Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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THE MIRROR PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS OF 1939 COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH ORANGE AND MAPLEWOOD NEW JERSEY

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Out on Flushing Meadows there is rapidly nearing completion an exhibit known as the World's Fair of 1939. This fair promises to be the biggest and finest ever staged, if we are to believe the advance publicity. The keynote of the fair is explained in its slogan: Building the World of Tomorrow. The fair itself symbolizes the world of tomorrow, and the exhibits, which cover almost everything under the sun, not only stress what is being done today, but what will be done tomorrow. We have borrowed the slogan of the World's Fair, Building the World of Tomorrow, for our yearbook, because we think it is particularly significant to the students of today. When our parents went to school, the same subjects were taught year in and year out: English, Algebra, French, Latin, with an occasional flyer in Greek. School work in their day was a chore. No one particularly liked school because the subjects taught were forced upon the unwilling student. There were no extra-curricular activities through which the student could express himself with the exception of a few sports and an occasional literary Today all that has been changed. The courses that are offered in our own Columbia High School are useful as well as academic. Besides the neces- sary three R's, we have many subjects which are subscribed to by the stu- dents, not because they must take them but because they want to take them. Students stay in by choice long after the school day closes. Our extra- curricular activities are many and varied, giving everyone a chance to participate in that which is nearest and dearest to his heart. Those interested in dramatics may practice the art of acting by joining one of the dramatic clubs. Those interested in designing stage sets or in erecting them can do so by joining the Art Club or by becoming a member of the stage crew. Besides these activities, there are many others in which a student may enter, space preventing us from mentioning them all, though they are none the less worthy of recognition. Therefore we have chosen Building the World of Tomorrow the theme of our yearbook because we believe that Columbia has not only helped to prepare us for our life in present-day society but also has made us conscious of our obligations toward the future world which is to be ours. club. —1939 Worrouj 1939— 5