Flemington High School - Echo Yearbook (Flemington, NJ)

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THE EcHo VM--- lar Ellie iaiatnrg nf the Cllaan nf 1934 9' OUR YEARS ago a bewildered mass of one hundred twenty-Hve shy, but curious .H students assembled as the first ninth grade of the newly organized junior high school. None of us can forget our pride in the fact that ours would be the first class to graduate from it. We entered into the school life with zest and determination. It did not take us long to become acclimated to our new surroundings. Two of our members were selected for the football team and they have played with honor and distinction throughout their high school career. The expanding activities program of our school offered many opportunities for participation and a great many members of our class became active in the extra- curricular life of the school.. Various clubs were created which provided an opportunity for every pupil to become active in some organization of special interest to him. The outstanding feature of the club program was Junior High Night in which the newly- organized Pet Show was the most prominent element. This display of the work of school activities has become a permanent annual feature. Before we realized it, the end of the school year was upon us, bringing with it the final examinations. But after a severe struggle we weathered the storm and were indeed a delighted group on the June afternoon when we assembled for the promotion exercises. As in the case of our previous year, the succeeding one sped hurriedly along. The one cloud on the horizon of our first year in the senior high school was our inability to keep the class treasury well supplied. The first excitement of our junior year was the selection of our Class rings. This was a busy year, especially for those of us who had entered into the extra-class activities. Juniors largely composed the cast of the Pirate's Daughter, the high school operetta. The Student Council, athletics, staffs of publications, and the various clubs and organiza- tions had more than a fair share of juniors participating. With the end of the year, came the Junior Promenade, the outstanding social event of the entire school year. The decorative theme was centered around a European sidewalk cafe. Color, gayety, and excellent music made this occasion linger long in the memories of those who attended. Our senior year set the high water mark for our class. Our efforts of other years began to bear fruit. New projects were sponsored and old ones revamped. As in our junior year, many of our members were holding key positions in the various clubs, organi- zations, and activities, both curricular and extra-curricular. In April, our class left for Washington by bus. The memory of the tl1YCC delightful days spent at our nation's capital will always remain with us. With spring has come preparation for commencement, we have almost ree-Chefl our goal. As this event approaches we look forward to the day of final parting with both pleasure and regret-pleasure that we shall have completed our high school course and will be ready to enter into our chosen life-work-regret that our pleasant school days together are over, that we shall probably never be together again as a class, and that close associations and friendships must.be unwillingly severed. 29

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THE ECHO Q0 -IGN Parting Message I-IE years which lie immediately ahead of us are all-important. Each of us has, to some extent, been affected by the changing social and economic conditions and problems which have come forcibly to light as a result of the underlying currents of the Industrial Revolution. In a few short days most of us will, of necessity, face three problems to a far greater extent than heretofore. I fear that we as a group have not given sufhcient heed to the opportunities offered to become basically acquainted with these problems and to know as thoroughly as possible the evolving program for their solution. This is probably especially true with regard to the past two years of our high school course. Changes in our social and political structure are at hand, or at least they are definitely on the way.i This is the consensus of the opinions expressed by experts. If these changes and adjustments are to be brought about with a minimum of friction, the masses of people must give their intelligent support to themj or, where suggested changes are inopportune or vicious, they must be rejected by an enlightened public, through the peaceful pressure of mass opinion. The future is uncertain. Specific directions for, or a prophecy concerning the next several years are practically valueless because of the fact that the one permanent element involving the future is clarnzge. And that element will predominate until we have achieved the new socio-political set-up which seems destined to come. Let us hope it will be a set-up that will insure to the people of this country and of the world a greater share of well-being, both spiritual and physical, than has been enjoyed by the people of present and past generations. In so far as my words may carry weight with you, my classmates, it is my hope and request that we may make efficient and extensive use of the knowledge we have obtained in our four years together in Fleming- ton High School as a foundation on which, to the best of our ability, to help build the emerging netw social and political order. We who have benefited so bounteously at the hands of our government-that same government which is in process of profound change and readjustment-- liave mandated to us the solemn duty of using our foundation program of high school education as a basis on which to build that greater and more thorough knowledge of our universe which will enable us to be intelligent and discriminating followers, and, where opportunity offers, to be forceful, honest, and efficient leaders. With this thought, I wish you Godspeed and farewell. VAUGHN S. CARY Prresirlczzt of the Class of 1934 '128

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THB ECHO Eixfratis llirnm ,ZX Qllimfy GM 17411 Qwifb apologies fo Pcpysj 5 have newly taken a solemn oath about keeping a record of the happenings of J some old school-mates of mine, which I am resolved to keep, according to the letter of the.oath which I keep by me. At the end of the last and the beginning of this year I do live in one of the houses on High Street belonging to Mr. J. C. Miller, as one of the principal officers, and have done now about half-a-year. I take myself now to be worth three hundred pounds clear in money, and all my goods and all manner of debts paid which are none at all. January lst. At noon I carried my wife by coach to my cozen Roger Clemens' where we with the Lord Stanley Barrick and his Lady Jean, dined. Here I saw first my cozen's second wife the former Maude Myers, which is a very respectful woman, but his dinner a sorry poor dinner for a man of his estate. January 3rd CLord's Dayj. A most tedious, unreasonable, and impertinent ser- mon, by an Irish doctor, Daniel Foley. His text was, Scatter them, O Lord, that delight in wart. January sth. The great talk of the towne is the strange election made yesterday for agents to England from the colonieg viz. Solomon Karrow, a very excellent man, and Michael Doria, that able statesman. january 9th. Early up in the morning to read XVoolley's Handbook revised by Manners, that professor from Oxford. January 12th. Lay and slept well till three in the morning. To Lord Redling and his lady the one-time Marjorie Fisher, to dine. There was Mr. Fuhrman and his wife Isabelle, a pretty woman and speaks Latin, Mr. Vaughn Cary, Mr. Harry Mannon and the two daughters of his, both very tall and the youngest very handsome, so much as I could not forbear to love her exceedingly, having, among other things, the best hand that ever I saw. After we had done eating, the ladies went to dance, and among the men we had, I was forced to dance, too, and did make an ugly shift. Mistress Jeanette O'Hare danced very well and seems the best humored woman that ever I saw. About nine o'clock many did go home and so broke the party up very pleasant and merry. Going home Sir Cary did walk with Mistress O'Hare and did seem to take the opportunity of kissing her very often. January 20th. To the Tavern, and there Mr. Herbert Sawyer, the mathematician, to us, and there he did by discourse make us fully believe that England and France were once the same continent. And at the table I had very good discourse wherein he did assure me that frogs and many insects do often fall from the sky, ready formed. And so I home to bed by daylight. February 4th. To Mistress Louise Stryker's, who is a great butter-woman, and I did see there the most of milke and creame, and the cleanest that ever I saw in my life. In our way, we had great sport to try who should drive fastest, Sir Harry Preckwinkle's coachbor Mr. Frank Pavlica's chariott. My friend Sir Harry did win. Being come home, I to ed. February 15th. Francis Strouse, Esquire and I went out with Sir Allen Pyatt to bowles in his alley, and there had good sport. After dining we went and heard musique at the Hall, played by the famous violinist Mr. Hiram Bellis-witsky. There we staid talking and singing and drinking great draughts of claret till twelve at night, it being moonshine, and so to bed, very near fuddled. April 6th. To Gray's Inn XVal,k all alone, and with great pleasure, seeing the fine ladies walk there finding a few of their names to be: Thelma Packer, Eleanore Schomp, and Genevieve Snyder, all very enchanting. April 17th. I went with my singing-master, Monsieur La Tourette, who had done with me this morning, to White Hall where he introduced me to his friend 30