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

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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.

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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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HIS T t» II 1947 During!: our freshman year, the class displayed its dramatic ability by presenting several types of creatiye plays, inclndinn; Norman Corwin ' s The Plot to Overthrow Christmas and China Had a Washington, both directed by Dr. Fulcomer. A small riot of a play, entitled Father Take Your Stocking Down, The Christmas Tree Is Dying, was our first sophomore production. The play, a take-off on faculty and students, almost put us out of the good graces (whi ch we weren ' t in anyway) of our teachers. The complete script was written and enacted by ourselves. Ordering our class rings played an important part in our lives that year, and we also took over main- tenance of the C. H. S. War Service Honor Roll, started by the class of ' 46. This was the year that a great many of the boys in the class tried out for the various ath- letic teams at school, slowly starting the climb to varsity recognition. In March we presented our first dance, The Spring Whirl, a huge success. Closing up school was celebrated by a swimming party in New York ' s Hotel Shelton. From the very start of our junior year, school activities were more prominent than ever before. The French students revived La Cercle Francais, the C. H. S. French Club, and adopted little Marie Loviise, a French child. During our extensive English study of Shakespeare, the class saw Maurice Evans in Hamlet. We also examined the New ork Herald Tribune plant, in connection with our study of newspapers. Be- ing an ambitious class, we presented two dances, The Fall Finale and The College Hi-Ball, the latter dance being decorated not unlike a Salvador Dali painting. January brought forth the time when we took over the Crier, and the coveted Crier office became our den of creative endeavor. As a final gesture of good will towards the class of ' 46, we took said class to the Orange Mountain Reservation for the annual junior-senior picnic. When we walked up the hill to school in the autumn of 1946, every member of the class of ' 47 had a certain air of well-earned satisfaction about him. After five years we were the seniors of College High. Before long, however, none of us had time to think of this, as we were deluged with work, f un, and the business of being seniors. The first big event in our social calendar was Ye Olde Pumpkin Fling, a combination square dance and carnival, attended by the largest crowd in C. H. S. history. Trips to New ork were frequent during the year, including theatre parties to see Henry V, Henry VIII, and Cyrano de Bergarac. Class parties, too, were more frequent than iu any previous year. But before we had time to realize it, the year was gone. The year- book had been compiled, and the Crier had been turned over to the juniors. In the spring the senior bridge was presented, and then, as our final bid for glory, we pre- sented the senior play, a decided njasterpiece. At last, to the dismay of everyone, we graduated. And so, exit the Best Class To Ever Attend College High, and may all fu- ture classes have as full and interesting a career.