College High School - La Campanilla Yearbook (Upper Montclair, NJ)

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1931. LA ca:mpaxitj.a Grace Thurston Though life would undeniably be quiet and restful without Gracie, it would be exceed- ingly lonesome. In fact, we probably wouldn ' t know what to do without her. When not flirting or studying, she ' s generally to be found propounding one of her numerous ideas to whoever will argue back. Gracie is an all- round good sport and deservedly popular. Grctchcn Tclfcr As one of the artists of the class, Gretchen has invoked much laughter with her cartoons and caricatures of famous people. If you have a nose or chin which is different, you may find yourself in her collection. Though she seems quiet and reserved, she is awfully good fun. AJcwdiidrd Till son Although Alix comes in for her share of teasing about being so helpful, we ' re all glad to have her around. Alix is famous for her skill on about 57 different varieties of instru- ments from okarinas to player pianos. She has also found time to assemble a most com- plete collection of minerals. 18

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LA ca:mpanilla 1 ' .r.n Mary Moore Mary is famous for her dramatic skill, and deservedly, for she knows every side of play- producing from setting and costuming to coaching and acting. But that is not her only forte — she is a marvelous dancer, and thanks to her skill at sewing, her wardrobe is the envy of the rest of the girls in the class. Mart] Lee Myers Mary Lee has been the leader of girls ' athletics in the Senior class. As president of the Girls ' Athletic Association she exerted her untiring energy towards promoting a widespread interest in girls ' sports through- out the school. Her services on the Crier have been invaluable. Her vivaciousness, willing- ness, and wholeheartedness have brought her much deserved popularity. George Parr George is primarily interested in all sorts of sports. He plays basketball, baseball, and football, but his favorite is track. His other chief delights are the Army football team and the Yankees (when they win). Scholarly pursuits, except for science and history, do not appeal greatly to him. George is also well known among the Senior boys for his cheese sandwiches. 17

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LA CAMPANILLA 1931 THE SENIOR HISTORY THIS Senior Class, vc modestly admit, is undoubtedly the most versatile, most brilliant, most cooperative, most brainy, brawny, clever, skillful, adroit, kind-hearted, mirthful, athletic, domestic, home-loving — in fact, to put it colloquially, we are the mosta of the besta. We are a shining example which the more youthful should revere, admire, respect, and look up to. We are also probably the most erratic, eccentric, and unbalanced. We weigh in the neighborhood of 3465 pounds and are approximately 144 feet tall, high, up, or long. However, this is to be a class history and so, like all histories, we will begin ' way back when the earth was a mass of steaming gases and Eddy Russ and the College proper the only buildings on the campus. 1921 saw the first members of the class in the present room 10, then the Kindergarten, busy making atrocious ash trays and paper hats, and smearing themselves with paint, clay, and paste in the process. (One member states that it was not until fifth grade that he was able to re- move the last of the mire.) Among them were Beth Gallup, Karl Marquardt, and Adolph Suehsdorf. Beth and Adolph graduated to First Grade and were joined by Bill Harrison, but Karl was left back another year in Kindergarten, because he couldn ' t pass Clay Modeling. Dan Jenkins, Bob Harrison, Jack Areson, and others contrived to make his stay a pleasant one, however. First Grade was featured by the famous Indian tribe of Very Black- feet. (If we ' re wrong, Sioux us.) This remarkable aggregation tramped all over the place with mummified papooses and warped bows and arrows, much to the terror of the janitors in the power house. The First Grade, too, was being first initiated to the mysteries of readin ' , ' ritin ' , and mathematics. The Second Grade was much the same, but harder. The Third Grade ditto. The Fourth Grade — deep stuff now. Division, multiplication, geog- raphy, and books with big words. The many-sided Fifth Grade, under the guidance of Mrs. Torrens, nee Lockwood, tore undaunted into long division, fractions, complex and mixed, turned from that to history, then to reading, from there to penmanship, to music without batting an eye, and so on. And so on. Wotta class ! 19