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

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llOBEItT WILKliWS VC ATERVILLE KOAI) FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT SHOULD one be popular with the en- tire class, active scholastically and socially, well-dressed, good-looking, and have some special talent such as draw- ing the caricatures and posters which make every class dance a success, not to mention being the proud possessor of a mellow baritone voice and a love for singing, topped off by having a reputa- tion as the best dancer in the class, he is very likelv to be chosen senior class president. This was true in Bob ' s case. We often wonder what we did before Bob entered College High in the ninth grade, but whatever we missed he has certainly made up to us. President, Vice-President, and Secretary of Class: Crier Associate: Yearbook As- sociate: Chorus: Dramatic Club. IIOBEKT WILLETT 4 RYERSON AVENUE PATERSON MIX a natural interest for sciences with a flare for modern political issues, add a dash of corny humor, and the outcome is Bob. Answering most often to the name Big Bub, Bob always amazes us with his occasionally curly hair and his wild selection of bow ties. His interesting contributions to classes have long been a source of much infor- mation to us, and we are sure that he could convince anyone of a point he wished to put across. Another of the Paterson crowd. Bob hails from the To- towa section, and he can be depended upon to attend any class parties or school functions. Bob has certainly made our days at College High more bearable, and we won ' t soon forget him. Yearbook Associate; Chorus.

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DIANE WETTYEBf 510 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE CALDWELL IF anything is ever needed for a class dance, you can always find Diane rushing down for a 60 bus in order to get the desired article. And she suc- ceeds! Quiet and ever neat, Di often surprises us with those shy, witty com- ments that seem to come forth at the most unexpected times. Diane can regu- larly be seen after school engaged in her favorite extra - curicular activity, black and wliite sodas at Wittrock ' s. Be- ing one of the original class who entered in the seventh grade, Di has for six years enlivened the class, and she has won many friends during this time. Class Secretary; Girls ' A. A.: Crier As- sociate; Chorus; French Club. JOAX WHITE 607 EAST TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET PATERSON QUIET and shy, Joan has always shown a wonderful willingness to help in any task, and so has made for herself a high place in the class. Wliitie, a name bestowed on her in the seventh grade, is always neat, well-dressed, and one of the most capable of our girls. Her fond- ness for animals, dogs in particular, and her well-known fads for up-to-date clothes, music, and actors have endeared Joan to us all. Whitie is another of the Paterson crowd, and Weida ' s is her pet diversion after school. A diligent, pre- cise worker, Joan ' s projects for school have always been envied for their neat- ness, originality, and the wealth of in- formation included in them. Crier Associate; Girls ' A. A.; French Club. Chorus:

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CLASS 1941 LEADING HISTORIANS, EDLCATORS, AND PSYCHIATRISTS claim that an explanation can be given concerning a person, place, or thing only after a careful study of its past his- tory has been made. It is for tliis reason that we, the class of ' 47, do endeavor to explain how we got the way we are, relating our case history. Small but eager were we in September.1941, when the class of 1947 met as a group for the first time, with the purpose of beginning high school education in the true Col- lege High fashion. We had the somewhat questionable honor of being the last class to submit to the good-natured hazing of the eighth grade, which aided in establishing a short-lived period of timidity and shyness, the usual symptoms of a seventh grader. Soon, however, we recovered from our initial experiences, and subsequently took on the job of being good students and having good times, a delightful combination. Neither work nor fun could have been accomplished without the assistance of Mrs. inchester, our homeroom adviser. Several class parties were given, and a climax was reached at Christmas time, when we presented The Littlest Shepherd, a play, for our mothers. After the plav we had a party in the library, and our proud mothers were presented with original poems which we had illustrated during our art classes. Field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History aided in our study of social studies. An appropriate ending to our first year at C. H. S. was provided by Mrs. Reid, who invited us to spend an entire day at Lake alhalla. Before we, the very wise and mighty eighth graders, had passed many months in that grade, parents and students alike had worked their fingers to the bone constructing minature svmphonv orchestras for our course in music appreciation. An excursion to a professional hockev game, between the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins, was the first professional hockey experience for most of us. Under the guidance of Dr. Folsom, every eighth grader wrote a complete biography of Napoleon Bonaparte: each book was indeed, a masterpiece. A tour to Paterson to see a moving picture, The Yormg Mr. Pitt, another to the Montclair Museum to see a Russian musical exhibit, and a trip to New York with our art teacher, Mr. Karp, to see Walt Disney ' s Saludos Amigos and to visit the Museum of Modern Art were among the numerous field trips which we embarked upon that year. And then — we were high school freshmen. That year we had the opportunity to take Western Culture, a combined course of English and social studies, and all of us took part in the first Pan-American football quiz. Dividing ourselves into two teams, the Pan-American Panthers and the Fighting Phantom Gauclios, the battle of wits was on. The struggle lasted three davs, and when the final gun was sounded and the scores were tallied, the Panthers emerged victorious, seven to six. In celebration of the new year, 1943, the class was invited to a New ear ' s Eve party at the home of Billie Wollen.