There’s a thinking, dreaming brain, Dreaming dreams of Nature’s heaven, Where the sparrow lives again. Just a tiny winged atom. Chirping clearly as a bell, What strange thoughts are yours, oh sparrow. Ah, if you could only tell! Warren Piaget, June ’27. EARTH'S PARADISE In the shades so sheltered, cool, She sits, mirrored in the pool, Watching goldfish down the stream Brightly in the sunshine gleam; Hearing birds enraptured sing, Till the blue-bells echoing ring; Scenting perfumes born in flowers, Brought to life by April showers; Drinking waters that gurgling flow Eating foods from plants that flourish Just to hungry mortals nourish; Feeling puffs of wind that sway Birds, like ships, from out their way; Dreaming till the shades of slumber Dim the thoughts that rest encumber. Erna Stcrsburg, .June ’26. Have ideals no meaning for you? Is there not a worthy goal? You who seem so blithe and happy, Have you neither mind nor soul? pace nineteen

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THE REFLECTOR C LIFT O N HIGH SC II O O L FEBRUARY 1926 NOW AN1) THEN IN THE SCHOOL YEAR Sept. 9—Freshmen are greatly honored by our Principal, Mr. Nutt, who, after having call- ed the eager student body to order on the broad steps of the new High School, welcomes them as the first class to enter this magnificent building. The Sophomores, Juniors, and Se- niors then follow in the order named. Sept. 10—Bustle of preparation for year’s work and adjusting of schedules. Sept. 14—Football team has its first work of the season under its new coach, Mr. Holster. Sept. 16—Scratching of pens replaces pound- ing of hammers as full sessions begin. Sept. 18—Cross country men display their wares before Coach Steinmark. Sept. 2.‘3—Seniors decide to try to get to Washington. Sept. 25—President Lou Cross opens Hi-Y sessions in the presence of sponsor, Mr. Rich- ards. Sept. 2(5—Clifton outfumbles West New York in the first game of the season, losing 25-6. Sept. 80—Seniors still set on making the trip to Washington. Oct. 6—Miss C. Smith sponsors new Stain]) Club. Oct. 7—Rutherford tumbles Clifton’s Hill and Dalers. Oct. 9—Seniors select rings. Oct. 10—Clifton again returns minus the bacon, having lost to Central of Paterson. Oct. 14—Unable to rid itself of its jinx, the Cross-Country Team manages to tie East Ruth- erford. Oct. 17--Captain “Chuck” leads the football team to its first and only victory of the season, beating Eastsidc of Paterson. Oct. 20—Biography Club meets. Oct. 21—Caverly and company trail Barrin- ger in a cross-country run. Oct. 31—A large American flag is presented to the Board of Education by the Sons of Am- erica. Due to the independence of “Jupc Pluve,” the exercises arc held in the auditorium. In the meantime Dover defeats Clifton 30-0. Nov. 1—Seniors wavering in their desire to see Washington. Nov. 5—Garfield’s infant cross-country team outruns Clifton. Nov. 7 Clifton puts up a great fight against Passaic before the greatest crowd of the sea- son, but loses out 25-0. Nov. 9—Tongues halt for several days as students attempt to concentrate on the quar- terly exams. Nov. 10—Biography Club adopts constitu- tion. Nov. 12 Clifton runners return to original form, losing to East Rutherford. Nov. 14—For the first time in history the Alumni succeeds in defeating the Varsity. Nov. 21—Garfield runs rough-shod over our football team, winning 14-3. Nov. 25 Basketball practice begins under Coach Steinmark and Captain Persel. PAGE TWENTY-ONE