East Side High School - Torch Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Oh! there goes another string. One more note to go. Sit down before the bell rings! Hello therer The homeroom period affords an opportunity to catch up on last night's l omcwork or the latest gossip. Its prime purpose is to provide time for opening exercises and the reading of announcements for the day. There goes another bell, and off they go to period one. This procedure occurs eight tiroes every day. As the students make their way to their first class, they sometimes stop for a brief chat or brush a hand or shoulder in a “Good-morning” fashion. However, they don't stop for too long; for before they know it, that bell nnp again, meaning detention for the few stragglers who didn't quite make it on time. 25

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The first class of a college preparatory student could very well be math, science, or a laboratory. In the laboratory one can observe many facial expressions. A happy, contented smile covers the face of the student who has just completed an experiment successfully. Inevitably there arc a few masks of disappointment to be found on tho faces of students whose experiments have perhaps jus exploded, leaving them with an artificially, possibly vari-colored epidermis. Better luck next time! Perhaps, the secretarial student might find his first A in a secretarial practice room. Confronting all those machines and electrically operated mechanisms, one might be lcary of entering. There need be no fear, for the students are given expert training in machine operations and leam to manipulate them with case and precision. Their training is invaluable, for more than likely they will be using their experience, upon graduation, in the occupations of their choice. Oh, oh-another jammed machine! Let’s get out of here, quick! 27