Essex County Vocational Technical High School - Athena Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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EVERYONE FROM EIGHT TO EIGHTY has heard or read the story of Alice in Wonderland. Alice tried to pay attention to her history lesson, but it was such a beautiful golden afternoon. The laziness of the river and the lovely summer day made Alice very drowsy. Soon she was fast asleep. Alice thought it was very odd when she saw a little white rabbit with a watch in his waistcoat pocket. Indeed, it was very odd to see a rabbit wearing a waistcoat. Thinking he was going to a party, she follows him down a rabbit hole and falls down, down, down, through earth. She finally reached solid ground only to see the rabbit go through a little door too small for her. Some trouble arises because of her size, but soon she is again on the trail of the White Rabbit where she encounters many unexpected and de- lightful experiences. Alice joins the Dodo in a caucus race which gets her nowhere fast. She sees Tweedledee and T weedledum who relate to her the story of the Walrus and the Car- penter. The trail leads Alice to the White Rabbit's house and into the garden of live flowers, where she is considered to be just a weed. She meets the Caterpillar who thinks she recites very poorly. The Cheshire Cat ap-

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SALLIE H. RICHARDSON THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS ОЕ 1952 wish to express their gratitude to you for your help and understanding. We will strive to maintain the high standards which you and the members of the faculty have established for us.

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years piece by piece to direct her to the March Hare and the Mad Hatter who are | I І passing the day by having an unbirthday party. Their crazy antics are too much for Alice, so she leaves. She follows the trail to the palace where she ventures into a game of croquet with the Queen. Alice thinks it’s a rather queer game to use cards for wickets, flamingos for mallets, and hedgehogs for balls. The Queen finds Alice very annoying and wants to cut off her head. The King thinks it only fair to have a trial. But without any witnesses, Alice is found guilty and convicted. Luckily for Alice, she awakens just in time, to realize it was all a dream. Unlike Alice, we did not follow a little white rabbit with a watch in his waistcoat pocket into our wonderland of learning. Ours was not a dream. It was a reality. Al- though Alice’s journey through wonderland was adventuresome, she did not obtain the results we obtained. We, the Class of 1952, were rewarded with a fine education and a wonderful future. As you turn the pages, you will encounter Alice and her make-believe characters as they travel hand in hand with the Class of 1952, the underclassmen and the faculty, } through our wonderland of learning.