Highland Park High School - Albadome Yearbook (Highland Park, NJ)

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Dedication a teacher whose first concern was always her students, one who did everything in her power to get pupils to learn, a person who never refused to help a student, a woman who started here when our school first opened its doors in 1928, one who throughout her long stay was a backbone of the school, a woman who had more school spirit than most students, one who constantly tried to uphold and increase the honor of our school, a person who at the students' request worked long and hard to institute the Honor System, a sponsor whose Ceramics Club members enjoyed themselves so much that they met after school, M. MYRTLE HUGHES We, the Class of 1958, dedicate Our Big Story

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M. Myrtle Hughes Deceased: April 20, 1953

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F' ' A I VOL. '58 JUNE 9, 1958 THE BIC TORY At 6:30 a.m. on December ll, l957, our Big Story Reporter received a call: 'gSomething big i, happening at Highland Park High School. By 7:30 he had arrived at the bus stop on the corner of Fiftl and Raritan. Here, in his own words, is what happpened during the day. After getting off the bus, I walked confi- dently towards the school, sure that no students would he coming this early. As I arrived at Qgkawf -GNN' The Early Show Montgonlery Street, I noticed to my great 1 prise that Fifth Avenue and Montgomery Stu were lined with parked cars. A few students M standing around their cars, bragging to otl how they had found parking spaces so close the school. Other students were hurrying tow: The pride of all HPHS Students and Faculty