Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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1939 MIRROR STAFF JOHN DE LORENZI Editor-in-Chief JACK CROSSON Business Manager EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief, John de Lorenzi; Feature Editors, Helen Muller, John MacEvoy; Senior Per- sonals Editor, Charles Benfield; Assistant Personals Editors, Roland Schambach, Bill Agnew, Joan Young, Beatrice Erie, Roberta Pfautz; Organizations Editors, Marilyn Marsden, Bob Dryer; Art Editors, Jean Thomas, Dan Price, Harold Bolsover; Boys' Sports Editor, Bill Ruggles; Girls' Sports Editor, Barbara Norton; Dramatic Editor, Bob Geiger; Historian, Hallam Walker; Prophet, Charles Aufderhar; Lawyer, Jeanne Hochette; Staff Photographers, Bob Ehrlick, Bob Weller, H. Richardson, Lloyd Robinson, John Cochran, John Williams. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager, Jack Crosson; Circulation Manager, Pat Shotwell; Assistant Circulation Managers, Marion Thompson, Barbara Miller, Jack Ellor, Roy Kirch, Mary Alice Coen; Adver- tising Manager, Jack Middleton; Assistant Advertising Managers, Barbara Heydt, Rita Cleary, Henry Robinson, Dick Jayson, Dick Nelson; Staff Typists, Marion Heidrich, Mildred Varrelli, Alberta Muller; Staff Statisticians, Betty Turck, Guy Chamberlain. 8

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The advantages and privileges that have been ours at Columbia have formed a foundation for our future for which we will always be grateful. Not only have we been prepared by our studies, but also by other school activ- ities, such as student government, clubs, sports, and class projects. How well we have availed ourselves of these assets can only be told in the future. One of the foremost of the extra-curricular activities in which we have participated was self-government through the school council. In this field the Class of Nineteen Thirty Nine has brought credit to itself and to Columbia through the capability of its council president, Walter Avery, and the other officers, Margaret Ann Hoppock, Susan Weeks, and Jack Bayer, and the various committees. Opportunities for those of us journalistically inclined have been avail- able in the Columbian and the Mirror. We hope our efforts in these activities have helped to improve these publications as much as they have afforded us pleasure and advantages for serious endeavor. Clubs have always been centers of interest in our years in Columbia. Our thespians have had the Sophomore Dramatic Club and the Parnassian Society as outlets for their talent, and many excellent productions have been pre- sented. The language clubs have received our support as well as the various groups organized for hobby work. The Kilocycle Club was founded by a group of our class interested in amateur radio. Perhaps more in the field of sports than anywhere else we had the oppor- tunity to bring glory to the Red and Black. Captained by Walt Wiesmiller, with Ed Arnolt, our class president, calling the plays, this year's football team did itself great credit. The Class of Nineteen Thirty Nine was able to furnish some excellent playing material that was shaped into a winning combination by Mr. Marvel. Also in other major sports we have had a chance to exhibit Columbia's athletic prowess. Connick Doran's diving won him the state title, and he and other of our swimmers have helped to make our pool team one of the best. On the tennis and basketball court, the baseball field, and the cinder track, members of our class have given creditable performances. Our chief activity as a class has been the production of Junior Night and the Senior Play. It is by these presentations that we have been able to do the most materially for Columbia, the proceeds of them being contributed to the Student Aid Fund. Thus we have had the opportunity to augment this scholar- ship fund and at the same time to produce two shows that afforded us a great deal of interest and pleasure. Our original Junior Night, Rigadoon,” set a precedent in being pre- sented two nights before capacity audiences. Its theme, a short Western romance, encompassed a variety of musical and dancing acts. The senior year production, Star Wagon, was also very well received. The many weeks' work on it was amply rewarded by favorable recognition. Now, after having had the benefit of these experiences in our years at Columbia, we can only hope that we have profited sufficiently by them. Also, we cannot be too grateful for the earnest efforts for us and the interest in us on the part of our teachers and guides. The friendships we have formed here are another great factor in what constitutes our high school education. Everything w© have done and everything that has been done for us in this period of our life has helped to build our future. Indeed, so much has been offered to us in our preparation for the years ahead that we owe a debt to Columbia High School that we can never hope fully to repay. 10