Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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MARY JANE ABBOTT 110 Orchard Road Maplewood . . . exciting summers at the shore . . . long golden tresses . . . one of the first with wheels Jazz Club 3; Folk Music Club 4; Personality Club 3, 4; Platform Club 4; Homeroom: Vice-Chair- man 4; Treasurer 2, 3; Social Chairman 2, 3; Civics Commit- tee 2; Pep Committee 3, 4; Sophomore Orientation 2; Spe- cial Service Committee 2; Junior Night Advertising Committee 3; Senior Play Usher 2. ELLEN ABERBACH 40 Coolidge Road Maplewood . . . her math problems . . . her well-known gullibility . . . sin- cerity and cheer . . . Le Cercle Frangais 3; Future Teachers of America 3; Jazz Club 3; Folk Music Club 4; Homeroom: Vice-Chairman 4; Secretary 2; Eligibility Commit- tee 2, 3, 4; All-School Produc- tion Cast and Chorus 2. FREDERICKA ALLEN Freddie” 25 Falrview Terrace Maplewood . . . ability and desire to become a fashion designer ... an inces- sant homeroom chatterer . . . her naturally nice disposition . . . Art Service Club 2; Fencing Club 2, 3; Folk Music Club 4; Platform Club 4; Showcase 2, 3, 4; All-School Production Scen- ery Painting Committee 2, 3. 4; Junior Night: Scenery Painting 3. PETER ABRAMS 612 Prospect Street Maplewood . . . his apathy to homeroom meetings . . . his earnest interest in law ... a future contestant at Forest Hills . . . Le Cercle Frangais 3; Debating Club 2, 3; Folk Music Club 4; Parnassian 3; Philosophy Semi- nar 3; Finance Committee 4; Tennis 4; All-School Male Chorus 2, 4; Junior Night Cast 3. SUSAN ELLEN ACKERMAN 227 Audley Street South Orange . . . “Oh, but it’s hard to get up in the morning!” ... an eager Beaver . . . one of the last to drive but one of the first to start thinking about it .. . Le Cercle Frangais 2, Secretary 3; Jazz Club 4; Platform Club 3; Showcase 4; Homeroom Secre- tary 2, 3; Civics Committee 4; Junior Night Advertising Com- mittee 3; Mirror Personals Com- mittee 4; Columbian Reporter 2, 3, 4; S.O.S. 4. RICHARD ABRAMSON Abey” 3 Suffolk Avenue Maplewood . . . the freckled friend of many ... an affinity for the darkroom —as a photographer . . . Latin scholar . . . Platform Club 4. JOHN C. ADELMAN 155 Franklin Terrace Maplewood . . . quiet and conscientious . . . adept on drawing board and spring board ... a future in chemistry. Intramurals 4. ALICE ALPER Pear” 151 Tuscan Road Maplewood . . . Fred Astaire s aspiring part- ner . . . never a dull moment . . . gentlemen dont always prefer blondes . . . Future Teachers of America 2, Treasurer 3, Vice-President 4; G.A.A. 2; Personality Club 3; Homeroom: Vice Chairman 4, Treasurer 2; Pep Committee 4; Sophomore Orientation Commit- tee 4; Mirror Personals Commit- tee 4. Page Eleven

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Cia ss History 1961- 1962 We're poor little sophomores who have lost our way . . . March 1: The School Council, stimulated by an editorial in The COLUMBIAN, the school newspaper, opens the CHS Bookstore—later to become its permanent protege — selling more than 100 paperbacks during its first week . . • March 6, 7, 8; The Middle States Association, observing Columbia High in action, visits classes, talks with students chosen at random, and pronounces CHS a superior school” . . . Astro- naut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth . . . The picture of innocence, we cannot interpret the ominous initials CEEB . . . Responsibil- ity has barely been unveiled. 1962- 1963 October 20; PSAT's! We are introduced to the horror of waiting . . . No- vember 2 and 5: The Administration, disgruntled by juniors garbed in potato sacks, flatly repudiates the existence of Junior Day. On Friday and Saturday evenings, we relate the universal message of our class play, The Skin of Our Teeth, to the Cuban crisis, from which President Kennedy carefully extri- cates our country . . . For 114 days, we miss The Times . . . February 16: Co- lumbia's first International Folk Sing reflects the growing influence of folk music on America’s youth . . .March 2 and May 18; SAT’s and Achievement Tests. CEEB has made its impression. 1963- 1964 We drive . . . College pressures are unusually tense due to the size of America’s twelfth grade . . . Attempting to meet college application dead- lines, we ponder questions like Discuss the psychological and metaphysical manifestations of your extracurricular activities on your private life . . . What's red, blue, purple, orange, yellow, green, and white? A madras elephant ... A Supreme Court decision ends Bible reading during homeroom periods and assemblies . . . Our class produces the largest percentage of National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and letter of commendation winners in the school's history . . . November 22: Dallas, Texas. A national catastrophe on a Friday afternoon puts a second Johnson in the White House . . . December 7 and January 11: Our last hours under the fire of the College Board battery . . . Then we wait, and wait, and wait, and slump . . . Meanwhile, burnt appendages result from overambitious—or undercautious—chem lab experiments . . . May 8 and 9; The senior play, Tiger at the Gates, reminds us of the trembling threat of war . . . June 19: We finally learn the words of the Alma Mater for our outdoor grad- uation. During our three years at Columbia, we met temporary students from Ar- gentina, Austria, Finland, France, India, Israel, Sierra Leone (Africa), South Africa, and Turkey. Prominent assembly speakers — champion miler Jim Beatty, Saturday Review poetry editor John Ciardi, astronomer Harlow Shapley, Gov- ernor Richard Hughes of New Jersey, Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey —sharpened our perspective on the world. CHS courses initiated in the past few years: Twentieth Century Russian History, Electronics, Developing Nations, a combined English-Modern History course. The CHS Business Department created a successful work-study program for non-college-bound students. Student vote introduced a new dramatics production, the annual All-School Musical. Our three were The King and I, Brigadoon, and Kiss Me, Kate. Student produc- tions, in the three years we attended CHS, netted more than $6000 for the School Council Scholarship Fund. Columbia’s brand-new soccer team tried hard, but found the subject difficult; wrestling, cross country, and swimming showed an outstanding degree of aptitude. Throughout our senior high school years, we became more mature, more con- cerned, more aware. As sophomores, we were relatively free from care; by the time we were seniors, the bomb, civil rights, and life had started to trouble us. Yes, we will remember Columbia, but what we will miss is the warm secur- ity of youth’s friendships. We leave all we have known, for who knows what? Page Ten

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BRUCE ALSTON 50 South Crescent Maplewood . . . his outstanding performance as a Cougar swimmer . . . “win- ning” good nature and sincerity . . . that perplexed look . . . Electronics Club 3, 4; Fire Com- mittee 4; J.V. Football 2; Swim- ming 2, 3, 4. OLIVIA ALVES “Lee 386 Boyden Avenue Maplewood . . . many, many interests . . . always ready with a smile . . . finding pleasure in reading . . . G.A.A. 2, 3, 4; Literary Masters Society 2, 3, Secretary 4; Plat- form Club 2, 3; All-Sohool Pro- duction Scenery Painting Com- mittee 3. BERENICE AMICI “Berry” 286 Western Drive North South Orange . . . her enviable figure ... al- ways ready to have a good time . . . discarded long ponytail . . . Future Teachers of America 2; Jazz Club 3, 4; Folk Music Club 4; Personality Club 4; Platform Club 2; Homeroom Secretary 2; Finance Committee 4; All School Production Scenery Painting Committee 3; Junior Night Scen- ery Painting 3; S.O.S. 4. KATHLEEN APGAR “Kathy” 78 Jacoby Street Maplewood ... a DeMarco disciple ... by the sea, by the sea . . . her ever- present energy . . . Future Nurses of America 4; Li- brary Council 3, Secretary 4. ROY P. AMES 400 Woodland Place South Orange . . . “Smile—you re on Candid Camera” . . . constantly fixing his Renault . . . all-around ability . . . Mirror Photographer 4; Special Service for Evening Perform- ances 2, 3; Columbian Photog- rapher 2, 3, Photography Co- Editor 4. JOHN D. ASH 178 Valley Street South Orange . . . travels the open road . . . senior citizen of 349 . . . his hardworking summer . . . HARVEY N. ALTER “Harv” 22 Brookwood Drive Maplewood . . . his aggressiveness and con- stant chatter . . . his theatrical achievements and aspirations . . . one of the upper ’Nings regu- lars . . . Jazz Club 2, 3; Parnassian 2, 3; Homeroom Social Chairman 2; Pep Committee 4; All-School Male Chorus 3; All-School Pro- duction: Advertising Committee 2; Cast and Chorus, 2, 3; Scen- ery Painting Committee 2, 3; Junior Night: Advertising Com- mittee Chairman 3; Scenery Painting 2, 3. ROBERT ANDREASEN “Bob” 254 Hilton Avenue Maplewood . . . loving to be near a quiet stream . . . noted for his prompt- ness ... an interest in the school band . . . Page Twelve