Hillside High School - Epoch Yearbook (Hillside, NJ)

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THE RETROSPECT Page Twenty-vine The Guide Post THE Guide Post’s policies as the school's newspaper underwent a radical change this year. Instead of the usual monthly issue, the Guide Post was published every two weeks, in order to give its readers up-to-date news. The Guide Post is a member of Quill and Scroll, the National Honorary Society for High School Journalists. The following people were elected to membership from Hillside : Marion Short, Edna Doll and Josephine Conlan. Mrs. Annamae S. Rudolph succeeded Miss Justine Harris as Faculty Adviser of the paper. The three officers of the Guide Post this year were : Marion Short, Editor-in-Chief; Josephine Conlan, Managing Editor; and Marshall I nt, Business Manager.

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Page Twenty-eight THE RETROSPECT The S. G. A. THE S. G. A. had a successful year from both a financial and an executive standpoint. It inaugurated the Season Ticket which not only met with favor in the High School but at the S. G. A. Annual State Convention as well. The S. G. A. by means of charters this year managed to have all the extra-curricular activities under its jurisdiction. The council also organized a social committee which sponsored many affairs during the high school year and took care of the school socials. The S. G. A. sponsored an affair of its own on May 21st, as well as the Basketball Reception. The Assembly Committee arranged a complete assembly program for the high school. The officers of the organization are : Clark Vogel, President; Ronald Faber, Vice-President; Marion Short, Secretary; and Josephine Conlan, Treasurer. Mr. Zuman, Mr. Herron, Mr. Melanson and Mr. Salaky arc the faculty advisers of the organization. Mr. Cox acts as supervising adviser.

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Page Thirty THE RETROSPECT The Dramatic Club THE Dramatic Club, under the direction of Miss Mary E. McKeever, and the following officers : Marion Short, President; Josephine Conlan, Vice-President; Marjorie Budlong, Secretary, and Bernard Schorr, Treasurer, had an active year. They presented seven plays to the school, as well as arranging many programs for the club members only. The plays were : An Assembly Program, The Family Failing, Untrue to Type, The Teeth of the Gift Horse, Child of the Frontier, The Christmas Pageant, and their biggest production, the three-act High School Night Play. A total of 80 students took part in dramatic work this year. This year a chapter of the National Thespians, a national honorary society for dramatics, was installed in Hillside. In February the first elections were held, and again in April. The officers of the Society are : Virginia Martin, President, and Marion Short, Secretary. The members include : Arnold Spofifard, Clark Vogel, Rosemary Huber, Virginia Martin, Marion Short, elected in February, and Isobel Drummond, Lillian Englehardt, Edna Doll, Florence Doll, Florence Greenberg, Robert Minchin, Edward Edwardsen, Bernard Schorr, Donald Burgess, Joseph Punchatz, Elmer Schaible, Robert Williams, Ellsworth Schug, Fred Heeseman, and Dorothy Willmot. Miss McKeever is the Faculty Adviser.