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

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Entering these halls for the fifth time last September, the Juniors settled down to the usual upper hall routine and an ever increasing volume of homework. To keep themselves amused till Christmas vacation rolled around, the future seniors presented two assembly programs, one of which was repeated for the P.T.A., the boys joined the football squad, and the class held a successful formal dance entitled Star Dust. With the advent of January the Basketball season developed into full swing and the boys were kept busy, while the girls contributed their talents toward the success of the Girls ' A. A. At the same time, the class, with the usual junior enthusiasm, assumed the editorships of the Crier, and along about Easter the Little Scorpions, the baseball team which was organized two years ago by the boys of the class, commenced its season. More social gatherings and trips for the juniors followed, climaxed by the annual junior-senior picnic, as the Class of ' 43 pulled down the curtain on its biggest year yet at College High.

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who is no longer in the United States, buf in South America, teaching Social Studies to the natives of Brazil. Dr. Wittmer had a great influence on her, for he sent Lois all the way down there to tell the children about the Industrial Revolution. Another page puts tears in our eyes, as we read of Stirling Kerr ' s tragic life. He joined the Ringling Circus, and was making $75,000 a year, as a midget, when suddenly for some strange reason, he grew two feet, and became a real man. He was fired im- mediately, and the shock of losing such a salary was too much for him. We are not surprised at all to find Mary Kuhnen a well known nurse, and president of a large hospital in New York today. Mary started out working for Doctor Crum, but when the going got rough, and she was used as a victim for the Doctor ' s machine, Mary left for a steadier job. Dick Lang and Bill Salmond are now co-presidents of the largest dancing school in the world. Arthur Murray had long been out of work as the result, but recently, because of their humaneness, the boys hired him as an instructor. This may seem amazing but now comes the surprise of our life. Lois Mac- donald is the manager of the most famous home for the mentally disabled in the world! What we can ' t understand is how she gets along with that type of people so well. Page Twenty-six The hearty Pepper and Stehli team is still going strong, after all these years, and at the present, the naturalists are scouring the earth for some rare bat than can talk somewhat like a human. We always wondered if these two might not belong to the same species. Another astounding fact is brought to the surfaces when we find that Russ Reed and Harold Sheldon have succeeded in discovering an amazing substitute for water. They have patented it, and become multi- millionaires. The only trouble with the drink is that it burns your throat slightly, going down. The reason — 49% pure sulfuric acid. World War II was brought to a peaceful end by the cleverness, and diplomacy, of Miss Alison Saxe. After visiting with Adolf Hitler for a month, she begged him to sign a treaty with the world, which he did gladly. The world has always wondered whether it was her diplomacy, or the knife sticking in his back that influenced the Fuehrer. We are glad to see that this volume doesn ' t forget to mention the fact that Mary Shepard is the only woman coach a major league team has ever had. She took over Leo Durocher ' s position, and has put the Dodgers back on top. Now, we have seen them all, the twenty-five amazing seniors, of the Class of 1942. They have all made good, and have fulfilled their promiises of brilliant futures, as everyone naturally expected.

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r f r n ' a ODfl opnomores A mixture of athletes, showmen, financiers, musicians and, last but far from least, top-notch students, the Sophomore class is, by its own admission, one of the most versatile groups ever to hit College High. Their atheltic ability is shown by the fact that they placed two men on the first teams of both the football and basketball squads, and that the girls of the class have several times brought home laurels for the Girls ' A. A. The class demonstrated its showmanship by producing a play — The Mad Breakfast — and proved its financial ability with its successful dance — The Valentine Sport. The Sophs ' musical talents were repeatedly brought to the surface in the Chorus and Orchestra, and their scholastic achievements are shown by the large number of tenth grade names which appeared on the Honor Roll each marking period. Occasionally, during the past year, this energetic class took time out however to rest themselves and go on a few trips. Taking all the above-mentioned achievements into consideration, the rest of College High must admit that the Sophomores are all that they claim to be and have good reason to expect to go far in their next two years. Page Twenty-eight