Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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THE REFLECTOR HE EDWQIRS SAY Romance MAGINATION paints a riotous display of people and places when we utter the word Rozzzcmccf. Against the background of history we see i pirates swarming over captured merchant ships, Columbus plunging boldly into seas unknown to wrest from fear and ignorance a new world, another continent, the Alhambra of the Moors, beautiful and mystic, shrouded by the spell that distance lends, Galileo peering into the heav- ens, learning the true meaning of infinity by means of his precious glass -the telescope. And coming down to 1931 and peering ahead into the centuries be- fore us the word Romance gains even brighter luster. We think of the romance of the test tube, the romance of huge, whirring machines, the romance of wings that carry men into the air, the romance of which the magic of Science has yet to reveal-the vast, boundless promise of the future. These are the things that make Romance not a word to be breathed on the lips, but the embodiment of all that man has ever done or will do. What Are We Szfrmding For? Perhaps it is our fear of what the rest of the crowd will say that makes us moral cowards. Perhaps . . . But perhaps we object to being called cowards-moral cowards. Very well. Let us analyse ourselves, to see whether we are. Let us ask ourselves one question-then decide. What Are We Standing For? Are we standing for the very best that is in us? Are we standing for clean thought and clean speech? Do we believe in clean minds in sound bodies? Do we travel with a clean crowd? Do we stand for clean sport? Are we keeping ourselves physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight to the best of our ability? Are we standing for the highest principles of decency in our section-rooms and classes? Are we honest with our teachers and ourselves? Do we believe that there is such a thing as honor? Are we giving to others the finest that is in us? Are we? Ask yourself. What Are You Standing For? Well, if you ind, if we all find, that we are moral cowards, let us about face abruptly, determining to stand strongly for those standards of conduct that are Clean, Lofty, Inspiring, Fine, Tremendous, Noble. Let us nail our colors to the highest masts of a character and decency without a thought of what the world will say, knowing, after all, that some day some one in all sincerity and humbleness will say, ?'He was a man! Seven

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Reflector Staj Editor-in-Chief Sports Editor VERNON GROUNDS ELSA FLOWER Associate Editor Assistant Sports Editor DOROTHY SCHNEIDER JOHN ZACHARIAS Literary Editor Art Editor ALICE BORNEMAN HELEN SPREISER Assistant Literary Editor Assistant Art Editors LOUIS GROSS JACK BUNTINC LE Roy LALLY School News Editor Business Manager JOHN- COMCOWICH WALTER NUTT, JR. Assistant School News Editors Assistant Business Managers JENNIE BURCHARDT KARIN SKOGLUND IRIS BROWNLEE MARGARET HAMIL Refiertions Editors Circulation Managers JULIUS KLAR ROBERT BLUME ROBERT LYNYAR VIOLA ROERICH Assistant Rifflevtions Editors Assistant Cirfulation Managers MILDRED NOLL ETHEL MOORE FRANCES COLLESTER SHIRLEY MIEDEMA Sponsors RUTH SMITH ERMA BROWN AGATHA SPINELLA VIOLA GRAMMER Six

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THE REFLECTOR The H omeworle Quesfion fFr011z az SfItdElZ1f,S Auglej T has been said that all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. As to the veracity of this statement, there is little doubt. Yet in the ' course of a high school career it seems as though the application of these wise words has been neglected. Teachers, it appears, are ignorant of this phrase. Each instructor thinks that the high school curriculum is composed of one subject, and that subject is his own. Accordingly, he assigns home- work to keep one busy for some time. Is it inconceivable, then, to imagine the discouragement that confronts a student after a day of seven periods? If teachers could only be human, how sweet would scholastic life then be? But, no! They readily and easily forget their attitudes as pupils. fFr011z a Tezzchefs Viewpoinlj Contrary to general opinion, a teacher's life is not easy, happy, and carefree. Instead it is a vocation where one must possess patience, tolera- tion, and understanding. Teachers are condemned as ucranks' and old fogeys. Yet they are only human. They cannot avoid assigning homework. They must, in order to fulfill state requirement. Then, too, the pupils rarely stop to consider how much a little co-operation can achieve. Perhaps if the class were more attentive, much more could be accomplished during the period, and then they would be rewarded with less homework. But as it is, the teacher must fight against odds. He must contend with the late strag- glers, he must tolerate the impolite and inattentive, and he must bear the cross of the backward element. Rather than discredit the teacher, the pupils should condemn themselves. A Club Room Where shall we meet this afternoon? UI don,t know. W'e need a piano to sing some of those French songs, but the Glee Club is using 202.,' This conversation is frequent. Organizations like the French, Spanish, German and Footlights Club are in dire need of a room in which the full beneits of the club may be enjoyed. A room with ample space for playing games, giving plays, and carry- ing on a meeting where there is a comparatively large audience, would afford excellent opportunity for sponsors to conduct club work without molestation and with success. Each organization might be assigned a definite time for the use of the room. This would also avoid conflicts in club meetings. The reward for this would be active club life. The students would be enticed to attend meetings that had suddenly become lively and in- teresting, and C. H. S. would have living organizations that would broad- cast their activities. as Eight