Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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Finally came the day when everyone wore his best raiment, classes were almost tem- porarily suspended, and students dashed about in various team uniforms. Pictures for the year book were being taken. Albert Goetz was chairman of the committee in charge. That was the day, too, When the school held a funereal sort of assembly in an attempt to reconcile ourselves to the fact that our basketball team had lost the Tri- County Championship to Pitman. There were several new organizations this year giving the Seniors another chance to prove their brilliance. The student council which had died a natural death the year before was reestablished. A constitution was drawn up under the guidance of Mr. Kratzer. Kathleen McFeeley and William Yarnall were elected Senior Representatives. MARY MENG. GWQD WASHINGTDN TIDIID HE trip started off with a bang!-the banging open of a certain suitcase in the B. and O. station. This was the only real excitement we had until we boarded the train, where, to our great surprise, we found several other high schools already represented. The pleasure to be gained from this was abated for the time being as the chaperones said, No getting acquainted with outside people. This did not Worry us for a while as we had quite a time composing messages for post- cards, which were sent to honored members of the faculty. We soon arrived in Wash' ington, hungry for food and for views of the Nation's Capital. The former we satisfied in the Savarin restaurant and the latter in a sight-seeing journey, with our class photograph taken as a form of intermission. After visiting several buildings of note, we were taken by bus to Arlington Cemetery, via Fort Myer. Our guide was very amusing, but we dare not tell his humorous stories as the under-classmen would not enjoy them on their trips. The Amphitheatre and The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were very impressive and worthy of our long ride. On our return We visited the Lincoln Memorial and the new Cathedral. Then we went to the most popular building, to us, The Ebbitt Hotel. After dinner we taxied to the Congressional Library. Here we looked over the dayis Camden Courier, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. In the visiting gallery we saw another unusual sight-Frank Pettit in the reading room below, deep in many volumes. After visits to local movie palaces, we retired to our hotel rooms. The girls began a midnight feast at which they entertained the house detec- tive, who tried to stop the noise by politely QD inviting the quiet, sweet, young things to come to the lobby where he could keep an eye on them. This at two A. M. and every one of them in pajamas! The boys had a like experience only in stronger words. On the second floor, four of our representatives spent the night discussing life histories, the effects of which were plainly visible the next day. The morning after, we were all up and to breakfast on time, even Bill Yarnall Cpoor boy!D who had had only eight hours of sleep! Almost half of that morning we spent waiting in line to see the making of money at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. From there we went down to the wharf, where we awaited the arrival of the boat to take us to Mount Vernon while dancing to the music of the Nickelodeon. As the boat refused to wait, we journeyed down the Potomac without Charles -cal 18 Inc--

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R. CBishop's Home Roomj. At the close of the year we had not solved that great mystery, Mr. Bishop's first name. During our Junior year, we were no longer divided, but standing together under the exhilarating, yet sensible guidance of Miss Moore. The officers were Fred Voigt, president: Elizabeth Ferg, vice-president: Florence MacNichol, treasurer: and Marjorie Booth, Secretary. Disputes arose as to just what our class colors were, so we voted all over again and decided upon that pretty combination, green and white. We had, this year, brilliant representation in all the school activities. Junior members of the highly successful Aerial Staff were Virginia Storrie, Frank Pettit, Reba Alter, Fred Thatcher, Charles Boogher, Charles Hogg, and Albert Goetz. The Pie-in- Ears and Gobble and Gossip eating clubs originated by Mr. Flury rivaled the eighteenth century English coffee houses. A movement for the abolition of tardiness resulted in, strange to say, bigger and better oratory. Early morning speeches proved to be as much punishment to the class as to the offender. However, when such topics as Are Men Superior to Women and Just How Much? and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes were argumented upon, no one protested. We presented a play in connection with the Glee Club operetta, Tulip Time . The Man in the Bowler Hat owed its success to the riotous comedy of Albert Eisele, the villaing the bang-off good acting of Lloyd Aregood, the Man in the Bowler Hat, Frank Mull, the villain's helper: George Pfeiffer, the hero , Fannie Davis, the heroine g Frank Pettit, John , and Ruth McCauley, Mary . This, and a card party under Mrs. Yarnall's direction increased our treasury considerably. As for social diversions with which to content ourselves, there were the Tri-Hi barn dance, the formal dance given by the Parent-Teacher Association, the Senior prom, and our own Junior prom. Syncopation by the Isle of Melodies orchestra, punch by Mc- Feeley, and Snake Dance by Gorman, were only a few of the features of the latter. We closed our activities by becoming the proud possessers of very bright and very shiny school rings and by helping to officiate at the graduation of the Class of '30. We closed, too, with another mystery to unravel, namely, why did Harry Schott fall asleep that time in history class? Having attained our seniority, we were faced with the big problem of finance. Oiificiating were Leonard Duffy, Presidentg Frank Pettit, Vice-Presidentg Flossie MacNichol, Treasurer: and Mary Hulse, Secretary. Miss Miriam McAllister was the faculty adviser. For the annual Senior production, held shortly before Christmas, we chose Once There Was a Princess . Rulh McCauley in her interpretation of the princess demonstrated ability to be demure as well as exotic. Frank Pettit was Phil, the tinkering ne'er-do-well. Dorothy Myers carried off the part of nosey, scolding Aunt Meta to perfection, while Florence MacNichol, as kind, sympathetic Aunt Kate, and Charles Boogher, Uncle J oe , patched up wonderfully what might have ended in a divorce court. Love interest was added by William Yarnall, Milt , and Madeline McFeeley, Ruby . Virginia Storrie, who had been chosen class siren the year before, astonished everyone by being a naive and serious little Hazel . Louise Robertson, Leonard Duffy, Reba Alter, Virginia Hyer, Marguerite Hum- phreys, and Marjorie Booth must not be forgotten as the supporting cast. Miss McAllister and Fannie Davis directed while Mary Hulse took care of the property. As a means of raising money, too much stress cannot be placed upon Christmas card selling, cake sales, and movie benefits, conventional though they are. The cake sales with our subconscious slogan, more work for Mother, proved quite successful, as did the movie, Tom Sawyer . The following day, two boys were lectured severely in the office for throwing spit-balls. A second benefit was Follow the Leader . ..:gI 17

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Boogher, Tom Nekervis, and Carroll Turner, who were late. QThey taxied down and got there before we did.j The trip on the river and the trip around Mt. Vernon were most beautiful. On the return, we had no time to enjoy the scenery as most of the people were asleep, sitting on Lovers' Deckn, resting with their shoes off, or talking to the quartermaster and the Great Big Man from the South, the latter of whom was attracted to one of our most Winsome blondes. In the afternoon we went to the Washington Monument. A word to the wise, right here- Don't climb up the monu- ment -from those who know! After the strenuous exercise obtained in that building, we moved on to the Museum of Natural Sciences, whence the greater part of the crowd adjourned to the hotel, while a few went to the Hotel Ambassador pool for a swim. We frequented the theatre again that evening and when we came back, the group had a party at which the girls received in gorgeous lounging pajamas. The most exciting happening was the fizzing of the ginger-ale. Everything pepped up after it was over Cask the chaperons, if you don't believe usj, and the young ladies and gentlemen went to their respective rooms, supposedly to sleep. The former found they could have an enjoyable time carrying on conversations through the windows with their male admirers in the rooms below. Consequently, several young ladies received spankings from the chaperon Cpage F. D., M. M., R. AJ, which they were pleased to find hurt her as much as it did them, Finally, as a result of pure exhaustion, we decided to spend the remaining few minutes of the night in slumber. It seemed We had scarcely closed our eyes when the phones rang and a voice said sweetly, Six- thirty. Some of the girls didn't need this information, they were awakened by the serenading from the curbstone below, of some of their ardent young swains. This was the day of days! We went to Annapolis to see the 10:30 drill. The girls enjoyed it immensely but the boys thought the Midshipmen were a Hotty -looking lot. On our way back, as Mitzi was very thirsty, the busman kindly stopped at a refreshment stand so that we might all retank. When lunch was over, we finished our tour at the Smithsonian Institute, where each one could find that which most interested him. From there we returned to the hotel, got our baggage, and were soon on the train homeward bound! Those who were adverse to string beans-which we had had for every meal since our arrival, except breakfast, in some shape or form,-dined at a lunch counter, seven cars down, to avoid eating them again in the dinner served on the diner. At last we arrived at the station looking as we felt, completely worn out. P. S. Here's luck to our chaperons, the best out, Miss McAllister, Miss Rudderow, and Mr. Metzgar-and also to Mr. Morgan, our pal and guide. Interesting remembrances: Taxis and taxi driversg herrings Q Lincoln Memorial: Hershey Kisses g guide at the Pan-American Building, water-throwing, make and made records, Oh, you Monk! g letters received after the trip, Leonard's girl friends on the trip homeward, phone calls from 502 to 402, and from 400 to 5003 fire-escape, the shower-bath of Aregood and Duffyg Floss McNichols' fashionable attire for answering the telephone, shadow pictures in Room 5005 the man on the girls' floor. FLORENCE MCNILTHOL. KATHERINE REINBOLIJ. 4119?-