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

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Contents Introduction History Student Life....... Academics.......... Athletics.......... Clubs Activities... People............. Community.......... Advertisements..... Index.............. Closing............ AND IS NOW... Then And Now I All ready and at attention, boy begin to warm up before the activme Mart. ourselves a part of. Looking back, the past was really the backbone for what we have now. Dedicated Mudent develop their artitttc abilitie .

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1911 1986: THE WAY IT WAS Over the years East Side has had some changes. Some were drastic and some were very minor. Of course, some changes were necessary, while others were natural steps in improvement. However, some things have been altered to a point where you would have never known they existed unless they were obvious. One example is the boys' gym. In 1911. gym was held on the third floor in C‘ building. It was. and still is. quite spacious with many windows. Shower baths were locat- ed near one door and ample dressing rooms were also used. Boys’ showers were located above the girls’ bathing facilities. Today, this gym is used mainly for gymnastics. Showers are no longer part of the average gym period. Girls and boys also have their respective gyms, but co-edu-cational classes do exist. One area which has changed is the art program. Students still sit down to draw and paint. Granted, today's techniques and supplies are more varied, but the same basic ideas related to drawing and painting are still in use. Another area which has changed somewhat is the drama department. Productions in the early years of our school were more detailed, whereas today, specific detail does not hold as much importance. There are similarities. such as the drive and dedication that the students have for the production of these dramas. 1911 was the beginning of a destiny, one in which we now find An early drama production performed by talented Modern tv Then And Now

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SPARKLING LIKE Newark parkle under fhe tun. Member from I he cast el Godspet lake iheir final bew al I he la t performance. Jo e Red' Pereira play » mean ba«« guitar. What actually makes ‘86 sparkle like a diamond? The answer to that question is clearly the student body. East Siders are always striving for the top with many hours of hard work and dedication with the hope of attaining that special goal. That is what the class of '86 is about, striving to attain goals, and by doing so adding a bit of sparkle to our surroundings. That spark was ignited 75 years ago. and although times have changed, the basic beliefs and principles for a chance to acquire an education still stand as they did then. It is hard to believe that East Side has weathered so many storms for the past seven and a half decades. We have undergone many changes, but our goals are not so different from that very first graduating class so long ago. Four years ago we came to this school and were called fresh- 3 Theme