Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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■ 11 Ii Ito IV [Retrospect As the time tor our graduation rolls swiftly around, the Class of 1938 passes in review. Perhaps we have thought of the days when there will be no more high school worries for us, but the realization of the splendid opportunities given us and the memory of the wonderful times we had in Columbia High far surpass any cares and troubles we might have had. In our sophomore year, our big presentation was an operetta, a sparkling comedy entitled State Secrets . It was sprinkled with songs and dances, and almost every member of the Sophomore Dramatic Club was represented in it. Some of the most prominent members of the cast were Vance Torbert, Miriam Provost, Bob Arras, Ruth Eisenberg, Boyd Harding, Sue Lieblich, and Bill Mcjames. Our junior year found us working hard on our first important public performance. On Junior Night we presented The Devil Comes to Alcaraz , a three-act presentation, with Bob Latta and Peggie Powers heading the cast of the skit given in the first act, and Vance Torbert and Dee Dann leading the pantomime of the same skit in act two. Part three was a series of im- pressionistic modern dances with the strife in Spain as their motif. Also in our junior year, the Parnassian Society presented for the public the classic drama, Pride and Prejudice . Among the members of the cast Muriel Wright, Sue Lieblich, Edgar Smith, and Edward Schroeder were the repre- sentatives of our class. Topping our sophomore and junior dramatic achievements was our thrilling senior play, Death Takes a Holiday . We undertook a big task for a high school group in the presentation of this drama, but aided by the exceptional acting ability of the cast and the hard work of the many com- mittees, we scored a real triumph. In the field of sports, our class excelled in fine football players. Jim Carrier, quarterback, and Bill Smith, tackle, were perhaps our finest repre- sentatives, being elected co-captains in their last year. On the team that so successfully carried through the second undefeated season for Columbia there were ten seniors, with still another alternating at the tackle post. Bob Heald and Bob Krumm, of our class, were basketball team members. Among the outstanding men of the track team were the football captains and many other prominent football players. Jack White carried the honors in tennis; while in baseball, Ozzie Day and Mike Roman were the leaders. Represent- ing our class on the swimming team were Bob Arras, Bob Heald, Duncan Lee, and still many others. Some of our class who made a name for themselves in Columbia were our school officers—Jack Bosman, president; Jimmie Siedler, vice-president; Cynthia Yard, secretary; and Bob Van Ness, treasurer. The president of the Guild and also editor-in-chief of the Mirror staff was Russell Hartranft. You all know our peppy head of the pep committee, Bob Mason. There were many others of the '38 class who made a name for themselves, but it would be impossible to mention all those who have taken advantage of the many opportunities offered us here, have made something of them, and will for- ever remember all that Columbia High School has given to them. We, of the class of 1938, hope that we have been able to leave a little in the annals of the Red and Black in return for the vast treasures we have been able to take with us from our alma mater, Columbia. Page Nine