Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH S (’ II O O L FEBRUARY 9 2 6 All those who have taken drawing in the past know that sometimes drawings and portfolios were lost, strayed, or stolen. The drawing room in the new school is fully equipped, each person having his own special place for keeping drawings. If no one else can appreciate this advantage, I can vouch for one who is positive- ly thankful. I’ve heard it said many times, Mr. Critic, that our school is located in the wrong place. Hut I think that the school has an ideal location. First, it is away from the nerve-racking Main Avenue; second, we have now a place for our athletic teams to play; and third, this place, which is a valuable asset to the city, without doubt will be in the future the most important part of Clifton. We hope in the future that we shall be able to have a girls’ basketball team. We notice that there are two vacant rooms— Does that mean that warm lunches will be serv- ed there? I wonder when we shall have girls as Junior police? Do you think it would be a good idea to have a governing student body, or to have a student court to help decide important problems in school life? Cheer up! The auditorium and gym are nearly completed. R. J. Mack. I'm looking for a little elfin that I’ve missed .inee our entrance into our new’ school. He was too seldom in evidence in the old school, but here, I sometimes think, he has vanished com- pletely. He was the fellow that used to make our games lively affairs, and our social life pleasant. Perhaps it is the absence of the latter that has caused him to disappear. The sincere and heart felt thanks of the Staff will be given as a re- ward to whoever finds him. Now let’s hunt for our elusive School Spirit! I. Peters. A WORK SHOP The lack of a work shop in the high school makes it so much harder for a person to select his trade, especially for a person not going to college. A work shop offers that from which any boy will profit, and I don’t see why a high school such as Clifton’s should not consider this subject seriously, since such as sports exist. Panciera, ’2( . The lockers prove to be a great necessity be- cause all the students now feel that their books arc safe and will not be ruined. Our lockers are too small for our clothes, but maybe they w’ere provided that wTay for the future fresh- man midgets. OUR HIGH SCHOOL At last we are in our new high school. How long we have waited for it, and now our wish is realized. Its location is a good one, with plenty of room for future buildings. The time in school is our own now. No hurry to make room for grade students. We have the very latest style building and it is ours! With the school must come a “new-birth” of school spirit. Let us do our part to help it grow’! LO ('KKRS—A GAIX How do you like our new lockers? Some different from our old high, isn’t it? No one can trample over your belongings now, and, what’s more, there are no tiny cloak rooms to crowd into. Another hope realized. It cer- tainly feels like home in our new school. Richard Hornby. When speaking among themselves of what is lacking in Clifton High School, students do not consider the fact that it is a comparatively young institution. Ten years ago, the top floor of the No. 10 school was ample for all the needs of the high school department. They do not realize the fact that in those ten years the attendance has grown from approximately one hundred fifty to the nine hundred sixty that it now numbers. Clifton was not a gradual de- velopment ; it was a development by leaps and bounds, so that the work already done by the Board of Education and the Superintendent of the schools as a w hole, and by our own princi- pal in particular, is to be highly commended. Students, the day is not far off, when you will realize all your little desires for the ideal school. L. Cross. What do you think of our new telephone sys- tem? Isn’t it nicer than the old system of sending pupils around to the teachers? Aren’t you glad when the bell interrupts your reci- tation and you get a chance to collect your thoughts? Our new telephones are very con- venient and save many steps for our teachers and their messengers. Mildred Grenfell. PAGE THIRTY-ONE

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T il K R E F LETT ( K C LIFT O N II I ; IV S C H () O L F K B R IJ A R Y 9 2 6 At last our long cherished dream has come true. Our new Clifton High School! It is one of the best in the state and I think “down deep' we appreciate it very much. The thing I am most thankful for is our gymnasium. No more going across the street in all kinds of weather to do a few exercises, and then trotting back. Won’t it he perfect when it is equipped with all sorts of apparatus, and when we get our swimming pool? So I say Hurrah for our gym! and also Hurrah for our physical train- ing instructors that go with it. L. Pf.ntf. Wanted! Needy High School would accept basket of school spirit containing apples of friendship, a hunch of unselfishness, one dozen oranges of cheerfulness, and one large encouragement. Donations received in every class room, in gym, and at all the games. Sept. 1925 At the “New School” Preside telling a couple of Seniors of the splendor of the cafeteria which is situated right next to the indoor pool. Now that we have a new school how about a new attitude towards that school ? G. R. Connors, Jr. Our Auditorium Our auditorium, beautiful and spacious, is worthy of our pride. We hope to gather there soon to listen to the addresses of our principal, to the fiery exhortations of future Reflector staff editors, to see plays given by a revived Arts Club, or even, perhaps, to see movies. But we must remember that the auditorium is for something else, besides these. It is our place to meet for fellowship. We should gather there with a spirit of “get-together,” and strive to boost the standards of every department in our high school to their highest peaks. Where are all the girls’ sports? The only thing that Clifton High needs to go with its brand new school is a fine debating team. We all lament the long walk to the sclio ! with the gales blowing unhindered from tl mountains, but we do appreciate the beautiful scenery. So many students are writing poetry: we wonder if the location of the school has any- thing to do with it? It is an ideal place to watch the maze of green on the mountains turn brown, and to see the bare branches become ac- centuated against the sky. In the summer, it is so refreshing to look out upon the blue pond which, in winter, is the source of much frolic. And for those who wish to develop athletic muscle, there are lots of open spaces! In short, we have everything to be desired in the way of location. It certainly cannot be said that our long, sweeping driveway is not appreciated. Nearly every make of auto is parked there during school hours Puddle-Jumpers end to end with Will vs Knights. Moreover, it appears to be the ambition of each student to wheel a car around the flagpole in approved form. E. Stursberg. YOUR III-Y CLUB WELCOMES YOU Do you know that your school has a club which is part of an organization spread over the whole United States, and which has enroll- ed many thousands of members? And do you know that the ideal of this organization is in- telligent, Christian fellowship for high school boys? What are you doing with this oppor- tunity offered to you at the most decisive time in your life? Come and discuss with us the problems of Youth. Your fellow students, the Hi-Y boys, welcome you. R. Schramm. PAGE THIRTY

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THE REFLECTOR CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 1926 SCHOOL SPIRIT J Prgswitch STUOCNTS 7 ®F THE BKk FELLOW WOULD HELP IT SURF WOULD GO OVER THE TOP Ij A MODERN TALE Once there came unto our High School, Clothed in dress of the immortal, In that dress which eyes can see not, Came a Spirit, blithe and happy, Knowing well what was his mission. Not to hinder did he come there, Not for merriment or pleasure, But to help to build our High School, Not of mortar or of red brick, But of students and their studies, Not forgetting sports and conduct. To teach us to find our pleasure Not in boisterous jokes and laughter. But in pride and careful actions, Bride for every nook and corner, Bride for every desk and table, That were given by the people, They, our parents, whom we love most, Bor the cost of million dollars, So that “future generations” Might look on in awful wonder, And then speak of how they kept it. But to our story let us haste now. Came the Spirit, the immortal. To our school of red bricks many, With its massy pillars holding Up a roof in artful manner. Stories three he saw there standing, And thus seeing hastened forward, Bor his mission was important. Underneath the massy pillars, To the green door straightway walked he, Opened wide and quickly entered, Wondered where that stately room was, Where the principal resided. But he stood there for a moment, Looking at the marble staircase, When his eyes, alighting, rested On a watchful Junior “cop-py;” And of him he asked the question, “Where resides he, my good fellow. He, head of the institution?” Then he forward quickly hastened. And, admitted, asked permission Of the clerk who sat there writing. To speak to that honored person, On whose office door is “Private.” And he asked this question of him, Would he grant him the permission To teach everyone in High School How to bear oneself in honor, How to study and not play there? And the principal, while thinking How much easier for teachers. That they see the pupils study, Also find their names in honor, On the roll in goodly numbers, While thus thinking, gave permission. Then to every classroom went he, Went to every section number, Went to every pupil present, Went to every heart he saw there, Went to every sense of feeling, Thus came School-Spirit to our High School. Thus the feeling of self honor, And to-day that Spirit reigns there, Can be seen in every classroom, Brom the freshman to the senior. PAGE THIRTY-TWO