Kean University - Memorabilia Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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'91 Since this was our lun 1 i A A tor gear, we l1.1d an informal dance to alan for in the tvn1 l ls. and our first lornial dance, which was lit-Id .1t the Nlontclair XYiUl'l'lL'I1iS Cluh. Both dances Wt'I't' lug sLlc'L'L'NNcs, til ct1Lll'st'. T'I17l11 SCplL'lNl3L'I' Lllllll lllk' CULT L our l'. fa. lhis was vera necessary hecause we were .Ill goi11g out to tl1e v.1rious arac- :li Nlarch we took courses wl1icl1 l1elped to build up l ticum centers to tri' our hands at heing on the other side of tl1e fence in .1 classroom. lJl'.lCllL'LlINl NX hat memories tl1e name conjures up! .'Xh.1ndoni11g our socks a11d sad- dles tor high heels, silk stockings, .111d l1ats. Facing children and suddenly discovering that it was up to wir to get the suhiect t11.1tter to l11L'.ll1 something to ffiem. Meeting all the prohletns involved in taking twentv-tive or thirty children on .1 field trip. Haunting the lihraries to learn HIUVL' ahout .1 subject tl1an the cl1ildren knew, Xvorking l1.II'LTL'I' by dav and lax night, and realiling for the liirst time just .1 little of Vk'l1.lI heing .1 teacher reallv meant. Neither responsible student teaching nor our own classes will ever l1old the s.1me thrills .1t1d memories that we rec.1ll from our junior centers. Une day in ,Iune XX'l1L'l1 we were called i11 from tl1e field we took ti111e out to hold elections for our senior officers. lfvervtliing we11t well-we llhillglll. 0 1941-1942. Upon our return we learned llkll not only our class elections, hut also tl1e Student Organization election, would have to he l1eld over again. Many of our men were now serving i11 tl1e armed forces, .IHLT cert.1i11 of the Il1LTLlSII'i.llS were teaching full- tin1e because of tl1e shortage of teachers of their subject matter. The male animal w.1s rapidly becoming extinct at Newark State. The lndustrial Arts men went out teaching right awav. Vfhen they returned, thev l1.1d to l1old tl1e fort while seniors in the otl1er three curricula were out between Novem- her and Llanuarv engaging in responsible student teaching. Tit11e passes all too quickly. Scarcelv have we gotten things going according to our wishes it1 tl1e field than the period is over, .111d we l1.1ve to return to College and let people lecture to tis again. And time continues to rush past, XY'e want to l1old on to our last few months in college. but o11e thing follows another in r.1pid succession-our last informal, the last Norms production, tl1e last concert. Year Book Das'-and we have placed i11 our hands our yearbook, read about our activities and our friends. How little time is leit! Exams. b.lCC.ll.lLlI'k'.llC, the senior breakfast, tl1e formal-and then con1n1ence- ment! Our college days are almost past, but one thing that we shall con- tinue to l1.lYL' is memories. One of the n1ost important will be of Dr. I.enore Vaughn-Eames, our adviser. Tl1e Class of 1942 wishes to ex- press their gratitude to Dr. Vaughn-Eanaes for l1er cooperation, guid- a11ce and sincerity with us through our entire college career. A hard job and well done, Dr. Vaughn-Eames--thanks! left RICHARD PARK!-S prt'sitlt'I1t 260

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Q INCH XVLTL' llI1CL'I'k'l11UI1llJl1NlN thirty-eight. liewildered by etl us hy the sophomores, we XVLTC Cll111IJlCIL'la' L'UI1Yll1CL'tl 111.11 Il1C l1ppCl'fCl.1SSl11L'I1 Ctilllkl not recognize genuis when . . was in their midst. After a few weelts to orient ourselves to the many free hours on our hands and the great decrease in discipline as compared with our high school experience. we set about to prox e our alailities. Vive wrote our class constitution ind tlttttti ou in . I tlliters, tools part in the Qhrist- mas program, discoyt-red the delights of field trips, gtfit our first taste of real play-produc- tion in Quality Street, held our first dance Under the Sea in the college gym, tle- scended upon the Eastern States Conference-and it was time to elect ollicers again. Having disposed of that little matter, and having put the formitlahle harrier of freshman ctimbrehensiy-s ht-1' 1 s t- - - ' ' L NHL Ll , XXL stttltd Ll0XKI1 to .1 tl 0 193949-111. ilihe first thi NYC l11OI1ll1N NLIITNNCI' Y.1C.lI1Ul'l. ng that grettttl th YK 'rench in our previous election, a resel first re-election, but not the las - '- . ' ' C HUXV LIPIJCI'-Cl.1NNl11CI1 NVJS .1 l11OHliL'Y ection would haye to talie place. 'l4l1is was our t XXL laltl to laoltl lk tlt Il 01238-1939. :X group ot maryelously endowed fresh- precipitated on N.S.TC. in e year nineteen huntlrttl the peculiar reception accord- ass zstory P 1 -' 'c ons for the next three years! Loolting haclt with our four-year perst V aectiye we lat-lieyt' tlnt sowhom r V , . t ti c year was the l1.lt'tlt'st, as far .ls studies go. But how the laontlrs tlesccntletl upon the college as soon as 5 we were able to put our hantl to things.The haslsethall team went way out in front with Tieh and llelfino to lit-I 1, antl th' ' W V N t ' ' t t Sagittoin Sotitty wallted away with practically all the medals at the annuil interfstite hom ' . . s tt. The Norms Theatre Ciuild won the annual North klersey Intercollegiate Dramatic league Competition with Shaw's Bury the Dead. Socially, the year was a great success. XY'e had .1 trip to the XY'orld's lair, a Ciay ' Nineties d.mce, antl a larger representation at liastern States. . cl0I1f1'UI1Ill1g Us were the elections for our class officers. Vive held them for tltlt' comf ing -Iunior year and crossed our fingers for the summer, ' 19411-19-11. To continue the tale of our politital mishaps. the four great parties. namely, liindergarten-1'rnnary, Cieneral lilementary, lndustrial Arts and line :Xrts met for re-election of class olhcers. l'inally finished with these, we turnetl our attention to mt re serious husincss. Uctolaer 16, 19-111, rolled around, and many of tlie fellows in tol- lege had to register in the first United States .Nrniy 17raft. :X mtieh more serious atti- tu 1 i te came oyer the college in general. Men md linitting hags were carried by a voot . in uniforms were laecoming more tretuent, l g lminy ol the girls 025

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