Fort Lee High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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THE PIONEER vu am HONORS T is the purpose of this annual to record upon its pages the events of the cur- rent school year. It is therefore fitting that honor won beyond those offered by the school should be noted and credit given to the students who have placed the name of Fort Lee High in the front ranks. Cllflllifffjfl Department. Robert Chertov--Second prize in State Contest for essay on Chemistry 1930-31. English Department. Katherine Krall-Honorary lllention in the National High School Awards Contest for essay on Vocation for XVomen. Commercial Department. Mabel Schelenz, Katherine Krall, and Adelaide Poppe-Gold Pins awarded by the Gregg Typewriter Contest for February. Alfred Hewitt and Katherine Krall-Transcription Certificates awarded by the Gregg Shorthand Contest for February. ' Teresa Benedetti and Gertrude Lorenz-Dictaphone Transcription Certificates awarded by the Dictaphone Sales Corporation. Katherine Krall and Dorothy Naehrlich Won first place in the second and iirst year typing group, respectively, in the sectional contests conducted by the N. J. Commercial Teachers' Association. The second year team, Katherine Krall, Adelaide Poppe, and liiable Schelenz were awarded first place while the first year team, Mildred Hagstrom, Marian Keeman, and Dorothy Naehrlich received third place in the first year group. Athletic Department. I Clayton Casino-Second best pitcher in Bergen County. James Carrara-Halfback on third team of Bergen County. lylartin Remore-End, honorable mention for All-State. Augustus Fallotico-Forward on first team of Bergen County. Newspaper Department. Q Fort Leeder-Third prize in mimeograph newspapers awarded by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. . A nnual Department. ' Pioneer-Second Prize in annual department awarded by Columbia Scholastic Press Association. First prize won by military academy with unlimited financial resources. 74 tg..-

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THE PIONEER V30 new uf avi O wah.-4 emi, JOKES A SOCIAL ERROR? llfliss Brady: Olga, here is your slip. Olga Cin consternationjz lyly slip! NVhere is it? TALL STORY? lVIrs. Quinn: This, class, is the formula with which one of my pupils used to find the volume of a fish bowl. Clever student: 'Sounds like a fish story. CLEVER CU POETIC RESPONSE lwiss Meeker treading a poem about a coal minej : Fling us a handful of starsq Philip: Hit .him over the head with a shovel. VVHAT LANGUAGE IS IT? Miss Wallet to Rcsenblum: Das ist alles, asseyez-vous. GETTING UP IN THE WORLD lVIrs. Foley: What would happen if all the atmospheric pressure on your body were released, lVIiss Oman? ' Virginia: IVhy-Why I suppose you'd float! . SOIHETIIVIES I VVONDER ?Sam Haas in Latin class: Shouldn't that word be posterity instead of descend- ants. BLONDE OR BRUNETTE? Joe Oliva translating Latin: Mrs. Strong, what does that word mean? lwrs. Strong: It means coils, Joseph. Joe Qtranslatingl: Oh, and out of the water glided two slimy, black snakes with long curls. ' 76