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

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I.A CAMPANILLA 19:J4 THE JUNIORS Doris Bellis, Betty Berger, Bob Bnlhmd. Iliu I, Chrrhm I. l- ' rinn-i:: Cun-li n, Whitaere Cttshman, Vivian Delaney, Hos.-; l- ' n nil. n ' r. .hilui l- ' lmii rx, limni ,1 II ,ii num, Jane Jacohus, Lillian Kent, Eatherinc Kiinl::ir, John Lyman, Connn Manitill, Katharine Nealis, Jane Noyes, Virginia Piatt, Joe Shapiro, Mary Silver, JJoris Twaddell, Jeanne Walther. WITH the completion of College High ' s present building came the Class o. ' 35. With the Class of ' 35 came chaos. Always first in everything, the ' 35ers early achieved the reputation of being the school ' s most ill-mannered and generally half-cracked aggregation. But with the coming of maturity (and incidentally the loss of some of its better wits) the Class of ' 35 has become a model of courtesy and virtue, in fact quite the cynosure of the school, heaven help it. Judging from the class ' s first dramatic attempt, when Whitty Cushman played a dashing John Alden to Lillian Kent ' s coy Priscilla, none of its members is fated for the professional stage. However, it has since redeemed itself by presenting numerous most entertaining and uneducational dramas, and we forgive. ' Progress brings change or vice-versa ; the Class of ' 35 began to change and knighthood flowered. The boys adopted a courtly manner and the title of Sir. However, the teachers forgot to use this lordly prefix and the unabashed eighth graders chose less pretentious names. It was Mr. Mallory who really sympathized with the chivalrous attitude of the ' 35ers and taught them that oft-recalled adage, Promptness is the pride of Kings. This probably accounts for the exemplary prompti- tude of its members in going to classes, and the perpetual tardiness of Tex Flowers who is an out-and-out Socialist. Knighthood died a quick and awful death in the ninth grade, as it was the topic of study in English class. Chivalr} ' gave way to politics, and the class was divided into two formidable factions : girls and boys. In this same year the girls started that delightful tradition of hold- ing an honor banquet at the end of each academic year for the out- standing participants in school activities. [Editor ' s Note: Yes, the ' 35ers have always been first in everything, including the lunchroom. But they are really a capable bunch, and to them the Seniors lovingly entrust the traditions of College High.] 27