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

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL For The Third consecuTive year, The girls' inTerclass baskeTbaII championship was won by The .lunior Girls. The compeTiTion beTween The Juniors and Seniors was very keen This year. BoTh Teams looked Torward To winning The championship. LasT year The Seniors deTeaTed The Juniors. ln This year's game, aT The end oT The TourTh guarTer The score was Tied. Two exTra periods were required beTore The winning poinT was made. The Team was coached by Miss DoroThy Major, gym insTrucTor, as were Teams re- presenTing each oT The oTher classes. Tl-IE ART CLASS This year The arT classes have accomplished many Things including oil-painTings, char- coal drawing, pasfel and waTer color work. To increase Their knowledge of arT, They have Taken numerous Trips To diTTerenT museums and arT exhibiTs. The arT classes, under The direciTon oT Miss OrTlip, ended Their school year wiTh an exhibiTion oT The year's work. FORTY-ON F

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FORTY WMLATHJC CLUB As The PhilaTelic Club enTered on iTs ninTh successive year, iT played a larger parT Than ever in The liTe oT The school. The club Took an acTive parT in The l-lonor SccieTy Fall Bazaar. AT Chrislmas Time The club sonT albums and sTamps To Bergen Pines l-lospiTals. This year marked The enTry oT The club in The Third lnTernaTional ExposiTion aT The Grand CenTral Palace. lTs membership was increased To TwenTy-Tive, wiTh The Tollowing oTTicers: Edgar Lassins, presidenT: l-larold Richardson, vice-president Edna Kahl, secreTary: RuTh Nagle, represenTaTive To The NaTional l3ederaTion oT STamp Clubs: Nicholas Noolas, sergeanT-aT-arms: Muriel Troy, conTesT commiTTee7 Carl B. STrong, TaculTy adviser. UBRARY STAFF Books are The happiness oT man, and books are The happiness oT The Library STaTT. The Library STaTT, which consisTs oT sevenTeen members, meeTs once each week. These regular meeTings Tend To increase The sTudenT's knowledge oT greaT books and oT greaT wriTers. Also, To arouse This inTeresT sTill TurTher, The STaTT visiTed The New York Public Library aT ForTy-second STreeT. The STaTT is ably supervised by Miss FiTzgeraId, school librarian.

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FORTY-TWO BAND The Junior-Senior High School Band This year had TiTTy members. Field drill was omiTTed This year. In iTs sTead Mr. Prall organized a year-round symphonic uniT. lvlosT oT The ousTanding conTribuTions were made To The many ouT-oT-school organi- zaTions. The mosT imporTanT school TuncTion Tor which The band provided music was The circus. The band is organized Tor The speciTic purpose of TosTering civic co- operaTion. JUNICDR-SENIOR SYMPI-IONIC ORCHESTRA The orchesTra comprised TiTTy-nine members who, direcTed by Mr. Prall, conTribuTed To The ouTsTanding evenTs oT The year such as The school play, The Hi-Y play, Physical EducaTion program Trom The grade schools, and commencement They senT Two represenTaTives To The All STaTe OrchesTra which perTormed aT The STaTe Teachers ConvenTion in ATlanTic CiTy and also aT The lvleTropoliTan Opera House in April. This year seven members Took The All STaTe OrchesTra examinaTions.