Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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E HAVE WITI-I U CONSTANCE ALLEN .... REHA ALTER. ..,.. . LLOYD AREGOOIJ .... CHARLES BOOGHER ..., MAIi.YfJRIE BOOTII. . . ELEANOR BROWN .... BARBARA CARSON. . . VIOLET CHANCE. . . FANNIE IJAVIS. . . LEONARII DUFFY. . . JANET CEERHARD .... ALIRERT GOETZ ....... CARLISLE HAGENIANN. . . JANET HIRST ........... MARY PIULSE ........... MARGLTERITE HUMPHREYS .... VIRGINIA IIYER ......... ALICE ILES .......... LAWRENCE JONES ...... FLORENCE MACNICIIOL. . RUTH MCTCAULEY ...... KATHLEEN MCFEELEY. . . MADELINE MFFEELEY. . . MARYMENO... .... FRANK MULL ...... DOROTHY MYERS .... THOMAS NEKERVIS .... FRANK PETTIT ......... GWENIJOLYN PRICHARIJ. . . KATHERINE REINBOLD. . . LOUISE ROBERTSON ..... VIRGINIA STORRIE ...... FREDERICK THATCHER. . . CARROLL TURNER ..... IVIYRTLE WOLF ..... WILLIAM YARNALL .... 'Chosen by Class. -HI 26 Is-- . . . .Glass Actress . . . .Most Capable .........l'urlyhead . . .Best Dressed Hopf' . . . . .Jlost Sensitive . . . . . . . . . .Best AYCZUITCII ...........f'lass Jnltet Best Girl M atl1em,atician, . . . . . . .Glass Sweetheart . . . .Handsomest Boy' ...........Gutest Girl . . .llost Popular Hoyt: . . . . . . . .Slzyest Boy . . . . .Red-head . . .Quietest Girl . . .Glass Flirt . . . . . . . . . . .First Bride ............1 rankest Girl . . . .fllost Innocent CPD Hoy . . .fllost Popular Girl ..... . .Prettiest Girlx . . . . . . . . .llost Serious . . . . .Best Dressed Girl f .llost Innocent Girl . . . . . . . . . .Al-7'-7111-Illlftll . . .Most Talkative .........Red-head . . .fllost Egotistical . . . . .Most Recurled . . . .All-round Athlete . . . . . . .Glass Artist . . .Most Independent . . . . . .Glass Romeo . . . .Glass Windbag . . . . . .Gold-digger . . .JI ost I rzqufisitive

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JANICE HIRST and MARY MENG have started a red-headed league. Only those who have red hair grown in the halls of dear old Merchantville are eligible. But this doesn't take up all their time. Janice is studying law and Mary owns a Chinese laundry. Father Neptune saw Fannie Davis as the owner of a beauty salon in New York City. She blends face powders, etc., for the individual and her trade name is Fannie the Face Fixer. CARROL TURNER is a millionaire. He rides around in a Ford and smokes 15- cent cigars all because he invented a new trick automobile horn and had it patented before someone else did. BILL YARNALL is an admiral at Annapolis and spends his time teaching the boys how to keep their chins up with their garrison caps on their heads. M '31 ON DECK T ITS Class Night performance on the evening of June 16, 1931, the senior class took its iinal voyage on the good ship Merchantville . The first act revealed all members on board, worried because of a storm and a seemingly difficult landing ahead. They were disappointed that the end of the last trip had to be so difficult, but consoled themselves by reviewing the three previous, very successful trips that they had enjoyed together. In the second act the storm seemed to grow worse. For a time, however, the passengers forgot their worries in the entertainment provided by the talent on board. Singing and dancing, all under the direction of Charles Boogher as Master of Cere- monies, proved diverting until the seriousness of the storm could no longer be over- looked. Captain Duffy calmly reassured the passengers, but they insisted upon hear- ing the will preparatory to placing it in a bottle which was to be thrown into the ocean. As they were signing the will, Neptune appeared from the dept.hs of the sea. He told them that their fate was in his hands and that he had decreed that none of them should perish. To prove this he foretold their future by giving them a glimpse of each individual as the group passed in procession by the port-hole of life . In the fourth act the ship was attacked by the Junior pirates who wished to take possession. First Mate Pettit informed them that in due time the important charge of the good ship Merchantville would be theirs, and admonished them to use their heritage wisely. On leaving, the pirates forgot their treasure chest which the seniors found to contain packages marked with their names. As these gifts were dis- tributed, the S. S. Merchantvillen sailed into a calm and peaceful harbor. Thankful for their unexpected safety, the group joined in singing The Class of '31 . The committee responsible for originating and developing this program was as follows: Miss Anne Haldeman and Miss Amy Stewart, advisers: Charles Boogher, chairman: hlarjorie Booth, Ruth McCauley, Louise Robertson, Thomas Nekervis, --v1 25 Ir--

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CLUBS Student Council-This year marked the inauguration of a new system of student government in Merchantville High School. The Student Council, under the presidency of H. Frank Pettit and the supervision of Mr. Howard, started to function at the beginning of the second semester. Under the jurisdiction of the organization come such activities as inter-class competition and student misdemeanors. Other officers elected were William K. Yarnall, Vice-President, Elizabeth U. Ferg, Secretary, and Joseph R. Carson, Treasurer. Senior Tri-Hi-This year has been a successful and full one for the Senior Tri-Hi. The members have been kept continually busy with their various projects. The Sailor Dance and Faculty Breakfast were two of our most novel functions. At Christmas time, we gave a party for children with a tree, Santa Claus, toys, candy, and every- thing. Then, in May, came our annual Mother and Daughter Banquet and in June, as usual, our mock commencement in which the Seniors graduated from our club. Our program has continually been enjoyable. We have been aided in all activities by our competent adviser, lllrs. Armstrong. The oflicers for the year were: President, Florence lNIacNicholg Vice-President, Kathryn Flynn, Treasurer, Barbara Carson, Secretary, Dorothy C. Myers. Le Cercle F rangails-The French Club, under the direction of Miss Null, was organ- ized in September, 1930, with Louise Robertson, President, Charles Boogher, Vice- Presidentg Florence MacNichol, Secretary and Violet Chance, Treasurer. The out- standing activities of the club were a talk by a native Frenchman, Mr. Gallagher, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the subject of Christmas Customs of the French People , a visit to the Europa to see the French movie, Sous Les Toits De Paris , an original,and, we are told, clever presentation of song and dance in a January as- sembly, and on a Saturday afternoon, a The Dansantn. With minor plays, cross- word puzzles and readings, the Club enjoyed a very interesting and successful year. Glee Club-The Glee Club, an organization of forty-eight members, is under the leadership of Miss Ethel V. Rudderow. The Club meets once a week in the music room. On December 16, 1930, the chorus rendered four songs in the assembly. They were: Mighty 'Lak a Rose' by Ethelbert Nevin, By the Waters of Minnetonka by Thurlow Lieuranceg Gypsy Love Call by Victor Herbert, and The Bells of St. Mary's by Emmet A. Adams. On March 20 and 21, 1931, the combined Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs, with the aid of several outside boys, presented a two-act comedy, The Belle of Bagdad, by Morgan and Johnson. The principal parts were taken by Anne Casper, Sara Pennell, Eleanor Giles, Constance Allen, Alice Iles, Ruth Magowan, Ruth Matthews, Florence MacNichol, Betty Boogher, Charles Boogher, Marcus Matthias, Bill Matthias, Norman Steadman, Morris Pennell and Robert Holleufer., .QI 27 Ig..